Browsing: Literary Fiction

Advice columnist Lane Meckler always had all the answers — until a tragedy left her unmoored. Now she’s determined to help her young son find his voice, but first she’ll have to deal with her own secrets. “Star handles complex family relationships and Lane’s grief well… Touching” (Publishers Weekly).

“A delicious Gothic tale” (The Washington Post): Strange and unsettling occurrences begin during the filming of a controversial horror movie about a reportedly cursed boarding school… “Simply one of the best books I’ve read in the last decade” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill).

Winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Australia’s premier literary prize: Rebellious Kerry Salter returns home to ancestral lands to visit her dying grandfather, vowing not to stay longer than 24 hours. But her hometown has other plans… Take a chance on a fresh new voice in this “darkly funny” gem that “deserves to make a splash” (Publishers Weekly).

Searching for a fresh start after her husband’s death, Anna heads to her beloved Lilac House in the Adirondack Mountains with her two children. As she adjusts to small-town life, she’s drawn to handsome Aidan — but will painful secrets keep them apart?

After her fiancé dies, Alba returns to her childhood home in a quaint Tuscan village. When she discovers a mahogany box in an abandoned house, she sets out to find its rightful owner — and ends up unraveling a mystery dating back to World War II… A captivating dual-timeline read!

In a small Southern town, Birddog Harlin is the daughter of a poor coal miner who adores her. But after her father is killed and she’s left with her abusive mother, she’ll have to survive any way she can in this moving story.