People We Meet on Vacation
by Emily Henry (available now)
Although opposites in many ways, Alex and Poppy become the best of friends following a shared car ride home from college. Despite moving away from one another after graduation, they meet each year for a week-long vacation together. After a falling-out drives a wedge between them, Poppy eventually convinces Alex to spend one last vacation together to save their relationship.
Wild Women and the Blues
by Denny S. Bryce (available now)
It’s 1925 and in Chicago, jazz is king. Honoree Dalcour is trying to dance her way to the top at the Dreamland Café, the hottest club in town. Nearly 100 years later, past and present intertwine when film student Sawyer Hayes interviews Honoree on her deathbed to hear her story and finish his thesis.
Survive the Night
by Riley Sager (release date July 6th)
Charlie is anxious and grieving the death of her best friend who was the third victim of a murderer stalking their college campus. Wanting to get away, she accepts a ride from the school’s ride-share board with Josh, who claims to be leaving to care for his sick father. During the drive, she begins to suspect Josh might be the Campus Killer and the night becomes a fight for her life.
The Final Girl Support Group
by Grady Hendrix (release date July 13th)
final girl: the term given to the girl who survives the horror movie
Lynette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre but is haunted by its memory each day. She meets regularly with five other “final girls” and a therapist, who work together to try to reassemble their lives following the horrific events they experienced. When one of the girls goes missing, Lynette realizes someone knows about their support group and is hunting them one by one.
Shoulder Season
by Christina Clancy (release date July 6th)
Small-town good girl Sherri Taylor dons a too-small costume and too-small high heels for a job as a bunny at the nearby Playboy Resort.
The summer is magic – sex, drugs, rock and roll, friendships, and first love. Caught up in a love triangle by season’s end, a tragedy will haunt Sherri for the next several decades.
The Husbands
by Chandler Baker (release date August 3rd)
Norah Spangler is a high-powered attorney, wife, and mother who finds herself pulling most of the weight at home. When the family purchases a new home in neighborhood Dynasty Ranch, Norah is introduced to the successful women who reside there – authors, surgeons, CEOs – who are supported by their husbands. When Norah agrees to assist one of the wives with a wrongful death suit, she begins to uncover that things in Dynasty Ranch are just…different. And that maybe the key to “having it all” is worth killing for.
That Weekend
by Kara Thomas (release date June 29th)
A group of friends sets off for a fun weekend away at a lake house, but when Claire awakens alone and bloody on a hiking trail to find her friends missing, she fears the events of the previous night are locked in her memory.
Haven Point
by Virginia Hume (release date June 8th)
A family saga spanning seventy years, Haven Point explores the traditions of family and small towns, love and betrayal, and wars and storms.
The seaside setting of Haven Point, Maine, provides the backdrop of this family’s story and this novel is recommended for fans of Elin Hilderbrand.
Revival Season
by Monica West (available now)
Miriam Horton and her family spends their summers traveling through small southern towns for revival season, where Miriam’s famous-pastor father holds healing services.
When Miriam witnesses an act of violence she discovers she has the power to heal, but her church believes that such power is denied to women, forcing Miriam to grapple between faith, family, and her powers to help others, which she must conceal.
One Last Stop
by Casey McQuinston (available now)
August moves to New York City, waiting tables in a diner and trudging through her days. When she spots Jane, a punk-rock vision in leather, her subway crush becomes the highlight of her commute. When August discovers that Jane is displaced from the 1970s and cannot leave the subway, August’s past and present collide as she tries to help her.
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