Intrigued? Well read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from Rachel Magee’s What Not To Do On Vacation, which is out May 20th 2025.

Savannah is determined to reconnect with her two sisters. Her plan? To recreate their epic childhood summers at the beach. She has rented the same beach house, convinced her sisters to clear their calendars for a whole month, and made a bucket list of beach activities they need to relive. A little bit of nostalgia and summer fun will be the perfect antidote to the divide that has been plaguing the Prestley sisters for years. Did the secret she’s hiding have anything to do with her planning the trip? Maybe, but that’s beside the point. The fact is, everyone could use a little vitamin sea in their life. It’s going to be great! What could go wrong?

Bianca has a surprise. She’s getting married! Of course her sisters aren’t as thrilled at the announcement as they should be, which she probably should’ve expected. Her entire life, she’s been trying to prove that just because she’s the youngest doesn’t mean she’s a baby. So maybe she had some trouble getting her act together in the past, but that’s different now. She’s determined to show her sisters just how together her life is. And if the only way to do that is to find a soulmate for her closed-off-sister to prove that the dating site she used to meet her future husband is legit, then Cora better get ready. She’s about to be swept off her feet. Bianca’s going to make sure of it. Who’s the one lacking follow-through now?

Cora knew there was a good reason she does her own thing. It’s because people in general–her sisters specifically–are ridiculous. Bianca needs to give up her delusion that this new relationship will work out perfectly. It won’t. And Savannah needs to let go of her hopes of Cora getting married. It’s not going to happen. She likes being alone. Life is better when she’s alone. Safer. But she’ll go on this date if it will show her sisters just how ludicrous they’re being. And since they set her up with the town playboy who has never been on a second date in his life, proving her point has never been easier. She’s got this all under control.

At least she thinks she has it under control.

Not under control at all.

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Intrigued? Well read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from Rachel Magee’s It’s All Relative, which is out August 6th 2024.

Helena’s a “fly by the seat of her pants” kind of girl. Amelia’s got her perfect life planned down to the minute. How will they ever get through their parents’ wedding–let alone a life as stepsisters–without ripping each other apart?

Twenty-seven-year-old Helena Crosby is over her mom Nora’s wedding–and it hasn’t even happened yet. For months, Helena’s been dreading the day she and Nora would become part of The Perfects, aka the Maddox family, led by oldest perfect daughter Amelia. Her complete opposite in every way, Amelia owns a house, runs her father’s architecture firm, and is engaged to her also perfect (and dreamy) fiancé Gage, all before the age of thirty. Helena has no idea how she’s going to fit into this family with their fancy traditions and strict timetables. Thankfully, her best friend Landon is joining the festivities as her emotional support plus one–and the perfect buffer between her and her new family.

Amelia Maddox has spent months planning the perfect wedding week for her dad Steve and his bride-to-be Nora. She’d planned for every consistency . . . except for her new free spirited stepsister’s deadly shellfish allergy, her brother’s insistence on blowing up his life, and an unexpected guest on Helena’s arm. A guest she hasn’t seen in years. A guest who held her heart years before her fiancé Gage ever did . . . her ex Landon Blake. But no matter–Amelia’s kept the Maddox family together since her mother died a few years ago. She’s not going to be thrown by Landon’s deep blue eyes and sun-bronzed forearms and the way he makes her feel all warm and cozy, like she’s come home to herself. Nope. She has duties to attend to: being the best daughter, sister, fiancée, boss, and wedding coordinator. And she’s going to bring her Eldest Daughter Energy to it all and push down those inconvenient feelings, no matter what.

Through a whirlwind week of wedding activities and a few near disasters, both Amelia and Helena realize that sometimes the blueprints for the perfect family and relationship look better on paper than in real life–and that family isn’t only made of the people you’re born with. Family is also made of the people we choose over and over again.

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