Adult bestseller:
Before and Again by Barbara Delinsky: Mackenzie, travelling on an unknown twisty road with her five-year-old daughter Lily, glanced away from the road for only a few seconds, but that was long enough for her to miss a stop sign hidden in the shrubbery. Another vehicle was speeding from her right. Five years later, she moved to Vermont to start her life over as a makeup artist at a luxurious spa, under a new name and being careful to hide her past. The fifteen-year-old son of her new friend is arrested, accused of hacking a powerful man’s Twitter account. She debates whether to step into the spotlight with them or keep to herself.
Tom Clancy: Line of Sight: A Jack Ryan Jr. novel by Mike Madden: Just before Jack Jr. leaves on a trip to the former Yugoslavia, his mother Dr. Cathy Ryan asks him if he can locate Aida who was then three years old. He searches in Sarajevo. The night before he is to return home, a beautiful young 28-year-old woman arrives at his doorstep. Jack Jr. is captivated by her beauty and charisma. He falls for this woman who has a lot of secrets and decides to stay to protect her. She disappears and he discovers a threatening plot.
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin: Nina, living the good life after marrying into Nashville’s elite, sometimes wonders if she is still the same person she was before her husband sold his tech business for a fortune. Their son is accepted into Princeton and life looks perfect. Tom, a single father, works many jobs to support his daughter Lyla. She has earned a scholarship to Windsor Academy, the most prestigious private school in Nashville. Then one photograph taken at a wild party circulates swiftly and the community is polarized. Tom, Nina and Lyla find themselves at the center of the scandal.
Between You & Me by Susan Wiggs: How far would you go to keep a secret? In the peaceful Amish country, Caleb promises to raise his orphaned niece and nephew in Middle Grove, where life centers on family, farm, and faith with a wary view of outsiders. Dr. Reese Powell plans on joining her wealthy, successful parents’ medical dynasty. An accident brings Caleb into her life.
Adult fiction:
The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah: Drops of Gold is the name of the wine that Kate’s family has made for generations. Her life in San Francisco is half a world away from the French vineyard that her mother left behind a generation ago. Kate has embarked on a career as a sommelier. She needs to pass her third and final attempt at the incredibly difficult Master of Wine examinations. Returning to the vineyard, she helps her cousin Nico and his wife with the annual grape harvest, wanting to increase her knowledge. She wants to avoid Jean-Luc, a neighboring winemaker, her first love. In the vineyard house, she finds a secret room with a cot, Resistance pamphlets, a stash of rare wine and her aunt’s belongings, a teenager during the Nazi occupation.
Young adult:
Fugitive Six in the I Am Number Four series by Pittacus Lore.
