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• How to End a Love Story

  a Novel

  Kuang, Yulin

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  When Helen's book is set to be turned into a TV series she jumps at the opportunity to move to LA and work in the writing room. But she’s shocked to see Grant, someone she hasn’t seen in thirteen years in her writing room, for her book,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When I Think of You

  a Novel

  Ariel, Myah

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  This one is a second-chance romance between a Hollywood director and his production assistant.

• The Kiss Countdown

  a Novel

  Easton, Etta

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  The Kiss Countdown follows Amerie and Vincent— an event planner and astronaut who start fake dating for their own reasons that are beneficial to them. Amerie is struggling to get her business back together among other things and Vincent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Between Friends & Lovers

  a Novel

  Obuobi, Shirlene

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  This is a swoon-worthy story of love and friendship in the age of social media—where what you see might not be all you get.

• Bookshop Sisterhood : A Novel

  Lindo-Rice, Michelle

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  Four friends are opening a bookstore together, but before the store opens they all face a few setbacks in their lives that have them leaning on each other and the plans they made. A great book about the power of friendships.

• Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

  a Novel

  Kuku, Damilare

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  A “wise, funny, irresistible” debut novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties, and Brazilian butt lifts, from the author of the internationally bestselling story collection Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad. In Nigerian families,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sweetness in the Skin

  a Novel

  Robinson, Ishi

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  A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth. A debut novel about a young teenage girl in Jamaica determined to bake her way out of her dysfunctional family and into the opportunity of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One of Us Knows

  a Thriller

  Cole, Alyssa

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  From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer—and the ghosts of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And So I Roar

  a Novel

  Daré, Abi

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  From the bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice comes a follow-up novel that reunites readers with Adunni and Tia, who learns of a secret that her mother had hidden for decades.

• Masquerade

  Sangoyomi, O. O.

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  Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman’s fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she’ll go to secure her future.