Goodreads Release date: June 16, 2020 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: Jessica and Emily Burnstein have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it’s a preview of freedom, exploring the possibility of her new and more exciting future. Not that she’s sure she even wants to go to college, … Continue reading I Was Told it Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman
Tag: Contemporary Fiction
My Kind of People by Lisa Duffy
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 12, 2020 Publisher: Atria Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: On Ichabod Island, a jagged strip of land thirteen miles off the coast of Massachusetts, ten-year-old Sky becomes an orphan for the second time after a tragic accident claims the lives of her adoptive parents. Grieving the death of his best friends, Leo’s … Continue reading My Kind of People by Lisa Duffy
Summer Longing by Jamie Brenner
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 5, 2020 Publisher: Little Brown Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: Ruth Cooperman arrives in beautiful beachside Provincetown for her retirement, renting the perfect waterfront cottage while she searches for her forever home. After years of hard work and making peace with life's compromises, Ruth is looking forward to a carefree summer of … Continue reading Summer Longing by Jamie Brenner
Best Behavior by Wendy Francis
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 5, 2020 Publisher: Graydon House Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: A modern-day family gathers for a weekend to remember in a novel rich in both humor and heart… Meredith Parker has made the journey to Bolton, her twins’ college, dozens of times. This weekend, though, is different. Dawn and Cody are about … Continue reading Best Behavior by Wendy Francis
The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: April 28, 2020 Publisher: William Morrow Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: Maggie, Eliza, and Tricia Sweeney grew up as a happy threesome in the idyllic seaside town of Southport, Connecticut. But their mother’s death from cancer fifteen years ago tarnished their golden-hued memories, and the sisters drifted apart. Their one touchstone is their … Continue reading The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan
Feels like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: April 28, 2020 Publisher: Gallery Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: It’s summertime on the North Carolina coast and the livin’ is easy. Unless, that is, you’ve just lost your mother to cancer, your sister to her extremist husband, and your husband to his executive assistant. Meet Gray Howard. Right when Gray could use … Continue reading Feels like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 5, 2020 Publisher: Atria Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favor to ask. Daphne hasn’t spoken one word to Drue in all … Continue reading Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Sunrise on Half Moon Bay by Robyn Carr
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: April 14, 2020 Publisher: MIRA Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: Adele and Justine have never been close. Born twenty years apart, Justine was already an adult when Addie was born. The sisters love each other but they don’t really know each other. When Addie dropped out of university to care for their ailing … Continue reading Sunrise on Half Moon Bay by Robyn Carr
The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: June 2, 2020 Publisher: Ballantine Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Romance Blurb: It's 2 a.m. in a dive bar on the Lower East Side, May 2001. Cecily figures it's the perfect place to order a beer and try to forget that she's just been dumped by the man she suspects she'll always think of as … Continue reading The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
The Body Politic by Brian Platzer
Good reads|Amazon Release date: March 3, 2020 Publisher: Atria Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: New York City is still regaining its balance in the years following 9/11, when four twenty-somethings—Tess, Tazio, David, and Angelica—meet in a bar, each yearning for something: connection, recognition, a place in the world, a cause to believe in. Nearly fifteen years … Continue reading The Body Politic by Brian Platzer
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