Falling for Peachtree Bluff

A well-drawn escapist romance where four women in a tight-knit Georgia family face domestic dilemmas.

Kristy Woodson Harvey continues the saga of the Murphy family of Peachtree Bluff, a small, coastal Georgia town brimming with the drama of family dynamics. 

Falling for Peachtree Bluff, the fifth book in the series--after Slightly South of Simple, The Secret to Southern Charm, The Southern Side of Paradise, and Christmas in Peachtree Bluff--explores the interconnected lives of the Murphy women. There’s Ansley, the family matriarch, an interior designer and a 9-11 widow who has remarried, Jack, a wealthy businessman and real estate magnate. Ansley has three adult daughters: Caroline, the level-headed oldest, a divorcée, whose feelings are complicated when her ex resurfaces just as she falls for a handsome new love; Sloane, the pregnant middle sister, who faces endless challenges alongside her husband while building their dream house. And Emerson, the youngest, whose wedding plans are disrupted when Jack’s business dealings suddenly evoke a major town scandal. Add a weather event to these complications, and Peachtree Bluff is suddenly turned upside-down. 

Woodson Harvey’s beloved series will have readers clamoring for more. Once again, she has crafted a multi-layered story rife with plenty of Southern charm, cozy plot twists, and familiar well-drawn characters. 

Falling for Peachtree Bluff by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Gallery Books (Simon and Schuster), $28.00 hardcover, 978-1668219300, 320 pages

Publishing Date: September 15, 2026

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Forty Love

A fun, flirty rom-com about a widowed single mother who takes up tennis and falls in love.

In Forty Love, seasoned British author Jane Costello serves up a fun, flirty rom-com about a middle-aged widow who reinvents herself--and her life--through the game of tennis.

An impending empty nest syndrome sets the story in motion for Jules, a 47-year-old widow and single mother from Liverpool, England. As a hard-working businesswoman, a buyer for a chain of “lifestyle stores,” Jules suddenly finds herself alone after her 18-year-old daughter, Frankie--multi-racial; “long-legged and beautiful by anyone’s definition”--flies the coop for a vacation before she sets off for Performing Arts College.

With Frankie’s departure, panic sets in for Jules, who has time on her hands and perimenopause with which to contend. On a lark, Jules joins a nearby tennis club. This once exercise-averse, tennis neophyte suddenly becomes so swept up in the game that she’s recruited for the “Rusty Racquets” team where she’s befriended by a colorful cast of other amateur players. Along the way, she crosses paths with Sam Delaney, a handsome doctor who joins the club upon his return to England after spending decades in the States. Thirty years prior, Jules had a major crush on Sam. Can a once-unrequited love rally toward newfound romance?

Costello (It’s Getting Hot in Here; You, Me,Everything – writing as Catherine Isaac) covers all the angles and aces this hopeful, lively mid-life romantic comedy where unforced errors amidst the prospect of love add clever top-spin to this winning, second-chance love story.

Forty Love by Jane Costello

Zibby Publishing, $17.99 paperback, 9798992427684, 284 pages

Publishing Date: May 19, 2026

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