Love Her Madly, M. Elizabeth Lee, Atria Books — One damp January morning Glo Roebuck meets Cyn Williams on their first day at a small progressive college in Florida.

Blood on the Tracks, Barbara Nickless, Thomas & Mercer – Sidney Rose Parnell has seen some of the worst things humans can do to others.

The Trials of Apollo: Book 1 The Hidden Oracle, Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion – It’s not easy being a Greco-Roman god–particularly when you anger your father and he hurls you to earth into a garbage-filled dumpster.

The Last Woman Standing, Thelma Adams, Lake Union Publishing – Young Josephine Marcus runs away from her stifling home life in 1880’s San Francisco to marry Johnny Behan, a charming older man who’s aiming to become the sheriff of Tombstone, Arizona.

Flamecaste, Cinda Williams Chima, Harper Teen – The Seven Realms have been at war for twenty-five years. Gerard Montaigne, King of Arden, is determined to forge an empire out of the realms.

Mothering Sunday, Graham Swift, Alfred A Knopf – In 1924 twenty-two year old Jane Fairchild worked as a housemaid in the home of the Nivens, a well-to-do family living in Berkshire, England.

Highly Illogical Behavior, John Corey Whaley, Dial Books – Solomon Reed is an agoraphobic with a panic disorder. In middle school while suffering a panic attack, he stripped and dived into the school’s fountain.

Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, Ramona Ausubel, Riverhead Books – Fern and Edgar come from serious money. In Fern’s case it’s old money, dating back to the trade in slaves and rum.

The Last Days of Magic, Mark Topkins, Viking – Medieval Ireland has long been a stronghold of magic in the world. It resisted attempts by many foreign powers to conquer it thanks to the Morrígna, a divine female trinity manifesting as twins Aisling and Anya in the mortal world and a third, Anann, in the spirit realm.

The Girl From Home, Adam Mitzner, Gallery Books – Jonathan Caine is a true Wall Street high flier, a man with supreme confidence in his abilities to ride the thermals of finance and soar ever higher in wealth and power.