Six New Releases You Need to Read Now
These are top of our must-read list
1 Consider Yourself Kissed
Jessica Stanley
What comes after your happily ever after? When Coralie falls for witty and charming single dad Adam, she can’t believe her luck. Ten eventful years down the line though, and she’s feeling more lost than she ever has, and must weigh up what she gave up against what she gained.
2 All the Other Mothers Hate Me
Sarah Harman
A bitingly funny examination of school gate politics, when her son’s rival goes missing on a school trip, Florence’s son becomes the main suspect. Determined to prove his innocence by finding the missing child, Florence commits to getting her life together once and for all. The only problem? She’s just found the missing boy’s backpack under her son’s bed.
3 Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Spanning generations of a wealthy New York family, when an affluent businessman is kidnapped from his driveway and held for ransom, his eventual return has unforeseen consequences for his family in the years that follow. Left to pick up the pieces of their lives, each must learn to cope in their own way.
4 The Wedding People
Alison Espach
When Phoebe is mistaken for a wedding guest at a lavish beachside hotel, she decides to just go with it – much to the bride’s fury. Having planned her big day down to the finest detail, Phoebe is one anomaly she didn’t account for. To the surprise of both, a friendship begins to blossom.
5 Fox
Joyce Carol Oates
Charming, mercurial and mysterious, English teacher Francis Fox has caused a stir in his new position at an elite boarding school. When his empty car is found in a pond by two students and a body is found in the woods, the whole town is shocked and desperate to discover who this man really was.
6 The Names
Florence Knapp
When a mother hesitates over her newborn son’s name, her final choice will shape the man he will become. Should he be Bear, the name picked out by his older sister? Or Julian, the name his mother had her heart set on? Or should he be named after his father, the way generations of men have been in the family?
