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The Storm We Made (A Novel) by Vanessa Chan

“Spanning years of pain and triumph, told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war; the fraught relationships between the colonized and their oppressors, and the ambiguity of right and wrong when survival is at stake”

Publisher: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
Pages: 352
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen

“The questions haunted Gregg Olsen and Ida’s brother Daniel Gingerich for decades. At Daniel’s urging, Olsen now returns to Amish Country and to Eli’s crimes first exposed in Olsen’s Abandoned Prayers, one of which has remained a mystery until now. With the help of aging witnesses and shocking long-buried letters, Olsen finally uncovers the disturbing truth―about Ida’s murder and the conspiracy of silence and secrets that kept it hidden for forty-five years.”

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Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 395
Genre: Crime & Criminal Biographies
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

Wild and Distant Seas: A Novel by Tara Karr

“A gorgeous debut, laced through with magic, following four generations of women as they seek to chart their own futures..”

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Genre: Family Saga Fiction
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

The Age of Deer by Erika Howsare

“A masterful hybrid of nature writing and cultural studies that investigates our connection with deer—from mythology to biology, from forests to cities, from coexistence to control and extermination—and invites readers to contemplate the paradoxes of how humans interact with and shape the natural world“

Publisher: Catapult
Pages: 368
Genre: Biology of Wildlife
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

First Lie Wins A Novel by Ashley Elston

“Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.“

Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books
Pages: 352
Genre: Suspense Thrillers
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

Mercury A Novel by Amy Jo Burns

“A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart of their blue-collar town―from Amy Jo Burns, author of the critically acclaimed novel Shiner“

Publisher: Celadon Books
Pages: 336
Genre: Coming of Age Fiction
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook

Olivia Strauss is Running Out of Time A Novel by Angela Brown

“A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart of their blue-collar town―from Amy Jo Burns, author of the critically acclaimed novel Shiner“

Publisher: Little A
Pages: 364
Genre: Women's Friendship Fiction
Format: Hardcover, ebook, Audiobook