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Rebecca Behrens

Growing up in Wisconsin, Rebecca Behrens dreamed of becoming the following: a marine zoologist, an Olympic swimmer or an author. One out of three isn't bad! Today she lives in New York City, where she works as a textbook editor. Some of her favorite things are: Central Park, bright shoes, running and doughnuts. Visit her at www.rebeccabehrens.com.

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February 2014

It’s been a long cold winter…and here in the New York area, more snow and ice is predicted for Thursday. Last Thursday night, after driving home from our office in the city, I noticed that the light was on to indicate that my car needed gas. On Monday morning, I turned on the car and the light was blinking again. Until that moment, I had not realized that I had not left the house for three days! I have been fighting a cold/cough and decided a quiet weekend was in order. I spent those 72 hours reading, knitting and watching Olympics coverage. There are so many commercials on the latter that one very easily can read whole chapters in between events. It was so relaxing.

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Tempting Fate
by Jane Green - Fiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of ANOTHER PIECE OF MY HEART comes a riveting new novel about the events leading up to one woman's affair --- and its aftermath.

Most Requested Guides of the Month

At the beginning of each month, we at ReadingGroupGuides.com compile a list of the Top 20 Most Requested Guides of the Month. The selection is based on the requests we receive from our readers.

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Polly Horvath

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Michael Ponsor, author of The Hanging Judge

When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a Puerto Rican drug dealer and a nurse at a neighborhood clinic, the police arrest a black drug dealer. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so that he can pursue the death penalty. The Honorable David S. Norcross, who has been on the federal bench only two years, now presides overthe first death penalty case in the state in 50 years.

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Matthew Quick, author of The Good Luck of Right Now

For 38 years, Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother. When she gets sick and dies, he has no idea how to be on his own. His redheaded grief counselor, Wendy, says he needs to find his flock and leave the nest. But how does a man whose whole life has been grounded in his mom, Saturday mass, and the library learn how to fly?

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February 10, 2014 - March 7, 2014

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Deanna Raybourn, author of City of Jasmine

In a story set against the lush, exotic European colonial outposts of the 1920s, New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn delivers the captivating tale of one woman who embarks upon a journey to see the world --- and ends up finding intrigue, danger, and a love beyond all reason.

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Susan Crandall, author of Whistling Past the Graveyard

Susan Crandall’s latest novel takes place in the summer of 1963 and introduces readers to nine-year-old Starla Claudelle, who runs away from home to be with her mother in Nashville and is offered a ride by a black woman who is traveling with a white baby. As the two unlikely companions make their long and sometimes dangerous journey, Starla’s eyes are opened to the harsh realities of 1963 southern segregation.

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