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New! Adult Fiction Staff Picks |
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The Payback
by Kashana Cauley
Jada Williams is good at judging people by their looks. From across the mall, she can tell not only someone's inseam and pants size, but exactly what style they need to transform their life. Too bad she's no longer using this superpower as a wardrobe designer to Hollywood stars, but for minimum wage plus commission at the Glendale mall. When Jada is fired yet again, she is forced to outrun the newly instated Debt Police who are out for blood. But Jada, like any great antihero, is not going to wait for the cops to come kick her around. With the help of two other debt-burdened mall coworkers, she hatches a plan for revenge. Together the three women plan a heist to erase their student loans forever and get back at the system that promised them everything and then tried to take it back.
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Disappoint Me
by Nicola Dinan
Approaching thirty, a trans woman, Max, attempts to embrace heteronormativity by dating Vincent, but as his past resurfaces, she must use love and forgiveness to determine whether it's possible to move beyond her dissatisfaction and their shared mistakes.
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The Names
by Florence Knapp
Cora's hesitation to name her son triggers three alternate paths over thirty-five years, revealing the lasting impact of domestic abuse and the complexities of family in her search for autonomy and healing.
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Listen to Your Sister
by Neena Viel
Twenty-five-year-old Calla Williams struggles as guardian for 16-year-old Jamie while dealing with The Nightmare, images where both her brothers are killed, so when Jamie's actions spiral out of control, the siblings hide out in a remote cabin where their lives—and reality—hang in the balance.
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Punished
by Ann-Helâen Laestadius
In the 1950s, Sweden forces 7-year-olds Jon-Ante, Else-Maj, Nilsa, Marge, and Anne-Risten to leave their families, Sámi reindeer herders, and attend a “nomad school” where they face abuse from housemother Rita; thirty years later Rita reappears, a frail old woman, and the former students have neither forgotten nor forgiven her.
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Been Wrong So Long it Feels Like Right
by Walter Mosley
Detective King Oliver fulfills his grandmother's dying wish to reunite with his estranged father while also protecting a missing woman and her daughter from a powerful billionaire, in the third novel of the series following Every Man a King.
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The Woman in Suite 11
by Ruth Ware
Journalist Lo Blacklock travels to a luxury Swiss hotel hoping to revive her career, but when a mysterious woman draws her into a dangerous chase across Europe, she must weigh ambition against survival in a world of wealth and shifting alliances.
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The Girls Who Grew Big
by Leila Mottley
Banished to her grandmother's small Florida town after becoming pregnant at sixteen, Adela finds an unlikely sisterhood among a group of young mothers who, despite societal judgment, support each other through friendship, love, and the complexities of motherhood and adolescence.
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Murder by Cheesecake: a Golden Girls Cozy Mystery
by Rachel Ekstrom-Courage
When Dorothy's obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf-themed wedding Rose is hosting.
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