In 1964, four remarkable young women at a prestigious university became the subjects of parapsychology experiments by a visionary scientist. On the cusp of a historic breakthrough, the women mysteriously vanished and the program was erased from history. Decades later, newly divorced Riley Bell accepts a caretaker job for an elderly widow named Betty, stepping…
Handle with Care
Handle with Care by Marybeth Whalen follows three women who walk into a small-town post office on an ordinary spring afternoon, only to find themselves held hostage when a domestic dispute spirals out of control. A husband pulls a gun and barricades himself inside with his wife and three strangers: a young woman searching for…
June 2026 | BOTM Predictions
Summer reading season is officially here and June is looking like one of the strongest BOTM months of the year. Publishers are putting out some heavy hitters this month and BOTM tends to lean into that summer energy with picks that are accessible, buzzy, and perfect for reading by the pool or staying up way…
June 2026 | Aardvark Predictions
With June right around the corner, I’ve been looking ahead at upcoming releases and trying to guess what might show up in next month’s Aardvark lineup. They tend to strike a balance between buzzy new titles and returning authors, usually with a slightly darker or more offbeat edge, so this list leans into that mix….
June 2026 Most Anticipated
June is here and honestly; my TBR is out of control in the best way. This month has such a good mix of everything: thrillers, romance, literary fiction, fantasy, and a few that I genuinely cannot categorize but need immediately. Summer reading season is officially in full swing, and I have twelve books on my…
Remarkably Bright Creatures
After her husband’s death, Tova Sullivan takes up the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and keeping busy the way she always has, especially in the thirty-plus years since her eighteen-year-old son Erik vanished on a boat in Puget Sound. But when she forms an unlikely friendship with Marcellus, a curmudgeonly giant…
17 Books to Gift Every Type of Mom This Mother’s Day
Because she doesn’t need another candle. She needs uninterrupted reading time and a really good book. Mother’s Day is this Sunday and if you’re still searching for the right gift, I’m going to make this very easy for you: books. Always books. Literally always books. & if you’re my husband reading this, I’d like a…
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop
Daisy’s flower shop has been branded cursed after the weddings she’s done flowers for keep ending in divorce, and Dream Harbor newcomer Elliot wants nothing to do with more bad luck. But when he reluctantly walks through her door, these two guarded hearts might just find that love shows up when you least expect it….
Buyer Beware
From the internationally bestselling author of 56 Days, Buyer Beware is a thriller about two women whose fractured lives collide around a house with dangerous secrets. When Ellie moves to 1 Delaney Row hoping for a fresh start, she quickly discovers her new home is already hiding someone else’s buried past and the people protecting…
What Boys Learn
When two teenage girls are found dead in a wealthy Chicago suburb over one terrible weekend, school counselor Abby Rosso begins to suspect that her own son Benjamin was secretly involved in their lives and possibly their deaths. Abby doesn’t want to believe her son could hurt anyone, but she’s seen the warning signs before:…