The Wedding People

Six summers of whispered secrets, sun-drenched days, and a love that felt like forever. One moment that shattered it all. Now, a decade later, Persephone Fraser is forced to return to Barry's Bay, the place where her heart both soared and broke, and face Sam Florek, the man she's tried—and failed—to forget.

For years, Percy has measured her life in summers spent with Sam: stealing kisses behind the Florek family restaurant, sharing dreams under starry skies, and forging a bond so intense she believed it could withstand anything. But one fateful mistake sent her running, leaving Sam and the idyllic lake life behind.

Now, back for Sam's mother's funeral, the undeniable spark between them reignites. As memories flood back, Percy is torn between the life she's built and the love she left behind. Can she confront the past and the choices that haunt her, or will their history forever eclipse any chance of a future?

Told across the shimmering summers of yesterday and a defining weekend in the present, Every Summer After is a poignant story of first love, second chances, and the enduring power of the places and people that shape us.

Eight years ago, Sara Lancaster fled Savannah, Georgia, leaving behind a trauma she desperately wants to forget and a daughter, Alana, who knows nothing of her father’s dark legacy. But when her father falls gravely ill, Sara is forced to return to the city that holds her deepest wounds. As she navigates caring for her father and running his beloved bookstore, Sara’s sole focus is protecting her bright, inquisitive daughter from the Wyler family, particularly the man who shattered her life. With the attacker imprisoned and his identical twin, Jacob, long gone, Sara believes she has created a safe haven.

Yet, fate has a different plan. Jacob Wyler has also returned to Savannah, seeking to mend the fractured pieces of his own family. When their paths inevitably cross, the collision of Sara’s poetic soul and Jacob’s scientific mind ignites an unexpected connection. Against the backdrop of sweltering Southern heat, this compelling debut explores themes of family, redemption, and the profound, often complicated, nature of forgiveness, asking if two broken people can truly find healing and love amidst the ghosts of the past.

Filled with humor, heart, and all the best tropes, Nothing Like the Movies is a witty and heartfelt second-chance romance about growing up, following your dreams, and the realities of love.

USA TODAY BESTSELLER · SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER · A BRENDA NOVAK BOOK GROUP PICK · GLOSS BOOK CLUB PICK · THE GIRLFRIEND BOOK CLUB PICK · A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 (SheReads) · Margaret never really meant to start a book club . . . or a feminist revolution, for that matter in this bold and plucky novel from New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick. "Ideal for fans of historical fiction and those who enjoyed Bonnie Garmus's Lessons in Chemistry ." -- Library Journal , starred review "Readers will cheer." --Kirkus "Perfect for those who love book club, nostalgia for the 1960s, and stories of female friendship." --Booklist "A feel-good beach read with . . . elements that spark a revolution." -- Southern Review of Books By 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan is living the American woman's dream. She has a husband, three children, a station wagon, and a home in Concordia--one of Northern Virginia's most exclusive and picturesque suburbs. She has a standing invitation to the neighborhood coffee klatch, and now, thanks to her husband, a new subscription to A Woman's Place --a magazine that tells housewives like Margaret exactly who to be and what to buy. On paper, she has it all. So why doesn't that feel like enough? Margaret is thrown for a loop when she first meets Charlotte Gustafson, Concordia's newest and most intriguing resident. As an excuse to be in the mysterious Charlotte's orbit, Margaret concocts a book club get-together and invites two other neighborhood women--Bitsy and Viv--to the inaugural meeting. As the women share secrets, cocktails, and their honest reactions to the controversial bestseller The Feminine Mystique , they begin to discover that the American dream they'd been sold isn't all roses and sunshine--and that their secret longing for more is something they share. Nicknaming themselves the Bettys, after Betty Friedan, these four friends have no idea their impromptu club and the books they read together will become the glue that helps them hold fast through tears, triumphs, angst, and arguments--and what will prove to be the most consequential and freeing year of their lives. The Book Club for Troublesome Women is a humorous, thought provoking, and nostalgic romp through one pivotal and tumultuous American year--as well as an ode to self-discovery, persistence, and the power of sisterhood.