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Lucy Foley
Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel
High in the Swiss Alps, the luxurious Grand Alpine Hotel promises champagne, powdery slopes, and breathtaking mountain views—but beneath the glamour, old grudges and dangerous secrets are beginning to surface. When a body is discovered and a blizzard cuts off all escape, every guest becomes a suspect. Luckily, one unassuming visitor has been quietly watching it all: Miss Marple. A glamorous, snowbound mystery filled with secrets, suspects, and classic whodunit intrigue.
genre: THRILLER / COZY MYSTERY
Bonnie Garmus
Peck & Peck
From the bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry comes a witty, tender new story about finding your place in the world. In his early twenties and determined to pursue poetry rather than a conventional career, Batter Gray lands a job at Peck & Peck—New York City’s prestigious, secretive, and wildly dysfunctional poetry journal. Surrounded by eccentric editors and complicated ideas about truth, ambition, and belonging, Batter soon discovers that life rarely has just two sides to the story.
genre: historical fiction
Amanda Gayle
Once Again Always
Molly wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the past six years—and discovers she somehow married Aster Bishop, the arrogant boarding school rival she once couldn’t stand. Forced to return home with a husband she barely knows, Molly finds that Aster is nothing like the boy she remembers: he’s considerate, devastatingly handsome, frustratingly secretive…and sleeping on the sofa to give her space. A swoony, slow-burn second-chance romance packed with rivals-to-lovers chemistry, forced proximity, found family, and plenty of yearning.
genre: romance
Adalyn Grace
The Wretched Divine
Aurelie Chantelune has spent her life training to destroy the demons ravaging her kingdom, hoping to inherit a powerful soulbond with an angel who could help turn the tide of war. But when the people she loves begin transforming into the very monsters she’s sworn to kill, Aurelie makes an unthinkable choice: forging a dangerous second bond with a demon who claims he knows how to end the war. Now caught between an angel and a demon on opposing sides, she must uncover the truth about her enemies—and decide who she can really trust.
genre: fantasy
Kelley Armstrong 🇨🇦
Dive Bar at the End of the Road
Final Destination meets The Cabin at the End of the World in this supernatural horror from bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. After a mysterious figure causes a late-night pileup on a storm-soaked forest road, five strangers take refuge in a remote dive bar until morning. But time is behaving strangely, something unnatural is lurking in the woods, and stepping outside could be deadly. Trapped together with no cell service and no idea what’s happening, they’ll have to survive the night long enough to uncover what brought them there.
genre: horror / paranormal
Min Jin Lee
American Hagwon
From the bestselling, National Book Award–finalist author of Pachinko comes a sweeping new family epic spanning Korea, Australia, and Southern California. After betrayal and financial crisis upend their comfortable life in Seoul, the Koh family leaves everything behind in search of opportunity and security. Across years and generations, they navigate ambition, sacrifice, belonging, and the powerful expectation that education will secure a better future. An intimate yet expansive story about family, immigration, and how far we’ll go for the people we love.
genre: literary / family drama
Rioghnach Robinson
Bad Words
Parker Navarro’s debut novel was supposed to launch his career—until critic Selina Chan’s brutal review turned it into the flop of the decade. Four years later, Parker is ready for redemption, and Selina is assigned to review him again. When her second takedown sparks a viral literary feud, their public rivalry takes on a life of its own—but behind the scenes, something far more unexpected begins to grow between them. A sharp, tender story about art, ambition, vulnerability, and finding connection in the last person you expected.
genre: romance
Heidi Perks
It Ends Here
One quiet morning in a small seaside town, a single gunshot erupts inside a café, leaving five strangers trapped within—and five terrified loved ones waiting outside for answers. There are no demands, no warning, and no apparent escape plan, but one thing is certain: someone inside is the shooter, and one person isn’t walking out. As police race to uncover the truth, buried secrets and fractured loyalties begin to surface in a tense, ticking-clock thriller where everyone is left wondering: could it really be them?
genre: thriller
Barbara Kingsolver
Partita
From Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver comes a deeply moving story about the choices that shape a life. Livia Cable has settled into a quiet existence in the farm country where she grew up when an unexpected call from a former lover pulls her back into a past she thought she’d left behind. Once a gifted young pianist with extraordinary promise, Livia must confront memories of love, loss, ambition, and the relationship that changed the course of her life. A poignant exploration of roads not taken, second chances, and the enduring connection between life and art.
genre: literary / music
Freya Marske
Bodies of Magic
Grey’s Anatomy meets A Deadly Education in this dark academia fantasy from bestselling author Freya Marske. Five gifted healing mages have just five days to survive the notoriously difficult Grand Exam—but on the first day, they discover the body of their brilliant classmate. Now they must solve her murder while completing deadly practical trials, knowing they’ll either pass or fail together. The problem? Every member of the group has something to hide, and every one of them had a connection to the dead girl.
genre: fantasy / dark academia
Lisa Kleypas
Queen of Lombard Street
From bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes a sweeping Victorian story about a brilliant female economist determined to build Britain’s first bank for women. Reina Martin knows firsthand the cost of having no financial independence, but her ambitious plans are threatened when she discovers her powerful mentor may be at the centre of a massive financial crime. With the help of an undercover detective—and an unconventional found family—Reina must risk everything to expose the truth and help change the future for women like her.
genre: historical fiction
Emily Zinnikas
I Am the Monster Under the Bed
Something has lived under Willa’s bed since childhood—and strangely, some of her fondest memories are of the invisible creature that taught her how to read. Now a reclusive artist, Willa is suddenly exposed as the sole survivor of an infamous unsolved tragedy that left six teenagers dead and an entire town convinced she was responsible. Returning home for a funeral means confronting a possessed forest, unsettling things lurking in the shadows, and the monster she thought she left behind. A dark, eerie supernatural horror about buried trauma, small-town secrets, and the terrifying possibility that everyone was right about her.
genre: horror / paranormal
Raven Kennedy
The Sweetest Fiend
From the bestselling author of the Plated Prisoner series comes a dark and addictive romantasy inspired by the legend of the Pied Piper. Half Bane and half fae, she’s spent her life hated and feared—until a deadly Plague descends on her city and the mysterious Pied Piper arrives with a cure. His price? 130 people, including her. Now his captive and desperate to escape, she finds herself dangerously drawn to the very man holding her prisoner. Expect dark magic, forced proximity, wicked banter, sizzling chemistry, and plenty of secrets in the first book of a seductive new duology.
genre: fantasy
Maggie Gates
Blue Jean Summer
Hayes Wilder needs a wife—and fast—if he wants to save his grandfather’s beloved estate. Catherine Foster, a former pageant queen and his small-town childhood admirer, desperately needs a way out of mounting debt. Their solution? A marriage of convenience that gives them both exactly what they need…at least on paper. But with the whole town watching, a scheming half brother determined to expose them, and unexpected chemistry complicating their arrangement, this fake marriage might just turn into the real thing. A charming cowboy romance packed with small-town charm, forced proximity, and marriage-of-convenience fun.
genre: romance
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