[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”.

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[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)

[Blog Tour] [Review] See You at the Sunset - Susan Lee

Summary: Jia Chung is living the dream…until she gets fired from her job, yet again. With her mom breathing down her neck to move home, she needs an escape, fast. When Mimi, her beloved grandmother, invites her to spend the summer in Palm Springs, Jia jumps at the chance. Staying at Sunset Hills Senior Living Community is exactly where a free spirit like Jia can thrive—among people living their best, sun-soaked, fun-filled lives. So what if they’re all octogenarians? 
 
Henry Shin lives by the rules. It’s what overworked corporate lawyers do. They don’t fly off to Palm Springs to help their grandfathers move into a new home. But Dennis is Henry’s only family.  How else can Henry make sure he’s settled and safe? The boisterous Zumba classes, daily happy hours, and spicy book clubs were a surprise though. And at the center, leading the charge, is a bright, vivacious stunner named Jia Chung.  The same face he’d had a one-night stand with a few months back. And the same woman Henry was forced to terminate at his company the morning after. 
 
As carefree days turn into hot, steamy nights, the chemistry between Henry and Jia ignites.  But when the real world beckons, should what happens at the Sunset stay at the Sunset? (Pub Date: Aug 11 2026)

[Review] You’ll Love It Here - Natalie Sue

Summary: One day is all it takes for Mona’s life to implode. After years of climbing at her marketing firm, she was supposed to be getting promoted and finally moving out of her crumbling apartment building. Instead, she’s jobless, aimless, and still stuck in a space barely big enough for a yoga mat.

Then her eccentric landlady takes a tumble and asks Mona to step in as the building’s reluctant super. The deal is simple: help prep the place for sale, and she can secure the upgrade she’s been chasing. But that’s easier said than done when the neighbors treat “boundaries” as optional. There’s the shouting couple, the mysterious shut-in, a possible panty thief in the laundry room—and Sami, the relentlessly cheerful diner owner who keeps showing up with coffee and unsolicited ideas about community. As Mona gets pulled deeper into the building’s chaos—and closer to the people inside it—she’s forced to confront what, and who, she’s really been trying to outrun. Sometimes, the place you’re desperate to leave is the one that finally shows you who you are. (Pub Date: Aug 11 2026)

[Review] The Women in White - Sarah Pekkanen

Summary: Extrasensory perception.

The Gift.
A Sixth Sense.
Or something else….

In 1964, four remarkable young women at a prestigious university became the subjects of parapsychology experiments by a visionary scientist. On the cusp of a historic breakthrough, the women mysteriously vanished and the program was erased from history.

Decades later, Riley Bell, newly divorced and desperate for a fresh start, accepts a caretaker job for an elderly widow named Betty. Riley steps into a home that is frozen in another era - no microwave, television, or cell phones, and Betty has never heard of the internet.

Why has Betty lived in such profound isolation for so many years, and why does she need Riley now? As the story unfolds across two timelines - Betty’s 1960s era of 5 o’clock martinis and high-stakes experiments, and Riley’s quest to uncover the truth about the missing women - old secrets rise to the surface. And the only way to survive is to confront the mystery that has lingered for sixty years. (Pub Date: Aug 4 2026)