Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A recently dumped TV heartthrob enlists a jaded romance novelist to ruin romance for him—one rom-com trope at a time—so he never gets swept off his feet again . . .Sawyer Greene knows romance. She’s a bestselling author of the...

Hearts will race and anti-grav boots will fly in this scifi rom-com perfect for fans of WINTER'S ORBIT and THE RED SCHOLAR'S WAKE.Ruth Johnson and her sister Jules have been small-time hustlers on the interstellar cruise lines for years. But then Jules...

Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize.‘Slick, sharp . . . a joy to read’ - Tash Aw, author of Five Star Billionaire.Jasmine Leong is the heiress apparent to Phoenix, her family’s billion-ringgit company known especially for its pork...

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024.A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desire, guilt, and grief in this darkly comic, highly anticipated debut novel from Kimberly King Parsons, author of the story...

From DéLana R. A. Dameron, a mainstay on the poetry scene, comes a debut novel boasting the same lyrical voice and eye for detail found in her poems. Immersive and emotionally resonant, this is a multigenerational Southern family portrait that...

First published in 1814, this is a study of three families - the Bertrams, the Crawfords and the Prices - in which Jane Austen uses the unlikely heroine, Fanny Price, to explore the social and moral values by which these families' lives are ordered...

In its marvelously perceptive portrayal of two young women in love, Sense and Sensibility is the answer to those critics and readers who believe that Jane Austen’s novels, despite their perfection of form and tone, lack strong feeling. Its two...

Arden has lived in the woods near the deeply religious town of Arrothburg all her life, practicing magic and keeping balance with nature. She heals the sick, as her mother did before her. No matter how deeply the people of the village hate witches, they...

In the sequel to City of Gods and Monsters, Loren Calla and Darien Cassel have settled back into their old routines, grateful that the whirlwind of dangers they’d faced on Kalendae and the weeks leading up to it are now behind them—or so they...

Whispers haunt the walls and treachery darkens the shadows in this captivating historical novel for readers of C.J. Sansom, Andrew Taylor's Ashes of London and Kate Mosse.Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before...

A riveting novel based on the life of Artemisia Gentileschi—the greatest female painter of the Renaissance—as she forges her own destiny in a world dominated by the will of men.This is the ring that you gave me, and these are your promises.A...

"A whirlwind…A truly wonderful read." —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Spectacular. Love, loss, scandal, and specters haunt this fictional tell-all narrated by the real Gilded Age heiress Aimee Crocker. Aimee Crocker is...

A quantum cryptographer convinced of civilization's fall embarks on a self-sufficient life in the Cornish countryside in this light-hearted yet wryly perceptive take on modern mores from the author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. 'Sometimes we must...

"An important and vital story." — Donna Everhart, USA Today bestselling author of The Saints of Swallow Hill. "Engaging, shocking, heart-wrenching." — Library Journal. A "compassionate novel about loss and broken dreams...

An utterly heart-wrenching and unputdownable novel about love, loss and sacrifice, perfect for fans of Fiona Valpy, Lorna Cook and Kathryn Hughes. 1940. Having grown up surrounded by nature, Bella Gardner loves nothing more than getting her hands dirty...

An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment. London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an...

A wronged wife goes toe to toe with her cheating husband at the polls in this hilarious and heart-lifting novel by the bestselling author of Don’t Forget to Write. It’s a doozy of a bad day for Beverly Diamond when she catches her husband,...

Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in a powerful and healing historical novel from the #1 bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley. Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori...

Thieves' Gambit's shocking betrayal reminds Ross that power makes fools of us all. From Antarctica to Rio de Janeiro to Monte Carlo and more, this is a whirlwind, globetrotting thriller.The high-stakes sequel to Thieves' Gambit, for fans of Jennifer Lynn...

There are novels, like journeys, which you never want to end: this is one of them. One seventh of July at six in the afternoon, a woman of 71 and a man of 78 ascend a gangplank and begin one of the greatest adventures in modern literature. The man is...