Ellie Lawson’s life takes a nosedive when she gets dumped by her boyfriend and fired from her job all in one day. With nowhere else to turn, she heads back to her parents’ charming inn nestled in a Long Island apple orchard, hoping for some quiet recovery time. Instead, she finds Aiden, the infuriating (and…
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Birding with Benefits
A divorcee embarks on her “year of yes” and crosses paths with a shy but sensitive birdwatcher who changes her life in this charming rom-com perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Ali Hazelwood. Newly divorced and almost an empty nester, Celeste is finally ready to put herself first. When she agrees to pose as…
Play Nice
Clio Barnes has built a picture-perfect life as an influencer, but when her estranged mother dies, she and her sisters inherit their childhood home, the same house their mother claimed was possessed by a demon. Clio sees an opportunity to turn the house into content gold with a home renovation, but as memories resurface and…
A Killer Motive
Six years ago, Stella snuck her younger brother Max out to a party—and he vanished without a trace. Now, she runs a true-crime podcast, helping other families find closure while still haunted by her own loss. When she publicly claims she could solve Max’s case with just one clue, a mysterious stranger challenges her to…
Jackpot Summer
When four adult siblings win the lottery together, they expect their lives to change overnight but money has a way of complicating things more than it solves them. As old rivalries resurface, secrets spill, and relationships are tested, each sibling must decide what they’re willing to risk for their share of the prize. Set over…
The Heartbreak Hotel
A bed-and-breakfast for the brokenhearted might just hold the key to another chance at love in this achingly hopeful debut romance. When a breakup leaves Lousia unable to afford rent on her Colorado mountain home, she’s desperate to stay in the one stable place she’s ever called home. Lou strikes a deal with her reclusive…
The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective
Mrs. B, the formidable and big-hearted landlady of The Marigold Cottages in Santa Barbara, only rents to people she truly cares about: Sophie, an anxious young playwright; Hamilton, a chatty agoraphobe; Ocean, a queer sculptor raising two kids alone; the meticulous Lily-Ann; and Nicholas, a finance bro hiding secrets. Life in their charming, beachside bungalows…
The Witch’s Orchard
Archer Sullivan brings the mountains of North Carolina to life in The Witch’s Orchard, an atmospheric and twisty debut introducing private investigator Annie Gore. Former Air Force Special Investigator Annie has traded military life for PI work, and her latest case drags her deep into an Appalachian holler much like the one she grew up…
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a slasher with a twist, our ‘final’ girl is 78. Rose DuBois is living out her golden years at Autumn Springs when residents begin mysteriously dying one by one. At first, no one thinks much of it because accidents happen, and people die especially at a retirement home….
The Astrology House
A group of wealthy Manhattanites heads to an astrology-themed retreat on the coast in search of healing, rest, and clarity but instead, they find tension, buried secrets, and eventually murder. The weekend away at Stars Harbor, hosted in a restored Victorian mansion, begins as a chance to reset, but quickly devolves into something far more…