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New Literary Fiction Book Recommendations | January 2022

New Literary Fiction Book Recommendations | January 2022

Looking to add to your literary fiction list this January? Check out these new novels by indie bestselling authors Ian Daniels, Cate Woods, Danya Kukafka, Emma St. Clair, Isabel Allende, and Jesse Storm. Enjoy your new literary fiction book recommendations!


Finding Fire

by Ian Daniels

Release Date: December 14, 2021

Two very different worlds collide when an electric romance is struck up by a starlet Hollywood actress when she meets a firefighter from an up-and-coming area in Northern Idaho. He falls for her exciting, fearless take on life, she falls for his genuine nature and noble path. Together they navigate the intermingling of their lives until finding themselves at an impasse where they must choose between their commitments and one another.

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A Secret at Tansy Falls

by Cate Woods

Release Date: January 20, 2022

The old farmhouse at Tansy Falls. A little patch of paradise in the hills of Vermont. Home to happy couple Connie and Nate. And a long-buried secret that will ignite a devastating spark… If you love gripping, heartbreaking romantic stories by Robyn Carr and Mary Ellen Taylor, you will be hooked by A Secret at Tansy Falls. A completely compelling read about marriage and betrayal that will have you reaching for the tissues.

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Notes on an Execution

by Danya Kukafka

Release Date: January 25, 2022

Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men.

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The Buy-In (Graham Brothers Sweet Rom Com Series Book 1)

by Emma St. Clair

Release Date: January 24, 2022

When a family of former pro football players buy a small Texas town, they didn’t intend to start a war with its residents… or to fall in love. This is a small town, marriage of convenience romantic comedy with plenty of sizzle while keeping the bedroom door closed. It’s the first in a spinoff series following Harper’s brothers (from Falling for Your Best Friend). You don’t need to have read the Love Clichés series first to enjoy this book.

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Violeta

by Isabel Allende

Release Date: January 25, 2022

This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.

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Jack and Mary

by Jesse Storm

Release Date: January 1, 2022

Jack Osborn is on his ranch, teaching his son how to ride a horse. His wife and daughter are in the house. The peace is shattered when Frank Ridge and his gang ride through the ranch and gun down the whole family. Jack wakes up later in pain from bullet holes through his shoulder. Jack’s family has been murdered by the gang, and for what? Jack knows that he has to go after these outlaws and bring them to justice, whatever it takes.

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