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Available April 2, 2024

A summer by the ocean promises new beginnings—until old secrets resurface.

Ismay Chalmers is ready for a relaxing summer reconnecting with her fiancé at his family’s luxurious beachfront cottage. But before Remy can join her, a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island. Alone in the large house, Ismay makes a disturbing discovery in Remy’s childhood closet…

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Talulah’s Back in Town is arriving on shelves August 22, but you can already read the first chapter on Brenda’s website. Enjoy!

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Available February 20, 2024

Jane Tanner’s friends are settling down, while she’s been settling for less. She longs for adventure and the big city, but caring for her ailing grandfather means she’s shackled to her small town. She’s excited her vintage gift shop is finally up and running, but it’s not enough.

Longing to fulfill at least one dream—to become a mother before her biological clock ticks out—Jane drunkenly propositions the worst possible candidate for Dad. Kurt Elway is off-limits with a capital O…

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Available November 28, 2023

With her piercings, tattoos and spiky blond hair, Ellen Truesdale doesn’t quite fit in with the other folks in Coyote Canyon—and that’s just fine with her. She’s only here to put her father out of business, as payback for abandoning her when she was young.

Or is she more interested in finally proving that she was worth keeping?

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Available August 22, 2023

Talulah Barclay doesn’t like complications. Unfortunately, they seem to love her. Fourteen years after leaving her fiancé at the altar, Talulah returns to her hometown of Coyote Canyon, Montana, to settle her great-aunt’s estate. As she’d feared, her “runaway bride” reputation is waiting right where she left it, and her ex’s best friend, Brant, isn’t about to let her slip by unnoticed . . .

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The 2023 Book Tracker* will have pages to track your books, pages for reviews, a book wish list, the 2023 book group schedule, monthly and weekly planner with important book group dates and a list of all Brenda Novak books! You’ll also get the 2023 challenge card and matching bookmark with the option to add on Brenda Novak’s favorite signing pen—personalized with “Brenda Novak’s Book Group Est. 2016.”

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*The Book Tracker is also included in JANUARY’S BRENDA NOVAK BOOK BOX.

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I have a great year of reading planned and would like to invite you to take the 2023 Brenda Novak Reading Challenge. This challenge coincides with the books we’ll be reading in my online book group on Facebook and requires just one book per month. If you’re interested in joining the group as well as taking the challenge, I’d love to have you do so. You’ll never meet a friendlier or more supportive group of readers! And we always meet with the author of the book we are reading to discuss the story at the end of the month. Plus, if you read the designated book each month, you’ll be entered to win $100 to The Brenda Novak Store! In addition to that, if you complete all twelve books, you’ll get a FREE enamel pin, and you’ll be entered into the GRAND PRIZE drawing at the end of the year, a dedication in one of my upcoming books.

Ta DA!! Isn’t this cover for my next release, THE SEASIDE LIBRARY, a thing of beauty? You might’ve seen a different one on Amazon or elsewhere (if you pre-ordered—I can’t thank you enough if you have because preorders mean so much to authors and publishers), but we decided we liked this cover direction better. What do you think? Is this a book you’d be tempted to pick up if you saw it on the shelves?

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Autographed copies will be available in April’s Brenda Novak Book Box.

SUMMER ON THE ISLAND hits bookstore shelves TODAY! I don’t know if I’ve ever been this excited about a release. Finally being able to go out on tour has made it a real celebration. Do you have your copy? If not, I hope you’ll grab one and escape to my fictional island.

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