Few summer pleasures are more delectable than diving into an irresistible book. We asked BookTrib.com, a website for people who love books and learning about new authors, to recommend five diverse reads to distract us from social distancing and help us escape into fascinating new worlds.
Beach Read by Emily Henry (Berkley). How’s this for a title to start our list? A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Acclaimed literary fiction author Augustus Everett and bestselling romance writer January Andrews are polar opposites. The only thing they have in common is that for three months they live in neighboring beach houses, are broke, and suffer from writer's block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another…
Tiny Imperfections by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans (G.P. Putnam’s Sons). All's fair in love and kindergarten admissions. At 39, Josie Bordelon's modeling career as the "it" black beauty is far behind her. Now director of admissions at San Francisco's most sought after private school, she's chic, single and determined to keep her 17-year-old daughter, Etta, from making the same mistakes she did. But Etta has plans of her own. If only Josie could manage Etta's future as well as she manages the shenanigans of the over-anxious, over-eager parents at school.
The Lion’s Den by Katherine St. John (Grand Central Publishing). Betrayal and intrigue. Belle thinks she immune to the dizzying effects of fabulous wealth. But when her best friend, Summer, invites her on a glamorous getaway to the Mediterranean aboard her billionaire boyfriend's yacht, the only sensible answer is yes. But once she's aboard, it’s clear this jet-setting holiday is not as advertised. Belle realizes she's going to have to keep her wits about her if she wants to make it off the yacht alive.
Derailed by Mary Keliikoa (Epicenter Press).A dying wish. A secret world. Can this grieving investigator stay on the right track? PI Kelly Pruett takes on an unsolved case of a young woman struck by a train. The closer she gets to the truth, the longer her list of sleazy suspects with murderous motives grows. Can Kelly pinpoint the murderer or is she on the fast track to disaster? Full of intricate family dynamics, sensuous secrets, and twists and turns that’ll keep you guessing.
The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan (William Morrow). An accomplished storyteller returns with her biggest, boldest, most entertaining novel yet about books, love, sisterhood and the surprises we discover in our DNA. Maggie, Eliza, and Tricia Sweeney grew up as a happy threesome in Southport, CT. They drift apart after their mother’s death and return to their childhood home when their father passes. But as guests pay their respects and reminisce, one stranger, emboldened by whiskey, crashes the party. It turns out that she too is a Sweeney sister.
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