The Book Eaters
By: Sunyi Dean
Release Date | August 2
Genre | Fantasy
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
By: Gillian McAllister
Release Date | August 2
Genre | Thriller
It's after midnight and you're waiting for your seventeen-year-old son to come home. He's late. Then you see him from the window and you realise he isn't alone. There is a stranger he's walking towards and your son is armed. You can't believe it. Your son killed someone. You don't know why. You don't know who. All you know is that a stranger is dead and your son's future - it's ruined.
That night you fall asleep in a fit of despair and when you wake, it's yesterday. And when you wake again, it's the day before yesterday. Each morning you wake up, it's a day earlier than before. Another chance to stop your son. There is a reason for this crime and you've been granted time to find the trigger, to save two individuals from that night.
Find the review | HERE | for Wrong Place Wrong Time
Stay Awake
By: Megan Goldin
Release Date | August 9
Genre | Thriller
Liv Reese wakes up disoriented with no clue how or why she's in the back of a taxi. When she directs it to drop her off at home, a stranger answers the door. A stranger who forces her out of the apartment and in an attempt for help, Liv reaches for her phone - only to discover a blood stained knife in its place. It is then she notices the scrawled message on her hand, STAY AWAKE.
Two years ago she was thriving but now, she's lost and confused. Nothing is what she remembers New York to be and the local news about a gruesome homicide with a crime scene photo showing the same message on her hand, it's too much to take in. The last thing Liv remembers is... the last thing she remembers is from two years ago.
Now on the run for a crime she may or may not have committed, Liv is desperate to piece together her past but somebody's out to get her and this time they want to make her forget, permanently.
The Last Housewife
By: Ashley Winstead
Release Date | August 16
Genre | Thriller
In college, Shay Evans and her best friend were seduced by a captivating man who spun a web of lies to trap them in. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel, are the only two who manage to escape the web. Eight years later and Shay's put the past far behind her and begun a new chapter of her life in Texas but when she hears of Laurel's death, from a podcast of all places, she begins to suspect the past she pushed away is closer than ever and the predators hiding within, more dangerous than before.
With the help of the same podcast host who announced Laurel's horrifying death, Shay returns to a place she vowed to never return in search of answers. As she attempts to piece together her friend's life, she is once again pulled into the web of darkness, wealth, privilege, and seduction. When her obsession for truth blurs with her reawakened desires, she must confront herself and what she wants. In a world that's built for men - is justice possible and if so, how far will Shay go to achieve it?
Four for the Road
By: K. J. Reilly
Release Date | August 23
Genre | Fiction
Asher Hunter wants revenge. Nobody thinks his fixation on the drunk driver who killed is Mum is healthy, it's the reason why he now attends a meeting, well - many meetings, to understand his grief. It's at one of these meetings he forms some unexpected friendships with Sloane, who lost her dad to cancer; with Will, who too last his a family member to cancer and with Henry, whose wife of 50 years died without him.
It is these three new friends that Asher invites on his road trip. They don't need to know how he made the road trip happen or the real reason why (it's revenge obviously) but, they didn't offer their reasons for agreeing to the road trip. A road trip fuelled by revenge that may transform into one of forgiveness.
Lightlark
By: Alex Aster
Release Date | August 23
Genre | Fantasy
Welcome to the Centennial, a deadly game hosted on the island of Lightlark every 100 years, where only the rulers of the six realms are invited to play. The "invitation" is a call for all to embrace victory and ruin, reward and sacrifice. It is the opportunity for one of the six to break the curses that have plagued their realm for centuries. Each player has something to hide. Each realm has uniquely wicked curses and to destroy them, one ruler must die.
Isla Crown rules Wilding - a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised and her realm is counting on her to succeed and to do so, Isle must lie, cheat, and betray... even as love complicates it all. (Eek, this is giving me fantasy Hunger Games and I'm ready for it).
Meet Us by the Roaring Sea
By: Akil Kumarasamy
Release Date | August 23
Genre | Mystery
After finding her mother's body on the kitchen floor in Queens, a young woman begins a journey to find herself. Through use of language, archives, artificial intelligence, and TV - she will find herself again, starting with translation of an old manuscript. A manuscript revolving around a group of female medical student who are creating new ways to help others around them. Soon, the manuscript and the translator become intertwined.
Along the way, a childhood friend, a stranger, and an AI project will force her to ask herself difficult questions. How involved are we in the suffering of others? What is real compassion? How can one person make the world better?
Please Join Us
By: Catherine McKenzie
Release Date | August 23
Genre | Thriller
At thirty-nine, Nicole Mueller expected a vastly different and vastly more stable life. She didn't expect her law career to be falling apart. She didn't expect her and her husband, Dan, would be forced out of the apartment they love. She expected things to be different. When she receives an invitation to an exclusive women's networking group, Nicole is relieved. The anonymous group, Panthera Leo, is filled with successful professionals and to her, it sounds like the perfect way to revive her career and despite Dan's concerns that it sounds like a cult, Nicole signs up for the retreat in Colorado.
Once there, she finds her pride: A CEO, an actress, a finance whiz, and a congresswoman. A pride Nicole cannot believe she's part of and the founders of the group are equally as impressive and to them, Panthera Leo is a girl's club in a boy's world and Nicole is all in.
Her admittance into the group soon reaps its rewards when her new network begins providing her with new clients and a better apartment. The favours she has to return are nothing compared to the dividends she receives. That is until she receives a call late at night from the congresswoman asking her to come over and when she arrives, Nicole realises the favour is to help cover up a crime. Can she remove herself from the group of was joining the biggest mistake of her life?
Carrie Soto is Back
By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Release Date | August 30
Genre | Historical Fiction
Carrie Soto is fierce. Her determination to win regardless the cost has not made her popular but she doesn't care because by the time she's retired, she's the best tennis player in the world. She has shattered every record, won twenty Grand Slams, and if you ask her, deserved it all. She sacrificed almost everything to become the best with her father, Javier, as her coach.
Six years after retirement, Carrie finds herself at the 1994 US Open, watching in shock as her record is beaten by Nicki Chan. A record Carrie knows should be hers - a record she will win again with her father by her side. Coming out of retirement is no easy feat. The media bash "the Battle Axe," her body moves slower than before, and to succeed - she must train with Bowe Huntley, the only man she almost opened her heart for. Both have something to prove before they give up the game, forever.
Find the review | HERE | for Carrie Soto is Back
Daisy Darker
By: Alice Feeney
Release Date | August 30
Genre | Thriller
Nana's estate is located on a tiny island and it is at this crumbling home where estranged family members have come together to celebrate her 80th birthday. Each member arrives harbouring secrets and at the stroke of midnight, a storm begins to rage. An hour later, Nana is found dead. An hour after that, another family member is dead. Trapped on the island with only family, the Darker's must confront the present deaths and their past secrets, otherwise all may be revealed.
Find the review | HERE | for Daisy Darker
