At twenty-six, Cricket Campbell feels stuck; adrift in early adulthood and weighed down by grief from a tragedy a decade earlier. When her father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and her sister Nina suggests moving him into memory care, Cricket instead returns to her childhood home to become his caretaker, hoping to repair their relationship and…
Category: St. Martin’s Press
The Storm
St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is known for its deadly hurricanes, the long-standing Rosalie Inn, and the infamous murder of Landon Fitzroy during Hurricane Marie in 1984, a crime that cemented Lo Bailey’s name in local legend. When true-crime writer August Fletcher arrives in town to revisit the case, inn owner Geneva Corliss hopes the attention…
Left of Forever
Left of Forever is a heartfelt, second-chance romance centered on Ellis and Wren, former spouses who find themselves unexpectedly reuniting for a cross-country road trip, thanks to a series of emotional letters and a Byrd family reunion neither quite anticipated. As the miles stretch on, old wounds resurface, truths are finally spoken aloud, and the…
Gone Tonight
Ruth Sterling has spent her entire adult life protecting her daughter Catherine by moving frequently, keeping to herself, and never allowing her past to catch up with her. Now, as Catherine prepares to start a new job in another city, Ruth’s carefully constructed life begins to crack. Told in alternating points of view, Gone Tonight…
The Locked Ward
Told through the tense dual POVs of Georgia Cartwright, who’s been confined to a psychiatric ward after being accused of killing her adopted sister, and Amanda, who is thrust into Georgia’s world of secrets. Being called the “Crime of the Decade,” Georgia insists she didn’t kill her sister, but chronic family dysfunction, questions of adoption,…
The Shutouts
The Shutouts picks up in the wake of Yours for the Taking, plunging us back into a dystopian future unraveling under the weight of climate catastrophe, government betrayal, and identity politics. Though billed as “set in the same world,” make no mistake, this is a true sequel imo, and you’ll be lost without reading book…
The Love Haters
Huge KC fan, Huge! & she certainly delivers with her upcoming release, The Love Hater. Katie is faking, it until she makes it. As a video producer, she’s on the potential chopping block as her company looks to reorganize. When her boss offers her a job filming an advertisement for the Coast Guard, she jumps…
I’m Starting to Worry About this Black Box of Doom
When Abbot’s Lyft passenger offers him $200,000 to transport her and a large black box from Los Angeles to Washington, DC, Abbot knows it’s life changing money. The catch – he can’t look inside the box, ask questions, or tell anyone about the box. As Abbot and his passenger cross the United States, they unknowingly…
House of Glass
Stella Hudson, a special interest attorney, has been appointed to Rose Barclay to help decide who should gain custody of her, her mother or father. While Stella doesn’t normally take on cases with children under 13, she makes an exception for Rose’s unique situation. After having seen her nanny fall to her death, Rose has…
How to Age Disgracefully
I’m very into grumpy/quirky older characters living their best lives lately, and man did How to Age Disgracefully fit right into that. Lydia is finally back at work with a parttime job running the Senior Citizens Social Club at the local community center. That is until the center is at risk of being shut down….