Is your book club looking for the quintessential summer read? Says The Kiss Quotient author Helen Hoang of one such book: “[Amy Mason] Doan’s writing sweeps you away to the high-speed, sun-soaked backdrop of nineties California and takes you on a woman’s journey toward finding herself.” Don’t miss Summer Hours [Graydon House, on sale now], about the idealism of youth, the seductive power of nostalgia, and what happens when you (read more…)

Amy Mason Doan still remembers how much she loved the 1990s, reading feminist ‘zines and hanging out at bargain matinees at her local theater. What better way to share the love than to write an “unforgettable” (Bookpage) “perfect summer read” (Booklist): Summer Hours (on sale now, Graydon House Books). And now she’s right here to share her June favorites with you!   Tea So Nice, I Make It Ice: The (read more…)

To what lengths will one woman go in order to keep her family together? Kaira Rouda’s latest pyschological thriller takes the trope of the unreliable narrator to a whole other level–when the unreliable narrator is a desperate mother, that is. Says Publishers Weekly in its starred review of The Favorite Daughter [Graydon House, on sale today!]: “Suspense fans will be amply rewarded.” May we also humbly suggest that The Favorite (read more…)

Raise a glass of Charleston Light Dragoon Punch to author Deb Spera, whose debut Call Your Daughter Home [June 11, Park Row Books] was voted by librarians across the country as one of their ten favorite books pubbing in June! And if you haven’t read the book yet, good news–it’s still available for request on Netgalley for your previewing pleasure! And not to brag, but look at all the… Praise (read more…)

It’s no secret that we adore Robyn Carr around here. Who else can use humor and enormous heart to tackle a story about why unhappily married people stay together, and the courage it might take to walk away? So we’re thrilled with her starred review from Library Journal, which says of The View From Alameda Island [MIRA Books]: “Brimming with insight, tender sensuality, sympathetic characters, and family anxiety, this story (read more…)