A touching LGBTQ+ saga, pulse-racing international drama, and delicious culinary fiction
Edited by LIZZ SCHUMER
LITERARY FICTION
In 1982 England, Dawn, a young wife and mother, falls hopelessly in love with another woman, then loses her 3-year-old daughter Maggie in a court custody case. Her embittered husband, Heron, raises Maggie without revealing the reason for her mother’s absence, saying she left them for another man. After Heron is diagnosed with a terminal illness 40 years later, Maggie learns the truth in an emotional reveal and reconnects with the mother she lost. A tempered celebration of how far we’ve come.
THRILLER
Lawyer Jia Song is the daughter of Korean bodega owners, and she’s always wanted to run with the big dogs. But when she takes on the case of an imploding, ultrarich Korean family, her inability to fix things could cost them all everything. Fans of The White Lotus and Crazy Rich Asians shouldn’t miss this.
When cookbook obsessive Isabella gets hired to ghostwrite one for has-been actress Molly, she has her work cut out for her. The two clash on every level: personal, professional and culinary. Can they work together to salvage both of their careers? Read this delicious debut fiction to find out.
If you can’t get enough of Formula 1, you’ll love this enemies-to-lovers tale centering on a podcaster and a struggling F1 driver. The sweet story will race into your heart.
An actress turned producer is all about “fake it till you make it” until she makes a promise that requires her to team up with a former crush to deliver. Impossible to put down.
Nina has never met a man who can satisfy her, so she keeps a few on rotation. It works for her—until one proves he’s good for more. A master class on constructing compelling banter.
Contributors BOOKS LOUISA ERMELINO MOVIES ERIC ANDERSSON
INSETS, FROM LEFT: NEEQ SERENE; WILLIAM AVERY; MICHAEL SHERMAN