The Mothers by Brit Bennett
$24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary | Series: The\Books of Babel Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Mothers is a dazzling debut about young love, a big secret in a small community and the moments that haunt us most. All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked ...Show more
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
$22.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary
Ten-year-old Jas has a unique way of experiencing her universe: the feeling of udder ointment on her skin as protection against harsh winters; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads; the sound of 'blush words' that aren't in the Bible. But when a tragic accident ruptures the family, ...Show more
The Mask Falling (#4 Bone Season) by Samantha Shannon
$32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary | Series: The\Bone Season Ser.
Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim's puppet empire.The mysterious Domino Programm ...Show more
A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion
$32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
This is the story of Libby and her siblings over one long hot summer, and how one decision can have terrible unintended consequences... Rage. That's the feeling engulfing the car as Ellen's mother swerves over to the hard-shoulder and orders her daughter out onto the roadside. Ignoring the protests of ...Show more
The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo
$24.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER WINNER OF THE NESTA FELLOWSHIP AWARD 2003 'Wildly entertaining, deeply affecting' Ali Smith, author of How to be both and Autumn A coming-of-age tale to make the muses themselves roar with laughter and weep for pity -- sassy, razor-sharp and ...Show more
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
$24.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Number One New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel 'A novel to treasure' Sunday Times Olive, Again follows the ...Show more
The Abstainer by Ian McGuire
$37.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary
From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester 'The Abstainer is truly terrific - a can't-put-down book. It's no less than a tight 'n spare 'n suspense-filled noir novel, masterfully set in 1860s Britain and America. And li ...Show more
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (#6 Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon
$25.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Outlander Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
THE SIXTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES. The long fuse of rebellion has already been lit.It?s 1772, the Royal Colony of North Carolina, and the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and preserve the colony for King and Crown.One minor problem- Jamie Fraser?s wife, Claire, ...Show more
Isabelle in the Afternoon by Douglas Kennedy
$24.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary
'A touching exploration of passion untested by domesticity' Mail on SundayBefore Isabelle I knew nothing of sex.Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom.Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life.Paris in the early Seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic, bea ...Show more
The Italian Girl by Lucinda Riley
$24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary
Rosanna Menici is just eleven years old when she meets Roberto Rossini, the man who will change her life forever. In the years to come, their destinies are bound together by their extraordinary talents as opera singers and by their enduring but obsessive love for each other - a love that will ultimately ...Show more
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
$26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
Are you lost or are you exploring? When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. Its pages entrance him with their tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities and nameless acolytes, but they also contain something impossible: ...Show more
Fate (Steel Brothers #13) by Helen Hardt
$29.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Steel Brothers Saga Ser.
The next installment in the Steel Brothers Saga Bradford Steel never believed in fate...until he met the girl of his dreams. As sole heir to the Steel ranch and fortune, Brad knows what his future holds. He'll marry and have children, but he's not cut out for love. Fate has other plans, though, ...Show more