Jessie Sullivan is a middle-aged woman caught in a very conventional life; until one day when she is forced to leave her husband and daughter in Atlanta to take care of her mother who cut off one of her fingers. Back at her childhood home in Egret Bay with a mother she was never close to, Jessie is surprisingly relieved to be away from her husband. She becomes intrigued with Brother Thomas, a monk in the Benedictine monastery on Egret Island. In the highly anticipated The Mermaid Chair, Jessie Sullivan struggles with her mother’s past and her own future.

Sue Monk Kidd’s debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, spent 81 weeks on the New York Times bestselling list. The publisher of The Mermaid Chair is Viking Adult by the Penguin Group.
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Nona Simms is a fitness and entrepreneurial buff in the city of Harlem. She created one of the city’s trendiest fitness gyms, but the construction of a new mall is threatening impending doom for the gym. Nona is not the type of girl to sit back and watch the city destroy her dreams so she calls on friends and family for support. A tangled web of secrets, deceit and lies ensue as Nona attempts to save her gym. Her handsome business partner Allen Wade is haunted with a crippling secret and her best friend Leila struggles through her marriage with a New York Knick. Find out who Nona finds unepected hope and love from in this sultry summer read.

Author Rita Ewing is the wife of New York Knick Patrick Ewing. She graduated from Howard University and has a law degree from Georgetown University. The publisher of Brickhouse is Avon Trade of HarperCollins Publishers.
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In Marian Keyes’ latest novel, heroine Ashling Kennedy thinks her new job at a start-up Irish fashion magazine, titled Colleen, as a dream come true. At the same time, arrogant London editor Lisa Edwards sees her new position as editor-in-chief of Colleen as a downgrade from her desired position at Manhattan magazine in NYC. In this novel about singles in Dublin, Lisa finds herself getting too caught up and contemptuous in her work while Ashling is betrayed by the ones she loves. The formulaic love triangle surfaces between Lisa, Ashling and their handsome boss, Jack Devine. Join the ladies of Sushi for Beginners in their quest for happiness in this true-to-form literary work of British “chick-lit.”
Marian Keyes has written seven novels and the non-fiction book Under the Duvet. Sushi for Beginners is published by Harper Perennial.
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Undead and Unappreciated is Mary Janice Davidson’s third book in the Undead series, picking up after Undead and Unemployed. The novel’s leading lady Betsy Taylor embarks on a struggle to discover herself while searching for her recently revealed half sister. Along the way, Betsy gets caught in the tangles of love between her significant other, Eric Sinclair, and her newfound friend Laura. Davidson delivers another winner with her usual sass and humor.

Author Mary Janice Davidson writes in a wide range of genres that include romance, nonfiction and erotica. Undead and Unappreciated is published by Berkley Hardcover.
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