Special Contest & Author Chat Opportunity: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING by Lisa Scottoline
In THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline's latest psychological thriller, a woman risks her life to help her best friend find justice for a tragic crime --- and realizes she has more power than she ever knew. This fast-paced, twisty and shocking new novel of suspense will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection.
We are giving one book group the opportunity to win up to 10 copies of THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, along with a virtual book group chat with Lisa in October or November.
Additionally, we are awarding one copy of the book to 10 readers who will agree to read it and give us their feedback on it, share it with their book group, and recommend it for a discussion this fall.
Even if you are not selected to win copies of the book, we are giving four readers and their book groups the chance to chat virtually with Lisa in October or November.
» Click here to enter the contest by Wednesday, August 19th at noon ET.
Our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for July
Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads. We also feature a number of other prominent selections, including the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the “Good Morning America” Book Club, Oprah’s Book Club, the PBS Books Readers Club, the “Read with Jenna” Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and the Target Book Club.
THE SHAMPOO EFFECT by Jenny Jackson is July's “Read with Jenna” Book Club pick and Barnes & Noble Book Club selection. In this frothy novel of love, money, sex and friendship, an ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town.
» Click here for July's Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks.
From the beloved, award-winning author of the modern classics LOST CHILDREN ARCHIVE and TELL ME HOW IT ENDS comes her most powerful and page-turning novel yet: the tale of a mother and a daughter starting over, searching for a new story.
An epic saga of fear, resistance, change and reinvention, CITY OF WIDOWS gives voices to the unforgettable Afghan women at a crossroads of history.
Joyous, absurd and life-affirming, COUNTRY PEOPLE is a luminous exploration of marriage and parenthood, the nature of belief and the power of stories, and the ways in which we find connection in an increasingly fragmented world.
For fans of Fredrik Backman and Virginia Evans, this unforgettable and exquisitely moving novel is about finding beauty, hope and meaning in the brevity of life, as narrated by the one who knows it best: Death.
From the author of FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER and THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE comes a novel set on a remote Italian island about a navy wife’s reckoning with power, love and the price of staying silent in the Atomic Age.
From the New York Times bestselling author of LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE and BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN comes a smoldering erotic thriller with a singular, mind-bending ending.
From nationally bestselling author Ashley Winstead comes a buzzy, bloody new thriller about success, sisterhood, and demanding justice...by any means necessary.
When an astronaut is lost in space, his wife relives their epic love as she attempts to unravel what truly happened to him in this sweeping love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s Space Race.
From bestselling writing duo Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman comes a sexy and suspense-packed thriller about the prodigal daughter of a Las Vegas casino empire who returns to take over her family business --- only to discover that she’s up against the Mob, the Feds and her own brothers.
Love Actually meets The Notebook in a tale of love, loss and finding your way home, all set over the course of one life-changing week in Paris.
From the bestselling author of THE SICILIAN INHERITANCE and EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU comes a propulsive dual-timeline mystery drenched in art-world intrigue and brimming with family secrets, betrayal and the intoxicating lure of power.
SINGLE GIRLS is an infectious and utterly charming fictionalization of the iconic Helen Gurley Brown’s early years at the helm of Cosmopolitan and the intrepid group of women she took under her wing to create one of the most talked-about magazines of all time.
In this “riveting, deeply felt and empowering thriller” (Laura Dave) from #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, a woman risks her life to help her best friend find justice for a tragic crime --- and realizes she has more power than she ever knew.
THE TIDE COMES AROUND explores how we are all strangers, uncertain travelers in a world that is never quite what we think or might positively become.

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