Goodreads Release date: June 20, 2023 Publisher: Dutton Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: At seventeen, Lenora HopeHung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. … Continue reading Review: The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Goodreads Release date: June 6, 2023 Publisher: Dell Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: When a single dad meets the former rock star crush of his youth, everything they thought they knew about happiness and love is thrown into chaos in this hopeful, heartwarming romantic comedyBilly Perkins is happy. No, for real. It’s kind of his thing, … Continue reading Review: Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

Goodreads Release date: June 6, 2023 Publisher: Putnam Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: The ultimate summer nostalgia read, about an engaged woman who comes face to face with her first love who she hasn't seen in fourteen years, but who she spent every summer with from age five to seventeen when he broke her heart, calling … Continue reading Review: Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

Goodreads Release date: June 13, 2023 Publisher: Avon Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: What makes life sweet? When Harper Shaw’s life falls apart, she knows it’s time for a change. She removes everything that doesn’t spark joy—from her soul-sucking job to eating kale to making lists—and sets off for the last place she was happy, Lake … Continue reading Review: The Sweetheart List by Jill Shalvis

Goodreads Release date: May 30, 2023 Publisher: Putnam Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselves—by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle.It’s been a minute—or five years—since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives … Continue reading Review: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

Goodreads Release date: May 30, 2023 Publisher: Berkley Romance Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: Turns out you're never too old for a summer camp romance. Or a change of heart. When a divorced woman attends a sleepaway camp for adults only, she reconnects with a man from her past--only to catch feelings for his sister instead. … Continue reading Review: That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

Goodreads Release date: June 13, 2023 Publisher: Blackstone Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: She saved his life. Now he‘ll never let her go. Detective Elise Sutton is drawn to cold cases. Each crime is a puzzle to solve, pulled from the past. Elise looks for cracks in the surface and has become an expert on how murderers … Continue reading Review: What Remains by Wendy Walker

Goodreads Release date: May 23, 2023 Publisher: Berkley Romance Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: A starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of a lifetime that just might upend everything they believe about true love.Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her elderly best friend … Continue reading Review: Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler