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Publication Date:  February 1, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   AA Fiction/historical fiction Publisher:  Ballantine Books  Length:  400 pages Buy:   Kindle | Hardcover  Synopsis We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become? In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child, challenge everything ...

  Publication Date:  April 27, 2004 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Fiction, Romance  Publisher:  Ballantine Books       Length:  448 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Annie Colwater's only child has just left home for school abroad. On that same day, her husband of twenty years confesses that he's in love with a younger woman. Alone in the house that is no longer a home, Annie comes to the painful realization that for years she has been slowly disappearing. Lonely and afraid, she retreats to Mystic, the small Washington town where she grew up, hoping that there she can reclaim the woman she once was—the woman she is now desperate to become again. In Mystic, she is reunited with her first...

  Publication Date:  April 9, 2019 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Psychological Fiction Publisher:  Ballantine Books       Length:  384 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you?   Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. . . .   Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares? ...

Title:   As Night Falls: A Novel by Jenny Milchman Publisher:  Ballantine Books Format :advanced e-copy from the publisher through netgalley.com Pages: 385 pages Genre: Mystery/thriller Synopsis:  Sandy Tremont has always tried to give her family everything. But, as the sky darkens over the Adirondacks and a heavy snowfall looms, an escaped murderer with the power to take it all away draws close. In her isolated home in the shadowy woods, Sandy prepares dinner after a fight with her daughter, Ivy. Upstairs, the fifteen-year-old—smart, brave, and with every reason to be angry tonight—keeps her distance from her mother. Sandy’s husband, Ben, a wilderness guide, arrives late to find a home simmering with unease. Nearby, two desperate men on the run make their way through the fading light, bloodstained and determined to leave no loose ends or witnesses. After almost twenty years as prison cellmates, they have become a deadly team: Harlan the muscle, Nick the...