📚🌻 August First Reads – Savor the Last Summer Stories

Under a Greek Sky
Bask in the warmth of sunlit Corfu, where old secrets unravel and new beginnings await beneath endless Mediterranean skies.Under a Greek Sky is a heartwarming escape perfect for fans of Karen Swan, Kate Frost, and Paige Toon.When Lorena’s dream life falls apart—her fiancé vanishing with all her savings—she’s left reeling. Then her parents unexpectedly separate, and her mother makes a surprising decision: to return to Corfu, her childhood home, and restore the long-abandoned family beach house. In need of a serious reset, Lorena joins her, hoping the island can offer a little peace—and maybe a distraction.Corfu delivers in spades. With its shimmering coastlines and tranquil charm, it feels like the perfect place to heal. Especially with the arrival of Christos—captivating, mysterious, and impossible to ignore. But paradise has its shadows. Long-buried family truths begin to surface, and Lorena starts to wonder what her mother has been hiding all these years. And what about Christos—is he holding secrets of his own?When her estranged father steps back into her life, Lorena faces a choice: retreat from the chaos, or confront the past and carve out a new future.Let Francesca Catlow whisk you away to the lush beauty of Corfu—where love, forgiveness, and fresh starts are always in season.

Cold Island: A Novel (Detective Tommy Kelly Book 1)
When the skeletal remains of a young boy are unearthed at a Nantucket construction site, Massachusetts State Police detective Tommy Kelly is brought in to investigate. The bones have lain hidden for thirty-five years—yet no child was ever reported missing at the time.For Tommy, a father himself, the case strikes a deeply personal chord. Teamed with sharp and territorial local detective Jo Harris, the two dig into a mystery the island has long kept buried. But what begins as a single case soon points to something darker—a chilling link to an old serial killer case that the community has done everything to forget.

As Tommy and Jo peel back layers of silence and denial, they find themselves confronting a web of secrets more disturbing than either could have imagined. And the deeper they go, the more dangerous the island becomes.

In the quiet off-season of Nantucket, the past isn’t just haunting—it’s hunting.

Both Things Are True: A Novel
When your ex is suddenly your maybe, starting over gets hilariously complicated.

Vanessa had it all—Instagram fame, a luxe NYC lifestyle, and an engagement to a charming crypto-king. That is, until he vanished in a cloud of fraud and federal charges, leaving her reputation—and finances—in ruins. With no better option, Vanessa heads home to Chicago, moving in with her sister and trying to pick up the pieces of her life, one downward dog at a time.

Just when she starts to find her footing again, fate throws her a curveball: Sam. Her ex-husband. Okay, technically ex-annulled-husband. Their whirlwind Vegas wedding (complete with a Dolly Parton impersonator) ended as fast as it began, but the spark? Very much still there.

Now Sam’s thriving as the co-owner of a fast-growing solar company, and Vanessa can’t help imagining a second chance—if only the stink of her fugitive fiancé weren’t still trailing her. Determined not to drag Sam into her mess, she tries to keep her distance. But chemistry has other plans.

Smart, funny, and full of heart, this feel-good rom-com from the author of Truth Be Told is a joyful reminder that sometimes love deserves a second shot… even if the first one involved rhinestones and regret.

What Happened to Lucy Vale: A Novel
Two girls. Two disappearances. One house steeped in secrets.

Sixteen years ago, Nina Faraday vanished without a trace. Her mother was found hanging from the apple tree in their front yard. The Faraday House became the stuff of small-town legend—haunted by tragedy, shrouded in whispers.

No one expected anyone to live there again.
Until Rachel Vale and her teenage daughter, Lucy, arrive.

They say they’re just renting. Just passing through. But their sudden move to Woodward, Indiana—and into its most infamous home—raises eyebrows and resurrects the town’s darkest questions. For the local teens, the mystery of the Faradays becomes an online obsession. And Lucy, with her turbulent new romance and outsider status, is quickly pulled into the same toxic spotlight.

Then Lucy goes missing.

What happened to Lucy Vale?
And what really happened to Nina Faraday all those years ago?

As past and present collide, and long-buried truths begin to surface, one mother must confront the sinister patterns echoing through the years—before history repeats itself.

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a chilling tale of generational secrets, dangerous love, and the haunting power of a town that never forgets.

Kingdom of Tomorrow (Book of Arden 1)
In a fractured world of ancient magic and modern danger, one young woman holds the key to a destiny written in the stars… and in the pages of a forbidden book.

From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter comes a spellbinding tale of secret societies, dark prophecies, and a romance that could ignite—or destroy—everything.

Twenty-year-old Arden Roosa has only ever known life in Ourland—a patchwork realm stitched from two broken worlds, scattered with relics of dead gods and ruled by fear of the night. After sunset, madness descends, twisting innocents into bloodthirsty monsters. Survival means silence, obedience, and never, ever drawing attention.

But Arden’s world unravels when she discovers The Book of Arden—a mysterious text that seems to chronicle her life, past and future. Pulled into the elite Fort Bala Royal Academy, she’s assigned to train under High Prince Cyrus Dolion, a powerful and merciless warrior whose icy exterior conceals something far more dangerous: a burning connection she can’t ignore.

As Arden grapples with brutal training, debilitating panic attacks, and whispers of an invisible library that predicts the future, she’s inducted into the secretive Tome Society—and the deeper she goes, the more everything she thought she knew begins to fall apart.

Who is writing her story?
Why was she chosen?
And can she rewrite her fate before it’s too late?

A thrilling blend of fantasy, romance, and mystery, The Book of Arden is the first chapter in an epic saga where the line between fate and freedom is razor thin—and one girl’s story could shatter an entire world.

You’ll Find It All Still Here: A Novel
A second chance at love, a return to camp, and a journey back to who you’ve always been.

In You’ll Find It All Still Here, beloved author Lisa Greenwald delivers a warm and witty romance full of nostalgia, friendship, and unexpected new beginnings—perfect for fans who grew up on her middle-grade books or spent summers in bunk beds and bug spray.

Mira Erdman is thriving in her career as a New York event planner—but when it comes to dating, she’s hit pause. Since losing her mom, romance has taken a back seat to responsibility and routine. That is, until her well-meaning Bubbie signs her up for a session at Brush Hill Camp—now repurposed for twenty- and thirtysomething Jewish singles looking to mix, mingle, and maybe fall in love.

Reluctantly, Mira heads back to the Berkshires with her best friend Josie in tow. The beer garden, co-ed cabins, and campfire singalongs are definitely a twist on her childhood memories. But nothing throws her off balance more than running into her old camp crush—rekindling not just butterflies, but every teenage insecurity she thought she’d outgrown.

As old friendships are reignited and new possibilities bloom, Mira is reminded that before she can find the right person, she has to find her way back to herself.

Heartfelt, funny, and full of campfire charm, this is a love story for anyone who’s ever longed for a do-over—or a little magic from the past to light the way forward.

The First Witch of Boston: A Novel
Based on the haunting true story of Margaret Jones—the first woman executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts—this powerful novel explores love, resilience, and the peril of defying a world ruled by fear.

Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1646.
Newly arrived from England, Thomas and Margaret Jones hope to begin anew in the harsh but promising New World. Thomas is measured and careful; Margaret, passionate and outspoken. A skilled healer with a sharp mind and an even sharper tongue, Margaret is no stranger to standing apart. But in a deeply pious Puritan town, standing out can be dangerous.

As Margaret tends to the sick and prepares for motherhood, her presence begins to stir unease. Her remedies are questioned. Her independence, resented. Whispers of witchcraft follow her through narrow streets, and as personal loss, superstition, and fear grip the colony, suspicion festers into accusation.

Even the love that has sustained Thomas and Margaret for decades may not withstand the rising tide of hysteria.

Told with harrowing intimacy and drawn from real diary entries and court records, The First Witch of Boston is both a riveting portrait of a woman wrongfully condemned and a moving testament to loyalty, truth, and the costs of being different in a world that demands silence.

Please Don’t Lie: A Thriller (Crystal River Book 1)
In this chilling, elegantly crafted thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline and award-winning author Anne Burt, a woman desperate to outrun her past discovers she may have stepped into a far more dangerous future.

Two years ago, Hayley Stone lost everything. A house fire claimed her parents, a drug overdose took her sister, and a relentless media frenzy turned her grief into a public spectacle. When her new husband proposes a quiet life in the Adirondacks, Hayley sees a chance to disappear—to finally breathe again in the shadows of the mountains.

But isolation has its own risks.

As autumn turns to winter and the snow begins to fall, the cracks start to show. Her once-affectionate husband becomes cold and controlling. The neighbor, a cryptic widow, hints at secrets Hayley can’t explain. Even the seemingly carefree couple living nearby start to feel like strangers in a staged performance.

Then Hayley begins to uncover the truth. And what she finds in the forested silence is far more unsettling than anything she left behind.

Dark, atmospheric, and razor-sharp, The Edge of Silence is a suspenseful exploration of trust, trauma, and the price of starting over—perfect for fans of The Last Thing He Told Me and The Couple Next Door.