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Kate Quinn has once again delivered a masterful work of historical fiction, this time set in 1950s Washington, D.C., amid the paranoia and political turmoil of the McCarthy era. At Briarwood House, a women’s boardinghouse that seems unremarkable from the outside, lives intertwine in ways both poignant and dangerous. The arrival of the enigmatic widow… Continue reading The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While… Continue reading The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
High school sweethearts Sarah and Caleb Linwood have always been a sure thing. For the past seventeen years, they have had each other’s backs through all of life’s ups and downs, achievements, losses, stages, and phases. But Sarah has begun to wonder... Who is she without her other half? When she decides to take on… Continue reading Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young
Ellen O'Clover’s debut introduces us to Louisa Walsh, a young counselor whose life is unraveling after a breakup leaves her without a home. Determined to hold on to the only place that has ever felt stable, she strikes a deal with her brooding landlord, Henry Rhodes: she’ll turn his Colorado mountain house into a bed-and-breakfast.… Continue reading The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover
Flora is a new mom enamored of her baby girl, Iris, even if she arrived a few weeks early. With her husband still deployed, Flora navigates the newborn stage alone. But as the sleepless nights pass in the loneliness of their half-empty home, the edges of her reality begin to blur. Just as Flora becomes… Continue reading Dearest by Jacquie Walters
Alice isn't like the other Storm siblings. While the rest stayed to battle for their parents' approval, attention, and untold billions, she left, building her own life beyond the family’s name and influence. Nothing could induce her to come back, except the shocking death of her larger-than-life father. Now back on the family’s private island… Continue reading These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
Lily, a bored, beautiful twentysomething, wakes up on a remote desert compound alongside nineteen other contestants on a popular reality TV show. To win, she must outlast her housemates while competing in challenges for luxury rewards, such as champagne and lipstick, and communal necessities to outfit their new home, like food, appliances, and a front… Continue reading The Compound by Aisling Rawle
In A Killing Cold, Kate Alice Marshall (bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods) delivers a chilling, twisty thriller about family secrets, buried memories, and survival. When Theodora Scott meets Connor Dalton, their romance feels like a whirlwind dream. Six months later, he invites her to Idlewood, his wealthy family’s secluded winter retreat, in… Continue reading A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall
Salem Salazar is fascinated with death. The black sheep of her scandal-ridden, wealthy family, she arrives at Mortimer University as a legacy on the hunt for answers about what happened to her perfect, older sister. There, she discovers that her sister is far from the only girl to have gone missing at Mortimer. Salem will… Continue reading Enigma by RuNyx
Remain is an unprecedented collaboration between two storytelling giants—Nicholas Sparks, master of heart-stirring love stories, and M. Night Shyamalan, creator of chilling psychological thrillers. Together, they deliver a novel that grapples with life, death, and the mysteries in between. The story follows New York architect Tate Donovan, who arrives in Cape Cod to design a… Continue reading Remain by Nicholas Sparks & M. Night Shyamalan