Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 28, 2019 Publisher: Scribner Genre: Literary Fiction Blurb: A profoundly moving novel about two neighboring families in a suburban town, the friendship between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, and the power of forgiveness. Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope are two NYPD rookies assigned to the same Bronx … Continue reading Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Tag: Contemporary Fiction
Only Ever Her by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 7, 2019 Publisher: Lake Union Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: It was to be the perfect wedding—until the bride disappeared. Annie Taft’s wedding is four days away, and it will be one of the grandest anyone can remember in her small South Carolina town. Preparations are in order. Friends and family are … Continue reading Only Ever Her by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 21, 2019 Publisher: Lake Union Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb: to fear. Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has … Continue reading Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Because of You by Helene Fermont
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: October 15, 2018 Genre: Fiction Blurb: How desperate are you to get the one you love? When Hannah and Ben meet at a friend's party, he knows she's The One. But Hannah's in an intense relationship with Mark and planning to return to her native Sweden to embark on a teaching career. … Continue reading Because of You by Helene Fermont
By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank
About By Invitation Only• Paperback: 432 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (April 23, 2019) The Lowcountry of South Carolina is where By Invitation Only begins at a barbecue engagement party thrown by Diane English Stiftel, her brother Floyd, and her parents to celebrate her son’s engagement. On this gorgeous, magical night, the … Continue reading By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank
Dear Lily by Drew Davies
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 17, 2019 Publisher: Bookouture Genre: Fiction Blurb: Dear Lily, It’s me, Joy, your much wiser and (very slightly) older sister. I thought I’d start a new tradition of letter writing – now that we’re long distance. On the plane over here, I began to cry in seat 21C. I think the … Continue reading Dear Lily by Drew Davies
Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 7, 2019 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Genre: Women's Fiction Blurb: Pull up a lounge chair and have a cocktail at Sunset Beach – it comes with a twist. Drue Campbell’s life is adrift. Out of a job and down on her luck, life doesn’t seem to be getting any better when … Continue reading Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews
The Southern Side of Paradise by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 7, 2019 Publisher: Gallery Genre: Women's Fiction Blurb: With the man of her dreams back in her life and all three of her daughters happy, Ansley Murphy should be content. But she can’t help but feel like it’s all a little too good to be true. Meanwhile, youngest daughter and actress … Continue reading The Southern Side of Paradise by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Drawing Home by Jamie Brenner
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: May 7, 2019 Publisher: Little Brown Genre: Women's Fiction Blurb: Summer has started in idyllic Sag Harbor, and for Emma Mapson that means greeting guests at the front desk of The American Hotel. But when one of the town's most famous residents, artist Henry Wyatt, dies suddenly, Emma learns he has mysteriously … Continue reading Drawing Home by Jamie Brenner
The View from Alameda Island by Robyn Carr
Goodreads|Amazon Release date: April 30, 2019 Publisher: MIRA Genre: Women's Fiction Blurb: From the outside looking in, Lauren Delaney has a life to envy—a successful career, a solid marriage to a prominent surgeon and two beautiful daughters who are off to good colleges. But on her twenty-fourth wedding anniversary Lauren makes a decision that will … Continue reading The View from Alameda Island by Robyn Carr
