Suggestions are so hard without knowing at least a little about people's reading taste. Do they want a comedy, historical, angsty, friends-to-lovers, paranormal, futuristic, etc? What are their reading triggers? Are they as persnickety as me about reading series books in order?
Since many of my favorite books I've read this past year were the latest entries in various series, I'll recommend Kat Latham's
Knowing the Score. It's part of a series too, but being the author's debut book at least it's the first book in the series
