Last Call at the Savoy (2025) Brisa Carleton "Blissfully charming! Last Call at the Savoy is at once as decadent as its setting and as incisive as the forgotten history it uncovers. Like Cinnamon herself, a wryly frothy voice makes the story's deceptive depths all the more surprising. With stellar side characters, a swoony hero, and a heroine bent on rediscovering the past while reclaiming her own, this debut novel from Brisa Carleton went down like the smoothest martini. I can't wait to see where she takes us next."
Finding Grace (2025) Loretta Rothschild "I can't remember the last time I read a book so wholly original that it also manages to feel like it's always existed. How is it not already a part of our zeitgeist, one of those watershed books people try to imitate for the next decade but never succeed in eclipsing? That enviable balance of blockbuster plot and literary elegance. Such a clever concept, such a whip smart voice, such perfectly rendered characters, all bound together by a theme as simple and utterly, relatably human as Finding Grace. An absolutely powerhouse debut that I will be thinking about for a good long while."
Flirting Lessons (2025) Jasmine Guillory "I'm not sure you can have a better summer read: a will-they-won't-they cat-and-mouse romp about challenging yourself to become the fullest - and most fulfilled - possible version of you. Add in a sun-baked setting, lovable sidekicks, and smoldering tension and I am one happy reader. What a perfect addition to the Guillory-verse."
Strange Folk (2024) Alli Dyer "STRANGE FOLK is an evocative journey of self-discovery - and rediscovery - that tickles every sensory input. I can't remember the last time I could not only see a story, but smell, taste, touch, and hear it, too. Its witchy prose made me feel like part of the Buck clan and its sense of place is as well-defined as its eccentric characters, somehow both eerily timeless and blisteringly current. With this stunning debut, Dyer shows herself to be a new standard-bearer for contemporary Southern Gothic."
The Other Side of Disappearing (2024) Kate Clayborn "I laughed and swooned and cried, then came away with indelible memories of unforgettable characters who jumped off the page and into my heart. A delight from beginning to end and beyond."
The Last Word (2023) Katy Birchall "An utterly charming story about what to do when life hands you Something Blue: turn it into Something New."
Hazel Fine Sings Along (2023) Katie Wicks "HAZEL FINE SINGS ALONG is not only a fun yet poignant peek at the intersection of talent and celebrity that is competition-based reality television, but it's also an ode to being true to yourself. Even when who you are could be a liability to who you want to become."
I'm So (Not) Over You (2022) Kosoko Jackson "A snappy, sizzling, downright delightful book from Jackson, a welcome and fresh new voice in rom-coms."
Weather Girl (2022) Rachel Lynn Solomon "A perfect storm of classic rom-com delights, Solomon's singular voice, and wholly original characters."
The Summer Job (2021) Lizzy Dent "A charming and funny read about how our worst mistake can be the very thing that helps us become a better person."
Are We There Yet? (2021) Kathleen West "An astute and witty look at the ties that bind us and the events that can undo them. Are We There Yet is a nuanced take on contemporary parenting bursting with warmth and heart."
Beach Read (2020) Emily Henry "Beach Read is exactly the witty, charming, and swoony novel we always want; it also happens to be the unexpected wallop of emotional wisdom and sly social commentary we need right now. I adored it."
Woman 99 (2019) Greer Macallister "Macallister's mastery of historical fiction is on full display in WOMAN NINETY NINE. Her incisive voice brings a dark chapter of our past to life with unsettling contemporary resonance."
