The Manor House by Gilly Macmillan

December 2023

I first read Gilly Macmillan when she wrote THE NANNY and have looked forward to each of her books since then. With THE MANOR HOUSE, she once again does not disappoint. Here we have a young couple who has won the lottery; I know many of us have dreamed of this. Nicole and Tom move into The Glass Barn, with state-of-the-art features and a design that is the envy of a lot of people. They have cool cars, and we know that their lives feel very grand.

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End-of-the-Year Contest 2023

Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 End-of-the-Year Contest! One reader received all 44 of Carol Fitzgerald's Bookreporter.com Bets On picks from 2023, while 11 others won four of these titles. You can see all the winners below, along with 2023's Bets On selections.

If you would like to know more about these books, be sure to check out this video and podcast where Carol talks about each of her 44 picks.

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Week of December 25, 2023

Paperback releases for the week of December 25th include WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN NOW? by Alafair Burke, the highly anticipated follow-up to Mary Higgins Clark’s iconic novel, WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?, featuring the children of Nancy Harmon facing peril once again as adults; PAYBACK IN DEATH, the 57th installment in J. D. Robb's In Death series, in which a retired colleague of Lt. Eve Dallas falls victim to a staged suicide; ALL GOOD PEOPLE HERE, Ashley Flowers' propulsive debut novel about a journalist who uncovers her hometown’s dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor --- and the disappearance of another girl 20 years later; and the paperback original ON THE PLUS SIDE, a sparkling romantic comedy by Jenny L. Howe in which the new guest on a plus-size makeover show has her style --- and her love life --- transformed.

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Weeks of December 11 and 18, 2023

Paperback releases for the weeks of December 11th and 18th include Paul Harding's THIS OTHER EDEN, a spellbinding novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated towns in the Northeast; NO ONE LEFT TO COME LOOKING FOR YOU by Sam Lipsyte, a page-turning suspense novel that also serves as a love letter to a bygone era of New York City where young artists could still afford to chase their dreams; DIAMONDS AND DEADLINES by Betsy Prioleau, the first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie, titan of publishing and an unsung hero of women’s suffrage; and A LIFE IN LIGHT, Mary Pipher's memoir in essays reflecting on radiance, resilience and the constantly changing nature of reality.

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Week of December 4, 2023

Paperback releases for the week of December 4th include THE HOUSE OF WOLVES, an unforgettable family drama from James Patterson and Mike Lupica, in which Jenny Wolf’s murdered father leaves her in charge of a billion-dollar empire --- and a family more ruthless than the Roys ("Succession") and Duttons ("Yellowstone"); BEFORE WE WERE INNOCENT by Ella Berman, this month's Reese's Book Club pick, a captivating thriller revolving around a summer in Greece for three best friends that ends in the unthinkable when only two return home; QUEENS OF THE AGE OF CHIVALRY, Alison Weir's epic narrative that chronicles the five vividly rendered queens of the Plantagenet kings who ruled England between 1299 and 1399; WEIGHTLESS, a poignant and ruthlessly honest journey through cultural expectations of size, race and gender --- and toward a brighter future --- from journalist, editor and pop-culture critic Evette Dionne; and the paperback original A DIFFERENT KIND OF GONE by Catherine Ryan Hyde, a gripping novel about justice, lies and impossible choices as the truth behind a teenage girl’s disappearance becomes something to conceal.

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