New Releases by Laura Dave

"When the patriarch of a famed hotel empire dies under suspicious circumstances, his daughter and her estranged brother join forces to find out what happened, unraveling a larger mystery about who their father really was. From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Reeses Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me comes a riveting mystery wrapped in an epic love story"--

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BLOCKBUSTER * REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK * SOON TO BE AN APPLE TV+ LIMITED SERIES STARRING JENNIFER GARNER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD The “page-turning, exhilarating” (PopSugar) and “heartfelt thriller” (Real Simple) about a woman who thinks she’s found the love of her life—until he disappears. Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared. Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated. With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a “page-turning, exhilarating, and unforgettable” (PopSugar) suspense novel.

Description The "page-turning, exciting" and "heartfelt thriller" (Real Simple) about a lady who believes she has found the love of her life, only to have him mysteriously vanish. Before he vanishes, Owen Michaels slips a message to his wife of a year, urging her to be safe. Hannah Hall is confused and scared, but she knows who the note is meant for: Owen''s sixteen-year-old daughter Bailey. Young Bailey lost her mother to cancer. Without a doubt, Bailey despises her new stepmother. It doesn''t take long for Hannah to understand that her husband, Owen, isn''t who he claimed to be when her increasingly urgent phone calls to him go unanswered and the FBI arrests Owen''s boss and an unexpected US marshal and federal agents show up at their Sausalito house. And it''s possible that Bailey is the one who can shed light on who Owen truly is and why he vanished. It was decided that Hannah and Bailey would investigate the matter further. Nevertheless, as they begin to piece together Owen''s history, they discover that they are also creating a new future--one that neither of them could have imagined before. The Last Thing He Told Me is a "page-turning, exciting, and unforgettable" (PopSugar) thriller because of its rapid-fire pacing, dizzying plot twists, and vivid family drama.

The last thing he told me: "Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared. Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated" -- Amazon website.

"Sizzle Factor: SPF 50. A secret marriage, lies about affairs . . . even sex on the day of the divorce party" (USA Today) a novel by the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller and Reese''s Book Club Pick, The Last Thing He Told Me Set in Hamptons high society, The Divorce Party features two women-one newly engaged and one at the end of her marriage-trying to answer the same question: when should you fight to save a relationship, and when should you let go? An insightful and funny multi-generational story, this deeply moving novel is sure to touch anyone whose heart has weathered an unexpected storm.

Wenn dein Leben absolut perfekt ist – ist es dann nicht Zeit, etwas Neues zu wagen? Sunshine Mackenzie lebt ihren Traum! Mit ihrer YouTube-Kochshow und ihren Lifestyle-Büchern begeistert sie Millionen von Fans. Sie ist einfach die Person, mit der jeder gern befreundet wäre. Noch dazu hat sie ihren Traummann geheiratet, den Architekten Danny, der ihr treu bei allem zur Seite steht. Alles scheint perfekt, bis ausgerechnet an ihrem fünfunddreißigsten Geburtstag herauskommt, dass die hochgelobten Rezepte aus der Show gar nicht von ihr sind. Die Fans sind empört, und Sunshine sieht nur einen Ausweg: Sie verlässt New York, um in einem kleinen Küstenstädtchen noch einmal von vorn zu beginnen ...

In the modern world, where celebrity is a careful construct, Laura Dave''s compelling, enticing novel explores the devastating effect of the secrets people keep in public, and in private. This is a fresh, provocative look at a woman teetering between a scrupulously assembled life and the redemptive power of revealing the truth.

Originally published in hardcover in 2015 by Simon & Schuster.

There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide... For everyone who loved Brothers and Sisters.

"A fresh, funny take on the search for a soulmate." —People A savvy, page-turning novel about a woman torn between her husband and the man she thought she''d marry by the author of the New York Times Bestseller and Reese''s Book Club Pick, The Last Thing He Told Me Annie Adams is days away from her thirty-second birthday and thinks she has finally found some happiness. She visits the world''s most interesting places for her syndicated travel column and she''s happily cohabiting with her movie director boyfriend Nick in Los Angeles. But when Nick comes home from a meeting with his therapist (aka "futures counselor") and announces that he''s taking a break from their relationship so he can pursue a woman from his past, the place Annie had come to call home is shattered. Reeling, Annie stumbles into her neighborhood bar and finds Griffin-a grounded, charming chef who seems to be everything Annie didn''t know she was looking for. Within three months, Griffin is Annie''s husband and Annie finds herself trying to restart her life in rural Massachusetts. A wry observer of modern love, Laura Dave "steers clear of easy answers to explore the romantic choices we make" (USA Today). Her third novel is packed with humor, empathy, and psychological insight about the power of love and home.

A tender and quirky novel about the romantic choices we make from the author of the New York Times Bestseller and Reese''s Book Club Pick, The Last Thing He Told Me Emmy Everett is reluctantly heading home to New York for her brother Josh’s wedding. She has spent the last three years in a fishing town in Rhode Island and, having little to show for it, she doesn’t particularly want to answer the questions she is sure to face about her (ex)-fiance, her (questionable) career choices, her (unknown) future. But she is still shocked when her typically resolute brother Josh confesses he is having doubts about his imminent marriage – and he asks Emmy the hardest question of all: what do I do now? With seventy-two hours until the wedding, Emmy embarks with Josh on a road trip to help him find a mystery woman, and to answer some long overdue questions about who he wants to spend his life with. It isn’t only Josh who has some lessons to learn. Along the way, Emmy discovers some undeniable truths about what she wants from her own life; and she begins to realize that perhaps her own happy ending is not as far away as it seems.