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The First Time I Saw Him (2026)

Laura Dave

The Last Thing He Told Me (2021)

Laura Dave

The Intruder (2025)

Freida McFadden

Mad Mabel (2025)

Sally Hepworth

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017)

Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Family Remains (2022)

Lisa Jewell

A Court of Frost and Starlight (2018)

Sarah J. Maas

The Housemaid’s Wedding (2024)

Freida McFadden