Goodreads Release date: January 7, 2024 Publisher: Atria Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past.  Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the … Continue reading Review: The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan

Goodreads Release date: December 3, 2024 Publisher: Gallery Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: When Zoe Ann Weiss moves to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming a writer, her whole future is wide open. But then Zach, the bartender and aspiring actor she’s falling for, ghosts her. Her debut novel, a thriller, fails. And she has … Continue reading Review: The Close Up by Pip Drysdale

Goodreads Release date: September 24, 2024 Publisher: Canary Street Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: To the outside world, Imogen is a marketing dynamo. Her colleagues don’t know that while her high-achieving professional image is real, the happy childhood stories she spins are as fake as her pretend enthusiasm for Christmas. Working 24/7 has always been … Continue reading Review: The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan

Goodreads Release date: December 3, 2024 Publisher: Atria Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Peyton Collard was a good man once, but his life changed after a horrific car accident. Divorced, drunk, and severely damaged, Peyton is offered a life-changing sum of money to kill an evil man. But as he goes on a vigilante journey that leaves … Continue reading Review: Deadbeat by Adam Hamdy

Goodreads Release date: November 19, 2024 Publisher: Harper Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: A dazzling thriller about a young woman whose fabulously wealthy mother might be the victim of an elaborate con or might be losing her mind––and the daughter can’t tell where the truth lies. Julie’s mother Kate is a force of nature––a glamorous woman of … Continue reading Review: Shell Games by Bonnie Kistler

Goodreads Release date: November 19, 2024 Publisher: Lake Union Genre: Suspense Synopsis: An Oregon wildfire and the roiling rapids of an untamed river pose unimaginable threats for friends fighting to save those they love in a pulse-pounding novel of suspense by the author of The Wild Between Us. Every wildfire season cloaks rural Carbon, Oregon, in … Continue reading Review: Smoke Season by Amy Hagstrom

Goodreads Release date: November 12, 2024 Publisher: Harper Genre: Suspense Synopsis: A seemingly perfect suburban housewife is being pursued by a private detective . . . and hunted by a murderer in this riveting, much-anticipated posthumous novel from the beloved author of Roses and Dragonfly. Katherine Walker enjoys an enviable life. Her husband is an … Continue reading Review: April Storm by Leila Meacham