Adult & Contemporary Fiction

The fate of an empire rests in the hands of a young woman with magical blood and nothing left to lose, and an outcast prince determined to save his family at any cost, in this "dark, melodious, and memorable" new fantasy (Library Journal, starred review)...

'Tender, funny and romantic' -- Marie Claire Christine Rose is crossing the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin late one night when she sees a stranger, Adam, poised to jump. Desperate to help, she talks him into a reckless deal: if he gives her two weeks - till...

A box of possessions.A father with no memory.A daughter with just one day to piece together the past. When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father's belongings, her seemingly uneventful life suddenly alters and shifts. In the...

Even a fortune forged in railroads and steel can't buy entrance into the upper echelons of Victorian high society—for that you need a marriage of convenience.American heiress August Crenshaw has aspirations. But unlike her peers, it isn't some stuffy...

Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks...

In a world where magic is tightly controlled, the most powerful man in history must choose between his kingdom and his son in the first book in the epic NYT bestselling Lightbringer series.Guile is the Prism. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose...

(Available after March 30th, 2023)NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author—a funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one Baltimore family’s foibles, from a boyfriend with a red Chevy in the 1950s up to a...

Maybe you've been part of The Thursday Murder Club (as written by Richard Osman) or enjoyed the literary Easter-eggs in Anthony Horowitz's mystery Magpie Murders. If so! It's time to join The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts as designed by...

He was my enemy. My lover. My husband. And the one man I swore by all Olympus I would destroy. *A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Aphrodite and Hephaestus (and Pandora and Adonis).* Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured...

A Freeman Award Winner for Young Adult Literature   For two teens, falling in love is going to make a world of difference in this beautifully translated, bold, and endearing novel about love, loss, and the pain of racial discrimination. As a Korean...

(Available after 3-20 days)Cursed violins, magic, donuts, and a queer alien courtship. This is a heart-warming tale of music, identity, and found family. This read is Faustian bargain meets space opera! It’s Douglas Adams for the modern era—funny,...

(Available after 3-20 days)Meet Odd Thomas, the unassuming young hero of Dean Koontz’s dazzling New York Times bestseller, a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death who offers up his heart in these pages and will forever capture yours.“The...

From USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates comes a haunting story of dread and a lingering poison inside Gillespie House   Elle is thrilled to spend a month minding the beautiful Gillespie property. Over an hour's drive...

From dystopian visionary and bestselling phenomenon Veronica Roth comes a razor-sharp reimagining of Antigone. In Arch-Conspirator, Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected."A gut punch of...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, another pulse-pounding read from the undisputed queen of YA thrillers!They said goodbye to their friends and family for the weekend. They...

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr. Jacqueline Belanger, University of Cardiff. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce's Dubliners and the symbolism of Ulysses, and is essential to the...

The internationally bestselling author of the “dark, captivating psychological thriller” (People) Lying in Wait returns with a wickedly dark, twisted, and brilliantly observed new novel about an enigmatic woman confronting her unknown past.Reclusive...

A sweeping historical adventure set during one of the most turbulent periods of British history—featuring a heroine you’ll never forget ...   Dorset, 1642. When bloody civil war breaks out between the king and Parliament, families and communities across...

“My favorite new mystery series!”—Alyssa Maxwell, USA Today bestselling authorIn 1919 England, in the shadow of The Great War, many look to the spirit world for answers. But it will take an all too earthbound intrigue to draw in the discerning heroine of...

(Available after April 30th, 2023) A new novel of suspense where one woman’s picture-perfect island sanctuary reveals itself to be filled with dangers . . .At twenty-nine, Alison Marshall is ready to find a place to call home. She’s drifted from...