Happy Half Hour (2/9/26)

Today, we’re chatting about a former spy who faces her toughest op yet: motherhood; an aroace-spec artist who enters a PR relationship with her estranged best friend; and a 77-year-old woman living in a Texas retirement community whose life changes when she discovers that she’s pregnant.

I, SPY by L. M. Kemp | 9781250420367 | 5/5/26
SHAPES OF LOVE by L. V. Peñalba | 9781250408372 | 5/19/26
ENORMOUS WINGS by Laurie Frankel | 9781250423771 | 5/5/26

Additional titles we mentioned:
DAD BRAIN: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives by Darby Saxbe, PhD | 9781250387523 | 6/9/26
QUEEN MAB by Emily McBride | 9780374617820 | 8/4/26
THE LAST MANDARIN by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung | 9781250412522 | 5/12/26
RESTLESS BONES by Gillian French | 9781250358547 | 6/16/26
VERITY GUILD by Mai Corland | 9781682816301 | 5/5/26
GUARDIANS OF DAWN: SUHWA by S. Jae-Jones | 9781250191519 | 8/18/26
FREE GIRLS by Kristen McCallum | 9781250320261 | 7/7/26
CHARITY AND SYLVIA by Tillie Walden | 9781770468382 | 6/16/26
THE DUKE by Anna Cowan | 9781250382849 | 4/28/26
HER SHARP EMBRACE by Kate Koenig | 9781250321244 | 6/9/26
NOBODY’S QUEST by Alyssa Day | 9781682816707 | 6/2/26
THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME by Ilona Andrews | 9781250377265 | 3/31/26
MAD EDEN by Morgan Thomas | 9780374620158 | 6/2/26
I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY by Jem Calder | 9780374620554 | 7/14/26
DEATH OF THE SOCCER GOD by Dimitry Elias Léger | 9780374619886 | 5/12/26
INSPIRATION PORN by Ryan O’Connell | 9781250376244 | 5/26/26
UNPRECEDENTED TIMES by Malavika Kannan | 9781250420787 | 8/18/26
THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY by Claire Carusillo | 9781250408631 | 8/11/26
SEA OF CHARMS by Sarah Beth Durst | 9781250400673 | 7/28/26