Jennifer Neal
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"Florida kitsch swirls together with magical realism in this glittering debut novel about a young Black and Indigenous woman who learns to change the color of her skin. Gabrielle has always had a complicated relationship with her mother Tallulah, one marked by intimacy and resilience in the face of a volatile patriarch. Everything in their home has been bleached a cold white -- from the cupboards filled with sheets and crockery to the food and spices...
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Sassy but sweet, sexy but clean, this novella tackles a big story with Neal's signature humor and swoon-worthy characters. Think Breakfast at Tiffany's meets crime story drama. Book description: Chef Reesie's powerful wink and her delight in all things Audrey Hepburn seem to float her along, but secretly, she's growing more and more afraid of her stalker ex-boyfriend. When police are summoned to her home, Officer William MacDougal (a man on whom her...
3) The Elixir
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"I've always had the sense that an unrestrained me would have lasting consequences."
Beam is not allowed to speak to her uncle-not since she was five and her dad found him catching her blood in a jar. She's not allowed to do a lot of things, like ask about it. And she is certainly not allowed to entertain creatures no one else can see or follow injured mountain lions back to the reservation where she was born (no matter how intriguing they turn...
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A short and sweet, feel-good love story by the award-winning author of The Locke Box.
When a bike wreck leaves Ginny wondering if she'll lose her arm, Seth (the guy who wrecked her) visits the hospital every day with an old Army rucksack stuffed full of "survival magic" (one-handed activities to keep her spirits up). When it is revealed why Seth is so good at surviving, however, the magic will have to work both ways.
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This Great Smoky Mountains cabin has been in my family for seven generations. When Jake died, and the bridge was flooded as it is now, we had to bury him on site. It was like losing my twin. I came back to move past the feeling that they buried me in that grave too-and I meant to do that by myself. But with the storm raging, my cousin's handsome friend gets trapped here with me.
Things could be worse. The guy's interesting, and he's funny. And...