“Irresistible.” —Ada Calhoun, author of CrushA newly open marriage brings discovery, excitement, and upheaval to a young couple, and to the friends and lovers in their orbit.Thirty years old and reeling from her mother’s recent death, Frances feels as if she’s lost her sense of purpose, her joy. Her husband, Ben, will do anything to help her. So when she suggests that they open their marriage, he’s willing—and mayb...

A newly open marriage brings discovery, excitement, and upheaval to a young couple, and to the friends and lovers in their orbit. This audiobook features an ensemble cast including Samara Naeymi as Frances, Vanessa Moyen as Lily, Sean Patrick Hopkins as Ben, Marni Penning as Frances’ grandmother, Lisa Flanagan as Gina, Gail Shalan as Izzy, Ferdelle Capistrano as Annie, Brittany Pressley as Rose, and Earl T. Kim as Max.Thirty years old and reeling from her mother’s ...

A sharply observed, deeply nostalgic coming-of-age story set against the indie music scene of the early 2000s.It's 2005, and Susan is barreling down the Long Island Expressway driving a car full of friends to an indie rock show. Eliza is a surprise addition in the backseat—unexpected, out of place, and impossible to ignore. Their connection is immediate, electric, and complicated from the start, shadowed by the kind of small-town rumors that have a way of sticking....

An addictively propulsive, richly nuanced and haunting story of horrors from Women’s Prize for Fiction finalist and Costa Novel Award–winning author Claire Fuller.1987: After a childhood trauma and years in and out of the care system, sixteen-year-old Ursula finally has a job delivering mail at an art school and a room in a halfway house. She meets Sue, a magnetic and rebellious wild child who invites Ursula to squat with her and her friends at The...

Emily Nemens’s Clutch follows a group of five friends as they navigate the biggest challenges of their lives, asking: When you’re hanging on by your fingernails, how can you extend a hand to the ones you love?As undergrads, Gregg, Reba, Hillary, Bella, and Carson formed the kind of rare bond that college brochures promise—friendship that lasts a lifetime. Two decades later, the women are spread across the country but remain firmly tethered through...

**Winner of the Thurber Prize for American HumorNational Bestseller • Wall Street Journal Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerAn NPR Book of the YearFinalist for the 2021 Goodreads Choice AwardsFrom the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer.**Patri...

A secret from the past torments a group of former sorority sisters as they face a mysterious killer in this “taut and unpredictable” suspense novel (Publishers Weekly).In a remote, heavily wooded area near the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Rachel Lorant died on her birthday. But she didn't die alone. That night, her four sorority sisters make a solemn, trembling pledge. They will never reveal what has just happened in those woods. Instead, they will take th...

“A quirky, funny, and deeply thoughtful book”* that’s “filled with characters you’ll love and wish you lived next door to in real life”** from the author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.Lilian Girvan has been a single mother for three years—ever since her husband died in a car accident. One mental breakdown and some random suicidal thoughts later, she’s just starting to get the hang of this widow thing. She can now get her two girls to school, show up to ...

For Cassie Beaumont, it’s meeting her perfect match. Cassie, at thirty-three, wants a husband and kids, and so far nothing’s worked. Not blind dates, not the internet and certainly not leaving love to chance.What other options are there? Well…she could hire a professional matchmaker. Simon Dodson has quite a reputation, but he’s very choosy about the clients he takes on—and very expensive. Cassie considers him a difficult, acerbic know-it-all, and she’s astonished when he ...

An ALA Sydney Taylor Award HonoreeA Junior Library Guild SelectionIsabel has one rule: no dating.It’s easier—It’s safer—It’s better——for the other person.She’s got issues. She’s got secrets. She’s got rheumatoid arthritis.But then she meets another sick kid.He’s got a chronic illness Isabel’s never heard of, something she can’t even pronounce. He understands what it means to be sick. He unders...

Photographer Rachel Prudhomme has finally settled in Ministry, Alabama. Sure, the pace is slower, and she's had her heart blessed more times than she can count, but putting down her roots where her family is feels right, if only the town’s new doctor and now neighbor weren’t so hot and constantly igniting her dreams. How can she keep her vow to steer clear of men when he keeps sauntering across her path?For Dr. Nicholas Sullivan to get his dream job in Atlanta, he must fill in at M...

The mommy projectDear Diary,Today I met my new mommy! Well, I wish Rachel would be my new mommy. See, I love my daddy a lot, but ever since my real mommy died I think he's been very lonely. Rachel is so pretty, and she has the coolest job-she owns the flower shop in town! She promised to show me how to make a bouquet!My best friend, Kristy, says Daddy should take Rachel out on dates, and then they hafta kiss, and then they can get married. Diary, I wish Rachel would...