Books Coming Out in August
Book Roundup - Books Coming Out in August
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All The Lies They Did Not Tell: The True Story of Satanic Panic in an Italian Community by Pablo Trincia
In 1997 a six-year-old boy questioned by authorities relayed disturbing stories of abuse. The more he talked, the more people were implicated in his shocking revelations. And he was only the first child to come forward.
Within a year, fifteen more children with similar tales were transferred out of the Bassa region of Italy to protected locations. Their parents were accused of belonging to a satanic sect that performed sex rituals under the aegis of beloved local priest Don Giorgio Govoni. With each child’s confession, the network of monsters grew. Families were torn apart. Lives were forever destroyed—and some ended—as allegations of kidnapping, torture, sacrifice, and murder escalated beyond comprehension.
But what was really happening in the Bassa Modenese?
In this gripping account of the Satanic Panic of the 1990s, investigative journalist Pablo Trincia returns to the scene of the crimes to find the answer. And the truth he uncovers is as terrifying as the lies.
War and Me: A Memoir by Faleeha Hassan
A nominee for both the Pulitzer and Pushcart Prizes, Faleeha Hassan is known the world over as “the Maya Angelou of Iraq,” her poems having been translated into twenty-one languages. Through verse, she was able to process the horrors of life during wartime; she was able to give voice to her faith, family and friends, and her hope for the future. Now, in WAR AND ME, Faleeha Hassan has written a riveting, courageous coming-of-age story told through the lens of war. This is also a story about religion, education, politics, sexism, culture, love and loss.
In WAR AND ME, readers learn the realities of war for innocent citizens: crushing poverty and starvation, constant danger and fear, job loss, severe lack of medical care, and loss of security and freedom. As a young woman, Faleeha hated seeing her father and brother go off to fight, and when she needed to reach them, she broke all the rules by traveling alone to the war’s front lines―just one of many shocking and moving examples of her resilient spirit.
Kismet by Amina Akhtar
Lifelong New Yorker Ronnie Khan never thought she’d leave Queens. She’s not an “aim high, dream big” person—until she meets socialite wellness guru Marley Dewhurst.
Marley isn’t just a visionary; she’s a revelation. Seduced by the fever dream of finding her best self, Ronnie makes for the desert mountains of Sedona, Arizona.
Healing yoga, transcendent hikes, epic juice cleanses…Ronnie consumes her new bougie existence like a fine wine. But is it, really? Or is this whole self-care business a little sour?
When the glam gurus around town start turning up gruesomely murdered, Ronnie has her answer: all is not well in wellness town. As Marley’s blind ambition veers into madness, Ronnie fears for her life.
She's Up To No Good by Sara Goodman Confino
For two women generations apart, going home will change their lives in this funny, poignant, and life-affirming novel about family, secrets, and broken hearts by the author of For the Love of Friends.
Four years into her marriage, Jenna is blindsided when her husband asks for a divorce. With time on her hands and her life in flux, she agrees to accompany her eccentric grandmother Evelyn on a road trip to the seaside Massachusetts town where much of their family history was shaped.
Deer Creek Drive by Beverly Lowry
The stunning chronicle of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home. In 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed some 150 times and left facedown in one of the bathrooms. Her daughter, Ruth Dickins, was the only other person in the house. She told authorities a Black man she didn’t recognize fled the scene, but no evidence was uncovered. When Dickins herself was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, the community exploded. Petitions pleading for her release were drafted, signed, and circulated, and after only six years, the governor of Mississippi granted Ruth Dickins an indefinite suspension and she was set free.
Blurred Fates by Anastasia Zadeik
When suburban mom Kate Whittier’s husband admits one night to a drunken sexual indiscretion, the beautiful life they’ve built together begins to crumble, unearthing long-buried memories and revealing deceits that threaten to shatter Kate’s world, inside and out. BLURRED FATES is the perfect fall read—women’s fiction laced with suspense—a page-turning and beautifully written debut about secrets, abuse, mental health, and redemption, by a powerful new voice in fiction.
Quarter to Midnight by Karen Rose
Sure to please fans of Jayne Ann Krentz and Lisa Gardner, QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT introduces readers to a team of high-end private investigators who seek justice for the people of New Orleans—no matter what they must do to get it. The story follows Molly Sutton, a U.S. Marine-turned-PI who is determined to help those who can’t find justice elsewhere. When Molly is assigned the case of Gabe Hebert—a smoking hot chef whose chocolate cake is not the only thing that makes her mouth water—she must navigate the undeniable attraction she feels for her new client. Sparks fly as Molly and Gabe unravel a web of crime and corruption while investigating the mysterious death of Gabe’s father.
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden
Lolly Blanchard's life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mother’s tragic death, she broke up with her first love and abandoned her dream of opening a restaurant in order to keep her family’s struggling Seattle diner afloat and care for her younger sister and grieving father. Now, a decade later, she dutifully whips up the diner’s famous lemon meringue pies each morning while still pining for all she's lost.
As Lolly’s thirty-third birthday approaches, her quirky great-aunt gives her a mysterious gift—three lemon drops, each of which allows her to live a single day in a life that might have been hers. What if her mom hadn’t passed away? What if she had opened her own restaurant in England? What if she hadn’t broken up with the only man she's ever loved? Surprising and empowering, each experience helps Lolly let go of her regrets and realize the key to transforming her life lies not in redoing her past but in having the courage to embrace her present.
The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman
When cryptanalysist Isabel Cooper is sent to Pearl Harbor’s Station HYPO in 1943, she's determined to help break the Japanese codes that could help win the war and avenge her beloved brother’s death, but she quickly learns that life may have more in store for her when she meets her brother’s best friend, a pilot with his own secrets. Two decades later, a young journalist heads to Hawaii on assignment to cover the opening of the newest Rockefeller hotel, but when a prominent guest goes missing, she senses a bigger story and starts digging. Her search leads her to uncover long-buried wartime secrets and a connection to a codebreaker named Isabel...
The Forgotten Cottage by Courtney Ellis
Connected through time to her great-grandmother by a shared English countryside home, an American nurse tries to piece together her family's tangled history in this new historical novel from the acclaimed author of At Summer’s End.
Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe sivak
A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who escapes to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop the flames of revolution.
Whisper Room by Thomas Kies
The Whisper Room, a dating app for only the most elite members of society, is under fire after a news anchor, a frequent user of the app, holds his wife hostage. Blackmail begins to plague influential users of the app and soon the app’s escorts begin turning up dead. Geneva Chase dives into an investigation of the city’s wealthiest men and their not-so-secret affairs.
With Neighbors Like This by Tracey Goodwin
When divorced mom of two Amelia Marsh relocates to a northern suburb of Houston, all she wants is a bit of normalcy for her children. The last thing she needs is to be the center of community gossip. But when a disagreement arises between Amelia and the HOA representative over whether or not her children's garden gnome violates the association's rules, Amelia doesn't back down. HOA President Kyle Sanders would begin to be a good friend—and something more—if Amelia wasn't gearing up for battle with the HOA in her determination to make her house a home and her neighborhood a community...
A Line in the Sand by Teri Wilson
Sparks fly when Molly Prince's puppy Ursula constantly disrupts the beachfront area where new-in-town marine biologist Max Miller is studying sea turtles. Max and Molly are instantly attracted to each other, but Molly dismisses Max out-of-hand and Max refuses to take Molly seriously in her job as the aquarium's mermaid. But when Ursula reveals her unique ability to sniff out sea turtle nests, she might bring these two opposites close enough to help save the turtles and the aquarium, and maybe even fall in love.
Relentless by Katie Golding
She's always been untouchable. Forbidden. Off-limits.
Too bad I never did play by the rules.
Sold on Love by Kathleen Fuller
The third installment of the Maple Falls Romance series follows high-fashion realtor, Harper Wilson, and low-maintenance mechanic, Rusty Jenkins. They have nothing in common – or so it seems, so when Harper’s work takes a dive in sales, she starts worry about what her future might look like, and Rusty offers her an unlikely friendship. Reminiscent of the 90s fan-favorite film, “She’s All That,” Harper gives Rusty a makeover for a bachelor auction and realizes there might be more to him that what meets the eye. Maybe their worlds aren’t so far apart after all.
Building a Future by Amy Clipston
Michelle is ready to settle down with her long-term boyfriend, Korey, but he has been more distant than ever forcing her to reconsider his feelings toward her and her own toward him in return. Tyler is focused on his family’s roofing company – way too busy to find a wife – until Michelle needs a compassionate ear and surprising feelings start to grow. But the kicker is that he’s also Korey’s brother and neither Michelle nor Tyler wants to hurt him – despite Korey’s cool demeanor. When an accident forces everyone’s true feelings to light, can they all come out on the other side unscathed, and can Michelle and Tyler create a new foundation on which to build their future?
The Secret of Bow Lane by Jennifer Ashley
In Victorian-era London, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must solve a murder to claim an inheritance she didn’t know she had in a riveting new historical mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Death at the Crystal Palace
A stranger who appears on Kat's doorstep turns out to be one Charlotte Bristow, legal wife of Joe Bristow, the man Kat once believed herself married to—who she thought died at sea twelve years ago. Kat is jolted by Charlotte’s claims that not only was Joe murdered, but he had amassed a small fortune before he died. Charlotte makes the cook an offer she cannot refuse—if Kat can discover the identity of Joe's murderer, Charlotte will give her a share of the fortune Joe left behind.
With the help of Daniel McAdam, her attractive and charismatic confidante, Kat plunges into her own past to investigate. When it becomes apparent that the case of Joe’s death goes far deeper than simple, opportunistic theft, Kat and Daniel's relationship is put to the test, and Kat herself comes under scrutiny as her connection to Joe is uncovered. She must race to catch the real killer before she loses her job and possibly her life.
Where The Sky Begins by Rhys Bowen
London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’s world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she’s never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war.
The Heist by M.J. Rose and C.W. Gortner
To catch a leopard wear diamonds...From the glamour of late 1950s Hollywood to a desperate chase in the ravines of Los Angeles, two leopards must hunt each other to the end. And only one of them can bring down its prey. THE HEIST is the thrilling conclusion in the To Catch A Leopard series, a dramatic romantic caper that began with THE STEAL and THE BAIT.
Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan
From the author of My Oxford Year, Julia Whelan’s uplifting novel tells the story of a former actress turned successful audiobook narrator—who has lost sight of her dreams after a tragic accident—and her journey of self-discovery, love, and acceptance when she agrees to narrate one last romance novel.
Husband Material by Alexis Hall
In BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell in love for real, dealt with heartbreak and disappointment and family and friends…and somehow figured out a way to make it work. Now it seems like everyone around them is getting married, and Luc's feeling the social pressure to propose. But it'll take more than four weddings, a funeral, and a bowl full of special curry to get these two from "I don't know what I'm doing" to "I do".
Good thing Oliver is such perfect HUSBAND MATERIAL.
The Prince of Infinite Space by Giano Cromley
It is 1990 and, while the country stands on the brink of war with Iraq, Kirby Russo is finally at peace with the world. At seventeen years old, he's figured out some important lessons: how to stay out of trouble with the authorities; how to write muck-raking articles that expose the hypocrisy of said authorities; and, most importantly, how to avoid obsessing about his long lost girlfriend Izzy (who has run away and may be in trouble in Chicago). But when a rich classmate snags the editorship of the school newspaper out from under him, Kirby knows his brief career as a conformist is over. An opportunity to reestablish his hell-raising bona fides arises when his long-lost father shows up with a shady past and a half-baked scheme. Together, they embark on a cross-country road trip to connect with a family he never knew, and maybe even track down Izzy. Kirby soon realizes, however, that life's biggest lessons – the ones that really matter – never happen according to plan.
The Other Me by Sarah Zachrich Jeng
One minute Kelly’s a free-spirited artist in Chicago going to her best friend’s art show. The next, she opens a door and mysteriously emerges in her Michigan hometown. Suddenly her life is unrecognizable: She’s got twelve years of the wrong memories in her head and she’s married to Eric, a man she barely knew in high school. Racing to get back to her old life, Kelly’s search leads only to more questions. But the closer Kelly gets to putting the pieces together, the more her reality seems to shift. And if she can't figure out what happened on that fateful night, the next change could cost her everything...
The Fixer Upper by Lauren Forsythe
In this funny and sharp romantic comedy perfect for readers of Sally Thorne and Beth O'Leary, a woman with a knack for turning her boyfriends’ lives around starts a professional service to help wrangle men, only to be unexpectedly matched with an old flame.
Surely Surely Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly
Everyone loves sports . . . except Marisol! The stand-alone companion to Newbery Medal winner and New York Times–bestselling Erin Entrada Kelly’s Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey is an irresistible and humorous story about friendship, family, and fitting in. Fans of Clementine, Billy Miller Makes a Wish, and Ramona the Pest will find a new friend in Marisol.
A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia
A Hundred Other Girls is an electrying, sharply funny The Devil Wears Prada update for a new generation of readers, as written by media insider Iman Hariri-Kia.
Noora's life is a little off track. She's an aspiring writer and amateur blogger in New York—which is a nice way of saying that she tutors rich Upper East Side kids and is currently crashing on her sister's couch. But that's okay. Noora has Leila, who has always been her rock, and now she has another major influence to lean on: Vinyl magazine. The pages of Vinyl practically raised Noora, teaching her everything from how to properly insert a tampon to which political ideology she subscribes to. So when she lands a highly coveted job as assistant to Loretta James, Vinyl's iconic editor-in-chief, Noora can't believe her luck. Her only dream is to write for Vinyl, and now with her foot firmly in the door and the Loretta James as her mentor, Noora is finally on the right path... or so she thinks.
Widowland by C.J. Carey
For readers of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle comes a thrilling feminist dystopian novel set in an alternative history that terrifyingly imagines what a British alliance with Germany would look like if the Nazis had won WWII.
Midnight on the Marne by Sarah Adlakha
France, 1918. Nurse Marcelle Fournier has important secrets to keep. Her role as a spy has made her both feared and revered, but it has also put her in extreme danger from the approaching German army.
American soldier George Mountcastle feels an instant connection to the young nurse. But in times of war, love must wait. Soon, George and his best friend Philip are fighting for their lives during the Second Battle of the Marne, where George prevents Philip from a daring act that might have won the battle at the cost of his own life.
On the run from a victorious Germany, George and Marcelle begin a new life with Philip and Marcelle’s twin sister, Rosalie, in a brutally occupied France. Together, this self-made family navigates oppression, near starvation, and unfathomable loss, finding love and joy in unexpected moments.
Years pass, and tragedy strikes, sending George on a course that could change the past and rewrite history. Playing with time is a tricky thing. If he chooses to alter history, he will surely change his own future―and perhaps not for the better.
Winter's Reckoning: A Novel by Adele Holmes, M.D.
Forty-six-year-old Madeline Fairbanks has no use for ideas like “separation of the races” or “men as the superior sex.” There are many in her dying Southern Appalachian town who are upset by her socially progressive views, but for years—partly due to her late husband’s still-powerful influence, and partly due to her skill as a healer in a remote town with no doctor of its own—folks have been willing to turn a blind eye to her “transgressions.” Even Maddie’s decision to take on a Black apprentice, Ren Morgan, goes largely unchallenged by her white neighbors, though it’s certainly grumbled about. But when a charismatic and power-hungry new reverend blows into town in 1917 and begins to preach about the importance of racial segregation, the long-idle local KKK chapter fires back into action—and places Maddie and her friends in Jamesville’s Black community squarely in their sights. Maddie had better stop intermingling with Black folks, discontinue her herbalistic “witchcraft,” and leave town immediately, they threaten, or they’ll lynch Ren’s father, Daniel. Faced with this decision, Maddie is terrified . . . and torn. Will she bow to their demands and walk away—or will she fight to keep the home she’s built in Jamesville and protect the future of the people she loves, both Black and white?
Luck and Last Resorts by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
Commitment-phobe Nina Lejeune lives by two rules:
1. Always have fun.
2. Don’t rely on anyone but yourself.
The first rule is easy; the second, she's only broken once.
Ten years after fleeing home, Nina is the chief stewardess on the superyacht Serendipity, single by choice, and perfectly content with how life has turned out.
But Nina’s ex-coworker and old flame, Irish chef Ollie Dunne, isn’t so happy with the status quo. One year after leaving yachting, he's returned as the Serendipity’s chef with an ultimatum: if Nina continues to deny she's in love with him by the end of this charter season, he'll go back to Ireland for good.
Nina and Ollie's shared secret from their past threatens to shipwreck not only their relationship, but the entire boat. But as their connection grows amidst chaotic guests and crew drama, could there be smooth sailing in their future?
Bad Sex by Nona Willis Aronowitz
At thirty-two years old, everything in Nona Willis Aronowitz’s life, and in America, was in disarray. Her marriage was falling apart. Her nuclear family was slipping away. Her heart and libido were both in overdrive. Embroiled in an era of fear, reckoning, and reimagining, her assumptions of what “sexual liberation” meant were suddenly up for debate.
In the thick of personal and political turmoil, Nona turned to the words of history’s sexual revolutionaries—including her late mother, early radical pro-sex feminist Ellen Willis. At a time when sex has never been more accepted and feminism has never been more mainstream, Nona asked herself: What, exactly, do I want? And are my sexual and romantic desires even possible amid the horrors and bribes of patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy?
Nona’s attempt to find the answer places her search for authentic intimacy alongside her family history and other stories stretching back nearly two hundred years. Stories of ambivalent wives and unchill sluts, free lovers and radical lesbians, sensitive men and woke misogynists, women who risk everything for sex—who buy sex, reject sex, have bad sex and good sex. The result is a brave, bold, and vulnerable exploration of what sexual freedom can mean. Bad Sex is Nona’s own journey to sexual satisfaction and romantic happiness, which not only lays bare the triumphs and flaws of contemporary feminism but also shines a light on universal questions of desire.
Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer
Dara Rabinowitz has worked very hard to carry on her family’s calling as schadchans. As the creator and CEO of the popular Jewish dating app J-Mate, third generation matchmaker Dara Rabinowitz knows the formula for lasting love… at least, for everyone else.
The perfect Jewish husband should be:
• A doctor or lawyer (preferably a doctor)
• Baggage-free (no previous marriages, no children)
• And of course—he must be Jewish
When widower, news anchor, and definitely not Jewish Chris Steadfast hears Dara’s grandmother throw her love life under the bus on his show, Chris sees an opportunity to boost his ratings and provide security for his daughter. He and Dara embark on a nationwide search for Dara’s own “Perfect Jewish Husband” – but finding him means Dara loses Chris. Which she’s ok with – right?
The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper
From USA Today bestselling author, Tea Cooper comes a dual-timeline novel about that follows Penelope Jane Martindale, a woman grappling with the tragic loss of her two younger brothers in a war they should never have even been involved in. In her quest for closure, she uncovers a nineteenth century mystery regarding the disappearance of six other women seventy years prior and she is determined to find answers.
Are You Sara? by S.C. Lalli
Law student Saraswati “Sara” Bhaduri holds down two jobs in order to make her way through school, but it’s still a struggle. She’s had to do things to pay the bills that most people wouldn’t expect from “a nice Indian girl.” It seems like an ordinary busy Tuesday night at the local dive bar until her boss demands Sara deal with a drunk girl in the bathroom. The two become fast friends. Why? Because they both have the same name. And despite their different circumstances, the two connect. When they both order rideshares home, they tumble in the back of the cars and head out into the night.
But when Sara awakes in her rideshare, she finds she's on the wrong side of town—the rich side—and she realizes: she and Sarah took the wrong cars home. With no money, Sara walks back to her apartment on the shady side of town only to discover police lights flashing and a body crumpled on her doorstep: Sarah. Was Sarah Ellis or Sara Bhaduri the target? And why would anyone want either of them dead?
Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner
Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award–winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime film—with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movie.
Storm Echo by Nalini Singh
Silence has fallen and the Psy are free to feel emotion. But Silence was never a prison for Ivan Mercant. The biggest threat lies dormant in his brain—a psychic monster that wants only to feed. He’s prepared for the end of Ivan Mercant, but that was before he met Lei. As primal as she is human, the wild changeling brings color into Ivan’s life, giving him something to feel. Their connection is instant, their bond unbreakable. For the first time in his life, Ivan is feeling something akin to love. But that dream quickly shatters when a Psy settlement falls victim to a massacre and Lei is gone. Vanished forever. Until fifteen months later when Ivan’s eyes meet strangely familiar ones across a busy San Francisco street.
Bark to the Future by Spencer Quinn
When Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction” (Boston Globe), and his human partner, PI Bernie Little, are approached by a down-and-out older man with a cardboard sign at an exit ramp, Bernie is shocked to discover the man is a former teammate from his high school baseball team. Chet and Bernie take Rocket out for a good meal, and later, Bernie investigates Rocket’s past, trying to figure out what exactly went wrong. Then, Rocket goes suspiciously missing. With his former teammate likely in danger, Bernie goes back to his old high school for answers, where much that he remembers turns out not to be true—and there are powerful and dangerous people not happy with the questions Bernie is asking. Bernie soon learns that he misunderstood much about his high school years – and now, Chet and Bernie are plunged into a dangerous case where the past isn’t dead and the future could be fatal.
The Memory Index by Julian R. Vaca
In a world where memories are like currency, dreams can be a complicated business. What if we lived in an alternate world where memories – and how many you have access to – determine where you fall on society’s ladder? In his debut novel with Thomas Nelson, Julian R. Vaca explores just that in his gripping and speculative science fiction YA novel titled, The Memory Index. Picture 1987 California, but not how we experienced it. In this alternate universe there’s a disease that ravages human memories, and with no cure available the people’s only hope lies with a treatment called artificial recall. The lucky ones only need this treatment once a day. High school senior Freya Izquierdo – she’s not lucky. But when a new technology is introduced that hopes to make artificial recall obsolete, 500 students will trial the new technology and Freya is selected to take part in the trial and attend the mysterious Foxtail Academy with the others. But when students start to vanish one by one, Freya and her friends begin a dangerous search for the truth. Nothing can prepare her for what she’ll discover, or the memories she’ll have to access to survive it.
The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong
The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice and courage necessary to live a life of honor, inspired by the first female volunteer librarians during World War I and the first women accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy.
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
From the author of the acclaimed In My Dreams I Hold a Knife comes a pitch-black thriller about a woman determined to destroy a powerful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost.
The Year Without a Summer by Arlene Mark
Explosive volcanic eruptions are cool, really, cool. They inject ash into the stratosphere and deflect the sun’s rays. When eighth grader Jamie Fulton learns that snow fell in June in his hometown because of an eruption on the other side of the world, he’s psyched! He could have snowboarded if he’d lived back in 1815 during the year without a summer.
Clara Montalvo, who recently arrived at Jamie’s school after surviving Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, has a different take all this. She is astounded—and disturbed—by Jamie’s frenzied enthusiasm for what she considers an obvious disaster. The teens’ battling arguments cause science class disruption and create academic trouble: Jamie’s headed for a failing grade in science, and may not even graduate from eighth grade; Clara’s scholarship hopes are dashed. And school isn’t the only place where Jamie and Clara are facing hardship: as they quarrel whether natural disasters can be beneficial, their home lives are also unraveling. Uncertainty about Jamie’s wounded brother returning from Afghanistan and Clara’s unreachable father back in Puerto Rico forces the two vulnerable teens to share their worries and sadness. As their focus shifts from natural disasters to personal calamities to man-made climate changes, the teens take surprising steps that astonish them. Ultimately, through hard work and growing empathy for each other, as well as for their classmates’ distress over the climate change affecting their lives, Jamie and Clara empower themselves and the people they touch.
The Healing Circle by Coco Picard
In THE HEALING CIRCLE, a bad new age mother abandons her family in California to pursue a miracle cure in Munich. Once she gets there however, she wonders if she might have already died. Bedridden with a terminal diagnosis, memories, nurses, immoral doctors, foreign television broadcasts, and phone calls from children intrude upon her consciousness. An aloe plant called Madame Blavatsky is her primary companion.
Addicted to You by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie
The TikTok sensation Addicted to You, now in a print edition with special bonus material!
Bit Flip by Mike Trigg
Combining the corporate intrigue of Joseph Finder, the satirical cultural critique of Dave Eggers, and the domestic drama of Laura Dave, Bit Flip is a fast-paced contemporary thriller that delivers an authentic insider’s view of the corrupting influences of greed, entitlement, and vanity in technology start-ups.
Tech executive Sam Hughes came to Silicon Valley to “make the world a better place.” Just as Sam’s wondering if his start-up career and marriage might both be over, an inadvertent discovery pulls him back into his former company, where he begins to unravel the insidious schemes of the founder and venture investors. Entangled in a web of complicity, how far will Sam go to achieve his dreams of entrepreneurial success?
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
Turns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating—and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst.
With Love from Wish & Co. by Minnie Darke
A heartwarming novel about what we are prepared to give—and give up—in the name of love, from the author of Star-Crossed and The Lost Love Song.
Two boxes, both alike in size and shape . . .
Marnie Fairchild is the brains and talent behind Wish & Co., a boutique store that offers a bespoke gift-buying service to wealthy clients with complicated lives. Brian Charlesworth is Marnie’s most prized customer, and today she’s wrapping the perfect anniversary gift for his wife, Suzanne . . . and a birthday present for his mistress, Leona. What could possibly go wrong?
For years, Marnie’s had her heart set on moving Wish & Co. to the historic shopfront once owned by her grandfather. When the chance to bid for the property unexpectedly arises, Marnie—distracted—makes an uncharacteristic mistake. Soon Brian is in a fight to rescue his marriage, and Marnie is scrabbling to keep her dreams alive. With the situation so complicated, the last thing Marnie needs is to fall for Brian and Suzanne’s gorgeous son, Luke. In the end, will it be her head or her heart that wins out?
Cobblestones, Conversations, and Corks: A Son’s Discovery of His Italian Heritage by Giovanni Ruscitti
Passionate and deeply moving, Giovanni Ruscitti’s memoir debut, Cobblestones, Conversations, and Corks: A Son’s Discovery of His Italian Heritage (August 16, 2022), explores his complex relationship with his father; a culture, identity, and upbringing rooted in family, food, and wine; and the revelations of his first visit, at age 46, to his ancestral Italian village that his father left behind after World War II.
The Fun Master by Jeff Seitzer
A struggling academic, Jeff Seitzer could hardly take care of himself, let alone a child, when his son Ethan was born with myriad health challenges. But Jeff rose to the challenge, and Ethan went on to thrive during his short life — all the while teaching Jeff that the true path to happiness is putting other people's needs before your own and living in the moment rather than trying to control it.
Demon Dagger by Russell R. James
A Demon Hunter with a gift that becomes a curse. A Demon that hunts the hunter. A thrilling tale of darkness and vengeance for fans of the TV series 'Supernatural'. This fast-paced, chilling novel follows Drew’s attempt to save his son’s soul and then use the blade to end Nicobar’s time on Earth.
Drew Price has a gift, or perhaps a curse. When a demon possesses a person, Drew can see the horrific-looking demon that dwells within. This ability has made him a demon hunter, armed with the one weapon that can send these fiends back to Hell; the demon dagger.
All Signs Point to Paris: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Destiny by Natasha Sizlo
Propulsive, touching, and darkly funny, All Signs Point to Paris is the story of one woman’s search for a second chance at love. A surprising astrology reading sends Natasha Sizlo—divorced, broke, freshly heartbroken, and reeling from her father’s death—on an unexpected but magical journey to France, in pursuit of a man born on a particular date in a particular place: November 2, 1968 in Paris.
Still On Fire: A Memoir by Renee Linnell
Magic, miracles, travel, and romance—this is where Renee leads you in her long-awaited sequel to The Burn Zone. From love affairs with men half her age, to being rescued by angels, to getting stranded at 22,000 feet in the Himalayas and being electrocuted in the Maldives, Renee takes you on a wild page-turning adventure; sharing with you soul-soothing wisdom she gained along the way.
The More You Hate Me by Andy Smart
THE MORE YOU HATE ME is a memoir-in-essays collection that examines the author’s experience with his father’s suicide and the layered influence of the film Full Metal Jacket on both men. As Andy Smart navigates the worlds of his past, present, and future, Kubrick's Vietnam war movie casts its long shadow over him; his is a story of what it means to live each day as a sequel to the last. This isn’t just a suicide memoir or a survivor’s victory lap, but a book about the hardest truths of being a son.
Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger
The latest in the New York Times bestselling Cork O’Connor Mystery Series from the “master storyteller” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author) follows Cork in a race against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries.
Big Red: A Novel Starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles by Jerome Charyn
Set amidst the noir glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Big Red reenvisions the life of one of America’s most enduring icons: Gilda herself, Rita Hayworth, whose fiery red hair and hypnotic dancing helped make her the quintessential movie star of the 1940s.
With narrator Rusty Redburn—a feisty second-string gossip columnist from Kalamazoo tasked with spying on Hayworth by Columbia movie mogul Harry “The Janitor” Cohn—as our guide, we follow the meteoric rise and heartrending demise of the actress, encountering her exploitative father, Eduardo; her controlling husband, “boy genius” Orson Welles; and notorious journalist Louella Parsons, among many others. Mixing his trademark screwball comedy and unerring tragedy, Jerome Charyn, with his “polymorphous imagination” (Jonathan Lethem) reanimates film classics such as Cover Girl, Gilda, and The Lady from Shanghai. An insightful, tender portrait of a seemingly halcyon age before blockbusters and film franchises, Big Red promises to consume both Hollywood cinephiles and neophytes alike.
The Family Compound by Liz Parker
In The Family Compound, Liz Parker returns (author of All Are Welcome) with a tender, perceptive, and relentlessly entertaining story of five cousins who despite their different life circumstances must band together to decide their collective future.
When the Nolan family patriarch dies suddenly of a heart attack, the Nolan siblings and cousins quickly learn of their shared inheritance -- the sprawling 150-acre property in Stowe, VT they jokingly call the Family Compound. But with each at a different place in life, reaching a unanimous decision regarding the property seems unlikely.
Kit McBride Gets A Wife by Amy Barry
With witty modern humor in a historical setting, the four McBride brothers have their worlds turned upside down when their precocious younger sister secretly places an advertisement for a mail-order bride. Getting hitched is full of surprises… This is the first in a new historical western series about the handsome McBride family's life and loves in late-1800s Montana, and the perfect read to escape to the wild, untamed landscapes of the countryside this summer.
The Third Way by Aimee Hoben
As Millennials and Gen Z continue to prioritize social activism and political engagement, Aimee Hoben’s debut political fiction novel The Third Way (She Writes Press; On sale: August 23, 2022; trade paperback; ISBN: 9781647420956; trade paperback) is timelier than ever.
According to a Deloitte 2021 study, Millennials and Gen Zs believe in their individual power to drive change on social issues that matter most to them. Political activism is on the rise, especially among women. Further, most Americans believe that government is run by “a few big interests looking out for themselves.” Hoben brings this eagerness for change to the page in the form of South Dakota college student Arden Firth, who is brave enough to take on the rigged political system and corporate America in a startling way.
A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers
Clue meets Pride & Prejudice in A DREADFUL SPLENDOR (8/23), a spectacularly imaginative whodunnit Gothic murder mystery brimming with romance, betrayals, and chills, making it your perfect summer beach read. In Victorian London, fake spiritualist Genevieve Timmons is summoned to Somerset Park estate to hold a séance for a bride who died on the eve of her wedding. The cause of death was declared suicide but the surly—yet exceedingly handsome— Mr. Pemberton is certain that his fiancée was murdered, even though there is no evidence. Only a confession can bring justice now, and Genevieve and Mr. Pemberton scheme to stage a haunting so convincing it will coax the killer into the light. However, Genevieve realizes her tricks aren’t required after all. She may be a fake, but Somerset’s ghost could be all too real and as nefarious secrets are revealed, the line between hoax and haunting blurs.
The Silence in the Sound by Dianne C. Braley
FINDING INSPIRATION where she least expects it, one woman’s life is about to change forever.
Life had not been kind to Georgette. Growing up with an alcoholic father and an enabling mother, she clings to the loving memory of a childhood trip to Martha’s Vineyard to help see her through the bad times; and now, as an adult, she returns to the island to start her life over. Soon she becomes the private nurse for a prize-winning novelist. As the two become friends, he opens her mind to new possibilities.
But everything changes when she encounters the mysterious Dock. Georgette isn't quite sure about him but finds him irresistible. She quickly loses herself in her relationship despite the inherent dangers that come with him. Torn between her own future or spiraling into a life she tried so hard to leave behind, Georgette must make her most important decision ever.
Sometimes escaping the past isn’t as easy as it appears.
The Silence of Sound is the provocative debut novel by Dianne C. Braley detailing the devastating effects of growing up with addiction.
The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe
Inspired by the true story of Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants, the first all-female gang of London.
London in the 1920s is no place for a woman with a mind of her own. Gang wars, violence, and an unforgiving world have left pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambling to survive in the Mint, the gritty neighborhood her family has run for generations. When her father goes to jail yet again and her scam artist brother finds himself in debt to the dangerous McDonald crime syndicate, Alice takes over. Fighting for power at every turn, she struggles to protect her father’s territory and keep the people she loves safe from some of London’s most dangerous criminals.
Recruited by the enigmatic Mary Carr, Alice boldly chooses to break her father’s edict against gangs and become part of a group of notorious lady shoplifters, the Forty Elephants. Leaving the Mint behind, she and the other girls steal from the area’s poshest department stores, and for the first time in her life, Alice Diamond tastes success. But it’s not long before she wants more—no matter the cost. And when her past and present collide, there’s no escaping the girl from the Mint.
Hog Wild by Jonathan Woods
Ray Puzo, ex-Special Forces sniper, is hired to rid the vast Cross cattle ranch in South Texas of its feral hog problem. Unbeknownst to Ray when he takes the job, because of radiation, and other pollution, the hogs have become super-brainy. Faced with extinction, the hogs organize and fight back. Humans and feral hogs face off in an epic battle between good and evil—but who is good and who is evil is an open question. Part pulp noir, part dystopian gothic western, part satiric magic realism antiwar sex farce, Hog Wild is the illegitimate offspring of a ménage à trois among Orwell’s Animal Farm, George Miller’s The Road Warrior and Verna Bloom of Animal House and High Plains Drifter fame.
Tomorrow in Shanghai and Other Stories by May-lee Chai
In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants (starred Booklist, NYT, WaPo, EW, Elle, The Millions, Electric Lit, Bustle), May-lee Chai’s latest collection Tomorrow in Shanghai explores multicultural complexities through lenses of class, wealth, age, gender, and sexuality—always tracking the nuanced, knotty, and intricate exchanges of interpersonal and institutional power. Readers are transported: to rural China, where a city doctor harvests organs to fund a wedding and a future for his family; on a vacation to France, where a white mother and her biracial daughter cannot escape their fraught relationship; inside the unexpected romance of two Chinese-American women living abroad in China; and finally, to a future Chinese colony on Mars, where an aging working-class woman lands a job as a nanny.
Bad Day Breaking by John Galligan
Wild Wild Country and Longmire meet in the latest in the “gritty, brash, and totally gripping” (The Real Book Spy) Bad Axe County series, as Sheriff Heidi Kick struggles to prevent a radical religious sect from turning her county into the next Jonestown, all while a dark secret from her past puts her life in danger.
Andrea Hoffman Goes All In: A Novel by Diane Cohen Schneider
Andrea Hoffman is an overeducated, underemployed, and unmotivated recent college graduate—until an unexpected robbery blasts her out of her funk and into a job in the finance world of early-1980s Chicago. At first, it seems like a bad fit. But the world of finance has its own weird charm, and she grows increasingly fascinated by the strange language of trading, the complexity of the stock market, and her colleagues, who navigate it all with a ruthless confidence. Even though she has two strikes against her—Jewish and female—Andrea’s quick wit and strong work ethic propel her into an actual sales job and her career takes off. But this is the Wall Street of the eighties, and along with making a lot more money, Andrea adopts a new, fast life of cocktails, cocaine, and casual sex. Drunk on her achievements, she gradually realizes that at some point, she’s going to have to decide what success really means to her.
Take My Husband by Ellen Meister
TAKE MY HUSBAND is a witty, insightful domestic comedy about one woman's unexpected, thought-provoking journey out of her marriage as she realizes how much better off she would be if her husband had not survived a serious car crash.
Where Wild Peaches Grow by Cade Bentley
In a deeply emotional novel of family, cultural heritage, and forgiveness, estranged sisters wrestle with the choices they’ve made and confront circumstances beyond their control.
The Thread Collectors by Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson Richman
1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and join the Union Army. Bound to a man who would kill her if he knew of her clandestine activities, Stella has to hide not only her efforts but her love for William, a Black soldier and a brilliant musician.
Meanwhile, in New York City, a Jewish woman stitches a quilt for her husband, who is stationed in Louisiana with the Union Army. Between abolitionist meetings, Lily rolls bandages and crafts quilts with her sewing circle for other soldiers, too, hoping for their safe return home. But when months go by without word from her husband, Lily resolves to make the perilous journey South to search for him.
Stone Heart by Susan K. Hamilton
As a successful singer, and recovering addict, Lauren Stone is no stranger to regret. When a publicity stunt gone wrong brings her face-to-face with one of her biggest regrets of all–her ex, Danny Padovano. Lauren realizes she never let go of his memory, believing he’s the only person who ever loved her for who she is, not what she is. With a devastating case of writer’s block threatening to derail her career, they begin an affair that could not only wreck what’s left of Danny’s troubled marriage but destroy Lauren’s relationship with the band… and her hard-earned sobriety. As Lauren’s world unravels, can she come to terms with her mistakes? Or will they finally destroy her?
Seton Girls by Charlene Thomas
A smart and twisty debut YA that starts off like Friday Night Lights and ends with the power and insight of Dear White People.
Seton Academic High is a prep school obsessed with its football team and their thirteen-year conference win streak, a record that players always say they'd never have without Seton's girls. What exactly Seton girls do to make them so valuable, though, no one ever really says. They're just the best. But the team's quarterback, the younger brother of the Seton star who started the streak, wants more than regular season glory. He wants a state championship before his successor, Seton's first Black QB, has a chance to overshadow him. Bigger rewards require bigger risks, and soon the actual secrets to the team's enduring success leak to a small group of girls who suddenly have the power to change their world forever.
Amari and the Great Game by B. B. Alston
Sequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy—perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor.
