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“If you enjoyed Dream Harbor and are a fan of paranormal, come join me in Maple Hollow… my next obsession series from Laurie Gilmore“-NetGalley Reader
“Cozy and atmospheric… a delicious blend of small town romance, paranormal magic and swoon worthy tension… will have you howling for the next book!”–Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author
Since his marriage ended, Desmond Leaks has been stuck in rut. But living alone does have some upsides – for one, there’s no one to tell him that he’s ‘not allowed’ chocolate spread on his toast. And for Leona Lennox, a fresh start might just mean she can finally open that rescue centre for abandoned dogs she’s always dreamed of. That’s if she can learn to let people in occasionally – and accept help. Take this Desmond guy, he’s so nice that he’s offering to get his old band back together to play some fundraising gigs for the rescue centre. If only Leona could say yes, just this once. The Stray Dogs might actually be decent, right? But the band haven’t played together in years, and if they have any chance of making this work, Desmond will have to track down charismatic frontman Darcus McGuire. But how do you find someone who doesn’t want to be found?
Self-confessed coffee addict and food writer Madison has convinced herself she belongs in NYC. But then she’s called back to the small town of Maple Falls to save her childhood home, the Cinnamon Spice Inn. She’s not looking forward to seeing her ex, Zach-now a sexy handyman who knows exactly how to push her buttons. But she won’t let anything distract her from the inn’s relaunch, right?
Waking up in a Las Vegas hotel room with her brother’s best friend, and no memory of how she got there, isn’t exactly rule-follower Ophelia ‘Lee’ Turner-Jones’ finest moment. She’s done her best to forget it ever happened – until a year later, when a surprise email arrives from a wedding chapel. Now Lee needs to track down her lifelong crush – and tell him that they’re married. Adrenaline-seeking Nico has never stayed in one place for long, so Lee is stunned to find him settled in a small town full of loveable eccentrics in Maine. And that’s not the only surprise – it turns out Nico is in desperate need of a wife. Lee could be the answer to all his problems – if he can keep his hands off her. Pretending to be happily married to the man she’s secretly in love with while the whole town throws themselves into the charade, might end in disaster. Still, Lee can’t help but wonder if this fake marriage could finally be the start of something r
Aysegül Savas’s acute and tender collection explores the distances we keep, and those we try to close, in the age of connectivity. A researcher abroad in Rome eagerly awaits a visit from her long distance lover, only to find he is not the same man she remembers. An expat meets a childhood friend on a layover and is dismayed by her unexpected contentment. A newly pregnant woman considers the taboo of sharing the news too soon, but can’t resist when an opportunity comes to patch up a damaged friendship. ‘Long Distance’ showcases Savas’s devastating talent for the short story. Her shrewd encapsulations of contemporary life often centre on characters displaced more by choice than circumstance, characters both determined to install themselves in new lives and preoccupied with the people they’ve left behind.
After a messy breakup, it feels like the entire world hates tennis superstar Luna Aldridge. With her reputation ruined and her career at risk, the only way to repair it is a PR stunt: fake-dating Hollywood’s golden boy, Kieran Alexander. There’s just one problem – Luna can’t stand him. For Kieran, the feeling is mutual. He’s about to lead a big-screen love story, but his dating history is jeopardizing the film’s success. His team believes the world needs to see him wildly in love. And who better than Luna, the person he loathes most? Soon, Luna and Kieran spend the summer posing for cameras, sharing red carpets and flying around the world for the tennis circuit. But the more they pretend, the more they question if they can keep their hearts, and their careers, together. Especially with everyone watching.
Layla Fitzpatrick lives a simple life, for a werewolf. And that’s just how she likes it. Her childhood was less than ideal. She’d like to spend her adult years flying under the radar of more powerful preternatural creatures. Because she knows from experience what happens when they notice you. Everything changes one early summer night when she attends a ritual bonding ceremony meant to join two werewolves together for life. Midway through, the spell becomes corrupted and she finds herself unexpectedly mated to the stuffiest shifter she’s ever laid eyes on. Michael Kolbeck is more man than wolf. He spends his days in a skyscraper, building his family’s empire. At night, he prowls the streets of Boston, a city where shifters, witches, and vampires walk a delicate tightrope of ceasefire masquerading as peace. Little do they know that Layla’s arrival will act as the spark that ignites the fire, and that thin veneer of peace is about to vanis
The final book in the Sunday Times bestselling Off the Ice series, from TikTok smash hit author Bal Khabra.
Welcome to Starlight Palms, a favourite retirement facility among Hollywood actors and industry professionals tucked away just outside of sunny Palm Springs. Filled with forgotten scream queens, eccentric screenwriters, and heartthrobs of the past, it has a brand-new resident: Vera Stein, age forty. Vera knows she’s missed her chance at a life worthy of the silver screen, just like she missed her chance at ever finding true love. But Vera isn’t one to take chances. She’s spent most of her adult years caretaking for her dying mother and her movie star boss’s ego. Now abruptly houseless and jobless, Vera has nowhere to land, so to grandmother’s house we go!
Bennett Brinkman is San Francisco baseball’s golden boy – focused, disciplined and very bad at ignoring the one woman he shouldn’t want. Falling for his sister’s best friend was inevitable, even though she’s known him since he was all gangly elbows, bad haircuts and teenage awkwardness – and still insists on seeing him that way. Bower knows exactly why wanting Bennett is a terrible idea. She’s fiercely loyal to her best friend and well aware that crossing this particular line could blow everything up. But when she moves into Bennett’s apartment building, that ‘just friends’ boundary begins to blur in the most tempting ways. The banter comes fast. The sparks come faster. And pretending it’s ‘no big deal’ is getting ridiculous. As feelings get messier and attraction turns undeniable, Bennett and Bower must decide if risking their family ties is worth chasing the love that’s been in front of them all along.
Sage Deverill, an unhappily married young woman, escapes from her brutish husband and equally unpleasant mother-in-law with her son and flees to her grandparents’ estate and equestrian grounds in Newmarket, the headquarters of the racing world. There Sage finds solace in the bond she forms with a tricky racehorse in her grandfather’s care, and she also encounters Rafe Dunbarton, a handsome, intriguing trainer from just the other side of the heath. But just as Rafe and Sage take the first tentative steps towards love, her vengeful husband crashes back into Sage’s life in a tangle of destruction and lies.
An emotional, compelling and poignant story of love, loss and starting over from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women and The Nightingale.
Ruby Wynne is a staunch rule-follower who lives by the numbers. So when a surprising breakup on her thirty-fifth birthday ruins all her well-laid plans, Ruby makes an unexpected wish. The next day she wakes up inside a totally different version of her life, one from the M.A.S.H. game she and her best friend would play in seventh grade to predict their futures. Settled in a Technicolor mansion, driving a tie-dye Jeep, and running a roller-disco restaurant, Ruby is living out her childhood dreams come true – with one exception. According to the game, Ruby’s ‘other half’ is supposed to be Penn Hayes, her brother’s annoying, and annoyingly handsome, best friend. But there’s zero romance between them. Just like in real life, all they share is sarcasm. With no rules to follow and desperate to return to reality, Ruby makes her best guess at an escape plan: win Penn’s heart so the game comes completely true and she can go home.
Tricase Porto, Puglia, Italy 1958: The summer of innocence. Amongst the lemon trees, Rafaella Parisi impatiently waits for the summer visitors to arrive in her small fishing village on the coast of Puglia. She may be dating Fon Gianelli, but there is one person she longs to see: Cosimo – son of the wealthy Franchetti family. 1959: The summer everything changed. After a devastating accident at the lavish Franchetti villa, Rafa makes a vow that changes the course of all their futures. 1961: The summer they met again. And when Rafa and Cosi’s lives collide, Rafa must decide if she’s willing to risk the life she has built for the future she might have had.
Katie Caruso is a completely normal 25-year-old girl. She likes glitter and sequins and flirting with cute boys at bars. She’s also a proud ghost-writer for Meredith Bradford, the bestselling romance novelist of all time. Tyler McNally is a sleeve-tattooed, Ivy League-educated aspiring literary fiction novelist who literally can’t think of anything worse than romance novels, but whose agent forces him to agree to ghost-write one. When the pair meet to begin work, each is as stunned as the other to see who their writing partner is meant to be. Connected by a shared tragedy, the pair are ex’s, who haven’t seen or spoken to each other since the overdose death of Katie’s older brother. Tyler was her brother’s best friend, and Katie, naturally, was the girl next door. As the summer unfolds they soon discover that dozens of classic romance tropes, including the ones they’re crafting on page, are mysteriously playing out in their real lives.
Everly is the matchmaking mastermind of her family, but her own love life is a bit of a flop. Back from four years in Dublin, she’s ready for a quiet summer on Fletcher Mountain helping launch her aunt’s animal rescue centre – until Conri ‘Wolf’ Reilly shows up. Wolf is her college roommate’s infuriating twin brother. He’s brooding, Irish, and college rugby’s resident bad boy with thighs that could crack a watermelon. His red card reputation has trashed his rugby prospects, until a training camp in Denver comes calling. As a favour, Everly reluctantly gets Wolf a place to stay if he volunteers at the rescue centre. Now Everly’s finds herself working and living next door to the Irish tattooed grump who treats her like a nuisance, but looks at her like he could press her up against a hay bale until they forget their own names.