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MOLOKA’I

This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai’i more than a century ago,

is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place—and a deeply

moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.

Rachel

Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting

far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a

rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from

her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the

quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka’i.

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LIGHT FROM A DISTANT STAR

Light from a Distant Star is a gripping coming-of-age story with a brutal murder at its heart and a heroine as unforgettable as Harper Lee’s “Scout.”

It

is early summer and Nellie Peck is on the cusp of adolescence – gangly,

awkward, full of questions, but keenly observant and wiser than many of

the adults in her life. The person she most admires is her father,

Benjamin, a man of great integrity. His family’s century old hardware

store is failing and Nellie’s mother has had to go back to work.

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THE LOCK ARTIST

Marked by tragedy, traumatized at the age of eight, Michael, now eighteen, is no ordinary young man. Besides not uttering a single word in ten years, he discovers the one thing he can somehow do better than anyone else. Whether it’s a locked door without a key, a padlock with no combination, or even an eight-hundred pound safe … he can open them all. 

It’s an unforgivable talent. A talent that will make young Michael a hot commodity with the wrong people and, whether he likes it or not, push him ever close to a life of crime.

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THE FIRST LOVE COOKIE CLUB

The top rules of the First Love Cookie Club: No men. No kids. No store-bought. No gossip!

And no one is going to keep rule #4 now that local-gal-made-good Sarah Collier has reluctantly returned to Twilight, Texas. The once-awkward teenager has become a big-time success with her bestselling kids’ books. Now she’s come back home to grant one child a very special wish, even though her own heart was once broken by the little girl’s father, Travis Walker.

This all makes Sarah wonder, even though you can go home again—should you? Every time she turns the corner,

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THE LAKE OF DREAMS

The highly anticipated new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter

With revelations that prove as captivating as the deceptions at the heart of her bestselling phenomenon The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Kim Edwards now gives us the story of a woman’s homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family.

At a crossroads in her life, Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her father’s unresolved death a decade ago. Old longings stirred up by Keegan Fall,

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WHAT HAPPENED TO HANNAH

As a teenager, Hannah Benson ran away from home in order to save herself. Now, twenty years later, the past comes calling and delivers life-changing news: her mother and sister have passed away, leaving Hannah the guardian of her fifteen-year-old niece.

Returning home to bitter memories and devastating secrets, Hannah must overcome her painful past to pave a future with her niece, the last best chance at a family for both of them. She begins to create a new, happier life with her niece and rekindles a relationship with Grady Steadman, one of the few people she’s ever called a friend.

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