Are you an avid reader of Young Adult books? This week you are in luck! With all of these new novels, you’re bound to find a new favorite book to add to your reading list. This week includes new novels from bestselling authors Kate M. Williams, Naz Kutub, Robin Benway, and many more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!
Looking for some new biography and memoir books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from Sanford D. Greenberg, Dr. Tony Hopper, Briana Scurry, and many more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
The month of June is a great time for readers with a host of exciting new releases from bestselling authors. There are so many page-turning novels that will captivate you from cover to cover this month. If you want to know what new books everyone will be talking about, here are our choices for the most anticipated books of June. Happy reading!
Release Date: June 7, 2022
From the author of the “funny, sexy, and absurdly entertaining” (Marie Claire) Playing with Matches, a sweeping love story in the vein of Rebecca Serle and Chloe Benjamin about a woman who knows the date she’ll meet her true love—only he isn’t quite as perfect as she always imagined.
Release Date: June 21, 2022
Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living across the lake. When it becomes clear that their marriage isn’t as perfect as it appears, and Katherine suddenly vanishes, Casey immediately suspects Tom of foul play. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s more to the story than meets the eye—and that shocking secrets can lurk beneath the most placid of surfaces.
Release Date: June 7, 2022
A man revisits the university campus where he lost his first love, aware now of what he couldn’t understand then. A young musician rises to fame at the price of pieces of himself, and the man who loves him. Arinze Ifeakandu explores with tenderness and grace the fundamental question of the heart: can deep love and hope be sustained in spite of the dominant expectations of society, and great adversity.
Release Date: June 28, 2022
This sweeping YA fantasy romance full of star-crossed love, complex female friendship, and astrological magic is perfect for fans of Laini Taylor, Alexandra Bracken, and V.E. Schwab. From the acclaimed author of The Beholder.
Release Date: June 7, 2022
From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins comes a funny and surprising new novel about losing it all—and getting back more than you ever expected.
Release Date: June 14, 2022
In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections.
Have you been searching for some exciting new sci-fi and fantasy reads? You’ll be able to explore fantastic new worlds with these amazing new releases from bestselling authors Jaydeep Shah, J.J. Gonzalez, Michael Chatfield, Sidney Son, Michael Anderle, and Linsey Hall. Happy reading!
Release Date: June 9, 2022
The world of horror, where the characters play games of deceit and betrayal to achieve their goals, and the demons enjoy slaughtering the humans. The end is near. Or it’s just the beginning!? Dare to witness the apocalypse, but only if you are comfortable with bloodbath and barbarity.
Release Date: June 1, 2022
Born from the stars that destroyed Old Earth years ago, GG5 rapidly grows from infant to young woman as a soldier under the control of the Republic in the newly formed Red Earth. When her first mission against the rebel fighters goes wrong, she’s forced to face her innermost desires. Even if it means betraying everything she’s ever known and falling for the enemy she was trained to kill.
Release Date: May 17, 2022
Builder's legacy is about Luke and his friends, that start playing a new scifi MMORPG between their jobs as terraformers and interstellar traders to try and turn their gaming passion into a job! We've got action, we've got asteroid miners, we have conquest style base versus base and... we got remote bots with grenades!
Release Date: March 28, 2022
The world is being threatened by two mysterious objects located in the deepest parts of the ocean. Can a former elite soldier and an oceanographer do something about it? Who or what is behind it?
Release Date: May 5, 2022
Who would be crazy enough to abandon the comfort of the Atlantica Stations to go treasure hunting on a dying world? Enter Dante Shale, professional Plunderer, and the very best at what he does. If you need something from Earth, you need him. Plunge into the far future of the Atlantica universe and discover that the adventure didn't stop just because Earth did.
Release Date: May 19, 2022
My idea of a good time used to be a rom-com and pint of ice cream. But when a lethally sexy fae king kidnaps me, that changes. I’m forced to compete in a deadly competition to become his queen. Now, my idea of a good time is surviving the day...
Looking to add to your literary fiction list this June? Check out these new novels by bestselling authors Sarah Forester Davis, Susanne O'Leary, Hilary Tailor, Roberta Kagan, Daniel Hurst, and Shae Sanders. Enjoy your new literary fiction book recommendations!
Release Date: March 21, 2022
Killian Lewis needs a break from his life as an actor, but he never thought during that break he would meet Hazel. She has secrets, ones she's scared to talk about. He promised he wouldn't fall in love with her, but as each day passes he realizes two important things. First, he can't keep his promise. And second... her secrets, they're about him.
Release Date: June 8, 2022
An enchanting story about forgotten family secrets that will transport you to the charming village of Sandy Cove on the beautiful Irish coast.
Release Date: June 1, 2022
Isla’s past is as dark as the ocean around her. But when she comes up for air, the mysteries of this lonely shore will reveal themselves in unexpected ways...
Release Date: June 1, 2022
As the Nazi shadow of death falls across Europe, one man's wickedness looms out of the darkness. Mengele, the Angel of Death. Mengele's Apprentice is the second book in Roberta Kagan's heartwrenching Historical WWII series—The Auschwitz Twins.
Release Date: June 1, 2022
When three women head to Portugal for a long weekend in the sun, the goal is to celebrate an upcoming wedding. Jane is getting married, and Angela and Maya want to give her a good time before she does. But the carefree getaway soon goes awry, and by the time the friends board their flight home, they are all carrying a terrible secret.
Release Date: May 30, 2022
Jakari Windermere hasn't been home to Midling in eight years. He's been laying low in Atlanta, and nobody knows why. But it doesn't matter now, because a tragedy draws him back to the town he grew up in...the town his family basically owns. But this won't be a pleasant homecoming, and he finds that out the moment he sets foot back in Midling.
In the mood for a new romance read this week? Check out our favorite sweet romance, paranormal, romantic suspense books, and more from bestselling authors Alexi Venice, Susan Sands, Charmaine Ross, Winter Renshaw, Emma St. Clair, C.M. Steele & more. Enjoy your new romances!
Release Date: May 19, 2022
Award-winning and bestselling author Alexi Venice delivers a powerful, thought-provoking romance in paradise about a young widow struggling to finish her current writing project while being pursued by a carefree surfer and an eccentric businessman.
Release Date: June 8, 2022
Lives are forever changed in this heartwarming story of hope, family, and love among the dunes and salty spray, where the daily tide swells and minnow counts are the biggest news in town.
Release Date: June 11, 2022
Magic Claimed is the first book in a dystopian romance series. This action-packed, heart-wrenching ride gives you a kickass heroine, three irresistible shifters, a steamy romance with no choosing required, and evil enemies like you've never seen it before in each book.
Release Date: June 14, 2022
From Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author Winter Renshaw comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about the journey of self-discovery that follows a life-changing event.
Release Date: June 13, 2022
The Bluff is an enemies to lovers, grumpy boss rom-com set in the fictional small town of Sheet Cake Texas. You'll find plenty of laughs and sizzling chemistry in this closed door romantic comedy. It's the second in a series, but can be read as a standalone.
Release Date: June 14, 2022
There’s something about weddings... Love is in the air at this destination wedding, and Cupid’s arrow is pointed at the bridal party! From enemies to lovers and fake relationships to brother’s best friend and age gap, this anthology has it all!
What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Boondocks (Survive the Doom #1)?
This is a great question. I grew up watching Hindu mythologies and folklores, and Indian horror shows. I always wanted to write something about Indian myths, but I knew I’m not good at it. Since I already had begun writing and publishing horror stories, one day, an idea struck to write a horror fiction with some references to Hindu myths and Asian evils. I even outlined the story, but that didn’t work out. For months, I kept changing the outlines, but they all were failures.
Then, during my Creative Writing studies, when I had to write a comic story, suddenly an idea struck to create the character of wizard who can bring the strongest churel of ancient era back to life. I submitted my comic story, and the professor and other students loved the story. I decided to publish it as a comic, but then I thought I could expand it and turn the story into an apocalyptic thriller.
Finally, after graduating from college with my bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing, I began to work on the story again, I decided to create one more antagonist, an immortal rakshasa, the king of the underworld. Now I had an entire story laid out perfectly in which I can add as many as references to the myths and folklores, while keeping the story setting in modern times.
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
So far, I have written and published a children’s fiction, and some adult horror thriller stories. But, I enjoy reading all the genres from children’s fiction to young adult fantasy stories, and from romance to horror, as long as there is a well-built plot with strong characters.
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
My TBR piles are just growing and growing. There are too many books to read, and I’m way behind. Currently, I’m reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series. Then, I’m planning to read The Mousai series by E.J. Mellow.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
There are multiple scenes I loved writing. The first one is Prologue where the backstory of the churel (witch) is introduced. The second one is when the wizard named Dansh meets a rakshasa (demon), the king of the underworld, Sekiada. Another is the war between the soldiers and demons at the border of the desert of Rajasthan. And finally, the climax. I won’t say much about these scenes, especially the climax, as I don’t want to reveal any spoilers about the story. But yes, these three scenes I enjoyed writing the most.
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
I don’t have any quirky writing habits, but I have heard about some. It would be funny though. I always observe my surroundings to find if there is something lucky that helps me write more. So far, I haven’t found anything quirky about my writing habits. Haha!
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
Never give up. Live in the present. Enjoy every moment.
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
Have all the fun you want. Travel the world. Make a lot of connections. Be happy.
Jaydeep Shah is the author of the new book Boondocks (Survive the Doom #1)
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What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Hawaiian Paradise Surprise?
While watching the athletic, handsome surfers in Molokai, Hawaii one afternoon, I experienced a burst of creativity to write a romance featuring Nash Denning, a legendary surfer, and Jill Cabott, a bestselling author. Jill is reluctant to entertain romance after being widowed in the prime of her life, but as she discovers her self-esteem again, she connects with two men—the dashing Nash and Ben Warner, a recently retired businessman.
If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Hawaiian Paradise Surprise, what would they be?
Funny you should ask. I incorporated some fun music in this story. Jill listens to authentic Hawaiian music while she writes, then has some interesting conversations with Jim Morrison from The Doors after partying hard with the surfing millennials at a beach bonfire. She’s also serenaded by Nash and his surfing brahs late one night. He sings a pastiche of Sara Smile by Hall & Oates. I would defy anyone not to laugh while reading this scene. Well, and maybe cringe a bit too.
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
I love a romance in a beautiful setting with characters who are relatable on a human level, maybe because of an unfair situation or health struggle. Jill Shalvis always delivers a beautiful narrative. Her storytelling and motifs of falling in love with someone who isn’t perfect were an inspiration for the obstacles Jill and the swoon-worthy Ben Warner face together in Hawaiian Paradise Surprise…
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
The Banker’s Wife by Cristina Alger.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
I love writing humor, tension, and suspense. Whether it’s a chance meeting or a planned date, humor provides the release for those clumsy romantic encounters that never go according to plan, right? I strive to make the dialogue real while I build suspense with body language. For HPS, one of the last scenes in the book was my favorite to write because the dashing Nash and heartbroken Jill come clean with each other in a surprising way…
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
My entire life is a quirky habit. While writing, I wear a San Francisco Giants ballcap and have Peanut, my chi/terrier, on my lap all day.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
Who did you love today?
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
The recipe for a tasty Mai Tai. No, seriously, exploring love on a deeper level with a partner who isn’t perfect.
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What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Through the Abyss?
I wanted to present thoughts and ideas in an entertaining way that get readers thinking about the world.
If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Through the Abyss, what would they be?
Jonathan Hawthorn - Kryptonite by Three Doors Down, and Ariella Marconi - Respect by Aretha Franklin.
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
Esoteric history and science.
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
Untones - by L.S. Povovich and Soul Bottles by Lawrence M. Schoen & Brian Thorne.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
Chapter Two - The introduction of Ariella Marconi and the description of the underwater sea lab.
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
I have a Bic pen which I have written every word of this book. I just replace the ink tube with new ones.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
Variation of Lao Tzu - Knowing others may be wisdom but knowing yourself is enlightenment.
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
Our history, origins, and the world in which we live is not what we have been taught.
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What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Her Name is Hazel?
The characters of Killian and Hazel came to me while driving my kids to school one day. Their story takes place in my hometown, and each day a little bit more of their story would play out in my head.
I actually was going to wait to write Her Name is Hazel until I had finished the 3rd book in my Confession series, but Killian and Hazel were very determined for me to work on theirs. I'm extremely glad I did. The entire story was written in thirteen days, and it's been a consistent best seller since being published.
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
Young Adult and New Adult.
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
Anything Colleen Hoover!
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
The entire airport chapters were my favorite!
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
I write the best from the front seat of my suburban during school drop off and pick up!
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
Take the trip, travel as often as you can. Memories are all we'll have in the end.
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
No matter how many times they try to cage you, remember... you always have the ability to let yourself fly free.
Sarah Forester Davis is the author of the new book Her Name is Hazel
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