Book Club Selections
August 2025
Spectacular things : a novel
by Beck Dorey-Stein

In a small Maine town, sisters Mia and Cricket grow up under the weight of their mother's hidden past, navigating ambition, loyalty, and fear of repeating generational wounds as they struggle to define their identities and futures.
Happy wife : a novel
by Meredith Lavender

Nora's whirlwind romance and marriage to wealthy lawyer Will in exclusive Winter Park, Florida takes a dark turn when he vanishes the morning after his birthday party, leaving Nora to unravel the mystery of his disappearance.
Dream on, Ramona Riley
by Ashley Herring Blake

"Once upon a time, Ramona Riley was a student at a prestigious art school, with dreams of landing in Hollywood as a costume designer to the stars. But after her father's car accident, she had to quit everything and return to her small New Hampshire town, Clover Lake, to help take care of her younger sister. Twelve years later, Ramona is still working at the town's cafâe, all but given up on her dream. But when a big-budget romantic comedy comes to Clover Lake to film, she wonders if this could be her chance. There's only one problem-Dylan Monroe, her first kiss and Hollywood's favorite wild child-is the star. Before long, however, reality hits them, and both women have to decide if the spark between them can fan the flames of their individual dreams, or if it will extinguish their light"
Full bloom : a novel
by Francesca Scottoline Serritella

After receiving a mysterious perfume that transforms her into the center of attention, Iris Sunnegren navigates newfound power, buried trauma and the dark secrets of New York's elite in the new novel from the best-selling author of Ghosts of Harvard.
L.A. women
by Ella Berman

In 1960s L.A., writer and Hollywood outsider Lane becomes envious when socialite and fellow writer Gala gains fame; ten years later she betrays Gala by writing a successful book based on her life—her only problem is Gala's now been missing for months.
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