Revelations, secrets, and starting over are prevailing themes in this summer's slew of new fiction. Curious? Read on!
By Invitation Only, by Dorothea Benton Frank. Frank's latest is a tale of two families and the couple that brings them together. Fred Stiftel, son of hard-working Southern peach farmers, is engaged to Shelby Cambria, daughter of Chicago's moneyed elite. To say that each family is ill-at-ease in the other's backyard is an understatement. This is a story of limos and pickups, soirees and barbecues, where everyone has something to hide...and something to learn from the others. Frank's Southern tales are always great beach reading. Also available in Large Print.
Before and Again, by Barbara Delinsky. After an accident costs her everything (child, marriage, friends, privacy), Mackenzie Cooper leaves her life behind. She reinvents herself as Maggie Reid, moves to Vermont, and lives with the singular goal of staying under the radar. But when a local teen's hacking activity brings scrutiny, and the Feds, to their small town, the facade of Maggie Reid begins to unravel. Will she have to start over yet again?
The Other Lady Vanishes, by Amanda Quick. Adelaide Blake arrives in Burning Cove, California, desperate to start over after escaping from a private sanitarium. She finds employment at an herbal tea shop, catering to the movers and shakers of 1930s Hollywood, many of whom frequent the shop in search of tonics and hangover cures. In Burning Cover, Adelaide slowly learns, no one is who or what they seem. Behind the dazzle lie grifters, gangsters, and addicts. When Madame Zola, medium to the stars, arrives in town, Adelaide knows the con for what it is. Then the psychic is murdered, and Adelaide finds herself drawn deeper in the murky world of dupes and misdirection. Also available in Large Print.
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