by Angie Sage

Synopsis from Good Reads:
Stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby’s father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus?
The first book in this enthralling new series by Angie Sage leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters and magykal charms, potions, and spells. Magyk is an original story of lost and rediscovered identities, rich with humor and heart.

(Lakeshore Chronicles Series #1)
by Susan Wiggs

Synopsis from BN:
Real estate expert Olivia Bellamy reluctantly trades a trendy Manhattan summer for her family’s old resort camp in the Catskills, where her primary task will be renovating the bungalow colony for her grandparents, who want one last summer together filled with fun, friends and family. A posh resort in its heyday, the camp is now in disarray and Olivia is forced to hire contractor Connor Davis—a still-smoldering flame from her own summers at camp. But as the days grow warm, not even the inviting blue waters of Willow Lake can cool the passions flaring or keep shocking secrets at bay. The nostalgic joy of summers past breathes new promise into a special place and people…a promise meant to last long after the season ends.

by Jackie Lee Miles

Synopsis from Goodreads:
“A powerful book. The characters haunt the reader long after the last page is turned.”
Earl Hamner, creator of The Waltons
“The morning I died it rained. Poured down so hard it washed the blood off my face.”

Thus begins the story of Lori Jean, whose short life and early death are woven into this worldly-wise novel set in the rural South of the 1950s. Told from the point of view of ten-year-old Lori Jean, a sensitive dreamer of a child who longs for a “normal” family, Roseflower Creek boldly explores the dynamics of a dysfunctional Southern family. Abandoned by her father when she was five years old, her world consists of a weak-willed mother and an alcoholic step-father who can’t—or won’t—keep a steady job. Yet Lori Jean is filled with the curiosity and hope common to all children.

After Lori Jean’s step-father, Ray, begins attending AA meetings, he seems like a changed man, and Lori Jean begins to think that finally she and her mama are going to experience some long-overdo happiness—to be a real family and “git ourselves one of them futures, just like regular folks.” But when Ray returns to his former ways and Lori Jean uncovers his secret, everything begins to spin out of control and she pays the ultimate price for what she knows.

(Tritone Trilogy #3)
by Judi Fennell

Synopsis from Goodreads:
ngel Tritone, Mer princess, has always been fascinated by Humans to the chagrin of her brother, the High Councilman of the Mer World. So when she flees a hammerhead stalker and ends up in the arms of a Human, she sees this as her chance to take the initiative for Mer-Human relations.

But which kind of relations is she talking about?

Logan Hardington is living the dream. Single, successful and never hard up for a date. Everything a thirty-four year old guy could want.

Then a love child he never knew is dropped on his doorstep and suddenly Logan is trading corporate jets for model planes, incentive trips for field trips and evenings with the ladies for evenings with babysitters. What he needs is someone to keep his life on an even keel.

Problem is, Logan isn’t sure if Angel is just one more fish in the sea or… the Catch of a Lifetime.