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

Goodreads Release date: June 13, 2023 Publisher: Bantam Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Summer and Leo would do anything for each other. Inspired by the way each has had to carve her place in a hostile and unforgiving world, and united by the call of the open road, they travel around sunny California in Summer's tricked-out Land … Continue reading Review: You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heard

Goodreads Release date: June 20, 2023 Publisher: Thomas and Mercer Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Stars. Lovers. Liars. Killers. This is Hollywood, and everyone has a part to play in a shocking novel of suspense by New York Times bestselling author A. R. Torre.Actress Nora Kemp loves two men. One is Hugh Iverson, a philanthropic movie star … Continue reading Review: A Fatal Affair by A. R. Torre

Goodreads Release date: May 16, 2023 Publisher: Berkley Romance Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: When a woman who'd rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making for one hot-summer fling in New York Timesbestselling author Jenn McKinlay's new rom-com.For Samantha Gale, a summer on Martha's Vineyard at her family's tiny cottage was … Continue reading Review: Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay

Goodreads Release date: April 9, 2023 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: Two sisters have one summer to crush their comfort zones and save their grandmother’s legacy in this sweet, sexy, and heartfelt novel by Ali Brady, author of The Beach Trap .Hannah and Libby need a miracle. The PR agency they inherited from their … Continue reading Review: The Comeback Summer by Ali Brady