Diversion Books: 923 books

“Delightfully amusing . . . One part mystery, one part soap opera, one part identity crises . . . one fun read” from the author of Secret Lives of Second Wives (Publishers Weekly). Art consultant Ellen Santiago Laws thinks the spark has gone out of her life. Five years a widow, she has...

The award-winning author of Lysette delivers a “well-crafted tale” of Western romance “that will both inspire and pull at your heartstrings” (RT Book Reviews).   Seeking to ease her ailing father’s mind in his final days, Callie Southgate agrees to marry a mail-order groom coming to Colorado...

From author Zoraida Cordova comes the steamy standalone book 2 in her New Adult On the Verge series. Sky Lopez thought she had it all—the perfect job, the perfect relationship, the perfect life...until she discovers her not-so-perfect boyfriend has been cheating on her. So when her uncle...

The basis for the Australian film—a powerful novel of family ruin and redemption from “a born storyteller” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). Wanted as a material witness in a drug-smuggling case, Greg Kendall is hiding out at his family’s old Chicago home. While there, he finds himself thinking...

A husband-and-wife doctor team offers fresh and startling perspective on one of our most cherished and misunderstood institutions. Drs. Astro and Danielle Teller know better than most that finding the right partner in life doesn’t always happen the first time around. Through their own divorces...

"A page-turner with a kicker at the end—you can’t ask for anything better. Intricately plotted and full of character, this one is a great ride that burns with the intensity of a California wildfire."—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestseller The dry season has hit the Inland...

This chilling legal thriller that brings readers into the depths of human memory “hooks you . . . right through to the last page” (Michael Connelly, New York Times–bestselling author of The Black Box).   For generations the Underhill family has dominated Pennsylvania politics. Now, with...

Has the world’s nicest dude bro found happiness at last?   Poor Johnny Smith.   At age thirty-three, the house painter has been a best man a whopping eight times, when all he’s ever really wanted is to be a groom. But despite being everyone’s favorite dude, Johnny has yet to find The One....

“Fans of comic mysteries should add Bruno to their must-read list, alongside Laurence Shames and Janet Evanovich” (Booklist).   The plus-size parole officer returns in this new novel by the author of Anthony Award finalist Devil’s Food and Double Espresso. This time around, a sexy colleague...

A woman envies her sister’s glamorous world—until she becomes part of it—in a novel of loss and self-discovery by the author of Local Knowledge. After a lifetime in the shadow of the incomparable Miranda, Cassie believes she can never measure up to her sister. Rather than compete, she...

Brothers clash over the woman they both love in this provocative thriller by “one of the truly great American writers of the 20th century” (The Guardian).   A classic bad seed and his good-guy brother fall in love with the same woman. Wild man Brian demolishes a movie set to get revenge against...

A man haunted by the past meets a woman who can’t remember her own in a romance spanning from Regency England to the Greek isle of Corfu . . . Having grown up wild and carefree on the rugged Greek island of Corfu, Callista Melbourne reluctantly sails to England to honor her father’s dying...

A female auto mechanic and recovering addict becomes entangled in murder: “There’s no more interesting protagonist in crime fiction” (Chicago Tribune).   Miranda “Munch” Mancini has had a tough life—but she’s clean and sober, and back on the straight and narrow. She’s even established...

Psychiatrist Jack Caleb and Chicago cop John Thinnes return in this “well-crafted procedural . . . intriguingly presented . . . spiked by psychological insight” (Booklist).   After a woman is brutally raped in the posh Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago and a second rape victim is murdered,...