Here are some of the new books out this week:
Books for Kids
A Crocodile Should Never Skip Breakfast – A crocodile who ferries animals across the river has to miss breakfast and then his passengers start to look yummy. This sounds hilarious!
Gorgeously Me! – A celebration of self from Jonathan Van Ness.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Roswell Johnson Saves the World! – First in a new series by Chris Colfer. A boy named for Roswell, New Mexico is abducted by aliens and discovers Earth is in danger.
They Call Me No Sam! – A misunderstood dog tries to save his family.
The Breakup Artists – Best friends run a business breaking up bad relationships for their peers.
Storm: Dawn of a Goddess – An origin story from Tiffany D. Jackson.
Wish You Weren’t Here (LGBTQ+) – Lifelong rivals find themselves in a cabin together at summer camp.
Books for Adults
Birding with Benefits (Trade Paperback) – An almost-empty nester agrees to pose as the girlfriend for a birder who needs a partner for a birdwatching contest. I love the uniqueness of the context for this story!
Cole and Laila Are Just Friends (Trade Paperback) – The latest from Bethany Turner. Best friends toy with the idea of becoming something more when they spend a week in New York while he decides if he’s going to leave their small town after a life-changing betrayal and she wonders if she wants to live across the country from her best friend.
Dead Tired (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Expectant Detectives series. Alice and her mom-friends participate in an eco-protest as an effort to get some rest from their infants, but in the morning one of the other protesters is dead. I’m looking forward to digging into this one!
Isabel and the Rogue (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Luna Sisters series. Two covert agents wonder if love is even possible for them when their work puts them at odds.
Lady Eve’s Last Con (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – A small-time con woman meets her match when her plans to take down the man who broke her sister’s heart catch the attention of the man’s irresistible sister.
Leather & Lark (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Ruinous Love Trilogy. A contract killer and an indie singer/songwriter team up in a fake marriage so he can track a killer for her and she can secure him freedom for a life he hates.
Love Signals (June 6, e-book) – A woman trying to beat her rotten ex on a work project gets pulled off the project to mentor some Hollywood A-lister for a new role.
Match Me If You Can (Trade Paperback) – A woman playing matchmaker to secure a new job finds her own maybe-happily ever after in jeopardy.
My Royal Showmance (e-book) – A woman working on a royalty dating reality show becomes a contestant.
Nice Work Nora November (Trade Paperback) – A woman brought back from an accident that made her clinically dead works through a reverse bucket list of things she wants to do with her new lease on life.
Pardon My Frenchie (Trade Paperback) – Ashanti’s doggie daycare is in jeopardy when a social media favorite poodle – and Duchess’s best doggie-friend – is taken out by Puddin’s owner’s grandson who doesn’t like dogs. So Ashanti – and Duchess – need to make nice. This could be fun!
Summer Romance (Trade Paperback) – A professional organizer with a personal life that’s a mess toys with the idea of a summer fling.
Unwedding (Hardcover) – Ellery thought it was unsettling enough to be taking her 20th anniversary trip to the Resort at Broken Point alone, but that’s nothing to how unsettled she feels after finding a dead body.
We Could Be Heroes (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – An actor in a superhero movie starts an unexpected friendship with a bookseller/part-time drag queen while each wonders if their friendship could become something more.
The Wren in the Holly Library – First in a new series. In a post-war world where monsters are real, a thief sneaks into the Holly Library and finding a monster with a proposition.