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Linda Francis Lee, author of The Ex-Debutante

When Carlisle Wainwright Cushing left her native Texas to start a new life in Boston, she had no regrets. The former Texas debutante, who never felt at home in her Southern skin, had found liberation --- or so she thought.

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Do you ever get your book club selections from the library?

April 1, 2008, 500 voters

Heather Graham, author of The Death Dealer

Genevieve O'Brien knows all about nightmares. She survived for two months as the prisoner of a deranged killer. Now a new menace is stalking the streets of New York.

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Joan Johnston, author of A Stranger’s Game

From New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston comes a new Bitter Creek novel that mixes Texas high society intrigue and Texas Ranger honor with a serial killer, wrongful imprisonment, and a woman who counts no cost too high to see a killer brought to justice.

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Does your group talk about books with controversial topics in them?

March 1, 2008, 568 voters

March 2008

Moving the clocks ahead for Daylight Savings Time has given me personal jetlag. I am not kidding. Tuesday morning my son yelled "goodbye" as he walked out the door at 7:15 and I responded with a hearty "bye," but then I wondered how that was part of my dream. I then realized he was up and at 'em and I was still clocking pillow time. At night I am wide awake and thus getting an extra hour of reading done. I somehow need to shift this pattern, but since I am a natural night owl I see myself moving the hour in five-minute increments.

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Will Lavender, author of Obedience

When the students in Winchester University’s Logic and Reasoning 204 arrive for their first day of class, they are greeted not with a syllabus or texts, but with a startling assignment from Professor Williams: Find a hypothetical missing girl named Polly.

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Therese Anne Fowler, author of Souvenir

In this powerful fiction debut, Therese Fowler combines the emotional resonance of Nicholas Sparks with the intense, true-to-life richness of Jodi Picoult to create a stunning and dramatic novel all her own.…

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Beverly Barton, author of The Murder Game

New Game
The game is simple—he is the Hunter. They are the Prey. He gives them a chance to escape. To run. To hide. To outsmart him. But eventually, he catches them. And that’s when the game gets really terrifying…

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Alan Drew, author of Gardens of Water

Powerful, emotional, and beautifully written, Alan Drew’s stunning first novel brings to life two unforgettable families–one Kurdish, one American–and the sacrifice and love that bind them together.

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