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The Wild Beneath
by Kelly Anderson
A fierce, haunting story of one woman caught between her first love and a mysterious stranger who upends everything.
Annie MacLeod always knew she was different, growing up on a sailboat in the Pacific Northwest, navigating by stars and swimming with sea creatures. But when a tsunami shatters her world, Annie is stranded on land and forced to confront how eccentric she is. In the wreckage, she rescues a wordless man named Walker, who emits a hum only she can hear. Their connection is instant, electric. Walker’s touch gives Annie visions of the ocean’s hidden world, a life she’s never known but feels inexplicably drawn to. Yet even as she is pulled toward him, Evan—the steadfast love who has always been there—remains on dry land, offering the stability she may have to leave behind. Annie is torn between Evan’s grounding presence and Walker’s magnetic secrets.
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In Every Possible Way
by Alicia Thompson
One woman’s luck changes in an instant when she hits her head and wakes up in Ireland.
After yet another disastrous date where Jess is too awkward, too earnest, too whatever, she’s ready to put her romantic daydreams aside. Other than an enchanting Irish accent, her latest date is no prince charming. Then the night goes from bad to worse when she’s mugged in the parking lot and hits her head. Hard. Hard enough that when Jess wakes up, she’s in Ireland. The first person she meets is Eamonn, a quiet, gruff mechanic. Since Jess is stranded with no passport, cell phone, or way to get home, Eamonn becomes her reluctant knight in shining armor. Over the next forty-eight hours, they meander through the cobblestone streets of Dublin and explore the Irish countryside, sharing their deepest fears, quiet hopes, and softest aches. It’s a connection that is as electrifying as it is terrifying, because what if Jess falls asleep and Eamonn vanishes like a dream?
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The Revelation of Dionne Daphne
by Mara Brock Akil
An emotionally enthralling debut novel about enduring love, world-shattering secrets, and self-awakening.
From the outside looking in, one might say that Dionne Daphne had it all: a career as a beauty editor at a prestigious New York magazine, a boyfriend who could have been plucked out of its model pages, the social life of the upper echelon, and a girlhood steeped in debutant balls. But when her now ex-boyfriend arrives at her Brooklyn doorstep, he delivers life-threatening news that creates a crack in her picture-perfect world. A crack that grows legs and runs right into her past, unearthing a secret that she has hidden since childhood. In an effort to run toward the truth and away from a lie, Dionne sets out on a spur-of-the-moment road trip with an unlikely stranger. As Dionne comes to a final reckoning, she begins to unravel new layers of herself and fresh possibilities for her life, her family, and even her love.
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Brighter Than Before: A Feel-Good Novel about Finding Yourself and Falling in Love Again
by Courtney Walsh
In her forties, newly single in the Windy City, and reeling from a major life shake-up, Claire Karadec finds a reset in the most unlikely of places.
Claire did not plan to end up mid-forties with a daughter studying in London and the unfortunate discovery that her husband is not the man she thought he was. In fact, he's the exact opposite of a faithful, loyal, kind, and good-hearted spouse. And the discovery of his real nature and lack of remorse leads her to do what she never thought she would: divorce him. After hitting rock bottom, Claire realizes she needs to finally answer the question her therapist asked her all those months ago: "What do you really want?" It was a question she couldn't answer then, but now she knows it's time to figure it out. It's the turning point that leads Claire to change her life. And not just a little--a lot. She sells her house in Denver and moves to the city that's always had her heart: Chicago.
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Most Ardently Yours
by Freya Sampson
A swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud romance inspired by Jane Austen's beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice.
Zoe Knight, a struggling romance writer, has sworn off men for good. At least…the ones in real life. Once a believer in a happily ever after, she now curbs her loneliness with the help of the best book boyfriends in literature–and there is no better man than Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy. So when she stumbles into a classic London bookshop and argues with the annoyingly attractive store owner, Nick, who refuses to sell romance novels, she decides to liberate him of a dusty copy of Pride and Prejudice abandoned on a top shelf. But this is no ordinary book. After reading from the pages, Zoe finds herself in a remarkable situation: she has accidentally summoned Mr. Darcy to the real world. With Nick—the last man she could ever be prevailed upon to work with—urging her to send the fictional Darcy back to his own story, Zoe will have to decide what she really wants from a happy ending, before it's too late.
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Every Version of You
by Natalie Messier
A dazzling debut following a woman who gets a chance to relive her college years—and win back the one that got away.
Joey Vasquez’s life is the definition of good on paper. At thirty-two, she’s a Los Angeles lawyer on the cusp of making partner. But while she’s a professional success, she’s a personal disaster. Her social life mostly consists of nights spent watching TV with her elderly cat. Life isn’t quite what she dreamed when she was younger, but really, whose life is? But a dinner party with the best friend she’s secretly pined after for years and its aftermath changes everything. Given a second chance at life, Joey finds herself in college again. Armed with memories from her first life, she is certain she’s come back to finally convince the one man she ever loved to love her back—so why does she find herself strangely drawn to the man she thought she hated?
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Phases: A Memoir
by Brandy
The iconic, multiplatinum, Grammy Award–winning performer Brandy brings us a raw, intimate portrait of her life.
From the moment she first sang at church in McComb, Mississippi, Brandy knew her voice was special. At fourteen she landed her first record deal. At fifteen her first album went platinum. At sixteen she was starring in the hit sitcom Moesha and became the first Black actress to play Cinderella on screen alongside fairy godmother, Whitney Houston. Yet as the accolades piled up, so too did the pressure to maintain a flawless image. To onlookers, she had crafted the blueprint for the teenage “it” girl. But behind closed doors “The Vocal Bible” as she was known, was struggling. Phases is a fearless and remarkable story of hope, resilience, and the strength it takes to make peace with the past.
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El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
by Jazmine Ulloa
A sweeping human history of El Paso, revealing violence, power, and privilege at play in America's most famous border town.
El Paso has been called the “Ellis Island” of America’s southern border, a mountain pass cum border town cum bifurcated metropolis where past meets future, and disadvantage meets opportunity, or so the promise goes. From the Mexican Revolution and the Mexican Repatriation, to the shifting immigration laws under Reagan and Trump and the violence and bloodshed brought on by the drug war, El Paso captures a place often misunderstood or forgotten by the rest of the country, and the world. This book gives a new voice and perspective to history that has long been checked at the border, or told through the lens of white men alone. Ulloa draws upon meticulous research and stunning historical detail to craft the intimate narratives of an unforgettable cast of characters.
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Drained: Reduce Your Mental Load to Do Less and Be More
by PhD Ruppanner, Leah
A renowned sociologist and researcher reveals how women can build the life they really want.
The term mental load has become more familiar in recent years, but the popular understanding of the concept often reduces it down to managing a list of household chores and logistics. Sociologist Leah Ruppanner reveals that for women, mental load actually goes much deeper: It’s a complex form of emotional thinking that is invisible, boundaryless, and enduring. The heart of the book is the Mental Load Audit, a powerful, practical tool to help readers assess where they are spending their time and attention, and how they can take steps to recalibrate their energy effectively. Urgent and provocative, Drained will help women stop blaming themselves for never feeling like they are enough and help them create richer, less overwhelming lives filled with more meaning and joy.
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The Courage to Commit: Embrace the Radical Power of Sticking with Something
by Shawn Johnson
From former Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson East and former NFL pro Andrew East comes a bold rebrand of commitment in an uncommitted world.
Modern life seems designed to keep us uncommitted. Commitment is unsexy, uncool, old-fashioned. Why commit to a loving but flawed partner when there are endless romantic options to swipe through on the apps? Why double down on finishing a difficult project when you could be scrolling TikTok, streaming Netflix, or starting a new, more exciting idea? We live in a world of limitless distraction, infinite possibility, a barrage of options and choices always available. So why does it still feel like something is missing? As a gold medal winning Olympic gymnast and a former NFL pro, husband and wife team Shawn Johnson and Andrew East know a thing or two about committing. Through scientific studies and personal stories, Shawn and Andrew show listeners why commitment matters, how it works, and the strategies and tactics to get things done.
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The Monk's Mindset: Finding Stillness in a World That Won't Stop Moving
by Sam Yo
Legendary Peloton trainer Sam Yo delivers a first-of-its-kind practical approach to both mindfulness and fitness.
Sam Yo is well known as Peloton’s first Thai-Chinese instructor and fitness coach, reaching more than thirty thousand people per day. His teachings on and off the bike draw from his experience as an ordained Theravāda Buddhist monk in Thailand. In The Monk’s Mindset, he describes the lessons he learned from ancient traditions and how he adapted them to live a fuller life in our modern world. Each chapter of The Monk’s Mindset is tied to the belief that if we adopt the right mindset, we can bring a focused energy to all we do, enhancing all the areas of our life—our relationship to self, to others, and to the communities and world we live in.
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Too Sensitive: Rejection, Resilience, and the Science of Feeling Deeply
by Sasha Hamdani
From board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Sasha Hamdani, comes a groundbreaking exploration of an overlooked and frequently misunderstood phenomenon: emotional sensitivity.
Too much. Too emotional. Too sensitive. These are the labels often applied to people whose reactions to everyday moments feel immediate and overwhelming. The reaction may seem disproportionate from the outside, but the distress is deeply real. But what if this is not a personality flaw, but biology? For Dr. Hamdani, that question was both clinical and personal. Despite professional success and outward confidence, she struggled privately with intense emotional sensitivity. In her work, she repeatedly saw capable, accomplished individuals undone by powerful waves of perceived rejection and self-criticism. In Too Sensitive, she offers the framework she once needed herself. Emotional sensitivity is not weakness. It reflects a highly responsive nervous system shaped by identifiable neurobiological processes.
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