New Arrivals Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla’s life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But, when she wakes, her husband Luke isn’t there, and in his place is a cryptic note. Then it starts. Breaking news: there's a hostage situation developing in London. The police arrive, and tell her Luke is involved. But he isn't a hostage. Her husband—doting father, eternal optimist—is the gunman. What she does next is crucial. Because only she knows what the note he left behind that morning says... Never Say Never by Danielle Steel Oona Kelly Webster has much to be grateful for—a loving family, a job she adores editing prestigious books, and a happy marriage. To celebrate their twenty-fifth anniversary, she and her husband Charles plan a trip to France. But everything shatters when Charles confesses he’s been having an affair—with a younger man—and is leaving her. Heartbroken but determined, Oona travels to France alone and settles into a charming village outside Paris. Just as she starts to heal, she learns her company’s merger will cost her the job she’s cherished for decades. Adrift but not defeated, Oona finds comfort in the peaceful rhythms of French life, the companionship of a little white dog she rescues, and the kindness of her neighbor, a warm-hearted man from Trinidad. When she discovers he’s a famous actor, Oona must decide if she’s ready to risk her heart again. More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a recent breakup, it’s normal to be feeling overwhelmed. It doesn’t help that she’s always felt like the odd one out in her picture-perfect Connecticut family. But Maddy’s latest low is devastatingly low, and she goes on an antidepressant. She begins to feel good, dazzling in fact, and she soon spirals high into a wild and terrifying mania that culminates in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. As she struggles to find her way in this new reality, navigating the complex effects bipolar has on her identity, her relationships, and her life dreams, Maddy will have to figure out how to manage being both too much and not enough. The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, she’s one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn’t really exist. She’s never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now. As a young adult, she and her best friend Amanda dreamed of escaping their difficult homes and moving to California to become movie stars. But the day before their grand adventure, a tragedy shattered their dreams and Cate has been on the run ever since, taking on different names and charting a new future. But after a shocking revelation, Cate understands that returning home is the only way she’ll be a whole person again. Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible — a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife. Far From Home by Danielle Steel In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she awaits the arrival of her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel. Together, they’ve quietly opposed Hitler—until news shatters her world: Gregor was involved in the failed Operation Valkyrie plot and has been executed for treason. Forced to flee Paris with a forged French passport, Arielle hides in a small Normandy village under a false identity. Cut off from her adult children, she begins a tentative new life. There, she meets Sebastien Renaud, a grieving widower whose wife and daughter were deported. As their bond deepens, Sebastien reveals his work as a forger for the Resistance. Together, they risk everything to fight back—holding onto hope that, when the war ends, they’ll find their loved ones and reclaim what was lost. We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is...complicated. So when her real dad-a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago-suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family. The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set on a train packed with a fascinating cast of characters who hail from as close as Brittany and as far as Russia, Ireland, Algeria, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia. Members of parliament hurry back to Paris to vote; a medical student suspects a girl may be dying; a secretary tries to convince her boss of the potential of moving pictures; two of the train’s crew build a life away from their wives; a young anarchist makes a terrifying plan, and much more. The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner Sisters Cassie and Zoe Grossberg couldn’t have been more different—Zoe craved the spotlight, while Cassie, a musical prodigy, preferred the shadows. In the early 2000s, they shot to fame as the Griffin Sisters, a pop duo hitting all the highs of the era—SNL, MTV, Rolling Stone—before abruptly breaking up after just a year. Two decades later, Zoe is a suburban housewife and Cassie has vanished from the public eye. The sisters haven’t spoken in years, and the truth behind their sudden split remains a mystery. Enter Zoe’s daughter, Cherry, a teen determined to become a star—no matter her mother’s warnings. As Cherry digs into the past, long-buried secrets resurface, forcing all three women to reckon with the choices they made—and those made for them. Can they find forgiveness and maybe even a second chance at music, and at each other? King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby When Roman Carruthers returns home after his father’s suspicious car crash, he finds the family in crisis. His brother Dante is in deep with dangerous criminals, and his sister Neveah is worn down from running their family business—the Carruthers Crematorium—in the struggling town of Jefferson Run. As their father lies in a coma, it becomes clear the crash was no accident, and Dante’s mistakes have put them all at risk. Roman, a financial whiz used to high-stakes clients, thinks he can buy their way out—but quickly learns these criminals don’t play by Wall Street rules. Forced to work for them, Roman taps into a darker side of himself, willing to do whatever it takes to protect his family. Meanwhile, Neveah digs into the painful mystery of their mother’s disappearance. Because in Jefferson Run, nothing stays buried forever. And everything burns.