[Review] Light Up My Life: A Holiday Novel - Kasie West

Summary: For as long as Jasmine Costa can remember, her family has had a sworn enemy: the snobby Moreno family, who live next door. Jasmine especially can't stand the teenage son, Ryan, who acts like he's so much better than her.

This Christmas, the rivalry heats up when their small town holds a contest for best-decorated house. Jasmine has to take home the trophy. But then she and Ryan unexpectedly get thrown together during a holiday party...and discover that they have undeniable (and inconvenient) chemistry. Uh-oh.

As a secret romance blossoms amid the snow and the tinsel, Jasmine will have to make a choice. Can she stay loyal to her loved ones while falling for the one boy who's off-limits?

Beloved author Kasie West delivers a cozy Christmas rom-com that's the perfect read for anyone who's ever had a crush. (Pub Date: Oct 20 2026)

[Review] Hollow Bones - Jodi Picoult

Summary: On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn’t have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters.

Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse—a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis—have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew.

Moving between past and present, Hollow Bones is an epic story of the lies we tell ourselves as we write the narratives of our lives, the plans we design to protect ourselves at the worst moments, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters. (Pub Date: Sep 15 2026)

[Review] Witch Hat Atelier 1 - Kamome Shirahama

Summary: A beautifully-illustrated story about a girl who longs for magic in her life and learns that, on the inside, she already is what she wishes she could be. Reminiscent of Studio Ghibli, this lushly-drawn story has captured the hearts of fantasy fans worldwide.

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch...until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she's never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody "knows" might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...  (Pub Date: Apr 9, 2019)

[Review] Strange Bedfellows - Amanda Mortlock

Summary: A dark and steamy debut novel about a girl, who is sometimes a cat, the witch she loves, and the toxic secrets from her past that are threatening to unravel the delicate balance of her future.

Cleo is a willfully aloof college student with an impossible secret. When she meets Wes, a brooding musician, at a Halloween party, their connection is instant, electric, and impossible to ignore. Their romance takes a mystical turn when Wes discovers what Cleo’s been hiding: sometimes she takes the form of his pet cat.

Enter Bailey and Ollie—their magical counterparts—who reveal a deeper tie between Cleo and Wes: he’s a witch, and she’s his familiar. As past secrets collide with their entangled present, Cleo faces her greatest fear—losing Wes. With long-gone threats returning and danger looming, Cleo must confront her role in their dark and violent shared history and decide if she’s willing to fight for their future. (Pub Date: Sep 22 2026)

[Blog Tour] [Promo] See You at the Sunset, written by Susan Lee

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Pub date: August 11, 2026

Summary: A tender and hilarious rom com with surprising emotional heft about a Korean American woman who escapes to her grandmother's retirement community when she's fired from her job...only to come face-to-face with the gorgeous and irritating man who fired her, for fans of Abby Jiminez, Yulin Kuang, and Lily Chu.​

It’s an old-fashioned love story: boy meets girl…at a retirement community among frisky seniors after having been the reason she was fired from her job…

Jia Lee is having an epically bad day.

Having been fired from her job for a mistake she did not make and then coming home to her shoebox apartment to see her on-again-off-again cheating on her, Jia needs out. So she escapes to the one little corner of the world that always brought her joy growing up, her grandmother’s home in Sunset Hills Senior Living Community. At Sunset Hills Jia can be among her favorite people—octogenarians living their best, sun-soaked, fun-filled retired lives—and forget about all her failures and mistakes.

On a good day, Henry Park hates being a lawyer. On a bad day, he questions all his life choices about the profession he thought would fulfill his need for order and underlying savior complex. Today was the worst day. So when his grandfather asks him to spend a week helping him move into his new home in Sunset Hills Senior Living Community, Henry decides it’s just the break he needs. Slow-paced, quiet, simple living with his elderly grandad for a week. Easy.

What Henry did not expect to find was a community of old people living loud and living large. Zumba, pickle ball, speed dating and…oh god…safe-sex classes. One might  see it as reckless for people their age. Unsafe, even. And in the center of it all leading the charge, a bright, shiny, over-the-top stunner named Jia Lee. The same Jia Lee that Henry was forced to terminate at his company.

As Jia tries to find the clarity and courage and direction for her next move among those who have lived through all the ups and downs of what life has to offer, Henry has to figure out how to unwind and let go of a life he’s holding on to so tightly, including being overly controlling with his aging grandfather, for any chance at his own long and happy one. And when the chemistry between them intensifies, they find that opposites do attract and maybe the motto of this magic place rings true and you can “Find your happily ever after at Sunset Hills Retirement Community”.

You can read all about what we thought of this book HERE!

[Review] That Night - Gillian McAllister

Summary: On vacation in Europe, Frannie makes two urgent phone calls. One to her sister, and one to her brother. The siblings come running, and they find their sister covered in blood, kneeling over an unmoving body.

There’s been an accident: Frannie has hit a man with her car, and she needs their help. They bury the body, and they make a promise. They’ll never tell anyone.

But when the police come calling, the siblings’ lies start to spiral. They begin to doubt their trust in each other. Because what really happened that night?

And who will be the first to crack?

With the incredible twists and turns and a unique look at family relationships that McAllister has become known for, That Night is the ultimate summer thriller that asks: what would you do to protect your family? (Pub Date: Aug 18 2026)