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by Jayne Ann Krentz
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A man cursed by his family's past must find a legendary artifact with a psychic investigator whose abilities and their growing connection might save him from madness and ancient power.
by Katie Ashley
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Aidan, a commitment-phobic bachelor, and Emma, a grieving widow ready for single motherhood, unexpectedly meet at a company Christmas party, sparking an unforeseen connection.
by Sudha Murty
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Through fifty short stories, Sudha Murty shows the full range of human nature, from a son's cold abandonment to a dying woman's thanks, inviting readers to see the world with more understanding.
by Gloria Naylor
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On a mystical island where ancestral magic intertwines with modern skepticism, a powerful healer must reconcile with her headstrong great-niece to combat a looming darkness threatening to consume their legacy.
by Stephen R. Lawhead
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Born of druid and faery in a twilight Britain reeling from Rome's decline, Merlin, with his golden eyes and bard's soul, foresees and arranges the rise of Arthur and the Kingdom of Summer against encroaching darkness, despite the suffering his powers bring.
by Scott Cawthon
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Ten years after the gruesome murders at her father's pizzeria, Charlotte and her friends return to the abandoned Freddy Fazbear's, only to discover the beloved animatronics harbor a sinister sentience and a hunger for revenge.
by Randy Alcorn
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Two decades after college, a privileged American's comfortable life is starkly contrasted by his friend's unwavering faith amidst brutal persecution in communist China, forcing a powerful re-evaluation of what it truly means to live for eternity.
by Scott Westerfeld
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In a New York City facing an angelic (or demonic) apocalypse, five teenage musicians—a vampire, a drummer who sees the future, and their bandmates—play music that could save the world, or end it.
by Susane Colasanti
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A New Jersey girl moves to New York City for a boy, but finds herself and new love instead.
by Mikhail Sholokhov
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During World War I and the Russian Revolution, a Don Cossack's life falls apart as he navigates love, loyalty, and a changing world.
by Allen Drury
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In 1950s Washington, a President's choice for Secretary of State starts a political battle, full of betrayals and moral compromises, that threatens the country.
by Mohsin Hamid
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Fired from his banking job, a privileged Lahori spirals into drug addiction, an illicit affair, and a life of crime, ultimately facing a murder trial that mirrors the volatile corruption of modern Pakistan.
by Jonathan Stroud
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Lockwood & Co. breaks into Marissa Fittes's mausoleum, uncovering secrets that change their understanding of the past and lead to a climactic battle with spectral and human enemies.
by Neil Patrick Harris
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A runaway street magician finds friendship and his own worth when he teams up with a quirky band of young illusionists to save their New England town from a greedy carnival boss and his crooked crew.
by Karen Kingsbury
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Three years after losing her firefighter husband on 9/11, a widow volunteering at Ground Zero grapples with new love and the ghost of a past connection when she encounters her deceased husband's doppelgänger's brother.
by Madeleine L'Engle
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A marine biology student becomes caught in a dangerous international plot when a chance airport meeting pulls him into a fight between shadowy groups seeking a world-changing secret.
by Bernard Werber
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A family's forbidden trip into a cellar starts a war with a smart ant civilization, making both species face their shared future and what survival means.
by Barbara Delinsky
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When a Caucasian couple's newborn exhibits African American traits, the mother must unravel a hidden family history to save her marriage and confront generations of buried secrets rooted in prejudice.
by Iain M. Banks
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In a fractured world, an immortal assassin, a greedy financier, and a time-traveling torturer navigate the schemes of the powerful Concern, while rebels and a feigning patient plot its downfall.
by Guy de Maupassant
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One brother's sudden inheritance brings out jealousy and suspicion, forcing his family to face a devastating secret that shatters their quiet life and divides them.
by Kami Garcia
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In the Caster underworld of New York City, a rebellious Siren with dangerous charm must confront dark secrets and treacherous magic to save her mortal rocker boyfriend.
by Jonathan Coe
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Decades after college, a narcoleptic, a film addict, a heartbroken romantic, and an increasingly unstable doctor meet at a gothic sleep clinic, where their past and present collide in a hallucinatory exploration of love, obsession, and reality.
by Kathy Reichs
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With a sinister gamemaster's clock ticking, the Virals must decipher a deadly series of geocache puzzles to locate a real bomb before it's too late.
by Liz Kessler
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When a mysterious, inky-black monster threatens the underwater world of Brightport, mermaid-in-training Emily Windsnap must dive deep into ancient myths and her own courage to protect her friends and uncover the creature's true, surprising nature.