New Canadian Reads!
Chloe Baker's lost date
Wicks, Katie, author
2024
"Chloe Baker has a brand new life in New York City with a great job but zero dating life. When she agrees to go on a blind date, she's nervous but excited. But then, Jack is late. Ten minutes. Twenty. Thirty. Just when she's given up all hope, he shows up--and they spend a magical day together. An afternoon at the Met. A walk in Central Park. One amazing kiss. The perfect date. Chloe's on cloud nine, and she can't wait to see Jack again. But when she texts to say thanks for the great date, she doesn't get the reply she's expecting. Suddenly, Jack's unfindable. And Chloe will go to any lengths to figure out what happened--because true love is worth blowing up your life for . . . or is it?"-- Provided by publisher.
The deepest lake
Romano-Lax, Andromeda, 1970- author
2024
Rose, the mother of 20-something aspiring writer Jules, has waited three months for answers about her daughter's death. When the official investigation rules the death an accidental drowning, the body possibly lost forever, an unsatisfied Rose travels to shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala herself. As Rose uncovers details about the days leading up to Jules's disappearance, she begins to suspect that this glamorous retreat is hiding ugly truths. Is Lake Atitlán a place where traumatized women come to heal or a place where deeper injury is inflicted?
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
He??bert, Michelle.
Kitten Love's family is haunted by the memory of her teenaged aunt, Nerida, who died just days before Kitten's birth in 1970. Her mother, Queena, believes the family is cursed, and she's determined not to let disaster strike again. Kitten thinks she knows how to defeat their curse: magic. Kitten tastes freedom when she falls in love and moves to British Columbia, but reinventing herself without the curse is harder than she expects. Could the heartbreak that almost destroyed Kitten's family be the very thing that helps them move on? Residence: Halifax, N.S.
I Hope This Finds You Well
Sue, Natalie.
As far as Jolene is concerned, her interactions with her colleagues should start and end with her official duties as an admin. Unfortunately, her irritating, incompetent coworkers don't seem to understand the importance of boundaries. Then an IT mix-up grants her access to her entire department's private emails and DMs. As Jolene is drawn further into her coworker's private worlds and realizes they are each keeping secrets, her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble. Residence: Calgary, AB. Print run 100,000.
I will ruin you : a novel
Barclay, Linwood, author
2024
English teacher Richard Boyle never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows up at Richard's school with a bomb strapped to his chest, Richard immediately jumps into action. Thanks to some quick thinking, he averts a major tragedy and is hailed as a hero. Richard's brief moment in the spotlight puts him in the sights of a deranged blackmailer with a score to settle. The situation rapidly spirals out of control, drawing Richard into a fraught web of salacious accusations and deadly secrets.
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie A Novel.
Lau, Jackie.
The author of the “full of heart” (Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author) The Stand-Up Groomsman returns with a charming and clever rom-com about a young woman’s desperate attempts to fend off her meddling mother…only to find that maybe mother does know best.
Mark Chan this. Mark Chan that.
Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents’ friends. You’d think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, he’s just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when they’re forced together at Emily’s sister’s wedding, it’s obvious he thinks he’s too good for her.
But now that Emily is her family’s last single daughter, her mother is fixated on getting her married and she has her sights on Mark. There’s only one solution, clearly: convince Mark to be in a fake relationship with her long enough to put an end to her mom’s meddling. He reluctantly agrees.
Unfortunately, lying isn’t enough. Family friends keep popping up at their supposed dates—including a bubble tea shop and cake-decorating class—so they’ll have to spend more time together to make their relationship look real. With each fake date, though, Emily realizes that Mark’s not quite what she assumed and maybe that argyle sweater isn’t so ugly after all…
The Offing A Novel.
Nay, Roz.
A recent break-up has left Ivy humiliated and raw, so when her best friend, Regan, offers her a month-long escape in the form of a trip to Australia, it feels like a lifeline, one that Ivy grabs with both hands. When Ivy spots an ad for crewmembers on a small yacht being sailed by a doting father and his daughter, the girls decide to take the job. Together with a handsome third crewmember, they set off north into tropical heat, but it's not long before doubts start to creep in. Tensions rise as the past threatens to catch up with them, and dark secrets emerge that will change everything. Author of "The Hunted." Residence: South Slocan, B.C. Print run 25,000.
These Songs I Know By Heart A Novel.
Brubacher, Erin.
Married and divorced in her 20s, looking for friendship in her 30s, and contemplating pregnancy at 40, our narrator wonders if she's going through life out of order. But Alice, The Turtle, The Kid, and other beloveds show her that motherhood is more than giving birth, art is never finished, and love is not linear. Residence: Toronto, ON.
We Were the Bullfighters A Novel.
Miller, Marianne K.
In 1923, Ernest Hemingway, struggling with the responsibilities of marriage and unexpected fatherhood, has just made a big mistake. He decided he would interrupt his fledgling writing career and move his family to North America. On his first day, he's sent to cover a prison break at Kingston Pen. The escaped convicts, led by notorious bank robber Norman "Red" Ryan, are on the run. Their crimes become more brazen, their lifestyle increasingly glamorous. Growing more preoccupied with Ryan and his willingness to risk everything to be free, Hemingway ponders duty, freedom, and what stops a man from pursuing his dreams. Residence: Toronto, ON.