Author: Barbara O'Neal
My love for Barbara O'Neal knows no bounds, so I'm really excited about this one. India is a web designer who's juggling a long-distance relationship and looking after her mother, Eldora. Eldora is a former Las Vegas showgirl who wants to return to Sin City and track down India's twin sister, Gypsy. So India and Eldora set out on a road trip to down Route 66 in Eldora's '57 Thunderbird. Not only does the trip bring back memories for Eldora, but it also brings to light the secrets of both mother and daughter.
Author: Gwendolyn Womack
I love a good time travel romance. Magellan is a musical prodigy who is magically transported back in time to 1829 when she plays an ancient organ. She arrives in the center of a labyrinth on the estate of Rhys Sherwood, the Earl of Liron. The answers to how Magellan landed in the past can be found in the lost diary of Merlin's forgotten twin sister, Gwynedd. Magellan and Rhys must work together to uncover the secrets of the diary and find the key to saving the world.
Author: Ron Rindo
Born an orphan, Gabriel Fisher is exceptional, walking at eight months, communicating with animals, and athletically gifted. When his caregiver dies, Gabriel is taken in by his Amish grandparents who hide him away. When he's 18, the local football coach sees Gabriel working in a field. What happens next is life-changing.
Author: Paul Murray
When 14-year-old Skippy is found dead on the floor of the local doughnut shop, there are three suspects: Ruprecht Van Doren, a genius trying to open a portal into a parallel universe; Carl, the teenage drug dealer and possible psycho who is Skippy's rival in love; and the Automater, the headmaster of Seabrook College who's intent on modernizing the school.
Author: Sheila Masterson
Harlow Carrenwell is the youngest daughter of Lunameade's magical founding family. Her kiss results in immediate death, cementing her role as her parents' assassin. But Harlow has a secret. She moonlights as a vigilante for abused women. Until one night when her mark doesn't die. Even worse, he's her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood. Instead of exposing her secret and starting a war between their rival families, Henry takes her to his mountain fort to wed. Trapped with a husband she can't kill, Harlow's new mission is to make Henry fall in love with her.
Author: Alison Espach
When Phoebe arrives at the Cornwall Inn in Newport, Rhode Island, everyone assumes she's just another wedding guest. She's actually the only guest who isn't there for the ceremony. Phoebe's dreamed of going for years, to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, but she's alone, at rock bottom, and determined to splurge one last time on herself. The bride, meanwhile, has accounted for everything that could possibly go wrong this weekend. Except Phoebe.
Author: Maisey Yates
When Nora, Daisy, and Soraya's marriages end in disaster, the trio of women find themselves at Lady's Mantle Apothecary where they embrace their untapped magic. The first order of business? Getting even with their exes. But the real magic happens when they start opening their hearts to new possibilities, finding their own paths to love, friendship, and claiming their own power.
Metal Slinger (Fire & Metal Duology)
Author: Rachel Schneider
Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha community training to be a guard. Visiting the annual Kenta market is a rite of passage for young guards. While there, Brynn encounters an enemy soldier who unveils the truth of her identity and vows an oath to bring her back where she belongs.
Beyond the Hunt (Evermere Trilogy)
Author: Mary Ann Weir
Serafina "Seri" Bell is a lunar witch who's just been sold to a trio of princes in marriage in exchange for a truce. For the princes, the assignment is simple: uncover what Seri's stepmother is plotting. In return, they'll gain an estate, money, and freedom from the vampire court. Seri is meant to be disposable. But all that changes when she's left for dead on their doorstep, and they discover the truth.
Author: Julia Drosten
This will be my second book by this author. I read The Elephant Keeper's Daughter as part of my 2024 One Woman Book Club. At 23, Sibylla Spencer's strong will and progressive views have labeled her as unmarriageable. A veritable prisoner in her father's home, she realizes that marriage is her only chance to escape. So when one of her father's employees shows an interest, Sibylla agrees to marry him. They follow his career to Morocco where Sibylla experiences love for the first time. But her husband's lust for money and power lead him down a dark path, and when he's arrested on horrible charges, Sibylla must choose between leaving him to his fate or helping him fight for his life.
Author: Kate White
Ten years after Bree Winter's daughter was murdered, the convicted killer makes a deathbed confession. He admits to killing four girls but not Bree's daughter Melanie. At first, Bree and her ex-husband don't believe any of it, but then inconsistencies about the crime come to light, and Bree returns to the town where it all happened to find justice for her daughter.
Author: Clare Merchant
In 1646, Ursula works from her cottage as the village midwife. She's unmarried and thus in danger of being labeled a witch, especially when she catches the eye of the powerful new local doctor. Fast forward to present day when Adrianna moves into Ursula's cottage, leaving behind her problems at least for awhile. Then she finds a mysterious bundle of notes hidden under a floorboard and a strangely-carved stone in the garden.
Author: Lisa Jewell
I really enjoyed my first book by Lisa Jewell, so I have high hopes for this one. Fifteen-year-old Ellie seemed to have the perfect life. Then she disappeared. Now, ten years later, her mother, Laurel, is trying to put her life back together. She's in a new relationship and meeting his daughters, the youngest of whom reminds Laurel so much of Ellie, bringing all of Laurel's unanswered questions about her daughter's disappearance back to the surface.
Author: Kate Fagan
Cate Kay is the author of a bestselling book trilogy that became a bestselling film series. Except Cate Kay isn't a real person. The author's real identity has been a closely guarded secret, until now. When she was younger, Cate and her best friend fantasized of moving to California to become movie stars. The day before they planned to leave, tragedy struck, and Cate's been running ever since. Now she's returning home and reclaiming herself.
Author: Jessica Knoll
In 1978, the so-called All-American Sex Killer targets a sorority house in Florida. The sisterhood's president, Pamela Schumacher, survives the attack. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, Tina Cannon is convinced that her missing friend was targeted by the same killer and that he's struck again. Pamela and Tina team up to find justice and stop him before he can kill again.
Author: Jessica Strawser
Marie, Brooke, Lucy, and Collins have always encouraged each other to never give up. But each of these friends is struggling with this season of their lives: an unhappy marriage, an inability to have children, an unfulfilling career, and the death of a husband. At their breaking points, the friends make a pact to quit and help each other through the fallout.
Author: Ellen Marie Wiseman
For six years, Sage has believed that her twin sister Rosemary died from pneumonia. In truth, Rosemary was committed to Willowbrook State School and has just gone missing. All Sage knows about the school is that it's where parents threaten to send misbehaving kids. Still, she sets out for Willowbrook to find Rosemary.
Shift of Heart (Shifter Lords Series)
Author: S.E. Babin
I really enjoyed this author's Cocktails in Hell series that I read a couple of years ago, so my hopes are high for this one. Evie is a hedgewitch florist running a popular flower shop in a small town, doing her best to hide her true nature. She's a powerful demigoddess who survived an encounter with a Chimera shifter, an ancient immortal that can transform into any living thing. When she finds a dying shifter in the woods, Evie heals him in secret. Then, of course, he shows up at her shop, and she learns that he's the Alpha of every shifter in the state.
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