Winner of the SIBA Southern Book Prize for Fiction“I loved it and devoured it with fury, straight to its blazing end.” —Lily King, author of Writers & LoversFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home, a tender and haunting story of a father and daughter, crime and forgiveness, race and memory.When the roar of a low-flying plane awakens him in the middle of the...

Mazikee Reynolds had everything people admired from a distance: a brilliant legal career, two beautiful children, a luxury life in Chicago’s Gold Coast, and a marriage that looked unbreakable.Then one message on her husband’s phone destroyed it all.I still taste you.Kylen Travis did not make one mistake. He made months of them. Four months of secret texts, late nights, hotel rooms, and another woman who knew how to make him feel wanted when he was to...

Searching for the perfect Beach Read? Then grab this fun, well-reviewed collection of eight beach-themed stories written by award-winning and bestselling cozy mystery authors.These light, often funny stories of mystery and intrigue, will transport you to a variety of shores, from the rocky coastlines of New England, to the white stretches of sand on the Atlantic, to the teal and emerald waters of the Gulf Coast, the surfing havens on the Pacific, and even beaches in between.

A witty, heartfelt novel about a young woman who leaves everything behind to work on an oyster farm in a small New England town.Recently fired from her dependable career as an actuary, and recovering from a messy breakup with her fiancé, thirty-two-year-old Cece Downing is holed up for the summer in New London, Connecticut, without a plan. Mounting financial debts soon force Cece to take the first job opportunity that comes her way—one she’s wholly unsuited for—as ...

The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street is an intimate geopolitical memoir about a family separated by distance and borders, split between Taiwan and Canada in the wake of shifting global powers.In 1979, following the US–Taiwan break in diplomatic relations, a family emigrates from Taiwan to Canada—only to arrive in the midst of a deep recession. With few job prospects, the parents make a wrenching decision: to return to Taiwan for work, leaving their chil...

Marisol Harrison thought betrayal had limits until she caught her husband in their bed with the one person she never imagined would help destroy her world: her own sister.In a single night, the life she built with loyalty, patience, and love collapses into humiliation, heartbreak, and a truth too vicious to soften. The affair was not a moment of weakness. It was a secret carried through family dinners, holidays, whispered comfort, and stolen glances right under her nose. With her ma...

A mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small North Carolina town—author Wiley Cash displays a remarkable talent for lyrical, powerfully emotional storytelling. A Land More Kind than Home is a modern masterwork of Southern fiction, reminiscent of the writings of John Hart (Down River), Tom Franklin (Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter), Ron Rash (Serena), and Pete Dexter (Paris Trout)—on...

Natalie Benitez built her life behind a camera, capturing perfect vows, first dances, and forever promises she no longer believed in.Two years ago, she came home early from a wedding shoot and found her husband, Justice Sheppard, in their bed with another woman. The betrayal destroyed their marriage, but what hurt most was the way Justice looked at her afterward, as if her pain was something he needed to manage, not something he had caused.Now Natalie is one of Seattle’s mo...

Martha Gillespie thought she had finally buried the shame of a love that was never truly hers.Two years ago, she fell for Justin Bowers, a charming architect who told her he was divorced, lonely, and finally seen by her. Then his pregnant wife, Clare, walked into Martha’s bookshop with proof of the affair, and Martha’s world collapsed in front of everyone. She became the other woman overnight, even though she had never known there was another woman to betray.Now Martha has ...

Haisley Clayton built her life on control, grace, and the quiet strength it takes to stand beside a powerful man without losing herself. To the world, her marriage to billionaire Bjorn Thornton looked flawless. Until the night the truth found her.She does not break in public. She does not beg for answers. She walks away.Three weeks later, a newborn is left at the gates of Thornton House with Bjorn named as the father.The child is innocent. The betrayal is not.As...

The rise of Civil War general John Bell Hood, his command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, and the decisions that led to its downfall.Though he barely escaped expulsion from West Point, John Bell Hood quickly rose through the ranks of the Confederate army. With bold leadership in the battles of Gaines' Mill and Antietam, Hood won favor with Confederate president Jefferson Davis. But his fortunes in war took a tragic turn when he assumed command of the Confedera...

At forty-six, Bexley Sierra believes she knows the shape of her life.She is a veterinarian, a mother, and the long-devoted wife of Dayton LeBlanc, the powerful president of the Iron Vow MC. For twenty-six years, she has stood beside him, loved him, raised their children, and trusted the brotherhood that called her family.Then Dayton’s adult son walks into her clinic at two in the morning and says six words that destroy everything: