5 summer book releases from Charlotte authors

As you pack a bag and head out to relax at the lakes, the Whitewater Center, the parks or the pool this year, I hope you’ll swing by Park Road Books and pick up these summer releases from Renee Ahdieh, Kim Wright, Erika Marks, Marybeth Whalen, and me, Joy Callaway. 

Renee Ahdieh

The Rose and the Dagger (April 26) sequel to last year’s The Wrath and the Dawn

“Fans of the previous volume will not be disappointed with the second installment of this epic retelling of One Thousand and One Nights. This entry succeeds in every way. Beautiful, lyrical writing combines with a cohesive plot, richly drawn backdrop, and just the right mix of action and romance to create an undeniable new classic.” – School Library Journal

Kim Wright

Last Ride to Graceland (May 24)

Last Ride to Graceland is a rollicking road trip through the Deep South as blues singer, Cory Ainsworth, seeks to answer the question: Could Elvis be her real father?

Joy Callaway

The Fifth Avenue Artists Society (May 31)

Yes, this is mine. Pitched by its publisher as Edith Wharton-meets-Little Women, The Fifth Avenue Artists Society is about a family of four artistic sisters living in genteel poverty on the outskirts of Gilded Age New York high society and centered on the oldest — an aspiring writer caught between the boy next door and a mysterious novelist who inducts her into Manhattan’s most elite artistic salon which has a seedy underbelly and secrets to hide.

Erika Marks

The Last Treasure (August 2)

A trio of treasure hunters reunite for one last recovery of a wreck off of the Outer Banks where they find old passions reignited and a diary that may solve the mystery of an 1813 shipwreck that has haunted them all for years.

Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

The Things We Wish Were True (September 1)

In an idyllic small-town neighborhood in Sycamore Glen, North Carolina, a near tragedy triggers a series of dark revelations. During the course of a sweltering summer, long-buried secrets are revealed and the neighbors learn that it’s impossible to really know those closest to us. But is it impossible to love and forgive them?