Page-Turners & Poignant Tales: This Week in Literary Fiction
17 Apr 2025
Page-Turners & Poignant Tales: This Week in Literary Fiction
Step into worlds of depth, emotion, and character-driven storytelling with this week’s literary fiction selections. These novels tackle everything from human connection to the complexities of life, offering you both a reflection of reality and an escape into intricate narratives. Perfect for readers who crave stories that are as emotionally rich as they are thought-provoking, these books will stay with you long after the final chapter.
All Our Beautiful Goodbyes
by Julianne MacLean
Release Date: March 25 2025
Following the end of World War II, Emma Clarkson falls deeply in love with a stranded sea captain. Though she assumes their love will last forever, Emma is left heartbroken. Fifty years later, Joanna Griffin discovers the intriguing story of a star-crossed romance in her grandfather’s younger year and embarks upon an emotional journey to resolve this epic tale of lost love and fallen dreams.
Buy on AmazonAmerican Housewife: A Novel
by Anita Abriel
Release Date: April 1 2025
For a beloved television star in 1950s America, image and reality clash in an insightful novel about fame, marriage, and secrets by the international bestselling author of The Light After the War.
Buy on AmazonSix Days in Bombay
by Alka Joshi
Release Date: April 15 2025
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist, this sweeping novel of identity and self-discovery takes readers from Bombay to Prague, Florence, Paris and London, to uncover the mystery behind a famous painter’s death.
Buy on AmazonBeautiful Things (Second Sons Book 1)
by Emily Rath
Release Date: April 8 2025
Crashing a country house party in Regency England, an intrepid young woman is drawn into the orbit of three delicious gentlemen in this “Why Choose,” slow burn, very sexy, definitely-not-your-mother’s historical romance from internationally bestselling author Emily Rath.
Buy on AmazonBetween Hope & Hereafter (The Days of War Series Book 4)
by Jonathan Cullen
Release Date: April 8 2025
With the arrival of summer, the Nolans return to their cottage on Point Shirley. And while they try to make the best of it, everyone is anxious. No one doubts their country will win the war, but they know many more will die before it ends. All anybody can do now is wait.
Buy on AmazonThe Mademoiselle Alliance: A Novel
by Natasha Lester
Release Date: April 8 2025
New York Times bestselling author Natasha Lester beautifully brings Marie-Madeleine Méric Fourcade’s story to life in this powerful, heartbreaking tale of resilience that reminds us what it means to cherish those we love and fight for them with every breath.
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