Something To Look Forward To | Week of April 18th, 2022

Posted April 18, 2022 by Bonnie in Something To Look Forward To / 0 Comments

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Week of April 18th, 2022

End of the World House: A Novel by Adrienne Celt [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Simon Schuster

The Devil’s Dictionary by Steven Kotler [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by St. Martin’s Press

Spear by Nicola Griffith [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Tordotcom

Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky #2) by Rebecca Roanhorse [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Saga Press

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Flint and Mirror by John Crowley [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Tor Books

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle MonĂ¡e [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Harper Voyager

Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Minotaur Books

Dream Town (Archer #3) by David Baldacci [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Grand Central Publishing

Kingdom of Bones (Sigma Force #16) by James Rollins [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by William Morrow

Death of the Black Widow by James Patterson, J.D. Barker [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Grand Central Publishing

A Perilous Perspective (Lady Darby Mysteries #10) by Anna Lee Huber [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Berkley

The Paris Showroom by Juliet Blackwell [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Berkley Books

Wingwalkers by Taylor Brown [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by St. Martin’s Press

The Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Lake Union Publishing

Housebreaking by Colleen Hubbard [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Berkley Books

Forbidden City by Vanessa Hua [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Ballantine Books

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Forever

Drop Dead Gorgeous by Rachel Gibson [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Gallery Books

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Can’t Wait Wednesday | The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden

Posted April 13, 2022 by Bonnie in Waiting on Wednesday / 5 Comments

Can’t Wait Wednesday | The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel LindenThe Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden
Published by Berkley Books on August 2, 2022
Pages: 352
Genres: Foodie Fiction, Magical Realism
Format: Paperback
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"Heartfelt, heartwarming, joyful, and uplifting. You can't go wrong with a Rachel Linden book."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber

An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to live the life she didn't choose. . . . from the bestselling author of The Enlightenment of Bees.

Lolly Blanchard's life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mother's tragic death, she broke up with her first love and abandoned her dream of opening a restaurant in order to keep her family's struggling Seattle diner afloat and care for her younger sister and grieving father. Now, a decade later, she dutifully whips up the diner's famous lemon meringue pies each morning while still pining for all she's lost.

As Lolly's thirty-third birthday approaches, her quirky great-aunt gives her a mysterious gift--three lemon drops, each of which allows her to live a single day in a life that might have been hers. What if her mom hadn't passed away? What if she had opened her own restaurant in England? What if she hadn't broken up with the only man she's ever loved? Surprising and empowering, each experience helps Lolly let go of her regrets and realize the key to transforming her life lies not in redoing her past but in having the courage to embrace her present.

About Rachel Linden

Rachel Linden is a novelist and international aid worker whose adventures in over fifty countries around the world provide excellent grist for her writing. She is the author of The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie, The Enlightenment of Bees, Becoming the Talbot Sisters, and Ascension of Larks. Currently Rachel lives with her family on a sweet little island near Seattle, WA where she enjoys creating stories about strong women facing big challenges, travel, food, and second chances at love. She promises her readers a happy, or at least very hopeful, ending and infuses each of her stories with a touch of magical realism.

Is there anything better than foodie fiction with a dose of magical realism mixed in? I think not.

What are you waiting on this Wednesday?

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Top Ten Tuesday | Author’s I Want To Read More Of

Posted April 12, 2022 by Bonnie in Top Ten Tuesday / 9 Comments

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There’s nothing better than finding a new author to love and realizing that you have a whole backlist of books to work on. The following are a whole slew of authors I’ve (mostly) only read a single book from and I’m determined to get the rest of their works.

T. Kingfisher
Loved: The Hollow Places
To Read: The Twisted Ones, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

Charles Portis
Loved: True Grit
To Read: Norwood, Gringos

Ray Bradbury
Loved: Fahrenheit 451
To Read: The Martian Chronicles, From the Dust Returned

Tessa Dare
Loved: Romancing the Duke
To Read: A Night to Surrender, The Duchess Deal

Grace Draven
Loved: Phoenix Unbound
To Read: Dragon Unleashed, Radiance

John Fowles
Loved: The Collector
To Read: The French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Magus

William Boyle
Loved: A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself
To Read: Gravesend, Shoot the Moonlight Out

Sarah Water
Loved: Tipping the Velvet
To Read: Fingersmith, The Little Stranger

Kate Morton
Loved: The Secret Keeper
To Read: The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours

C.L. Wilson
Loved: The Winter King
To Read: The Sea King, Lord of the Fading Land

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Something To Look Forward To | Week of April 11th, 2022

Posted April 11, 2022 by Bonnie in Something To Look Forward To / 0 Comments

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Week of April 11th, 2022

Stormbringer (The Elric Saga #2) by Michael Moorcock [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Gallery / Saga Press

And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Tordotcom

Stringers by Chris Panatier [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Angry Robot Books

God of Neverland: A Defenders of Lore Novel by Gama Ray Martinez [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Harper Voyager

Saint Death’s Daughter (Saint Death #1) by C.S.E. Cooney [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Solaris

The Hunger of the Gods (Bloodsworn Saga #2) by John Gwynne [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Orbit

Shadow Fallen (Dream-Hunters #6) by Sherrilyn Kenyon [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Tor Books

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Harpervia

A Tiny Upward Shove: A Novel by Melissa Chadburn [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The Investigator by John Sandford [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by William Morrow & Company

The Caretakers by Amanda Bestor-Siegal [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by William Morrow & Company

Fierce Poison (Barker & Llewelyn #13) by Will Thomas [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Minotaur Books

The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Harper Muse

Last Dance on the Starlight Pier by Sarah Bird [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by St. Martin’s Press

The Mayfair Bookshop by Eliza Knight [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by William Morrow Paperback

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Delacorte Press

Sedating Elaine by Dawn Winter [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Knopf Publishing Group

The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Atria Books

The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Berkley

Just the Two of Us by Jo Wilde [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Forever

The No-Show by Beth O’Leary [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 12th 2022 by Berkley Books

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Something To Look Forward To | Week of April 4th, 2022

Posted April 4, 2022 by Bonnie in Something To Look Forward To / 1 Comment

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Week of April 4th, 2022

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Knopf Publishing Group

In A Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Del Rey Books

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments (Edinburgh Nights #2) by T.L. Huchu [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Tor Books

Lover Arisen (Black Dagger Brotherhood #20) by J.R. Ward [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Gallery Books

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Aspects by John M. Ford [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Tor Books

The Blood Trials (The Blood Gift Duology #1) by N.E. Davenport [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Harper Voyager

Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Daw Books

The Bladed Faith (The Vagrant Gods #1) by David Dalglish [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Orbit

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The Ravaged by Norman Reedus, Frank Bill [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Blackstone Publishing

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by St. Martin’s Press

The Shadow House: A Novel by Anna Downes [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Minotaur Books

Once a Thief (Simon Riske #4) by Christopher Reich [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Mulholland Books

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Tiny Reparations Books

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When Blood Lies (Sebastian St. Cyr #17) by C.S. Harris [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Berkley

The Oxford Brotherhood by Guillermo MartĂ­nez [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Pegasus Crime

The Unquiet Dead by Stacie Murphy [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Pegasus Crime

Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Grand Central Publishing

Sister Stardust by Jane Green [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Hanover Square Press

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Doubleday Books

The Wise Women by Gina Sorell [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Harper

Heartbroke by Chelsea Bieker [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Penguin Publishing Group

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by William Morrow & Company

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Scribner

At Least You Have Your Health by Madi Sinha [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Berkley Books

Delphine Jones Takes a Chance by Beth Morrey [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by William Morrow & Company

Reputation by Lex Croucher [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by St. Martin’s Griffin

To Marry and to Meddle (The Regency Vows #3) by Martha Waters [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Atria Books

Business Not as Usual by Sharon C. Cooper [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Berkley Books

The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Avon

Boss Witch (Fix-It Witches #2) by Ann Aguirre [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Sourcecbooks Casablanca

The Sign for Home: A Novel by [Blair Fell]

The Lifeguards by Amanda Eyre Ward [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Ballantine Books

Sari, Not Sari by Sonya K. Singh [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Simon Schuster

The Sign for Home by Blair Fell [Purchase]
Expected publication: April 5th 2022 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books

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Something To Look Forward To | Week of March 28th, 2022

Posted March 28, 2022 by Bonnie in Something To Look Forward To / 2 Comments

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Week of March 28th, 2022

The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire #3) by S.C. Emmett [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Orbit

Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Redhook

Until the Last of Me (Take Them to the Stars #2) by Sylvain Neuvel [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Tordotcom

A House Between Earth and the Moon by Rebecca Scherm [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Viking

All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books

Out There: Stories by Kate Folk [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Random House

The Resting Place by Camilla Sten [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Minotaur Books

The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by William Morrow & Company

What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons

The Echoes (Kinship #4) by Jess Montgomery [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Minotaur Books

The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by William Morrow & Company

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Home or Away by Kathleen West [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Berkley Books

Four Aunties and a Wedding (Aunties #2) by Jesse Q. Sutanto [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Berkley Books

Welcome to the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Avon Books

The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Gallery Books

A Wedding on Sunshine Corner (The Sunshine Corner #2) by Phoebe Mills [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 29th 2022 by Forever

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Something To Look Forward To | Week of March 21st, 2022

Posted March 22, 2022 by Bonnie in Something To Look Forward To / 0 Comments

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Week of March 21st, 2022

Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Tordotcom

The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Tor Books

The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Titan Books

Destiny of the Dead (The Shroud of Prophecy #2) by Kel Kade [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Tor Books

Suicide Kings (Eric Carter #7) by Stephen Blackmoore [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Daw Books

Curfew by [Jayne Cowie]

The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods #1) by Tara Sim [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Orbit

Curfew by Jayne Cowie [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Berkley

Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror by John F.D. Taff [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Nightfire

Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater #4) by Christopher Ruocchio [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Daw Books

The Lying Club by Annie Ward [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Park Row

A Harmless Lie by Sara Blaedel [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Dutton Books

Her Last Affair by John Searles [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Custom House

The Recovery Agent (Gabriela Rose #1) by Janet Evanovich [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Atria Books

A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs #17) by Jacqueline Winspear [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Harper

Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard by Joe R. Lansdale [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 21st 2022 by Tachyon Publications

Beat the Devils by Josh Weiss [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Grand Central Publishing

French Braid by Anne Tyler [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Knopf Publishing Group

Hammer by Joe Mungo Reed [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Simon Schuster

The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Ace Books

Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell by Taj McCoy [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by Mira Books

The Next Thing You Know by Jessica Strawser [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 22nd 2022 by St. Martin’s Press

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Can’t Wait Wednesday | The Bartender’s Cure by Wesley Straton

Posted March 16, 2022 by Bonnie in Waiting on Wednesday / 2 Comments

Can’t Wait Wednesday | The Bartender’s Cure by Wesley StratonThe Bartender's Cure by Wesley Straton
Published by Flatiron Books on June 28, 2022
Pages: 272
Genres: Contemporary
Format: Hardcover
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Samantha Fisher definitely does not want to be a bartender. But after a breakup and breakdown in San Francisco, she decides to defer law school for a year to move to New York, crashing on her best friend’s couch. When she is offered a job at Joe’s Apothecary, a beloved neighborhood bar in Brooklyn, she tells herself it’s only temporary.

As Sam learns more about bartending and gets to know the service industry lifers and loyal regulars at Joe’s, she is increasingly seduced by her new job. She finds acceptance in her tight-knit community and even begins a new relationship. But as the year draws to a close, Sam is increasingly pulled between the life she thought she wanted and the possibility of a different kind of future. When destructive cycles from her past threaten to consume her again, Sam must decide how much she’s willing to let go of to finally belong.

About Wesley Straton

Wesley Straton is a writer and bartender based in Brooklyn. She studied fiction at Brooklyn College, where she received the Himan Brown Creative Writing Award and served as an editor for the Brooklyn Review. Her fiction has appeared in Glimmer Train and has been shortlisted for the Disquiet Literary Prize, and she has written about international bar culture for Roads & Kingdoms, GQ, and Difford’s Guide. The Bartender's Cure is her debut.

What are you waiting on this Wednesday?

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Top Ten Tuesday | Spring TBR

Posted March 15, 2022 by Bonnie in Top Ten Tuesday / 4 Comments

I’m a total list gal, however, when it comes to making book lists (especially planned TBR reads) I tend to stumble. I’m such a mood reader that it’s near impossible to plan what I’m going to be in the mood for. I make these lists in hopes that I’ll get to them all, but know that it’s not super likely, but just in case… there’s a little bit of all the genres!

Upcoming Releases I’m Excited For

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Book of Night by Holly Black
Four Aunties and a Wedding (Aunties #2) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Backlist Books

Six Stories (Six Stories #1) by Matt Wesolowski
The Perfect Find by Tia Williams
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Elantris (Elantris #1) by Brandon Sanderson
Crownchasers (Crownchasers #1) by Rebecca Coffindaffer

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Something To Look Forward To | Week of March 14th, 2022

Posted March 14, 2022 by Bonnie in Something To Look Forward To / 0 Comments

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Week of March 14th, 2022

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Tor Books

The War of Two Queens (Blood and Ash #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Blue Box Press

Memory’s Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection by James S.A. Corey [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Orbit

Drowning Practice by Mike Meginnis [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Ecco Press

The Ravenous Dead (Gravekeeper #2) by Darcy Coates [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Black Owl Books

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Doubleday Books

Nine Lives by Peter Swanson [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by William Morrow & Company

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Berkley

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by William Morrow

Under Lock & Skeleton Key (Secret Staircase Mystery #1) by Gigi Pandian [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Minotaur Books

Secret Identity by Alex Segura [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Flatiron Books

The Match (Wilde #2) by Harlan Coben [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Grand Central Publishing

A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Dutton Books

The Tsarina’s Daughter by Ellen Alpsten [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by St. Martin’s Griffin

The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels #2) by India Holton [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Berkley Books

In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Forever

Sadie on a Plate by Amanda Elliot [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Berkley Books

Dating Dr. Dil: A Novel (If Shakespeare was an Auntie #1) by Nisha Sharma [Purchase]
Expected publication: March 15th 2022 by Avon

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