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Fiction Releases

Book cover of “The Wilderness” by Angela Flournoy, featuring an abstract living room with animal print rugs, zebra chairs, and a geometric fireplace.
Book cover for “The Portrait” by Danielle Steel shows a sunset sky above the facade of a brick townhouse with large windows reflecting light.
A woman with long blonde hair sits on grass facing a large brick academic building with a clock tower under a blue sky.
Book cover for “Santa’s Holiday Spectacular” by Fern Michaels, featuring a decorated Christmas tree inside an ornate box, with festive lights in the background.
Book cover of “Murder on the Marlow Belle” by Robert Thorogood, featuring a boat on water, a lifebuoy, and bold black and red text.
Book cover for “Hot Desk” by Laura Dickerman, showing the back of a woman’s head with pencils in her hair against a teal background.
Book cover of “Circle of Days” by Ken Follett, showing a sunset over a field with a large stone circle in the foreground.
Silhouettes of a person, child, and horse stand against a vivid sunset sky; book cover text reads “Janet Dailey Calder Strong.”.
Book cover for “Tom Clancy: Terminal Velocity” featuring a sniper rifle with a suppressor and smoke, red background, and bold white text.
Book cover for “The Wasp Trap” by Mark Edwards, featuring an overhead view of a dining table set with plates and green chairs around it.
Red book cover with keyhole graphic, large gold text reading “Dan Brown The Secret of Secrets: A Novel,” and a subtitle noting the author of “The Da Vinci Code.”.
Red book cover for “The Librarians” by Sherry Thomas, featuring a minimalist profile illustration and a scroll motif at the bottom.
Book cover of “The Iron Storm” by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul, featuring a tank firing amidst explosions, with text stating it is an Isaac Bell adventure.
Book cover for “The Girl from Devil’s Lake” by J.A. Jance, featuring a house by a lake with tall grass and a cloudy sky.
Book cover for “The Final Score” by Don Winslow, showing a man split between a suited business look and a tattooed, shirtless appearance.
Book cover for “Please Don’t Lie” by Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt, featuring a dark sky above a brightly lit house at night.
Book cover for “Other People’s Houses” by Clare Mackintosh, featuring chairs and tables by a pool with hedges, under a yellow sky.
Book cover showing an envelope with blood splatters, the title “LOVE, MOM” in bold red letters, and author name Iliana Xander. Tagline reads, “Want to know a secret?”.
The cover of “Hot Wax” by M. L. Rio features bold red text around a black vinyl record with the author’s name in yellow.
Book cover for “End Game” by Jeffrey Archer, showing a silhouetted figure standing on stone steps between large columns, with birds flying overhead.
Book cover for “Don’t Say a Word” by Allison Brennan, showing an envelope with a wax seal and a cityscape background at dusk.
Book cover for “Denied Access: A Mitch Rapp Novel” by Don Bentley, featuring a cityscape at sunset and large text highlighting Vince Flynn’s name.
Book cover of “Dark Horse” by Felix Francis, featuring a silhouette of a rider on horseback and a person walking a horse against a landscape backdrop.
Book cover of “Clown Town” by Mick Herron, showing a lone figure walking on a rainy, neon-lit street at night.
Book cover for “Billion Dollar Ransom” by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski, featuring bold, sparkling text on a black background.
Book cover of “All This Could Be Yours” by Hank Phillippi Ryan, featuring abstract colorful shapes and bold white and yellow text on a dark background.
Book cover of “The Sisterhood” by Tasha Alexander, featuring a historic building with a sunset sky in the background and text emphasizing the author and title.
Book cover for “The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer” by Ragnar Jónasson, featuring a chair, desk, and scattered papers on a red floor.
Book cover of “The Killing Stones” by Ann Cleeves, showing a rocky coastline at night with blue tones and the author’s name in large red letters.
Book cover for “The Killer Question” by Janice Hallett, featuring a beer mug, a fountain pen, and the tagline “The answer is murder. The question is whodunit?” on a blue background.
Book cover of “The Impossible Fortune” by Richard Osman features bold text, a silhouette of a fox, and the subtitle “A Thursday Murder Club Mystery” in red, black, and white colors.
Book cover for “The Grave Artist” with authors Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado listed, featuring bold text and abstract diagonal lines on a dark background.
Book cover for “The Grave Artist” by Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado, featuring bold text on a dark background with abstract gold lines and a red-purple design element.
Book cover for “The Girl with Ice in Her Veins” by Karin Smirnoff, featuring large yellow text over a blue and white abstract background.
Book cover for “The Deepest Cut” by P.J. Tracy, featuring lightning in a stormy sky over a dark landscape with a building.
Book cover for “In the Time of Five Pumpkins” by Alexander McCall Smith, featuring five pumpkins, flowers, and a tree in a grassy field under a blue sky.
Book cover for “Guilty by Definition” by Susie Dent, showing an open book with a red pen standing upright in its center, set against a blurred background of bookshelves.
Book cover of “Gray Dawn” by Walter Mosley, featuring a yellow car parked in front of a low building with palm trees in the background.
Book cover of “Framed in Death” by J.D. Robb, featuring bold colorful brushstrokes and a nighttime city skyline at the bottom.
Book cover for “Apostle’s Cove” by William Kent Krueger, featuring a sunset over a lake with trees silhouetted along the shore.
Book cover of “A Slowly Dying Cause” by Elizabeth George, featuring a rural landscape with a path, fields, and a distant building under a cloudy sky.
Book cover of “A Perilous Plot” by Lorna Barrett, featuring a cozy room with fireplace, armchairs, bookshelves, and large windows showing trees outside.
A person stands near a fenced gate with a dog on a leash. The book title “A Matter of Pedigree” and author “Leslie Meier” are displayed on the cover.
Front cover of the book “We Met Like This” by Kasie West, featuring illustrated lemons and a landscape, with a red spine.
Book cover for “Vianne” by Joanne Harris, featuring figs, chocolate pieces, and an illustration of a village with a church under a bright yellow background.
Book cover for “Tourist Season” by Brynne Weaver, featuring two silhouetted figures facing each other with a sunset, boats, and a lighthouse in the background.
Colorful storefront with holiday decor, a wreath, and a large round sign reading “The Gingerbread Bakery” above the door. Snow is falling. Book by Laurie Gilmore.
A man and woman stand close together at night under a full moon; the cover reads “Soul Searching, A Sweetwater Peak Novel” by Lyla Sage.
Book cover of “Pitcher Perfect” by Tessa Bailey, featuring a man in a baseball uniform and a woman holding a softball on a blue background.
Book cover of “People Watching” by Hannah Bonam-Young shows two couples relaxing on grass by a lake, one reading and one kissing, with an autumnal background.
Book cover of “Deadly Storms” by Christine Feehan, featuring a woman lying down with blue eyes and dark hair, wearing gold bracelets, with a misty blue background.
Book with a black cover, red edges, and white text reads: “You Weren’t Meant to Be Human” by Andrew Joseph White.
The cover of the book “Wild Reverence” by Rebecca Ross features gold floral designs on a black background.
Book cover for “What We Can Know” by Ian McEwan, featuring an oval mirror reflecting greenery, surrounded by gears and clock parts on a brown background.
A hardcover book titled “What Fury Brings” by Tricia Levenseller features a coiled snake and ornate silver page edges.
Book cover of “Thief of Night” by Holly Black, featuring gold text, a sunburst design, and a burnt, dark pattern on a light background.
Book cover of “The Summer War” by Naomi Novik, featuring an illustrated stringed instrument with floral designs in grayscale.
Book cover of “The Shattering Peace” by John Scalzi, featuring spaceships flying above a planet with swirling clouds and a colorful sky.
Book cover for “Play Nice” by Rachel Harrison, featuring a purple house with a dark serpent winding around it and bold title text below.
Book cover for “Among the Burning Flowers” by Samantha Shannon, featuring a dragon above a fiery, colorful landscape with flowers and flames.
A person in a red cloak walks toward a dark, gothic castle with spires, framed by bare trees and an open iron gate. The cover reads “SenLinYu ALCHEMISED.”.
Book cover of “What Stalks the Deep” by T. Kingfisher, featuring antlers, branches, and a dark animal skull against a pale background.
Book cover for “We Love You, Bunny” by Mona Awad, featuring a pink and yellow rabbit mask with green leaves on a dark patterned background.
Book cover of “To The Moon and Back” by Eliana Ramage, featuring bold white text over a blue and orange background with moon and stars illustrations.
Book cover for “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto” by Mitch Albom, featuring a silhouette of a tree with people and a guitar on an orange background.
Book cover of “The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes” by Chanel Cleeton, featuring stacked books and pink roses against a teal wooden background.
Book cover of “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” by Kiran Desai, featuring gold and blue circular patterns on a dark blue background.
Book cover for “Life, Death, & Giants” by Ron Rindo, featuring a silhouette of a giant figure over a rural landscape with trees and a house.
Book cover for “It Was the Way She Said It” by Terry McMillan, featuring a colorful abstract portrait of a woman’s profile on a bright yellow background.
Book cover of “Buckeye: A Novel” by Patrick Ryan, featuring colorful landscape illustrations and a “Read with Jenna” book club badge.
Book cover of “The Violet Hour” by Victoria Benton Frank, showing two people on a boat in water with a bridge and houses in the background under a pink sky.
Book cover for “My Other Heart” by Emma Nahami Strenner, featuring a person standing in water and facing away, with a blue background and orange text.
A woman stands at a ship railing during sunset on the cover of Danielle Steel’s novel “For Richer For Poorer.”.
Book cover shows the title “We Are All Guilty Here” by Karin Slaughter, with an orange sky and a silhouette of a person riding a bicycle at sunset.
An older woman in a teal sweater holds a hammer behind her back. Text reads, “Too Old For This” and “Samantha Downing.”.
Book cover of “Tomlinson’s Wake” by Randy Wayne White, featuring a sailboat on water at sunset with bold yellow, blue, and white text.
Book cover of “The Wrong Sister” by Claire Douglas, featuring a white house with one lit window, set against a dark sky and surrounded by a picket fence.
Book cover for “The Surrogate Mother” by Freida McFadden, featuring a pacifier with a ring in a test tube against a red and black background.
Book cover of “The Locked Ward” by Sarah Pekkanen, featuring a blurred figure behind glass and yellow bold title text.
Book cover for “The Break In” by Katherine Faulkner, featuring a darkened house with one lit window and bold red and yellow title text.
Book cover of “Smuggler’s Cove” by Fern Michaels featuring a dock and buildings reflected in calm water at sunset.
Book cover for “Mississippi Blue 42” by Eli Cranor, showing two football players falling amid floating dollar bills on a red background.
Book cover of “Last Seen” by J.T. Ellison, featuring a car driving on a road through dense green trees, with the title in large pink letters.
Book cover of “Kiss Her Goodbye” by Lisa Gardner, featuring bold blue and yellow text over an image of a small house at sunset.
Book cover for “Jenny Cooper Has a Secret” by Joy Fielding, showing a finger held to lips in a gesture for silence.
Book cover of “Forget Me Not” by Stacy Willingham, featuring purple and white text over a background of green foliage and flowers.
Illustrated book cover showing a man with a sword and a woman with an axe, surrounded by green zombie hands. Title reads “Zom Romcom” by Olivia Dade.
Illustration of a man with a sword and a woman with an axe standing back to back, surrounded by green zombie hands. Text reads: “Zom Romcom” by Olivia Dade.
Book cover for “The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold” by Ally Carter, featuring a stylized blonde woman with sunglasses and blue accents, with two figures reflected in her glasses.
Book cover for “Knife in the Back” by Karen Rose featuring a woman running away on a street with a sunset sky in the background.
Book cover of “He Falls First” by Jill Shalvis, featuring a starry night sky background with gold and white text.
Book cover for “Laying Down the Latte” by Ellie Alexander, featuring a café table with pastries, coffee, and a pink flower, set against a lush garden backdrop.
Book cover for “Hunter’s Heart Ridge” by Sarah Stewart Taylor, showing a snowy landscape with a red house surrounded by trees under a cloudy sky.
Book cover for “Halloween Night Murder” by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Liz Ireland, featuring a black cat, pumpkins, bats, and a gravestone against a yellow moon.
Book cover of “For Duck’s Sake” by Donna Andrews, featuring ducks, a red wheelbarrow with plants, and a small pond against a blue and yellow background.
Book cover of “Five Found Dead” by Sulari Gentill, featuring large white title text and a silhouette of a person standing in a lit train window at night.
Book cover showing three greyhounds standing on grass, with the title “The Hounding” and author “Kenobe Purvis” written in large white text.
Book cover for “The Book of Lost Hours” by Hayley Gelfuso, featuring gold script text on a dark blue background with clock hand illustrations.
Book cover of “Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure” by Rhys Bowen, featuring a seaside villa with flowers, trees, and the ocean under a blue sky.
Illustrated book cover shows a woman typing on a typewriter with the title “Dear Miss Lane” by AJ Pearce, with London landmarks in the background.

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