We're entering a new season at KHCPL! The time for warm romances, cozy mysteries, and gothic thrillers is upon us. Here are a few picks generating buzz for this fall.
Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
Three years after their break-up, Kiki has worked hard to forget her first love. But just as she thinks she's got her life under control, Kiki's career implodes, the family business teeters on collapse, and Malakai returns. Suddenly Kiki can think of nothing but their simmering chemistry, what went wrong, and why it is now impossible to act normal around each other.
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What Hunger by Catherine Dang
A haunting coming-of-age tale following the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, Ronny Nguyen, as she grapples with the weight of generational trauma while navigating the violent power of teenage girlhood.
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The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
In a Cornish seaside village, Nova Davies and her dysfunctional book club members become amateur sleuths after a theft threatens their community center, a murder implicates a missing member, and secrets among them complicate their quest to solve the case and restore order.
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The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas
1765. Plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy parents and fiancé, Carlos, to his family's isolated mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting: Alba suffers strange hallucinations, sleepwalking, and violent convulsions. Alba, as Elías' cousin's betrothed, is none of his business. In the fight for her life, Alba and Elías become entangled with the occult, the Church, long-kept secrets, and each other