THOUGHTS ON THIS 'n THAT

  The #1  New York Times  bestselling author, Representative, Stacey Abrams returns with another riveting and intricately plotted thriller, in which a blackmailed federal judge, a secret court and a brazen murder may lead to an unprecedented national crisis. Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling an international conspiracy in  While Justice Sleeps . But as the sparks of Congressional hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, was being blackmailed in the days before she died. Desperate to understand what happened, he gives Avery a file, a burner phone, and a fearful warning that there are highly dangerous people involved.  Another shocking murder leads Avery to a list of names – all federal judges – and, ala...

  In  CLEOPATRA’S DAUGHTER (Liveright; May 23, 2023)  historian Jane Draycott tells the story of this fascinating yet long-neglected ruler of the ancient world. Draycott reconstructs the exceptional life of this woman who—although born into royalty and raised in her mother’s court—was held captive by Augustus Caesar and his sister, Octavia, after her parents’ demise. Yet as Draycott shows, Cleopatra Selene was destined to emerge as an influential ruler in her own right, as queen, alongside King Juba II, of Mauretania, an ancient African kingdom. A long-overdue historical corrective,  CLEOPATRA’S DAUGHTER  reclaims a mighty regent, and her infamous family, for posterity. Jane Draycott  is a lecturer in ancient history at the University of Glasgow. A Roman historian and archaeologist, she has excavated sites ranging from Bronze Age villages to World War I trenches. She lives in Scotland.

  Whitney Dineen begins a new rom-com series, THE PITY DATE  which will have you howling. Faith I should've known it wouldn't work out. In all my twenty-nine years, life has never been smooth sailing when a man was involved. Astor Hill was everything I've ever wanted in a partner—handsome, successful, and interested in me. Until he started cheating. The cherry on the sundae is finding out the truth less than a month before we're supposed to stand up for our best friends at their wedding. When a staggeringly good-looking and kind stranger comes to town and offers to take me to the wedding, I jump at his proposal. Who cares if he's gay? Astor doesn't need to know that. Teddy She thinks I'm gay?! I'm taking a vacation from Hollywood and going back to Elk Lake. My grandfather hasn't been doing well after Gram died and he needs my support. Luckily, I'm between blockbuster movies so I can make the time. My first stop is Rosemary's Bakery for one of...

  #1 New York Times-bestselling author, Nora Roberts' terrifying new thriller, IDENTITY (StMartinsPress). has one ice-cold man up against one woman's fight to reclaim her life. Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender. But after she and Nina host their first dinner party—attended by Luke, the flirtatious IT guy who'd been chatting her up at the bar—her carefully built world is shattered. The back door glass is broken, cash and jewelry are missing, her car is gone, and Nina lies dead on the floor. Soon, a horrific truth emerges: It was Morgan who let the monster in. "Luke" is actually a cold-hearted con artist named Gavin who targets a particular type of woman, steals her assets and identity, and then commits his ultimate goal: murder. What the FBI tells Morgan is beyond chilling. Nina wasn't his...

A starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of a lifetime that just might upend everything they believe about true love. Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her elderly best friend that she’d reunite her with the woman she fell in love with nearly eighty years ago, she never imagined that would mean traveling from D.C. to Key West with three tablespoons of Mrs. Nash’s remains in her backpack. But Millie’s determined to give her friend a symbolic happily-ever-after, before it’s (really) too late—and hopefully reassure herself of love’s lasting power in the process. She just didn’t expect to have a  living  travel companion. After a computer glitch grounds flights, Millie is forced to catch a ride with Hollis Hollenbeck, an also-stranded acquaintance from her ex’s MFA program. Hollis certainly does  not  believe in happily-ever-afters—symbolic or otherwise—and makes it quite clear that he ca...

  Staunchly independent horsewoman Everest has her heart set on expanding the reach of her equine rescue, Second Chance Farms. But when Boston real estate developer Gideon West rolls in from the big city, hoping to buy the land next door, Everest’s plans, and a good portion of her life, are turned upside down. In E.F. Dodd’s steamy new contemporary romance, A Higher Standard [SugarBeaver) . Much to Everest’s dismay, Gideon is welcomed by almost everyone in her hometown of Mimosa, North Carolina. But Everest doesn’t trust his silver tongue or the promises it makes, and she’s determined to protect her town – and the rescue – from his plans. Everest Kennedy is a gigantic, yet gorgeous, thorn in Gideon’s side. She doesn’t trust him, or his intentions for Mimosa and isn’t shy about letting him – or anyone else – know it. To win the day, he’s got to woo her over to his side. Except . . . the more time he spends with Everest, it becomes less about winning the day and more about wooing th...

  While men have long been credited with producing the first abstract paintings, the true creator was actually a woman - Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, who was inspired by her mystic visions.  Acclaimed authors Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman, and M.J. Rose bring her story to life in this groundbreaking novel, THE FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB (Berkley). Early 1900s:  The world belongs to men, and the art world in Stockholm, Sweden, is no different, until Hilma af Klint brings together a mysterious group of female painters and writers--Anna, Cornelia, Sigrid, and Mathilda--to form their own emotional and artistic support system. The members of the Friday Night Club find themselves thrust into uncharted territory when Hilma and her best friend, Anna, begin dabbling in the occult, believing that through séances they can channel unseen spirits to help them achieve their potential as artists. "The Five," as Hilma referred to them, was a group of immensely talented, fascinating women whose...