Goodreads Release date: July 9, 2024 Publisher: Ballantine Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: Four freshmen arrive at college from completely different worlds: Lainey, a California party girl with a flair for drama; Tyson, a brilliant scholar and law school hopeful from D.C.; Summer, a recruited athlete and perfectionist from the Midwest; and Hannah, a mild-mannered southerner … Continue reading The Summer Pact by Emily Giffin
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A Novel Summer by Jamie Brenner
Goodreads Release date: July 16, 2024 Publisher: Park Row Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: Author Shelby Archer found inspiration for her first novel while living on the picturesque shores of Provincetown on Cape Cod. When she comes to the town to celebrate her new bestseller, she is expecting a warm homecoming. But instead she is confronted … Continue reading A Novel Summer by Jamie Brenner
What We’ll Burn Last by Heather Chavez
Goodreads Release date: July 23, 2024 Publisher: Mulhulland Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Three women. When she was twelve, Leyna Clarke watched her older sister, Grace, walk away from their Sierra Nevada foothills home with her boyfriend, Adam Duran. Neither was ever seen again. Sixteen years later, a stranger who looks like Grace shows up at the restaurant … Continue reading What We’ll Burn Last by Heather Chavez
The Hollywood Assistant by May Cobb
Goodreads Release date: July 9, 2024 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Offered a dream job in Hollywood with a famous director and his actress wife, an insecure woman becomes their personal assistant where their secrets and lies place her in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. Cassidy Foster is heartbroken, stuck in life, and getting … Continue reading The Hollywood Assistant by May Cobb
Same As it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
Goodreads Release date: June 18, 2024 Publisher: Doubleday Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: Same As It Ever Was showcases the consummate style, signature wit, and profound emotional intelligence that made The Most Fun We Ever Hadone of the most beloved novels of the past decade. Featuring a memorably messy family and the multifaceted marriage at its heart, Lombardo’s … Continue reading Same As it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
The Haters by Robyn Harding
Goodreads Release date: July 2, 2024 Publisher: Grand Central Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Camryn Lane is living her dream. After years of struggle and rejection, her first novel has finally been published. Her editor is happy; her teenage daughter is proud; and her boyfriend and friends are all excited for her. She’s on top of the … Continue reading The Haters by Robyn Harding
A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
Goodreads Release date: June 25, 2024 Publisher: Berkley Romance Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction… literally. Eileen Merriweather loves to get lost in a good happily-ever-after. The fictional kind, anyway. Because at least imaginary men don’t leave you at the altar. She feels safe … Continue reading A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
Guilty Mothers by Angela Marsons
Goodreads Amazon Release date: May 30, 2024 Publisher: Bookouture Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: She lies on the floor, her blue eyes wide and unseeing, arms outstretched as if begging for help. Kneeling next to her, wearing a purple sequinned ballgown and holding a knife in shaking hands, is her daughter… In a quiet kitchen, where two … Continue reading Guilty Mothers by Angela Marsons
Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Cornell
Goodreads Release date: June 25, 2024 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he’s acquitted, decides to move in with him and take the investigation into her own hands in this dark and irresistibly compelling debut thriller.Recently ghosted … Continue reading Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Cornell
Find Me in California by Kerry Lonsdale
Goodreads Release date: June 11, 2024 Publisher: Brillance Audio Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: An achingly romantic novel about chance meetings, buried secrets, and the multiple facets of love and family bonds by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kerry Lonsdale. Raised by her fiercely passionate and free-spirited grandmother, Julia Hope has never gone without love. But … Continue reading Find Me in California by Kerry Lonsdale
