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Precocious Kids, Faithful Fur Babies, Grief & Justice Delayed

In addition to making time to express gratitude toward military service members who've made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms, a rainy, cold holiday weekend means more time to read (books from the public library that earlier generations of my family were forbidden to access)!  

[a bookstack of 9 books, from top to bottom: Happy Ending, Seven Points, Dog Person, Unbound, Innocence Road, After Hours at Dooryard Books, Dom Com, Accidentally Married to a Werewolf, Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies; arranged at the edge of a tabletop with bookshelves filled with games in the background] 

Happy Ending by Chloe Liese 
contemporary romance 
Gallery Books, April 2026 

a slow burn, friends-to-lovers romance in women's fiction style 

from chapter 16: 
Maybe, when it comes to telling the stories of our failed relationships, there are only unreliable narrators, too much hurt warping our perspectives, thwarting any chance to land on the truth of what went wrong. 


Seven Points: A Crash Test Novella by Amy James 
contemporary romance 
Green Couch Writing Inc., 2025 

satisfying Crash Test epilogue in novella form with tempting teaser for next series installment 


Dog Person by Camille Pagan 
contemporary romance 
Delacorte Press, April 2026 

wise animals, hurting humans, healing 


Unbound (Undone #3) by Peyton Corrine 
contemporary new adult romance 
Atria, April 2026 

being seen, reclaiming oneself, releasing shame, accepting love 


Innocence Road by Laura Griffin 
contemporary mystery suspense 
Berkley, 2025 

speaking up for and acting in defense of the missing and murdered 


After Hours at Dooryard Books by Cat Sebastian, author & publisher  
contemporary fiction with romantic elements 
2025 

the inexact science of finding and recognizing and accepting one's people and place of loving welcome, quirks and all 


Dom Com by Adriana Anders 
contemporary romance 
Forever, January 2026 

complicated connections, signals, unexpected emotions, and comical confusion 


Accidentally Married to a Werewolf by Isabelle Taylor 
contemporary supernatural romance 
Harlequin, March 2026 

an assortment of hairy situations 


Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies by Jenny Elder Moke 
contemporary mystery with romance 
Minotaur Books, January 2026 

deceit, murder, and romance on the low sea 

[2 books face-up, from left to right: One & Only and While You Were Seething] 

One & Only by Maurene Goo 
contemporary romance with speculative elements 
G.P. Putnam's Sons, February 2026 

Who are you? Who are your people? Who are you destined to love? Matchmaker Cassia Park seeks answers to these questions and more in this thoughtful, lyrical narrative. 


While You Were Seething by Charlotte Stein 
contemporary romance 
St, Martin's Griffin, April 2026 

A public relations expert has hostile history with the grumpy reclusive bestselling author who needs her to save him from himself. 


Always wishing you good health, peace of mind, safety, joy & some pleasure every day 

 

  




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