In The Little Lady Agency written by Hester Browne, Melissa Romney-Jones can bake a perfect sponge cake, type her little heart out, and plan a party blindfolded. But none of that has helped her get far in life or in love. When she gets fired again, she decides to market her impeccable social skills to single men. To avoid embarrassing her father, a Member of Parliament, Melissa dons a blond wig and becomes Honey, a no-nonsense bombshell who helps clueless bachelors shop, entertain, and navigate social minefields. Enjoy!

 

Dennis Lehane wrote Coronado, a book of short stories. A small southern town gives birth to a dangerous man with a broken heart and a high-powered rifle… a young girl, caught up in an inner-city gang war, crosses the line from victim to avenger…an innocent man is hunted by governments for an unspecified crime…Along with completely original material, this collection is a compilation of Lehane's best stories about material he knows best.

 

Although the first few pages of Triangle, by Katherine Weber, might lead readers to believe they are embarking on a piece of historical fiction about the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, it soon becomes clear that Weber has something else in mind. The main character, Esther Gottesfeld has been famous most of her life, because in 1911, when she was just 16, she escaped the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire when so many others perished. An elegant novel of ideas.

 

An Inconvenient Wife by Megan Chance is a novel that illuminates the cruel injustices of an age when a woman was forced to be docile and obedient, to deny her passions and to forgo her dreams. Lucy Carleton is finding it harder and harder to be the perfect wife. While other women are so accepting of their lives, Lucy feels overwrought and increasingly suffocated. This story is heart rending and suspenseful, in telling how a woman can be driven to the edge.