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In the vein of the Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman , Sandie Jones’s explosive next novel The Guilt Trip will have readers gripped to the very last page. They went away as friends. They came back as suspects. Rachel and Jack. Paige and Noah. And Will. Five friends who’ve known one another for years. Then along came Ali, Will’s new fiancée. The three couples travel to Portugal for Ali and Will’s destination wedding. The weekend away at the gorgeous cliff-top villa is a chance to relax and get to know Ali an little better. She seems perfectly nice―and Will seems happy after years of bad choices. But when Rachel discovers a shocking secret about Ali, everything changes. As the wedding weekend unfolds, the secrets each of them holds begin to spill, and friendships and marriages threaten to unravel. In Sandie Jones’s explosive suspense novel, jumping to conclusions can become the difference between life and death.

• Print length 336 pages
• Language English
• Publication date June 7 2022
• Dimensions 13.72 x 2.16 x 20.96 cm
• ISBN-10 1250265606
• ISBN-13 978-1250265609
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A USA Today Bestseller! One of CNN.com’s “Most Anticipated New Books to Read this August” One of Parade.com's "The Ultimate Summer Reading List: 25 Books You'll Want to Read this Sizzling Season" One of Popsugar's " Hit the Beach―or the Couch―With the 45 Best Summer Reads of 2021" One of Brit+Co's "Books to Read on Vacation" Part of Frolic's "Summer Bucket List: Hot Summer Thrillers and Mysteries" One of Bookbub's "Five Twist-filled Books to Read This Month" "Explosive . . . Filled with twists and turns, the story will keep you guessing until the end."― National Examiner " In this entertaining thriller buoyed by perceptive dialogue, couples who've come to Portugal for a wedding are overwhelmed by the secrets that threaten to ruin each relationship."―Shelf Awareness "[Jones] is truly a master at writing domestic suspense and characters that will drive you mad! I recommend picking this one up if you are a fan of domestic drama and scandal and are looking for a quick and light read to take with you to the beach before the summer ends."―The Reading Beauty Blog Praise for Sandie Jones: "One of the most twisted and entertaining plots."―Reese Witherspoon on The Other Woman "A perfect beach read."―Kristin Hannah on The Other Woman "A twisty, deliciously fun read."―Sarah Pekkanen, bestselling co-author of An Anonymous Girl on The Other Woman "Whiplash-inducing."― The New York Times Book Review on The Other Woman "Such fun. You'll cheer [Emily's] chutzpah."― People on The Other Woman "An addictive, page-turning thriller."― National Examiner on The First Mistake "This thriller will hit close to home."―Refinery29 on The Other Woman "Excellent . . . Jones delivers a tightly coiled story in The Other Woman and fills it with believable characters."―Associated Press "Advice: read this!"― Suspense Magazine on The First Mistake

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minotaur Books; Reprint edition (June 7 2022)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250265606
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250265609
• Item weight ‏ : ‎ 413 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.72 x 2.16 x 20.96 cm
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Sandie Jones has been a freelance journalist for over 20 years, interviewing celebrities such as Justin Timberlake, Isla Fisher, Simon Cowell and Naomie Harris.

Her debut novel, The Other Woman, is a psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a woman and her partner's mother.

If Sandie wasn't an author she'd be an interior designer as she has an unhealthy obsession with wallpaper and cushions!

She lives in London, England, with her husband and three children.

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In the vein of the Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman , Sandie Jones’s explosive new novel The Guilt Trip will have readers gripped to the very last page. They went away as friends. They came back as suspects. Rachel and Jack. Paige and Noah. And Will. Five friends who’ve known one another for years. Then along came Ali, Will’s new fiancée. The three couples travel to Portugal for Ali and Will’s destination wedding. The weekend away at the gorgeous cliff-top villa is a chance to relax and get to know Ali an little better. She seems perfectly nice–and Will seems happy after years of bad choices. But when Rachel discovers a shocking secret about Ali, everything changes. As the wedding weekend unfolds, the secrets each of them holds begin to spill, and friendships and marriages threaten to unravel. In Sandie Jones’s explosive new suspense novel, jumping to conclusions can become the difference between life and death.

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‘The Guilt Trip’ Is B&N Book Club Pick

BY Michael Schaub • Aug. 2, 2021

Sandie Jones’ The Guilt Trip is the latest pick for Barnes and Noble’s book club.

Jones’ novel, her fourth, follows three couples who travel to Portugal for a wedding and whose lives are thrown into disarray when one woman uncovers a secret about another.

“Sandie Jones keeps the reader guessing until the end with a slow building tension that makes for a great novel,” said Shannon DeVito, Barnes and Noble’s director of books. “We are very excited for our Book Club Readers to dive into this twisty tale that shows the fatal danger of jumping to a conclusion.”

Jones is known for her debut novel, The Other Woman , which was published in 2018. That thriller was a pick for Reese Witherspoon’s book club, which helped launch it to the New York Times bestseller list.

The author recalled visiting a Barnes and Noble in Los Angeles after her first two novels were published, where an employee asked her to sign her books and participate in an impromptu video interview.

“I didn’t think the gratitude I felt could ever be surpassed, but the fabulous [Barnes and Noble] folks have gone and done it again by selecting my new novel The Guilt Trip as their August pick!” Jones said. “Thank you so much. I’ll be flying out as soon as we’re allowed to with marker in hand!”

The Guilt Trip was published Tuesday by Minotaur.

Michael Schaub is a Texas-based journalist and regular contributor to NPR.

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The Guilt Trip: A Novel

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In the vein of the Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman , Sandie Jones’s explosive next novel The Guilt Trip will have readers gripped to the very last page. They went away as friends. They came back as suspects. Rachel and Jack. Paige and Noah. And Will. Five friends who’ve known one another for years. Then along came Ali, Will’s new fiancée. The three couples travel to Portugal for Ali and Will’s destination wedding. The weekend away at the gorgeous cliff-top villa is a chance to relax and get to know Ali an little better. She seems perfectly nice—and Will seems happy after years of bad choices. But when Rachel discovers a shocking secret about Ali, everything changes. As the wedding weekend unfolds, the secrets each of them holds begin to spill, and friendships and marriages threaten to unravel. In Sandie Jones’s explosive suspense novel, jumping to conclusions can become the difference between life and death.

About the Author

SANDIE JONES has worked as a freelance journalist for more than twenty years and has written for publications including The Sunday Times , Woman’s Weekly , and Hello magazine. She lives in London with her husband and three children. She is the author of The Other Woman , a Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine pick.

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A USA Today Bestseller! One of CNN.com’s “Most Anticipated New Books to Read this August” One of Parade.com's "The Ultimate Summer Reading List: 25 Books You'll Want to Read this Sizzling Season" One of Popsugar's " Hit the Beach—or the Couch—With the 45 Best Summer Reads of 2021" One of Brit+Co's "Books to Read on Vacation" Part of Frolic's "Summer Bucket List: Hot Summer Thrillers and Mysteries" One of Bookbub's "Five Twist-filled Books to Read This Month" "Explosive . . . Filled with twists and turns, the story will keep you guessing until the end."— National Examiner " In this entertaining thriller buoyed by perceptive dialogue, couples who've come to Portugal for a wedding are overwhelmed by the secrets that threaten to ruin each relationship."—Shelf Awareness "[Jones] is truly a master at writing domestic suspense and characters that will drive you mad! I recommend picking this one up if you are a fan of domestic drama and scandal and are looking for a quick and light read to take with you to the beach before the summer ends."—The Reading Beauty Blog Praise for Sandie Jones: "One of the most twisted and entertaining plots."—Reese Witherspoon on The Other Woman "A perfect beach read."—Kristin Hannah on The Other Woman "A twisty, deliciously fun read."—Sarah Pekkanen, bestselling co-author of An Anonymous Girl on The Other Woman "Whiplash-inducing."— The New York Times Book Review on The Other Woman "Such fun. You'll cheer [Emily's] chutzpah."— People on The Other Woman "An addictive, page-turning thriller."— National Examiner on The First Mistake "This thriller will hit close to home."—Refinery29 on The Other Woman "Excellent . . . Jones delivers a tightly coiled story in The Other Woman and fills it with believable characters."—Associated Press "Advice: read this!"— Suspense Magazine on The First Mistake

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SANDIE JONES has worked as a freelance journalist for more than twenty years and has written for publications including  The Sunday Times ,  Woman’s Weekly , and  Hello  magazine. She lives in Lon-don with her husband and three children. She is the author of  The Other Woman , a Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine pick, as well as  The First Mistake  and  The Half Sister .  The Guilt Trip  is her fourth novel.

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In the vein of  The Other Woman , Sandie Jones’s explosive new novel  The Guilt Trip  will have readers gripped to the very last page. Six friends. Rachel and Noah have been friends since they met at university. While they once thought that they might be something more, now, twenty years later, they are each happily married to other people, Jack and Paige respectively. Jack’s brother Will is getting married, to the dazzling, impulsive Ali, and the group of six travel to Portugal for their destination weekend.

Three couples. As they arrive at a gorgeous villa perched on a cliff-edge, overlooking towering waves that crash on the famous surfing beaches below at Nazaré, they try to settle into a weekend of fun. While Rachel is looking forward to getting to know her future sister-in-law Ali better, Ali can’t help but rub many of the group up the wrong way: Rachel’s best friend Paige thinks Ali is attention-seeking and childish, and while Jack is trying to support his brother Will’s choice of wife, he is also finding plenty to disagree with Noah about.

One fatal misunderstanding . . .

But when Rachel discovers something about Ali that she can hardly believe, everything changes. As the wedding weekend unfolds, the secrets each of them hold begin to spill, and friendships and marriages threaten to unravel. Soon, jumping to conclusions becomes the difference between life and death.

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The Guilt Trip Paperback – June 24, 2021

The Guilt Trip is the compelling, twisty novel from Sandie Jones, the author of The Other Woman , and perfect for fans of T. M. Logan's The Holiday . They went away as friends They came back as suspects . . . Jack and Rachel. Noah and Paige. Will and Ali. Five friends who’ve known each other for years. And Ali, Will’s new fiancée. To celebrate the forthcoming wedding, all three couples are having a weekend get-away together in Portugal. It’s a chance to relax and get to know Ali a little better perhaps. A newcomer to their group, she seems perfectly nice and Will seems happy after years of bad choices. But Ali is hiding more than one secret . . . By the end of the weekend there’ll be one dead body and five people with guilty consciences wondering if they really know each other so well after all. Because one of them has to be the killer . . .

• Print length 403 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Macmillan
• Publication date June 24, 2021
• Reading age 18 years and up
• Dimensions 6.26 x 1.22 x 9.02 inches
• ISBN-10 152903308X
• ISBN-13 978-1529033083
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan (June 24, 2021)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 403 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 152903308X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1529033083
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.26 x 1.22 x 9.02 inches

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Sandie Jones has been a freelance journalist for over 20 years, interviewing celebrities such as Justin Timberlake, Isla Fisher, Simon Cowell and Naomie Harris.

Her debut novel, The Other Woman, is a psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a woman and her partner's mother.

If Sandie wasn't an author she'd be an interior designer as she has an unhealthy obsession with wallpaper and cushions!

She lives in London, England, with her husband and three children.

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Etta Easton makes her debut with this delightful novel about an astronaut and an event planner who's fake relationship becomes something real. Amerie Price is having a hard time — her mom is sick, she's lost her job, and she might lose her apartment. A chance meeting at a coffee shop with astronaut Vincent Rogers offers her an unusual solution: a rent-free room in his house if she agrees to pretend to be his partner in front of his family until his next mission (to the moon). But the second they start sharing a living space, Amerie can't stop thinking about Vincent's caring attentiveness and rippling muscles. Soon, remembering that it's all pretend becomes more challenging than the charade itself. Easton delivers a sparkling fake dating rom-com that is both delectably tropey and utterly believable. Vincent is a fascinating hero, a passionate student of the cosmos who is trying to make peace with his family's fear surrounding his career choices. Amerie has spent a lot of time bending herself into a pretzel to please others, and it's refreshing to see her putting herself first in her relationship with Vincent. The Kiss Countdown is a tribute to unexpected romantic connections, crackling chemistry, and the value of family.

Wake Me Most Wickedly by Felicia Grossman

Felicia Grossman returns to her Once Upon the East End series with this gender-bent retelling of Snow White . To repay the brother who raised him, Solomon Weiss is determined to make good, working hard for money, influence, and respectability. But when Sol crosses paths with pawnshop owner Hannah, he's irresistibly drawn to her, even if she can only imagine herself as a villain in his story. Grossman's tales are creative and smart in the ways they invoke the fairy tales she spins them from (in this case, her use of apples, mirrors, and her twist on the seven dwarves are all quite clever). But what is so moving and engrossing about her novels is how she reclaims not only fairy tales but history itself. Using the history of antisemitism against Jewish pawnbrokers (one of the few professions permitted to them in the 19th century), Grossman crafts a gripping tale of a woman who has swallowed the prejudices of society as surely as a poisonous potion. In her own eyes, Hannah cannot escape the shadow of her crimes, which are the innocent mistakes of a young woman criminalized by a prejudiced populace. But it's Sol’s kindness and care that helps her to understand that she deserves happiness and a second chance. Both Hannah and Sol have complicated relationships with their siblings, and Grossman offers a compelling view of the lengths they will go to for the siblings they love. But while Hannah’s sister wants her to find love, Sol’s brother has internalized antisemitism to a dangerous degree. The portrait of sibling dynamics adds extra depth to the love story at the novel’s center. Wake Me Most Wickedly is an outright invigorating yarn, a tale of back alley wheeling and dealing and daring rooftop escapes. Beyond its mere charms as a gripping romance, it heightens Grossman’s revolutionary storytelling. It’s not only that she’s centering Jewish stories within the trappings of Western fairy tales, but it’s how she’s subverting and exposing historical reality. In taking the Jewish stereotype of the pawnbroker and making her a complex heroine, Grossman is asking readers to examine long-established caricatures — and offering those historically besmirched their chance at redemption and happy endings.  

The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

Kensington Books

The arrival of a new Kate Clayborn book is the only thing that can make me actually excited about the prospect of being emotionally devastated. Her latest, The Other Side of Disappearing, delivers her usual bruising authenticity and signature ability to combine a deeply romantic love story with a tale that explores the snarled and wounded corners of our hearts. Here, she also adds a page-turning mystery to the mix. Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade of her life raising her half-sister, Tegan, after her mother disappears with her latest beau. But when Tegan discovers that their mother ran off with Lynton Baltimore, the man who was the subject of a hit true crime podcast, she pulls Jess into a quest to find their absent parent, sending them on a road trip destined to bring them heartbreak and answers in equal measure. Handsome, wholesome podcast producer Adam Hawkins complicates Jess' life further, as she finds herself drawn to his corn-fed brawn and innate decency. As a world of hurt and selfishness swirls around them, the two find unexpected refuge in each other. Jess hasn't let anyone into her heart in years, fearing abandonment, but Adam makes it easy with his upright honesty and deep sense of care. The Other Side of Disappearing is, in so many ways, a novel about heartbreak. It's about the shattered pieces left in the wake of someone's disappearance and the fragile loved ones left with no choice but to attempt to put themselves back together. Clayborn writes of how someone can sneak into your heart, wiggling their way into the crevices and sinews of your body and soul when you least expect it. There's a soulfulness to her work, a beauty in how she grants her everyday characters dignity and depth. The Other Side of Disappearing is a cathartic, emotionally attuned novel about the double-edged sword of emotional boundaries — and the trust required to open the gates to one's heart. In Clayborn’s novel, heartbreak really does feel good in a place like this. 

Old Flames and New Fortunes by Sarah Hogle

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Sarah Hogle's whimsical, charming novels have a new member in their bookish family with Old Flames and New Fortunes, a tale of second chances and light magic. Romina Tempest is a floral fortunist, meaning she uses the language of flowers and floral arrangements to help manifest love in her customers' lives. But her track record when it comes to romance isn’t exactly blooming. And things go from bad to worse when she discovers that the future stepbrother of the friend she's pretending to date is none other than the boy who got away: Alex King, her high school sweetheart and the love of her life. When Alex and Romina re-enter each other’s orbit, there's plenty of hijinks and bursts of enchantment. But the real magic comes in their mutual sensitivity, as they uncover all the wounds etched in their hearts during the years they spent apart. Neither of them ever really stopped loving the other. Hogle's books are as spritely as a perfect spring day, packed with genuine heartache, deep romanticism, and a fanciful sense of humor. Old Flames and New Fortunes grants us two lovers whose greatest lesson is that the true magic of love lies within our own vulnerable hearts.

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