Contemporary

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Letting Go
Angela Day
Romance
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When Callie Winters visits the mountain town of Jackson’s Bridge, she has more on her mind than saving a struggling botanical skincare cooperative, and a second chance at life and love. She’s guarding the truth about her son’s father that could shatter the future she’s worked so hard to build.

Your Echo
Vi Summers
Romance
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Your Echo is a wrenching, frenemies-to-lovers, reverse grumpy-sunshine, cruel twist of fate, small-town romance.

The Payback Proposal
Olivia Isley
Romance
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After fleeing California when her fiancé leaves her for her sister, Ness Riley finally starts to build a new home in London with the help of her neighbor Matt Keys. Agreeing to take Matt as her fake date to the wedding is one thing. Waking up with hangovers and a shiny new ring after a drunk Vegas night is another. Annulling the marriage is the smart thing to do. Only, now they’re falling for real.

A Fish Out Of Sparkling Water
Gillian Scott
Romance
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A laugh-out-loud, heart-tugging romantic comedy about finding purpose, falling in love, and discovering that the best things in life can’t be bought.

Tango Love
Mari Jack
Romance
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After being bullied at work, Adrienne Blake goes dancing at the local tango club to relieve her stress. There, she meets club owner Vic Kirby. As things heat up between them on and off the dancefloor, will their difficult pasts interfere?

The Suicide Farm
Mark Hagan
Adult Fiction
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A thought-provoking literary mystery that explores the grey areas of life, death, and the stories that shape us all.

Zoe & Mila
Jodie Shelley
Adult Fiction
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In a comical Kiwi adventure, a group of bad-ass women band together to reclaim stolen property, confront societal beauty standards, and navigate the chaos of drugs and gangs they are exposed to by their next-to-useless receptionist.

The Chasm Between Us
Campbell Anderson
Adult Fiction

A novel about love, loss and redemption.

A Thousand Paper Cups
Jodie Shelley
Adult Fiction
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An engaging and amusing Kiwi tale, set against a backdrop of failed parent–teacher interactions and fashion crimes. Hilarious and heartbreaking in turn, A Thousand Paper Cups explores the blight of family harm, homophobia and the misplaced loyalties of children to their imperfect parents.

The Tūi Has Landed
Jodie Shelley
Adult Fiction
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A lively adventure of friendship, gambling and dating all the wrong people.