Author: Hester Fox
We're not going to talk about how long my October book club pick has been on my bookshelf. While working at Harlowe House, the historic home of a wealthy New England family that's been turned into a museum, Augusta Podos finds a reference to Margaret Harlowe, the daughter who's been practically erased from record. Unable to resist the mystery, Augusta begins digging into Margaret's life, awakening a dark power that could destroy everything.
Author: Charlie N. Holmberg
My November book club pick is from one of my favorite magical authors. Whimbrel House has been empty for more than a century. Then Merritt Fernsby inherits the remote estate. When he moves in, Whimbrel House is determined to keep him there. Forever. Hulda Larkin works for the Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms and has been trained to tame structures like Whimbrel House. Her advice? Make the house their ally. And also, she needs to move in as well. Predictably, she and Merritt grow closer as they investigate and discover an outside force working against them.
Author: Meagan Church
Lulu Mayfield is the perfect 1950s housewife until the birth of her second child when her carefully crafted life begins to unravel. Soon she develops a fixation on the new neighbor, Bitsy, whose constant smile seems to be hiding some dark truth. The more Lulu learns more about Bitsy, the more she questions her own life. Soon, others begin to question Lulu's sanity.
Author: Diana R. Chambers
I'm actually really excited for this one. I love a good World War II story, and this one is based on a real person who I had no idea played a role in the conflict at all. Before she became Julia Child the famous chef, Julia McWilliams worked for America's first espionage agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The book follows Julia's journey from Pasadena, Texas, to Washington, DC, to General "Wild Bill" Donovan's Field Registry, and the remote front lines of South Asia.
Author: Shelby Van Pelt
Did somebody say crime-solving octopus? Sign me up! Tova Sullivan is the overnight janitor at Sowell Bay Aquarium, home to Marcellus. The giant Pacific octopus who wouldn't lift a tentacle for his human captors forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. When he deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared over thirty years ago, Marcellus uses every trick he can to find the truth for her before it's too late.
Author: Kasie West
It's been awhile since I've read a fake dating book. They're all so very predictable, but this one caught my attention. Sutton's life isn't great at the moment. Her boyfriend of two years just broke up with her over the phone while she's managing her new restaurant remotely so that she can care for her sick, ungrateful mother. Therapy would probably help. But not with a stranger she's agreed to pretend to be engaged to. All to help her friend feel better about her struggling relationship.
Author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
I've been wanting to read this one for awhile, but I accidentally bought book 3 before I bought book 1. How embarrassing right? Well, now I finally have the first book, and it's so on! Now I just need to get book 2... Evie is desperate for work to support her ailing family, so when she gets a job offer from Rennedawn's most infamous villain, she accepts. As she gets used to her new workplace environment, Evie realizes someone is sabotaging the Villain's work. It's up to her to figure out who the rat is. A good job is hard to come by.
Author: Kathryn Stockett
I have been impatiently waiting to get my hands on this book. The wait time on Libby is ridiculous, and it's been checked out every time I've gone into my local library...until my last visit when it was finally available! However, don't expect it to be read quickly. This book is HUGE. Forty-seven chapters, 634 pages, not counting the author's note. This is a historical fiction novel set during the Great Depression in Mississippi. Meg is an 11-year-old orphan who's been deemed unadoptable. Birdie is a young woman who's been sent to ask her wealthy older sister for a loan to save the family farm. Charlie is a woman who's luck has run out. Together, the three women form a plan to take control of their own lives.
Author: Gareth Brown
Cassie works in a NYC bookshop. Her life is ordinary and unassuming until the day one of her favorite customers dies. All she has left to remember him by is the last book he was reading: The Book of Doors. It's inscribed with enigmatic words and mysterious drawings and promises that any door is every door if you know how to open them. Then Drummond Fox shows up. He's a librarian who watches over a unique set of volumes. While Cassie's book isn't the only powerful book, it is the most coveted, and now Cassie finds herself being hunted by those who collect these Special Books.
Author: Sheila Masterson
Harlow Carrenwell is the black widow of her family. Everyone she kisses dies immediately. Her family uses Harlow's unique gift to take out their competitors. But Harlow is more than her parents' assassin. She's secretly a vigilante for abused women. Then Henry Havenwood comes along. Not only does he not die from her kiss, but he's also her new betrothed. Instead of selling her out, Henry whisks Harlow to his mountain fort to marry. Now, to protect her family and her city, Harlow must figure out what Henry's family is planning. Her plan? Make him fall in love with her.
Author: Paul Murray
Skippy is a 14-year-old student at Seabrook College in Dublin. Or at least he was until he was found dead on the floor of a local doughnut shop. There are three suspects in Skippy's death: Ruprecht Van Doren, Carl, and the Automater. Ruprecht is a genius who's using ten-dimensional string theory to try to open a portal into a parallel universe. Carl is a drug dealer and borderline psycho who likes the same girl as Skippy. And the Automator is the headmaster of Seabrook, intent on modernizing the school.
Author: Maisey Yates
Nora, Daisy, and Soraya's marriages aren't quite as good as they think. Nora's husband flees to Chile seeking distance from her; Daisy's husband is having an affair with a younger woman; and Soraya intercepted a naughty photo her husband meant to send to another woman. At a loss of what to do now, the three women find themselves in Lady's Mantle Apothecary where they tap into the magic they didn't know they possessed. As they develop their skills, the women discover that sometimes the best magic isn't revenge.
Author: Emilia Hart
I just read The Sirens and loved it, so I have high expectations for this one. Weyward Cottage has been keeping secrets since the witch hunts of the 17th century. It's there that Kate flees to escape an abusive partner in 2019. Kate inherited the cottage from a barely-remembered great aunt whom she suspects had a secret. Seventy-seven years earlier, Violet is trapped in her family's grand yet crumbling estate as World War II rages. She longs for an education and her long-dead mother, rumored to have gone mad. The only thing Violet has left of her are a locket with the initial W and the word weyward scratched into a baseboard. In 1619, Altha, accused of witchcraft, awaits trial for the murder of a farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. Altha does know magic but not the spell-casting kind. Instead, she has a deep knowledge of the natural world. But as the evidence of witchcraft stacks up, Altha knows it will take all her powers to remain free.
Author: Sharon Lynn Fisher
I absolutely loved Tea and Alchemy, so I have high expectations for this book. Lizzy Grimm is struggling to keep her late father's antique shop open when she meets Antony Carlisle. Antony's sister suffers from the same affliction as Lizzy's mother -- both were stricken silent and unresponsive after speaking with ghosts. Their investigation into what happened leads them to Lizzy's father's rare collection of books on ancient folktales, enchantments, and yuletide myths. Lizzy can't bear to sell them despite a persistent collector's best efforts.
Author: Mary Burton
When her estranged cousin is hospitalized after nearly dying from having been poisoned, Raine Hale must return to the home she left 17 years ago. Now she finds herself at the center of a deadly mystery, and she can't trust anyone -- not her cousin's husband with the violent past and financial problems or her own manipulative ex who won't sign divorce papers and won't stay away. To make matters even more complicated, Raine's former high school lover is the lead detective on her cousin's case and views everyone, including Raine, as a suspect. There's also the client that nearly killed her who's just been released from jail to worry about.
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