<?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 -genre:(romance fiction) -genre:(fantasy) -genre:(science fiction) -genre:(mystery) isolanguage:"eng" audience:"adult" contentclass:"FICTION" formatcode:(BK ) oo:"false"]]></title><description><![CDATA[bl results for -genre:(romance fiction) -genre:(fantasy) -genre:(science fiction) -genre:(mystery) isolanguage:"eng" audience:"adult" contentclass:"FICTION" formatcode:(BK ) oo:"false"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/tpl/rss/search?query=-genre%3A%28romance%20fiction%29%20-genre%3A%28fantasy%29%20-genre%3A%28science%20fiction%29%20-genre%3A%28mystery%29%20isolanguage%3A%22eng%22%20audience%3A%22adult%22%20contentclass%3A%22FICTION%22%20formatcode%3A%28BK%20%29%20oo%3A%22false%22&amp;searchType=bl&amp;origin=header-navigation&amp;custom_edit=true&amp;suppress=true&amp;sort=newly_acquired&amp;f_NEWLY_ACQUIRED=PAST_180_DAYS&amp;f_CIRC=CIRC&amp;title=New%20Fiction&amp;_gl=1%2A1hvww1u%2A_ga%2AOTUwODI4MTk0LjE3NjE4MzIzMTY.%2A_ga_G99DMMNG39%2AczE3NjI0MzgyMzQkbzkkZzEkdDE3NjI0Mzg2MTYkajU5JGwwJGgw&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:56:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Plunge]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the wake of her fiancé’s shocking death, Liv flees to New York where she seeks refuge in the apartment of an old mentor. Broken and lonely, she ventures to a party one night and sees him: Damon, her magnetic former neighbor. At his side is Isabel, a beguiling older widow whose presence intrigues and unsettles her. Desperate for escape, Liv is drawn into their charged dynamic and becomes entangled in their dazzling lives. But when an investigative journalist invades their circle, threatening to expose a shattering secret from her past, Liv begins to unravel. She embarks on an all-consuming affair with Damon, complicated by her deepening bond with Isabel. Over the course of one scorching summer – moving from Manhattan to the North Fork to Lake Como – their lives collide in a dangerous game of desire and betrayal that pushes them to an explosive edge. A searing suspense novel that follows a grieving young woman as she is pulled into a seductive love triangle. As secrets from her past begin to resurface, she is forced to question who’s lying, who she can trust—and whether, in the end, she can trust herself."--Amazon.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4740057</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4740057</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raicek, Lila]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4740057234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780778310600/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reign of Brayshaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brayshaw isn't just a town—it's a battleground that needs a leader, where trust is earned by keeping secrets, showing loyalty, and sometimes, sacrificing your own happiness for the greater good. And that's what it's coming down to: One decision, five lives, three futures. That is what's at stake. One night, one choice, four broken Brayshaws. That is where they're headed. Unless Raven stops it. This isn't just about her anymore. It's about the town that made them, the lines they crossed, and the endings they still have a chance to rewrite. In Brayshaw, every move is a gamble. Every fight is personal. And when the final call comes, it'll be their story, their war, and their reckoning. Because this is their home. Their rules. Their family. Their ending ― no matter what it costs.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4752298</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4752298</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy, Meagan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4752298234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464244865/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrall]]></title><description><![CDATA["In Thrall, a young woman looking for a transformative college experience is bitten by a vampire and must team up with his other living victims to hunt him down. Lucy Easting has at last broken free from her grim home life and is ready to truly live. But her long-awaited new beginning at Rollins University isn’t what she expected. After attending the first campus party of the year, Lucy awakens the next day with a memory block…and two puncture marks on her neck. She tries to piece together what happened that night, but every lead brings her to another dead end. Until she receives a handwritten note from the campus radio station, inviting her to call. When she does, the host’s soothing voice over the line confirms her worst fear, and the simplest explanation of what’s happening to her: she’s turning into a vampire. Lucy teams up with the show’s host, who narrowly escaped an attack her sophomore year, and a beautiful archery champion who, while exactly Lucy’s type, is as likely to shoot her as kiss her. They believe their “friend with the cold hands” is responsible for the disappearance of several women in town, and they’ve been tracking him via the airwaves since long before Lucy arrived. As the vampire’s sway over Lucy grows and his plans become clear, she realizes she must fight for a future of her own, or she may not have any future at all"--Amazon website.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4752165</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4752165</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahoney, Rebecca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4752165234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781368113816/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Boat]]></title><description><![CDATA["In November 2021, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the UK capsized in the English Channel, causing the deaths of 27 people on board. Despite receiving numerous calls for help, theFrench authorities wrongly told the migrants they were in British waters ad had to call the British authorities for help. By the time rescue vessels arrived on the scene, nearly three hours later, all but two of the migrants had died, the worst single loss of life ever to occur in the Channel. Vincent Delecroix's acclaimed Small Boat is a fictional first-person account of the French navy officer who tookthe migrants' calls--and his attempts to justify the indefensible. Accused of failing in her duty, she refuses to be held more responsible than others for this disaster, than the crises behind these tragedies."--Publisher descripion.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4733813</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4733813</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Delecroix, Vincent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4733813234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063491694/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me and Mine]]></title><description><![CDATA[The West has dried up, the watershed has been contaminated, and water scarcity has driven most of the population inward from the coasts. Here, real estate interests run rampant and the possibility of snagging a house close enough to the Great Lakes to get fresh water has realigned global financial interests. And, as always, the working class is still being pushed aside to make way for white, wealthy newcomers. Amidst the chaos, three brothers try to navigate the swiftly changing landscape of this new Chicago. As one seeks influence in politics, the younger two are drawn into the dangerous, shadowy world of private security and militias. In the precarious new world that these three brothers navigate, J. M. Holmes offers a grim yet familiar future in which scarcity breeds resentment, resentment breeds extremism, and extremism ignites around the racial faultlines of our present.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4751369</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4751369</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Holmes, J. M.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4751369234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781945335495/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mom Brain]]></title><description><![CDATA["Can a luxury resort transform her life by giving her back control? Georgia Evans thinks it sounds too good to be true. Turns out her motherly intuition isn't wrong . . . In the vein of Liane Moriarty's Nine Perfect Strangers, Mom Brain turns a discerning eye toward society's view on modern motherhood and reframes "mom brain" as a superpower. Welcome to The Program, an immersive week-long experience set to the backdrop of the breathtaking island of O'ahu, where mothers in all stages of crisis can come to take control of their lives. It's not exactly the type of thing Georgia Evans--a busy working mother of two--would usually consider. However, still spiraling from a debacle that crowned her "internet's worst mom," she is desperate enough to try anything. Once on the island, Georgia is quickly won over by the elegant (and somewhat enigmatic) founder of The Program, Cecilia Clements. Cecilia shows The Program's attendees how the biology of motherhood has imprisoned them. More importantly, she promises them freedom from that prison. Captivated by this possibility and the compelling science behind it, Georgia grows deeply involved with Cecilia's mission, ignoring any doubt that starts to creep in. That's the whole point of The Program, after all: you can't really trust a mom brain."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4746801</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4746801</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hackett, Nicole]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4746801234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781400350339/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afternoon Hours of A Hermit]]></title><description><![CDATA["Five years after the death of his youngest brother, Dan Moran is now the published trans author of the autofictional novel Sorry to Disrupt the Peace. He is teaching fiction in Brooklyn and working on his next book–a psychological thriller–when a mysterious envelope arrives for him in the mail. Addressed to the wrong name, it includes a childhood photo of his deceased brother. But who would send such a thing, and why?  Against his better judgment, Dan returns to his childhood home on the eve of his brother’s memorial dinner. His estranged family is surprised to see him, but he ignores them. He drives around in his brother’s Honda Accord, believing he is a detective. He searches for a constellation of unidentified women who may have been involved with his brother, all while being mistaken for another man. He hopes his investigation will reveal exactly who he was to his brother, but in a series of unsettling and destabilizing encounters, what he discovers is the irrevocable distance between who we are and how we are perceived."--Amazon.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4733918</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4733918</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cottrell, Patrick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4733918234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063435063/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Scent of Oranges]]></title><description><![CDATA["A retelling of one of literature's great novels, Oliver Twist, from the point of view of Nancy, one of the most sympathetic, most maligned and most tragic of Dickens's characters. For readers of The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks. Nancy has spent her whole life on the vibrant and gritty streets of Victorian London, first as one of Fagin's child pickpockets and now on the arm of violent and mercurial Bill Sikes. Nancy does what she must to get by. She's attuned to the harsh realities of life, but also knows how to find moments of beauty amid the grime, even if it is only the scent and taste of an orange - its miraculous colour and form. When she embarks on a relationship with enigmatic gentleman Mr Rufus, it awakens emotions she's never felt before, and makes a better life feel possible for the first time. But when she takes cherubic orphan Oliver Twist under her wing, something even more elusive and appealing seems to be within reach: redemption. This captivating tale of love, sacrifice, and the battle between good and evil showcases the power of compassion in a world tainted by darkness." -- Amazon.com.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4762838</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4762838</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[George, Kathy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4762838234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781038959232/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portrait of An Unknown Woman]]></title><description><![CDATA["A saga inspired by the incredible but true story of the iconic Klimt painting. Painted in Vienna in 1910, Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of a Lady” was purchased by an anonymous collector in 1916, retouched by the master a year later, then stolen in 1997 before reappearing in the gardens of an Italian modern art museum in 2019. No art experts, museum curators, or police investigators know the identity of the young woman in the painting, nor the mysteries that surround the turbulent history of her portrait. From the streets of Vienna in 1900 to Texas in the 1980s, and from Manhattan during the Great Depression to contemporary Italy, de Peretti imagines the destiny of this young woman as well as that of her descendants, and creates a masterful fresco that intertwines family secrets, disappearances, and thwarted loves."-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4763330</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4763330</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peretti, Camille de]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4763330234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798889661788/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Caretaker]]></title><description><![CDATA["Marcus Kliewer, the debut author of horror phenom, WE USED TO LIVE HERE, returns with a new dark tale about the perils of accepting a job through Craigslist"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4726736</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4726736</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kliewer, Marcus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4726736234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982198817/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shadow Strike]]></title><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727396</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727396</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taylor, Brad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4727396234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063433199/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten Clear Days]]></title><description><![CDATA["The first full fictional account of what is involved in pursuing the right to die, based on the author's family story. When a Holocaust survivor, requests medical assistance in dying, it divides her family. Over ten increasingly tense days, we come to know her story and its final outcome. On a Tuesday night in August 2018, eighty-three-year-old Mary Beck is rushed by ambulance to the hospital. She wakes up to the news that her surgery was a success and her recovery is underway-but she doesn't want to hear it. She had been preparing for her end. And with newly enacted legislation, she can demand it. Before a decision can be made on whether to grant her request, a member of the non-medical hospital staff, "Au.," is brought in to record the unfolding events. But what begins as an arm's-length report during ten mandated days that Mary awaits her fate, soon turns into a sweeping examination of a life. From her upbringing in pre-war Hungary and survival of the war, to the start of her new life in North America, Mary, along with her family and friends, tells the story of this complicated, forceful, fiercely loved person at every stage of her extraordinary life. A life she now fights to end on her own terms"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4751268</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4751268</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rubin, Eric Beck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4751268234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781969010019/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Splintering]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a village in rural Pakistan, Tara is waiting and watching. The smell of dung and dust hangs over her world. She is desperate to leave the petty life of the village and escape the iron grip of her violent, unpredictable brother. Marrying a middle-class accountant allows her to escape to the capital, but she soon finds that life as a respectable housewife is not sufficient either. She wants what the rich mothers at her children's school have. She wants what their husbands have. Her desire for wealth and freedom becomes an obsession. But can she truly shake her past? And what of the menacing spectre of her brother, a reminder of the threads that tie her to the life she left behind?Set against a hypnotic, oppressive backdrop of political violence and natural disaster, A Splintering traces the class struggle of a woman stuck between province and metropolis, between motherhood and ambition. Disquieting and utterly gripping, it is an extraordinary achievement by Dur e Aziz Amna, an exploration of a complex and unforgettable character who will risk everything to carve out a life of her own.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4746832</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4746832</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aziz Amna, Dur E]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4746832234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781938603778/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beginnings]]></title><description><![CDATA["The first book in Antonio Moresco's colossally disruptive Games of Eternity (Giochi dell'eternità) trilogy, translated into English for the first time. Upon its publication in Italy, The Beginnings was exactly that: the dawning of a new era. Like a photo-negative of Franz Kafka, or Virginia Woolf, Moresco's sweeping novel turns the stream-of-consciousness inside out, and offers nothing interior. Here, much like in real life, you will not be privy to the thoughts and feelings of others. Everything must be experienced as it happens. From our narrator's undergraduate years in seminary school, to his activities as a member of various Italian political factions, to his attempts to become a writer, The Beginnings is a shapeshifting journey across the 20th century, and across all of literature itself"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4751166</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4751166</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Moresco, Antonio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4751166234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781646053957/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Picture of Nobody]]></title><description><![CDATA["Transposed into the early twentieth century, a nonentity named Shakespeare rails against poverty, mediocrity, and misunderstanding, in forgotten modernist Philip Owens’s brilliant, one-of-a-kind satire.  Every year, there’s a new crop of sad, dirty poet boys coming up to the city without a penny to their names. In six months’ time, who on earth will remember these nobodies, with their so-called blank verse and their extravagant plots—this Marlowe, Kyd, and Will “Shakespere”? (A pseudonym, surely!)Better that they write thrillers, or advertising copy, or speeches for the media baron John Falstaff, who looks to be running for office. Now there’s a man with a strong hand, who’ll keep us out of any nasty foreign wars!  Published in 1936 and soon forgotten in the chaos of World War II, Picture of Nobody is one of the strangest, most accomplished, and most remarkable one-offs in English fiction. A comic yet credible reimagining of the milieu of Elizabethan London in modernist dress, it transcends its premise to provide a poignant portrait, of a Shakespearean mind coming to grips with the twentieth century. Populated by an assortment of characters familiar from Will’s life and writing both, it is as much a loving parody as a grim prophecy regarding the fate of genius in “interesting times.”" --Amazon.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4746828</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4746828</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Owens, Philip]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4746828234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781961341883/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aside From My Heart, All Is Well]]></title><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4729963</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4729963</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Abad Faciolince, Héctor Joaquín]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4729963234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781962770590/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Daughter Is Missing]]></title><description><![CDATA[My nine-year-old daughter Hollie should be leaving school smiling and laughing with all the other children but she's not here. I run frantically, checking everywhere, my voice growing louder, but I can't see her bright blue eyes and heart-shaped face anywhere. Pure panic washes over me. This is my worst nightmare. Her teacher asks me if she should call the police. My heart stops. I shake my head and pretend I've made a mistake. I see a look of suspicion creep into the teacher's eyes. But the police can't know. No one can. My hands shake as I realise I'm completely on my own. I know in my gut my daughter hasn't just wandered off. She's been taken. Someone must know the truth about my past... I've spent so long protecting Hollie, but I always knew this day might come. And I'll stop at nothing to get my little girl back.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4749400</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4749400</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirk, J. D.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4749400234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781836184065/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere Soft to Land]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this crackling portrayal of friendship in peril, a young woman's world is upended when a tragedy in her best friend's life tests the boundaries of their sisterhood: a sharp and compelling debut novel from a Ghanaian-American writer. Dzifa has always felt a bit off. Maybe it's the family baggage, or maybe it's just how she's wired. Depleted by cycles of burnout, she lives her life in a perpetual state of bracing: for another lost job, another lost home, another piece of evidence she isn't doing being right. If it weren't for the encouragement: and occasional overstepping: of her magnetic best friend, Tatiana, Dzifa doesn't know if she'd have made it as far as she has. Despite their differences, the two women share a desire to be their authentic selves, and to shed the grip of the respectability politics they've been taught should govern their lives. Just as each begins to find her way, the sudden passing of Tatiana's child upends everything. Dzifa rushes to Tatiana's hometown to help her friend prepare for the funeral. But when she arrives, Dzifa is immersed in an unsettling conflict between two diametrically opposed families, one of whom seems intent on seeding doubt about Tatiana's capacity as a mother. When Tatiana asks her for the ultimate favor, Dzifa must choose between loyalty at the expense of her own well-being and authenticity at the expense of her most valued friendship. A riveting exploration of sisterhood, what it means to mother and be mothered, and what it means to be well, Somewhere Soft to Land reckons with the sometimes funny, sometimes fraught, friendship between women with divergent ideologies, aspirations, personalities, and paths.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4735486</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4735486</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alonte, Kai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4735486234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593726792/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mrs. Shim Is A Killer]]></title><description><![CDATA["Mrs. Shim needs money. She's lost her husband and her job, and she's got three mouths to feed at her kitchen table. If she doesn't find work soon, she and her children are going to lose their home. So when she answers a vague job ad for the Smile Detective Agency, Mrs. Shim expects the job will be some kind of cleaning position. But when they only ask her questions about her experience as a butcher and what she can do with a cleaver, she begins to realize they want her to do a very different kind of cleaning - they want her to be an assassin."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727324</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727324</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kang, Jiyoung]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4727324234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063457324/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lidie]]></title><description><![CDATA["Winter, 1855. America's future is precarious; civil war looms on the horizon. After her abolitionist husband is murdered in the lawless Kansas Territory, Lidie Newton returns, in mourning, to her hometown of Quincy, Illinois. But her sisters have little comfort to offer, and Lidie is haunted by the memories of her failures-until she takes an interest in her niece, Annie. Beautiful, self-assured, and mischievous, Annie sticks out in Quincy. She becomes an actress at the local theater, and when she is offered the opportunity to perform abroad, she decides to run away. But travel is dangerous for a young unmarried woman, so Lidie, armed with her pistol and her wit, goes with her. The two women embark on a perilous journey across the Atlantic, rushing toward an unknown future in England. Once they arrive in Liverpool, they vanish into new roles in the household of Annie's benefactor, Mr. Mallory Cunningham. Annie takes a stage name and finds her way to a career, while Lidie becomes her ladies' maid. But will either of them be content with her new lot in life? Exuberant and riveting, a sly commentary on truth and beauty and fulfillment that resonates with our times, Lidie delivers a panoramic portrait of a volatile era and the headstrong women trying to live an honest life in it"--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727300</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727300</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smiley, Jane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4727300234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Further Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593802298/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Brink of Something Beautiful]]></title><description><![CDATA["For readers of Miriam Toews and Claire Keegan, an immersive and deeply poignant new novel set on the Rock about female friendship and found family. Ruby Nolan is a new widow. Hidden in her grief and guilt for her husband, Joe, is a sense that she is free from a marriage she never wanted. But how can she possibly begin again? An encounter with Maxine, a pregnant teen who reminds Ruby of her own sorry past, and a shocking revelation from her mother, Vera, send Ruby on a collision course with old truths and regrets and on a mission to help Maxine whether she wants it or not. While a friend warns Ruby that you can’t help anyone until you help yourself, it’s a lesson Ruby has to learn the hard way if she’s going to find any real peace. Set over the course of one winter in 1990s St. John’s and infused with the rich culture and characters of the Rock, The Brink of Something Beautiful is the life-affirming, ultimately hopeful story about how women lift each other up and figure themselves out"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727099</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727099</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[French, Bobbi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4727099234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443474375/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Permanence]]></title><description><![CDATA["From one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, the critically acclaimed author of the speculative dreamscapes The Water Cure and Blue Ticket, comes the story of a clandestine affair and an alternate city designed to foster it... Clara and Francis are in love, but nobody knows it. For months they have been stealing away from their respective lives, leaving no trace of their relationship behind. Their time together is always excruciatingly sweet and all too short. Until one day they wake up in an apartment neither of them recognizes, with no memory of how they got there. The Other City is a self-contained sanctuary where adulterers live openly as couples. Here there are fountains and old town squares and perfect cafes with checkered tablecloths. Ripe fruits wait on the counter each morning, invisible threads bind each lover to the other, and their primary responsibility is to enjoy one another. Contact with the real world is impossible and the city's whims are mysterious--but now those stolen afternoons can last forever. How much would you sacrifice for a life you never thought possible? And how long can you stay in paradise before the cracks start to show? An exploration of desire, novelty and choice, Permanence explores the tantalizing quandary of what, if anything, can withstand the daily toll of "forever"?"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4726728</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4726728</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mackintosh, Sophie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4726728234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781037801341/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bumblebee Season]]></title><description><![CDATA["From Eileen Garvin, nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees and Crow Talk, a heartwarming new story that returns to the vibrant world of beekeeping"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727101</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727101</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Garvin, Eileen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4727101234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217044900/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Extraordinary Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA["Calista and Athena Dempsey were once inseparable until their father’s ambition drove a wedge between them. When a very public betrayal shattered their bond, Calista walked away from her family, determined to rebuild her life on her own terms. Athena stayed behind, shouldering the weight of expectations and guilt in silence. Now, with their mother gone, the sisters are summoned to Hobby Island, a secluded retreat where their mother spent her final days, with one final request: come together and make peace. But the past isn’t so easily buried. Especially when Calista comes face-to-face with Reid Thornton, the man who once held her heart and then upended her life. He says he wants to make things right. But can she believe him? And can she forgive Athena when the scars between them still run deep? As secrets surface and loyalties are tested, Calista and Athena must make a pivotal choice. Will they honor their mother’s last wish and find their way back to each other, or let their shared past destroy what little remains of their bond?"--Amazon website.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727356</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727356</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilde, Lori]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4727356234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063352193/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aphrodite in Pieces]]></title><description><![CDATA["Experience the myth and magic of antiquity's most alluring-and provocative-goddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusa's Sisters. Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite surprises an itinerant sculptor with a shocking request: Hear my story, see me for who I truly am, and carve it into stone. Never before has the goddess posed for her likeness, and as the artist works, she shares pieces of herself. Her greatest triumphs and most grievous mistakes. The truth behind the tales of her beneficence and vengeance. And the one epic romance that slips through her perfect fingers, time and time again. Part memoir, part fantasy, and all heart, Aphrodite in Pieces begs the eternal, essential questions: what do love and beauty truly mean? And can they last?"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727046</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4727046</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bear, Lauren J. A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4727046234</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593638972/MC.GIF&amp;client=416-978-7639&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>