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5-STAR REVIEW: FIRST LADY OF MURDER by Cathy Scott REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆
Publication Date: June 9, 2026
The real Ann Rule biography written by a friend: Brilliant, driven, and deeply complicated. Untold Story of America's Queen of True Crime.
Ann Rule became America's queen of true crime by doing what few writers could: stepping...
4-STAR REVIEW: BORROWED CHILD by Marguerite Welch
Publication Date: July 14, 2026
For fans of Little Fires Everywhere, a novel that explores the ambiguities of motherhood and salvation through the anguished relationship between a troubled, undocumented Mexican teenager and the grieving, upper-middle-class mother who takes her in.
After the...
4-STAR REVIEW: PEOPLE WATCHING IN THE DESERT by Cali Adeline
Publication Date: July 14, 2026
A funny and big-hearted novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Remarkably Bright Creatures, about a lonely young woman who prefers to observe the world rather than participate in it, and the seismic repercussions that...
5-STAR REVIEW: WITH HER BABY ON HER BACK by Suzette D. Harrison REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆
Publication Date: July 13, 2026
Will she ever see freedom for her babies?
Mississippi, 1848. It’s a bright spring morning when enslaved midwife Zinnie is forced to begin an unimaginable journey: two thousand miles on foot. Her newborn baby is strapped to her back,...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE HOUSE OF PEARLS by Ali Mercer
Publication Date: July 10, 2026
A photograph of three young sisters. A forgotten pearl necklace that sends her tumbling through time…
Present day: single mother Elsa Dean is shocked when she inherits a sprawling three-storey house from her estranged uncle. Elsa hasn’t seen the...
5-STAR REVIEW: SINGLE GIRLS by John Searles
Publication Date: July 7, 2026
An infectious and utterly charming fictionalization of the iconic Helen Gurley Brown’s early years at the helm of Cosmopolitan, and the intrepid group of women she took under her wing to create one of the most...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE RAVEN AT THE ASH DOOR by K. A. Linde
The Oak and Holly Cycle: Book 3
Publication Date: June 16, 2026
Can love survive an unbreakable curse?
Kierse McKenna’s magic is bound to a man she hates—one who has spent lifetimes fighting the man she loves.
To end this binding, Graves—her winter...
4-STAR REVIEW: THE CLOAK AND DAGGER CLUB by Jackie McMahon
Cloak and Dagger Club Mystery: Book 1
Publication Date: July 14, 2026
Inspired by Agatha Christie's real-life Detection Club, a murder among a group of golden age mystery writers meets a second chance romance in this debut novel from author Jackie...
5-STAR REVIEW: THE GOOD MOTHER TEST by Michael R. French REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆
Publication Date: February 23, 2026
When Emily, a bright but impulsive UCLA student, gives birth to her daughter Violet, she vows to be the kind of mother she never had: endlessly loving, fiercely protective, and always worthy of her child’s...
4-STAR REVIEW: THE SUMMER OF LOST THINGS by Jenn Bennett
Publication Date: April 7, 2026
Sexy new adult romance meets swashbuckling adventure when ex childhood friends Paige and Seb reconnect to finally track down the treasure that has been a legend in their small Michigan beach town for decades. Perfect...
5-STAR REVIEW: NANTUCKET SECOND CHANCES by Pamela Kelley
Publication Date: June 9, 2026
Claire Shipman never imagined she'd be the single mom of a teenager, going through a contentious divorce, and unexpectedly pregnant. On the bright side, at least she's on Nantucket, where she grew up, and where...
5-STAR REVIEW: THE OTHER WIDOW by LynDee Walker
Publication Date: July 9, 2026
Our husbands died. Our husbands lied. Can I trust her?
A week ago, Josephine Malone didn’t even know me. And now she can’t live without me. We sit side by side on her soft leather couch, mascara stinging...
5-STAR REVIEW: SHADOWS OF FRENCHMEN by Michael Rigg
A Jonathan Gray, M.D. Mystery: Book 2
Publication Date: May 5, 2026
On a frosty Sunday morning in February, Dr. Jonathan Gray, Coroner of Orleans Parish, faces a gruesome sight. A dead man splayed against the circular steel and cut-glass blocks...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE CLUB FOR REBELLIOUS LADIES by Siobhan Curham
Publication Date: July 8, 2026
Who wants to be taught to be a wallflower, existing only so a rich man can bag a meek trophy wife? Not us. In our secret club, we have our own dreams. One day, we’ll...
SPOTLIGHT: SHADOWS OF FRENCHMEN by Michael Rigg Plus Giveaway!
A Jonathan Gray, M.D. Mystery: Book 2
Publication Date: May 5, 2026
On a frosty Sunday morning in February, Dr. Jonathan Gray, Coroner of Orleans Parish, faces a gruesome sight. A dead man splayed against the circular steel and cut-glass blocks...
4.5-STAR REVIEW: FORMULA ZERO by Meredith Lanzen
Publication Date: July 7, 2026
Romantic tension between ex–best friends rockets to new heights in this dazzling sports romance debut set in the fast-paced, interplanetary world of Formula Zero racing.
Madeline Clarke didn't think her life would be all fun and...
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