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Fresh Pick | WHAT THE GROOM WANTS by Jade Lee
Fresh Pick / February 5, 2014

Bridal Favors #4 February 2014 On Sale: February 4, 2014 Featuring: Jacob Teel; Wendy Drew 416 pages ISBN: 1402283784 EAN: 9781402283789 Kindle: B00FG9GUQ8 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Romance blooms on Wednesdays What The Groom Wants by Jade Lee There can only be one winner in this game of hearts Wendy Drew, co-owner of A Lady’s Favor dress shop, is working at a gambling den to help pay off a relative’s debt when she catches the eye of the den’s owner. Wendy is attracted to his dark, dangerous ways but she has no idea how far he’ll go to make her his. Seaman Jacob Teel has been in love with Wendy from the first time he met her. Now he’s home, done with the seafaring life, and has recently inherited a Welsh title. Finally, he can court Wendy for real-if he only he knew about his deadly competition. Fortunes change. Love grows. And hatred can destroy it all. A seaman inherits a title – so how can he marry a seamstress? Previous Picks

Fresh Pick | PRINCE OF SHADOWS by Rachel Caine
Fresh Pick / February 4, 2014

  February 2014 On Sale: February 4, 2014 Featuring: Benvolio Montague; Rosaline ISBN: 0451414411 EAN: 9780451414410 Kindle: B00DMCV12E Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List Young Adult HistoricalBuy at Amazon.com Romance. Classic. Daring. Dashing. New TODAY Prince of Shadows by Rachel Caine A thrilling retelling of the star-crossed tale of Romeo and Juliet, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Morganville Vampires series. In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and—if they survive—marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born. Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows all this. He expects to die for his cousin, for his house, but a spark of rebellion still lives inside him. At night, he is the Prince of Shadows, the greatest thief in Verona—and he risks all as he steals from House Capulet. In doing so, he sets eyes on convent-bound Rosaline, and a terrible curse begins that will claim the lives of many in Verona… …And will rewrite all their fates, forever….

Fresh Pick | WILD JUSTICE by Kelley Armstrong
Fresh Pick / February 3, 2014

Nadia Stafford #3 December 2013 On Sale: November 26, 2013 Featuring: Nadia Stafford 400 pages ISBN: 0452298814 EAN: 9780452298811 Kindle: B00COOFQKY Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List Suspense, Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Exciting and fast paced Wild Justice by Kelley Armstrong The long-awaited final installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling author’s Nadia Stafford series Since Kelley Armstrong wrapped up book two of the Nadia Stafford series, fans have been eager to know what happens to the tough-as-nails contract killer. At last, Wild Justice brings Nadia back for the series’ thrilling conclusion—an action-packed tale that will dazzle fans of the series as well as those who are only familiar with Armstrong’s bestselling paranormal books. In Wild Justice, Nadia is confronted with her most difficult task to date: going after the man who killed her cousin Amy twenty years prior. But when it turns out that someone else has already taken justice into their own hands, she is drawn into a complex situation where everything she knows and loves is thrown into the path of danger. Nadia is forced to take matters into her own hands, ultimately requiring her to confront her darkest secrets—and her deepest desires—in a way…

Fresh Pick | GAME ON by Tracy Solheim
Fresh Pick / February 2, 2014

Out of Bounds #1 May 2013 On Sale: May 7, 2013 Featuring: Shane Devlin; Carly March 304 pages ISBN: 042526663X EAN: 9780425266632 Kindle: B0095ZP0I8 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Super Bowl reading Game On by Tracy Solheim The only way to win is to score… With a reputation for fast moves on the gridiron and even faster moves off the field, Shane Devlin was a player in every sense of the word. Unfortunately, his bad-boy persona has made him a risky prospect as a quarterback, and only the Baltimore Blaze are willing to give him a chance. And he’s about to take a hit he never expected. Working for the Blaze, Carly March knows too well how jocks think—and what they think with—so she’s always made a point of keeping them at arm’s length. But when she shares a kiss with the devilishly handsome Shane, she finds it hard to play by her own rules—and even harder to resist him. Behind the scenes of pro football there’s hot romance Previous Picks

Fresh Pick | THE PROFESSIONAL by Kresley Cole
Fresh Pick / February 1, 2014

Gamemaker #2 January 2014 On Sale: January 6, 2014 120 pages ISBN: 1451650094 EAN: 9781451650099 Kindle: B00E2RX27A e-Book $1.99 Add to Wish List Erotica, Romance Erotica Sensual, Novella / Short Story Buy at Amazon.com Pick up this series…will leave you breathless The Professional by Kresley Cole Part 2 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes The Professional—the second scorching installment in her Game Maker series, an erotica collection that has readers asking: How hot is too hot? He makes the rules . . . Mafiya enforcer Aleksandr “The Siberian” Sevastyan’s loyalty to his boss is unwavering, until he meets the boss’s long-lost daughter, a curvy, tantalizing redhead who haunts his mind and heats his blood like no other. Ordered to protect her, Sevastyan will do anything to possess her as well—on his own wicked terms. Rules are made to be broken . . . PhD student Natalie Phillips had barely recovered from her first sight of the breathtakingly gorgeous Sevastyan before the professional hit man whisks her away to Russia, thrusting her into a world of extreme wealth and wanton pleasures. With every day she spends under his protection, she falls deeper under his masterful spell. Are…

Fresh Pick | RETURN TO TRADD STREET by Karen White
Fresh Pick / January 30, 2014

Tradd Street #4 January 2014 On Sale: January 7, 2014 Featuring: Jack Trenholm; Melanie Middleton 336 pages ISBN: 0451240596 EAN: 9780451240590 Kindle: B00DGZI9CW Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish ListRomance, Romance ParanormalBuy at Amazon.com a little romance, some ghosts and a mystery. Perfect paranormal Return to Tradd Street by Karen White You can’t start over when the past is left undone Facing her future as a single mother, psychic Realtor Melanie Middleton is determined to be strong and leave her past with writer Jack Trenholm behind her. But history has a tendency of catching up with Melanie, whether she likes it or not.… Melanie is only going through the motions of living since refusing Jack’s marriage proposal. She misses him desperately, but her broken heart is the least of her problems. Despite an insistence that she can raise their child alone, Melanie is completely unprepared for motherhood, and she struggles to complete renovations on her house on Tradd Street before the baby arrives. When Melanie is roused one night by the sound of a ghostly infant crying, she chooses to ignore it. She simply does not have the energy to deal with one more crisis. That is, until the remains…

Fresh Pick | DEADLINE by Sandra Brown
Fresh Pick / January 29, 2014

October 2013 On Sale: September 24, 2013 Featuring: Dawson Scott 416 pages ISBN: 1455501514 EAN: 9781455501519 Kindle: B00BAXFHWM Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish ListRomance Suspense, ThrillerBuy at Amazon.com Ripped from the news Deadline by Sandra Brown Dawson Scott is a well-respected journalist recently returned from Afghanistan. Haunted by everything he experienced, he’s privately suffering from battle fatigue which is a threat to every aspect of his life. But then he gets a call from a source within the FBI. A new development has come to light in a story that began 40 years ago. It could be the BIG story of Dawson’s career one in which he has a vested interest. Soon, Dawson is covering the disappearance and presumed murder of former Marine Jeremy Wesson, the biological son of the pair of terrorists who remain on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. As Dawson delves into the story, he finds himself developing feelings for Wesson’s ex-wife, Amelia, and her two young sons. But when Amelia’s nanny turns up dead, the case takes a stunning new turn, with Dawson himself becoming a suspect. Haunted by his own demons, Dawson takes up the chase for the notorious outlaws. . .and the secret,…

Fresh Pick | FORGED IN ASH by Trish McCallan
Fresh Pick / January 28, 2014

Red-Hot SEALs #2 February 2014 On Sale: January 28, 2014 ISBN: 1612185347 EAN: 9781612185347 Kindle: B008H5VX9M e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Suspense, Romance ParanormalBuy at Amazon.com Best in a series Forged in Ash by Trish McCallan Kait Winchester inherited a special gift from her Arapaho ancestors: she can heal with her touch. And there is no one she would like to get her hands on more than the super-sexy SEAL who seems determined to ignore their off-the-charts chemistry. When the wounded warrior finally seeks her help, she’s ready to nurse him back to health…and into her bed. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Marcus “Cosky” Simcosky is no stranger to hot water, but recent events have boiled over into one hell of a mess. His team is under investigation for a hostage rescue gone wrong, a crazy female stalker is on his trail, and the last few bullets he took just may sideline him for the rest of his career. The kicker? The one woman who can help him get back on his feet—and has haunted his fantasies for years—is his teammate’s sister. He’s looked but never touched. When his stalker targets Kait, though, Cosky will have no choice but to do…

Fresh Pick | THE HARLOT’S TALE by Sam Thomas
Fresh Pick / January 14, 2014

Midwives Tales #2 January 2014 On Sale: January 7, 2014 Featuring: Bridget Hodgson; Martha Hawkins 320 pages ISBN: 1250010780 EAN: 9781250010780 Kindle: B00F1R0SOK Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List Suspense, Mystery HistoricalBuy at Amazon.com Back in England the midwife wasn’t scorned she was admired, except by murderers The Harlot’s Tale by Sam Thomas It is August, 1645, one year since York fell into Puritan hands. As the city suffers through a brutal summer heat, Bridget Hodgson and Martha Hawkins are drawn into a murder investigation more frightening than their last. In order to appease God’s wrath—and end the heat-wave—the city’s overlords have launched a brutal campaign to whip the city’s sinners into godliness. But for someone in York, this  is not enough. First a prostitute and her client are found stabbed to death, then a pair of adulterers are beaten and strangled. York’s sinners have been targeted for execution. Bridget and Martha—assisted once again by Will, Bridget’s good-hearted nephew—race to find the killer even as he adds more bodies to his tally. The list of suspects is long: Hezekiah Ward, a fire and brimstone preacher new to York; Ward’s son, Praise-God, whose intensity mirrors his father’s; John Stubb, one…

Fresh Pick | Traitor by Rory Clements
Fresh Pick / January 13, 2014

John Shakespeare Mystery #4 November 2013 On Sale: November 5, 2013 Featuring: John Shakespeare 500 pages ISBN: 0062301942 EAN: 9780062301949 Kindle: B00CGZXQOE e-Book Add to Wish List Mystery HistoricalBuy at Amazon.com Historical Mystery, one of our favorites Traitor by Rory Clements The Elizabethan Bond is back . . . Under the threat of a second Spanish Armada, John Shakespeare is sent to Lancashire to guard over England’s secret weapon and its inventor, the maverick magician Dr. Dee. But nothing is so simple when the country is a hotbed of secret loyalties and civil unrest. During his mission, Shakespeare stumbles upon Catholic priests in hiding, a mysterious Bohemian seductress, and—of course—murder. Between facing off with a nefarious witch hunter and attending one of the first performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the intrepid John Shakespeare fights to stay alive while on the hunt for a deadly traitor. Previous Picks