Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A gothic fantasy of immense quality, this is the story of a dying town and the people still living there. It’s Opal’s search for a home, for a life, for anything other than what she was born into. Written with exacting prose, this is a...

A beautiful, uncategorisable and truly original modern-day fable about loss, hope and the magic of everyday life, Isaac and the Egg tells the story of a broken man's transformative journey into the woods. A young man walks into the woods on...

This heartwarming prequel to The Shunning is a tender story of love, belonging, and the courage to move forward.After her widowed father remarries, nineteen-year-old Clara Bender is no longer needed to help run his household. Marriage seems like her best...

Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone bring a lil’ sweet and a lil’ spicy back to your holidays this year with this next Christmas Notch title. Haven’t visited Christmas Notch, Vermont with them yet? Don’t fret, A Merry Little Meet...

"Akari’s obsession is fatalistic and intense, and Usami’s prose (translated by Asa Yoneda) renders it and the hold it has on her tenuous life ably and affectingly. . . . it will especially resonate with readers familiar with real-life...

There are good witches and bad witches, but the law says that all witches must be burned at the stake. So when an anonymous note warns, "Someone in this class is a witch," the students in 6B are nervous -- especially the boy who's just discovered that he...

His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the formless Place Between and visits marvelous lands he calls the Almost...

A bewitching comic fantasy by a master of the supernatural Cat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to...

God is dead. Meet the kids.Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother.Now brother Spider's on his doorstep -- about to...

From the author of the “dark and devious...beautifully written” (Stephen King) Mirrorland comes an “atmospheric, thrilling, and utterly captivating” (Booklist) gothic tale set on a remote Scottish island where the locals...

A historical thriller with a Nordic Noir feel, this taut story is based on a real family of serial killers known as The Bloody Benders of Kansas. Travel back to the American West from May 1871 to December 1872 — but be prepared for a frightening...

A riveting novel based on the life of Artemisia Gentileschi—the greatest female painter of the Renaissance—as she forges her own destiny in a world dominated by the will of men.This is the ring that you gave me, and these are your promises.A...

As seen on the TODAY show as “a perfect beach read.”Three lifelong friends plus a dangerous, sexy new stranger in town add up to a scorching summer of manipulation, obsession, and murder, from the acclaimed author of The...

"It does not matter if you are male or female...anyone from the ages of teen to adult would love this story... Tales by Sherrilyn Kenyon are major awesomeness!" — Huntress ReviewsThe world of the Dark-Hunters is unlike anything you've ever seen...

A retired colleague's suspicious death puts Lt. Eve Dallas on the case in Payback in Death, the electrifying new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb.Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel comes an uplifting novel about an author who--to her surprise--inherits a grand estate near London.Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike...

“Stradal serves up another saga of food and family, hurt and healing, pitched between cliff-hanger moments. . . that make the pages fly.” —PeopleFrom the New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, a story of a...

If you need a thrill, you can’t go wrong with John Grisham. Judge’s List brings back fan-favorite Lacy Stoltz as she tracks an elusive serial killer, who may also be a sitting judge. It’s got the stakes, tension, and...

Lea Mortimer has everything under control. As a highly sought-after consultant specializing in transforming dilapidated French country estates into boutique hotels, she relishes her freedom as a single, childfree woman. And her life is full, occupied as...

“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review“Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.”...