Books Coming Out in May
Book Roundup - Books Coming Out in May
Books Coming Out on May 1, 2021:
An Invincible Summer by Mariah Stewart
An endearing novel of friendship, forgiveness, and second chances by New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart.
Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar
An aspiring photographer follows her dreams and faces her fears in a poignant novel about finding beauty, promise, and love amid the chaos of war-torn Kurdistan.
The Next Wife by Kaira Rouda
Kate Nelson had it all. A flourishing company founded with her husband, John; a happy marriage; and a daughter, Ashlyn. The picture-perfect family. Until John left for another woman. Tish is half his age. Ambitious. She’s cultivated a friendship with Ashlyn. Tish believes she’s won.
She’s wrong.
Tish Nelson has it all. Youth, influence, a life of luxury, and a new husband. But the truth is, there’s a lot of baggage. Namely, his first wife—and suspicions of his infidelity. After all, that’s how she got John. Maybe it’s time for a romantic getaway, far from his vindictive ex. If Kate plans on getting John back, Tish is one step ahead of her.
She thinks.
But what happens next is something neither Kate nor Tish saw coming. As best-laid plans come undone, there’s no telling what a woman will do in the name of love—and revenge.
Tears of Amber by Sofía Segovia, Translated by Simon Bruni (from Spanish to English)
From the bestselling author of The Murmur of Bees comes a transportive novel of two families uprooted by war and united by the bonds of love and courage.
TEARS OF AMBER details the harrowing story of children caught in the crosshairs of war on an extraordinary pilgrimage in which the gift of an amber teardrop is at once a valuable form of currency and a symbol of resilience, one that draws them together against insurmountable odds. Although a fictional story, it’s based on actual events related to the author by two survivors of the bombing and occupation of Prussia during World War II.
I Thought You Said This Would Work by Ann Garvin
In this Little Miss Sunshine-meets-Thelma and Louise novel, three frenemies risk their sanity on a cross-country road trip with an enormous Great Pyrenees dog in a dilapidated VW camper all for the mutual love of a best friend in the hospital.
Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today bestselling author of Feels Like Falling says, “No one captures the human condition in all its complexity, humor, and magnificence quite like Ann Garvin. I THOUGHT YOU SAID THIS WOULD WORK is a relatable story about the complexity of female friendship, its evolution through the years and the people who are always there no matter what. In the pages of her approachable and inspirational new novel, Garvin is at the height of her distinctive, transportive storytelling powers.”
Only the Pretty Lies by Rebekah Crane
A young love story about breaking painful legacies by the author of The Upside of Falling Down.
Convention doesn’t carry much weight in Alder Creek. It doesn’t in Amoris Westmore’s family either. Daughter of a massage therapist and a pothead artist, inheritor of her grandmother’s vinyl collection, and blissfully entering her senior year in high school, Amoris never wants to leave her progressive hometown. Why should she?
Everything changes when Jamison Rush moves in next door. Jamison was Amoris’s first crush, and their last goodbye still stings. But Jamison stirs more than bittersweet memories. One of the few Black students in Alder Creek, Jamison sees Amoris’s idyllic town through different eyes. He encourages Amoris to look a little closer, too. When Jamison discovers a racist mural at Alder Creek High, Amoris’s worldview is turned upside down.
Now Amoris must decide where she stands and whom she stands by, threatening her love for the boy who stole her heart years ago. Maybe Alder Creek isn’t the town Amoris thinks it is. She’s certainly no longer the girl she used to be.
Books Coming Out on May 4, 2021:
Dogwinks by Squire Rushnell and Louise Duart
The bestselling and beloved Godwink series returns with a charming, dog-focused collection of stories, all of which provide plenty of hope, encouragement, and laughter.
The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan
From the author of the #1 bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph.
Six Weeks to Live by Catherine McKenzie
A gripping psychological suspense novel about a woman diagnosed with cancer who sets out to discover if someone poisoned her before her time is up, from the bestselling author of the “addictive and fast-paced” (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author) thriller You Can’t Catch Me.
Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane explores lifelong friendships, long-buried secrets, and unexpected love in a heartfelt, emotional new novel, perfect for fans of Evvie Drake Starts Over, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird, or In Five Years.
Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan
In this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy.
How do you make one month last a lifetime?
The Sound of Wings by Suzanne Simonetti
Seventy-year-old Goldie Sparrows faces declining finances, questionable health, and a late husband who torments her from the beyond. She seeks refuge in her butterfly garden, which is filled with voices and memories from long ago.
The Lady Has a Past by Amanda Quick
Beauty and glamour meet deception and revenge in this electrifying novel by New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick.
It Had to Be You by Georgia Clark
For the past twenty years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn's beloved wedding-planning business. When Eliot dies unexpectedly, he even more unexpectedly leaves half of the business to his younger, blonder girlfriend, Savannah. Liv and Savannah are not a match made in heaven, to say the least. But what starts as a personal and professional nightmare transforms into something even savvy, cynical Liv Goldenhorn couldn't begin to imagine.
When We Were All Still Alive: A Novel by Keith McWalter
For Conrad ―husband, father, and successful attorney in the autumn of his life―the world has come apart. Having long ago lost his first wife, the mother of his grown daughter and a widow herself, to youth and pride, he’s now lost his second to a violent accident,. “You think you’re finished, that you have no more stories in you,” his ex-wife warns, and he fears she’s right. Within hailing distance of the end of his days, after a lifetime of meeting the expectations of others, none are left but Conrad’s own, and he must discover whether love survives death as well as divorce―whether family memory can redeem individual mortality. WHEN WE WERE ALL STILL ALIVE is an honest novel that challenges us to reflect on aging, life, love, loss, and all of the lasting lessons learned along the way.
The Field House by Robin Clifford Wood
Robin Clifford Wood’s “The Field House” carefully weaves memoir and biography into a unique story of discovery, unearthing the literary history of a forgotten 20th century writer. When Wood found herself standing in National Book Award–winning novelist Rachel Field’s long-neglected home on the rugged shores of an island near Maine, she began writing the first-ever biography on Field, asking herself, Who was this vibrant, talented artist? Why is her work—which was so widely celebrated in her lifetime—so largely forgotten today? The journey into Rachel’s world took Wood further than she ever dreamed possible, unveiling a life fraught with challenge, and buried by tragedy, and yet incandescent with joy.
Family Reunion by Nancy Thayer
With summer around the corner, why not escape to Nantucket with FAMILY REUNION (Ballantine Books; On Sale: May 4, 2021)—the latest magical, multigenerational novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer, where one remarkable, life-changing summer on the island brings about unforgettable surprises for Eleanor Sunderland and her granddaughter, Ari.
All Kinds of Other by James Sie
In this tender, nuanced coming-of-age love story, two boys—one who is cis and one who is trans—have been guarding their hearts to protect themselves, until their feelings for each other give them a reason to stand up to their fears. Jules is just figuring out what it means to be gay and hasn’t totally decided whether he wants to be out at his new school. His parents and friends have all kinds of opinions, but for his part, Jules just wants to make the basketball team and keep his head down. Jack is trying to start over after a best friend break-up. He followed his actor father clear across the country to LA, but he’s also totally ready to leave his past behind. Maybe this new school where no one knows him is exactly what he needs. When the two boys meet, the sparks are undeniable. But then a video surfaces linking Jack to a pair of popular transgender vloggers, and the revelations about Jack’s past thrust the boys into the spotlight they’ve been trying to avoid.
Ember of Night by Molly E. Lee
From bestselling romance author Molly E. Lee comes the launch of an epic new series featuring angels and demons, combining all the best tropes of the genre: pulse-pounding romance, epic worldbuilding, and plenty of twists and turns. The novel’s main character feels unloved by her abusive dad, unwanted by her classmates, and unnoticed by everyone else. She’d do anything to get her little sister out of their hellish situation. Yet, there’s some hot stranger telling her that she is the key to stopping a war between Heaven and Hell. Where did that come from? She has no idea and does not intend to find out. The messenger, Draven, is relentless, and she distrusts him. In the end, maybe they can grow powerful enough to work together. But at what cost, and why her?
The Forgotten Orphan by Glynis Peters
Southampton 1940
Abandoned when she was tiny, Maisie Reynolds was separated from her twin brother and forced to grow up in Holly Bush orphanage – a place where she has never known love or kindness. With the world at war and Hitler’s devastating bombs coming ever closer, fate has other plans for Maisie and a secret from her past changes everything. When she meets handsome Canadian paratrooper, Cam, Maisie learns that love might not be lost to her after all – but not before her past life and D Day bring a tragic twist to her happiness.
The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews
Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads delivers her next page-turner for the summer with The Newcomer. In trouble and on the run...With a trunkful of emotional baggage...The No Vacancy sign is flashing & the sharks are circling...Could this fish out of water be in too deep? Called "the perfect summer read" by Authorlink and "sure to be a summer favorite" by Suspense magazine, The Newcomer will be the first sizzling read in beach bags nationwide this season.
The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother by Judith Ruskay Rabinor, PhD
A soulful exploration of the mother-daughter bond. While Dr. Judy Rabinor, an eating disorder expert, is leading a seminar, she is blindsided by a memory of a childhood trauma that has resonated throughout her life. The Girl in the Red Boots weaves together tales from her life and her psychotherapy practice, helping readers appreciate how painful childhood experiences can linger and leave emotional scars. In the process, Rabinor traces her own journey becoming a wounded healer and ultimately makes peace with her mother— and herself.
The Shadow in the Glass by JJA Harwood
A deliciously gothic story of wishes and curses – a new dark fairy tale set against a Victorian backdrop full of lace and smoke.
Once upon a time Ella had wished for more than her life as a lowly maid. Now forced to work hard under the unforgiving, lecherous gaze of the man she once called stepfather, Ella’s only refuge is in the books she reads by candlelight, secreted away in the library she isn’t permitted to enter. One night, among her beloved books of far-off lands, Ella’s wishes are answered. At the stroke of midnight, a fairy godmother makes her an offer that will change her life: seven wishes, hers to make as she pleases. But each wish comes at a price and Ella must decide whether it’s one she’s willing to pay…
Give Birth Like a Feminist by Milli Hill
Finally blasting the feminist spotlight into the labour ward, Milli Hill encourages women everywhere to stand and deliver, insisting that birth is no longer left off the list in discussions about female power, control and agency. From the importance of birth plans to your human rights in childbirth, and including birth stories from women across the world, this call-to-arms will help you find your voice, take an active role in your choices, and change the way you think about childbirth.
Before the Crown by Flora Harding
As war rages across the world, Princess Elizabeth comes face to face with the dashing naval officer she first met in London nine years before. One of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy, Philip represents everything she has always been taught to avoid. Instability. Audacity. Adventure. But when the king learns of their relationship, the suitability of the foreign prince is questioned by all at court. He is the risk she has never been allowed to take. The risk not even the shadow of the crown will stop her from taking…
Bee a Good Human: A Pollinator's Guide to a Better Life by Ali Beckman
With more than 180,000 followers, Instagram artist Ali Beckman (@SoFlyTaxidermy) is the Internet’s go-to gal for bug-related content that makes you a happier human. In her debut book, Beckman illustrates the importance of pollinators along with a healthy dose of body positivity and mental health awareness through her witty comics that feature actual insects in everyday situations.
Books Coming Out on May 5, 2021:
The Antidote by Susan McCormick
Can a curse become a gift? Twelve-year-old Alex Revelstoke is different. He can see disease. Also injury, illness, and anything else wrong with the body. This comes in handy when aclassmate chokes on a hot dog or when the janitor suffers a heart attack unclogging a gooey science experiment gone awry. But Alex soon learnshis new ability puts him and an unsuspecting world in peril. Throughouttime, Revelstokes have waged a battle against ancient evil itself. Aman, a being, an essence--the creator of disease. Alex has seen itsdarkness. He has felt its strength. He does not want to fight. But Alexis the last Revelstoke. The war has just begun.
Pharo and the Clever Assassin by Steve Skurka
“Some crazy fellow just shot the president.” President William McKinley is shot by an American anarchist at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. He dies several days later and a local lawyer, Burford Simmons, is assigned to defend the anarchist killer. Burford, though, is mysteriously kidnapped on the first day of trial. The lead investigator is aided by Clarence Darrow and by Burford's crafty and determined wife, Pharo. Will the group be able to locate and rescue Burford before he meets his doomed fate?
Pharo and the Clever Assassin, a bracingly suspenseful legal thriller about loyalty, racism, revenge, and political scheming, is filled with surprising twists and startling turns that will keep the reader guessing to the very end.
Books Coming Out on May 10, 2021:
Swagger - Unleash Everything You Are and Become Everything You Want by Leslie Ehm
Combining tough mother love, brilliant storytelling, powerful tips, and strategically placed F-bombs, SWAGGER - Unleash Everything You Are and Become Everything You Want (Page Two; May 10, 2021; hardcover/ebook; 9781989603970; $24.95) will help you release self-doubt, defeat imposter syndrome, and forget all about "fake it 'til you make it." With this book, author Leslie Ehm shows you how to custom-kick your own backside, unblock the real you and unlock greater success at work – and in life.
Books Coming Out on May 11, 2021:
A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin
It’s a club like no other. Only the most important women receive an invitation. But one daring young reporter is about to infiltrate this female-run secret society, whose bewitching members are caught up in a dark and treacherous business. From the author of Happy and You Know It.
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Hailed as "breathtakingly suspenseful," Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.
Don't Say A Word: A Daughter's Two Cents by Elizabeth Roper Marcus
Don’t Say A Word! will resonate with beleaguered adult-children everywhere who will recognize the special misery of watching, helpless, as stubborn, diminished parents careen precariously toward the end of life. Edna and Leo, a perpetually warring, tyrannical pair in their 80s, begin wintering In Mexico, where they abandon their usual prudence to embrace adventure and a bevy of sketchy new friends. Soon, Edna adopts a pair of shyster builders whom she trusts over her own architect-daughter Elizabeth, and a farcical house results. Blithely indifferent to the calamities that result, the pair refuse all help from their too-compliant only child. Later, following her mother’s sudden death, Elizabeth’s wise, principled father attempts to fill his late wife’s shoes with a string of loopy, live-in housekeepers―with privileges, he hopes. Before it is over the Mexican escapade will bring down the kind of disasters commonly found in pulp fiction. Why can’t Elizabeth stop any of this from happening? No matter the madness, she cannot confront her parents any more than she ever could. In the end, the surprising way in which they come undone reveals just what they spent their lives trying to hide, thereby setting her free.
The Authors of This Dream by Seth Mullins
Brandon Chane's life is spinning out of control. After an altercation outside a performance venue nearly proves fatal, he's feeling at the mercy of dark forces threatening to tear his life apart. Even as a gifted poet and musician, his efforts to channel pain, frustration, and thwarted love into his music may not be enough to save him.
Twice A Daughter by Julie Ryan McGue
Julie is a twin, and since their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and the names of their birth parents. This becomes an issue for Julie when, at 48-years-old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues. Thus begins a rollercoaster search for her birth relatives that spans five years and involves a variety of agencies and individual help along the way. And by journey’s end, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history evolved into a complicated quest — one that unearthed secrets, lies, and family members that were literally right next door.
All Sorrows Can Be Borne by Loren Stephens
Inspired by true events, ALL SORROWS CAN BE BORNE is the story of Noriko Ito, a Japanese woman faced with unimaginable circumstances that force her to give up her son to save her husband. Set in Hiroshima, Osaka, and the badlands of eastern Montana and spanning the start of World War II to 1982, this breathtaking novel is told primarily in the voice of Noriko, a feisty aspiring actress who fails her audition to enter the Takarazuka Theater Academy. Instead, she takes the “part” of a waitress at a European-style tearoom in Osaka where she meets the mysterious and handsome manager, Ichiro Uchida. They fall in love over music and marry. Soon after Noriko becomes pregnant during their seaside honeymoon, Ichiro is diagnosed with tuberculosis destroying their dreams.
Noriko gives birth to a healthy baby boy, but to give the child a better life, Ichiro convinces her to give the toddler to his older sister and her Japanese-American husband, who live in Montana. Noriko holds on to the belief that this inconceivable sacrifice will lead to her husband’s recovery. What happens next is unexpected and shocking and will affect Noriko for the rest of her life.
Denied by Mary Keliikoa
In Mary Keliikoa’s "Denied," a grieving single mother inherits her late father’s PI business, and begins tackling mysteries on her own, leading her into dangerous territory. PI Kelly Pruett has a lot on her plate – working with clients at the detective agency, handling a difficult ex, and caring for her Deaf daughter. But if motherhood has taught her anything, it’s that the best things in life are never easy. When a mommy-to-be hires Kelly to locate her estranged dad, Kelly is thankful for the straightforward missing-persons case. But as she rummages through the trash in search of clues, she uncovers gambling debts to gangsters… and a blood-soaked severed finger. Can Kelly take on the mafia and make it out alive?
Lemons in the Garden of Love by Ames Sheldon
It’s 1977 and Cassie Lyman, a graduate student in women’s history, is struggling to find a topic for her doctoral dissertation. When she discovers a trove of drawings, suffrage cartoons, letters, and diaries at Smith College belonging to Kate Easton, founder of the Birth Control League of Massachusetts in 1916, she believes she has located her subject. Digging deeper into Kate’s life, Cassie learns that she and Kate are related―closely. Driven to understand why her family has never spoken of Kate, Cassie travels to Cape Ann to attend her sister’s shotgun wedding, where she questions her female relatives about Kate―only to find herself soon afterward in the same challenging situation Kate faced.
Don't Make Me Turn This Life Around by Camille Pagán
Set in Puerto Rico, this is a touching story of Libby, an eternal optimist who learns the hard way that you can’t fix the present by trying to relive the past. It’s about a wife, mother, and cancer survivor who has so many things to be grateful for, but is stuck in a rut, overwhelmed by life’s supposed-to’s. Her solution? A trip with her family to paradise. But then a tropical storm hits and she can longer pretend everything’s fine. What she can’t see is that this disaster may be the very thing that saves her family…
Dog Days by Ericka Waller
Ericka Waller's Dog Days is a debut novel about the way dogs can bring out the best in us in the face of life's challenges.
As three strangers' lives unravel and intersect, they ultimately must accept what fate has in store for them with their dogs by their sides. Set against the backdrop of Brighton, Dog Days is an inspiring, unflinching, and deeply moving novel about life, and the way dogs can help us understand it, and each other, a little better.
The Shell Collector by Nancy Naigle
Two years after her husband’s death, Amanda Whittier has two children to raise alone, an abandoned dream of starting a business, and a fixer-upper cottage by the sea. Paul Grant is a relative newcomer to the area, and his work with former military dogs is how he finds meaning—alone—through his work and role in the community. Widowed Maeve Lindsay, born and raised on Whelk’s Island, pours her life into the town. But she carries a secret that shapes her every move. Together, these three souls find encouragement in the most mysterious places and discover a love that’s bigger than their pain, healing their wounded hearts in ways none of them could have hoped for or expected.
Imagine Summer by Shelley Noble
As a child, Skylar Mackenzie’s imagination always got her in trouble. Now it’s making her a fortune. She owns Imagine That, a toy and book store and creativity center in a small Rhode Island beach town where children can use their imagination free from judgment. It has quickly expanded into a second space, Imagine That Too, for creative and de-stressing programs for adults, popular with parents and corporate execs.
Just as Skye is about to embark on retreat in town for the local businesses, she's shocked to discover her half-sister Amy, who has been gone for almost fifteen years, on the doorstep of her Aunt Roxy's B&B. And she's not alone.
Always the pretty, well-behaved one to Skye's wild child, Amy's insatiable need for more ended up hurting everyone, including Skye, and when she blew out of town, she was joined by Skye's first love, Conner Reid. Skye turned to her beloved Aunt Roxy and promised she wouldn't let Amy hurt her ever again.
Now Amy's back, she swears she wants to make it up to Skye, but soon she's up to her old tricks and wreaking havoc all throughout the town. Connor tries to convince her to leave, and himself that he no longer has feelings for Skye, but to no avail.
When a devastating fire spreads through the retreat, just a week before the start date, Skye is terrified that history is repeating itself, that Amy has started the fire in a misplaced act of revenge. Amy is innocent, but when she sees how her actions have hurt her sister, she knows she needs to change her life.
As the town bands together to rebuild the retreat, Amy and Skye realize in order to rebuild their relationship and move on, they must face the past. History doesn’t always have to repeat itself, not if you’re willing to fight for what you love and accept a little help from your friends.
A Song for the Road by Kathleen Basi
Cheryl Strayed's Wild meets Katherine Center's How to Walk Away in Kathleen Basi's debut novel about an unconventional road trip and what it means to honor the ones we love.
How Not to Drown by Jaimee Wriston
From WILLA Literary Award-winning author Jaimee Wriston comes a novel for fans of Jami Attenberg and Elizabeth Strout about a former model whose undisciplined granddaughter turns her fastidious, controlled life upside down, forcing her to confront what she values.
Attachments by Jeff Arch
A dual timeline narrative set during the 1990s with flashbacks to 1972, Attachments follows Stewart “Goody” Goodman and Sandy “Pick” Piccolo, who as adults receive a deathbed request from the dean at the Pennsylvania boarding school they attended decades earlier where they fell for the same girl, Laura. As they both make their way back to the campus of their youth, secrets and betrayals from the past come into the light that could have dire consequences for the dean’s young son. Fans of ensemble casts and family drama such as Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth told through carefully revealed flashbacks similar to This is Us will devour Attachments.
Books Coming Out on May 15, 2021:
Unsettled Shores by Kelsey Gietl
Unsettled Shores transports readers from 1917 New York to air-raided London to occupied France, combining historical and literary elements within the inspirational story of an underground letter delivery organization during the Great War. It is about love and redemption and discovering that sometimes the most difficult battles we wage are the ones fought within ourselves.
Books Coming Out on May 18, 2021:
The Atmospherians by Alex McElroy
A “dazzling” (Bryan Washington, author of Lot) and brilliantly satirical debut novel for fans of Women Talking and Red Clocks about two best friends—a disgraced influencer and a struggling actor—who form The Atmosphere, a cult designed to reform problematic men.
Dad, How Do I? by Rob Kenney
From the host of the YouTube channel that went viral—Dad, How Do I?—comes a book that’s part memoir/part inspiration/part DIY.
Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam
With her debut novel, Thien-Kim Lam serves up a sexy second-chance romance about exes with unfinished business. When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or get burned all over again?
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
"Hall (Boyfriend Material) does it again with this scrumptious, quietly subversive rom-com set against a Great British Bake Off–style reality TV show. Bisexual 27-year-old Rosaline Palmer, single mother to a precocious eight-year-old, goes on Bake Expectations in a desperate attempt to turn her life around....It’s a classic rom-com setup, but Hall upends expectations....Hall balances the adorable love story and witty narration with incisive critiques of classism and the fetishization of bisexual women. As Rosaline learns to trust her instincts and stand up for herself, the tension of the competition keeps the plot flying....Hilarious, heartwarming, and grounded, Rosaline’s story proves that happy endings look different from person to person." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Del Rio: A Novel by Jane Rosenthal
A suspenseful story of corruption, betrayal and redemption. Giving hope in the end that the way we treat the land and our community - the way we treat the most vulnerable among us - are connected. Del Rio, California, a once-thriving Central Valley farm town, is now filled with run-down Dollar Stores, llanterias, carnicerias, and not surprisingly the murder of a migrant teen. Del Rio District Attorney Callie McCall is determined to find the killer which pits her against the wealthiest, most politically connected, most ruthless farming family in California: her own. Callie finds herself in a fight to the death to save her hometown, the people she loves, and, ultimately, herself.
The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim
Explore vibrant New Delhi through the eyes of Indian-American teen Noreen as she faces family expectations, romance, and hidden secrets in a new country in THE MARVELOUS MIRZA GIRLS by Sheba Karim (May 18, Quill Tree Books). When Noreen decides to follow her mom on a gap year trip to New Delhi, she soon meets the handsome Kabir, who helps show her India's magical, complicated culture. But when a family scandal erupts, Noreen and Kabir must face complex questions in their relationship. Where will Noreen go from here?
It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
In Miel Moreland's young adult debut, “It Goes Like This” (May 18, 2021, Macmillan / Feiwel & Friends), four teens realize that sometimes you have to risk hitting repeat on heartbreak. Eva, Celeste, Gina, and Steph used to think their friendship was unbreakable. After all, they've been through a lot together, including the astronomical rise of Moonlight Overthrow, the world-famous queer pop band they formed in middle school, never expecting to headline anything bigger than the county fair. But after a sudden falling out leads to the dissolution of the teens’ band, their friendship, and Eva and Celeste’s starry-eyed romance, nothing is the same. As they prepare for one last show, they’ll discover if growing up always means growing apart.
How to Save a Life by Eva Carter
In this heartfelt love story, three friends find out what it really means to save someone. After years of working towards medical school, friends Kerry and Tim are going to sit for their entrance exams. But on the eve of the new millennium, a classmate goes into cardiac arrest, changing everything. For nearly eighteen minutes, rising soccer star Joel Greenaway is dead. For nearly eighteen minutes, Kerry performs CPR on her long-time crush. And for nearly eighteen minutes, Tim is too shocked to help. And though they don't yet know it, those eighteen minutes will change the next eighteen years of their lives. Because as it turns out, saving a life doesn't always guarantee a happy ending. As Kerry, Tim, and Joel discover what it means to love, to forgive, and to find your calling, this sweeping novel shows us that there is more than one way to save a life--and more than one path to finding meaning in your own.
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
In Mary Kubica’s “daringly plotted, emotionally eviscerating psychological thriller” (Publishers Weekly) LOCAL WOMAN MISSING, three women, including a mother and her young daughter, go missing in a peaceful community within a short window of time. After an elusive search, the case goes cold until eleven years later when the young girl, Delilah, shockingly returns home, raising many questions.
Books Coming Out on May 25, 2021:
Closer to Fine by Jodi S. Rosenfeld
Closer to Fine follows Rachel, a 20-something psych student who knows the human brain but struggles to understand her own anxiety. Living with her conservative grandfather Zayde, she bonds with him over Jewish traditional rituals, while concealing her conflicted identity. But when a progressive female rabbi shakes up their community--and a new love interest, Liz, shakes up Rachel’s world--Rachel finds herself caught between tradition and exploration, loyalty and love, the person she is and the woman she wants to be. Here is a smart, heartfelt novel that proves “coming of age” is ageless, and we find ourselves when we’re least certain of who we are.
Wild Love by Lauren Accardo
Needing a break from life and the city, Sydney retreats to her mother’s bookstore in the mountains. But then she meets Sam, and her plans of rejuvenating seclusion are suddenly thrown off. While Sam and Sydney each believe they can’t overcome their past to start a new relationship, the undeniable chemistry between them says otherwise.
The First Actress by C.W. Gortner
The tumultuous life of the legendary French star Sarah Bernhardt--the world's first modern actress and international celebrity--dazzles in this stunning novel for readers of Love and Ruin and Mistress of the Ritz.
