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Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein

Retro

Jessica M. Goldstein

An out-of-work actress gets a job as a tour guide for an ultra-luxury time travel company—only to discover her trips to the past could upend her present—in this rollicking, speculative debut novel.

Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer

Villa Coco

Andrew Sean Greer

Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, showcases his wit, sophistication, and deep knowledge of focaccia in this tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills.

Sunlight Finds You by Laura Moriarty

Sunlight Finds You

Laura Moriarty

A forbidden love blows open the world of a teenage girl, altering the trajectory of her life—from the author of the New York Times bestseller The Chaperone.

Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick

Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It

Brooke Averick

Meet Phoebe Berman: despite being a hopeless romantic, she’s about to be a thirty-year-old virgin. With one month before her milestone birthday, she’s determined to finally lose it . . . if her own anxiety doesn’t slow her down. The can’t-miss debut novel from podcaster and comedian Brooke Averick.

A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood

A Real Animal

Emeline Atwood

In this unforgettable debut, a moment of metaphysical transformation launches a woman’s beautiful and terrifying journey through her twenties, through loneliness and complicated love that takes her from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the plains of Texas.

Dominion by Jean Kwok

Dominion

Jean Kwok

Fourth Wing—by way of Chinese mythology—meets The Hunger Games in a perilous world where a young woman with no memory and little magic may hold the key to uniting the Dominions and saving the mortal realm, from the New York Times bestselling author of Read with Jenna pick Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation.

The Winged Game by Sophie Kim

The Winged Game

Sophie Kim

Fantasy meets sports romance in this sizzling slow-burn novel in which the disgraced star of a brutal magical sport must team up with the rival who destroyed her career, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The God and the Gumiho.

The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson

The Shampoo Effect

Jenny Jackson

An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town. A frothy novel of love, money, sex, and friendship, from the New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street.

Ungodly Rich by Katharine McGee

Ungodly Rich

Katharine McGee

Old gods, new rules. New York Times bestselling author Katharine McGee puts a modern-day twist on ancient mythology in this bold reimagining of the Greek gods as a family of billionaires—with all the messy drama that entails.

Someone Else's Husband by Kimberly McCreight

Someone Else's Husband

Kimberly McCreight

New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight delivers a tour de force of character-driven suspense: the story of two women whose secrets and desires entrap them in a deadly love triangle.

An Infinite Love Story by Chanel Cleeton

An Infinite Love Story

Chanel Cleeton

When an astronaut is lost in space, his wife relives their epic love as she attempts to unravel what truly happened to him, in this sweeping love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s Space Race, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes.

The Unforgettable Mailman by April Howells

The Unforgettable Mailman

April Howells

The Unforgettable Mailman is a heartwarming story about intergenerational friendship and the power of human connection, perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and Virginia Evans’ The Correspondent.

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