Category: Fiction
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A Cyclist’s Guide to Crime and Croissants by Ann Claire: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Nine months ago, Sadie Greene shocked friends and family by ditching her sensible office job in the Chicago suburbs and buying a sight-unseen French bicycling tour company, Oui Cycle. Now she’s living the unconventional life of her dreams in the gorgeous village of Sans-Souci-sur-Mer. Sans souci means carefree, but…
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This Summer Will be Different by Carley Fortune: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who shows her a very good time. The only problem: Lucy doesn’t know he’s her best friend’s younger brother. Lucy and Felix’s chemistry is unreal, but the list of reasons why they…
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Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Benefits of a summer romance: it’s always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. There aren’t enough labeled glass containers to contain the mess that is Ali Morris’s life. Her mom died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn’t worn pants with a…
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Kinfolk by Sean Dietrich: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Sometimes it’s the most unlikely meetings that give us life’s greatest gifts. 1970s, Southern Alabama. Sixty-two-year-old Jeremiah Lewis Taylor, or “Nub,” has spent his whole life listening to those he loves tell him he’s no good—first his ex-wife, now his always-disapproving daughter. Sure, his escapades have made him, along…
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The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Kelsey Worthington always dreamed of being a writer, but she’s settled into a routine of helping other people tell their stories in her job as a junior editor. She doesn’t go outside of her comfort zone. Her relationships are safe. Her job is secure. Her existence is stable. And…
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Dear Daughter by Kassandra Garrison: Content Warnings
Synopsis: When Olivia Larson finally escaped her childhood home and abusive mother, she never imagined she would have to relive the trauma of her past. Yet, after complications during childbirth, God sends Olivia on a journey back through her life. Desperately, she scrambles to hear God in the midst of…
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Homeland: The Legend of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre’s standout characters. With Homeland, Salvatore pulls back the curtain to reveal the startling tale of how this hero came to be—how this one lone drow walked out of the shadowy depths…
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The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden: Content Warnings
Synopsis: I used to clean other people’s houses—now, I can’t believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. Even though I’m wary of our…
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The Smoking Iron and Other Stories by Elisabeth Grace Foley: Content Warnings
Synopsis: A new bride faces questions about her marriage in the shadow of a prairie blizzard. A minister’s decision to raise sheep in cattle country stirs up controversy among his new congregation. A spunky ranch girl matches wits with a thief. A World War II veteran struggles with wartime scars…
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Funny Story by Emily Henry: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he…
