1. Title: Safe Haven
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Synopsis: Katie, a young woman has just relocated to the small town of Southport in North Carolina. Naturally, the neighbours are intrigued by her self-effacing nature. Slowly, she drops her guard and starts opening up to Alex, a widower with two kids and Jo, her next door neighbour. Katie is apprehensive about revealing her tumultuous past that led her to travel across another country, nevertheless, she begins to confide in them. Jo's empathetic support and Alex's kind love eases her troubles of the dark past and she eventually realises that it is nothing but love that will rescue her to a safe haven.
2. Title: Touch and Go
Author: Lisa Gardner
Publisher: Penguin Group
Synopsis: The bestselling author of Catch Me and Love You More, Lisa Gardner returns with a nail-biting thriller Touch and Go. Justin and Libby Denbe have had a perfect life until then, a cute 15-year-old daughter, Ashlyn, many friends, a swanky house. One day the entire family vanishes without a trace. Investigator Tessa Leoni arrives at the scene of crime, the Denbe home. Apart from some scuff marks and confetti in the foyer, Tessa cannot put a finger on anything that'll lead her to the culprit. But what do you do when there is no witness, no ransom call, and no established motive?
3. Title: Rush
Author: Maya Banks
Publisher: Penguin Group
Synopsis: Gabe Hamilton desperately wants Mia Crestwell from the time she walked into the ballroom for the grand opening of his hotel. But Gabe knows his limits, for Mia is his best friend's little sister. But now they are no longer kids, and they'll have to rein in their innermost desires. For Mia, Gabe since childhood has been the man of her dreams, but she knew he was out of her league. When Mia and Gabe decide to take this mutual attraction to the next level, they discover something deeper while their affair grows susceptible to a big betrayal.
4. Title: Gone Girl
Author: Gillian Flynn
Publisher: Crown Publishing
Synopsis: On her fifth wedding anniversary Amy Dunne suddenly goes missing without a trace from her rented home in North Carthage, Missouri. Under pressure from the police, media and Amy's doting parents, Husband-of-the Year, Nick grapples with a never-ending chain of lies, deceits, and his own oddly evasive behaviour. As events get murkier, the needle of suspicion points at Nick as the killer of his beautiful wife. With his sister Margo by his side, Nick pleads innocence. Then what was in that silver gift box in the back of Amy's bedroom closet?
5. Title: Fifty Shades of Grey
Author: E.L. James
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Synopsis: E.L James, a former TV journalist and mom of two in West London, fulfills her childhood dream of writing a book with Fifty Shades of Grey, the first of the trilogy, and turns into a bestselling author. Serving erotica to the audience with a plot that revolves around a drop-dead-gorgeous billionaire Christian Grey and his dangerous liaison with literature student Anastasia Steele who goes to interview the young tycoon, and ends up falling for him. They embark on a passionate physical affair while Ana unravels Grey's dark desires including her own.
6. Title: Private Berlin
Author: James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Synopsis: Germany's Private Berlin is the headquarters for the world's most powerful and renowned investigation firm, and Chris Schneider is the firm's superstar agent. He is known to crack the most high-profile cases for Private. One fine day he goes missing. The circumstances of his disappearance are ambiguous and Mattie Engel, another top agent of the same firm who is also Chris' lover, devotes herself into finding him. Her search takes her to the secretive hinterlands of Berlin where she encounters more than just the truth.
7. Title: The Silver Linings Playbook
Author: Matthew Quick
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Synopsis: American author Matthew Quick's debut novel released in 2008 is back on the Bestseller List thanks to David O. Russell's film adaptation by the same name (starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence) that now has eight nominations to its credit for Academy Awards 2013. It is a heartwarming story about a history teacher named Pat Peoples, who after spending years in a neurology hospital struggles to reconcile his lost and scattered memories. Wishing to reunite with his estranged wife Nikki, Pat continues to visit his therapist to resume a life he had left behind and forgotten about as a mental patient. Soon Pat is introduced to Tiffany who he befriends and agrees to train for a dance contest. As Pat yearns to meet Nikki, Tiffany falls in love with him. Will Pat Peoples ever get back with his wife or will he welcome a new love?
8. Title: Fifty Shades Freed
Author: E.L James
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Synopsis: Since their first encounter, the third of the trilogy, and driven by their searing sexual desire for each other, Anastasia and Grey's lives have changed irrevocably. Initially repelled by Grey's need to control in bed, and his erotic tastes, Ana subsequently comes to terms with it, and demands from him a greater commitment. Grey agrees, and now they have everything going for them, from love, wealth, passion, to intimacy. But deep down Ana fears they'll never be able to stay together without her sacrificing her own identity.
9. Title: Fifty Shades Darker
Author: E.L James
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Synopsis: The second of the trilogy, Fifty Shades Darker explores the dilemma of Anastasia after her separation from Grey. She has moved on in her career, yet desires to go back to him, for the memories of their torrid physical affair still dominate her mind, and eventually she lands up with him in a new arrangement. Grey's inner demons grow darker, and as Ana delves deeper into his harrowing past, she is faced with the anger and jealousy of the women who came in his life before her.
10. Title: Suspect
Author: Robert Crais
Publisher: Penguin Group
Synopsis: Scott James is a Los Angeles policeman. He is also a victim of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after his partner Stephanie got assaulted and killed by unidentified men about eight months ago. Maggie, a German shepherd expert at sniffing explosives has served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. She too is badly affected by PTSD after her handler lost his life at the war. Both of them buddy up to console each other's indiscernible and personal wounds, only to emerge as a stronger than ever team.
11. Title: Lost to You
Author: A. L. Jackson
Publisher: Sapphire Star Publishing
Synopsis: This beautiful romance novella and also a prequel to an equally emotionally stirring 'Take this Regret'; A. L. Jackson's 'Lost to You' tells us the story of two individuals destined to fall in love. New York is nothing less than a dream for Elizabeth Ayers who wants to make it big in this city. Christian Davison has his life already planned with his father's law firm offered to him as the only career destination. A chance encounter of these two people as study partners happens to re-write their respective journeys. Elizabeth restrains from giving into the attraction that has inevitably blossomed between the two and Christian knows he cannot stay from her. A novel sure to tug at your heart strings, while its memories promise to stay with you for long.
12. Title: Crystal Cove
Author: Lisa Kleypas
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Synopsis: Crystal Cove is the final book in Lisa Kleypas' Friday Harbor series. After a troubled childhood of putting up with a nomadic mother, Justine Hoffman has finally settled in the island of Friday Harbor. A successful proprietor of a boutique hotel, she is doing extremely well for herself. But despite her accomplishments, she feels that something is missing in life and is quick to realise that it's the absence of love that makes her feel lonely and miserable. She soon learns that she is enchanted and the spell prevents her from finding her soul mate. Just when Justine is determined to fight against her destiny, she meets a mysterious man named Jason Black. Could he be the soul mate she is desperately searching for or does he have other vile intentions?
13. Title: Until the End of Time
Author: Danielle Steel
Publisher: Random House Publishing
Synopsis: Bill and Jenny quit their life in the city and retire to the rural quarters of Wyoming. Fast-forward thirty eight years. Robert runs a publishing house and is struggling to get at least one novel to up the top charts. When he stumbles upon Lillibet's manuscript, which he instantly falls in love with, he wastes no time in publishing it. Being an Amish, she is banished from her community. But she gladly accepts her new life with Robert, who she sees as someone who has finally understood her. Two love stories, separated by time and period, thrive on the common thread of love, longing and destiny.
14. Title: Hopeless
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Colleen Hoover
Synopsis: This book is about the struggle of a 17-year-old girl named Sky who is on a journey to discovering the truth while believing the lies that surround her. When Sky first meets Dean Holder, she knows that the guy is nothing but trouble. However, Sky is captivated by Holder's charms and his ability to kindle feelings in her that she'd never experienced. Memories from a past that Sky wishes to keep at a distance seem knocking at the door again. Holder on the other hand comes across as a parasite who wants to learn everything about Sky. What about Holder's hidden truths? What is to become of Sky when his secrets are finally revealed?
15. Title: The Forgotten
Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Synopsis: Agent John Puller has till date cracked the toughest crimes facing the nation and that makes him the most reliable man in the US Army. He's a veteran of combat and a relentless one at that. But now he is faced with a personal loss. His aunt has been found dead in the beach town Paradise in Florida and the local police have shrugged off responsibility by calling the incident as simply unfortunate and tragic. However, a letter from his aunt to Puller's father confirms the grimy details behind the picture-perfect facade of Paradise. Puller sets off on a personal mission to probe the truth behind his aunt's mysterious death and to unveil the conspiracies beneath Paradise's sandy beaches and palm trees.
(Compiled by Anwesha Mittra, Arunima Mazumdar and Ipshita Mitra)
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