The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Genre : Fantasy Series : Stand alone About the Book  : The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages....

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Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson Audio narration : Sophie Amoss, Graham Halstead Genre : Thriller Series : Stand alone About the Book  : Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she’s found some stability and peace. But when they meet the neighbors...

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The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter Audio narration : Kathleen Early Genre : Thriller Series : Stand alone About the Book  : Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn’s happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father—Pikeville’s notorious defense attorney—devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by...

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My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored. We look like a normal couple. We’re your neighbors, the parents of your kid’s friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with. We all have secrets...

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Nevermoor : The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend Genre : Middle grade, Fantasy Series : Nevermoor, book 1 About the Book  : Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she’s blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks–and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan...

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Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl Genre : Mystery, YA Stand alone About the Book  : Once upon a time, Beatrice Hartley and her five best friends were the cool kids, the beautiful ones. Then the shocking death of Jim—their creative genius and Beatrice’s boyfriend—changed everything. One year after graduation, Beatrice is returning to Wincroft—the seaside estate where they spent so many nights sharing secrets, crushes, plans to...

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Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel Genre : Speculative Fiction Series : Themis Files, Book 2 About the Book  : As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep within the earth. As an adult, she’s dedicated her brilliant scientific career to solving the mystery that began that fateful day: Why was a titanic robot of unknown origin buried in pieces around the world? Years of investigation have produced...

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Scythe by Neal Shusterman Audio narration : Greg Tremblay Genre : YA, Fantasy Series : Arc of a Scythe, book 1 About the Book  : Thou shalt kill. A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to...

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