Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Framed as a letter from the Roman Emperor Hadrian to his successor, Marcus Aurelius, Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian is translated from the French by Grace Frick with an introduction by Paul Bailey in Penguin Modern Classics.In her magnificent...

(Available after 3-20 days)From New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a brand new psychological thriller about the lengths one woman will go to in order to save a child.“Few crimes are reported as quickly as a snatched kid.”That’s what...

From acclaimed novelist and “master of psychological thrillers” (Library Journal) Paula Daly, Open Your Eyes follows a bestselling crime novelist’s tragic turn from fictional perpetrator into real-life victim.   Jane Campbell avoids confrontation at any...

*NOW A MAJOR THREE-PART ITV1 DRAMA, STARRING EMILY WATSON AND DENISE GOUGH*A haunting, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller about a woman who has been institutionalized for a heinous crime, and the psychiatrist assigned to her case who must uncover...

Paula Daly is acclaimed for her distinctive voice, masterful plotting, and terrifying depictions of ordinary people whose everyday lives are turned upside down through deception and murder. In her unsettling new domestic thriller, The Trophy Child, Daly...

I peered over the ledge with my heart in my throat. A pop of color caught my eye - I would recognize that jacket anywhere. The body I knew so well lay still, torso twisted one way, head facing the other... I'd planned this trip to the gorgeous, remote...

The acclaimed author of Gone Without a Trace delivers another twisting novel of psychological suspense in which a woman is backed against a wall—with nothing left to lose...The morning after real estate agent Gemma Brogan has dinner with a prospective...

From debut author Elle Grawl comes a psychological thriller about an insomniac artist who discovers a shocking truth about a recent spate of murders in her city: the victims all look just like her.   Years after escaping her abusive childhood, Harper...

(Available after 3-20 days) A brutally murdered husband. An abused wife who wanted him gone for good… Did the wealthy widow arrange his death—and can a disgraced detective discover the truth? "Your husband is dead." Lorraine Rowe receives the news from...

(Available after 3-20 days)A frantic search begins when Claudia's friend Kelly learns that her three-year-old niece is missing. Kelly's estranged half-sister Erin and her husband live quiet lives as members of a fanatical religious cult in an isolated...

A widowed artist. An old crush. One summer to get her life back.Ivy Bay’s life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy and her...

"Don't worry, Anna. I'll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it.""Okay.""Promise me? Promise you won't say anything?""Don't worry." I laughed. "It's our secret, right?"According to her best friend Frankie, twenty days in...

AN INDIE NEXT PICK!   From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Bookish high school student Rintaro...

(Available after 3-20 days)A collection of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, epics, legends, wonder and magic tales from all around Southeast Asia.Nusantara - A Sea of Tales is the most comprehensive collection of folktales, fairy tales, myths and...

(Available after 3-20 days)There are many ways to be a heroine.Princess and swordswoman, lawyer and motorcyclist, scholar and barbarian: there are many ways to be a heroine. In this anthology, seventeen authors find new ways to pair one weapon-wielding...

(Available after 3-20 days)How is a girl supposed to concentrate with five hot fae mentors? It’s not like I have a lot to do or anything.Royal Coronations.Finals.A Solstice Ball.And a mother hellbent on ruining the fae world.Just another ordinary day for...

(Available after May 30th, 2023)The extraordinary finale to Julie Kagawa's New York Times and internationally bestselling Iron Fey series is here…and the fate of the Nevernever and all the world hangs in the balance. Join Meghan, Ash, Puck, Grimalkin,...

(Available after 3-20 days)Every young woman dreams of marrying a king.   Everyone except for me. Because the king I am to wed has razor sharp fangs and a thirst for blood. All my life I knew I'd come of age during the Hundred Year Reaping. According to...

Every young woman dreams of wearing a crown.   But never a fae crown. Because the crowns of fae are forged with blood. Being the forced bride of a fae king was supposed to be torture. King Aspen was supposed to be my enemy. But I was wrong about him. So...

No one dreams of starting a war.   But without a fight there can be no revolution... I used to protect lives. Now I've ended more than I've saved. But after being betrayed by the humans I trusted, I have no choice but to fight. And the battle has begun...