Check out our full line up of authors at the Katonah Reading Room throughout the day November 7th. Read all about it below! Authors will be at the Katonah Reading Room, 19 Edgemont Road, Katonah, all day and will be available for meet & greets and book signings.
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Jill Brooke, “The Genius of Flowers”
Flower historian Jill Brooke is the founder of FlowerPowerDaily and a columnist for Florists’ ReviewMagazine, which has reported on the global floral industry since 1897. A former CNN correspondent, she is the winner of the American Institute of Floral Designers’ Merit Award for connecting flowers to history, culture and news.
In The Genius of Flowers, Brooke digs into the science of these ancient survivors to extract practical strategies for whatever life throws at you—finding beauty in broken places, becoming resourcful, cultivating patience, building resilience, attracting romance and luck, and navigating family relationships and toxic people. Flowers don’t sit and suffer in silence; they pivot, problem-solve, adapt and form alliances.
Carol Davis, “Restoration”
What does it mean to rebuild something that time has nearly erased? A literary novel about grief, inheritance, and the quiet ways the past shapes the structures we build—and the ones we must rebuild.
In 1984, an American architect travels to rural England to oversee the restoration of a centuries-old barn. The assignment promises professional challenge and a welcome escape from the unresolved tensions of her life at home.
But the work quickly becomes something more complicated.
Leisha Douglas, “Triple Threat”
There's a triple threat on Broadway's 1920s stage and it's Elizabeth Hines.
Elizabeth Hines had a meteoric rise to stardom in the 1920s becoming George M. Cohan's leading lady in several of his most iconic musical comedies, including his longest-running Broadway production, Little Nellie Kelly.
This fictionalized biography, written by her granddaughter, follows Elizabeth's trajectory from adolescent ingenue to world-renowned star.
Eric Eichhorn, “Ogallala”
Bennett Edwards is divorced, distant from his college-age son, and desperate to feel something again. So he does the only reasonable thing: drives from New York to Michigan to track down his long-lost college girlfriend. When that plan fizzles, he agrees-without much thought-to drive her MMA-fighter daughter, Zoe, and her crusty trainer Hector to a bout in Utah.
Somewhere between cornfields, sketchy motels, and a trucker who doesn't drive trucks, Bennett realizes this trip isn't just about a fight. It's about a body. In a trunk. One Bennett is suddenly responsible for helping dispose of-piece by piece. And then he sees the tattoo.
Now tangled in a crime he never meant to commit and fiercely protective of a girl he barely knows, Bennett must reckon with what connection actually costs-and what it's worth.
Heather Eng, “Double Happiness”
Caught between a relentless tech job, her adoring fiancé, and an unexpected new flame, Mei must learn what it means to choose herself.
When Mei Li runs into Alexandre Brodeur at a family function, there’s no denying their chemistry. It turns out Alexandre, whose brother is married to Mei’s younger sister, is back in New York rebuilding his life after two decades toiling away in academic research. Somehow, Alexandre’s different from the young scientist Mei met years ago. His intelligent eyes and quiet air of mystery have a magnetic effect, drawing her in like never before.
In Mei’s brief moments away from her crushing workload, Alexandre is an uncomfortably enticing presence. It doesn’t take long for their thoughtful conversations and his electric gaze to get under her skin, leaving Mei to wonder what she really wants in work, life, and love.
Beth Heller Gelles, “Crazy for College”
No hype. No panic. Just the admissions truth families need.
The college admissions process has never felt more overwhelming. Test-optional policies. Sky-high expectations. Shrinking acceptance rates. Confusing advice about GPAs, extracurriculars, and "standing out." Parents feel anxious. Students feel pressured. Everyone is drowning in mixed messages.
Written for parents of high school students navigating college admissions, this book offers clarity, humor, and far less chaos at home.
Natasha Girshin, “Burnt Olives”
A Marine returns home from Iraq and struggles to rebuild his life in small-town Illinois while confronting war trauma and searching for stability in a changed community.
Barbara Josselsohn, “The Paper House”
The Paper House, a tiny stationery store in Long Island brimming with colorful paper and pots of ink, is the only connection Kayla has left to her Great Aunt Tilly. Inheriting it reminds Kayla of the pivotal summer she spent long ago, sitting at the long wooden table inside, sealing letters and taking them to mail. But it also brings back everything she has lost, including the person she once thought she would spend the rest of her life with. She cannot bear to return…until she receives a call that something strange is going on in the store. The locals believe that Tilly could send letters to their loved ones, even if they were long gone. Now it’s Kayla’s turn to test that magic. But what will she write? And what will her words uncover?
Heiress Love, “Moonlight”
Before humanity. Before history. There was Light.
Moonlight introduces readers to a celestial universe where divine order, ancient mysteries, and the relationship between Light and Shadow shape the destiny of Creation.
Aimee Potwatka, “Accumulation”
When documentary filmmaker turned stay-at-home mom Tennessee Cherish moves into the the dream house her husband bought for her, a brighter future seems to be on the horizon. Even if her husband is frustratingly absent due to his new high-paying job. Even if their two young children begin acting out in strange ways. Even if she feels lonelier than ever.
Distracted by the endless details that come with moving into a new town, a new house, and new schools, Tenn doesn’t notice when odd things begin happening at home. The faucet that runs at all hours. The creepy doll that seems to show up in every room. The human tooth they found in the floorboards.
As the kids’ outbursts and the strange events start to escalate, the family finds themselves increasingly caught in loops, repeating everyday actions with dangerous—and then devastating—effects. Tenn realizes she must find the source of what is haunting her family, before it kills them all.
Taut and twisty, scary and searing, Aimee Pokwatka’s Accumulation lays bare the high price women pay for the promises of domesticity and motherhood, and the many ways in which families can be haunted.
Jessica Rao, “Nowhere to Go but Everywhere”
Helena Vinci might like grunge and Camel Lights, but she's not a fan of frat boys or anything else about Albany college life. When she drops out and takes a job waiting tables near the Capitol, her plan is to save up to see "the real world" out west. But soon she finds herself trapped in a new way, torn between two men - a sexy DJ and a fellow slacker with wanderlust - and a third, a politician who promises financial security, but at a price. When and how will Helena learn that you don't have to go on the road to find yourself?
Nowhere to Go but Everywhere is a piercing coming-of-age novel about the perils and pleasures of learning to chart your own path.
Katie Sise, “You Must Be New Here”
Friendship is put to the test when a young woman disappears from a quiet community in a dark and twisty novel of suspense by the bestselling author of Open House and The Vacation Rental.Sloane Thompson has a daughter named Daisy, attends school activities with other parents, and even has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband. But after ten years in bucolic Sycamore Glen, Sloane has yet to find someone to call a true friend. Until Harper and Ben Wilson move in next door.
Harper is open, charismatic, and restless. She and Sloane quickly become confidantes and fall into a deep and intoxicating friendship. Then one afternoon, Daisy's dependable babysitter, Margaret, fails to show. When texts from Margaret's mother and boyfriend go unanswered, the inexplicable disappearance becomes a cause for alarm.
As anxious hours turn into days, suspicion grows. And tension tightens. As if something is about to snap. When it does, long-held secrets are revealed, and not everyone in Sycamore Glen is who they seem to be.
Meredith Schorr, “Room Mating”
A cozy rom-com about a grad student forced to live with the exasperating (and detestably handsome) grandson of her elderly roommate--"the perfect romance to curl up with and fall head-over-heels into" (Clare Gilmore, USA Today bestselling author).
Sabrina is too busy with grad school and her job as a library page to think about dating. Until her elderly roommate Marcia invites her grandson Adam to move into their two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan temporarily to "find himself." Sabrina doesn't mind sharing the small space with Adam, but she's not expecting to fall for him herself.
Adam is not only gorgeous--he's kind, funny, and shares her love of reading. After one too many accidental midnight rendezvous in the bathroom (him shirtless), the tension between them is hotter than ever.
But they're not the only ones feeling the heat. After Marcia has a health scare, her doctors advise that one of her younger roommates must go.
In a comical and sexy battle to prove who deserves to stay, the two pull out all the stops. All's fair in love and real estate, but victory is not so sweet when winning the apartment could mean losing each other.
Meredith Turits, “Just Want You Here”
An intimate and deeply moving coming-of-age novel about second chances and the inextricable bonds between lovers and friends.
The only love Ari has known is Morgan. Engaged and planning a life with him in New York, Ari is shocked when Morgan sits her down one rainy afternoon and tells her their decade-long relationship is over. They've been over for a long time now, he says--and Ari knows he's right.
Twenty-eight years old and suddenly alone, Ari throws herself into a new job in Boston, as assistant to a tech CEO. Wells is British, twelve years her senior, a devoted husband and father. He's also captivated by Ari, in a way neither of them can explain. Ignoring every warning signal from friends and their own instincts, they dive into a fiery affair, which becomes more dangerous as Ari finds herself intricately tangled with his wife, Leah.
Nothing can prepare Ari for the choices she must make as she tries to uncover what's right for herself, and for the people she can't let go. As a new path opens--a journey of lies and the twisted calculus of protecting them--Ari's second chance at happiness forces her to consider who she really is. Can you love someone without dragging them under? What does it take to start over again?