Leena has a secret, one that has haunted her since she was seventeen—she can see the dead. When her brother falls ill, she knows she must seek the Saint of Silence—a ruthless merchant who deals in secrets—to afford a remedy. But Leena’s secret is more valuable than she could have imagined. To save her brother, she will make a deal to find the ghost the Saint has been searching for. As Leena grows closer to the Saint and is plunged into his world of danger, deceit, and desire, she learns that he is hiding his own secrets…ones with the power to destroy them all.

April Book Club pick!

Aiden Valentine has fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight. Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job, an incredible family, and a smart kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life, she begins to question if she’s as happy as she believed. Maybe a little more romance wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

Sadie Shaw and Jonah Fisher have been academic rivals since they were undergraduates. Now that a highly coveted teaching opportunity has come up, their rivalry is hitting epic proportions. Jonah needs the job to move closer to his recently divorced sister, while Sadie needs the financial security of a full-time teaching position. But when Sadie notices that the job offers partner hire, she hatches a plot to get them both the role. When sparks begin to fly, it becomes clear that despite their education, these two may not have thought this whole thing through.

Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it’s her job. But when her husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage’s collapse into the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it’s picked up for the big screen. When former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her husband Nora’s life will never be the same. The morning after shooting wraps, Nora finds Leo on her porch with a bottle of tequila and a proposition: He’ll pay a thousand dollars a day to stay for a week.

Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother can’t find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that’s probably going to the new male doctor who’s a pain in Briana’s ass. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox sends Briana… a letter. A really good letter, too. Like the kind that proves he might be subversively likeable. Many letters later, Jacob also decides to give Briana the best gift imaginable—a kidney for her brother. She wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy doctor when he calls in a favor she can’t refuse.

Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—tragic heiress and former tabloid princess Margaret Ives. Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them.

Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. She has phenomenal friends, a loving family, and a thriving business in the entertainment industry. And in the midst of everything, she’s facing her toughest challenge yet: Caring for an aging parent. Who has time for romance? She hasn’t met the man who can keep up with her, anyway. Until…him. Tech mogul, Maverick Bell, may be the first to make her feel this seen, but he’s the last one she can have. This man is off limits if she plans to stay the course she’s set for herself. But they do say forbidden fruit is the juiciest…

Danika Brown, a brilliant and bisexual PhD student, knows what she wants: Professional success and the occasional relief from all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that. So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits situation. When big, brooding security guard, Zafir Ansari, rescues Dani from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, it’s an obvious sign: They are destined to sleep together. But before she can explain that to him, a video of the rescue goes viral. Suddenly, half the internet is shipping #DrRugbae, and Danika happily plays along.

Emily Walker hates having her carefully crafted world disrupted by anyone, most of all her nemesis, Jack Bennett. He’s the opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer, which is why Emily was perfectly happy when Jack left mid-school year with his fiancée. The last thing Emily saw coming was Jack’s return after calling off the wedding, but he’s here to stay—as her colleague and neighbor. With their animosity at an all-time high, Emily accidentally sends an email that could reveal her secret side hustle. And Jack might be able to help her…unfortunately.

Joni Lark is one of the most coveted songwriters in LA, and yet she can’t write. Returning to her hometown of Vienna Shores, she hopes that the sand, surf, and concerts at The Revelry, her family’s music venue, will spark inspiration. But when Joni gets there, nothing was how she left it. Her best friend is hiding something, her mother’s memories are fading, and The Revelry is closing. Until she hears it… a melody in her head and an addictive voice to go with it. Surely, this man is a figment of Joni’s imagination. Until he shows up in Vienna Shores.

Once upon a time, Ramona Riley was a student at a prestigious art school, with dreams of landing in Hollywood as a costume designer to the stars. But after her father’s car accident, she had to quit and return to her small New Hampshire town. 12 years later, Ramona is still working at the town’s café, all but given up on her dream. But when a big-budget romantic comedy comes to Clover Lake to film, she wonders if this could be her chance. There’s only one problem—Dylan Monroe, her first kiss and Hollywood’s favorite wild child—is the star.

Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves her job as a TV meteorologist. But her boss, legendary Seattle weatherwoman Torrance Hale, is too distracted by her tempestuous relationship with her ex-husband, the station’s news director, to give Ari the mentorship she wants—leaving Ari at her wits’ end. The only person who seems to understand how she feels is sweet, but reserved, sports reporter Russell Barringer. In the aftermath of a disastrous holiday party, Ari and Russell decide to team up to solve their bosses’ relationship issues.