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by Fay Weldon
3.8(4,425)
A wronged wife becomes a cunning she-devil, dismantling her husband's life and identity with satisfying revenge after he leaves her for a glamorous novelist.
by Farley Mowat
4.1(4,422)
A young boy's Saskatchewan home is hilariously upended and forever changed by the arrival of Wol, a skunk-gifting, minister-terrorizing owl, and Weeps, his flight-challenged, dog-loving companion.
by Steve Kluger
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In 1940s Brooklyn, a fatherless, baseball-obsessed boy's relentless pursuit of his New York Giants hero sparks an unlikely, heartwarming friendship that alters both their lives.
by Shaun David Hutchinson
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Ozzie's boyfriend vanishes from existence, and no one remembers him but Ozzie. As the universe shrinks, Ozzie races to find him, even as a new connection sparks an unexpected, forbidden love.
by Beverly Lewis
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Torn between her devout fiancé and a charismatic outsider shunned by the Amish, Rose Kauffman must navigate forbidden love and community judgment, while her sister, Hen, fights to reconcile her modern marriage with her traditional roots before a judge decides her daughter's fate.
by Arthur Hailey
3.9(4,415)
A woman at the top of a pharmaceutical company finds a frightening conspiracy when a new drug's promise of healing conflicts with corporate greed, forcing her to choose between her job and exposing a deadly secret.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
3.7(4,412)
A Hawaiian man's life becomes a thrilling gamble when he buys a wish-granting imp in a bottle, only to discover selling it for less each time traps him in a desperate quest to avoid eternal damnation while securing his true love.
by Ray Bradbury
4.1(4,412)
In a future where prehistoric safaris are a luxury, one misplaced step in the past unravels time and civilization.
by Heather Killough-Walden
4.0(4,411)
A healer who dreams of two dangerous, destined werewolf mates—one a killer and the other a magic-averse man haunted by a warlock's past—finds her carefully constructed life utterly upended when fate throws them together.
by Kate Brian
4.0(4,402)
Trapped by a blizzard at a deserted elite academy, a perfect student's secret romance with a rebellious bad boy ignites a dangerous game, threatening to expose a secret that will unravel her carefully constructed world.
by John Steinbeck
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In John Steinbeck's "The Long Valley," the Salinas Valley is a stage for the hidden struggles of ordinary lives, where the land's bounty is often overshadowed by the complex tensions of human relationships.
by E.M. Delafield
3.9(4,398)
In 1930s Devon, a sharp-witted provincial lady navigates a delightful mess of social pretensions, domestic absurdities, and her own charmingly disaster-prone life.
by John Marsden
3.8(4,395)
Ellie Linton must face the truth that not all battles are won with bullets as she runs out of ammunition in a world overrun by ruthless invaders.
by Adriana Locke
4.0(4,387)
In a town where rules are meant to be broken, a woman seeking a fresh start finds her carefully constructed life upended by a dangerously charming man who challenges every exception she thought she'd made.
by Dave Boling
4.0(4,386)
In 1930s Guernica, a mysterious man and a dancer fall in love, their bond tested by the Spanish Civil War and the town's devastating bombing.
by Louis Bayard
3.7(4,384)
In 1830, a jaded detective partners with a young, eccentric Edgar Allan Poe to unravel a series of gruesome murders and stolen hearts at West Point, plunging them into a world of dark secrets and shattered trust.
by Jennifer R. Hubbard
3.6(4,381)
A secret year of forbidden love between a country club girl and a boy from the flats unravels into a torrent of unspoken grief and haunting questions after her sudden death, leaving him to mourn a relationship no one knew existed.
by Ilsa J. Bick
3.9(4,380)
A troubled teen navigates survival and attraction with abusive parents and a potentially predatory teacher, blurring the lines between victim and monster.
by Tessa de Loo
3.6(4,378)
Orphaned Dutch twins, separated by the Iron Curtain and WWII, reunite seventy years later at a Belgian health resort, their meeting echoing Europe's fractured past and family bonds.
by Ted Dekker
3.8(4,373)
An ordinary man inherits a mysterious clue from a Holocaust survivor, drawing him into a deadly game with a serial killer who has waited thirty years for a shared treasure.
by Jilly Cooper
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In the cutthroat world of television, a charismatic, philandering showjumper and a ruthless, ambitious TV executive clash spectacularly, their intertwined lives a maelstrom of passion, betrayal, and scandalous rivalry.
by P.G. Wodehouse
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A scandalous memoir threatens to expose the upper crust's secrets, triggering a chaotic scramble involving a stolen sow, a disguised chorus girl, and a detective with divided loyalties, all converging on Blandings Castle.
by Roan Parrish
4.3(4,368)
A closeted mechanic grappling with rage and anxiety finds an unexpected, transformative connection with a social justice advocate haunted by his own past, forcing them both to confront long-buried secrets.
by Graham McNamee
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Trapped in the sweltering Lost and Found, a 17-year-old uncovers a serial killer's diary, plunging him into a desperate race against time to unmask the murderer stalking Toronto's subway before another victim falls.