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Andrea Bartz, author of The Spare Room

Kelly’s new life in Philadelphia has turned into a nightmare. The only bright spot is her newly rekindled friendship with her childhood friend, Sabrina --- now a glamorous bestselling author with a handsome, high-powered husband. When Sabrina and Nathan offer Kelly an escape hatch, volunteering the spare room of their remote Virginia mansion, she jumps at the chance to run away from her old life. There, Kelly secretly finds herself falling for both her enchanting hosts --- until one night, a wild and unexpected threesome leads the couple to open their marriage for her. At first, Kelly loves being part of this risqué new world. But when she discovers that the last woman they invited into their marriage is missing, she starts to wonder if they could be dangerous…and if she might be next.

Week of July 8, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of July 8th include ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, a powerful and unforgettable novel from S. A. Cosby that revolves around a Black sheriff, a serial killer and a small town ready to combust; DIRTY THIRTY, the appropriately titled 30th installment in Janet Evanovich's mystery series starring bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, who is on the trail of a stolen cache of dirty diamonds; HOW TO SAY BABYLON, the stunning story of Safiya Sinclair’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet; and NO TWO PERSONS by Erica Bauermeister, which reveals how books can affect us in the most beautiful and unexpected of ways --- and how we are all more closely connected to one another than we might think.