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Same As It Ever Was
by Claire Lombardo
Finally at age 57, Julie Ames feels she has a firm handle on things, but a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, an impending separation from her teenaged daughter and a seductive resurgence of the past threaten to draw her back into the patterns that had previously kept her on a razor's edge.
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The Pairing
by Casey McQuiston
When they accidentally book the same European food and wine tour, estranged exes Theo and Kit, trapped with each other for three weeks in the most romantic cities of France, Spain and Italy, challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other.
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The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store. Vol. 1
by Tsuchika Nishimura
Working retail is tough enough with regular human customers, but what about when they're owls, wolves, koalas... and a woolly mammoth? Welcome to the Hokkyoku Department Store, where new employee Akino's customers are talking animals--including extinct species! Just like any shopper, each has their own complicated request that Akino must strive to satisfy. From a wealthy laughing owl searching for the perfect present to delight his wife to a thespian sea mink attempting to find a gift for a long-awaitedreunion with her father, Akino must learn to meet their needs, while also dealing with her challenging coworkers and elusive floor manager.
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Intermezzo
by Sally Rooney
In the wake of their father's death, two brothers—successful Dublin lawyer Peter and his younger brother Ivan, a competitive chess player—find different ways to deal with their grief, which affects not only their lives, but the lives of those they hold dear.
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