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Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries, Veronica remains a strong and unorthodox main But evidence indicates to Veronica that Alice may have been murdered.

Both main characters' mothers are faulted, far from perfect, and have made decisions that upend Justin

Brendan is not the main protagonist, despite the novel's title, yet he is central to the story in that

captivating retelling of the Indian epic Ramayana, with immersive details and an irresistible feminist main character fighting for a voice and for power in a man's world. She is smart, eager, passionate, and determined--and an irresistible main protagonist.

The Second-Chance Stories I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the opportunity Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every Harry August has been born (in a train station in 1919) many times. Some lives are notable, others comfortable, and still others are full of pain.

Martin mentions each of women and their families, but keeps the story relatively streamlined with three main story--as with the account of Patient Zero's experience and his two degrees of separation from the main

quiet moments as his characters reflect, and I preferred that aspect of this book--which features a main But Jack is starting to realize that something dark and dangerous may be at work at this lodge, and that In The Guide, the main protagonist Jack is as linked to the natural world as are the characters in his spent with him in The River--when I felt a deeper connection to the character--I didn't feel like I gained

The banter is fantastic, and I laughed many times while reading this one. Jac Matthis is a romance novelist whose first book tanked (the main protagonist chose her career over a man, enraging readers who'd been counting on a different happy ever after), leaving little audience to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake marriage, comeuppances for the greedy bad guys, our main This is an adorable fake-dating-in-paradise setup with funny dialogue, a wonderfully imperfect main protagonist

Raybourn is masterful at providing a captivating main character with depth and flaws; a tantalizing will-they-won't-they Stoker's brother, to a gothic, gloomy estate on an island--and an unsolved disappearance that just may

Our main protagonist knows she is being chased because of something she's done, but the facts of the She has visions of the past and of versions of the future in which her spirit transcends the pain and

Book two picks up when our main characters, having laid low and lived their own lives for a year, are

check out The Second Ending. 03 Happy Place by Emily Henry Six longtime friends gather for one last Maine I was impatient with the prolonged lack of communication but loved the main characters' interactions For years they've taken annual trips to their friend Sabrina's cottage in Maine with the rest of their Iris may be able to help--if only she could also figure out the store's connection to her mother's past She's fake-dating a nice man in order to keep his family off of his back.

My favorite reads of the past month include, in no particular order: The Maid, Nita Prose's recently published mystery with an intriguing main protagonist and lots of sweetness; The Long Way to a Small, 01 The Maid by Nita Prose Nita Prose offers a surprising amount of heart and a unique main protagonist In Nita Prose's recent novel The Maid, main protagonist Molly finds a hotel guest dead in his room, and Prose has built an interesting premise with Molly as an unreliable main protagonist.

famous-person love is a favorite trope of mine, and Norman adds emotional complexities to each of the main

Despite the plot hiccups in our main characters' work and love lives, there's no question that everything

But the darkness of her past may only be matched by the danger of the magic and rituals being used by Vengeance Road is a rough and tumble story with enough suspense that I wasn't ever confident that the main The women realize they may know too much about where the bodies are buried--literally--to be allowed McManus I suspected each of the main players at one point or another and couldn't wait for the big reveal I suspected each of the main players at one point or another and couldn't wait for the big reveal.

details of a life of moneyed ease and an abandonment on an unforgiving, uninhabited island after our main The unfolding of this continued theft and this absurd man's greedy, gratuitous mishandling of funds-- daughter (from Lessons for My Daughter ) urging constant preservation of reputation, exuding modesty, maintaining Since then she has published many more novels, including Sam .

upon the framework of facts from the lives of Julian of Norwich and what is known of the life of our main was a groundbreaking feat for a medieval woman who was stifled by societal and religious limitations may Our main protagonist puzzles and angers those around her by challenging the limitations of what women I've underlined many, many meaningful passages in Revelations, and I found exploring this time through

Molloy's main characters are new moms, but the vast majority of their questionable choices don’t feel The main character remains an empty vessel who can conveniently be believed to have done a horrific thing Despite the main protagonists' immense relief at having a resolution to the terrible situation at hand The Perfect Mother is a quick read and a page-turner, although you may consistently suspect that you’ If you like mysteries with twist, you may be in for Molloy's newest book, Goodnight Beautiful.

Naomi Novik is the author of richly wrought fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love: Uprooted Kingfisher/Vernon is a prolific author who has published many standalone novels as well as multiple series

But when the boss's daughter begins tinkering with precious resources, our main protagonist is swept

Bardugo Bardugo's rich world-building sets the scene in Spain during the Inquisition, as a scullery maid Cotado lives in a grim house on a shabby street in the new capital of Madrid, working as a scullery maid She rises through the ranks of palace concubines and gains almost unfettered access to the king, all Gods (The Bloodsworn #1) by John Gwynne Gwynne's epic, Norse-inspired saga tracks three fascinating main battles, brutal revenge, extended searches for loved ones, and the carving out of new futures by our main

Jac Matthis is a romance novelist whose first book tanked (the main protagonist chose her career over a man, enraging readers who'd been counting on a different happy ever after), leaving little audience

Main protagonist Frankie signs up to leave her idyllic, privileged Southern California life--and the faces anti-war sentiments, the shock of returning to her pre-war life, and coping with the trauma of many hearty story of Vietnam, its complex costs and its dark perception at home, and the truth about the many forgotten women serving as nurses there, whose bravery helped send so many injured American soldiers

Our brave main protagonist (and rebel) Talin is forced to submit to the Federation's morally questionable I was thrilled to find that Young's wonderful, signature strong-young-female protagonist-in-a-man's-world In this young adult novel, the first in a magical fairy tale duology from Elizabeth Lim, main protagonist I couldn't wait to find out how Lim would make this plot construct of a wordless main protagonist work from Philly to the magical Talamh, where she revels in her new-found and strengthening powers (yet maintains

Listen for the Lie offers a fascinating story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main Lucy's inability to remember key events pairs with her devil-may-care attitude so that she is frequently going around mentioning the fact that she may in fact have killed Savvy, which alarms those around her

and science fiction in Iron Widow, and Susan Conley's slim, powerful novel Landslide, about a modern Maine Susan Conley's novel Landslide offers a portrait of a modern family in a remote fishing village in Maine

Main protagonist Gifty's journey was full of challenges and not too easy or complete, and her voice had experienced there; her yearning for her estranged father in Ghana, whom they all call the Chin Chin Man She's had to stifle many of her emotions since she was a young girl--there wasn't space in her family Gifty is an appealing main protagonist, and Gyasi's journey was fascinating.

The book is almost at its close by the time the two main protagonists are explicitly linked within the

adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened, fiercely loyal, savvy, and crafty main threats, mysterious magic, a tangled web of lore and superstition, and those who seem to be allies but may

girl in the wilderness, The Vaster Wilds; I'm reading Emily Austin's upcoming novel about a quirky main

But someone who's supposed to be on her side may have revealed her true identity to those who want her Raybourn is masterful at providing a captivating main character with depth and flaws; a tantalizing will-they-won't-they Templeton-Vane, her partner Stoker's brother, to an estate on an island--and an unsolved disappearance that just may

mother-in-law, and her ability to practice medicine is severely curtailed, as in the family's opinion, her main

The dialogue is incredible, and the faulted main players are irresistible. heartbreakingly beautiful In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, Away, Lucky Us, Come to Me: Stories, and A Blind Man

Much of the book involves thwarted attempts to unravel the past by a main protagonist who has been emotionally He is a shell of a man, ruined by the loss of his sister. A grown man's voicing of the little-girl voice for Amy felt off to me, and the tone of the narration I was impatient with this "helpless, clueless man" scenario. NO, JOE. THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED. The resolution involves a twist I had anticipated and leaves a main character in a state of upheaval

ICYMI: In Matt Haig's How to Stop Time, main protagonist Tom Hazard lives for centuries but is not allowed He's also a seemingly 41-year-old man, but he's actually been alive for centuries. So when Tom begins to fall for the French teacher at school, it may renew his faith in the world and While I enjoyed main protagonist Tom Hazard’s point of view, which evolves by the close of the story, But there were many lovely, lovely moments in How to Stop Time, and I really like Haig's writing style

Book two picks up as our main characters, having laid low for a year, are contacted by the Museum, the

claustrophobic but fiercely loving life lived under one roof with extended family, and a young but tough main adventure story with sweet character development, and last year's Echo Mountain, set in Depression-era Maine

another nameless hamlet whose dusty streets lay flocked and trembling with the pink handbills they’d rained (If you’re not on the Taylor Brown train yet, may I strongly suggest you join me?) Our brave main protagonist and rebel Talin is forced to submit to the Federation's morally questionable The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen other and work together to determine who is responsible for the destruction; how each of their pasts may

their trip to the Gulf of Mexico is fraught with danger--and Nell's husband and his murderous brothers may Every Osage was a potential target--and many of those who risked investigating the deaths were killed This is fun, funny, and smart, with wonderful banter, a gruff and independent, saucy main protagonist

Students at the residential River Valley School for the Deaf are trying to get through finals, maintain At first I feared this would dilute my connection to the main characters, but the ventures into others

I feel like this book and I have been circling each other since early May, and I was so delighted as estranged from her daughter, that deep tragedy has shaped her life and closed off her heart, and that she may Readers will likely have a clear sense that our main character is prepared to burn it all down on her Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson In Ava Robinson's debut novel, she offers an appealingly imperfect main

walking down the street--then she sees that he is armed, and to her horror, she sees him kill another man She can't explain what's happened, but she quickly realizes that now she may be able to stop the murder Main characters have plausible reactions of disbelief, wonder, irritation, and fatigue to the unfathomable If you like books like this, you may want to check out these other Bossy books I've read that play with

01 The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore Jac Matthis is a romance novelist whose first book tanked (the main protagonist chose her career over a man, enraging readers who'd been counting on a different happy ever Rising by Rebel Wilson I love to read a memoir--if you haven't yet, you might want to check out the many

An aspect that is ever-present and essential to the shaping of each of the main characters are the female

This darkly funny story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted

In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish She's dating a boring but reliable young man from her high school and living at home when she meets James I wanted to protect him against the world's many disappointments, guard him with my body like I would

Gods (The Bloodsworn #1) by John Gwynne Gwynne's epic, Norse-inspired saga tracks three fascinating main filled with danger; and Varg, a servant who joins the mercenaries called the Bloodsworn so that he may battles, brutal revenge, extended searches for loved ones, and the carving out of new futures by our main And she also realizes she may not be helping; she may be making everything worse. But Misery has her own reasons for willingly entering into this marriage--her best friend's safety may

upon the framework of facts from the lives of Julian of Norwich and what is known of the life of our main Our main protagonist puzzles and angers those around her by challenging the limitations of what women I underlined many, many meaningful passages in Revelations, and I found exploring this time through Margery's and revelations and long-held secrets that seem destined to shake up everything for our modern-day main Tamar, Jane, and Tabitha become linked by complicated connections to one man.

Fletcher And there may be no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at The main protagonist Griz is tough as nails and determined and wonderful, and things do ultimately improve It's a true life-or-death dilemma for a man with two stark options: safety and loneliness or potential Against enormous odds, the team may just be finding some of the lifesaving answers they were sent to character in common between the two books; this person appears at the end of The Boy on the Bridge but is a main