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    Beach Read

    by Emily Henry

    January Andrews is a romance writer who no longer believes in love. When she spends the summer in a vacation home she meets Augustus Everett, a literary writer stuck in a rut. Together they engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.
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    The Love Hypothesis

    by Ali Hazelwood

    When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. She’ll discover that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.
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    Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

    by Diana Gabaldon

    War leaves nobody alone. Neither the past, the present, nor the future offers true safety, and the only refuge is what you can protect: your family, your friends, and your home. Diana Gabaldon returns with the “vast and sweeping” (The Washington Post) new novel in the epic Outlander series.
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    Waiting to Exhale

    by Terry McMillan

    When the men in their lives prove less than reliable, Savannah, Bernadine, Gloria, and Robin find new strength through a rare and enlightening friendship as they struggle to regain stability and an identity they don’t have to share with anyone. Because for the first time in a long time, their dreams are finally OFF hold …
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    Every Summer After

    by Carley Fortune

    They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek–the man she never thought she’d have to live without. Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.
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    The Night Circus

    by Erin Morgenstern

    Within the striped canvas tents of the Night Circus is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. But behind the scenes, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, must engage in a deadly game of cunning. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.
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    Summer Island

    by Kristin Hannah

    From the author of the cherished bestseller The Nightingale, comes a poignant, funny, luminous novel about a mother and daughter–the complex ties that bind them, the past that separates them, and the healing that comes with forgiveness.
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    The Wedding Date

    by Jasmine Guillory

    On the eve of his ex’s wedding festivities, Drew Nichols is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend … Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn’t normally do. But there’s something about Drew that’s too hard to resist. These two are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty romance.
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    The Kiss Quotient

    by Helen Hoang

    A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there’s not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.
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    Redeeming Love

    by Francine Rivers

    California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel, sold into prostitution as a child, survives by keeping her hatred alive. That is until she meets Michael Hosea, who promises to marry her and love her unconditionally. A powerful retelling of the story of Gomer and Hosea, Redeeming Love is a life-changing story of God’s unconditional, redemptive, all-consuming love.
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    Just Haven’t Met You Yet

    by Sophie Cousens

    From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year comes a heartwarming and hilarious tale that asks: What if you picked up the wrong suitcase and fell head over heels for its mysterious owner?
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    Ties That Tether

    by Jane Igharo

    At twelve years old, Azere promised her dying father she would marry a Nigerian man and preserve her culture, even after immigrating to Canada. But when Azere falls for a man she knows will break her mother’s heart, she must choose between love and her family.
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    The Cheat Sheet

    by Sarah Adams

    The friend zone is not the end zone for Bree Camden, who is helplessly in love with her longtime best friend and extremely hot NFL legend, Nathan Donelson. The only problem is she can’t admit her true feelings because he clearly sees her as a best friend with no romantic potential, and the last thing Bree wants is to ruin their relationship. But those abs …
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    The Marriage Game

    by Sara Desai

    A high stakes wager pits an aspiring entrepreneur against a ruthless CEO in this sexy romantic comedy. As they face off in close quarters, the sarcasm and sparks fly. But when the battle for the office becomes a battle of the heart, these two will have to decide if this is love or just a game.
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    Ice Planet Barbarians

    by Ruby Dixon

    Fall in love with the out-of-this-world romance between Georgie Carruthers, a human woman, and Vektal, an alien from another planet, in this expanded edition with bonus materials and an exclusive epilogue!
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    Ayesha at Last

    by Uzma Jalaluddin

    Ayesha has a lot going on. She dreams of being a poet but settles for a teaching job so she can pay the bills. She is lonely but doesn’t want an arranged marriage. Then she meets Khalid, who is smart and handsome, but also conservative and judgmental. When a surprise engagement is announced between Khalid and Ayesha’s cousin, Ayesha is torn between how she feels and the unsettling new gossip she hears about his family. A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love.
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    Faker

    by Sarah Echavarre Smith

    Emmie is a professional faker. She has to be to survive as one of the few female employees at Nuts & Bolts, a power tool company staffed predominantly by gruff men. One thing she doesn’t have to fake? Her disdain for coworker Tate who has been hostile to her since the day they met. When Emmie and Tate are forced to work together on a project, things get … heated. Emmie’s beginning to see that beneath Tate’s chiseled exterior lies a soft heart, but it will take more than a few kind words to erase the past and convince her that what they have is real.
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    Something to Talk About

    by Meryl Wilsner

    Hollywood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet, and just like that, the tabloids declare them a couple. The so-called scandal couldn’t come at a worse time — threatening Emma’s promotion and Jo’s new movie. But what if the rumors aren’t so off base after all?
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    Eligible

    by Curtis Sittenfeld

    This version of the Bennet family and Mr. Darcy is one that you have and haven’t met before. Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today.
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    Playing the Palace

    by Paul Rudnick

    When a lonely American event planner starts dating the Prince of Wales, a royal uproar ensues: is it true love or the ultimate meme? Find out in this hilarious romantic comedy.
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