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New Debut Novels January 2022 |
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Brown girls : a novel
by Daphne Palasi Andreades
Four friends, all young women of color, reconcile their immigrant backgrounds that require them to be obedient, dutiful daughters, with the freedoms of American culture while growing up in a vibrant community in Queens, New York.
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The school for good mothers : a novel
by Jessamine Chan
After one moment of poor judgment involving her daughter Harriet, Frida Liu falls victim to a host of government officials who will determine if she is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother’s devotion.
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Love at first spite : a novel
by Anna E. Collins
To spite her cheating ex-fiance, Dani Porter buys the vacant lot next to his house, planning to build a vacation rental to mess with his view, but must rethink her mission when love with her seemingly arrogant architect trumps revenge.
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Innate Magic
by Shannon Fay
Desperately trying to make a name for himself in postwar London, cloth mage Paul Gallagher confides in the wrong person that he possesses a powerful – and illegal – innate magic, putting not only his friends and family in danger, but also the whole world.
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Olga dies dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Olga, the tony wedding planner for Manhattan’s power brokers, must confront the effects of long-held family secrets when she falls in love with Matteo, while other family members must weather their own storms.
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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections : a novel
by Eva Jurczyk
Working in the rare books department of a large university, Liesl Weiss discovers that a priceless book has gone missing as well as the librarian, and, investigating both disappearances, learns a shocking truth that shakes the very foundation on which she has built her life.
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Wahala : a novel
by Nikki May
When charismatic Isobel explodes into their close-knit group, at first seemingly bringing out the best in each woman, Boo, Simi and Ronke, three Anglo-Nigerian best friends, find their close friendship starting to crack as this lethally glamorous woman wreaks havoc on their lives.
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Velorio : a novel
by Xavier Navarro Aquino
Haunted by the death of her sister, Camila joins the supposed utopia of Memoria, a cult led by an idealistic, yet troubled man who turns increasingly violent, forcing her and other members gather together to find a way to reclaim their home.
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Undermoney : a novel
by Jay Hartley Newman
A group of American patriots, all former military, and a lethal CIA agent, who is an expert on global dark money, search for a way to get their number one choice, Senator Ben Corn, elected president, to implement their own foreign policy and restructure American society.
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Love in the big city : a novel
by Sang Young Park
When his female best friend and roommate, Jaehee, leaves him to settle down, Young, a cynical gay man living in the lonely city of Seoul, tries to make sense of his life and his relationships as he finds himself torn between two very different men.
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The maid : a novel
by Nita Prose
When she discovers the dead body of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black in his suite, hotel maid Molly Gray finds her orderly life upended as she becomes the prime suspect in the case and is caught in a web of deception that she has no idea how to unravel.
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Mango, mambo, and murder
by Raquel V. Reyes
Moving from New York to Coral Shores, Miami, food anthropologist Miriam gets a short-term job as a Caribbean cooking expert on a Spanish-language morning TV show, which sets the stage for murder—one that could be the recipe for her own death.
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Must love books : a novel
by Shauna Robinson
"After five years working at Parson's Press, an old-school business book publisher, Nora is the last editorial assistant standing, desperate to get out. But she can't leave until she finds another job to cover rent, especially when Parsons cuts already unlivable salaries. That's when Nora is forced to lie her way into moonlighting for a rival publisher...and maybe poaching a few authors along the way. But when Nora accidentally falls for Andrew Santos, an author Parsons Press can't afford to lose, she must decide where her loyalties lie. Parsons Press, Andrew, or herself and her future"
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Daughter of the moon goddess : a novel
by Sue Lynn Tan
Forced to flee her home on the moon after her magic flares up, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest to save her mother, in a new fantasy novel inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess
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Learwife
by J. R. Thorp
"Care-bent King Lear is dead, driven mad and betrayed. His three daughters too, broken in battle. But someone has survived: Lear's queen. Exiled to a nunnery years ago, written out of history, her name forgotten. Now she can tell her story. Though her grief and rage may threaten to crack the earth open, she knows she must seek answers. Why was she sent away in shame and disgrace? What has happened to Kent, her oldest friend and ally? And what will become of her now, in this place of women? To find peace she must reckon with her past and make a terrible choice - one upon which her destiny, and that of the entire abbey, rests"
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A flicker in the dark
by Stacy Willingham
Twenty years after her father was arrested as a serial killer, Louisiana psychologist Chloe Davis becomes alarmed when local teenage girls once again go missing and she begins seeing parallels that may or may not be there..
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