Here are some of the new books out this week:
Books for Kids
Little Ghost Makes a Friend – Little Ghost gets a new neighbor, and he wants to figure out how to make a friend. This looks DARLING!
The Quacken – Hector breaks the campground’s rule about feeding the ducks and releases the Quacken. The sample pictures of this crack me up!
Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School – First in a new chapter book series by Jarrett Lerner. A young ghost feels nervous about heading to Scare School for the first time.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Gamerville (Graphic Novel) – A gamer is sent to Camp Reset for the summer where electronics aren’t allowed.
Wicked Marigold – Princess Marigold is 11 when her perfect and beloved older sister escapes her captivity and returns home, leaving Marigold wondering if that means she is supposed to become a wicked princess. Yes, please!
Dashed – Margaret Dashwood is looking forward to a vacation with her sensible older sister Elinor before she heads to college, but instead, their trip is crashed by Marianne, lamenting yet another broken heart. YES! I am here for this contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility.
Books for Adults
Au Pair Affair (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Big Shots series. A divorced hockey player hires an au pair for his tween who just wants to see her parents get back together, despite the obvious chemistry between the hockey player and the au pair.
The Bang-Bang Sisters (Hardcover) – Full time rock stars and part-time vigilantes find themselves in a mobster’s crosshairs where he pits them against one another where only one can survive. Yikes!
The Body in the Backyard (Trade Paperback) – Book 4 in my new FAVORITE series! Riley’s ex comes to Santiago Investigations when he thinks someone is trying to kill him.
The Ex Vows (Trade Paperback) – Two exes team up to help their mutual friend salvage his wedding when the venue is destroyed in a fire.
It Had to Be You (Hardcover) – Two strangers hook up on a train, never expecting to see each other again. But they run into each other again when they discover they are both contract killers – and she’s been hired to kill him.
The Lost Story (Hardcover) – Two boys who went missing for 6 months are now adults and must return to the place where they disappeared to in order to find another missing person.
What Happens in Idaho (Trade Paperback) – A grieving doctor gets stuck in a small Idaho town when her car loses it’s battle with a cow.
This Is Going to Hurt : Following Jesus in a Divided America (Trade Paperback – nonfiction) – The author looks at 6 hot-button issues including Covid and abortion and how Christians have developed an us vs them mindset about the issues of today.