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"In this sensational, page-turning debut novel, a high-profile female journalist's world is upended when her fiancé's name turns up in a viral social media post--a nuanced, daring, and timely exploration of the real-world impact of online life, from award-winning journalist and internationally bestselling author, Yomi Adegoke."--
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"When investigative journalist Gina Kane receives an email from a "CRyan" describing her "terrible experience" while working at REL, a high-profile television news network, including the comment "and I'm not the only one," Gina knows she has to pursue the story. But when Ryan goes silent, Gina is shocked to discover the young woman has died tragically in a jet ski accident while on holiday. Meanwhile, REL counsel Michael Carter finds himself in a...
4) Cub
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Seventeen-year-old Theo agrees to do a cooking competition at a chic new restaurant, though he is very self-conscious of his body and hates the spotlight. This is compounded when he shows an obvious talent for food, and the sexy celebrity owner makes it clear he is interested in more than just Theo's cooking.
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A couple's troubled marriage is pushed to its limits amidst secrets, lies, and an enemy set on revenge. Faith Morgan is struggling with her faith. Years of poor communication and neglect leave her doubting that God will ever fix her marriage, when a coworker accuses her husband, Jonah, of the unthinkable. Pediatric cardiologist Jonah Morgan is obsessed with one think: his work, even at the cost of his family. But now he finds himself at a crossroads...
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"When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me." And so we are introduced to our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose charismatic husband at the same small liberal arts college is under investigation for his inappropriate relationships with his former students. The couple have long had a mutual understanding when it comes to their extra-marital pursuits, but with these new allegations, life...
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"Joy and Annie are friends and roommates with decent jobs, crushing student loans, and an extra bedroom in need of an occupant-ideally someone they don't hate. Theo instantly fits the bill, and soon, Joy and Theo are platonically nesting over movie nights and midnight hijinks. When Annie moves out, Joy happily gets to work creating a cozy home for Theo and herself. Then he brings home Celine, a girlfriend he's never mentioned and quite possibly the...
11) That's debatable
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Seventeen-year-old Millicent M. Chalmers is depending on a series of debating victories, culminating in winning Alabama's state debate tournament, to secure a college scholarship, but her singular focus is disrupted after a run-in with Taggart Strong, who seems equally dedicated to losing every debate as long as he says what he really believes.
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"Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truviv's CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge. But the world has changed, and the women are watching this promotion...
13) El quâe dirâan
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When Jujube's reputation is tarnished at her school, she is embarrassed and angry, but she decides to fight back and uses a school project to demonstrate how she feels.
14) Open secrets
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Aspiring musician Ana Santos gets her lucky break from a local music producer named Gill Daring who offers to arrange interviews and photo shoots, and begins giving her gifts. Then something happens to make Ana uncomfortable and she's faced with a choice between her career and doing what is right.
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"An evocative new novel set in the medical world about how far one woman will go to save a friendship from acclaimed author and former ER doctor Kimmery Martin. Urologist Georgia Brown's sense of self-preservation is kicked into high gear after she's sexually harassed by a male surgeon at her medical clinic, but her outrage grows when her best doctor friend, Jonah, is dismissed for treating transgender patients. After traveling to Amsterdam to attend...
16) This is pleasure
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"In this powerful short fiction, Mary Gaitskill--whose searing honesty about gender relations has been legendary since the appearance of Bad Behavior in the 1980s--considers our moment through the lens of a particular #metoo incident. The effervescent and well-dressed Quin, a successful book editor and fixture on the New York arts scene, has long been one of Margot's best friends. When several women in his field accuse him of inappropriate touching...
17) First time
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Haley, feeling alienated from her best friend since she started dating a guy several years older than her, has difficulty when her mother's boyfriend starts making advances toward her and she feels she cannot discuss it with anyone.
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"James Grippando's crusader Jack Swyteck is back in his sixteenth adventure, a timely and pulse-pounding thriller"--
Julia Rodriguez and her teenage daughter Beatriz escaped bloodthirsty gangs, random violence and, Julia's abusive husband back in El Salvador. Arriving in Miami, mother and daughter struggled to carve their own piece of the American dream. While life in the States is hard, it is safer, until Julia's rejects her boss's unwanted sexual...