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The smash-up

a novel
In September of 2018, one family in rural Starkfield, Massachusetts, finds the cultural, social, and political issues of the day becoming intensely personal, throwing their marriage, family life, their past, their future, and their values into doubt. Ethan Frome's wife, Zo, turns their home into a headquarters for the "Resistance" of women that has risen up against a Supreme Court nominee, while at the same time his old roommate and business partner is facing "metoo" allegations. His daughter, Alex, becomes more unruly and headstrong, and then Maddy Silver, the breezy, blue-dyed hair millennial, throws a further wrench into everything.

Confessions on the 7:45

2020
"Selena Murphy is commuting home from her job in the city when the train stalls out on the tracks. She strikes up a conversation with a beautiful stranger in the next seat, and their connection is fast and easy. The woman introduces herself as Martha and confesses that she's been stuck in an affair with her boss. Selena, in turn, confesses that she suspects her husband is sleeping with the nanny. When the train arrives at Selena's station, the two women part ways, presumably never to meet again. But days later, Selena's nanny disappears. Soon Selena finds her once-perfect life upended. As she is pulled into the mystery of the missing nanny, and as the fractures in her marriage grow deeper, Selena begins to wonder, who was Martha really? But she is hardly prepared for what she'll discover"--Provided by publisher.

The silent treatment

a novel
A lifetime together. Six months of silence. One last chance. Frank hasn't spoken to his wife Maggie for six months. For weeks they have lived under the same roof, slept in the same bed and eaten at the same table - all without words. Maggie has plenty of ideas as to why her husband has gone quiet. But it will take another heartbreaking turn of events before Frank finally starts to unravel the secrets that have silenced him. Is this where their story ends? Or is it where it begins? With characters that will capture your heart, THE SILENT TREATMENT celebrates the phenomenal power of love and the importance of leaving nothing unsaid.

You should have known

a novel
"Dismayed by the ways in which women delude themselves, Grace is also the author of a book You Should Have Known, in which she cautions women to really hear what men are trying to tell them. But weeks before the book is published a chasm opens in her own life: a violent death, a missing husband, and, in the place of a man Grace thought she knew, only an ongoing chain of terrible revelations."--Provided by publisher.

Serpent & dove

2020
"Two years ago, Louise Le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. Sworn to the Church as a chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. His path was never meant to cross with Lou's, but a wicked stunt forces them into an impossible union--holy matrimony. The war between witches and Church is an ancient one, and Lou's most dangerous enemies bring a fate worse than fire. Unable to ignore her growing feelings, yet powerless to change what she is, a choice must be made"--Provided by publisher.

Augusta Savage

sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance
2020
Celebrates the life of an inspired and relentless woman sculptor, Augusta Savage. Detailing her impact on African American culture during the 1920s and 1930s.

Beyonc?

the reign of Queen Bey
2020
Profiles the life and career of music star Beyonc?.

Love & war

2020
"As the end of the American Revolution nears, newlyweds Alex and Eliza are faced with new trials and temptations"--Provided by publisher.

Anxious people

a novel
2020
Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers, including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriage, and a plucky octogenarian, discover their unexpected common traits.

We set the dark on fire

"Dani must question everything she's worked for as she learns about the corruption of the Median government"--Provided by publisher.

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