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"Ava’s Façade" by Kinsley LeRoy is a compelling narrative that analyzes the complications of identity and relationships. The book examines Ava Stewart's journey as a therapist who helps children handle their emotional grinds while she herself struggles with the dissonance between her professional conquest and personal life.

Cléo weiß schon früh, dass sie den fürchterlich durchschnittlichen Verhältnissen, in denen sie aufwächst, entkommen will. Spätestens als sie bei einer banalen Modenschau von einer Mitschülerin ausgestochen wird, reift in ihr die Erkenntnis, dass sie sich rächen muss. Unerbittlich arbeitet Cléo jahrelang an ihrem Timbre, ihren Lyrics, ihrem Charisma, überhaupt an ihrer Außenwirkung bis ins winzigste Detail. Immer obsessiver verfolgt sie ihr einziges Ziel, geht dabei immer strenger mit sich selbst ins Gericht.

Welcome to a continent on the brink of war. Two powerful nations stand at each others' throats, both with rigid ideologies that demand the annihilation of the other. In the middle stands beautiful Chateau Cascade, the castle on the waterfall. Young Jak dreams of the Chateau and of becoming one of its glorious Cascadian Knights, the keepers of this world's peace.

In the brutal, concrete landscape of Diston Town, teenage Des Pepperdine is doing his best to stay invisible—reading poetry, avoiding trouble, and nursing a dangerous secret. But his guardian, Lionel Asbo, is a ferocious presence: a pit bull-breeding, tabloid-devouring career criminal with a...

Eli and Marcus, two restless college friends from a small Indiana town, escape the monotony of their lives one summer by taking jobs as garbage men in Denver. Riding on the back of Ol’ Bessie—a rickety, old-school garbage truck, they plunge into the rhythms of city work, facing the grime, the chaos, and the surprising dignity of blue-collar labor.

A dreamy debut coming-of-age novel about the summer love that changes two girls at the edge of adulthood—perfect for readers of Samantha Harvey and Sally Rooney. In the heat and the green haze that seemed to surround us both like a physical presence, I felt intensely awake. One afternoon at...

A chance encounter on a park bench in the subtropical dark. A one-night stand. And suddenly young, Scottish Jonty finds himself involved with Canary Islander Theo across 2,000 miles of silver sea. But matters become complicated when a previous adventure comes back to haunt Jonty—as Nigerian Maxwell turns up homeless at Jonty's door in Glasgow; when Theo's sister disappears to Canada with one of Jonty's friends; when ex-pupil Chris makes further demands on Jonty's heart and time.

Tony Rossi was an Italian kid growing up on the streets of Chicago in the 1920s. His father is sick; his mother is working herself to death to care for three children, yet all Tony can think about is becoming an entertainer, an actor, a Star! However that is just a pipedream for a boy living in a poverty-stricken world, the reality is that gangsters run the city in the time in which he lives.

An autobiographical novel in verse. What do you do when your dreams don’t pay the rent? Told through poetic snapshots, ROCKSTAR is the raw, restless journey of a young artist chasing purpose, connection, and a dream that won’t let go. From New York to Philly to LA, this is a mixtape of dead-end jobs, midnight studio sessions, and the holy delusion it takes to keep going. Told in fractured verse and fevered fragments, Kia Orion’s voice is sharp and tender, soaked in hip-hop, heartbreak, and homesickness. For anyone who’s ever risked it all to make something beautiful… This one’s for you.

A dynamic, honest, and beautifully written novel about a young mother who returns to her small-town Wisconsin home after living in a cult-like “Mommune,” and what happens with the other women in her family as they each navigate the constraints, complexities, and joys of modern motherhood.

Quirky, charming and suffused with the footloose spirit of the sixties, this is the irresistible story of an English woman who decides on a whim to move herself and her two young daughters to Morocco. The ensuing adventure takes them through richly perfumed markets, dilapidated hotels and mystical Sufi retreats, via friendships and feuds, romances with nomadic street performers, hitchhiking, and nights camping by the coast—all seen through the eyes of a precocious five-year-old girl.

Custis—a gifted, Black, ten-year-old boy orphaned and left for dead—is discovered by a young White girl. Sarah Tennison hasn’t spoken a word since her mother died. Nursed back to health and raised by Sarah’s widowed father, Custis is sheltered from community biases and anti-literacy laws. In the safety of the Tennison home, his bright mind has room to flourish and he strives to advance to his potential. Along the way, Custis' curiosity and quiet compassion help Sarah find her voice. Sarah and Custis develop an unbreakable bond, but intolerance and bigotry prohibit marriage.

Chris Anderson has everything. He’s the son of the richest family in town. He lives in a beautiful, loving home. He even has a fairy godmother. Chris Anderson also has nothing. He was born with a deformed arm, and when he gets angry he sees visions that terrify him. At the turn of the Twentieth Century, in a nation wrestling with faith and science, tradition and change, Chris will be forced to confront his own nature, and learn the meanings of freedom, love, and the grace of God.

A military crusade is called to aid the Kingdom of Azgald in the distant Nordslands, and Godfrey, a young and idealistic knight, doesn’t hesitate to volunteer for the noble quest. Yet, he soon learns that the greatest threat is not the swords of savage clans under the High Warlord Alvir and the dark magic of the High Witch of the North, Nera, but the crusaders themselves. A knight’s destiny is determined by his adventures. His character is determined by the trials he faces along the way.

Breaking Chains is not just a novel—it’s a scroll unsealed. Written by Joshua M. Vargas, this groundbreaking work weaves together spirituality, sexuality, ancestry, and awakening. Follow Juan, a gifted young preacher navigating love, fire, and calling in the tension between church and flesh, glory and grief, Grindr and God. From Pentecostal pulpits in the Midwest to sacred nights in Puerto Rico, from queer nightclubs that pulse with presence to altars soaked in oil and tongues, Juan’s journey is one of raw becoming.

The year is 1853, and Princess Elisabeth “Sisi” of Bavaria has been very clear: She will wait for the head-over-heels love the poets speak of, or she will have no love at all. Just because her older sister, Helene, is eagerly heeding their mother’s advice and preparing to marry Emperor Franz of Austria does not mean Sisi must also subject herself to such a dutiful existence. Sisi knows there is more to life than luncheons and corsets—if only someone would let her experience it all firsthand.

It’s 1992, and ten-year-old Molly is tired of living in the fire-rotted, nun-haunted House of Friends: a Semi-Cooperative Living Community of Peace Faith(s) in Action with her formerly blind dad and their grieving housemate Evelyn. But when twenty-three-year-old Jeanie, a dirt bike–riding ex-con with a shady past, moves in, she quickly becomes the object of Molly’s adoration. She might treat Molly terribly, but they both have dead moms and potty mouths, so naturally Molly is the moth to Jeanie’s scuzzy flame.

Both geopolitical exploration and domestic coming-of-age novel, Mobility is a propulsive and challenging story about class, power, politics, and desire told through the life of one woman—her social milieu, her romances, her unarticulated wants. Mobility deftly explores American forms of complicity and inertia, moving between the local and the global, the personal and the political, and using fiction’s power to illuminate the way a life is shaped by its context.

When young knight William Carelock discovers a mysterious stone that speaks to him, he is thrust into a battle far greater than he ever imagined. The Oracle Stone is no ordinary relic—it is the key to a long-buried power, a force that could change the fate of the world. But William is not the only one seeking it. The ruthless Empress Telgress will stop at nothing to claim the Deep Magic for herself, and her armies are already marching. Pursued by assassins, warlords, and an empire bent on domination, William must decipher the stone’s secrets before it falls into the wrong hands.

A decade has passed since Ava spoke to Aliya. During the years of silence, Ava's life has remained at a standstill, while Aliya got the one thing they both wanted more than anything: a book deal. Forced back together at a mutual friend’s bachelorette in London, Ava returns to Aliya’s doorstep, desperate to unpack the truth of their shared history—and what they meant to each other.