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  Do you enjoy reading true crime stories? Perhaps you enjoy regularly listening to crime podcasts. Debut author, Nicola Solvinic has written THE HUNTER'S DAUGHTER (Berkley/PenguinRandomHouse), which reads like a story you may have heard on the news. Anna Koray is a good decorated cop, but she has a secret - a secret she's kept her whole life. She is the daughter of a notorious serial killer. At ten-years old, she was put in the witness protection program to hide her from her father's legacy and her memories were locked away by her psychiatrist in a controversial hypnosis therapy. Now she's getting older and the suppressed memories slowly begin showing up in her psyche. When she kills a man in the line of duty, she is shot and hospitalized with plenty of time to think back. At the same time, a serial killer picks up where her father left off and starts copying him.  Anna starts remembering the gruesome crimes and having blackouts. Who is copying her father? Is he alive?

The highly awaited 4th book in Penelope Douglas, "Devil's Night" series. A hint for readers: Penelope suggests reading the first three suspense-romance for it to make sense. What happens when it's five against one and nowhere to run? EMORY They call it Blackchurch. A secluded mansion in a remote, undisclosed location where the wealthy and powerful send their misbehaving sons to cool off away from prying eyes. Will Grayson has always been an animal, though. Reckless, wild, and someone who was never bound by a single rule other than to do exactly what he wanted. There was no way his grandfather was going risk him humiliating the family again. Not that the last time was entirely his fault. He might’ve enjoyed backing me into corners in high school when no one was looking, so they wouldn’t catch on that Mr. Popular actually wanted a piece of that quiet, little nerd he loved to torture so much, but… He could also be warm. And fierce in keeping me safe. The truth is… He has

  Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel situated on Georgia’s picturesque coast—a place where traditions run deep and scandals run deeper…. A place where Traci Eddings was too poor to visit, but good enough to work for. One fateful summer, she did just that, and married the boss’s son.  Recently widowed, she’s now inherited the St. Cecelia, and is determined to bring it back to its former glory, regardless of the staffing issues and budget cuts that plague it. Enlisting a motley crew of staff—including her estranged best friend’s daughter—Traci has one season to turn it all around. But information about a long-buried drowning, and the tragic death of one of their own, threatens to destroy everything Traci has worked for…. MARY KAY ANDREWS   is the  New York Times   bestselling author of 30 novels (including   The Homewreckers ;   The Santa Suit; The Newcomer; Hello, Summer ;   Sunset Beach;   The High Tide Club; The Weekenders ;   Beach Town; Save the Date; Ladies’ Night; Christ

  Cecilia Lapthorne always vowed she’d never go back to Dune Cottage. So no one is more surprised than Cecilia to find herself escaping her own seventieth birthday party to return to the remote but beautiful cottage on Cape Cod—a place filled with memories. Some are good—especially memories of the early days with her husband, volatile artist Cameron, before his fame eclipsed their marriage. But then there are the memories she has revealed to no one. Especially not her daughter, Kristen, who hero-worshipped her father. For aspiring artist Lily, Dune Cottage has been a refuge, albeit an illicit one. After dropping out of medical school, she’s cleaning houses on the Cape to get by, guilt-ridden for disappointing her parents. Unoccupied for years, the cottage seemed the perfect place to hide away and lick her wounds—until Cecilia unexpectedly arrives. Despite an awkward beginning, Lily accepts Cecilia’s invitation to stay on as her guest, and a flicker of kinship ignites. Then Cecilia’s gr

The library is under lock and key. But its secrets can't be contained. 1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence's father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls. But as a young woman, Florence is not so easy to tame—and when she brings scandal to his door, the bookbinder throws her onto the streets of Manchester. Intercepting her father's latest commission, Florence talks her way into the forbidding Rose Hall to restore its rare books. Lord Francis Belfield's library is old and full of secrets—but none so intriguing as the whispers about his late wife…  Evocative, arresting and tightly plotted,  The Library Thief  is at once a propulsive Gothic mystery and a striking exploration of race, gender and self-discovery in Victorian England.  HERE'S AN EXCERPT The story starts with a scandal that I thought would end my life. Fortunately, my scandal didn’t kill anyone. In fact, it pales in comparison with what I went on to disco