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New Literary Fiction Novels About Fate and Innocence

New Literary Fiction Novels About Fate and Innocence

Explore captivating new literary fiction novels that delve into themes of fate and innocence. These stories weave together complex characters and profound questions, offering a deep dive into the forces that shape us and the purity that endures. Prepare to be moved, challenged, and inspired.


This Nearly Was Ours

by Elizabeth Guider

Release Date: October 29 2024

An “absorbing” and “gripping” historical novel about two friends in the South whose fates are at the mercy of the unforgiving landscape of WWII.

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Rescuing Innocence

by Peg Hennessy

Release Date: October 10 2024

In small towns, where everyone knows one another and neighbors help neighbors, the innocent victims of the powerful go unnoticed and forgotten. Swan Sloane is a mental health counselor who doesn’t always go by the book to help those who need it. Her only purpose is to rescue the innocent that others look past and forget about.

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The Twins on the Train

by Suzanne Goldring

Release Date: October 30 2024

Berlin, 1939. Tears pouring down her cheeks, Rosa pushes through the crowds and thrusts the basket containing her darling newborn twins at the woman closing the door to the carriage. All she can say is please take them. Then she runs, praying the train will reach England safely…

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Like Mother, Like Mother

by Susan Rieger

Release Date: October 29 2024

An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secrets buried in their family’s past.

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This Motherless Land

by Nikki May

Release Date: October 29 2024

Moving between Somerset and Lagos over the course of two decades, This Motherless Land is a sweeping examination of identity, culture, race, and love that asks how we find belonging and whether a family’s generational wrongs can be righted.

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Children of Ever After

by Avery Yearwood

Release Date: October 14 2024

The two women are on opposing sides of a custody battle, but under the shadow of an inept foster care system, they begin to realize they have more in common than they thought. Together, they ask the question: in an imperfect world, can they somehow forge their own versions of family, love, and motherhood?

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