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I Hid My Voice by Parinoush Saniee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is the story, based on fact, of a boy who couldn’t speak until the age of seven. Now twenty, he describes the events of his life.Four-year-old Shahaab has not started talking. The family doctor believes there is no cause for concern; nevertheless, Shahaab is ridiculed by others who call him "dumb... -
![A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll]()
A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA woman with a secret. A man who will never forgive her. Cece Stuart hadn’t planned on ever finding love and she’s made her peace with that. Really, she has… Zach is over women and their secrets. Really, he is… But fate laughed at them, as it often does, and threw them together finishing up a new wedding venue at Sweet River Lodge... -
![A Memory to Cherish by Kay Correll]()
A Memory to Cherish by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes just A Memory to Cherish isn't enough… Beth Cassidy is out to prove something. To the town and herself. When she decides to run for mayor, the one thing she doesn’t count on is bad-boy Mac McKenna showing back up in her life... -
![The Memory Box by Kay Correll]()
The Memory Box by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes, mistakes are made for the best of reasons… When Dr. Clay Miller returns to Comfort Crossing with his two daughters, Jenny Bouchard knows it is time. Time to tell him the truth, no matter the consequences. Clay has a son, Nathan. From the moment Jenny and Clay see each other again, the attraction still pulsates between them, a fact they both do their best to ignore... -
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![Evil: Finding St. Germaine by Judith Lucci]()
Evil: Finding St. Germaine by Judith Lucci
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Fans of Robin Cook, Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell, Michael Palmer Alex returns to Wyndley Farm, her childhood home in Virginia, to await the birth of her baby. An urgent call from Crescent City Medical Center compels her to return to New Orleans to investigate cruel, questionable incidents and heinous patient deaths...Categorized as:
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![Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber, Leisure Arts Inc.]()
Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber, Leisure Arts Inc.
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDebbie Macomber 20 Wishes is a story about Anne Marie Roche who wants to find happiness again. At thirty-eight her life's not what she'd expected-she's childless a recent widow alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street but despite her accomplishments there's a feeling of emptiness... -
![The Christmas Cottage: Comfort Crossing Christmas Novella by Kay Correll]()
The Christmas Cottage: Comfort Crossing Christmas Novella by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVeterinarian Holly Thompson accepts a temporary position in Comfort Crossing in an effort to escape all things Christmas. What she finds is a small town that embraces all things Christmas and a handsome neighbor with a small son who both capture her heart. Add to that their adorable pup, and she knows the holidays are not going to be what she planned. At all... -
![Charm Artist by Creston Mapes]()
Charm Artist by Creston Mapes
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the Portland terrorist attack, the kidnapping of his daughter, and the domestic violence case that almost killed him, Portland Police Investigator Wayne Deetz and his wife Joanie escape for a long overdue vacation in Sedona, Arizona, to make some monumental career decisions... -
![Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman]()
Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is the second book in the Peaceful Warrior Saga. Neither a sequel nor prequel, this adventure takes place within the context of the original book, shedding new light on the path he was to travel, and would one day teach. After a period of training with the man he calls Socrates, Dan Millman is sent away by his old mentor to apply what he has learned to everyday life...Categorized as:
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![His Secret Baby (A McKnight Family Romance) by Lucy McConnell, Anne-Marie Meyer]()
His Secret Baby (A McKnight Family Romance) by Lucy McConnell, Anne-Marie Meyer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI came back to town for closure... And found a daughter I never knew I had...Return to the McKnight family series where the one person Penny never wanted to come back has just walked into her life: Katie's dad... -
![Fatal Illusions: A Clean Christian Thriller by Adam Blumer]()
Fatal Illusions: A Clean Christian Thriller by Adam Blumer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho Will Escape Alive? An amateur magician, an unassuming family . . . a fatal illusion Haydon Owens wants to be the next Houdini. He has been practicing his craft and has already made four women disappear. All it took was a bit of rope and his two bare hands. The Thayer family has come to the north woods of Newberry, Michigan, looking for refuge, a peaceful sanctuary from a shattered past... -
![Silent Signs by Ana Simons]()
Silent Signs by Ana Simons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings~When life falls apart, what if sharing your secrets with a perfect stranger made it all fall back into place? ~ On the fateful weekend her husband puts an end to their marriage, Sophie Thompson must leave for a two-week work assignment in London. As she juggles her emotions at the airport terminal, Matthew O’Brian observes her, intrigued...Categorized as:
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![Shy Girl by Katie Cross]()
Shy Girl by Katie Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDagny:Once upon a time, I thought my stutter was the worst thing that ever happened to me. But now I know better.Being held at gunpoint outranks a speech impediment any day.Thankfully, my longtime crush Jayson Hernandez tackled that problem to the ground with those broad shoulders—the ones that make my stutter oh-so-much-worse... -
![Finding Faith by Denise Hunter]()
Finding Faith by Denise Hunter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet in the high-pressure world of a Chicago television newsroom, author Denise Hunter brings to life a story of intrigue and integrity, of secrets divulged and promises kept. Paula Landin-Cohen's new job as an investigative reporter quickly puts her in the spotlight as she pursues a story that becomes nationally followed as the Switched at Birth Mystery... -
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![She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica]()
She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple.Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse...Categorized as:
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![A Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory]()
A Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Day with a Perfect...Categorized as:
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![Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova]()
Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsJoe O’Brien is a forty-four-year-old police officer from the Irish Catholic neighborhood of Charlestown, Massachusetts. A devoted husband, proud father of four children in their twenties, and respected officer, Joe begins experiencing bouts of disorganized thinking, uncharacteristic temper outbursts, and strange, involuntary movements... -
![Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen]()
Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Aubree Stewart receives a mysterious phone call on her way to work, she doesn t know what to think when the caller mentions a dead body. At first she assumes it s some kind of prank. But the call isn t a practical joke, and Aubree soon finds herself swept up in a world of danger, intrigue, and murder... -
![Words Unspoken by Elizabeth Musser]()
Words Unspoken by Elizabeth Musser
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLissa Randall's future was bright with academic promise until the tragic accident that took her mother's life--and brought her own plans to a screeching halt. Eighteen months later Lissa is still unable to get back behind the wheel.Ev McAllistair's driving school looks like Lissa's best hope for getting her life back on the road again...Categorized as:
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![First Do No Evil by Carey Baldwin]()
First Do No Evil by Carey Baldwin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBella: It's a lifesaving vaccine with one deadly side effect—murder. There’s a killer lurking in Dr. Skylar Novak’s family tree—the gene for breast cancer. That's why her brilliant brother invented the Bella vaccine. But even if the miracle drug protects her from the cancer that took her mother's life, it can't save Sky from the flesh and bone evil stalking her in secret... -
![Amber Sky by Cassia Leo]()
Amber Sky by Cassia Leo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo comes Amber Sky, the haunting, atmospheric love story of Walker Ainsley and Cassidy O'Connor. A devastating car crash leaves Cassidy O'Connor stranded in rural Pennsylvania. Her only company is Walker Ainsley, the ruggedly handsome man who saved her from the wreckage and took her into his home... -
![Scouting for the Reaper by Jacob M. Appel]()
Scouting for the Reaper by Jacob M. Appel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEach of the characters in Scouting for the Reaper faces an unanticipated challenge: transporting a truckload of penguins across the country, arranging a proper Jewish burial for the remains of Gregor Samsa, selling tombstones dressed as a Girl Scout. These stories explore the domestic and professional adventures of people in over their heads, while leavening their struggles with humor.Jacob M... -
![The Anatomy of Perception by A.J. Rose]()
The Anatomy of Perception by A.J. Rose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the beginning, there was wreckage. Dane Perry’s mother was dead, and the father who always said he’d amount to nothing blamed him. Dane swore he’d become something. He would be someone. In the middle, there was escape... -
![The Hospital by Leslie Wolfe]()
The Hospital by Leslie Wolfe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen I wake up, I know three things. My name is Emma. Someone tried to kill me. And I can’t remember who. When I blink, my eyelashes brush against scratchy cloth. My fingers twitch, numb and distant. In the distance, sirens wail. I’m in the hospital. I should be safe here, but I know I’m not... -
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![Eyes Wide Open by Ted Dekker]()
Eyes Wide Open by Ted Dekker
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWho am I?My name is Christy Snow. I’m seventeen and I’m about to die. I’m buried in a coffin under tons of concrete. No one knows where I am. My heart sounds like a monster with clobber feet, running straight toward me. I’m lying on my back, soaked with sweat from the hair on my head to the soles of my feet. My hands and feet won’t stop shaking.Some will say that I’m not really here... -
![Girl in the Mirror by Mary Alice Monroe]()
Girl in the Mirror by Mary Alice Monroe
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCharlotte Godowski is the classic shy ugly duckling who transforms herself into an unparalleled beauty--achieving fame, fortune, friends and a man she loves--with the help of plastic surgery. But when her body starts to reject the silicone implants that have sculpted her looks, and her life is at stake, Charlotte wonders if she'll lose everything she has by returning to her old self... -
![The Existence Of Amy by Lana Grace Riva]()
The Existence Of Amy by Lana Grace Riva
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmy has a normal life. That is, if you were to go by a definition of 'no obvious indicators of peculiarity', and you didn't know her very well. She has good friends, a good job, a nice enough home. This normality, however, is precariously plastered on top of a different life. A life that is Amy's real life. The only one her brain will let her lead... -
![The Clouds by Juan José Saer]()
The Clouds by Juan José Saer
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Saer is one of the best writers of today in any language."—Ricardo Piglia"What Saer presents marvelously is the experience of reality, and the characters' attempts to write their own narratives within its excess... -
![Knowledge of Hell by António Lobo Antunes]()
Knowledge of Hell by António Lobo Antunes
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLike his creator, the narrator of this novel is a psychiatrist who loathes psychiatry, a veteran of the despised 1970s colonial war waged by Portugal against Angola, a survivor of a failed marriage, and a man seeking meaning in an uncaring and venal society... -
![Bon Bons to Yoga Pants by Katie Cross]()
Bon Bons to Yoga Pants by Katie Cross
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLexie Greene has always had such a pretty face. Unfortunately, that's where it seemed to stop. She's grown up hearing her Mother constantly remind her that she needs to lose weight. And twenty-two-year-old Lexie knows she's overweight. With her younger sister's wedding on the horizon and a crush to stalk on Facebook, Lexie's had enough... -
![Cross Roads by William Paul Young]()
Cross Roads by William Paul Young
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMulti-millionaire Anthony Spencer is trapped in a coma and finds himself in a surreal world that reflects the skewed priorities of the life he's lived on earth where he meets a stranger who turns out to be Jesus and a grandmother who is the Holy Spirit. Pleading for a second chance, he is sent back to earth to redeem himself... -
![Praying Drunk by Kyle Minor]()
Praying Drunk by Kyle Minor
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe characters in Praying Drunk speak in tongues, torture their classmates, fall in love, hunt for immortality, abandon their children, keep machetes beneath passenger seats, and collect porcelain figurines...Categorized as:
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![Down by the River by Edna O'Brien]()
Down by the River by Edna O'Brien
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet in her native Ireland, Edna O'Brien's newest novel explores the dark and torturous aspects of family ties. As Mary, the young heroine, tries first to conceal and then to escape her father's fateful attention, she finds herself driven into an emotional Styx... -
![The Patient's List by James Caine]()
The Patient's List by James Caine
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe new patient whispered a list of names. One by one they're each dying.Rina Kent was the new hot shot psychiatrist at Holy Saints ward. She also recently married the love of her life, who's also a doctor at the same hospital. Rina felt on top of the world, until one of her patients committed suicide.Rina knows it was her fault.A year later, her marriage has already gone down in flames... -
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![Lying Awake by Mark Salzman]()
Lying Awake by Mark Salzman
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a Carmelite monastery on the outskirts of Los Angeles, life has continued virtually unchanged for centuries. Here, Sister John of the Cross lives in the service of God. She is the only nun who experiences visions and is regarded by the others as a spiritual master... -
![The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss by Jonathan Lethem, Thomas Palmer]()
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss by Jonathan Lethem, Thomas Palmer
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJonathan Lethem is perhaps our most active literary voice mining the genre margins of our culture. In this unique collection he creates an anthology that no one else could. He draws on the work of such unforgettables as Julio Cortazar, who presents a man caught between the ancient and modern worlds unable to say which is real; Philip K...Categorized as:
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![Tiger Lillie by Lisa Samson]()
Tiger Lillie by Lisa Samson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlways the Wedding Coordinator, Never the Bride. Fifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of Ted, her childhood sweetheart, gutsy and daring Lillie Bauer–bungee-jumper, book addict, and delightfully offbeat coordinator of “extreme” high-concept weddings–is ready to find love again... -
![Ghosted by J.E. Rowney]()
Ghosted by J.E. Rowney
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsViolet and Zoe are best friends, joined at the hip...until Zoe vanishes. Meanwhile Violet tries to juggle a new relationship and a demanding job as a midwife, where she meets a mum-to-be who faces her own unexpected challenges. Who can Violet turn to to help her to find out what lies behind Zoe’s disappearance?This is a story with twists and turns. A story of friendship. A story of trust... -
![Compass by Mathias Énard]()
Compass by Mathias Énard
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an unspecified illness and spends a restless night drifting between dreams and memories, revisiting the important chapters of his life: his ongoing fascination with the Middle East and his numerous travels to Istanbul, Aleppo, Damascus, and Tehran, as well as the various writers, artists, musicians,...Categorized as:
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![The Behavior of Love by Virginia Reeves]()
The Behavior of Love by Virginia Reeves
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn incredibly compulsive, poignant exploration of marriage, lust, and ambition from one of America's great young literary talents, the Man-Booker Prize longlisted author of Work Like Any Other .Doctor Ed Malinowski believes he has realized most of his dreams...Categorized as:
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![The Truth by Naomi Joy]()
The Truth by Naomi Joy
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerfect wife. Perfect life. Perfect crime.Anthony is not the man everyone believes him to be. And Emelia is not the woman he wants her to be.Theirs was a whirlwind romance, Anthony was the doting boyfriend, the charismatic and successful career man who swept her off her feet. But now Emelia is trapped in a marriage of dark secrets and obsession...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Girl by Gerry Schmitt]()
Shadow Girl by Gerry Schmitt
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe brutal murder of a business tycoon leaves Afton Tangler and the Twin Cities reeling, but that s just the beginning of a gruesome crime spree... Leland Odin made his fortune launching a home shopping network, but his millions can t save his life. On the list for a transplant, the ailing businessman sees all hope lost when the helicopter carrying his donor heart is shot out of the sky... -
![Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig]()
Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the face of it, Leslie is a healthy, well-adjusted 14-year-old girl. She should be happy, yet she's not. If only she were thinner. But "thinking thin" becomes a dangerous obsession and Leslie's weight drops to five stone, threatening to destroy her and the whole fabric of her family life...Categorized as:
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![Out of the Blue by Sally Mandel]()
Out of the Blue by Sally Mandel
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA poignant and provocative romance about a remarkable leap of faith from New York Times bestselling author Sally Mandel. "Funny, sad, tender, and triumphant." - Kristin Hannah, author of Fly Away and Summer Island Anna Bolles is a born athlete whose life was irrevocably changed after a multiple sclerosis diagnosis five years ago... -
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![Dead Med by Freida McFadden, Patricia Santomasso]()
Dead Med by Freida McFadden, Patricia Santomasso
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes an electrifying medical thriller, Dead Med, originally published as Suicide Med."All I can think about is how pathetic it would be to die in the anatomy lab. The last thing I want is to become one of the dead bodies."When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes... -
![The Memory Artists by Jeffrey Moore]()
The Memory Artists by Jeffrey Moore
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Best NovelNoel Burun has synesthesia and hypermnesia: he sees words in vibrant explosions of colors and shapes, which collide and commingle to form a memory so bitingly perfect that he can remember everything, from the 1001 stories of The Arabian Nights to the color of his bib as a toddler... -
![Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Stories by Maxim Osipov]()
Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Stories by Maxim Osipov
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first English-language collection of a contemporary Russian master of the short story.Maxim Osipov, who lives and practices medicine in a town ninety miles outside Moscow, is one of Russia’s best contemporary writers. In the tradition of Anton Chekhov and William Carlos Williams, he draws on his experiences in medicine to write stories of great subtlety and striking insight... -
![I Know You Do by Georgette Deloriad]()
I Know You Do by Georgette Deloriad
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStep into the mind of Georgi, a 40-year-old woman with a combination of debilitating medical conditions that are killing her. But today, she takes back control... Escaping her isolated existence with her abusive husband to board the luxurious ship of a controversial offshore organization, D-LAD... -
![We Are Monsters by Brian Kirk]()
We Are Monsters by Brian Kirk
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome doctors are sicker than their patients. When a troubled psychiatrist loses funding to perform clinical trials on an experimental cure for schizophrenia, he begins testing it on his asylum's criminally insane, triggering a series of side effects that opens the mind of his hospital's most dangerous patient, setting his inner demons free... -
![One Night Two Souls Went Walking by Ellen Cooney]()
One Night Two Souls Went Walking by Ellen Cooney
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA young interfaith chaplain is joined on her hospital rounds one night by an unusual companion: a rough-and-tumble dog who may or may not be a ghost. As she tends to the souls of her patients--young and old, living last moments or navigating fundamentally altered lives--their stories provide unexpected healing for her own heartbreak...
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