Welcome to Well Red Fresh, our first ever book subscription program, where you can join to receive a highly anticipated first edition book every month at a discounted price!

What is Well Red Fresh?

When you sign up for Well Red Fresh, you’ll be gifted a handpicked new release that you can enjoy each month. It’s the perfect holiday gift for the book lover in your life, or the ultimate treat for yourself!

Choose a Three Month, Six Month, Twelve Month, or Ongoing subscription for you or a loved one and enjoy a fresh new release each month - complete with our special, never-to-be-copied Well Red embossed seal.

What book genres are included in this program?

You can expect selections from our largest categories, including Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, and Science Fiction. In the future, we hope to offer more specialized subscriptions for our patrons to enjoy, including Children’s Picture Books, Young Adult, and more.

How much does it cost?

Subscriptions are $25 per month (tax included), to be billed at the start of each month for the duration of your chosen package. You are invited to sign up for one or more of the following four (4) subscription packages:

THREE MONTH SUBSCRIPTION
$25 per month, or $75 total

SIX MONTH SUBSCRIPTION
$25 per month, or $150 total

TWELVE MONTH SUBSCRIPTION
$25 per month, or $300 total

ONGOING SUBSCRIPTION
$25 per month until you decide to cancel (which we hope you never do!)

How Do I Sign Up?

Once you select your desired subscription package, you will be taken to the check-out page. Please note that a valid credit card is required to sign up for our subscription services. Unfortunately, PayPal can not be used to purchase a subscription.

Can I purchase Well Red Fresh as a gift?

Of course! Our subscription service is the perfect gift for any fellow book lover. When purchasing the subscription service through our online checkout, please be sure to provide the recipient’s name and phone number or email address in the box titled “Add a note to the seller.”

How do I receive my monthly Fresh Pick?

We don’t ship books in the mail (yet!), so individuals must be able to pick up their books at our store in Auburn, AL. Don’t want to get out of your car? No problem! Just give us a call and we’ll bring it right to your car.

Can I find out what books will be included in the subscription?

This page will be frequently updated on information we have about the next month’s handpicked selection (see below for our first Fresh Pick of the year).

What if I don’t like the book that I received?

As we’re just starting this program out, alterations or exchanges won’t be possible. Though we’re going to do our very best to make our selection based on what we think our customers will love that month, we always welcome feedback on what you’d like to receive in the future!

When can I expect my book to be ready for pick-up?

Once you sign up for a subscription, we’ll put your book aside for you to pick up on the day it is released that month. Though we’ll do everything possible to choose books that are released in the first half of the month, there will occasionally be a hot new release that comes out later in the month that we know you’ll love.

When does this program begin?

This service will kick off in January 2023, which makes it the perfect holiday gift. Those who sign up before the release date of January’s handpicked selection (see below) should expect to receive their copy that month.

What if I have other questions?

Feel free to reach out to us at richard@wellredau.com 334-246-3021 and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding our subscription services.

Printable Gift Certificates are available to surprise your giftee on their special day!

 
 

December 2023’s Fresh Pick

 
 

The Wildest Sun
Asha Lemmie
- Out 12/5 -

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmie's next sweeping and evocative novel introduces a determined young woman’s search for the larger-than-life literary figure she believes to be her father.

When tragedy forces Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthood, from her home in postwar Paris, she seizes the opportunity to embark on the journey she's long dreamed of: finding the father she has never known. But her quest—spanning from Paris to New York’s Harlem, to Havana and Key West—is complicated by the fact that she believes him to be famed luminary Ernest Hemingway, a man just as elusive as he is iconic. She desperately yearns for his approval, as both a daughter and a writer, convinced that he holds the key to who she's truly meant to be. But what will happen if she is wrong, or if her real story falls outside of the legend of her parentage that she’s revered all her life?

The Wildest Sun is a dazzling, unexpected, and transportive story about coming into adulthood—from escaping our pasts, to the stories we tell ourselves, to the ambition that drives us—as we seek to find out who we are.

Reviews & Media

“A touching coming-of-age tale.... A strong story with an engaging protagonist.”
—Kirkus

"The Wildest Sun is an epic quest for identity and a tender search for selfhood as a woman and a writer. Asha Lemmie is a master of the heart and with her we meet the vulnerable Delphine as she searches for the larger-than-life man who might be her father. Through decades and across continents, The Wildest Sun is an inspiring and compelling novel. Lemmie’s insightful observations into the writers life with its hopes, fears, and creativity is the lifeblood of this courageous journey for the truth.”
—Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times Bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"From France to Cuba, from war to revolution, The Wildest Sun is a moving meditation on the stories we tell others, the stories we tell ourselves, and how we break free of the past in order to write a brighter future. Simply marvelous!"
—Janet Skeslien Charles, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library

“A portrait of a young woman finding herself amidst personal and historical turmoil, The Wildest Sun is bristling with courage, yet tender with vulnerability. Asha Lemmie, like her protagonist Delphine, is proving to the world that she is a literary force as she comes into her own with her astonishingly creative and accomplished sophomore epic."
—Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Other Birds

“The Wildest Sun is a gripping portrait of the artist as a young woman that lays bare the complexities of family trauma, fraught inheritance, and creative ambition. While chasing the famous father whom she views as a lodestar across oceans and time in the post-WWII years, the protagonist Delphine Auber Hemingway must ultimately learn that she, too, shines. With a deeply satisfying ending revealing of life’s core truths, The Wildest Sun shows how even amid personal loss and political tumult, art can be a life companion, loyal to the end.”
—Tiya Miles, National Book Award Winner and New York Times bestselling author of All That She Carried and The Cherokee Rose

“Lemmie follows up her smash debut Fifty Words for Rain with a poetic and moving portrayal of Delphine Auber, a lost young woman searching for the man she needs to believe is her father: Ernest Hemingway. Rarely has a literary protagonist grown on this reader more, as Delphine builds a new family for herself in post-war America and pre-revolutionary Cuba, and commits to her own unique gifts in life. The Wildest Sun is an entrancing and wonderfully surprising novel that explores the burden of memory, the bounty of the past and the true source of all great endeavor: ourselves.”
—Natalie Jenner, internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society

"Asha Lemmie’s THE WILDEST SUN is an entrancing exploration of the way stories shape our lives – the stories we read and the stories we tell, even to ourselves. Steeped in a rich and fascinating history and written with a fine lyricism, this book is sure to be a hit with individual readers and book clubs alike."
—Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Agent