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ALL SIGNS POINT TO PARIS by Natasha Sizlo

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 •  Memoir / Romantic Comedy

A surprising astrology reading sends Natasha Sizloโ€”divorced, broke, freshly heartbroken, and reeling from her fatherโ€™s deathโ€”on an unexpected but magical journey to France, in pursuit of a man born on a particular date in a particular place: November 2, 1968 in Paris.

Itโ€™s the cusp of Natasha Sizloโ€™s forty-fourth birthday. Still reeling from her disastrous divorce, sheโ€™s navigating life as a single mom and doing her best to fake it till she makes it in the cutthroat world of LA real estate. In the meantime, her ex-husband is dating a Hollywood star, and sheโ€™s just broken it offโ€”for the hundredth and final timeโ€”with her devastatingly handsome but impossibly noncommittal French boyfriend.

Just when it seems things canโ€™t get any worse, her beloved father is given months to live.

So when sheโ€™s gifted a session with LAโ€™s most sought-after astrologist, Natashaโ€”despite being a total skepticโ€”figures she has nothing to lose. The reading is eerily, impossibly accurate. As her misgivings give way, Natasha canโ€™t help but ask about her ex-boyfriend, the French man she canโ€™t seem to get over.

To her surprise, the astrologist tells her that he isย perfectย for her. His birthday and birthplaceโ€”November 2, 1968, in Paris, Franceโ€”lines up with her astrological point of destiny. The wordย husbandย comes up.

Natasha is distraught. Panicked, even. Was he reallyย The One? Was this all the big soul love she was destined for?

Then, she has a lightning bolt of an idea: her ex wasnโ€™t the only man born on November 2, 1968, in Paris. Natashaโ€™s real soulmate is still out thereโ€”she just has to find him.

Joined by her sister and two of her closest girlfriends and buoyed by her fatherโ€™s parting message to never give up on love, Natasha flies to the City of Light, determined to take destiny into her own hands.

Propulsive, touching, and darkly funny,ย All Signs Point to Parisย is the story of one womanโ€™s search for a second chance at love, with a dusting of astrological magic. Unforgettable and inspiring, Natashaโ€™s journey reveals what can happen when you ask the universe for what you wantโ€”and are brave enough to open your heart when the answer finally comes.

MOODY by Penelope Ward

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 •  Romance

Fromย New York Timesย bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.

The day I showed up to Dax Moodyโ€™s sprawling home, I had no idea what was coming.
As a traveling massage therapist, I was used to entering the houses of strangers.
But this assignment was different from any before it.
From the outside, Iโ€™d correctly assumed the owner was rich. What Iย didnโ€™tย realize was that he would be younger than Iโ€™d imagined, single, stunningly gorgeous, and mysterious.
Despite the fact that Dax had booked a massage, it never actually happened, since our first appointment was unexpectedly cut short by a comedy of errors.
Certain Iโ€™d never see him again after that day, Iโ€™d done nothing but think about the captivating man.
To my surprise, he called a second time. That appointment, we talked a lot, developing a stronger connection. But once again, there was no actual massage.
The man I now affectionately called โ€œMoodyโ€ kept calling me to come back.
It took three times before I finally gave him the massage heโ€™d ordered. Letโ€™s just say it was challenging to keep things professional. I was extremely attracted to Dax, and by that time, I was falling hard.
Eventually, Iโ€™d find out why heโ€™d been so aloof, the reason why he and I could never be together.
Our story was supposed to end there, but it didnโ€™t.
Instead, I was left perpetually longing for a forbidden man.

Babel by R.F. Kuang

RELEASES August 23

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 •  Fantasy / Historical

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comesย Babel, a thematic response toย The Secret Historyย and a tonal retort toย Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrellย that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day heโ€™ll enroll in Oxford Universityโ€™s prestigious Royal Institute of Translationโ€”also known as Babel.

Babel is the world’s center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver workingโ€”the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver barsโ€”has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empireโ€™s quest for colonization.

For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decideโ€ฆ

Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?ย 

ALL THE BROKEN GIRLS by Linda Hurtado Bond

RELEASES August 23

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 •  Suspense

When one falls

Crime reporter Mari Alvarez was never able to solve her motherโ€™s murder ten years ago. But when a woman is gunned down on the doorstep of her West Tampa neighborhood, Mari canโ€™t shake the eerie sense of connection.

The others will break

Now there have been two murders in two days. Each crime scene awash with arcane cluesโ€”and without a trace of DNA from the killer. And for each victim, a doll. The first is missing an eye. The second is missing a heart. But are these clues leading to the killerโ€ฆor messages for Mari?

Unless she plays the game…

Caught up in a maelstrom of Old-World superstition, secrets, and ties to her own past, Mari has only one option. Put the puzzle together before someone else diesโ€”even if it destroys her career. But thereโ€™s no escaping the hungry spiderโ€™s web when itโ€™s been made just for youโ€ฆ

HEARTBREAKER by Sarah MacLean

RELEASES August 23

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 •  Historical Romance

New York Timesย bestselling author Sarah MacLean follows her highly acclaimedย Bombshellย withย Heartbreaker, featuring a fierce, fearless heroine on a mission to steal a dukeโ€™s secretsโ€ฆand his heart.ย 

A Tempting Thief

Raised among Londonโ€™s most notorious criminals, a twist of fate landed Adelaide Frampton in the bright ballrooms of Mayfair, where she masquerades as a quiet wallflowerโ€”so plain and unassuming that no one realizes sheโ€™s the Matchbreakerโ€ฆusing her superior skills as a thief to help unwilling brides avoid the altar, all while hiding her own scandalous past.

A Powerful Duke

Henry Carrington, Duke of Clayborn, has spent a lifetime living in perfection and has no time for the scandals that arise every time Adelaide ends another groom.ย His own reputation is impeccableโ€”and the last thing he needs is a frustrating, fascinating woman discovering the truth of his past, or the secrets he holds close.ย 

A Perfect Match

When the two find themselves on a breakneck journey across Britain to stop a wedding, the duke has no choice but to follow her across Britain on a trip filled with bad weather, bad luck, and a surprising lack of beds. Adelaide soon realizes that this perfect duke kisses like a proper scoundrel, and is turning out to be a thief in his own rightโ€ฆone who wonโ€™t stop until heโ€™s stolen her well-guarded heart.

TO CATCH A RAVEN by Beverly Jenkins

RELEASES August 23

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 •  Historical Romance

The newest novel inย USA Todayย bestselling author Beverly Jenkinsโ€™s compelling Women Whoย Dareย series features a fearless grifter who goes undercover to reclaim the stolen Declaration of Independence.

Lying and cheating may be sins to some people, but for Raven Moreaux, it is a way of life. She comes from a long line of grifters and couldnโ€™t be prouderโ€ฆUntil sheโ€™s forced to help the government.

A former Confederate official is suspected of stealing the Declaration of Independence, and Raven, posing as his housekeeper, is tasked with getting it back. Her partner is the too handsome Braxton Steel. Masquerading as a valet/driver, Brax is also supposed to be her โ€œhusband.โ€ He has his own reasons for doing this job, but when their pretend marriage ignites into fiery passion, theyโ€™ll have to put everythingโ€”including their heartsโ€”on the line.

LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood

RELEASES August 23

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 •  Romantic Comedy

From theย New York Timesย bestselling author ofย The Love Hypothesisย comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesisโ€”with explosive results.

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Kรถnigswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering projectโ€”a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academiaโ€”Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.

Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad schoolโ€”archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.

Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps itโ€™s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideasโ€ฆdevouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, thereโ€™s only one question that matters: What will Bee Kรถnigswasser do?

MAKE YOU MINE by Laura Pavlov

RELEASES August 25

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 •  Romance

A sexy firefighter. A much younger Nanny. The heat between them could burn down a small country. He doesn’t believe in forever. And she won’t settle for anything less.

Jace King is a smoking hot firefighter, a single dad and my new boss.
He’s also the most beautiful man I’ve ever laid eyes on.
It’s totally fine to secretly crush on the guy you Nanny for, right?
Did I mention that he’s also a decade older than me, works with my dad
and he’s a close family friend?
If you looked up OFF LIMITS in the dictionary, you’d find an eight by ten photo of my sexy boss.
But something happens every time we’re in a room together.
The attraction is almost overpowering.
Jace is insistent that we can’t act on it.
And I’ve always been a rule follower…
but maybe sometimes rules are meant to be broken.

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