NOT EVERY FISHMONGER CAN BE A SECRET AGENT.

Journey to an unnamed mountainous country in central Europe at the end of the Great War. Enter Citizen Orlov, a simple fishmonger and an honest, upright citizen, who stumbles into the Ministry of Security, and consequently a hidden world of espionage and secrecy. His first assignment? To safeguard the king when he visits the scenic town of Kufzig. But Orlov soon discovers that his ministry handler, the alluring but-couldn’tpossibly-be-a-femme-fatale Agent Zelle, is planning not to protect the king but to assassinate him. Caught in a web of plot and counterplot, confusing loyalties, and explosive betrayals, Orlov finds himself on trial for murder. He has an opportunity to clear his name—but with his friends, mother, and fellow citizens’ lives in the balance, freedom comes at a high cost.

“ We could not—repeat not—install it in room six. You need to get room seven. It’s hidden above the wardrobe. Push the lever up, not down. Repeat that back to me. ”

Heartache is par for the course.

Fifteen years after her troubled daughter Julie ran away from home, Beth Sawyer stumbles across a newspaper photograph of an up-and-coming teen golfer, who not only shares her last name, but also looks just like her daughter. Sky Sawyer couldn’t possibly be her granddaughter—or could she? With her sort-of-functional life spinning out of control—and let’s not get started on her soon-to-be-married ex-husband—Beth meets Barry, a fellow golfer whom she accidentally hits with her golf ball. Will he take her to court or to dinner?

When Sky Sawyer joins her high school golf team, she hopes that the mother she thought dead may still be alive and seek her out at the championship tournament. But when she discovers that the man who raised her is not her father and a woman claiming to be her long-lost grandmother appears, her world falls apart.

With Beth and Sky fighting to gain what they both had lost, will they finally get a second chance at a happily ever after?

“[A] compelling, emotional journey of grief, hope and above all else love. I couldn’t put it down.”

—Marlene Adelstein, USA Today bestselling author

Hardcover ISBN 9780744309157 | $27.99 | Releases 6/20/2023

Ladies' Day is Lisa Williams Kline’s second novel for adults. Her first adult novel, Between the Sky and the Sea, will be released in 2023. She is the author of a short story collection called Take Me, an essay collection called The Ruby Mirror, and ten novels for young readers. Her work has appeared in Literary Mama, Skirt, Sasee, moonShine review, The Press 53 Awards Anthology, Sand Hills Literary Magazine, and Idol Talk, among others. She lives in Davidson with her veterinarian husband, a cat who can open doors, and a sweet chihuahua who has played Bruiser Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical. She treasures frequent visits with her grown daughters and their husbands.