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Small Town
Close-knit communities where everyone knows your business. And the past is never as buried as it looks.
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Into the Blue
Emma Brodie · Literary Fiction
'The truth is there's no such thing as a normal life.
coming of age · small town · slow burn
coming of agesmall townslow burn🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›2 NEW
Theo of Golden
Allen Levi · Literary Fiction
“[A] word-of-mouth smash hit.” —The New York Times One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden.
magical realism · small town
magical realismsmall town - ›3 ▲2
Into the Fading Twilight
Catherine Cowles · Mystery & Thriller
Book Two in a brand new suspenseful small town series - Starlight Grove - from New York Times Bestselling Author, Catherine Cowles.
found family · psychological thriller · small town · trauma recovery
found familypsychological thrillersmall towntrauma recovery🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›4 ▼2
Land
Maggie O'Farrell · Literary Fiction
The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait, returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before…
historical fiction · small town
historical fictionsmall town🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›5 NEW
The Secrets We Hide
Karin Slaughter · Mystery & Thriller
The stunning new North Falls thriller by the bestselling author of We Are All Guilty Here 'Quite simply, Karin Slaughter is the best of us' Dervla…
psychological thriller · small town · closed circle · cat and mouse · political intrigue
psychological thrillersmall townclosed circlecat and mousepolitical intrigue🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›6 NEW
The Matchmaker's Cottage
Kat Sloane · Romance
A cozy fall romance wrapped in small-town charm reunites the owner of a bed-and-breakfast with her childhood sweetheart for a celebrity matchmaking…
romantic comedy · small town · second chance romance · holiday romance · cozy vibes
romantic comedysmall townsecond chance romanceholiday romancecozy vibes🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›7 NEW
And the Sea Gave Up the Dead
William Friend · Horror
For fans of Jennifer Thorne's Diavola and We Have Always Lived in the Castle comes William Friend's latest stunning novel where grief, mystery, and…
gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · trauma recovery · ghosts · small town
gothic atmospherehaunted settingtrauma recoveryghostssmall town - ›8 NEW
The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout · Literary Fiction
Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout’s new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful…
coming of age · small town · found family
coming of agesmall townfound family - ›9 NEW
When in Rome
Sarah Adams · Romance
Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation…
romantic comedy · opposites attract · slow burn · small town · fish out of water
romantic comedyopposites attractslow burnsmall townfish out of water🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›10 NEW
The Shampoo Effect
Jenny Jackson · Literary Fiction
'I devoured THE SHAMPOO EFFECT .
coming of age · small town · fish out of water
coming of agesmall townfish out of water🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›11 NEW
Pool House
MARY H.K. CHOI · Literary Fiction
coming of age · small town · found family · fish out of water
coming of agesmall townfound familyfish out of water🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›12 NEW
June Baby
Shannon Garvey · Literary Fiction
Some summers never leave you. In this moving debut novel, set over the course of one transformative summer in the lush, beachy enclave of Block…
coming of age · small town · trauma recovery
coming of agesmall towntrauma recovery🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›13 NEW
Fairydale
Veronica Lancet · Literary Fiction
"I might be evil personified, but you're the only one I'll ever be good to." August 1955, When Miss Darcy O’Sullivan, an orphaned English teacher…
historical fiction · magical realism · coming of age · small town
historical fictionmagical realismcoming of agesmall town🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit