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Elizabeth of East Hampton

4 Review: Elizabeth of East Hampton by Audrey Bellezza and Emily ... Elizabeth of East Hampton by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding is a modern Pride and Prejudice retelling where local, twenty-something baker Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bennet encounters aloof, wealthy Will Darcy in the Hamptons. Amidst summer social clashes, family obligations, and local-versus-tourist tensions, the enemies-to-lovers story follows their journey to overcome pride and prejudice.

The Drowning Woman

In Robyn Harding's "The Drowning Woman", homeless, former chef Lee Gulliver saves Hazel, a wealthy woman attempting suicide, forming an unlikely friendship. Hazel is trapped in an abusive marriage to a powerful lawyer and asks Lee to help her disappear. As they plot, the friendship turns sinister, revealing deep secrets and betrayal.

Say I’m The One

I’m head over heels in love with my best friend. Although, I can’t pinpoint exactly when Reeve Lancaster became my entire world. Was it when we were little kids, practically brought up together, after Reeve’s mom died during childbirth and his dad subsequently fell apart? Or when I doodled his name in my school journal at age ten? Maybe it was when we became boyfriend and girlfriend at fourteen or when we shed our virginity at sixteen, pledging our forever? I was there as his star ascended—like I’d always known it would—and there wasn’t a prouder person on the planet. As the only child of Hollywood’s golden couple, I’ve lived my life in the spotlight enough to know it wasn’t what I wanted for my future. But I sacrificed my own desires, because Reeve’s happiness meant everything to me. Until he crushed my heart into itty-bitty pieces, forcing me to fly halfway around the world just to escape the gut-wrenching pain. The opportunity to study at Trinity College Dublin came at the perfect moment, and I jumped at the chance without hesitation. If I’d known fate was meddling in my life, perhaps I would have chosen differently, but my future was cemented the instant I laid eyes on him.

The Bonds That Tie

"The Bonds That Tie" is an Urban Fantasy, Reverse Harem romance series by J. Bree about Oleander (Oli), a young woman with five bonded mates—her "Bonds"—who ran away to protect them. After five years on the run from the Resistance, she is recaptured and forced to confront her Bonds, who resent her for leaving. The story explores the complicated dynamics of their relationships, Oli's hidden reasons for running, and the secrets surrounding a larger war in their world.

The Anatomy Duology

The Anatomy Duology is a gothic historical fiction series by Dana Schwartz set in 19th-century Edinburgh, following the ambitious lady Hazel Sinnett and the resurrection man Jack Currer as they investigate a dark mystery involving the city's forgotten poor, while navigating a budding romance and uncovering secrets about immortality. The story begins in Anatomy: A Love Story with Hazel's desire to become a surgeon and her unlikely partnership with Jack, and continues in Immortality: A Love Story where their investigation leads to a prison sentence for Hazel and new revelations about the mysterious plague.

Marking Time

Saira finds unexpected friendships at a boarding school for Immortal Descendants and a complicated love with a young man from the past. But time is running out for her mother, and Saira must embrace her new identity as she hides from Archer a devastating secret about his future that may cost him his life.

Brewed With Love

A cozy, contemporary romantasy about a teen witch who wants to keep her family's apothecary from falling to the competition but can only do so with assistance from her first crush. Plant witch, Sage Bishop, is determined to run her family's old apothecary one day. She spends her time trying to invent the perfect tonic to put Bishop Brews on the map. And she's going to need one quickly, too, because their biggest competitor is drawing away customers. Short-staffed, her nana hires Ximena Reyes, Sage's ex-best friend and first crush, who's more of an unwelcome distraction than anything. Ximena has always dreamed of leaving their small town behind while Sage wants to tend to her roots. And during one of their first shifts together, someone breaks into Bishop Brews, stealing several tonics, including the one Sage has been working tirelessly on, the same one that wipes a councilmember's kid's memory. To avoid being shut down by the sheriff, Sage decides to investigate. If so much wasn't at stake, she'd do it alone. But with her grandmother's legacy and her future on the line, she must partner with her ever smug and unfairly pretty new coworker. As Sage begins to fall for Ximena (again), she'll have to decide if the comfort of the familiar is worth missing out on a chance at real happiness.

Nine Liars

Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn't going well. Her boyfriend, David, is studying in London. Her friends are obsessed with college applications. With the cold case of the century solved, Stevie is adrift. There is nothing to distract her from the questions pinging around her brain-questions about college, love, and life in general. Relief comes when David invites Stevie and her friends to join him for study abroad, and his new friend Izzy introduces her to a double-murder cold case. In 1995, nine friends from Cambridge University went to a country house and played a drunken game of hide-and-seek. Two were found in the woodshed the next day, murdered with an ax. The case was assumed to be a burglary gone wrong, but one of the remaining seven saw something she can't explain. This was no break-in. Someone's lying about what happened in the woodshed. Seven suspects. Two murders. One killer still playing a deadly game.