<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[bl results for language:"eng" audience:"adult" contentclass:"FICTION" formatcode:(EBOOK )]]></title><description><![CDATA[bl results for language:"eng" audience:"adult" contentclass:"FICTION" formatcode:(EBOOK )]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/surrey/rss/search?query=language%3A%22eng%22%20audience%3A%22adult%22%20contentclass%3A%22FICTION%22%20formatcode%3A%28EBOOK%20%29&amp;searchType=bl&amp;custom_edit=false&amp;f_NEWLY_ACQUIRED=PAST_30_DAYS&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;pagination_page=1&amp;sort=NEWLY_ACQUIRED&amp;suppress=true&amp;title=eBooks&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:46:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Mad Eden]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION "A story that is dazzling and devastating, tender and unflinching . . . Sentence by sentence, Mad Eden remakes the world as it tells it." --Morgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez and Fire Exit " Mad Eden is utterly gorgeous--with so many sentences I wanted to underline--and feels utterly essential at this moment when so many of us are feeling lost." --Charlie Jane Anders, author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster and All the Birds in the Sky From a pathbreaking writer, a thrilling, form-bending novel about a trans healthcare worker whose carefully built life is suddenly imperiled. Ro and Liam live in a ramshackle cabin in a secluded stretch of Florida. Neither their home nor their sometimes tumultuous relationship is what the world would call perfect, but to Ro--newly diagnosed with autism and working as a patient navigator for people seeking gender-affirming care--their life, despite the deeply hostile political climate, is a kind of paradise. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what shatters their peace. There's Quentin, the unpredictable teenager to whom Liam and Ro are quasi-parents, who visits on his way to college, where he plans to finally start T. There's the appearance of Mad Eden , an online fantasy serial about heroic dragon riders that increasingly becomes Ro's obsession. And then there's a seemingly innocuous patient video call that results in consequences both unexpected and grave. This myriad of circumstances sends Liam and Ro's world spinning toward disaster--unless Ro can become the real-life hero their situation demands without betraying who they are and who they love. With colossal heart and preternatural skill, Morgan Thomas has crafted a deliciously destabilizing debut novel that challenges us to confront and reconsider questions of language, sex, prejudice, identity, and the shifting scales of morality. Playing with the possible relationship between autism and time to forge an ingenious new kind of storytelling, Mad Eden imagines, with exhilarating courage, how we may yet joyfully live in a precarious world.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139365</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139365</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas, Morgan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139365071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780374620165/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Breath in Charcoal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longlisted, Giller Prize "I said, 'the pair of us look like some scratch 'n win tickets,' and Earn said, 'More like scratch 'n lose.'" Knickle is a young Islander with no friends, direction, or purpose in his life. When he drives to northern New Brunswick to pick up an acquaintance's brother from a mental health hospital, the pair make a sudden decision to travel further west to try to find a life amidst the chaos of Upper Canada. In the big city of Tah-ron-ah for the first time, Knickle discovers love, hope, and profound loss. A hilarious, sensitive, and heady working-class odyssey rife with metaphorical richness and references to literature, film, and 90s music, Your Breath in Charcoal peers into the mind of its irrepressible and relentlessly quotable East Coast everyman. A follow-up to Some Hellish , Herring's breathtaking Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize-winning debut novel, Your Breath in Charcoal marks yet another galvanizing entry into the East Coast literary canon.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139366</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139366</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Herring, Nicholas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139366071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781773104751/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Song of Stork and Dromedary]]></title><description><![CDATA[A thrilling literary puzzle that explores the haunted life and mysterious afterlifes of a writer and her work. Who was Eliza May Drayden? Is she just the quiet, intensely private person she seems to all the world in her little village of Bridge Fowling in the shadow of the West Yorkshire hills--or is there more to her than meets the eye? It is only after her death that Haeger Mass , her one book--a dark and cryptic novel--assumes a life of its own. In each new chapter of this literary treasure hunt that spans almost three hundred years, we see the conundrum through the eyes of a new generation of characters, each providing competing and interlocking versions of the life--and cursed vision--of this Emily Brontë--like figure. Scholars immerse themselves in the mystery of her life and are led to ruin; the curse that hangs over her comes to visit a young couple; a mysterious diary emerges with her strange and indecipherable poetry and sketches. Elements and symbols repeat in relentless and varying combinations from one story to the next as the years pass: as if the truth at the center of her work is fighting to break free. The Song of Stork and Dromedary is a philosophical puzzle that unfolds with the exuberance of a historical romp, ingeniously pivoting from Gothic horror to quantum mechanics to memento mori. In this thrilling, recursive tale, Anjet Daanje gets to the frantically beating heart of why we tell stories, and how we try to create meaning with them in a world filled with brutality and death. Daanje has crafted a conundrum that is as diabolical as it is heartbreaking. When we finally open the box that contains the secret behind the life of Eliza May Drayden, what will we see there--a vision of heaven or a vision of hell?]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139364</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139364</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daanje, Anjet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139364071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780374620622/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life Out of Order]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two great loves. A world in chaos. And a life that never lands in order. Discover the highly anticipated new novel from Audrey Niffenegger, which can be read on its own or as a companion to her multi-million copy bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife . Alba DeTamble is a time traveler, slipping unpredictably through decades like her father before her. But the hardest thing she carries isn't the burden of futures she can't understand, or pasts she cannot change--it's a secret: she is in love with two different people. Each of them offers a different life. Zach lives in the present and can't follow her when she disappears. Oliver can travel through time, just like she can. As Alba careens from time to time, moving from the riot-torn Chicago streets of her present to the eerie, timeless Yellow House, and into the digital corridors of the Museum of Lost Souls and a flooded future London, she must face a question she can no longer avoid: how is it possible to love, and live a meaningful life, in an increasingly troubled, fractured world? Intimate and expansive, Life Out of Order is a kaleidoscopic story of love, resilience and hope when time is running out.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139362</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139362</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niffenegger, Audrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139362071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780345810656/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dèy]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the bestselling author of Everything Inside comes a vivid, timely story, moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into question when she gets caught in a random act of violence one sunny Florida day. "Is home the place where we are born? Or is it the place where we die?" These questions haunt Magnolia, a successful Haitian American real estate agent in Miami. When she hears gunfire while at a shopping mall, she takes shelter in a nearby restaurant, cowering with fellow shoppers and diners. Once she's safely home, Magnolia keeps this traumatic event from everyone. But given her life back, she begins to see everything clearly: her extraordinary bond with her daughter, Zoë; her nearly broken relationship with Zoë's father; the challenges of her mentally troubled mother, whose unraveling patterns Magnolia worries she's spiraling toward herself; and her father's affair with a woman who has borne him a child. While struggling through the labyrinth of her past, Magnolia must also come to terms with the losses sustained that life-altering day, and nearly every day by her parents and sibling in Haiti. Can love or family protect us from harm? Does optimism or fear win out in one's heart? Which side will prevail for Magnolia? Pulled between these questions, each of which involves a high-stakes choice--Miami or Haiti, single or married, mortal or ghost, before or after--Magnolia is a narrator who is "yon pati koukouy, part firefly": flitting and shimmering between different worlds. Taking as its title a Haitian Kreyòl word for mourning, Dèy is a profoundly warm and moving novel about the importance not only of sharing grief but also of inseverable family ties. Brave and striking, Dèy is one of Danticat's most powerful and deeply affecting works yet, told with her signature "unfaltering voice and evocative beauty" ( The Boston Globe ).]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139360</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139360</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Danticat, Edwidge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139360071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593803530/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gold Keepers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scotland, 1953. Eileen Binchy is pulled from her work as an archivist in Edinburgh and sent to fill a vacant teaching post at her old school of magic. She arrives at Dunroven Academy prepared to endure her professional exile, only to find it further complicated by Calum Markaine, her former classmate, who is assigned to teach alongside her despite the lingering stain of past crimes. When Eileen suspects that Calum's return conceals a purpose darker than scandal, she follows him across centuries on a hunt for lost, powerful relics. But the closer she comes to understanding what he wants, the less certain she is whether Calum is the threat at the heart of it all or the one person she can trust. The Gold Keepers is a grown-up magic school fantasy steeped in tension and mystery, with time travel, elemental magic, and slow-burn romantic suspense.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139367</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139367</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Falkenberg, Elizabeth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139367071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798950130014/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Small Ones]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 GILLER PRIZE " The Small Ones is a masterfully written, harrowing novel about the child martyrs used as front-line shields in the Iran-Iraq War--'us warrior children, us children of God,' as our narrator tells us. A wondrous literary novel about a dark moment in history." --John Irving In The Small Ones , Nazanine Hozar crafts a gripping fable about children who are caught up in a military insurgence along the Iran--Iraq border in the early 1980s (based on the real-life conflict of that time) and forced to become soldiers and martyrs. This ragtag group of boys and one small girl create a little family of their own even as they yearn to return to their lost homes and safety. The Small Ones is at heart about fathers and sons--unreliable father figures in the repressive Iran of Hozar's telling whose personal quests for power lead to pain and bloodshed. It is also a tale about what it takes to not only survive but end such wars. The story centres on narrator Amir and his best friend Clay, who appears to be both a human boy and a creature of myth. With them, we embark on a full-circle journey, following the ancient river Karun along the borderland until freedom is in reach, but at a terrible cost. An extraordinary novel that takes us unflinchingly into a storm of deadly conflict through the eyes of its youngest participants, The Small Ones is a searing look at cycles of coercion, bloodshed and war, and the cost of escaping them for the hope of a better life.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139363</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139363</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hozar, Nazanine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139363071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735280908/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradiso 17]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD -- THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE -- LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE -- The intimate, sweeping tale of one Palestinian man's restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope "With stunning intimacy, Hannah Lillith Assadi has crafted an unforgettable story about the many stunted afterlives of hyphenated belonging. In this book live some of the most complex characters I've read in a long time, and a deeply nuanced exploration of exile as both event and inheritance." --Omar El Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This "Suffused with tenderness." -- The New York Times All his life, exile has been the shadow stitched to the sole of Sufien's shoe. Born in Palestine on the precipice of 1948's Nakba, Sufien is forced to leave the only home he's ever known, the one on the hill with a beautiful blue door. This is the precise moment when time stops making sense. He spends the rest of his life propelled forward, always on the way --although in search of what, he is never quite sure. In the dusty, oil-rich desert of Kuwait, he meets his first love and decides he must leave his family. In a small Italian university town, he spends his youth wrapped up in the sweet promise of the West and the forgetful assurance of wine. When life takes him to a gritty New York, he discovers his true vocation and falls for a Jewish woman born into a wholly different world. Finally, he finds himself recalled to the wild, vast open skies of the desert, in Arizona. Sufien's life spans friendships lost and maintained, a stint selling leathers at a tanner's stall, the ineffable company of cats, and the freedom of the open road, the glowing pride of fatherhood, Sufi myths, prophetic dreams, and visions of the afterlife--and always, always, no matter how far he chases joy, the sweet, treacherous song of a balcony urging him to fly, to fall, to fall. The lyrical pages of Paradiso 17 weave in and out of time and space, beginning at the end and ending at the beginning. They are haunting, haunted with grief, struck through, as Dante once wrote, with "the arrow that the bow of exile / shoots first," and yet they throb with light--not just the light that Sufien sees as he approaches his own end, but the brilliant light of a life lived. Like all of our dead, Sufien still speaks , the book begins. Listen, this is his story.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139361</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139361</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Assadi, Hannah Lillith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139361071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593804063/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair Are the Meadows]]></title><description><![CDATA[When her carefully ordered life is shaken, the path forward requires finding the courage to trust again. Helen Stenerson has planted her roots in the community of Green Creek, Iowa, and poured her heart into teaching. She's determined to avoid romantic entanglement--her teaching contract forbids it, and a broken engagement has taught her the dangers of opening her heart. But thoughtful seminary student &Oslash;dger Gunderson begins to weaken her resolve with his genuine interest. When an urgent letter from Ohio is delivered to Helen, the quiet life she's built is shattered. The letter brings news of her aunt's failing health, and when Helen rushes back to be with her, her aunt reveals secrets about Helen's past that upset everything Helen thought she knew. Returning to Green Creek with more questions than answers, can Helen embrace love and the path God has for her? This heartwarming Christian historical romance from Lauraine Snelling and Kiersti Giron transports readers to small-town Iowa, exploring themes of healing, second chances, faith, family, love, community, and new beginnings. A perfect read for fans of frontier romance, Janette Oke, and Tracie Peterson.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139311</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139311</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Snelling, Lauraine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139311071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781493455461/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daughter of the Rebellion]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this stirring historical romance by award-winning author Jamie Ogle, a young woman imprisoned in a Roman gladiator school becomes a legendary warrior. But when not even her fame is enough, she must fight to save herself and those she loves. Rome, AD 403. As a loyal daughter of the Visigoth tribe, Adelgard followed her father to war, hoping to win back her family's approval. But after a clash with the Roman army, Adel is captured and sold to a gladiator school. Now she is the most famous gladiatrix in Rome, determined to keep the fickle love of the crowd and never again rely on anyone but herself for her own security. But beneath the fame lies a darkness and pain that holds her captive. Felix despises Rome's fascination with violence. But after returning from medical training to discover his father missing and his family desperate, he had little choice but to accept a position at the gladiator school managed by his uncle. He finds a kindred spirit in Adel and does what he can to preserve the humanity of the rebel fighters, but when he receives orders that further compromise his beliefs, he arrives at a crossroads. Then Telemachus, a Christian leader, approaches Felix with an urgent message: if the Visigoth captives are not released, their army will invade Rome. Despite the risk, the emperor is bent on proving his power through a stunning, deadly day of gladiatorial games. As Telemachus seeks to save the Visigoth fighters, Felix and Adel join forces in a desperate rebellion that may define not only their own lives but also the course of history. - A captivating Christian romance novel perfect for fans of Francine Rivers, Lynn Austin, and Angela Hunt - Great for book clubs who enjoy ancient historical fiction by Tessa Afshar, Stephanie Dray, and Kate Quinn - Weaves together themes of sacrifice, courage, surrender, and faith - Includes discussion questions]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139310</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139310</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ogle, Jamie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139310071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798400506635/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blue Lock, Volume 39]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U-20 World Cup match against France has come! After Hugo's shocking goal, halftime comes with Japan behind by one point. BL Japan swaps in Shidou and Barou in hopes of altering their tactics to meet Loki and his staggeringly powerful team, and the two launch their unwavering egos onto the field. As Isagi wavers between being number one or second-best, can he see through the chaos to find the true shape of his ego?!]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139314</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139314</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaneshiro, Muneyuki]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139314071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798898302825/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vows of Blood and Deception]]></title><description><![CDATA[THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SEQUEL TO THE VIRAL BOOKTOK ROMANTASY SENSATION The award-winning BookTok phenomenon returns with even higher stakes, deeper betrayals, and an unforgettable slow-burn romance. Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, The Serpent and the Wings of Night, and Throne of Glass. 'Wealth and magic may keep your stomach full and your skin warm, but they do nothing for your heart.' BOOKTOK IS OBSESSED: "One of my new favourite romantasy series of all time. You need to read it!" -- Laura Heath @EliteReading "This series is going to surpass Fourth Wing." -- Jess Wisecup @JessAfterDark "The Hirathean Path series is a certifiable blast, romantasy done right. I loved book 2 as much as book 1" -- Amanda @Amandathebookworm TROPES: Enemies to Lovers Broken Trust Touch Her and Die Bonded Dire Wolves Found Family Banter Slow-Burn Romance Political Intrigue Gods and Goddesses Secrets and Revelations SHE GOT EVERYTHING SHE ASKED FOR. SO WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE SHE'S LOST IT ALL? Rose Kultavaris survived the Retterheld. She reclaimed her magic. Her title. Her place at court. But victory can be a hollow thing. Her sister's decisions have left her life in turmoil and the crown which Prince Kyor chose over her remains firmly on his arrogant head, while the tension between them is enough to rip the sky apart. The palace celebrates her as the gifted, yet behind gilded doors alliances shift, secrets surface, and the past refuses to stay buried. When the answers she needs lie beyond the city of Wrohelm, Rose is forced to leave its walls behind and chase the truth herself. Old betrayals cut deeper than any blade, while new truths shatter everything she thought she knew. Rose is more alone than ever, and her power, now reclaimed, proves far more dangerous than anything else she has faced. In a court built on lies and ambition, Rose must decide what she truly wants: vengeance, love, or something far more dangerous ... freedom. Vows of Blood and Deception is the unforgettable second instalment in the bestselling enemies-to-lovers romantasy series, featuring broken trust, impossible choices, bonded dire wolves, political intrigue, and the kind of slow-burn yearning that will make you scream. This is a story of heartbreak, betrayal, and the kind of love that refuses to die. PRAISE FOR VOWS OF BLOOD AND DECEPTION: "I don't know how it's possible, but Book 2 is even better than Book 1." "Aria Ashbrook is as good a romantasy writer as Sarah J. Maas. As good as Rebecca Yarros." "One of the best series I've read this year." "The funniest found family and banter I've read." "One of my favourite FMCs of all time." "God-tier."]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139316</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139316</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashbrook, Aria]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139316071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Hirathean Path, #2</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798237914771/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throne of the Heavens]]></title><description><![CDATA["Page-turning adventure, captivating romance, and beautiful writing."--Tessa Afshar, bestselling author on Splendor of the Land Flashes of his past life are all Mattaniel remembers from the time before he was taken captive by Sidonian traders. When a shocking revelation forces him into the service of the king of Tyre, he finds his future and his freedom hinge on a captivating woman far beyond his reach. As the daughter of a king, Elissa knows her duty is to secure her father's ambitions with an advantageous marriage. Yet when her brilliant and enigmatic tutor uncovers a conspiracy that drags them both into a deadly game of treachery, she begins to understand that so much more is at stake. As more fragments of Mattaniel's past come to light, enemies close in, loyalties fracture, and their forbidden bond will ignite a chain of events that could reshape the destiny of nations. The early years of King Saul's reign come to life in bestselling and award-winning author Connilyn Cossette's compelling, biblical-inspired tale. For fans of The Chosen, House of David , ancient historical fiction, Francine Rivers, Mesu Andrews, Lynn Austin, and Jill Eileen Smith.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139312</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139312</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cossette, Connilyn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139312071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781493454150/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twisted Lies]]></title><description><![CDATA[He'll do anything to have her...including lie. Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman. He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him. She's the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can't solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can't refuse. Every monster has their weakness. She's his. His obsession. His addiction. His only exception. *** Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage. Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship. But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms--and house--of the most dangerous man she's ever met, she's tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time. Because despite Christian's cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she's with him. Passionate. Protected. Truly wanted. Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies...and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything. Twisted Lies is a steamy fake dating romance. It's the fourth and final book in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139315</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139315</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Huang, Ana]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139315071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798232822484/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Letters of Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Niall Williams's internationally bestselling "delicate and graceful love story . . . a magical work of fiction" ( NYTBR ), now a major motion picture starring Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter, and Gabriel Byrne by the critically acclaimed author of This Is Happiness (a Late Show with Stephen Colbert Book Club Pick for November 2025). Nicholas Coughlan is twelve years old when his father, an Irish civil servant, announces that God has commanded him to become a painter. He abandons the family and a wife who is driven to despair. Years later, Nicholas's own civil-service career is disrupted by tragic news: his father has burned down the house, with all his paintings and himself in it. Isabel Gore is the daughter of a poet. She's a passionate girl, but her brother is the real prodigy, a musician. And yet this family, too, is struck by tragedy: a seizure leaves the boy mute and unable to play. Years later, Isabel will continue to somehow blame herself, casting off her own chances for happiness. And then, the day after Isabel's wedding to man she doesn't love, Nicholas arrives on her western isle, seeking his father's last surviving painting. Suddenly the winds of fortune begin to shift, sweeping both these souls up with them. Nicholas and Isabel, it seems, were always meant to meet. But it will take a series of chance events-and perhaps, a proper miracle-to convince both to follow their hearts to where they're meant to be.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139313</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1139313</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Williams, Niall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1139313071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781632863195/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Two Wills]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the USA Today bestselling author of Disco Witches of Fire Island comes a stunningly beautiful queer love story for fans of Hamnet and The Song of Achilles . It's the late sixteenth century, and eighteen-year-old Willy Hughes is still heartbroken over the loss of his first great love, Barnaby Stubb. He's also desperate to escape his impoverished existence. To survive, beyond mucking out the toilets for pennies, he cons drunken men into believing he's a beautiful young woman--then robs them of their purses. Willy's hope for a brighter future appears doomed until a newly famous poet (also named William) spots Willy in an alehouse and asks him to join his acting company. Willy is instantly smitten and determines to see if the poet's heart might be open to a love that dares not speak its name. Alas, the poet Will has a wife and a mistress and says he's only interested in Willy as an actor. But why does he look at Willy that way ? Despite being untrained and illiterate, Willy quickly rises to fame on the stage, creating the roles of Juliet, Rosalind, and Cleopatra. Soon, the private love sonnets arrive, and Will's romantic ambiguity is driving Willy mad. Is he made differently than Willy thought? Or is it that mistress who's blocking Willy's quest to possess the poet? Or the poet's wife? And what happens when a sexy rival poet by the name of Christopher Marlowe comes knocking on Willy's door? Inspired by Oscar Wilde's theory of Shakespeare's sonnets, The Two Wills explores romance in all its forms, both on the page and between the lines, where no love is ever really lost--especially when you are the "master mistress" of the greatest writer in history.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138952</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138952</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fell, Blair]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138952071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798892426589/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quaint Folk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quaint Folk is a sharply satirical queer folk horror novel that peels back the idyllic veneer of a seemingly perfect island town to reveal the rot beneath, from Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author Bitter Karella. "The folk horror I always wanted: queer, funny, bloody, and outrageous in the best way." --Laura Cranehill, author of Wife Shaped Bodies From the outside, it looks like Jessica has the perfect life. She's a stay-at-home mom, married to a man with a respectable job, raising a son they adore. Her family is as wholesome as all-American pie. But deep down, Jessica knows there's something wrong with her; she knows she can't escape her past. When her husband's job has them move abroad, Jessica thinks this is her chance for a fresh start. On the remote island of Hasenhurst, the modern world can't get in. The people there grow their own herbs, make their own jam, and mind their own business. They believe in folk tales and the power of dreams. They tell visitors, we're a quaint, quiet people.The right sort of family would do well here. Jessica is determined to be the right kind of person for a family--and a life--like this. But as she tries to befriend the townsfolk and learn their ways, she soon realizes that beneath the town's cozy idyll, something sickly-sweet and rotten lays buried ... "To experience Karella's cheerfully unhinged fiction is to surrender to a spectacularly fierce and uncompromising literary force. Quaint Folk astonished me with its charming, mythical weirdness threaded with genuine moments of pure tenderness. A bold, potent brew of all the best elements of folk and queer horror." --Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138948</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138948</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karella, Bitter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138948071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316581950/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Plus-one List]]></title><description><![CDATA[From New York Times bestselling author Amy Ewing comes a steamy new vacation romance perfect for fans of Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem . Eloise, who struggles with anxiety, strongly prefers the company of her senior rescue dogs to people. But when her best friend announces she's getting married in Mexico City and every guest must have a date, the pressure is on. Using an exclusive "plus-one list," Eloise winds up with Agust&iacute;n, a charming journalist and immigrant who recently moved to New York City from Mexico. Agust&iacute;n is on a mission to write the article of his career, but to do that, he'll need to snag an interview with a man who's proven impossible to track down. His only chance is to catch the source unaware at the upcoming "wedding of the century." At first, being Eloise's plus-one seems like the perfect solution, a purely transactional arrangement. Eloise is not looking for romance, and Agust&iacute;n sees no need to tell her about his true motives for coming to the wedding. As they play tourists in Agust&iacute;n's hometown, sampling smoky cocktails and delicious street food and meeting his family, Eloise slowly comes out of her shell. Suddenly, her blossoming trust in Agust&iacute;n starts to grow into something deeper. But if Agust&iacute;n wants to keep that trust, he'll need to come clean--before their fragile connection is broken forever. The Plus-One List is a deeply vulnerable and intimate romance novel that will make readers long for a dazzlingly romantic summer vacation.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138951</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138951</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ewing, Amy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138951071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798892425360/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resonant]]></title><description><![CDATA["An impressive debut."--John Gwynne An epic antediluvian fantasy about the struggle between power and free will--and what happens when the chosen make choices of their own. Ranian is finishing the final hunt of his servitude to a shepherd merchant when a Firesong shudders through his mind. Elva, a Bell Maiden in training, hears it while aiming a knife at an assassin's heart. Imebron's studies are upended when the music passes through his body. A Firesong of such strength hasn't been heard in millennia, not since the Sundering tore the world into its Five Realms. It can only mean that a danger of corresponding magnitude is approaching . . . if it's not already here. The godly Authority has given its warning signs, and the Resonant have a decision to make: Will the three strangers abandon everything--including their values--to fulfill their calling to protect the Realms?]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138980</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138980</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacobson, Jeremy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138980071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781967967179/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Needlemouth]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the award-winning author of Bestiary , three cousins are forced to complete an impossible and violent task set by a vengeful demon. Cousins Cindy, Yangyang, and Mandy's hot, tedious summer unfolds in their grandmother's hauntingly familiar house. Mandy, the eldest, seeks connection online and exchanges emails with a stranger. Yangyang, the youngest, retreats into her own imagination in search of meaning. But every morning Cindy wakes with strange objects in her mouth: a button, a berry, a coin. One night, a starved figure with a mouth the size of a needle-tip appears at Cindy's bedside. She is hunger-afflicted, a demon with no descendants to feed from: she is Needlemouth. Part vampire, part hungry ghost, Needlemouth forces the girls into a grim task to end a man's life. Cindy, Yangyang, and Mindy are plunged in and out of the demon realm, where they are called to break out of the indifference and numbness of their claustrophobic worlds, and where they are met with the most rageful and resistant parts of themselves. In a quest to satisfy the demon's hunger, they unravel their shared grief and reckon with the cyclical violence that shaped their family. For readers of Akwaeke Emezi and Carmen Maria Machado, K-Ming Chang has crafted a reimagined coming of age novel that asks: what does it mean to become the monster instead of slaying it?]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138969</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138969</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chang, K-Ming]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138969071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668089538/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christmas Stocking Murders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another holiday mystery from the author of Murder at Holly House A case shrouded in secrets. Christmas, 1953. Inspector Frank Grasby and Superintendent Arthur Juggers are investigating a puzzling murder in the remote village of Uthley Bay--a fisherman has been found dead on the beach, a stocking twisted around his throat. A festive mystery for one and all. Any remaining holiday cheer vanishes when a blizzard isolates the village from the rest of the country. The villagers refuse to talk, leaving Grasby and Juggers chasing false leads in the snow. A winter wonderland with no escape. To make matters worse, Grasby can't stop thinking about stockings. Why does everyone seem to be enjoying strangely high standards of hosiery? Who is the sinister bespectacled man snooping around the hotel? And how can you solve a murder when everyone is a suspect?]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138957</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138957</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Meyrick, Denzil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138957071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464257919/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shadow of the Object]]></title><description><![CDATA[�aA magnificent work of shadow-play and a meditation on desire, metamorphosis, and mortality. Before publishing her first novel Book of Clouds in 2009, Chloe Aridjis studied and wrote on poetry, magic shows, and the literature of the fantastic in nineteenth-century France. Her new novel, The Shadow of the Object , traverses a strange landscape between Mexico and London; contemporary desire and earlier technologies of illusion. Flora is visiting home in Mexico when the family dog leaps up and bites her hand. She winds up in the hospital where she undergoes several surgeries under anaesthesia and meets Wilhelmina, an elderly German woman with pneumonia, who collects pre-cinema toys and instruments. The two of them embark on a series of dream-like conversations in the hospital corridors. Wilhelmina puts on a magic lantern show for Flora, leaving her spellbound.   When things take an unexpected turn, Flora finds herself entrusted with an important mission. She returns to London, where she resumes her job polishing silver at a jewelery shop, and strikes up a strange friendship with Wilhelmina's son, Max. As Flora dips in and out of her imagination, she is increasingly aware it's not only the magic lantern that projects, and her perception of reality is subtly altered.]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138954</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138954</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aridjis, Chloe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138954071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781635903034/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night of the Mallrats]]></title><description><![CDATA["Readers Beware" -- Maggie Thrash, author of Rainbow Black "This was non-stop spooky joy." Sadie Hartmann, Bram Stoker Awardsʼ winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered Five friends travel back to the 1990s to solve the brutal murder and disappearance of two of their high school peers in this thrilling debut novel from a promising new voice in horror--a murderous, nightmarish romp that is nostalgic, terrifying, and impossible to put down. Shop 'til you drop . . . dead Colleen's life feels as hollow as the abandoned Beechnut Mall--the 90s hangout where neon lights and endless laughter defined her teens thirty years before. When her old high school clique reassembles for one last night of rebellion inside the now condemned building, she joins them, never expecting the mall to give something back. The reunited friends do not know that inside its darkened halls, the past is waiting, and it's not all Glamour Shots, Beanie Babies, and Lisa Frank. Faced with their lost youth, they are drawn back into the mystery of Beth Packard--a schoolmate who vanished in 1994--and without warning, they find themselves transported to the mall in its heyday on the very night Beth disappeared. Thrust back three decades, the former mallrats must unravel the secrets hidden beneath memories, lies, and betrayals before time snaps shut around them. But each step closer to the truth of Beth's disappearance brings them within reach of exposing ugly, fatal truths about each other. Haunting, wistful, pulse-pounding fun, Night of the Mallrats is a time-travel thriller that asks a question with an unforgettable answer: What really happened to Beth Packard?]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138961</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138961</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Torres, Nicolina]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138961071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063472983/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Monsters and Menses]]></title><description><![CDATA[The debut collection from Maisie Culver, screenwriter of '80s Satanic Panic TV show HYSTERIA! Includes an introduction by Jamie Flanagan, screenwriter of Netflix's Midnight Mass , The Fall of the House of Usher , and more. Of Monsters and Menses is a collection of short stories that are comedic, feminist, batsh*t takes on classic horror monsters as told by five women hiding in a bar bathroom from a guy who's a total creep, or maybe something worse...]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138968</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138968</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Culver, Maisie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138968071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798897320462/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now That We Don't Talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[A commitment-phobe finds herself stuck spending Hanukkah with her childhood best friend turned nemesis, only for holiday chaos to ensue and complicated feelings to resurface, in this emotionally resonant debut romance. Norah Gold is a bolter. She avoids emotional situations at all costs, doesn't do meaningful relationships, and when things get a little too real, she runs. She hasn't let herself fall in love in nearly a decade, not since her whole world fell apart when her dad suddenly passed away. Desperate to escape a friends-with-benefits situation gone clingy, she returns home to Chicago for the holidays. Her one goal? Avoid Henry Cole, the boy who blew up her life and broke her heart back in high school. Easier said than done when she discovers that their mothers are dating and insist on celebrating the holidays together. A decade later, Henry Cole is all custom suits and condescension. He is order to her chaos and absolutely insufferable about it. When Norah and Henry get snowed in together and learn just how serious their moms' relationship is, they call a truce to make it through all eight nights of Hanukkah without setting each other on fire. As they begin to rediscover the foundation that made them so close growing up, Norah is desperate to keep her distance--the last thing she can handle is reopening decade-old emotional wounds. But even though they've tried to escape the past, Norah and Henry have unfinished business too pressing to ignore. Can Norah shake off her deep-seated impulse to bolt, or are they destined to flame out just like they did as teenagers?]]></description><link>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138972</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S71C1138972</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pologe, Rachel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://surrey.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1138972071</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217189489/MC.GIF&amp;client=surreyp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>