5 Forever Author Recs for September
Our job at Team Forever is to ensure you are never without a book to read. In September, we released five brand new titles (and one re-issue) and just to be safe, we asked our September crew to recommend the books they have been loving lately. We hope you add a few of these to your nightstand or favorite tote bag.
Annie Rains (Christmas on Mistletoe Lane)
Book pick: If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins
Love, love, love this book and the book that followed it, On Second Thought. If You Only Knew follows two sisters, Rachel and Jenny, as they work through their love lives and their relationships with each other. The romance between Jenny and Leo keeps the pages turning in hopes that both of these deserving characters, who’ve experienced so much hardship in their pasts, find their happily ever after in each other. Rachel’s story is a heartbreaking one of a wife trying to keep her marriage and family afloat after infidelity. Rachel and Jenny’s stories weave seamlessly, creating a book that’s hard to put down and that sticks with the reader long after turning the last page.
Kelly Bowen (Last Night with the Earl)
Book pick: Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley
Tying together the past and the future, Bellewether is written with exquisite historical detail and all the genuine heart you could ever want in a love story.
Natasha Lester (The Paris Seamstress)
Book pick: The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
I was lucky enough to receive an early reading copy of this novel and, given it’s written by Kate Morton, I expected good things. But she exceeded all of my expectations. It’s a tricky story to summarize as there is so much going on, but the book follows a cast of extraordinary characters over a two hundred year period, all of whom are connected by a house, and the ghostly voice of Birdie Bell. If you love grand narratives, tragic love stories, artistic mysteries, and the dramatic sweep of history, then I can thoroughly recommend losing yourself in this book.
Kathy Lyons (Bound to the Bear)
Book recommendation: THIRDS series by Charlie Cochet
This series lives in a world where shifters were accidentally created by the government in the 1950s. THIRDS is a police agency designed to deal with shifter threats. The love story is handled slowly over multiple books, the suspense is SMART because it is also handled over multiple books, and the action keeps me entertained. Best of all is main character Dex’s sense of humor. He’s really, really funny without being slapstick or stupid. I laugh out loud often at the most startling times. I can’t recommend this series enough. Great read!
Carolyn Brown (Cowboy Honor)
Book recommendation: The Last True Cowboy by Laura Drake (coming soon!)
Laura Drake’s upcoming book, The Last True Cowboy, will grab you by the heart strings and keep you turning pages until the very end. It’s one of those books that will stay on your bookshelf and be reread many times. I can’t wait for you to read it!