the setup… Daisy Stevens is a NICU nurse in Charlotte ready for a respite after a particularly traumatizing case. She packs up and escapes to a new, less stressful job and life in Cape Carolina. But on her first day, Mason Thaysden rushes into the hospital with a newborn he discovered in a dumpster. Mason… Continue reading Summer State of Mind by Kristy Woodson Harvey @kristywharvey @cassandracampbell @steph_einstein @mattpittenger @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #SummerStateOfMind
the setup… Evie Hamilton has the dream job she’s wanted for a long time and should be thrilled. As the acting general manager, temporarily replacing Gerald who is recovering from a heart attack, she’s focused on implementing the changes to bring The Alexandra, Cornwall back to its 5-star status. But the downside of growing up… Continue reading Five-Star Summer by Sarah Morgan @sarahmorganwrites @thatbritishactress @harlequinbooks #FiveStarSummer
the setup… It’s the summer of 2000 in Gladstone, Massachusetts and seventeen year old Ashlee Jayde (AJ) Graves is bored working at a video rental store. She’s obsessed with a 1964 cult series called Astronauticals and dreams of writing for SNL. In walks Noah Drew, a member of an acting family dynasty whose Aunt Eudora… Continue reading Into the Blue by Emma Brodie @emma.c.brodie @justjuliawhelan @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social @reesesbookclub #IntoTheBlue
the setup… It’s an unremarkable spring afternoon in Sunset Beach, NC when three women walk into the post office to mail a package. There’s a man at the counter with the postal clerk, obviously upset. When they suggest that perhaps another agent could be called after a long wait, things get dicey as the man… Continue reading Handle With Care by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen @marybethwhalen @janesome @librofm @librofm.com @thomasnelson #HandleWithCare
the setup… Chris is a pharmacist who met Larissa two months ago when she needed a ride home from a concert. He was with his best friend Mike and she chose him. Now he’s come to her rescue when Mike had to bail on his promise to drive her and her mother to the hospital.… Continue reading The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez @authorabbyjimenez @teresapalmer @webberesque @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #SayYoullRememberMe #TheNightWeMet
the setup… It’s the late 1980s and Michelle Carver is back home in Los Angeles for the summer from Juilliard. She’s the daughter of a wealthy real estate magnate and has sneaked away from her controlling parents to avoid another suffocating event. When she’s forced to stop for gas, she mistakes Scott McKallister for an… Continue reading What Lasts by J. Bengtsson @j._bengtsson @greyspromo #Cake #WhatLasts
the setup… Audrey Sullivan is a gifted classical musician composer who has relegated herself to odd jobs for years instead of writing music. She meets Fraser Miller while at a costume party with her bestie and that encounter couldn’t have been more awkward. He’s a divorced ocean scientist with a ten-year old daughter and offers… Continue reading Start at the End by Emma Grey @emmagreyauthor @kaisergruenewald @nabbs.nabbs @zibbypublishing #StartAtTheEnd
the setup… Winnie Smith was Wellfleet’s most sought out event planner…until she wasn’t. Canceled by the “Mommy Mafia,” her business tanks almost overnight when the man she’d been involved with turns out to be married to her client who outed her…at their child’s birthday party. Winnie is the fourth of five children, the quiet, steady,… Continue reading Once in a Blue Moon by Kristan Higgins @kristanhiggins @kristanhiggins.bsky.social @xesands @xesands.bsky.social @recordedbooks @recordedbooks.bsky.social #OnceInABlueMoon
the setup… Honey Beckett takes an Uber to her tech billionaire husband’s funeral instead of a fancy hired car. Barney Beckett was larger than life and widely lauded as a genius in the AI development. She can’t believe he’s gone even though he was twice her age. When she reaches the funeral, she’s in for… Continue reading The Price of Honey by Liane Moriarty @lianemoriarty_official @antheagreco @amazonpublishing @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbitionCollection #ThePriceOfHoney
the setup… Waldo is a 17-year old daughter of a struggling single mother who was not much older than her when she got pregnant. She doesn’t have many friends (by choice), is lonely and desperate to be loved by someone who she wants to love back. Waldo is very good at her job at Victoria’s… Continue reading Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social @librofm @librofm.com #HalfHerAge
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