Sky Daddy

Kate Folk

Synopsis: Cross the jet bridge with Linda, a frequent flyer with an unusual obsession, in this audaciously imagined and surprisingly tender debut novel. Both subversive and unexpectedly heartwarming, Sky Daddy hijacks the classic love story, exploring desire, fate, and the longing to be accepted for who we truly are.

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The Sun Was Electric Light

Rachel Morton

Synopsis: A beautifully told story about a disillusioned woman searching for belonging from the winner of the 2024 VPLA Unpublished Manuscript Award.

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Things Left Unsaid

Sara Jafari

Synopsis: A dazzling, electrifying, and thought-provoking novel for readers of Maame and Honey Girl, Things Left Unsaid is a mesmerizing and deeply-felt exploration of discovering your place in the world and the lasting power of love.

I See You’ve Called in Dead

John Kenney

Synopsis: The Office meets Six Feet Under meets About a Boy in this coming-of-middle-age tale about having a second chance to write your life’s story. New York Times bestselling author John Kenney tells a funny, touching story about life and death, about the search for meaning, about finding and never letting go of the preciousness of life.

Francine’s Spectacular Crash & Burn

Renee Swindle

Synopsis: Francine Stevenson’s chance encounter with a ten-year-old who shows up at her doorstep after her mother’s sudden death spirals into an adventure for the ages. A tale of found family and hijinks, Francine’s Spectacular Crash and Burn will wiggle deep into even the most resistant hearts.

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The Bright Years

Sarah Damoff

Synopsis: One family. Four generations. A secret son. A devastating addiction. A Texas family is met with losses and surprises of inheritance, but they’re unable to shake the pull back toward each other in this big-hearted family saga perfect for readers of Mary Beth Keane and Claire Lombardo.

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Francine’s Spectacular Crash & Burn

Renee Swindle

Synopsis: A taut and lyrical coming-of-age debut about a young American woman navigating class, lies, and love amid London’s jet-set elite. Sparkling with intelligence and insight, All That Life Can Afford peels back the glossy layers of class and privilege, exploring what it means to create a new life for yourself that still honors the one you’ve left behind.

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The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits

Jennifer Weiner

Synopsis: A deeply moving novel set against the glitz and chaos of early 2000s pop stardom. Equal parts heartfelt family saga and behind-the-scenes look at fame, this is a story about sisters, secrets, and the power of second chances. 

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Fun for the Whole Family

Jennifer E. Smith

Synopsis: A breathtaking, joy-filled novel about the people we love, the secrets we keep, and the enduring power of family, from the bestselling author of The Unsinkable Greta James. 

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Happy Land

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Synopsis: A woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom—and her family’s ties to it—in this enthralling novel from the New York Times bestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author of Take My Hand.

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The Eights

Joanna Miller

Synopsis: Following the unlikely friendship of four women in the first female class at Oxford, their unshakeable bond in the face of male contempt, and their coming of age in a world forever changed by World War I.

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Six Days in Bombay

Alka Joshi

Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist, this sweeping novel of identity and self-discovery takes readers from Bombay to Prague, Florence, Paris and London, to uncover the mystery behind a famous painter’s death.

The Library of Lost Dollhouses

Elise Hooper

Synopsis: When a young librarian discovers historic dollhouses in a hidden room, she embarks on an unexpected journey that reveals surprising secrets about the lost miniatures. Spanning the course of a century, The Library of Lost Dollhouses is a warm, bright, and captivating story of secrets and love that embraces the importance of illuminating overlooked women.

The Traitor of Sherwood Forest

Amy S. Kaufman

Synopsis: An immersive, sultry, heart-pounding historical reimagining of the Robin Hood ballads, told through the piercing eyes of one of his spies. Jane Crowe is an ordinary peasant girl who never dreamed she would work for the infamous Lord of the Greenwood. But when she’s forced out of her home, she has no choice but to turn to Robin Hood for help—and he makes her an irresistible offer. He needs a pair of eyes in the King’s Houses, and quiet, unassuming Jane—who has spent her whole life going unnoticed—will be the perfect spy.

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Tough Luck

Sandra Dallas

Synopsis: In this homage to True Grit, a young woman makes a perilous journey west in 1863 in search of her gold-mining father. Filled with vivid period detail, colorful characters, and the irreverent voice of our scrappy heroine, Tough Luck celebrates both the tenacity of youth and the persistence of the heart in the great American West.

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Passion Project

London Sperry

Synopsis: If your twenties are supposed to be the best years of your life, Bennet Taylor is failing miserably . . . with a big emphasis on the miserable. When Bennet runs into Henry Adams just hours after standing him up for a first date, she makes an alcohol-fueled confession: She’s not ready to date. ather than leaving her to ruminate, Henry jumps at the opportunity for adventure: Bennet needs to find a passion for life, and Henry will help her find it. With emotional resonance and sparkling banter, Passion Project is a fun, flirty, thoughtful story of finding a spark—and igniting happiness.

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Insignificant Others

Sarah Jio

Synopsis: From New York Times bestselling author Sarah Jio comes an escapist novel following a young woman stuck in a “time loop” of one-day relationships with romantic partners from her past. Enchanting and surprising, Insignificant Others is a lively, heartfelt novel that explores the relatable and resonant “what ifs” of life, but most especially, love.

The Geographer’s Map to Romance

India Holton

Synopsis: Geography professors in a failed marriage of convenience inconveniently reconnect for an emergency mission in this swoony historical-fantasy rom-com.

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Say You’ll Remember Me

Abby Jimenez

Synopsis: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer comes a playful yet deeply emotional romance where one date is all it takes for two people to know they’re perfect for each other . . . until one of them moves 2,000 miles away the next day.

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What If I Never Get Over You

Paige Toon

Synopsis: Three days to fall in love. Six years to try to forget. One Day meets a contemporary Bridgerton in this high-drama, escapist wonder of a love story, Paige Toon’s best yet.

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Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter

Samantha Crewson

Synopsis: A woman with a violent past gets a chance at redemption in this upmarket suspense debut, perfect for fans of Lisa Taddeo and Tiffany McDaniel. Sharp and poignant, Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter is a stunning novel that eschews picture-perfect endings and dares to tell a story about a resilient queer woman and her relentless determination to persevere.

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Heartwood

Amity Gaige

Synopsis: Heartwood is a gem of a thousand facets—suspenseful, transporting, tender, and ultimately soul-mending that tells the story of a lost hiker’s odyssey and is a moving rendering of each character’s interior journey. The mystery inspires larger questions about the many ways in which we get lost, and how we are found. At its core, Heartwood is a redemptive novel, written with both enormous literary ambition and love.

Julie Chan Is Dead

Liann Zhang

Synopsis: In this debut thriller perfect for fans of Bunny and Yellowface, a young woman steps into her deceased twin’s influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade.

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Coram House

Bailey Seybolt

Synopsis: Sharp Objects meets I Have Some Questions for You in this haunting novel—inspired by a true story—about a crime writer who risks everything as she investigates the mystery of two deaths, decades apart, at a crumbling Vermont orphanage.

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The Matchmaker

Aisha Saeed

Synopsis: A society matchmaker realizes she’s in danger when her clients’ weddings are sabotaged in increasingly disturbing ways—an utterly original mystery from New York Times bestselling author Aisha Saeed.

The Death of Us

Abigail Dean

Synopsis: It’s the night we never talk about. It’s the story the world wants to hear. But this isn’t the story of that night. This is the story of us. A captivating portrait of a marriage and its implosion, The Death of Us digs into the stories we tell ourselves about love — and everything love can bear.

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The Last Session

Julia Bartz

Synopsis: From the instant New York Times bestselling author of The Writing Retreat, a white-knuckled locked-room thriller about a social worker who, after coming face-to-face with her dark past, must infiltrate a mysterious wellness center in the deserts of New Mexico.

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The Maid’s Secret

Nita Prose

Synopsis: When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest.

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When the Wolf Comes Home

Nat Cassidy

Synopsis: Nat Cassidy, author of the acclaimed horror Mary, returns with When the Wolf Comes Home, an unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality.

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Collin Armstrong

Synopsis: Stranger Things meets The Walking Dead in this chilling novel based on the terrifying urban legend about a video game created by the government for psychological warfare.

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The Ghost Woods

C.J. Cooke

Synopsis: A young woman sent to stay in a crumbling gothic manor will find haunting secrets creeping out of the surrounding dark woods in this new, chilling novel from the acclaimed author of The Lighthouse Witches.

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The Sirens

Emilia Hart

Synopsis: A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Timesbestseller Weyward.

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The Amalfi Curse

Sarah Penner

Synopsis: Powerful witchcraft. A hunt for sunken treasure. Forbidden love on the high seas. Beware the Amalfi Curse… Against the dazzling backdrop of the Amalfi Coast, this bewitching novel shimmers with mystery, romance, and the untamed magic of the sea.

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The Seven O’Clock Club

Amelia Ireland

Synopsis: Four strangers are brought together to participate in an experimental treatment designed to heal broken hearts in this surprising and heartfelt debut novel from author Amelia Ireland.

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Eleven Percent

Maren Uthaug

Synopsis: An inverse The Handmaid’s Tale that asks: What if women took over the world? Provocative, irreverent, and completely riveting, Eleven Percent—a #1 bestseller in Denmark—is the first novel to appear in English by celebrated Danish author Maren Uthaug.

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Enchantra

Kaylie Smith

Synopsis: Return to the world of USA Today bestselling BookTok favorite Phantasma in this spicy, stand-alone romantasy, where seven immortal siblings are trapped in a deadly game of hide and seek . . . until one mortal woman changes the rules.

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The Ashfire King

Chelsea Abdullah

Synopsis: A merchant and a prince trapped in the crumbling realm of jinn must figure out how to save one world to return to their own in The Ashfire King, the second book in the Sandsea Trilogy, perfect for fans of The City of Brass and The Bone Shard Daughter.

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Broken Souls & Bones

L.J. Andrews

Synopsis: Together they’ll restore a divided kingdom—or burn it down—in this new romantasy from USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation LJ Andrews.

Boat Baby

Vicky Nguyen

Synopsis: In a memoir where heroism meets humor, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love.

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The 10: A Memoir of Family & the Open Road

E.A. Hanks

Synopsis: From Vanity Fair and The New York Times contributor comes a beautifully written, deeply felt memoir recounting the solo, cross-country journey she made along the Ten across the American southwest: a mission to uncover both what harrowing violence may or may not have happened to her late mother, but also, to look within and discover who she herself is—where her mother ends and she begins.

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