The Never List
by Jade Presley
The
kingdom of Lumathyst is under attack, and will fall to its
invaders if its four god-princes do not find their fated
mate. Rylee Gray is in the wrong place at the wrong time,
and is chosen in the princes’ last desperate attempt to find
their bride. But the gift of being chosen is a more deadly
game than Rylee bargained for. Is she truly the kingdom’s
hoped-for bride, or will the secrets she carries tear
everything apart? (KJ)
The Little French Bistro
by Nina George
Thinking about jumping ship this
summer? Marianne flees to the end of the earth (literally
Finistere, Brittany), abandoning her loveless marriage and
planning to end her useless, unlived life. There, at age
sixty, she falls in love for the first time – in love with
life, with the sea, with an artist, with the quirky cast of
characters in the small town of Kerdruc, and with herself.
In the process she learns: 1) It is never too late to start
again. 2) Love manifests itself in different ways at
different ages. 3) Don't allow life to cause you to forget
who you are. (Lois)
Dear Debbie
by Freida McFadden
Do you ever just want to vent and
get advice from a total stranger? Someone outside of the
situation can give a better perspective, right? Choose
wisely who you seek your advice from, because if you write
in to the Dear Debbie column of the local newspaper, Debbie
might be having a bad day, and your advice might be a
little… unhinged. Not everyone should know your personal
problems, because not every “stranger” is truly impartial.
(Lisa)
The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch
Sebastian Walsh is learning how to better manage his anger.
Maybe. But it’s unbelievably hard when he’s forced to work
with his sworn enemy from the rival graduate department for
the same research grant. Elethior Tourael is broody,
disgustingly rich, and, worst of all, part of the family
that has made Seb’s life hell. But the way Thio looks at Seb
doesn’t seem like hate. Neither does the way he brings
snacks for Seb’s familiar, and lets Seb take the lead on
their project. Seb starts to wonder if their rivalry is
throwing sparks for a different reason. A perfect Pride
Month read for fans of witty academic rom-coms! (Kate)
Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
A delightful cozy romantasy set in
1920s Montreal. Agnes Aubert is leading a perfectly normal
life running a cat shelter while trying to avoid magic as
much as possible. That is, until a rogue magician fight
destroys the shelter, and she’s forced to find a new place
for her and the cats to live before winter. When her new
landlord turns out to be a magician rumored to have nearly
ended the world, Agnes will need to adapt and learn to work
with him to save her cats (and possibly the world).
(Abigail)
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
The author branches out from her
usual genre of historical fiction to write fantasy! What if
you could escape your current life to live inside the pages
of a favorite book? Follow Alexandria Watson as she
discovers a hidden door that takes her from the Boston
Public Library to the Astral Library. She teams up with its
ageless guardian, the Librarian, to fight a threatening
enemy and we follow them through literary worlds as they
race to save and protect the power of literature and
libraries as sanctuaries for everyone. (Vicki)
