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In Search of the Kite Runner by Judi Slayden Hayes
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel The Kite Runner (Riverhead Books, 2003), Hosseini shows us an Afghanistan rich in tradition and culture and an Afghanistan torn apart by war and political strife. We see Muslims who are not so different from Christians or Jews... -
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Imperfect by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSergeant Shiloh Kent has never quit anything in her life. She’s had to claw her way out of poverty. Fight to inch her way up the professional ladder. But after a barricade situation ends in tragedy, she’s rethinking her position on the SWAT team she fought so hard to join. The ugly seed of self-doubt has planted itself deep in her belly, and with each day, it grows and flourishes... -
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The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRecalling the brutal landscape of The Road and the wartime storytelling of A Farewell to Arms, The Orphanage is a searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine...Categorized as:
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![Weston's Treasure by Riley Edwards]()
Weston's Treasure by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSilver Coyle thought she was doing the right thing—see something, say something. Now she finds herself kidnapped, chained to a pipe in the hull of a ship, and on a collision course with death. Her only chance of rescue is from the one man she never wants to see again—Weston Beil—the know-it-all former SEAL. He’s bossy, arrogant, and sexy all wrapped up in a tough-guy package. Untouchable... -
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![Indian Country by Kurt Schlichter]()
Indian Country by Kurt Schlichter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s all-out war for ruthless red state special operator Kelly Turnbull when he returns in this blockbuster prequel to “People’s Republic,” Kurt Schlichter’s top selling novel of America after the polarized politics of blue versus red have split our country apart. “Indian Country” finds Turnbull sent back into the blue states to help those trapped inside resist a politically correct police state... -
![Die Sommer by Ronya Othmann]()
Die Sommer by Ronya Othmann
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLeyla ist die Tochter einer Deutschen und eines jesidischen Kurden… Das ergreifende Debüt der Gewinnerin des Publikumspreises des Ingeborg-Bachmann-Wettbewerbs (2019) über das Dasein zwischen zwei WeltenDas Dorf liegt in Nordsyrien, nahe zur Türkei. Jeden Sommer verbringt Leyla dort. Sie riecht und schmeckt es. Sie kennt seine Geschichten... -
![Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly]()
Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDeep in the Arctic, a long-forgotten Soviet military base enshrouds a weapon of unimaginably destructive force—a Cold War doomsday device with the power to obliterate the planet... -
![Amish Promises by Leslie Gould]()
Amish Promises by Leslie Gould
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJourney Down a Quiet Lane in Lancaster County Where Love and Heartache and Friendship and Healing Meet When Joel and Shani Beck arrive at their new home, they're looking for peace. Shani is thrilled to have Joel back from Iraq, but he needs time to heal, and the quiet of Lancaster seems just the place... -
![The Marine's Baby by Rogenna Brewer]()
The Marine's Baby by Rogenna Brewer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The baby I'm carrying is not my husband's?" In just a few months Caitlin Calhoun went from a wife to a widow to a mother-to-be. All she'd wanted was to honor her dead husband by having his baby. But that's not what she got. Thanks to an unfortunate mix-up, her child's father is her husband's half brother, Lucky... -
![Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot by Rebecca Rosenberg]()
Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot by Rebecca Rosenberg
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChampagne, France, 1800. Twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherited Le Nez (an uncanny sense of smell) from her great-grandfather, a renowned champagne maker. She is determined to use Le Nez to make great champagne, but the Napoleon Code prohibits women from owning a business... -
![Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić, Damion Searls]()
Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić, Damion Searls
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn August, 1992, a boy and his mother flee the war in Yugoslavia and arrive in Germany. Six months later, the boy’s father joins them, bringing a brown suitcase, insomnia, and a scar on his thigh... -
![Drax by Annabella Stone]()
Drax by Annabella Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDrax Mitchell had been one of the rising stars in Delta Force, when a yearlong mission undercover behind enemy lines, cost him the friend he always swore to protect. Or so he thought. Recruited by his friend’s former Navy Seal commander, to Red Squadron, a JSOC Task Force. Drax and Roman are reunited to cause havoc all over the Middle East... -
![Heart's Desire: an Angel Fire Rock Romance by Ellie Masters]()
Heart's Desire: an Angel Fire Rock Romance by Ellie Masters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Angel Fire Rock Romance; a Stand Alone Novel When you mix Hot Rockers with Military Special Ops You get the Whole Package! TSgt Ryker Lyons is an elite member of a six-man Special Ops Surgical Team, well five men and one vexing woman. That’s a problem because Major Tia Myers is fierce, competent, utterly breathtaking, and completely immune to his charms... -
![Spymaster by Brad Thor]()
Spymaster by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe newest thriller in the #1 New York Times, #1 i>Wall Street Journal, and #1 i>Publishers Weekly bestselling series!Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity of a highly placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war... -
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![Ask Him Why by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Amy McFadden]()
Ask Him Why by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Amy McFadden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Pay It Forward comes the stunning and emotional story of a young soldier’s unthinkable act…and the bonds of a sister and brother’s love.Ruth and her little brother, Aubrey, are just teenagers when their older brother ships off to Iraq. When Joseph returns, uninjured, only three and a half months later, Ruth is happy he is safe but also deeply worried... -
![Correspondents by Tim Murphy]()
Correspondents by Tim Murphy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world is Rita Khoury's oyster. The bright and driven daughter of a Boston-area Irish-Arab family that has risen over the generations from poor immigrants to part of the coastal elite, Rita grows up in a 1980s cultural mishmash... -
![The Drinker of Horizons by Mia Couto]()
The Drinker of Horizons by Mia Couto
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe scintillating conclusion to the critically acclaimed historical saga: the Jan Michalski Prize–winning Sands of the Emperor trilogy."[Couto's] life has been woven into the history of the nation, and he has become the foremost chronicler of Mozambique’s antiheroes: its women, its peasants, even its dead... -
![Evidence Series Box Set: Volume 1 by Rachel Grant]()
Evidence Series Box Set: Volume 1 by Rachel Grant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first three books in the Evidence Series in one box set. Volume I includes two full-length (300 page) novels and one short (150-page) novel. Concrete Evidence A year ago she lost everything. Now she wants revenge… Accused of stealing artifacts from a five-hundred-year-old shipwreck, underwater archaeologist Erica Kesling is determined to clear her name... -
![Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran]()
Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure.Cinnamon Gardens Nursing Home is nestled in the quiet suburb of Westgrove, Sydney – populated with residents with colourful histories, each with their own secrets, triumphs and failings... -
![Wait Until Dark by M.L. Buchman]()
Wait Until Dark by M.L. Buchman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPraise for I Own the Dawn: "A rousing mix of romance and military action thrills...Buchman blends tender feelings with military politics to keep readers riveted."—Publishers Weekly "I can't wait for the next book."—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars "Filled with action, adventure, and danger... -
![To Go on Living: Stories by Narine Abgaryan, Margarit Ordukhanyan]()
To Go on Living: Stories by Narine Abgaryan, Margarit Ordukhanyan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet in rural Armenia in the aftermath of war, Narine Abgaryan’s haunting short stories show people finding hope and purpose again. Named “one of Europe’s most exciting authors” by the Guardian, Narine Abgaryan has written a dozen books which have collectively sold over 1.35 million copies... -
![Fighting For Your Love by Nikki Ash]()
Fighting For Your Love by Nikki Ash
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKaden I fell in love once and it was amazing. Until it wasn't. I swore to protect her. Until I didn't. I swore to love her forever. Until forever came too soon. After I lost her, I swore I would never fall in love again. Until I met Ashley.Ashley I depended on a man once. Until he walked out. I gave him my everything. Until he left me and our son with nothing... -
![Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov]()
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratings49-year-old safety inspector-turned-beekeeper Sergey Sergeich, wants little more than to help his bees collect their pollen in peace.But Sergey lives in Ukraine, where a lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda has been dragging on for years... -
![The Disoriented by Amin Maalouf]()
The Disoriented by Amin Maalouf
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter 25 years in exile, Adam travels from France to his homeland in the Middle East to bid farewell to his dying childhood friend.One night, a phone rings in Paris. Adam learns that Mourad, once his closest friend, is dying. He quickly throws some clothes in a suitcase and takes the first flight out, to the homeland he fled twenty-five years ago... -
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![The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo]()
The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Indonesian island is hastily given independence, and a Chinese-educated homosexual who was born on the island returns from his Canadian university to find his life radically altered. The story, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, represents an account of a post-colonial disaster... -
![The Forever Christmas Tree by Sandra Hill]()
The Forever Christmas Tree by Sandra Hill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Christmas bells are chiming across the Outer Banks town of Bell Cove, North Carolina, but there’s one local ‘grinch’ who’s not listening . . . He’s got bad-boy looks and a Bah Humbug attitude, so when the local paper asks the villagers to vote on the “Biggest Local Grinch” as a fund-raising project, Ethan Rutledge isn’t surprised to hear he’s made the ballot... -
![If You Were the Only Girl by Anne Bennett]()
If You Were the Only Girl by Anne Bennett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA moving family drama of one young woman’s fight to survive, to find her long-lost relatives and to find a place to call home Bridgette has been hurt many times in her life. Her early years were blighted by her spoilt brother; her marriage ruined by World War Two. Now her mother is dying. And then comes a deathbed revelation – somewhere Bridgette has another family and a father... -
![Terminal Run by Michael DiMercurio]()
Terminal Run by Michael DiMercurio
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer U.S. Navy Admiral Michael Pacino and his nemesis, Alexi Novskoyy, match wits in a fierce undersea showdown as Pacino battles to regain control of the U.S.S. Snarc, a revolutionary robotic combat sub that has fallen into enemy hands, and stop a possible world war. Original... -
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Guardian by Catherine Mann
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHEY’D DO ANYTHING FOR COUNTRY. AND EVERYTHING FOR EACH OTHER. After a dark ops malfunction, Major David Berg finds himself dead center in a military trial. It’s a race against time to root out the truth, and Major Sophie Campbell isn’t making that any easier. The hot JAG wants to bring down David’s unit and fast. His testimony is crucial to winning a case that will make her career... -
![Refuge by N.G. Osborne]()
Refuge by N.G. Osborne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn a dusty, sweltering night, Noor Khan, a beautiful, headstrong Afghan refugee, comes face-to-face with Charlie Matthews, a brash, young American aid worker. To Noor's fury, Charlie breaks every cultural norm and pursues her. She wants nothing to do with him: her sole aim in life is to earn an overseas scholarship so she can escape the miseries of the refugee camps...Categorized as:
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![The Realist by Abbie Zanders]()
The Realist by Abbie Zanders
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsClarissa Sullivan felt trapped by an unhealthy relationship and a job she hated. When she inherited a rustic mountain cabin from her crazy great-uncle, it gave her the perfect opportunity to leave the world behind and live out her dream: a life of solitude, free of commitments, entanglements, and unrealistic expectations. A life that did not include her hot, sexy, survivalist neighbor... -
![SEAL's Code: Bad Boys of SEAL Team 3, Book 3 by Sharon Hamilton]()
SEAL's Code: Bad Boys of SEAL Team 3, Book 3 by Sharon Hamilton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDanny Begay has tried to drive out the voices of his ancestors for most of his young life, but the life springing from his Navajo roots will not die. He is summoned back to Arizona to visit his dying grandfather, one of the original Navajo Code Talkers... -
![A Prince Among Men by Cat Johnson]()
A Prince Among Men by Cat Johnson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSergeant Ryan Pettit has a secret life blogging as Groundpounder, dutifully recording online a deployment where every day feels exactly the same-until a female reporter shows up at their all male camp. Then Ryan realizes nothing is ever going to be the same for him again. Ambitious Journalist Vicki Vanover is not above using her feminine wiles or a bit of blackmail to get a fabulous interview... -
![Fully Involved by Amy Knupp]()
Fully Involved by Amy Knupp
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo home. No roots. No involvements. No problems. That's how Andie Tyler rolls. Just keep riding, and the past can't catch up with you-- until someone runs over your motorcycle, that is! When she realizes that someone is Clay Marlow, studly-do-right himself, Andie's in deep trouble. The sparks between them were hot enough last time she blew through San Amaro Island... -
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![The Hunter by Gennita Low]()
The Hunter by Gennita Low
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the talented pen of Gennita Low comes the second installment in her exciting Navy SEALS trilogy. Hawk McMillan, SEAL commander, is on a lone mission. To get close to Dragan Dilaver, a Kosovo kingpin involved in drugs and arms–trafficking, Hawk helped him escape from Asia and return to his former country of Yugoslavia... -
![Red Stone Security Series Box Set: Volume 1 by Katie Reus]()
Red Stone Security Series Box Set: Volume 1 by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings3 Sexy Brothers, 3 Dangerous Stories... The Red Stone Security Series Box Set (Volume 1) includes the following three best-selling romantic suspense titles by Katie Reus: No One to Trust Elizabeth Martinez has never been able to turn her back on her brother... -
![Silence Is a Sense by Layla AlAmmar]()
Silence Is a Sense by Layla AlAmmar
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"This is not just good storytelling, but a blueprint for survival." — The New York Times Book ReviewA transfixing and beautifully rendered novel about a refugee’s escape from civil war—and the healing power of community.A young woman sits in her apartment, watching the small daily dramas of her neighbors across the way...Categorized as:
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![I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart]()
I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Théâtre de Champs-Elysées. “Only a Russian could do that," says Aleksandr Ivanovich. “Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad... -
![The Orange Grove by Larry Tremblay]()
The Orange Grove by Larry Tremblay
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“A finely sculpted gem . . . Possibly the best novel to come from Quebec in 2013.”—Elle“A fluid and disturbing fable . . . Subtle and extraordinary.”—La Presse“An essential book.”—ChatelaineIn an unnamed and war-torn country, twin brothers Amed and Aziz live in the sanctuary of the family’s orange grove... -
![Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck]()
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: “Erpenbeck will get under your skin” (Washington Post Book World) Go, Went, Gone is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, “one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation” (The Millions)... -
![Disquiet: A Novel by Zülfü Livaneli]()
Disquiet: A Novel by Zülfü Livaneli
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the internationally bestselling author of Serenade for Nadia, a powerful story of love and faith amidst the atrocities committed by ISIS against the Yazidi people. Disquiet transports the reader to the contemporary Middle East through the stories of Meleknaz, a Yazidi Syrian refugee, and Hussein, a young man from the Turkish city of Mardin near the Syrian border... -
![The Proof by Ágota Kristóf]()
The Proof by Ágota Kristóf
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen his twin brother Claus escapes across the frontier, Lucas is left to face a bleak existence in a post-war totalitarian state, "doing what has to be done in order to live". But all those he encounters, like himself, suffer an inner loss which primes them for ultimate tragedy... -
![Fever and Spear by Javier Marías]()
Fever and Spear by Javier Marías
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPart spy novel, part romance, part Henry James, Your Face Tomorrow is a wholly remarkable display of the immense writing gifts of Javier Marias. With Fever and Spear, Volume One of his unfolding novel Your Face Tomorrow, he returns us to the rarified world of Oxford (the delightful setting of All Souls and Dark Back of Time), while introducing us to territory entirely new--espionage... -
![No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib]()
No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsExit West meets An American Marriage in this breathtaking and evocative novel about a young Syrian couple in the throes of new love, on the cusp of their bright future…when a travel ban rips them apart on the eve of their son’s birth—from the author of The Girls at 17 Swann Street...Categorized as:
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![The Sweetness of Tears by Nafisa Haji]()
The Sweetness of Tears by Nafisa Haji
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom Nafisa Haji, author of the critically acclaimed novel, The Writing on My Forehead, comes The Sweetness of Tears, an emotional, deeply layered story that explores the far reaching effects of cultural prejudice, forbidden love, and hidden histories on a young woman and her family... -
![The Lover by A.B. Yehoshua, Philip Simpson]()
The Lover by A.B. Yehoshua, Philip Simpson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Elusive, haunting.”— New York Times Book Review A husband’s search for his wife’s lover, lost amid the turbulence of the Yom Kippur War, is the heart of this dreamlike novel. Through five different perspectives, Yehoshua explores the realities and consequences of the affair and the search, laying bare deep-rooted tensions within family, between generations, between Jews and Arabs... -
![The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid, Yishai Sarid]()
The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid, Yishai Sarid
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“A brilliant short novel that serves as a brave, sharp-toothed brief against letting the past devour the present” ( The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice), Yishai Sarid’s The Memory Monster is a harrowing parable of a young historian who becomes consumed by the memory of the Holocaust...Categorized as:
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![Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko]()
Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSasha Filipenko traces the arc of Russian history from Stalin's terror to the present day, in a novel full of heart and humanity.One struggles not to forget, while the other would like nothing better. Tatiana Alexeyevna is an old woman, over ninety, rich in lived experience, and suffering from Alzheimer's. Every day, she loses a few more of her irreplaceable memories...Categorized as:
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![Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker]()
Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the Waverton Good Read Award 2017Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017Shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2017Imagine if your whole life changed in the blink of an eye . . . Captain Tom Barnes is leading British troops into a war zone when he is gravely injured by an exploding IED... -
![Running Blind by Cindy Gerard]()
Running Blind by Cindy Gerard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTension sizzles in this new book in the One-Eyed Jacks series by New York Times bestseller Cindy Gerard: a sexy, pulse-pounding story featuring special ops agent Jamie Cooper and a female cyber analyst as they fight for justice and fall in love.No commitments, no promises, no looking back. Those are her rules. They used to be his rules, too...
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