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2020

Ten Things I Hate About the Duke: A Difficult Dukes Novel

By Loretta Chase - Published 2020

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London, 1833. Cassandra Pomfret is a headstrong young woman who can’t manage to keep her political opinions to herself, much to her lordly ...Read Review

Stealing Mt. Rushmore

By Daphne Kalmar - Published 2020

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Children/Young Adult

Not everyone has a mom, and not every mom wants to be one. Daphne Kalmar’s novel is a story for real kids ...Read Review

Death on the Homefront (Emily Cabot Mysteries)

By Frances McNamara - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

Frances McNamara’s latest Emily Cabot mystery once again explores the amateur sleuth’s Chicago haunts. Our heroine has matured since the previous ...Read Review

Murder on a Midnight Clear (High Society Lady Detective)

By Sara Rosett - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

When she inadvertently crashes a holiday house party, Olive Belgrave stumbles across more secrets than just what her sweetheart, Jasper Rimington, has been ...Read Review

Victorine

By Drema Drudge - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction Literary

This compelling literary novel brings Edouard Manet’s favorite model to life. Through first-person narration by petite, auburn-haired Victorine, we witness the relationship ...Read Review

Invitation to Die (Inspector Redfyre Mysteries)

By Barbara Cleverly - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

The author of Fall of Angels returns with Detective Inspector (DI) John Redfyre in Cambridge during the early summer of 1924. The clever young ...Read Review

Black Bottom Saints

By Alice Randall - Published 2020

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Literary

In Detroit in 1968, choreographer and emcee Joseph “Ziggy” Johnson lies dying in a hospital. He knows he doesn’t have long to live ...Read Review

Spirit Sight (Last of the Gifted)

By Marie Powell - Published 2020

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Children/Young Adult

Wales, 1282: Hyw and his sister, Catrin, are gifted. Hyw can control animals, and Catrin is a seer. But neither is prepared for the ...Read Review

The Arctic Fury

By Greer Macallister - Published 2020

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Lady Jane Franklin says she does not believe her husband, the explorer John Franklin, is dead. Multiple expeditions to the Arctic have failed ...Read Review

An Irish Country Welcome (Irish Country Books Book 15)

By Patrick Taylor - Published 2020

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The latest in the endearing and long-running Irish Country series, this most recent novel is a paean to new beginnings – whether they’re ...Read Review