Here are our favourite picks from the standout new releases of the month.
It’s beginning to look a lot like February. This month, dive into a novel about the unexpected findings of wolves and humans, immerse yourself in a murder mystery or fall in love with a brooding, police officer – either way February will bring high-octane thrillers, steamy romances and much more. Here are the 6 best new books to devour in the month of love!
Secretly Yours
Secretly YoursBy Tessa Bailey
Release Date: 7 February
This steamy, romantic comedy follows a starchy professor and his bubbly, neighbour. Hallie Welch fell hard for Julian Vos at fourteen, after they almost kissed in the dark vineyards of his family’s winery. Now the prodigal hottie has taken a sabbatical and returned to their small town to write his novel at the ancestral family vineyards. But it turns out that old high school flame Hallie Welch is a serious distraction.
Read Now
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
Roshani Chokshi
Release Date: 14 February
Beloved for her YA books steeped in world mythology and folklore, Chokshi makes her debut in the adult world with this Gothic tale of mystery and dark romance. The story follows a bride with a shadowy past, a groom with a curious heart, and a crumbling manor with a terrible secret.
Read Now
I Have Some Questions for You
I Have Some Questions for YouBy Rebecca Makkai
Release Date: 21 February
From the author of The Great Believers – a finalist for both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award – I Have Some Questions for You follows a 40-something mom as she returns to teach at her childhood boarding school, site of a terrible tragedy. This book is a stirring investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past. Timely, hypnotic, and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters, I Have Some Questions for You is a page-turner.
Read Now
Things We Hide from the Light
Things We Hide from the LightBy Lucy Score
Release Date: 21 February
Nash Morgan was always known as the good Morgan brother, with a smile and a wink for everyone. But now, this chief of police is recovering from being shot and his Southern charm has been overshadowed by panic attacks and nightmares. Nash isn’t about to let anyone in his life know he’s struggling. But, his new next-door neighbour, the smart and sexy Lina, sees his shadows and is about to knock him off his feet even more.
Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear
Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About FearErica Berry
Release Date: 21 February
Perfect for readers of cultural criticism and environmental writing, this necessary book for current and future generation is enthralling. Focusing on the exploration of wolves both real and symbolic, Erica Berry weaves historic and scientific findings alongside criticism, journalism, and memoir to illuminate the strands of our cultural constructions of predator and prey, and what it means to navigate a world in which we can be both.
It’s One of Us
J.T. Ellison
Release Date: 28 February
This book is an intense thriller about the price of secrets and the layers behind every marriage. Olivia Bender desperately wants to be a mother, however fertility treatments and IVF keep failing. And just when she feels she’s at her lowest point, the police deliver shocking news to Olivia and her husband, Park, that Park’s son is the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Apparently, Park donated sperm to a clinic many years ago. He has no idea how many times it was sold – or how many children he has sired. As the murder investigation goes deeper, more terrible truths come to light.
Read NowRead More: Books To Read In January 2023
