Category: Riot Rundown

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When it’s announced that 1958 will be the last year debutantes are to be presented at court, thousands of eager mothers and daughters flood the palace with letters seeking the year’s most coveted invitation: a chance for their daughters to curtsey to Queen Elizabeth and officially come out into society. To appease her traditional mother, Lily Nichols agrees to become a debutante and do the Season, a string of countless balls. But when Lily learns a devastating secret that threatens to destroy her entire family, she’s forced to ask herself what really matters: her family legacy or her own happiness.

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New from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller-master James Rollins—Who will claim the Starless Crown?

A gifted student, a broken soldier, a drunken prince, and an imprisoned thief make unlikely allies, but the world is ending. A vision foretells that the moon itself is falling on a world that long ago ceased to spin.

On the run, hunted by enemies old and new, the group must learn to trust each other in order to survive in a world evolved in strange, beautiful, and deadly ways, and uncover ancient secrets that hold the key to their salvation.

Sponsored by Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed

Love is in the air in SERENDIPITY, a collection of stories inspired by romantic tropes and edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer. Contributors include Elise Bryant, Elizabeth Eulberg, Leah Johnson, Anna-Marie McLemore, Marissa Meyer, Sandhya Menon, Julie Murphy, Caleb Roehrig, Sarah Winifred Searle, and Abigail Hing Wen.

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Amanda Jackson has always longed to be a mother. The early weeks of her first pregnancy are a mixture of joy, anticipation, and uncertainty for her and her husband. Then comes a devastating loss. Even though her doctors tell her otherwise, Amanda believes she’s still pregnant. Her diagnosis: a rare, mysterious condition called pseudocyesis. Betrayed by her mind and body and her marriage strained, Amanda turns to a neuroscientist for answers. What comes next is a journey of marriage, motherhood, and mystery that will expose the depths of grief—and the power of redemption. Read The Intangible by C.J. Washington.

Sponsored by Go Between the Covers, a podcast produced by South Florida PBS.

From mystery to romance to adventure, host Ann Bocock interviews bestselling authors of all genres, diving deep into their creative processes, their struggles and their successes. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and don’t miss the new season premiering in February!

Sponsored by DAVA SHASTRI’S LAST DAY, an Amazon Books Editors' Pick

If you read just one book this month, the Amazon Book Editors recommend DAVA SHASTRI’S LAST DAY, the debut novel from author Kirthana Ramisetti. Dava Shastri is a self-made billionaire, philanthropist, and the mother to four grown children. When she learns she has terminal cancer she decides to leak the news of her death to the media so she can learn what the world thinks of her… The problem? Her “death” reveals two devastating secrets, truths she thought she had buried forever. Dava Shastri’s Last Day is a book that is impossible to put down and one readers will want to talk about.

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Ana is a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a high school that graduates the worlds best marine scientists, and underwater explorers. Ana’s parents died while on a scientific expedition two years ago, and the only family’s she’s got left is her brother. Ana’s freshman year culminates with the class’s weekend trial at sea, the details of which have been kept secret. She only hopes she has what it’ll take to succeed. All her worries are blown out of the water when, on the bus ride to the ship, Ana and her schoolmates witness a terrible tragedy that will change their lives.

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Rashid is a young Black man from Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, with a complicated life. Looking for an escape from a neighborhood few ever leave, he finds it in Rachel—married, twenty years his senior, and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. It begins with flirtation. It becomes an intense romance that defies the expectations of Rashid’s friends and family. What draws Rachel to Rashid is his need for intimacy—everything lacking in her marriage. But as the fault lines of their relationship become more prevalent, so do the inevitable choices one makes when falling in love. Read Bed Stuy by Jerry McGill.

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In this short-story prequel to the Bree Taggert series by #1 Amazon Charts and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh, a murder investigation yields parallels to the Philly detective’s own frightening past. When Taggert and her partner, Dana Romano, respond to a report of a man shot they quickly learn that this murder investigation is actually a desperate search for a missing child. However, to find the little girl, Bree will have to relive her own terrifying past.

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Sponsored by Simon & Schuster

What if you had the winning ticket that would change your life forever, but you couldn’t cash it in? When talented grifter Lucky Armstrong discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions, her elation is tempered by one big problem: cashing in the winning ticket means she’ll be arrested for her crimes. She’ll go to prison, with no chance to redeem her fortune.