Eileen Stevens
2) After Dark
As the blazing heat of summer gives way to sultry September, a shroud of suspicion settles over the sleepy Alabama town of Noble's Crossing. Lane Noble Graham stands accused of murdering her ex-husband. And the one man who can help, Johnny...
An Indie Next Selection • A Fantastic Strangelings Book Club Pick
5) Dark rooms
8) Malibu Bluff
Every summer is curated as a dream for six twenty-something seasonaires handpicked by Lydon Wyld, the chic founder of her namesake clothing line. This summer takes these influential brand ambassadors to the West Coast. Mia, a resourceful young designer, is chosen to lead the pack—roped back into a second season...
"Vintage Contemporaries is about being young and becoming less young, exploring friendship (sometimes magical, sometimes messy), parenthood (ditto), and how to reconcile youthful ambition and ideals with real life. It's a warm and big-hearted coming of age story that made me wistful for my own twenties, set in a vividly rendered and long-vanished New York City."—Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind
Slate
...Constance Sparks always says yes…when her capricious best friend needs money; when her boss gives her more responsibility without a raise; and when her boyfriend, Hayden, who is very kind but also secretive, asks...
In this award-winning debut collection, fifteen magical realism stories portray girls and women searching for an escape from their everyday lives.
“In villages where women bore most of the weight of a constricted life, witches flew by night on broomsticks,” said Italo Calvino of the way imagination bridges the gap between everyday existence and an idealized alternative . . .
The fifteen stories of Animal
12) Imposter
13) The black coats
14) One Little Word
In a small, suburban town, the murder of a local high school student rocks one woman's family to its core—and threatens to expose her deepest, darkest secrets in the process.
After a lifetime of hardship, Jessica Thornton finally has the life she's dreamed of: a new marriage to a realtor with burgeoning success, a daughter whose athleticism has won her a scholarship to college, and a freshly secured loan from her bank to finally complete
..."If you're looking for a page-turner with some bite, this one's for you." —theSkimm
"Millennial wedding culture gets a much-needed skewering in this alternately light and biting novel." — Vogue
A razor-sharp and darkly humorous debut novel exploring millennial wedding culture, class, and relationships, all filtered through the ever-present lens of social media.
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