Contemporary Fiction – Page 2

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy @charlottemcconaghy @coopmortlockva @littrelly.speaking @saskiaaudio @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #WildDarkShore

the setup… Shearwater is a small (fictional) island near Antarctica used to house the world’s largest seed bank because of climate change. Its only residents are Dominic Salt as caretaker and his three children, Raff, Fen and Orly. It once included researchers but the island is now at risk itself due to rising sea levels.… Continue reading Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy @charlottemcconaghy @coopmortlockva @littrelly.speaking @saskiaaudio @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #WildDarkShore

the setup… Liz Lowe was destined to be one of the greatest soccer stars but on the cusp of her acceptance to UCLA, her dreams were shattered. She was pregnant and her life took a different course. Liz poured her dreams into daughter Mia who was on the road to maybe being that superstar. But… Continue reading Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein @beckdoreystein #EmilyRankin @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #SpectacularThings

the setup… It’s 2015 and the Ryan family is gathering at the Port Haven, New York home to celebrate Thanksgiving with Parents Robert and Nora as the hosts. Daughter Cait is flying in from London with her twins; Alice and husband Kyle live nearby but will stay overnight with their two sons; and youngest Maggie… Continue reading The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill @heatheraimeeoneill @kristensieh @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #TheIrishGoodbye

the setup… Milly Beckett thought she had it all. She was happily married and mother to a wonderful daughter. She also loved her job helping to run an exclusive resort of lakeside cabins, the family business. Then everything fell apart when her husband left her for another woman and her best friend in life ghosted… Continue reading Other People’s Summers by Sarah Morgan @sarahmorganwrites @thatbritishactress @harlequinbooks #OtherPeoplesSummers

the setup… It’s 1982 and Dawn, a young woman married to Heron and mother of their toddler daughter Maggie, encounters Hazel, a delightful woman who’s a teacher and has the gift of gab. Something about her lights Dawn from within in a way she’s never experienced. It soon becomes apparent that Dawn needs to make… Continue reading A Family Matter by Claire Lynch @clairellynch @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm #AFamilyMatter

the setup… Alice Storm left her family to go her own way five years ago and never thought she’d ever be back at the family’s private island off the coast of Rhode Island…until now. Her father Franklin has suddenly died and she dreads the return. Her intention is to attend the memorial and retreat back… Continue reading These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean @sarahmaclean @justjuliawhelan @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #TheseSummerStorms

the setup… Lucy Sinclair, formerly McBride, left North Hampton Beach fifteen years ago after her father Mick was accused and convicted of the murder of three people. She was only seventeen and suddenly on her own. One of the victims, Aurora Clark, was perceived to be her “rival” for the affections of her then boyfriend… Continue reading The Summer That Changed Everything by Brenda Novak @authorbrendanovak @copatter @harlequinbooks #TheSummerEverythingChanged

the setup… Elise Dunnett is a married mother of 8-year old twins Lewis and Luke and husband Michael is a highly successful neurosurgeon practicing in Manhattan. She’s devoted to her family and is head of the PTA at The Garden School, the children’s private school. Elise has a carefully crafted image and resists participating in… Continue reading Blog Tour: The Secret Between us by Kate Hewitt @katehewitt1 @katehewitt.bsky.social @lisarostwelling @madelinepell @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #BlogTour #TheSecretBetweenUs

the setup… It’s the spring of 2014 in Pondville, Massachusetts and Paul (PJ) Halliday was reading the obituaries and saw that his old friend and rival Gene Bartlett had died. Gene married Michelle Cobb, “the one that got away,” and PJ is inspired to drive across the country to the Tender Hearts Retirement Community in… Continue reading The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett @annie_hartnett @anniehartnett.bsky.social @mbram17 @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #TheRoadToTenderHearts

the setup… Bud Stanley is stuck. He’s a middle-aged obituary writer living in Brooklyn, divorced from a woman who left him for someone unremarkable. Bud is going through the motions of life and even his writing has gone stale. One night after too much to drink, he pens his own obituary and accidentally publishes it.… Continue reading I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney @johnkenneywriter @seanpatrickhopkins @zibbypublishing @librofm @libro.fm #ISeeYouveCalledInDead

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