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Nobody Likes An Outsider (affiliate link)
Ashraf Zain, an outsider who broke into Bihar politics after parting ways with the Bharatiya National Congress (BNC) is killed in a road accident near the Barauni oil refinery in Begusarai. BNC
blamed the ruling party SDP for the death of a ‘minority’ leader while SDP accused BNC for extracting revenge on Ashraf.
Enter Yohan Tytler, the recently promoted senior CBI inspector and his colleagues, the analytical Sukumar Azhagu and the textbook investigator, Ila Qureshi. Before the team reaches Begusarai to start the investigation, Ashraf’s PA Piyali Sharma is found dead in a hotel room in the city.
Suddenly, Yohan and team are thrown into a quagmire consisting of multiple political parties, intellectual mafias, media pressure, religious leaders, increasing suspects, and other powerful people.
Beta Blockers and Coffee: & other stories I probably shouldn’t tell you from Medical School (affiliate link)
At 31 years old, Sheryl Recinos packed up her husband and 3 kids and moved to the Caribbean to attend medical school. Add in a series of unforgettable adventures, bad coffee, and massive test anxiety for a journey like no other. Join Sheryl through basic sciences and her clinical rotations in Dominica, Miami, and New York, and celebrate with her as she learns about how she can finally heal herself and her future patients.
This inspiring, humorous story of a woman becoming who she was meant to be will have you laughing and crying with Sheryl as she shares her journey with readers.
The Desolate Garden (Heirs And Descendants Book 1) (affiliate link)
What secrets lie in the ledgers of the Royal Government Bank?
After Harry Paterson is summoned to London following his father’s murder, he finds out that the late Lord Elliot Paterson had discovered hidden information dated all the way back to 1936… and a vast quantity of money erased from the accounts.
Mysterious initials and an address in Leningrad – a major port in former Soviet Union – are his only clues.
Together with the attractive Judith Meadows, Harry must unravel his father’s mysterious death – and figure out the mystery hidden in the files of the Royal Government Bank.
The Invisible Heiress (affiliate link)
A psychiatric patient with a dark secret
Preston Blair, a blogger with a dark sense of humor, is committed to a private psychiatric hospital, accused of a shocking crime. Her father Todd’s influence as a D.A. has kept her from prison, but her sanity remains on a knife-edge.
A therapist with an agenda
Preston’s therapist, Isabel, is too preoccupied working her latest con on a rich, married, sadomasochistic secret lover, to care about Preston’s problems, even when Preston tells her that her socialite mother, Harrison Blair, had committed an unthinkable crime herself years before—one that might help explain Preston’s own misdeeds.
Essence (The Essence Trilogy Book 1) (affiliate link)
Jayde, a reclusive teenage artist, had tried desperately to tell the world that angels are real. She had even painted the angels she saw, just to convince them all. But nothing worked.
Her friends shunned her. Her family shamed her. She was broken and hopeless in a world where she felt she didn’t belong.
Until the night Rory, an angel, appeared in her room to take her. Through Rory, Jayde learns not only about a secret magic she holds inside but also that the angels need her.
In fact, they can’t live without her.
The Night Tiger: A Novel (affiliate link)
An utterly transporting novel set in 1930s colonial Malaysia, perfect for fans of Isabel Allende and Min Jin Lee
Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother’s Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for.
Eleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission, racing to fulfill his former master’s dying wish: that Ren find the man’s finger, lost years ago in an accident, and bury it with his body. Ren has 49 days to do so, or his master’s soul will wander the earth forever.
The Perfect Dress (affiliate link)
A plus-size Texas gal has designs on an old crush in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown’s exuberant, bighearted romance.
In the small town of Celeste, Texas, Mitzi Taylor has never quite fit inside the lines. Nearly six feet tall, flame-haired, and with a plus-size spirit to match every curve, she’s found her niche: a custom wedding-dress boutique catering to big brides-to-be with big dreams. Taking the plunge alongside her two best friends, she’s proud they’ve turned The Perfect Dress into a perfect success.
Just when Mitzi has it all pulled together, Graham Harrison walks back into her life, looking for bridesmaid dresses for his twin daughters. A still-strapping jock whose every gorgeous, towering inch smells like aftershave, the star of all Mitzi’s high school dreams is causing quite a flush.
Miracle Creek: A Novel (affiliate link)
How far will you go to protect your family? Will you keep their secrets? Ignore their lies?
In a small town in Virginia, a group of people know each other because they’re part of a special treatment center, a hyperbaric chamber that may cure a range of conditions from infertility to autism. But then the chamber explodes, two people die, and it’s clear the explosion wasn’t an accident.
A powerful showdown unfolds as the story moves across characters who are all maybe keeping secrets, hiding betrayals. Chapter by chapter, we shift alliances and gather evidence: Was it the careless mother of a patient? Was it the owners, hoping to cash in on a big insurance payment and send their daughter to college? Could it have been a protester, trying to prove the treatment isn’t safe?
Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife (affiliate link)
A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence: where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from and why do they endure?
What happens when we die? A recent Pew Research poll showed that 72% of Americans believe in a literal heaven and 58% believe in a literal hell. Most people who hold these beliefs are Christian and assume they are the age-old teachings of the Bible. But eternal rewards and punishments are found nowhere in the Old Testament and are not what Jesus or his disciples taught.
So where did these ideas come from?
The Fountains of Silence (affiliate link)
Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health (affiliate link)
This new edition for the twentieth anniversary of the groundbreaking national bestseller provides all the information you need to monitor your menstrual cycle—along with updated information on the latest reproductive technologies
Are you unhappy with your current method of birth control? Or demoralized by your quest to have a baby? Do you experience confusing signs and symptoms at various times in your cycle? This invaluable resource provides the answers to your questions while giving you amazing insights into your body.
Taking Charge of Your Fertility has helped literally hundreds of thousands of women avoid pregnancy naturally, maximize their chances of getting pregnant, or simply gain better control of their gynecological and sexual health.
Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope (affiliate link)
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