2026 Summer Reading Recommendations

Jayne Ann Krentz and I zoomed with bookseller and reviewer John Charles. Because he’s a reviewer, he gets to read the books early and here are his recommendations for your summer reading pleasure.

Enter the Nightmare by Jayne Castle

“She was hiding in the bathroom, a flamer in one hand, a poised-to-attack dust bunny at her feet and a dead man in the shower behind her.  Life was getting complicated.”

 

 

Teach the Torches to Burn by Christina Dodd 

Romeo and Juliet (yes, that Romeo and Juliet) invite you to join them in celebrating the marriage of their spinster daughter, Rosie (she’s 20!) to Escalus the younger, prince of Verona, where murder is the unexpected guest at the wedding.

 

The Summer Share by Jenn McKinlay

Aphrodite in Pieces by Lauren J A Bear

The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

Happy Ending by Chloe Liese

Second Chance Duet by Ana Holguin

The Starter Ex by Mia Sosa

Murder Most Delicious by Danielle Postel-Vinay

Marion by Leah Rowan

Murder Will Out by Jennifer K Breedlove

A Lie for a Lie by Ren DeStefano

Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

138 Main Street by Gavin Bell

Rules for Aging and Larceny by Julia London

Kiss, Marry, Kill by Cara Tanamchi

The Last Lady B by Eloisa James

Book Club Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday

Spellbound by Murder by Stacie Ramey

Black Cat Detectives by Kit Gray

Death Meets Cute by J Penner

Love on the Shelf by Sheila Roberts

 


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