Her Lost Words Her Broken Silence

Summer Taylor had been dealt a bad hand her entire childhood. She was abandoned and left behind like trash by her parents who she would never know. Throughout her adolescence, she had no clear direction to her true identity. After being taken in by Miss Dangerfield, her only ally and possibility of a real family, things would soon changes when Summer packs up and takes a job in a new state leaving behind all she'd ever known. She eventually finds love as she falls for Christopher Diamond, an inherited millionaire who swept her off her feet. As Christopher adds sunlight to Summer's dark world, he becomes all the happiness she could ever desire. However, nothing is as it seems... Summer finds herself running from that very perfect sunset that has turned into a cloud of darkness and starts flooding out her happiness and washing away every inch of her newfound perfect life. This novel centers around pure love that's driven by lust, manipulation, obsession, and danger. If you loved movies like Fifty Shades of Grey and Sleeping with the Enemy, this is a book for you.

From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to Frankenstein, a tale of two literary legends—a mother and daughter—discovering each other and finding themselves along the way, from USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Marie Thornton. 1792. As a child, Mary Wollstonecraft longed to disappear during her father’s violent rages. Instead, she transforms herself into the radical author of the landmark volume A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she dares to propose that women are equal to men. From conservative England to the blood-drenched streets of revolutionary France, Mary refuses to bow to society’s conventions and instead supports herself with her pen until an illicit love affair challenges her every belief about romance and marriage. When she gives birth to a daughter and is stricken with childbed fever, Mary fears it will be her many critics who recount her life’s extraordinary odyssey… 1818. The daughter of infamous political philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, passionate Mary Shelley learned to read by tracing the letters of her mother’s tombstone. As a young woman, she desperately misses her mother’s guidance, especially following her scandalous elopement with dashing poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary struggles to balance an ever-complicated marriage with motherhood while nursing twin hopes that she might write something of her own one day and also discover the truth of her mother’s unconventional life. Mary’s journey will unlock her mother’s secrets, all while leading to her own destiny as the groundbreaking author of Frankenstein. A riveting and inspiring novel about a firebrand feminist, her visionary daughter, and the many ways their words transformed our world.

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Winner of the Viareggio Prize, a vivid portrait of Italy on the brink of social upheaval in the 1970s. Inside an apartment building on the outskirts of Milan, the working-class residents gossip, quarrel, and conspire against each other. Viewed through the eyes of Chino, an impressionable thirteen-year-old boy whose mother is the doorwoman of the building, the world contained within these walls is tiny, hypocritical, and mean-spirited: a constant struggle. Chino finds escape in reading.One day, a new resident, Amelia Lynd, moves in and quickly becomes an unlikely companion and a formative influence on Chino. Ms. Lynd—an elderly, erudite British woman—comes to nurture his taste in literature, introduces him to the life of the mind, and offers a counterpoint to the only version of reality that he’s known. On one level, Lost Words is an engrossing coming-of-age tale set in the seventies, when Italy was going through tumultuous social changes, and on another, it is a powerful meditation on language, literature, and culture.

Summer finds herself on the run after escaping her abuser with the help of an unlikely adversary. Would her abuser's father, Mr. Diamond, prove to be a friend or a foe? Starting over in a new city with a new identity, she continues to run from her dark past she shared with Christopher. A surprise love interest from the past soon sweeps her off her feet, attempting to show her love isn't conditional. He proved to be everything she'd ever dreamed she'd wanted, but she couldn't be what he needed. Carrying a piece of her past that she couldn't let go would open doors, allowing a destructive storm from her past to wash away her newfound happiness. Summer would soon be forced to learn which Diamond man is the bigger threat. This sequel is a continuation of Her Lost Words, Her Broken Silence. Summer falls in love with Christopher Diamond, falling for his charismatic charm, unaware of his two split personalities. His obsession with the innocence of her being and a need to control her became a life-or-death nightmare. Getting sucked into his distorted view of reality, Summer found herself fighting for her life when Christopher's father, Mr. Diamond, provided her a way out while also giving her keys to her past that would come with the ultimate sacrifice. She could discover who her birth parents were, but she would have to bury her past, which included her true identity, to escape the clutches of her abuser.

"Hackwith's poignant, imaginative series sends readers on an amazing journey, with profound prose that will capture hearts and minds."* To save the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, former librarian Claire and her allies may have to destroy it first. Claire, rakish Hero, angel Rami, and muse-turned-librarian Brevity have accomplished the impossible by discovering the true nature of unwritten books. But now that the secret is out, in its quest for power Hell will be coming for every wing of the Library. To protect the Unwritten Wing and stave off the insidious reach of Malphas, one of Hell’s most bloodthirsty generals, Claire and her friends will have to decide how much they’re willing to sacrifice to keep their vulnerable corner of the afterlife. Succeeding would mean rewriting the nature of the Library, but losing would mean obliteration. Their only chance at survival lies in outwitting Hell and writing a new chapter for the Library. Luckily, Claire and her friends know how the right story, told well, can start a revolution. *Library Journal (starred review)

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.