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  • The Jackal's Mistress Jacket
    The Jackal's Mistress:
    A Novel
    by Chris Bohjalian
    Doubleday
    Publishes: 03/11/2025
    Genre: Thrillers
    336 pages

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    About This Book
    In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she's willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls.

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  • A Map to Paradise Jacket
    A Map to Paradise
    by Susan Meissner
    Berkley Books
    Publishes: 03/18/2025
    Genre: Historical Fiction
    352 pages

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    About This Book
    1956, Malibu, California: Something is not right on Paradise Circle.

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  • Becoming Madam Secretary Jacket
    Becoming Madam Secretary
    by Stephanie Dray
    Berkley Books
    Published: 03/12/2024
    Genre: Historical Fiction
    528 pages

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    About This Book
    New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic new novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins.

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  • Ginseng Roots Jacket
    Ginseng Roots:
    A Memoir
    by Craig Thompson
    Pantheon Books
    Publishes: 04/29/2025
    Genre: Biography/Memoir
    448 pages

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    About This Book
    From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and our globalized world—all centered on Wisconsin's ginseng farming industry.

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  • Making Friends Can Be Murder Jacket
    Making Friends Can Be Murder
    by Kathleen West
    Berkley Books
    Publishes: 06/10/2025
    Genre: Mysteries
    432 pages

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    About This Book
    Thirty-year-old Sarah Jones gets caught up solving a murder in her new neighborhood after unknowingly befriending a dangerous con artist (who's nothing like what she seems) in this playful, twisty mystery from acclaimed author Kathleen West.

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  • The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes Jacket
    The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes
    by Chanel Cleeton
    Berkley Books
    Publishes: 07/01/2025
    Genre: Historical Fiction
    336 pages

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    About This Book
    A mysterious book with a legacy spanning from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day unites three women in this unforgettable novel from New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton.

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  • The Antidote Jacket
    The Antidote:
    A Novel
    by Karen Russell
    Knopf
    Publishes: 03/11/2025
    Genre: Literary Fiction
    432 pages

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    About This Book
    From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town.

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