the setup… Lily is on her way to the Colorado Rockies to scatter her late father’s ashes along with his best friend’s who recently died. Their families had spent every summer at the cabin and this had been their request. But she only agreed to come because Walker Shaw wasn’t going to be there. But… Continue reading Everybody’s Favorite Guy by Katherine Center @katherinecenter @elliegossage @brilliancepublishing #EverybodysFavoriteGuy
the setup… It’s Valentine’s Day and Noah Evans is working the night shift at the Louisiana graveyard when he hears some moaning. He’s a gravedigger and used to finding lovers amongst the gravestones. But when the moans turn to screaming, he realizes it’s not a Valentine’s Day tryst but a woman…buried alive. And it’s coming… Continue reading Valentine’s Slay by Navessa Allen @navessa.allen @alliepnarrates @alastairhaynesbridge @brilliancepublishing #TheImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #ValentinesSlay
the setup… Alice Hoffman has assembled a collection of stories by fourteen wonderful writers who are kind enough to share their dog companion experiences and celebrate their lives at the same time. Each story bears the name of their beloved pooch. The contributors: Isabel Allende, Chris Bohjalian, Bonnie Garmus, Roxane Gay, Emily Henry, Ann Leary,… Continue reading The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love by Alice Hoffman @ahoffmanwriter @carenoutloud @carenoutloud.bsky.social @heyitsmaxmeyers @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheBestDogInTheWorld
the setup… It’s Valentine’s Day, exactly one year since Maia St. James caught her cheating ex-boyfriend in the act. The last thing she wants to do is be among people let alone go to a party. But her two best friends talk her into going with them to a Death to Valentine’s Day masquerade ball… Continue reading Death to Valentine’s Day by Catherine Cowles @catherinecowlesauthor @mallonerin @connorcrais @brilliancepublishing #TheImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #DeathToValentinesDay
the setup… Rory Smith and Oliver Adams had what feels like a serendipitous encounter…in a drama class. She was randomly paired with him for a scene from Romeo and Juliet and shared a kiss she never forgot. Jump forward four years and they have another random encounter right before Valentine’s Day that is both unique… Continue reading A Play for Love by Trilina Pucci @authortrilinapucci @jsvilinsky @jsvilinsky.bsky.social @sayitsstephendexter @brilliancepublishing #TheImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #APlayForLove
the setup… Theater actress Bex Hardgrave is on tour with the musical production of Oklahoma! and they are all set for the Valentine’s Day production until a seafood taco takes out most of the cast. She’s okay as she took a pass on that delectable but the “show must go on” tradition is threatened because… Continue reading Second Act Romance by Julie Soto @juliesotowrites @juliesotowrites.bsky.social @thereseplummernarrates @brilliancepublishing #improbablemeetcutesecondchances #secondactromance
the setup… Georgia is a history teacher in Toronto who receives a letter from her grandmother following her death. In it she not only discloses that she had an affair with a woman in the 1950s but the two of them had buried a time capsule. Georgia finds it but the key is with her… Continue reading Time Will Tell by Hannah Bonam-Young @authorhannahby @victoriaconnollynarrator @maxim_reston_voice @brilliancepublishing #ImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #TimeWillTell
the setup… Veronica is a marketing consultant who was unfairly let go from her last job. She signs in to what was supposed to be a job interview but turns out to be another company’s Zoom meeting. She keeps her profile dark and listens in to an awful marketing presentation. In her current mood, she… Continue reading Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren @christinalauren @domsalvacion @andrew_gibson_narrates @brilliancepublishing #TheImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #AccidentallyYours
the setup… Kalista (Kal) Brooks is an Olympic medalist in training for her third Games when she’s called to come back to her family home in Atlanta because of devastating news about her father. His heart is failing and they just learned that “Coach” isn’t physically eligible for a heart transplant. Though she has a… Continue reading The Last Father-Daughter Dance by Lisa Wingate @author_lisa_wingate @sarahnaughtonauthor @brilliancepublishing #TheLastFatherDaughterDance
the setup… Water…Earth…Fire…Air. These four elements are used to provide illustrative perspectives in four interconnected stories about aspects of crime, originally published as separate novellas. The enabler is about a woman fleeing from her husband’s scandal, wondering about her possible complicity, with the water element having a strong influence. The accomplice is a young man… Continue reading The Elements by John Boyne @johnboyneauthor @johnboynewriter.bsky.social @annafriel @colin.morgan_ @danewhyteohara #NiamhCusack @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #TheElements
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