Always With a Book

Title: The Seafront Tearoom Author: Vanessa Greene Published: December 2015, Berkley Format: Paperback, 368 pages From the author of The Vintage Teacup Club The first rule of afternoon tea: never rush. Take time to savor it. Just like friendship… The Seafront Tearoom is an insider secret in small-town Scarborough – a beach-front haven with the best tea and cakes in town – and  journalist Charlie Harrison would love to put…

Title: Girls Who Travel Author: Nicole Trilivas Published: December 2015, Berkley  Format: Paperback, 336 pages A hilarious, deftly written debut novel about a woman whose wanderlust is about to show her that sometimes you don’t have to travel very far to become the person you want to be… There are many reasons women shouldn’t travel alone. But as foul-mouthed, sweet-toothed Kika Shores knows, there are many more reasons why they…

Title: The Producer’s Daughter    Author: Lindsay Marcott       Published: November 2015, Crooked Lane Books   Format: Hardcover, 288 pages    Hannah Doran is the paparazzi’s dream: a perfect pedigree (wild child of a famous Hollywood producer and his gorgeous society wife, who died mysteriously in her prime); perfect friends (A-list movie stars and celebutantes); and a perfect fall from grace (convicted of grand theft after a night of…

Title: Untimely Death    Author: Elizabeth J. Duncan      Series: Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery, #1      Published: November 2015, Crooked Lane Books   Format: Hardcover, 304 pages    A Catskills resort’s production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet takes a wickedly ironic turn when the leading lady, Lauren Richmond, is first poisoned and then stabbed. Who would extinguish the life of such a beautiful young thespian? Who wouldn’t?…

Next week, Along the Infinite Sea, the latest book by Beatriz Williams comes out (November 3rd!) and I’m super excited about this one. This is the third and final book of the Schuyler sisters and I’ve been looking forward to reading it since finishing the last one, Tiny Little Thing over the summer.  I had the please of meeting Beatriz quite a few times and will be seeing her again…

Title: Nine Lives    Author: Wendy Corsi Staub     Published: October 2015, Crooked Lane Books    Format: Hardcover, 288 pages     After the death of her husband, Bella Jordan and her son need a fresh start. But on their way to stay with family in Chicago, they stop in Lily Dale, New York and a storm forces them to spend the night. Brimming with psychics and mediums, Lily Dale…

Title: Another Woman’s Daughter     Author: Fiona Sussman     Published: October 2015, Berkley   Format: Paperback, 304 pages      Set against the tumultuous background of apartheid South Africa, a powerful and moving debut about family, sacrifice, and discovering what it means to belong… Celia Mphephu knows her place in the world. A black servant working in the white suburbs of 1960s Johannesburg, she’s all too aware of her…

Title: Chance Harbor    Author: Holly Robinson     Published: October 2015, NAL   Format: Paperback, 448 pages    From the acclaimed author of Beach Plum Island and The Wishing Hill… “No one does it better than Holly Robinson.”—Susan Straight, National Book Award Finalist and Author of Between Heaven and Here Catherine and Zoe are sisters, but even their mother, Eve, admits her daughters are nothing alike. Catherine is calm…

Title: Night Blindness    Author: Susan Strecker      Published: September 2015, St. Martin’s Press (first published 2014)  Format: Paperback, 320 pages    One October night, when Jensen Reilly is sixteen, she and her high school sweetheart are involved in a horrible accident. Ever since then Jensen has been running from her past. But when Jensen’s beloved father is diagnosed with a brain tumor, she returns to her childhood home…

Title: The Secret Chord     Author: Geraldine Brooks        Published: October 2015, Viking   Format: Hardcover, 320 pages     A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of People of the Book and March. With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks has achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Now,…

Title: Laguna Nights    Author: Kaira Rouda     Series: Laguna Beach, #1      Published: July 2015, Real You Publishing Group    Format: Paperback, 250 pages   Madison Alcott left her Laguna Beach childhood in the past as soon as she could, never imagining she’d be forced to return. Caring for her ill mother and holding down a high-pressure position at the best resort in town, Madison’s life is…

Title: After You    Author: Jojo Moyes      Series: Me Before You, #2      Published: September 2015, Pamela Dorman Books Format: Hardcover, 368 pages     How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is…