In Charlie Jane Anders’ Lessons in Magic and Disaster, a young witch teaches her grieving mother magic with unexpected results. Jamie, a grad student with a powerful secret, helps her mother Serena come out of her shell. But hidden truths from Serena’s past and a mysterious 1749 book threaten to unravel them both – unless Jamie can uncover the scandal it hides and the true nature of magic. Yael and Margot, childhood friends, reunite at a decision time in their lives.…
Alex Foster’s Circular Motion is a story of love, despair, and two people’s search for belonging in a world literally spinning out of control. Tanner escapes his tiny Alaskan hometown for a job at CWC, which is revolutionizing global travel, while outcast Winnie joins teen activists blaming CWC for Earth’s acceleration. As days shorten and storms rage, their lives spiral toward each other in a rapidly changing world. Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability: A Novel is a suspenseful family drama about moral responsibility in the age of AI.…
Deadly rivalries and deadlier love tip the scales between freedom and destruction in Fortress of Ambrose, the explosive finale of the New York Times bestselling House of Marionne series by J. Elle. In Nadine Gonzalez’s Only Lovers in the Building, Liliane is spending the summer in Miami Beach, Florida, after her legal career comes to a humiliating end. She soon meets university professor-on-sabbatical Benedicto Romero, the resident tortured poet, and they begin to spend their days together reading romance novels by the pool – while trying to make sense of the sizzling chemistry between them.…
Reuven Fenton’s Goyhood: A Novel is the story of Mayer Belkin, a devoutly Orthodox man who discovers in middle age that he isn’t, in fact, Jewish. Traumatized and spiritually adrift, Mayer embarks on a surreal road trip through the Deep South with his estranged twin, his mother’s ashes, an Instagram influencer, and a one-eyed dog, while grappling with God, identity, and marriage woes. In Jason Diamond’s Kaplan’s Plot: A Novel, Elijah returns to Chicago broken – his mother Eve is dying and his business has failed.…
In Diana Says Yes: A Dirty Diana Novel, co-authored by Jen Besser and Shana Feste, Diana trades Parisian escapades for therapy with her husband, Oliver – where sex is forbidden. Dating her own husband rekindles passion, but that spark comes just as her secret fantasy website gains attention. From lavish parties to old flames resurfacing, Diana must balance intimacy, her growing business, and what she truly wants. Audrey Ingram’s The Summer We Ran is a story of lost love and buried secrets.…