My Summer Darling Revealed

Today I’m delighted to be a part of the cover reveal for author May Cobb’s new juicy page turner rooted in complicated female friendships— MY SUMMER DARLINGS (Berkley Hardcover; on sale May 17, 2022).

Publisher: ‎ Berkley (May 17, 2022)

Language: ‎ English

Hardcover: ‎ 368 pages

ISBN-10: ‎ 0593101162

ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0593101162

In MY SUMMER DARLINGS, the lives of three women are shaken to the core when a charming new neighbor moves to town.

Jen Hansen, Kittie Spears, and Cynthia Nichols have been friends since childhood. They are now approaching forty and their lives have changed, but their insular East Texas town has not. They stay sane by drinking wine in the afternoons, dishing about other women in the neighborhood, and bonding over the heartache of their own encroaching middle age and raising ungrateful teens.

Then Will Harding moves into one of the neighborhood’s grandest homes. Mysterious and charming, he seems like the answer to each woman’s prayers. He’s a source of fascination for Jen, Kittie, and Cynthia, but none of them are ready for the way Will disrupts their lives. For single Jen, he’s a unicorn she’s desperate to catch. For Kittie, he’s a conquest to prove to herself she’s still desirable. And for Cynthia, Will might be worth risking everything she has for a new life with him.

Backstabbing, obsession, and secrets warp their lives, threatening their friendships and families. When Will abruptly ghosts all three women, they each scramble to find out why. Is there someone else? Has he been leading them on this whole time? Or, is it something far more sinister than any of them could have ever imagined?

Three lifelong friends plus a dangerous, sexy new stranger in town add up to a scorching summer of manipulation, obsession, and murder, from the acclaimed author of The Hunting Wives.                

Meet the Author – May Cobb

May Cobb earned her MA in literature from San Francisco State University, and her essays and interviews have appeared in the Washington Post, the Rumpus, Edible Austin, and Austin Monthly. Her previous novel is The Hunting Wives.

A Texas native, she lives in Austin, Texas, with her family.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Doesn’t this sound like a fascinating story that will keep you guessing until the very end?

The Hunting Wives

I’m delighted today to share the release of a maliciously scandalous thriller by author May Cobb, THE HUNTING WIVES (Berkley Hardcover; May 18, 2021).

Publisher: Berkley (May 18, 2021)

Language: English

Hardcover: 368 pages

ISBN-10: 0593101138

ISBN-13: 978-0593101131

The Hunting Wives share more than target practice, martinis, and bad behavior in this novel of obsession, seduction, and murder.

Sophie O'Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect life with a beautiful home in an idyllic rural community. But Sophie soon realizes that life is now too quiet, and she's feeling bored and restless.

Then she meets Margot Banks, an alluring socialite who is part of an elite clique secretly known as the Hunting Wives. Sophie finds herself completely drawn to Margot and swept into her mysterious world of late-night target practice and dangerous partying. As Sophie's curiosity gives way to full-blown obsession, she slips farther away from the safety of her family and deeper into this nest of vipers.

When the body of a teenage girl is discovered in the woods where the Hunting Wives meet, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation and her life spiraling out of control.

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Meet the Author: May Cobb

May Cobb/credit Steve Noreyko

For those who aren’t familiar with the author, is a bit of background on her in her own words.

My debut thriller, BIG WOODS, won multiple awards and was released summer 2018.

I'm currently finishing a book about the late, jazz great, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, a project which has been in the works for twenty years. Kirk was a human phenomenon—a multi-instrumentalist who was best known for his miraculous ability to play three saxophones simultaneously. During his brief life, he defied staggering odds—from blindness, to prejudice, to a paralyzing stroke—in order to play the music that came to him through dreams. His story is what made me want to become a writer.

I grew up in the piney woods of East Texas where both THE HUNTING WIVES and BIG WOODS are set. After college, I moved to San Francisco where I studied Victorian Literature for my Master's, and gravitated towards that era's detective novels, known as "sensation novels," such as Wilke Collins' THE WOMAN IN WHITE. 

I then lived in Los Angeles for a few years where I worked for filmmaker/writer Ron Shelton and his wife, the actress Lolita Davidovich.

I currently live in Austin, Texas, with my husband and son where we enjoy traipsing around the area’s many beautiful parks.  I also enjoy napping, staring into space, making to-do lists for my to-do lists, shoveling cookies down my throat when I'm writing a particularly difficult scene (and even when I'm not), wearing my PJ’s as often as I can get away with and collapsing into bed at the end of a day with a great book.

My writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Rumpus, Austin Monthly, and Edible Austin.

My proudest achievement remains clinching 1st place in the UIL competition for Personal Writing when I was in the 4th grade.

For more about May and her writing, you can connect with her on the following sites:

Website, Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Doesn’t this sound like a fascinating thriller? Have you ever or can you image participating in late-night target practice?