🪶 Author: Georgia Hill
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Historical Mystery

Two women. Two centuries. One house full of secrets.

A spellbinding tale for fans of Weyward, where the past never truly dies…

When Beth Loveday retreats to a shadowed corner of the Devon coast, she hopes to rebuild her life in peace. But the old timbered shop she buys—Tenpenny House—has other plans. Strange objects hidden in the walls. A book of forgotten remedies. And dreams that feel like memories.

In 1660, Susanna Loveday walks the same worn floors. Apprentice to a healer, she’s swept into a deadly game of suspicion and power when whispers of witchcraft begin to spread. As danger closes in, a single choice will echo through time.

Linked by blood and bound by secrets, Beth and Susanna are caught in a web that spans centuries. The truth lies buried—but Tenpenny House remembers everything…

Georgia Hill writes atmospheric historical mysteries that emphasize place and female resilience across time periods. Her dual-timeline narratives connect contemporary women with their historical counterparts in ways that illuminate both past and present, creating stories where history isn’t just backdrop but an active force shaping modern lives. The comparison to Weyward immediately signals the kind of book this is—historical fiction for readers who want strong women, dark secrets, and the supernatural shimmer of magical realism.

What makes this special: Dual-timeline novels live or die on whether both timelines are equally compelling, and Hill delivers on both fronts. Susanna’s 1660 story taps into the paranoia and danger of witchcraft accusations in Restoration England, while Beth’s contemporary narrative explores how the past refuses to stay buried when you occupy spaces where terrible things happened. The shared surname “Loveday” and the house that remembers suggest a connection deeper than coincidence, making this a mystery that spans not just centuries but bloodlines. The Devon coast setting adds Gothic atmosphere—wind-battered cliffs, isolated communities, secrets whispered generation to generation. If you loved Weyward by Emilia Hart, The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner, or The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, this offers similar themes of women’s hidden histories and the ways trauma echoes across time. At $1.99, it’s an affordable way to discover whether Hill’s voice resonates with you.

🎨 Author: Thi Bui
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Graphic Novel Biographies & Memoirs

A national bestseller and American Book Award winner, The Best We Could Do is an intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam from debut author Thi Bui.

In what Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen calls “a book to break your heart and heal it,” The Best We Could Do brings to life Thi Bui’s journey of understanding and provides inspiration to all of those who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.

This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family. Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves.

At the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent—the sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home.

Thi Bui’s The Best We Could Do earned immediate recognition as a landmark work in graphic memoir, winning the American Book Award and earning praise from literary giants like Viet Thanh Nguyen. Her debut established her as an essential voice in immigrant narratives, using the graphic novel format to convey emotional truths that prose alone might not capture. The visual storytelling allows her to show the weight of memory, the fragmentary nature of family history, and the ways trauma is passed down through generations.

Why I’m including this: Becoming a parent forces us to see our own parents as human beings with their own traumas and sacrifices, and Bui captures this revelation with devastating clarity. Her journey to understand her family’s escape from Vietnam and their struggles as refugees becomes a meditation on what parents give up for their children—and whether children can ever fully comprehend those sacrifices until they become parents themselves. The graphic novel format is essential rather than decorative; Bui’s illustrations convey emotions and memories that would lose power translated into words alone. The fragmented, impressionistic art style mirrors how we actually remember family history—in pieces, through stories half-understood in childhood and only fully grasped decades later. If you loved Maus by Art Spiegelman, Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, or They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, this belongs in that same conversation—graphic memoirs that use visual storytelling to explore identity, family, and history in ways that feel both deeply personal and universally resonant. At $3.99 for an award-winning work that typically retails much higher, this is an exceptional value for a book that will stay with you long after you finish it.

❤️ Author: Harlow James
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Contemporary Romance

I thought the hottest night of my life was a fluke, a one time deal, and life would just be the same the day after.

But then my one-night-stand turned out to be my new colleague at the high school where I teach, and my entire life changed in an instant.

Olivia Walsh drew me in that first night with her wild red hair, love of Bon Jovi, and the ability to kick my butt in pool. And when we left Tony’s Bar in my quaint town of Emerson Falls, Oregon, I never thought I’d see her again.

Then a piercing scream one morning at work ended in me running right into the first woman that made me want more than one night since I was betrayed three years ago by my best friend and fiancé while serving my country in the Army.

Only Olivia and I realized quickly we are more like water and oil than gasoline and a match, making the passion from the night we spent together too hard to ignore.

And even though I knew I should stay away, every interaction with the woman had me wanting more.

So I did what I never thought I’d do again—I jumped in with both feet, determined not to let my past haunt me forever.

Just when all the pieces of my life felt like they were finally falling into place, fate stirred the pot and threatened to shatter our romance.

Turns out that the threads of our lives were woven so tight, neither one of us saw our connection coming.

But now the question is, can we find our way out of the storm? Or will our story end up just being another tangled mess that leaves us both broken hearted?

Harlow James writes contemporary romances set in small towns where everyone knows everyone’s business, creating the kind of interconnected community dynamics that amplify romantic tension. Her Emerson Falls series has attracted readers who love the small-town setting, wounded heroes with military backgrounds, and the explosive chemistry that comes when one-night stands turn into something more complicated.

Here’s what you’re getting: The one-night-stand-becomes-coworker trope is romance catnip, and James delivers all the awkward tension and forbidden attraction that makes it work. Our hero is a veteran teacher still recovering from his fiancée’s betrayal while he was deployed—the kind of emotional wound that makes him resistant to connection, which means watching him fall for Olivia despite himself is particularly satisfying. The “water and oil” dynamic promises conflict that keeps the relationship interesting beyond initial attraction, while the revelation that their lives are connected in ways neither expected adds a mystery element that distinguishes this from straightforward workplace romance. If you’ve enjoyed Susan Mallery’s Fool’s Gold series, Kristan Higgins’s small-town romances, or Devney Perry’s contemporary romance novels, James delivers similar comfort-read energy with genuine emotional stakes. At $2.49, you’re getting a full-length romance that launches a series set in Emerson Falls, meaning if you fall in love with these characters, there are more stories waiting in this same cozy Oregon town.

💔 Author: Kate Hewitt
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Women’s Literary Fiction

If you had to make an impossible choice to save your long-lost daughter, you would… wouldn’t you?

It’s a warm early summer’s evening when Mia’s doorbell rings. She opens the door to see a teenage girl standing in the shadow beyond the porch light—and in an instant she knows who it is. Daisy, the daughter she gave up as a baby. Daisy steps forward, as she says tearfully “I’m sorry I didn’t call first. But something happened. And I really needed… you.”

Seventeen years before, knowing she couldn’t possibly give her beautiful little girl Daisy the future she deserved, Mia made the hardest decision of her life—to give her up. And Suzanne seemed the perfect adoptive mother: calm, stable, and full of love for the daughter she’d always dreamed of having.

The two mothers promised to keep communication open, so Daisy could have Mia’s love and support along with Suzanne’s. But as the years passed, Mia moved away, and their visits happened less. Now Daisy is almost a stranger to Mia—angry, closed and broken—nothing like the tiny girl she once couldn’t bear to say goodbye to.

But now Daisy has arrived on Mia’s doorstep, and she says she has a terrible secret. One she can never tell Suzanne. And she believes the only person who can help her is Mia. Her birth mother.

Mia, however, has secrets of her own. Ones she is afraid to let Daisy or anyone else know. And while Suzanne desperately seeks a way to bring her child home, can Mia overcome her past to help the girl they both call their daughter in her darkest hour before it’s too late?

Kate Hewitt is a prolific author of women’s fiction who specializes in emotionally complex family dramas that explore the gray areas of motherhood, sacrifice, and the impossible choices women face. Her novels consistently tackle difficult subjects with sensitivity and nuance, refusing easy answers or simple resolutions. She’s built a loyal readership drawn to her ability to create sympathetic characters facing genuinely hard moral dilemmas.

What makes this special: Open adoption creates one of the most emotionally fraught scenarios in fiction—two women who both love the same child, navigating boundaries and relationships that have no clear rules. Hewitt takes that already complex dynamic and explodes it by having the teenage daughter show up at her birth mother’s door with a secret she can’t tell her adoptive mother. The question becomes: what obligation does Mia have to a daughter she gave up seventeen years ago? And what betrayal would it be to Suzanne, the woman who has actually raised Daisy, if Mia keeps secrets from her? Add the revelation that Mia has her own secrets—things she’s hidden even from herself—and you have a powder keg of a premise. This isn’t a simple “birth mother vs. adoptive mother” story; it’s a nuanced exploration of what motherhood means beyond biology, and whether the hardest thing about giving up a child is being asked to mother them again when they need you most. If you’ve loved Jodi Picoult’s family dramas, Liane Moriarty’s domestic fiction, or Jojo Moyes’s emotionally complex novels, Hewitt delivers that same combination of emotional depth and moral complexity. At $1.99, it’s an affordable way to experience the kind of book that will have you questioning what you would do in the same impossible situation.

💌 Author: Ann O’Loughlin
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Women’s Friendship Fiction

My whole life, I’ve been haunted by a secret I’ve left behind on the coast of Ireland. I may be gone, but if you’re reading this Casey, I need to tell you everything…

When Casey’s dear friend Rosie passes away, her heart breaks in two; Rosie didn’t even tell her she was sick. And when a mysterious letter arrives from beyond the grave, describing the secluded island where Rosie spent every summer, Casey questions if she really knew her friend at all. With Casey’s hectic job ruling her life, and her marriage crumbling around her, she books a ticket to this beautiful Irish island to feel close to Rosie again, and find out what secrets she has hidden there.

Casey rushes to Rosie’s tumbledown cottage and immediately falls in love with the glimmering shores and breathtaking coves of Scarty Island. Why did Rosie keep this magical place a secret, even from her own husband? Desperate for answers, she jumps to the aid of locals organising afternoon teas for tourists, and helps handsome but overworked pub owner Shay. Though Shay stays tight-lipped, Casey notices how his hazel eyes shine when she makes him laugh, and how her heart skips a beat when his rough hands brush hers.

But just as Casey finds herself falling for Shay’s quiet strength, a final letter arrives that changes everything. The tear-stained pages tell the story of a forbidden romance and a tragic day at sea that destroyed Rosie’s life. It could shatter Casey’s blossoming romance and tear the small island community apart.

Ann O’Loughlin writes women’s fiction centered on Irish settings, friendship, and the secrets that shape lives across generations. Her novels consistently feature lush Irish landscapes, tight-knit communities with long memories, and mysteries that can only be solved by digging into the past. She’s built a devoted readership among fans who love their fiction seasoned with Irish charm, gentle romance, and the kind of secrets that entire communities work to protect.

Why I’m including this: The “letter from beyond the grave” is a classic device, but O’Loughlin uses it to explore something deeper—how well we really know even our closest friends, and whether keeping secrets is sometimes an act of love rather than betrayal. Casey’s journey to Scarty Island becomes a dual quest: understanding who Rosie really was, and figuring out who Casey herself wants to be now that her marriage is falling apart and her friend is gone. The Irish island setting provides both escape and mirror—a place where Casey can breathe but also where she’s forced to confront the ways she’s been living half a life. The developing romance with Shay complicates everything because he’s tied to the community that protected Rosie’s secrets, making trust a fraught proposition. If you’ve loved Maeve Binchy’s Irish community novels, Debbie Macomber’s friendship-centered women’s fiction, or Nancy Thayer’s beach-read style stories with more emotional depth, O’Loughlin delivers that same comfortable-yet-compelling combination. At $1.99, it’s the perfect price for the kind of book you’ll want to read with a cup of tea and a weekend afternoon—immersive, emotional, and ultimately hopeful.