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Stephanie and Patrick are adjusting to life with their colicky twin babies. Their girls are a handful, but Stephanie doesn't mind staying at home while Patrick works the nine to five to pay the bills. When Erica, a woman from Patrick's past, drops in asking questions about his late first wife, and then threatens to go to the police, Patrick fears his job and reputation are at risk. And when the police start digging, Stephanie's trust begins to falter....
2) Let me lie
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"Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their adult daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents' deaths, unable to comprehend why they chose to end their lives. Now with a young baby herself, she feels her mother's presence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents. But as Anna digs up the past, someone is trying to stop her. She...
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Lauren is the new mother of twin baby boys. She fears for their safety, but everyone else dismisses her angst. Then the babies go missing from their stroller at Lauren's side at the park. Within hours they are found unharmed, but Lauren is convinced these are not her children.
6) Abandoned
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"After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify...as the house reveals secrets of its own."--www.imdb.com.
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An addictive psychological thriller about a group of women whose lives become unexpectedly connected when one of their newborns goes missing.
A night out. A few hours of fun. That's all it was meant to be.
They call themselves the May Mothers—a group of new moms whose babies were born in the same month.
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"In a United States not so unlike our own, the Department of Balance has adopted a radical new form of law enforcement: rather than incarceration, wrongdoers are given a second (and sometimes, third, fourth, and fifth) shadow as a reminder of their crime--and a warning to those they encounter. Within the Department, corruption and prejudice run rampant, giving rise to an underclass of so-called Shadesters who are disenfranchised, publicly shamed,...
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"Devon Burges is in the throes of a high-risk birth when she learns of her dear friend's murder. The police quickly name another friend as the chief suspect, but Devon doesn't buy it, and despite her difficult recovery, she decides to investigate. Haunted by postpartum problems that manifest as a cruel voice in her head, Devon is barely getting by. Yet her instincts are still sharp, and she's bent on proving her friend's innocence. But as Devon digs...
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"After the traumatic birth of her daughter at a New York City hospital, Rowan O'Sullivan returns home to her apartment with her perfect newborn, Lila. At her side are her husband, Gabe, and June, a part-time babysitter hired to help Rowan in any way she can. But in this time of joy, Rowan can't shake the feeling that something isn't right. She feels dread. She's breaking. Rowan's growing instability leads her to accuse June of unspeakable things....
14) Ordinary people
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An exploration of modern relationships and black identity, and that mid-life moment when a gap emerges between who we think we are and who we are becoming.
17) Soldier Sailor
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In her first novel for over a decade, Claire Kilroy takes us deep into the early days of motherhood. Exploring the clash of fierce love for a new life with a seismic change in identity, she vividly realizes the raw, tumultuous emotions of a new mother as her marriage strains and she struggles with questions of love, autonomy, and creativity. As she smiles at her baby, Sailor, while mentally composing her own suicide note, an old friend makes a welcome...
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