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Single mom Tansy Perkins only has room in her life for her daughter and her library. And maybe the next book to add to her collection. But after a catastrophic hurricane severely damages her library, she's forced to temporarily move her branch into the adjacent county botanic gardens, where Jack Reid—the world’s grouchiest gardener who… Continue reading Where You’re Planted by Melanie Sweeney
Samantha Downing delivers a wickedly clever and darkly funny thriller in Too Old for This, where the unlikeliest of serial killers—an elderly woman with a penchant for church bingo—reminds readers that old habits die hard. Lottie Jones has spent decades living under a new identity, hiding the fact that she’s a retired serial killer. These… Continue reading Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
Never in a million years would I have pictured myself as an axe-wielding, dragon lady, chopping up multi-colored flannel shirts into my very own plaid mulch. But here I am, chopping away my frustrations. It all started when my brother, Paul, convinced me to go on one last family road trip across the Mother Road… Continue reading The Mother Road by Meghan Quinn
Rachel Harrison’s Play Nice is the perfect October read—a blend of haunted house chills, messy family drama, and buried childhood trauma that comes together in a moody, atmospheric story you won’t want to put down. Clio Louise Barnes appears to have it all: a stylish life in New York, a thriving influencer career, and a… Continue reading Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her older brother; she still had her home. She had a normal teenager’s life. Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is… Continue reading As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
Alix E. Harrow’s Starling House is a dark, gothic tale set in the small, unlucky town of Eden, Kentucky—a place haunted by secrets and the eerie legend of E. Starling, a nineteenth-century author who vanished after writing The Underland. Before she disappeared, Starling House appeared—an uncanny, brooding structure now home to her last heir, Arthur… Continue reading Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
All Clara Davenport has ever wanted to do is climb the ladder at Davenport Innovation Creative, her family’s toy business. Everything was going according to plan, until the company was accused of stealing a doll design from an independent toy maker, creating a flurry of bad publicity. With a promotion dangled in front of her… Continue reading Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace
It starts with a class in an old movie theater—Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by the mysterious Professor. Most students assume her stories are make-believe, but Holland St. James has always believed in magic. When she finds a local legend called the Watch Man, who can supposedly tell you when you’ll die,… Continue reading Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber
Sophie Cousens returns with another imaginative and heartfelt story that blends emotional realism with a speculative twist. And Then There Was You follows thirty-one-year-old Chloe Fairway, whose life hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. She’s living at home with her parents, stuck in a production assistant job, and still reeling from a painful breakup. The… Continue reading And Then There Was You by Sophie Cousens
Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself. But lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot flashes and body aches, she can’t look in a mirror without passing out, and the voices in her head have been urging her… Continue reading Mary by Nat Cassidy