A marriage, a friendship, the fate of a missing child—all three hang in the balance. Noah and Dana are already facing a difficult time in their short marriage when their daughter, Samara, is abducted. The fallout from friends and family, and the harsh judgment of the public, force them to face some difficult truths about their views on love, marriage, and race. 💔As Dana reflects on the road leading to her and Noah’s union, she begins to examine her motives for getting married, consider whether they should go on, and most painfully, question whether she and her husband ever really knew each other at all. Nia Forrester delivers mystery thriller suspense where marriages facing difficult times become abducted daughters creating fallout from friends and family forcing facing difficult truths about views on love, marriage, and race. 😱

Why I’m including this: Noah and Dana are already facing a difficult time in their short marriage when their daughter Samara is abducted. The fallout from friends and family and the harsh judgment of the public force them to face difficult truths about their views on love, marriage, and race. As Dana reflects on the road to their union, she begins to question whether they should go on and whether she and her husband ever really knew each other at all.

A high-powered criminal defense attorney seeks redemption in the most corrupt town in New England. In 1894, Whitby, Massachusetts, better known as Shipwreck Point to its residents, personifies the excesses of the Gilded Age. Home to luxury hotels, bawdy houses, gambling establishments, and a crooked local government, Whitby combines the glitter of Newport, Rhode Island with the shady dealings of Tammany Hall. 🎩Titus Strong, lawyer to the rich and famous, left Boston for the seaside town to escape the publicity from his most recent case as well as his guilty conscience. Elisabeth Wade, an independent, intelligent young woman in need of a job, has lived in Whitby all her life. She knows the people, the places, and where the bodies are buried—sometimes literally. Katie Sullivan, owner of the Honey House, may not have a respectable position, but she is respected. And she’s very protective of her girls. When a drunken lighthouse keeper tries to rape one of them, Katie threatens him in front of witnesses, including Titus Strong. When the keeper is found murdered, the police look no further than the well-known madam. But Titus doesn’t believe she killed him. Will he be able to gather enough evidence to prove her innocence? 🔍

Why I’m including this: 1894 Whitby, Massachusetts—better known as Shipwreck Point—personifies Gilded Age excesses combining Newport glitter with Tammany Hall shady dealings. High-powered attorney Titus Strong left Boston to escape publicity and his guilty conscience. When Honey House owner Katie Sullivan threatens a drunken lighthouse keeper in front of witnesses after he tries to rape one of her girls, then the keeper is found murdered, police look no further than the well-known madam. But Titus doesn’t believe she killed him.

He’s fire incarnate. She’s the prophecy no one saw coming. Together, they could set the realms ablaze. When Kielyn Allister accidentally kills three men with fire, her life implodes. She’s not a warrior. She’s not immortal. She’s just human—with elemental magic no mortal has possessed. Now every realm wants her: to claim, control, or destroy. 🔥Ashdon LaGoryen, fire-born son of a fallen kingdom with the blood of the dragon in his veins, has spent centuries on the run from the vampire king who shattered his world. He’s buried his guilt, mastered his power, and locked his emotions behind ice-cold control. But when news spreads of a mortal wielding both fire and water, something inside of him cracks, and he’s pulled back into a life he swore he’d never return to. Across faceted realms ruled by vampires, angels, fae, and elementals, ancient powers are rising and fragile alliances are fracturing. At the center of it all stands a woman who never asked to be a weapon—and a man who’s already lost everything once before. 🐉

Why I’m including this: When Kielyn Allister accidentally kills three men with fire, her life implodes. She’s not a warrior or immortal—just human with elemental magic no mortal has possessed. Now every realm wants her: to claim, control, or destroy. Ashdon LaGoryen, fire-born son of a fallen kingdom with dragon blood, spent centuries running from the vampire king who shattered his world. When news spreads of a mortal wielding fire and water, he’s pulled back into a life he swore he’d never return to.

On yet another wet morning in Yorkshire, Laura, a newly qualified nurse, orphaned at a young age and brought up by her late grandma, is struggling financially and emotionally since the death of her beloved gran. That is, until one morning, when, out of the blue she receives a mysterious letter. With life changing decisions to be made, will Laura take up the challenge of starting a new life in the French sunshine? 🌅Join her on the roller-coaster adventure, as she experiences highs and lows, opens new doors, makes new friends and enemies along the way. Who can she trust in this unfamiliar country with the long buried secrets that she uncovers? And, how is she going to deal with her belligerent new neighbour? Emma Sharp delivers romantic comedy where newly qualified nurses orphaned at young age receive mysterious letters creating life changing decisions about starting new lives in French sunshine. 🇫🇷

Why I’m including this: On yet another wet Yorkshire morning, Laura, a newly qualified nurse orphaned at a young age and brought up by her late grandma, is struggling financially and emotionally since her beloved gran’s death. That is, until she receives a mysterious letter. Will Laura take up the challenge of starting a new life in the French sunshine? Who can she trust in this unfamiliar country with the long buried secrets she uncovers? And how will she deal with her belligerent new neighbour?

A simple phone call disrupts Nell Williams’s well-ordered life. Her mother, Mary, is in a hospital in Vermont. But her mother is supposed to be safely tucked away in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, so Nell can’t fathom why she would be so far from home. After notifying her sister, Bridget, Nell hops on a plane and rushes to her mother’s side. There, she discovers that her mother has been living a second life. 😱Mary has another home and a set of complex relationships with people her daughters have never met. When Nell and Bridget delve deeper into their mother’s lakeside hideaway, they uncover a vault of family secrets and the gateway to change for all three women. Gail Cleare delivers contemporary women’s fiction where simple phone calls disrupt well-ordered lives when mothers supposed to be in assisted-living facilities end up hospitalized in Vermont revealing second lives with complex relationships daughters never knew about. 💔

Why I’m including this: A simple phone call disrupts Nell Williams’s well-ordered life. Her mother Mary is in a Vermont hospital, but her mother is supposed to be safely tucked away in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts. After rushing to her mother’s side, Nell discovers that her mother has been living a second life. Mary has another home and complex relationships with people her daughters have never met. When Nell and Bridget delve deeper into their mother’s lakeside hideaway, they uncover a vault of family secrets.

Growing up, I knew my older brother’s best friend, Colin, thought of me as “Logan’s kid sister.” For me, though, our next-door neighbor felt like anything but a sibling. Whenever I spied on Colin through my bedroom window as he banged away, shirtless, on his drum kit, I felt sensations inside me I’d definitely never felt for my actual brother. 🥁Fast-forward nine years to my big brother’s wedding, and I shared a secret, electrifying, drunken kiss with Colin—a certified rockstar nowadays—that rocked my freaking world. The next morning, though, Colin blamed the alcohol. Said we should pretend the kiss, and my unfortunate text afterward—and especially, the shocking, dirty thing he whispered into my ear afterwards—never happened. Yeah, no, Colin. Now that we’re going to be working together, all bets are off. 💕

Why I’m including this: Growing up, my older brother’s best friend Colin thought of me as “Logan’s kid sister,” but whenever I spied on him through my bedroom window banging away shirtless on his drum kit, I felt sensations I’d never felt for my actual brother. Fast-forward nine years to my brother’s wedding and I shared a secret electrifying drunken kiss with Colin—now a certified rockstar—but he blamed the alcohol. Now we’re working together and all bets are off.

It was supposed to be a typical work trip. New York to San Francisco, window seat, exit row. Maybe a mimosa. Then, seat 14B sat down. When our eyes met, the flight became anything but routine. I could pinpoint the moments in my life where everything changed forever. Meeting Jared on that flight was first. Falling in love with him was second. Discovering the secrets he kept was third. ✈️Putting my broken self back together and forgetting what I learned would be difficult. Forgiving Jared would be impossible. He said, before me, nothing mattered. But after him, nothing would ever be the same. Marni Mann delivers contemporary romance where typical work trips become anything but routine when seat 14B sits down and eyes meet creating life-changing moments. 💔

Why I’m including this: It was supposed to be a typical work trip—New York to San Francisco, window seat, exit row. Maybe a mimosa. Then seat 14B sat down and when our eyes met, the flight became anything but routine. I could pinpoint the moments where everything changed forever: Meeting Jared on that flight was first. Falling in love with him was second. Discovering the secrets he kept was third. Forgiving him would be impossible.

When a bright young man teams up with a glamorous femme fatale, the identity of a murderer won’t be the only secret they’ll unmask. London, 1922: Lord Reginald “Rex” Bankes-Fernsby has spent his post-war years chasing distractions—fast cars, glittering nightclubs, and the empty promises of London’s roaring nightlife. But when his best friend Freddie is found dead, the official story doesn’t add up. Was Freddie a criminal, or did his death serve a darker purpose? 🔍Desperate for answers, Rex turns to Theodora Laurent, a magnetic society darling with a knack for walking the fine line between scandal and sophistication. One of the last people to see Freddie alive, Dora might hold the key to unraveling the mystery, if someone doesn’t kill her first. When a bullet narrowly misses her, Rex and Dora are thrown together in a deadly game of cat and mouse. As they race around London in search of the truth, they uncover not just dangerous secrets but the fragile threads of trust that might bind them—or tear them apart. 😱

Why I’m including this: London, 1922: Lord Reginald “Rex” Bankes-Fernsby spent his post-war years chasing distractions until his best friend Freddie is found dead and the official story doesn’t add up. Desperate for answers, Rex turns to Theodora Laurent, a magnetic society darling who was one of the last people to see Freddie alive. When a bullet narrowly misses Dora, they’re thrown together in a deadly game racing around London uncovering dangerous secrets.

Vera Bitter is dead, but her secrets have yet to be buried. After the tragic death of Bridget’s parents, her grandmother took her in. Vera Bitter raised her from behind a closed door—cold and uncaring from the moment she arrived at Bitter House. After Bridget’s high school graduation, Vera kicked her out without so much as a goodbye, and Bridget never heard from her again. Which is why, when she receives word of Vera’s passing and discovers she’s inherited the family manor, she’s immediately filled with dread. 🏚️Those worries are amplified when she arrives at Bitter House after years away to find an enigmatic piece of her past waiting for her. Growing up, there was only one person Bridget distrusted more than her grandmother, and that was Cole Warner—the son of Vera’s house manager and the bane of her childhood existence. Now, he’s her new housemate. Owning the house she was once forced to leave with a man she’s always despised forces Bridget to confront feelings and questions she’s been running from since the day she was driven away from Bitter House. 😱

Why I’m including this: Vera Bitter is dead but her secrets have yet to be buried. After her parents’ death, Vera raised Bridget from behind a closed door—cold and uncaring. After high school graduation, Vera kicked her out without goodbye. When Bridget inherits the family manor, she arrives to find Cole Warner—the son of Vera’s house manager and the bane of her childhood—is now her new housemate, forcing her to confront feelings she’s been running from.

He’s hiding a secret that could destroy everything. She’s running from a dangerous would-be suitor. Together, they’ll discover that love is worth the risk. Jonas White never expected redemption. Banished from everything he knew, the rugged Wyoming homesteader has built a new life raising a passel of orphaned boys—and the precious baby girl whose birth cost him everything. He’s learned to live with his shame, to find purpose in his patchwork family, and to keep his heart locked away where no one can reach it. 🤠Penny Castlerock is a wealthy banker’s daughter is everything Jonas can never have—refined, beautiful, and far above his station. But Penny knows his secret. When a sinister threat forces her to flee town, she finds unexpected refuge at Jonas’s isolated ranch, where danger feels far away. But Penny is hopelessly out of her element. Yet in the warmth of Jonas’s rough-hewn home, surrounded by the laughter of mischievous children and the steady strength of a man who’s survived the unthinkable, she discovers something she never expected: hope. A family. And a love worth fighting for. 💕

Why I’m including this: Jonas White never expected redemption. Banished from everything he knew, the rugged Wyoming homesteader built a new life raising orphaned boys and the precious baby girl whose birth cost him everything. Wealthy banker’s daughter Penny Castlerock knows his secret. When a sinister threat forces her to flee town, she finds unexpected refuge at Jonas’s isolated ranch where she discovers hope, family, and a love worth fighting for.