{"title":"Book of the Month Collection","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"love-on-the-brain-2022-hardcover-book-of-the-month","title":"Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood (2022, Hardcover, Book of the Month)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eJove\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook of the Month, September 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8.5 x 5.75 x 1.5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781639103973\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eCompare to $20 new\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school—archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNow, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps it’s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas…devouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there’s only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?\" From \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStoryGraph\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Raquel's Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44170534223914,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6014\/4682\/files\/93EBCE4F-395C-4363-A2E8-99817C04DB1E.jpg?v=1779059322"},{"product_id":"long-bright-river-2019-book-of-the-month","title":"Long Bright River by Liz Moore (2019, Book of the Month)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riverhead Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 482\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003eEdition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003eBook of the month - Dec. 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used - Like New \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e9.5 x 6.25 x 1.5 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e  9780525540670 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eCompare to $26 new\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn't be more different. \u003cbr\u003eThen one of them goes missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. 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But can we choose who we become?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage and themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor’s true history, and fulfill her final request to “share the black cake when the time is right”? Will their mother’s revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch.\" From \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStoryGraph\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Raquel's Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413659873322,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6014\/4682\/files\/B8A9AAD3-4506-4B66-B000-082E388FC162.jpg?v=1779238431"},{"product_id":"husbands-lovers-2024-book-of-the-month","title":"Husbands \u0026 Lovers by Beatriz Williams (2024, Book of the Month)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e Book of the Month - July 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e8.5 x 5.75 x 1.5 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780593724224\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eCompare to $30 new\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eTwo women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—reclaim family secrets and lost loves in this sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew England, 2022. Three years ago, single mother Mallory Dunne received the telephone call every parent dreads—her ten-year-old son Sam had been airlifted from summer camp with acute poisoning from a toxic death cap mushroom, leaving him fighting for his life. Now, in a search for the donor kidney that will give her son a chance for a normal life, Mallory’s forced to confront two harrowing secrets from her past: her mother’s adoption from an infamous Irish orphanage in 1952, and her own all-consuming summer romance fourteen years earlier with her childhood best friend Monk Adams—now one of the world’s most beloved singer-songwriters—a fairytale cut short by an agonizing betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCairo, 1951. After suffering tragedy beyond comprehension in the war, Hungarian refugee Hannah Ainsworth has forged a respectable new life for herself—marriage to a wealthy British diplomat, a coveted posting in glamorous Cairo. 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Acclaimed author Beatriz Williams has written a poignant and beautifully voiced novel of deeply human characters entangled by morally complex issues—of privilege, class, and the female experience—inside worlds brought shimmeringly to life.\" From \u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStoryGraph\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Raquel's Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413660004394,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6014\/4682\/files\/613D7FAF-2A41-477D-9103-2AF51EC35E87.jpg?v=1779238432"},{"product_id":"the-summer-we-ran-2025-book-of-the-month","title":"The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram (2025, Book of the Month)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eZibby Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e Book of the month - June 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used - Like New\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImperfections\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e9.5 x 6.25 x 1 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798892425100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"In the summer of 1996, teenage Tess Murphy’s mom gave her two rules to abide by: keep quiet and stay out of trouble. Her mother landed a new job as a cook at an affluent Virginia estate and didn’t want anything to risk the opportunity, least of all her outspoken daughter. What no one saw coming was Tess falling deeply in love with the boy next door, high-society Grant Alexander.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDoes your past define your destiny? 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Now that a highly coveted teaching opportunity has come up, their rivalry hits epic proportions. Jonah needs the job to move closer to his recently divorced sister and her children, while Sadie needs the financial security and freedom of a full-time teaching position.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Sadie notices that the job offers partner hire, however, she hatches a plot to get them \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eboth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the job. All they must do is get legally married. 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Now after years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in her crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. The family arrives, each of them harboring secrets. When the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut at the stroke of midnight, as a storm rages, Nana is found dead. And an hour later, the next family member follows…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrapped on an island where someone is killing them one by one, the Darkers must reckon with their present mystery as well as their past secrets, before the tide goes out and all is revealed. 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