There are so many fabulous books publishing this month so I thought I’d break them down for you all to see. Hopefully you’ll find a few to add to that never ending TBR list.
February 7
“When Alec asks Jess out, she knows it won’t work. Is Alec charming? Of course. Attractive? Definitely. Can she not stop thinking about him.
What no one knows is that Jess has inherited Huntington’s disease from the mother that she cares for. And while witnessing her own future play out, Jess has learnt to keep everyone and everything at arm’s length. But Alec is determined to break down those barriers. When she finally tells him why they have no future, he proposes a different option—just one month together.
One month to date. One month to live. One month to fall in love.”
Genre: Romance || Audiobook Narrated by: Laura Kirman || Total Pages: 400
“A debut about three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother’s love, and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose set during 1971, 1980, 2017—inspired by true stories.”
Genre: Historical Fiction || Audiobook Narrated by: Sara Borges || Total Pages: 400
” Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope–she doesn’t even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in.
That’s because Sam Kemp – in the bleakest point of her life – has accidentally taken Nisha’s gym bag. But Sam hardly has time to worry about a lost gym bag–she’s struggling to keep herself and her family afloat. When she tries on Nisha’s six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes, the resulting jolt of confidence that makes her realize something must change—and that thing is herself. haunt her.”
Genre: Fiction || Audiobook Narrated by: Daisy Ridley || Total Pages: 448
“Anastasia Allen has been a competitive figure skater since she was five years old, a full college scholarship thanks to her place on the Maple Hills skating team, and a schedule that would make even the most driven person weep.
Nathan Hawkins has never had a problem he couldn’t solve. As captain of the Maple Hills Titans, he knows the responsibility of keeping the hockey team on the ice rests on his shoulders.
When a misunderstanding results in the two teams sharing a rink, and Anastasia’s partner gets hurt in the aftermath, Nate finds himself swapping his stick for tights, and one scary coach for an even scarier one.”
Genre: Hockey Romance || Audiobook Narrated by: Elizabeth Louis, Tim Paige || Total Pages: 435
“From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring, beautiful, and redemptive novel set in 1950s that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goals.”
Genre: Historical Fiction || Audiobook Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Nicole Lewis || Total Pages: 384
February 14
“Set against the backdrop of the Clinton and Lewinsky scandal, My Last Innocent Year is a coming-of-age story about a young woman on the brink of sexual and artistic awakening, navigating her way toward independence while recognizing the power, beauty and grit of where she came from. Timely and wise, it reckons with the complexities of consent, what it means to be an adult, and whether or not we can ever outrun our bad decisions.”
Genre: Historical Fiction || Audiobook Narrated by: Sara Bierstock || Total Pages: 304
“Six women–mothers, daughters, sisters–gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the river, it reveals the disturbing truth of a small Ohio town. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing and haunting novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally-bestselling author of Betty.“
Genre: Mystery || Audiobook Narrated by: Catherine Taber || Total Pages: 464
February 21
“For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWII-era novel about the intertwined fates of three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of war. Set in Berlin 1933, Paris 1936, New York 1944″
Genre: Historical Fiction || Audiobook Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt, Eleonor Caudill, Karissa Vacker || Total Pages: 416
“Everybody lies. Even the ones you think you know best of all. This twisting, emotionally layered thriller explores the lies we tell to keep a marriage together–or break each other apart.”
Genre: Thriller || Audiobook Narrated by: Julia Whalen || Total Pages: 400
“The Plot meets Please Join Us in this psychological suspense debut about a young author at an exclusive writer’s retreat that descends into a nightmare. A claustrophobic and propulsive thriller exploring the dark side of friendships and fame, The Writing Retreat is the unputdownable debut novel from a compelling new talent.”
Genre: Thriller || Audiobook Narrated by: Gail Shalen || Total Pages: 320
“In I Have Some Questions for You, award-winning author Rebecca Makkai has crafted her most irresistible novel yet: a stirring investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past, with a transfixing mystery at its heart. Timely, hypnotic, and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters, I Have Some Questions for You is at once a compulsive page-turner and a literary triumph.”
Genre: Mystery || Audiobook Narrated by: Julia Whalen, JD Jackson || Total Pages: 400
February 28
“An ambitious podcaster, Maggie Whitaker, and her reclusive interviewee, Ann Fawkes, embark on a life-altering journey to uncover long-lost truths in this immersive story about love, travel, and family secrets.”
Genre: Historical Fiction || Audiobook Narrator:Gabrielle DuClair || Total Pages: 336
“A mesmerizing novel set in the French royal court of Catherine de’ Medici during the Renaissance, which recreates the touching and surprising true story behind the Beauty and the Beast legend, from the acclaimed author of The Clergyman’s Wife and The Heiress. Gorgeously written, heartbreaking and hopeful, Marvelous is the portrait of a marriage, the story of a remarkable, resilient family, and an unforgettable reimagining of one of the world’s most beloved fairy tales.”
Genre: Historical Fiction || Audiobook Narrator: Ell Potter || Total Pages: 416
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