Release date: August 31, 2021 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: Piper Evans: elementary school teacher by day--avid romance reader and anonymous podcaster by night. She lives a quiet, reclusive life, taking care of her mother, who struggles with mental illness, avoiding her regrettable ex, who bartends in town, and trying to make inroads in … Continue reading The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle
If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
Release date: August 3, 2021 Publisher: Hyperion Avenue Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: After having just graduated with a degree in shoe design, and trying to get her feet on the ground, Cindy is working for her stepmother, who happens to be the executive producer of America's favorite reality show, Before Midnight. When a spot on … Continue reading If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
Wait for It by Jenn McKinlay
Goodreads Release date: August 10, 2021 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: Stuck in a dreary Boston winter, Annabelle Martin would like nothing more than to run away from her current life. She's not even thirty years old, twice-divorced, and has just dodged a marriage proposal... from her ex-husband. When she's offered her dream job … Continue reading Wait for It by Jenn McKinlay
The Sister in Law by Pamela Crane
Goodreads Release date: August 10, 2021 Publisher: William Morrow Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: She stole my husband. So I'd steal her life.The WifeLane won Candace's heart over chocolate martinis and karaoke. But weeks into their whirlwind marriage, Candace realized Lane came with burdensome baggage in the form of his possessive live-in sister and her eerily watchful … Continue reading The Sister in Law by Pamela Crane
Did I Say You Could Go? by Melanie Gideon
Goodreads Release date: August 3, 2021 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: When Ruth, a wealthy divorcée, offers to host the Hillside Academy kindergarten meet-and-greet, she hopes this will be a fresh start for her and her introverted daughter, Marley. Finally, they’ll be accepted into a tribe. Marley will make friends and Ruth will … Continue reading Did I Say You Could Go? by Melanie Gideon
Then She Vanishes by Claire Douglas
Goodreads Release date: August 3, 2021 Publisher: Harper Audio Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Everything changed the night she disappeared . . . On a summer's night in 1994, sixteen-year-old Flora Powell vanished from her sleepy seaside town without a trace. Their hearts shattered, Flora’s mother, her sister Heather, and Heather’s best friend Jess had to somehow … Continue reading Then She Vanishes by Claire Douglas
Love Next Door by Helena Hunting
Goodreads Release date: July 27, 2021 Publisher: Montlake Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: When Dillion Stitch left her hometown, she had no intention of going back. But when her brother gets into trouble, Dillion reluctantly agrees to return home to take her place at the family business.Being back in Pearl Lake after all these years feels … Continue reading Love Next Door by Helena Hunting
So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park
Goodreads Release date: August 3, 2021 Publisher: Harper Audio Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: When up-and-coming investment banker Jess Kim is passed over for a promotion, laid off in a virtual meeting, and then overhears why (“she’s already being overpaid anyway for a woman” and “Asians are worker bees, not someone who can drum up new … Continue reading So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park
Safe in my Arms by Sara Shepard
Goodreads Release date: July 27, 2021 Publisher: Dutton Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Andrea, Lauren, and Ronnie all see themselves as good, loving moms who are trying their best, but they each arrive at the Silver Swans preschool Welcome Breakfast with something to hide. Andrea is running away from a past on the East Coast, which she … Continue reading Safe in my Arms by Sara Shepard
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Goodreads Release date: July 13, 2021 Publisher: Harper Audio Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he … Continue reading It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
