Lisa Steinke
The Year We Turned Forty

The Year We Turned Forty

If you could repeat one year of your life, would you do it—and what would you do differently? That fun thought experiment becomes reality in this new novel. Thanks to a bit of Vegas birthday magic, three friends have the opportunity to go back ... to the year they turned 40, the year each woman made a mistake that may have ruined her life. If you have a hard time suspending belief or if you can't stand to watch characters sabotage themselves, keep moving. But if you're intrigued by this imaginative way to re-frame a life, and encouraged by watching fictional friends support each other through the tough and the crazy, this one's for you. A tad predictable at times, but charming and heartening. Pair this with What Alice Forgot and Maybe in Another Life for a fantastic book flight. Published April 26 2016.

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The Good Widow

The Good Widow

The authors of previous Summer Reading Guide pick The Year We Turned Forty are back with their suspense debut. Jacks's marriage had grown lukewarm, but it was stable—at least she thought so. Her husband was on a business trip to Kansas—or so she thought— when the cops show up to deliver the blow: her husband was killed in a car wreck. In Hawaii. And so was the young blonde with him. Soon Jacks is on a plane to Hawaii for answers, and the more she discovers, the less she understands. Publication date: June 1.

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Girls’ Night Out

Girls’ Night Out

In Liz and Lisa’s new work of psychological suspense, three estranged friends take a much-needed vacation to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula in an heal their fractured friendship. Domestic drama. Psychological suspense. Multiple points of view. Tulum, Mexico. Over the course of the trip, each discovers the others are dealing with plenty of trouble in their own lives; meanwhile, a handsome local man draws one of the friends’ attention. After a night out spent drinking (and arguing), one of them goes missing. Was she running away her friends, or towards her love interest—or did something truly sinister go down? Liz and Lisa leave you to draw your own conclusions, and early critics love it.

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The Two Lila Bennetts

The Two Lila Bennetts

If you've ever wondered about the road less taken, you'll love this inventive thriller. One of criminal defense attorney Lila Bennett's bad choices splits her life in two. In one version of her life, she's taken hostage. In the other, she avoids being kidnapped but still falls prey to someone who wants to destroy her happiness. Lila will have to figure out not only who's out to get her but how she can possibly survive.

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Your Perfect Life: A Novel

Your Perfect Life: A Novel

Freaky Friday meets high school reunion in this contemporary novel about childhood best friends Casey and Rachel. Casey hosts a celebrity gossip TV show, while Rachel is a stay-at-home mom. While arguing at their twentieth high school reunion, they make up by taking shots…and wake up in each other’s bodies the next morning. Switching lives leads to startling clarity about their past dreams and current reality, as well as their friendship.

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