Each month we will be featuring several new release adult books that are coming out. Be sure to check out these August new releases and request your copy today!
- The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Thrillers/Psychological | Aug. 6
For fans of: Paula Hawkins, Emma Flint, Lucy Foley
“When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss–a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten–by the luxurious “smart” home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family.What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare–one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder.” - Right Swipe by Alisha Rai
Romance/Contemporary | Aug. 6
For fans of: Trice Hickman, Cheris F. Hodges
“Alisha Rai returns with a sizzling new novel, in which two rival dating app creators find themselves at odds in the boardroom but in sync in the bedroom.Rhiannon Hunter may have revolutionized romance in the digital world, but in real life she only swipes right on her career–and the occasional hookup. The cynical dating app creator controls her love life with a few key rules.” - The Birthday Girl by Melissa De La Cruz
Suspense | Aug. 6
For fans of: Jessica Strawser, Andrew Pyper, Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline
“Before she became a glamorous fashion designer, Ellie de Florent-Stinson was a trailer-park teen about to turn sixteen. But a night of birthday celebration doesn’t go exactly as planned and descends into a night she’ll never be able to forget.Now, on the cusp of her fortieth birthday, it appears Ellie has everything she ever wanted: a handsome husband; an accomplished, college-age stepdaughter; a beautiful ten-year-old girl; adorable and rambunctious six-year-old twin boys; lush, well-appointed homes in Los Angeles, Park City, and Palm Springs; a thriving career; and a dazzling circle of friends.Except everything is not quite as perfect as it looks on the outside—Ellie is keeping many secrets.”
- The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs
Women’s Fiction | Aug. 13
For fans of: Debbie Macomber, Jude Deveraux, Sherryl Woods
“At the break of dawn, Caroline Shelby rolls into Oysterville, Washington, a tiny hamlet at the edge of the raging Pacific. She’s come home.Home to a place she thought she’d left forever, home of her heart and memories, but not her future. Ten years ago, Caroline launched a career in the glamorous fashion world of Manhattan. But her success in New York imploded on a wave of scandal and tragedy, forcing her to flee to the only safe place she knows.And in the backseat of Caroline’s car are two children who were orphaned in a single chilling moment–five-year-old Addie and six-year-old Flick. She’s now their legal guardian–a role she’s not sure she’s ready for.” - All the Flowers in Paris by Sarah Jio
Historical Fiction | Aug. 13
For fans of: Transcription by Kate Atkinson, The tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
“When Caroline wakes up in a Paris hospital with no memory of her past, she’s confused to learn that for years she’s lived a sad, reclusive life in a sprawling apartment on the rue Cler. Slowly regaining vague memories of a man and a young child, she vows to piece her life back together–though she can’t help but feel she may be in danger. A budding friendship with the chef of a charming nearby restaurant takes her mind off her foggy past, as does a startling mystery from decades prior.In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young widow named Céline is trying to build a new life for her daughter while working in her father’s flower shop and hoping to find love again.”