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Naledi, the heroine of A Princess In Theory, is a grad student in epidemiology who lives in New York City and works part-time as a waitress to help pay the bills. When she starts getting emails telling her that she’s betrothed to an African prince, naturally she assumes they’re from a scammer and deletes them. But there is a real prince on the other end of the emails: Prince Thabiso of Thesolo.

Red, White, & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston’s debut novel, is a romantic comedy starring Alex Claremont-Diaz, son of the first female U.S. president, and Prince Henry, heir to the British throne.

In The Kiss Quotient, Stella, a data scientist with Asperger’s, is under pressure from her family to get married. So she hires Michael, an escort, to be her fake boyfriend in order to help her learn about dating and relationships. As they spend more time together, they find they’re falling in love for real.

Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michele Richardson

In the Woods, the first title of the Dublin Murder Squad series, introduces Rob Ryan, a Dublin detective who survived a horrib

Have you read the modernized Cinderella adaptation yet? If not, the sequel ‘The Princess and the Fangirl’ recently came out, so you may want to pick it up.

Haunting.

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis opens near the end, “When I wake up, all my friends are dead.“

Leigh’s mother recently took her own life. Since then Leigh has had mysterious encounters with a red bird that she is convinced is her mom.  This leads her and her father to Tawain and grandparents Leigh has never met and a family history Leigh has never been told.

Wolf by Wolf is an alternative history set in Europe (partially) in 1956. What if the Third Reich and Imperial Japan won World War II? What if the medical experiments performed on prisoners in death camps produced something almost supernatural?

Monday Charles is missing and her best friend Claudia seems to be the only person who cares; inquiries to Monday’s mother, their school, and even the police receive little response, and in some cases Claudia is straight up turned away. As events unfold and the reader gets glimpses into Monday’s life (before the disappearance) it becomes clear that her home life is a far cry from the stable family that Claudia has.

This book is dark and weird, but if it hooks you it won’t let go. Part a psychological tale, part mystery, and a smattering of the paranormal, The Walls Around Us has been swirling around in my head since I closed it two days ago, and I want to force someone to read it just so I can discuss it in depth.

Just Watch Me, a new series launcher by Jeff Lindsay (best known for the