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Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister
Call Number: Fic McAllister, Gillian

There is nothing that Simone won't do for her daughter, Lucy. With Lucy about to leave home for university, they depart the UK for a vacation to Texas to spend some quality time together. But when Simone awakens on their first morning in the desert, Lucy is gone, missing from their rental cabin. In her place is a cell phone, and a voice on the other line issues a shocking ransom demand. Though Simone's husband urges her to bring in the authorities for help, she knows she can't take any chances. The kidnappers might kill Lucy if she tells anyone. No mother would take that risk. Instead, that night, she drives to the isolated meet-up. What she finds there changes everything. (description from NoveList)

Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister
Call Number: Fic McAllister, Gillian

There is nothing that Simone won't do for her daughter, Lucy. With Lucy about to leave home for university, they depart the UK for a vacation to Texas to spend some quality time together. But when Simone awakens on their first morning in the desert, Lucy is gone, missing from their rental cabin. In her place is a cell phone, and a voice on the other line issues a shocking ransom demand. Though Simone's husband urges her to bring in the authorities for help, she knows she can't take any chances. The kidnappers might kill Lucy if she tells anyone. No mother would take that risk. Instead, that night, she drives to the isolated meet-up. What she finds there changes everything. (description from NoveList)
Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns
Call Number: Fic Burns, Amy Jo

Young folk singer Elle Harlow reaches the height of her prowess in 1973. When she sets foot on the famed Grand Ole Opry stage, Elle gives the biggest performance of her life. Then, to the dismay of shocked fans, her producer, and the man who still loves her, she vanishes.
(Description from NoveList)
One & Only by Maurene Goo
Call Number: Fic Goo, Maurene

Cassia Park believes in soul mates—it’s the family business. For centuries, Park women have used past lives to match clients with their fated love, guaranteeing success for everyone but Cassia. After ten years searching for hers, Daniel Nam, she gives up and has a fling with Ellis—until he introduces her to his boss: Daniel.
(Description from NoveList)
Homeschooled by Stefan Merrill Block
"Long before homeschooling would become a massive nationwide movement, at a time when it had just become legal in his home state of Texas, Stefan vanished into that unseen space and into his mother’s increasingly eccentric theories and projects. But when, after five years away from the outside world, Stefan reentered the public school system in Plano as a freshman, he was in for a jarring awakening." (description from publisher)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Call Number: 823.7 Aus

"When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited, while he struggles to remain indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever."--Book cover
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Call Number: Fic Braithwaite, Oyinkan

When Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi, on the day they bury her cousin Monife, there is no denying the startling resemblance between the child and the dead woman. So begins the belief, fostered and fanned by the entire family, that Eniiyi is the actual reincarnation of Monife, fated to follow in her footsteps in all ways, including that tragic end.
(Description from NoveList)
The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill
Call Number: Fic O'Neill, Heather Aimee

It’s been years since the Ryan sisters were all together at their beloved family home on the eastern shore of Long Island. Two decades ago, their lives were upended by an accident on their brother Topher’s boat: A friend’s brother was killed, the resulting lawsuit nearly bankrupted their parents, and Topher spiraled into depression, eventually taking his life. Now the Ryan women are back for Thanksgiving, eager to reconnect, but each carrying a heavy secret.
(Description from NoveList)
Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
Call Number: Fic Ryan, Patrick

In Bonhomie, Ohio, a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, binds Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, to Margaret Salt, a woman trying to obscure her past.
(Description from NoveList)
My Other Heart by Emma Nanami Strenner
Call Number: Fic Strenner, Emma Nanami

A missing child, two girls in search of their true identities -- a stunning novel of mothers, daughters and best friends.
(Description from NoveList)
Happy Wife: A Novel by Meredith Lavender
Call Number: Fic Lavender, Meredith

Nora's whirlwind romance and marriage to wealthy lawyer Will in exclusive Winter Park, Florida takes a dark turn when he vanishes the morning after his birthday party, leaving Nora to unravel the mystery of his disappearance.
(Description from NoveList)
A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
Call Number: Fic Lynch, Claire

Dawn is a young mother, still adjusting to life with her husband, when Hazel lights up her world like a torch in the dark. Theirs is the kind of connection that’s impossible to resist, and suddenly life is more complicated, and more joyful, than Dawn ever expected. But she has responsibilities and commitments.
(Description from NoveList)
The Names by Florence Knapp
Call Number: Fic Knapp, Florence

Cora’s hesitation to name her son triggers three alternate paths over thirty-five years, revealing the lasting impact of domestic abuse and the complexities of family in her search for autonomy and healing.
(Description from NoveList)

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