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Title:  The Five-Star Weekend Series:  Sommer in Nantucket Author:  Elin Hilderbrand Publisher:  Little, Brown and Company Release Date:  June 13, 2023 After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket. Hollis Shaw’s life seems picture-perfect. She’s the creator of the popular food blog Hungry with Hollis and is married to Matthew, a dreamy heart surgeon. But after she and Matthew get into a heated argument one snowy morning, he leaves for the airport and is killed in a car accident. The cracks in Hollis’s perfect life—her strained marriage and her complicated relationship with her daughter, Caroline—grow deeper. So when Hollis hears about something called a “Five-Star Weekend”—one woman organizes a trip for her best friend from each phase of her life: her teenage years, her twenties, her thirties, and midlife—she decides to host her own Five-Star Weekend on Nantucket. But the...

Title:  Keep Them Close Author: D avid Ellis Publisher:  G.P. Putnam's Sons Release Date:  June 30, 2026 From the bestselling author of Look Closer comes a new domestic thriller about betrayal and murder inside one twisted family Siblings Allison and Luke have been through a lot together. They’ve always stood by each other. They’d do anything for each other. When Allison’s husband, Finley, is murdered, the investigation threatens to expose the siblings’ darkest secrets. An illicit affair. A decades-old accident. A stunning deception. How do these events explain Finley’s death? How far will Allison and Luke go to keep their secrets buried? And can the siblings even trust one another anymore? As the investigation winds tighter and past and present collide, the most shocking betrayal might lie a little too close to home… Amazon | Barnes & Noble A sibling bond is about to be tested... Siblings Allison and Luke have always had each other’s back. They have secrets, and the...

  Title:  The Shippers Author:  Katherine Center Publisher:  St. Martin's Press Release Date:  May 19, 2026 She wants him to help her woo someone else.Genius. Foolproof. Can't go wrong. After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship. Armed with pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her first crush and first kiss (and who just happens to be a newly divorced wedding guest). Determined to woo him for closure, she ropes in her childhood bestie, Cooper Watts, as her wingman. Cooper: who RSVPed no, but showed up anyway. Cooper: who moved to London without a word four years ago. Cooper: who broke her heart. Shipboard antics abound in this witty, heart-tugging, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance, as JoJo and Cooper team up, fake flirt, slow dance, share a cabin, sing duets, get jealous, answer long-held que...

  Title:  The Night We Met Series:  Say You'll Remember Me #2 Author: A bby Jimenez Publisher:  Forever Release Date:  March 24, 2026 A beautiful, compelling novel that revels in laughter, friendship, and the messy choices life can throw our way. In everyone’s life, there’s a split-second decision that can change everything... For Larissa, it came when choosing which guy to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she’d met the perfect man. She and Chris are great together, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie, sharing their favorite books, and judging bread (pumpernickel for the win!). For the first time amid all her side hustles to scrape by, things finally feel easy. But Chris isn't the one who drove Larissa home all those months ago—Chris is her boyfriend's best friend. All Chris wants is for Larissa to be happy. Standing by on the sidelines is slowly killing him, but making a move would destroy someone else. And he’s just not th...

  Title:  Dolly All the Time Author:  Annabel Monaghan Publisher:  G.P. Putnam's Sons Release Date:  May 26, 2026 If they start by pretending, can they end with something real? Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldn’t solve. Not when her mom left when she was twelve, and not at thirty-nine when she moves with her son back to Whitfield, Rhode Island, for the summer to keep her dad and brother from losing the family home. So when she comes across Stewart Whitfield—annoyingly handsome scion of the Whitfield family—with a flat tire and at the wrong end of a very public, very humiliating breakup, it’s in her nature to help. But Stewart’s proposed arrangement ends up being more than either of them bargained for, because as public dinners and high-society benefits turn into sunset boat rides and kisses that hit her bloodstream like a ghost pepper, Dolly starts to feel something more than helpful. She’s never relied on anyone besides herself—can she really start...

  Title:  The Other  Series:  The Outsiders Sequence #2 Author:  Annie Neugebauer Publisher:  Shortwave Publishing Release Date:  June 9, 2026 A couple on an outdoor retreat meet their doppelgangers on a hiking trail and are soon tested on how well they truly know each other. Amazon | Barnes & Noble After reading the first novella, The Extra, I couldn't wait to read The Other. Set in the same world as its predecessor, The Other follows Elisa and Logan, a couple hiking in an attempt to reconnect before their marriage completely falls apart. They have been together for many years but have not yet had children, and that might be the thing that finally breaks them. Elisa and Logan are ready to set up camp when they come across another couple at the site—Bryce and Allison—who look eerily similar to them. They are bewildered by the resemblance, but in the end, they decide to stay the night. The next morning, chaos ensues. I’m loving this series, and wha...