THOUGHTS ON THIS 'n THAT

  From the bestselling author of  Matchmaking for Beginners  comes a feel-good story about becoming who you were meant to be all along. Phronsie Linnelle was conceived at Woodstock in a serendipitous liaison between a free-spirited hippie and a farmer’s son and was born with magical wonder flickering in her DNA and rationality knit into her bones. All her life she’s been torn between the two. But now that she’s been betrayed by both love and the mother she once idolized, her rational side is winning. So when her best friend from childhood proposes that they give up on romance and marry each other, Phronsie agrees. Who better to spend your life with than your best friend? Maybe the connection they already have  is  love. Maybe there’s no  falling  to be done. But immediately after they announce their engagement, she encounters someone who makes a very charming and compelling argument for revisiting romance. While her even-keeled stepmother argues for the safety that comes with her new e

Today , Amazon Original Stories releases  HOUSE OF CROWS    a four-part thriller collection: ALL MY DARKEST IMPULSES, FOG DESCENDING, CIRCLE THE DRAIN and LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE from master of suspense,   New York Times   bestselling author, Lisa Unger. Unger, whose CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 was just announced as a 2021 Thriller Award finalist for Best Hardcover Novel, has penned a deliciously creepy episodic story series that demands to be binged from start to finish. Decades ago, four friends came face-to-face with dark events that they couldn’t explain as children and can’t bear to remember as haunted adults. The secrets they’ve tried to repress have lingered, shaping who they’ve become. Now, they’ll return to the shadowy house where it all began in hopes of finally putting these memories to rest. All Four-parts of HOUSE of CROWS can be read or listened to as a haunting standalone. HOUSE of CROWS is free for Amazon Prime Members. LISA graciously took time to answer some of our questions

  A Host of Trouble happens at THE ROOFTOP PARTY (Harlequin) Dana Barry, the Shopping Channel’s star host, stops by the company’s rooftop party to pitch the new CEO her brilliant idea that just might save the flagging business, her job and possibly her love life. As she chats with the smarmy executive, he backs her into a dark corner. For Dana, it’s a quid pro oh-hell-no. She escapes his lecherous grasp and grabs her drink on her way to the dance floor. Woozy, she blacks out. When she comes to, the CEO is dead, fallen from the roof. Or was he pushed? And if so, by whom? It’s hard to know, but one thing is certain: Dana was close enough to be suspect. Sure, she loathed how the creep moved in on her, but she’s no killer. Or is she? Truth is, Dana can’t remember much about those minutes. Now she has to use all her skills to prove her innocence to everyone, including her police detective boyfriend—and herself. THE ROOFTOP PARTY is fun and breezy, a compelling, suspenseful read that enterta

  In THE HUSBAND of FRICK ISLAND (Berkley), sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Let me just say, this has to be one of the most original books I've read in a long time. The story is delightful, the characters are quirky and the premise is ... well, just read. You're going to have fun reading this novel. Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island—a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay—is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her darling husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core and did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her, cooking him breakfast, walking him to the docks each morning, meeting him for their standard Friday night dinner date at the One-Eyed Crab. And the weirdest thing, is all the residents of Frick Island went along with their beloved Piper. Each knew Tom wasn't the

  Inspiration can come from the most unlikely—and inconvenient—sources. In Kate Bromley's novel, TALK BOOKISH TO ME (GraydonHouse), Kara Sullivan’s life is full of love—albeit fictional. As a bestselling romance novelist and influential Bookstagrammer, she’s fine with getting her happily-ever-after fix between the covers of a book. But right now? Not only is Kara’s best friend getting married next week—which means big wedding stress—but the deadline for her next novel is looming, and she hasn’t written a single word. The last thing she needs is for her infuriating first love, Ryan Thompson, to suddenly appear in the wedding party. But Ryan’s unexpected arrival sparks a creative awakening in Kara that inspires the steamy historical romance she desperately needs to deliver. With her wedding duties intensifying, her deadline getting closer by the second and her bills not paying themselves, Kara knows there’s only one way for her to finish her book and to give her characters the ever-a