Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A story of sibling love ruptured by the Iron Curtain, by one of the most significant East German writers. “I will never forgive you,” Uli says to his sister Elisabeth. It is 1960 and the border between East and West Germany has long been closed. Their...

(Available after October 30th, 2023)She dug her mother's grave in the poison garden so it would stay hidden...From the snowy winter woods to the bright midnight sun; from lost and powerless to finding your path, Now She is Witch conjures a world of...

*** WINNER OF THE 2021 #MERKY BOOKS NEW WRITERS' PRIZE***Nik has lots of questions about his late father but knows better than to ask his mother, Avani. It's their unspoken rule.When his grandfather dies, Nik has the opportunity to learn about the man he...

Two strangers, one tropical island, and lots of lies in this funny beach romance from the author of Love & Other Great Expectations!Aspiring nature photographer Kenzie Reed just can’t get her straitlaced family of optometrists to take her art...

In this rom com from the author of Someone Else's Summer, a hopeless romantic juggles senior year stress, family problems, and faulty friendships around the end of senior year and prom.Quincy Walker is a hopeless romantic, so when she's kissed by a...

A scrappy former maid and jewel thief must outwit gods, injustice, and her own past in this sequel to the Indie Next Pick, Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.Let's get one thing straight - Vanja Schmidt wasn't trying to start a cult.After taking down a...

Sarah J. Maas meets A Deadly Education in A.M. Strickland's lush, queer YA dark fantasy novel.In becoming a vampire, I’m less than a girl. And more.Or maybe I’m becoming what I always have been, deep inside.A blade.When nineteen-year-old Fin volunteers...

A hair-raising locked-mall murder mystery, Four Found Dead is perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. Pop your popcorn, grab your favorite Slurpee, and head to an eerie theatre in this high-stakes slasher. The last show has ended, but the...

Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Hazel Wood are cordially invited to spend one fateful night surviving an elite private school’s epic masquerade ball in Jen Wilde’s debut thriller, This Is the Way the World Ends.As an autistic scholarship student at...

(Available after June 30th, 2023)I just saved the boy I’m falling for from a gruesome death by a demon. And what does he have to say? I’m the key to opening the gates of Hell. I mean, a thank-you would’ve been nice. Or another scorching-hot, forbidden...

(Available after 3-20 days) In a world where magic means power, a "small" gift is a curse. Thea was not blessed with power. Her gift of devouring plants and absorbing their hidden abilities does not make her stand out among her peers. Until a young man...

When a secret society has you in their sights, it can lead to power, privilege… or death.   It's been two weeks since Polly St. James went missing. The police, the headmistress of Torrey-Wells Academy, and even her parents have ruled her a runaway. But...

Featuring airborne adventure and wicked djinn spirits, Marufu's exhilarating YA debut finds a sixteen-year-old fleeing an arranged marriage in a hot air balloon - and into a dangerous world of magic and curses.   The year's must-read YA fantasy -...

From debut author Megan Paasch comes Dream to Me, a YA contemporary fantasy about generational magic, grief, and what it takes to forgive ourselves.Eva Sylvan didn’t ask for any of this. Not the cross-country move with her sister to a town in the middle...

This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the inspiring love story of two teens fighting for climate action and human rights.Winged beings are meant to be free. And so are artists, but the Cuban...

(Available after 3-20 days) In this heart-pounding conclusion to The Kinder Poison trilogy--which People magazine proclaimed a "delicious high-stakes adventure"--war looms over Orkena, but can Zahru save her people without losing herself? War has come to...

At Stony Point Homeschool Academy, high school senior Audra Dunne spends her time hanging out with friends, cooking and baking, and dreaming of her not-so-distant future at the Culinary Institute of America. Sure, she wishes she were comfortable enough...

(Available after 3-20 days) When Lucy planned a summer trip to Florence, she didn't expect to have to go single. Or for the hotel manager to cheat her out of her river-view room. And especially not for a broody, handsome stranger to offer to swap rooms...

(Available ater June 30th, 2023)A love like ours doesn’t just disappear. Even if she had...Jacob Cole is on a career high. With his renowned architectural skill, he landed the contract of a lifetime. Designing the most prominent building in the LA...

Miles Morales might have Spidey senses that tingle when chaos is coming, but our book senses tingle when we discover a stunning read. So, it’s no wonder that our minds got a slight bzzz humming in it when we learned that Jason Reynolds brought his...