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Baked Plums
In Fable, Fable was left by her father on an island full of questionable (at best) characters. If she can survive long enough to get herself off the island and find him, he will give her what she's owed. That was four years ago and it's time for Fable to find her father and remind him that while he never forgets the wrongs done to him, neither does his daughter.
Butternut Squash Soup
Hailey and Jonah's divorce continues to get more contentious the longer it drags on, until Hailey is ready to give in on Jonah's demands. But when Jonah is murdered in his own home, ending their divorce before an agreement is reached, suspicion turns to Hailey. Find out who killed Jonah in We Would Never, based on a true story.
Chickpea and Apricot Tagine
When Lauren comes home from her friend's bachelorette party and finds a husband waiting for her, she is confused. She didn't have a husband when she left for the party! After some frantic googling and wondering if she's hit her head, her new husband goes into the attic and comes out...as a different husband. It seems her attic contains an unlimited supply in The Husbands.
Crispy Hashbrowns
When the cops show up at Adam Morgan's door, arresting him while telling him that he was the last person to see his mistress alive before she was brutally murdered, Adam can think of only one person capable of taking on his case and proving his innocence: Sarah. His wife in The Perfect Marriage.
Cucumber Sandwiches
Poppy has a lot weighing her down as she goes about her life as THE Maiden, not allowed to interact with the world around her and punished for the smallest of infractions. But the allure of a regular life beckons to her and Poppy wonders what it would be like to be able to choose what she wanted to do... who she wanted to be in From Blood and Ash.
Kiwi Salsa
Calen and his friends visit Milltown to spend some of their newfound money and make some new friends at the inn where they're spending the night. Little did they know that their new friends are on the run from the empire, hiding something they would give their lives to protect in Of Blood and Fire.
Potato Salad
January has writer's block. Worse, her agent keeps asking when her (very late) promised book will be done. Even worse, circumstances force her to move into the house her late father shared with his mistress. Worse than all that, her new neighbor is none other than bestselling author Augustus Everett, who she had a bit of a rivalry with in college (not that he noticed). Lucky for her, he's got writer's block too in Beach Read.
Raspberry Jam
Kiela doesn't like people, but she loves books. When the Great Library of Alyssium is threatened by radicals, Kiela takes her sentient spider plant assistant Caz and as many books as she can manage and runs to the last place anyone would look for her - the island where she was born. What she has forgotten (or perhaps never realized) is the smaller the community, the nosier the people. She is immediately beset with neighbors wanting to help her, get to know her, and to gossip. Not ideal for someone who just liberated a bunch of books banned from public consumption in The Spellshop.
Refried Beans
In a country on the precipice of war, Nadia and Saaed meet and are intrigued but cautious in their pursuit of each other, but it is not until war breaks out in earnest and death is all around them that the two of them decide life is too short to take things slow. They know they must leave their country, but once gone, they struggle to hold on to where they're from, the people the left behind, each other, and even themselves in Exit West.
Rosehip Jam
Two beings who fight on opposite sides of a never-ending war to control time become aware of each other through a series of close encounters and lifetimes of trying to gain the upper hand. When one of them leaves a note of appreciation for the other's work ethic and attention to detail, a love story like no other begins to unfold in This is How You Lose the Time War.
Stuffed Jalapenos
In The Phoenix Keeper, Aila has dreamed of breeding Silimalo phoenixes since she was a child and after a lot of hard work and not a small amount of wheedling, she gets her chance. But with the delivery of a mate for her beloved phoenix Rubra, Aila's anxiety soars. She now has to navigate dating the zoo's dragon keeper (never been her strong suit), work with her archnemesis Luciana, and protect her phoenixes from potential risks - including being stolen and sold in illegal channels. She's not sure which task is more daunting.
Cacio e Pepe
Nora Stephens isn't sure when it happened but somehow she became the villain in her own story. She is not the plucky girl next door you root for in every rom com, nor is she a woman who can be "one of the guys". She is a bossy, high maintenance, city lover who puts all of her effort in getting the best deal for her clients. But then her sister Libby convinces her to take a month away from the city so that Libby can live out her small town fantasy before having her third child. Is Nora about to find the hot lumberjack of her dreams in Book Lovers?
Mango Sorbet
First, her husband leaves her for a woman named Maggie. Then, she finds a lump in her breast, which she also dubs "Maggie". A combination of reclaiming joy, wading through grief, and defying what's expected, the narrator uses humor and a bevy of mythological stories to make sense of what is happening in her life in Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar.
Peas with Lemon and Tarragon
A family lives through the Nazi occupation of France during WWII, each finding their own way to endure the war and fight against the atrocities being committed around them. In the process, they each find something in themselves that they didn't realize they were missing in The Nightingale.
Porridge
Jane has never had a real home, something that she has yearned for since she was a child. It's something she believes she has found when she begins to work for Mr. Rochester as a governess for his ward Adele. But soon Jane finds out that Mr. Rochester has been hiding a terrible secret. Should she give up the life she's dreamed of or stay regardless of his secret and deal with the consequences? Find out in Jane Eyre.
Pumpkin Fritters
Danielle's stepmother and stepsisters are the absolute worst, it's all she can do to wait until high school is over so she can escape them. But when forced to repair an attic leak, she finds a box of her parents' things including their infamous cosplay outfits for Starfield. On a whim, she decides to tailor the outfits with the help of her fairy godfriend/coworker and attend ExcelsiCon on the wings of a pumpkin food truck in Geekerella.
Red Currant Yogurt Cakes
Diem Bellator is a healer who is passionate about caring for people, regardless of if they are mortal or Descended. But when her mother goes missing, Diem starts down a path that she cannot easily leave, and that will open her eyes to more than she ever imagined in Spark of the Everflame.
Roasted Vegetable Terrine
In I Have Some Questions for You, Bodie Kane is invited to teach a short class on podcasting at her high school alma mater, she asks her students to come to the first class with an idea for what they would like to report on. One of those students decides to investigate the murder of a student in the 90's, who happened to be Bodie's roommate junior year.
Spinach and Broccoli Quiche
A doctor gets stuck on her way home from a family funeral when she swerves for a raccoon and ends up in the ditch. She ends up at the local VFW hall for dinner that evening and what starts with a $100 bet ends in something that Alexis never would expected - a small town carpenter that does not fit into her world at all, but that Alexis would risk everything for in Part of Your World.
Vegetable Soup
Amelia just needs to get away. She has been working non stop ever since becoming Rae Rose, international popstar. And she has a full agenda of appearances and interviews before she starts her next tour but she just cannot keep going like this! So she does what Audrey Hepburn once did in Roman Holiday. But Rome, Italy is too far, so Amelia heads to Rome, Kentucky in When in Rome.
