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The Golden Boy
by Patricia Finn
An unexpected letter sends a man and his wife into their pasts–and offers them both a shot at redemption.
After an involuntary retirement from his high-flying Hollywood career, Stafford Hopkins has retreated to a luxury estate on Maui, along with his wife Agnes, both grimly resigned to life in a paradise where neither feels fully at home. Stafford is ready to retreat into himself, too, when a letter arrives with shocking news. Stafford has been named guardian of four children he didn’t know: the grandchildren of his late childhood friend, Bobby Shepherd. Returning to both the hardscrabble farming town and the dark secret he’d tried to forget for decades, Stafford is forced to confront his past in order to rebuild his future–and to redirect the fates of his family and the four young people suddenly in his care.
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Sweet Spot
by Kemper Donovan
A ghostwriter-turned-sleuth must find a devious killer who’s transforming her new assignment into a real-life thriller.
Ghostwriters, just like ghosts, shouldn’t exist. Knowing that the latest juicy memoir was penned by a stranger for a paycheck tends to ruin the illusion of intimacy. But not every ghostwriter is in it for the money alone. For Belle Currer—as the ghostwriter extraordinaire prefers to be known—Genevieve Caraway’s memoir is an irresistible project, a tale of tragedy overcome. At 14, Genevieve was abducted from her bedroom by a couple and held hostage for three months. She’s now a happily married mother with a flourishing career, a poster child for thriving after trauma. Genevieve’s lavish Utah home, “Soft Spot,” is a guarded compound impregnable to outsiders— theoretically, at least. But Belle’s arrival coincides with the parole of Deirdre Gregory, one of Genevieve’s kidnappers. When Deirdre shows up at Soft Spot begging to see Genevieve, she is refused. The next day, Deirdre’s dead body is found on the grounds. How did Deirdre get in? More importantly, who killed her?
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Seek Immediate Shelter
by Vincent Yu
A breathtaking debut novel about survival, hope, and second chances in an Asian American community in Massachusetts.
On an otherwise unremarkable morning, the residents of a small town in Massachusetts all receive the same message: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
Confronted with the options of fight or flight, planning or panicking, the people of Beckitt are stripped to their basest instincts and revealed as their truest selves. Russ squeezes his family into the bathtub, leaving his own survival in question; Nina sends an unforgivable text to her daughter; Milly confesses her unrequited love; and David hits the gas, speeding away from his wife and child. An urgent, fiercely heartfelt exploration of relationships in all forms, Seek Immediate Shelter explores the balance between love and loyalty, betrayal and forgiveness.
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Die for Me
by Shirlene Obuobi
A stay-up-all-night, smart, spicy romance following a doctor who finds herself falling for an alluring, much-younger man.
Sean’s not in the market for love. The only female, let alone Black, interventional cardiologist at her hospital, she’s watched too many of her male colleagues divorce their first wives to marry younger models—and then there’s the abusive relationship she’s spent the better part of her early 30s healing from. Then she meets Julian. Brooding, beautiful and eleven years her junior. In short: A bad idea. Julian pursues her in a way that sets off alarm bells in her mind, but she finds herself unable to resist their undeniable chemistry. They also have a lot in common despite their age gap. So, to hell with it: If men can date younger, why can’t she? But the more Sean gets to know him, the more impossible Julian seems: He has a depth and sorrow to him that’s beyond his years, and sometimes there’s a look in his eyes that’s less than human, and leaves her feeling more like prey.
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Wasp's Nest
by Kat Stoddard
A modern retelling of The Philadelphia Story, Wasp’s Nest is a witty, gripping love triangle unfolding over the course of seven chaotic days at a Cape Cod wedding.
Tess wants nothing more than for her upcoming society wedding to overshadow the failure of her first marriage. Her fiancé Warren, a steady soon-to-be state senator, is nothing like her first husband. Tess’s relationship with working-class artist Peter was a passionate crash-and-burn, and a chapter of her life that she's ready to forget. Peter hasn’t seen Tess in five years, so he’s shocked to receive an invitation to her wedding. But he’s moved on too, and it wouldn’t hurt to prove it by showing up with a handsome younger man as his plus-one. Mitch, an aspiring writer, is intrigued by Peter and jumps at the chance to pry into the lives of his Waspy ex-in-laws. What he’s not bargained for is developing serious feelings for both Peter and Peter’s ex―Tess, the bride. But Peter and Tess have complex desires of their own, and Mitch is dangerously close to uncovering them.
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Three Hitmen and a Baby
by Rob Hart
Assassins Anonymous isn't just a weekly recovery meeting for reformed killers—it's also a family.
When Valencia receives troubling news that her brother has gone missing, she wants to rush off to LA to find him. But she can’t bring her baby girl, Lucia. Enter the other members of Assassins Anonymous: Mark, Astrid, and Booker, who offer to watch the toddler while she's gone. After all, they're three of the deadliest, most highly skilled people on the planet; what could go wrong? Turns out, a lot. Shortly after Valencia leaves, Mark is summoned to the lair of, a Russian mob boss calling in a deadly favor—she wants him to kill Astrid, his protege and friend. Mark refuses, but Zmeya reveals that she knows the identity of Mark’s ex-girlfriend…and his son. Meanwhile, Lucia spikes a dangerously high fever, and when Booker and Astrid take her to urgent care, they realize too late that their fabricated identities are a real liability.
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Maintain: The 3 Simple Shifts That Turn Temporary Weight Loss Into Lasting Freedom
by Susan Peirce Thompson
Reaching your goal weight isn’t the finish line—it’s where the real journey begins.
Conventional weight-loss programs, GLP-1s, gastric bypass, and fad diets aren't the magic bullets everyone hoped for. More often than not, people lose some weight, return to old eating patterns, and then promptly regain what they lost. With 85 percent of people discontinuing their GLP-1 medications within two years, one question remains: Why is losing weight—and keeping it off—so difficult? Best-selling author and expert in the psychology of eating, Susan Peirce Thompson has the three science-backed identity shifts that will promote lasting change at the deepest level and rewire your relationship with food and dieting.
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Tilly and the Buttons: Learn to Sew: Essential Skills to Start Making Clothes
by Tilly Walnes
A must-have guide for budding sewists wanting to make clothes with confidence.
Learn to Sew provides all the sewing know-how you need to create the garments of your dreams. Perfect for beginner and developing stitchers, award-winning sewing author and pattern designer Tilly Walnes of Tilly and the Buttons demystifies the art of making clothes with refreshingly clear instructions, step-by-step photos, and her down-to-earth approach. Discover how to start using a sewing machine, choose the right fabric, work with sewing patterns, and construct clothing from scratch.
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The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made
by Caroline Hallemann
The revealing story of the multigenerational relationship between the British royals (the Windsors) and the closest thing the U.S. has to royalty (the Kennedys).
For nearly a century, two families have captivated the world: the British royal Windsor clan and the American Kennedys. Much ink has been spilled on these two institutions over the years, but no one has examined their powerful and intertwined legacies. Until now. In The Kennedys and the Windsors, acclaimed journalist Caroline Hallemann unearths the story of two iconic families whose lives, ambitions, and respective reigns have juxtaposed each other in surprising ways. From Queen Elizabeth’s coronation to President Kennedy’s historic London visit, from JFK Jr.’s tragic death to Prince Harry’s decisive break with his family, Hallemann traces the key moments of the lives of these two dynasties through a fresh and fascinating lens.
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Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess
by Ben Mezrich
The cinematic true story about the biggest scandal in modern chess.
In September 2022, the unthinkable happened: nineteen-year-old American chess prodigy Hans Niemann defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in a stunning face-to-face match. Within days, Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating—a bombshell allegation that rocked the chess world. As the scandal spiraled, Chess.com—the dominant force in online chess—launched a high-stakes investigation igniting a global media firestorm. But Checkmate is about more than a cheating scandal. It’s the story of a teenager willing to risk everything to rise to the top; a reclusive genius suddenly fighting to protect his legacy; and a centuries-old game transforming into a billion-dollar industry fueled by streaming, sponsorships, and Silicon Valley power players.
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Origami for the Absolute Beginner: 40 Projects to Get You Started
by Adeline Klam
A stylish and easy-to-follow introduction to the timeless Japanese art of paper folding from acclaimed paper artist Adeline Klam.
Perfect for all ages and skill levels, this must-have guide contains 40 fun designs, from hearts, flowers and stars to characterful animals and classic Japanese motifs. Refreshingly clear, visual and hands-on, each project is photographed step by step, with more intricate folds further clarified with helpful hand-drawn illustrations, ensuring that readers can follow along with ease and confidence. Origami for the Absolute Beginner offers a calm and creative escape. Its gentle tone, thoughtful presentation and inspiring range of designs make it a perfect entry point for newcomers, and a lovely source of inspiration for seasoned folders alike.
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Ghosts of Sicily: The True Story of the Naval Intelligence Agents Who Courted the Mob to Fight Nazis in America and the Battlefields of Italy
by Mark Harmon
From the New York Times bestselling authors of Ghosts of Honolulu comes their most harrowing true story yet.
It's 1942, and New York City is at war. German U-boats are sinking ships just miles offshore and Washington DC is convinced that waterfront spies are providing intelligence targeting the ships. To thwart the threat, the Office of Naval Intelligence reaches out to those with the most sway along the waterfronts of Brooklyn and Manhattan–the mob. The result will be one of the most successful and controversial operations in NCIS’ long history (before it was even called NCIS.) The Navy’s alliance with Charles “Lucky” Luciano and his organization will send New Yorker Tony Marsloe and his fellow ONI officers on an international odyssey that includes conducting secret meetings with legendary criminals, hunting clandestine spy rings operating on U.S. soil, and conducting daring undercover missions behind the bloody frontlines of the invasion of Italy.
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