November 2012 On Sale: November 13, 2012 224 pages ISBN: 0373278012 EAN: 9780373278015 Kindle: B0092MLAGU Paperback / e-Book $5.25 Add to Wish List RomanceBuy at Amazon.com Romantic Suspense for Christmas reads Christmas Confidential by Marilyn Pappano, Linda Conrad Two stories of private investigators hot on the trails of the women they love…just in time for Christmas! Holiday Protector by MARILYN PAPPANO The last person Miri Duncan wants to see on her first day out of jail is P.I. Dean Montgomery-the man who put her there. But when their cross-country drive turns dangerous, she can’t deny that Dean’s protection is good for her. But is it good for her heart? A Chance Reunion by LINDA CONRAD Who is the mysterious woman who looks so much like his dead wife? Gage Chance doesn’t know, but he has to find out. And when bullets begin to fly, he’ll risk his life to save hers and get to the bottom of things. Will the truth be more than he can handle? Two men find love they thought lost forever. Previous Picks

Christmas Families of Honor November 2012 On Sale: November 20, 2012 ISBN: 0062242563 EAN: 9780062242563 Kindle: B0092QUMAQ e-Book $4.99 Add to Wish List Holiday, Inspirational Fiction AmishBuy at Amazon.com A Christmas for Katie by Shelley Shepard Gray Will a little Amish girl make a Christmas miracle? It isn’t easy to be Katie Weaver. Her sister-in-law Ella is about to have a baby, making Katie an aunt for the second time … and she’s only six and a half! Plus, her favorite librarian, Miss Donovan, seems sad. She won’t even fix up the rundown nativity in front of the library in time for Christmas. Then, an old woman is attacked outside the library, and, one by one, the nativity figures start to disappear! Luckily, there’s a new deputy in town, Connor Fields. He takes a real liking to Miss Donovan … and he promises to find the missing nativity pieces for Katie. Now, all Katie has to do is pray that Ella’s delivery goes well and that some kind of nativity is in place for Christmas Eve. Oh, and that Miss D. falls in love with Connor. Katie knows from watching her three brothers that it makes people real happy. And…

December 2012 On Sale: December 4, 2012 Featuring: Clare Cosi ISBN: 0425255352 EAN: 9780425255353 Kindle: B008EXO2CC Mass Market Paperback / e-Book $7.99 Add to Wish List  Mystery Woman Sleuth, Holiday, Mystery Buy at Amazon.com Holiday Buzz by Cleo Coyle Cleo Coyle writes “a foodie’s delight…and a satisfyingly rich mystery” (Kirkus), and now the national bestselling author of A BREW TO A KILL serves up a yuletide treat in her new Coffeehouse Mystery HOLIDAY BUZZ. Includes holiday and cookie recipes! Holiday time is party time in New York City, but after a sparkling winter bash ends with a murder, Village Blend coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi vows to put the killer on ice… At the Great New York Cookie Swap, pastry chefs bake up their very best for charity. Clare is in charge of the beverage service, and her famous Fa–la–la–la Lattes make the gathering even merrier. But her high spirits come crashing down to earth when she discovers the battered body of a hard–working baker’s assistant. Police suspect a serial attacker whose escalating crimes have become known as “The Christmas Stalkings.” Clare’s boyfriend, NYPD detective Mike Quinn, finds reason to believe even more sinister forces are involved. Clare isn’t so sure,…

Royal Spyness #6\n \n November 2012\n On Sale: November 6, 2012\n Featuring: Lady Georgiana Rannoch\n 320 pages \nISBN: 0425252787\nEAN: 9780425252789\nKindle: B008EXJZHE\nHardcover / e-Book\n$24.95\n Add to Wish List\n Mystery, Holiday, Mystery HistoricalBuy at Amazon.com Georgie is back … in time for a Christmas mystery to solve The Twelve Clues Of Christmas\n by Rhys Bowen She may be thirty-fifth in line for the throne, but Lady Georgiana Rannoch cannot wait to ring in the new year—before a Christmas killer wrings another neck… On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—well, actually, my true love, Darcy O’Mara, is spending a feliz navidad tramping around South America. Meanwhile, Mummy is holed up in a tiny village called Tiddleton-under-Lovey with that droll Noel Coward! And I’m snowed in at Castle Rannoch with my bumbling brother, Binky, and sourpuss sister-in-law, Fig. So it’s a miracle when I contrive to land a position as hostess to a posh holiday party in Tiddleton. The village is like something out of A Christmas Carol! But no sooner have I arrived than a neighborhood nuisance, a fellow named Freddie falls out of a tree, dead…. Dickensian, indeed. Freddie’s merely a stocking stuffer. On my second day…

The Hoodoo Apprentice #1 October 2012 On Sale: October 16, 2012 Featuring: Emma Guthrie; Cooper Beaumont 315 pages ISBN: 1620610973 EAN: 9781620610978 Kindle: B009NY42GM Trade Size $9.99  Add to Wish List Young Adult Paranormal, Fantasy Buy at Amazon.com Not quite Halloween but a fun read nonetheless Conjure by Lea Nolan Be careful what you search for… Be careful what you search for… Emma Guthrie expects this summer to be like any other in the South Carolina Lowcountry—hot and steamy with plenty of beach time alongside her best friend and secret crush, Cooper Beaumont, and Emma’s ever–present twin brother, Jack. But then a mysterious eighteenth–century message in a bottle surfaces, revealing a hidden pirate bounty. Lured by the adventure, the trio discovers the treasure and unwittingly unleashes an ancient Gullah curse that attacks Jack with the wicked flesh–eating Creep and promises to steal Cooper’s soul on his approaching sixteenth birthday. But when a strange girl bent on revenge appears, demon dogs become a threat, and Jack turns into a walking skeleton; Emma has no choice but to learn hoodoo magic to undo the hex, all before the last days of summer—and her friends—are lost forever. Previous Picks

December 2011 On Sale: December 20, 2011 Featuring: Troy Chance 297 pages ISBN: 0307718395 EAN: 9780307718396 Kindle: B004J4WM2M Paperback (reprint) $15.00  Add to Wish List Suspense, Mystery Buy at Amazon.com Anthony winner for Best First Book — a great ending twist Learning To Swim by Sara J. Henry “If I’d blinked, I would have missed it. But I didn’t, and I saw something fall from the rear deck of the opposite ferry: a small, wide-eyed human face, in one tiny frozen moment, as it plummeted toward the water.” When she witnesses a small child tumbling from a ferry into Lake Champlain, Troy Chance dives in without thinking. Harrowing moments later, she bobs to the surface, pulling a terrified little boy with her. As the ferry disappears into the distance, she begins a bone-chilling swim nearly a mile to shore with a tiny passenger on her back. Surprisingly, he speaks only French. He’ll acknowledge that his name is Paul; otherwise, he’s resolutely mute. Troy assumes that Paul’s frantic parents will be in touch with the police or the press. But what follows is a shocking and deafening silence. And Troy, a freelance writer, finds herself as fiercely determined to protect Paul…

September 2012 On Sale: September 1, 2012 Featuring: Tink Aaron-Martin; Freddie Blue 256 pages ISBN: 0545310288 EAN: 9780545310284 Kindle: B0091LYPQE Hardcover $16.99  Add to Wish List Young Adult Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com A fun YA The Encyclopedia Of Me by Karen Rivers A is for “Tink Aaron-Martin,” “Aardvark,” and “Amazing” in this wonderful alphabetical novel! Tink Aaron-Martin has been grounded AGAIN after an adventure with her best friend Freddie Blue Anderson. To make the time pass, she decides to write an encyclopedia of her life from “Aa” (a kind of lava–okay, she cribbed that from the real encyclopedia) to “Zoo” (she’s never been to one, but her brothers belong there). As the alphabet unfolds, so does the story of Tink’s summer: more adventures with Freddie Blue (and more experiences in being grounded); how her family was featured in a magazine about “Living with Autism,” thanks to her older brother Seb–and what happened after Seb fell apart; her growing friendship, and maybe more, with Kai, a skateboarder who made her swoon (sort of). And her own sense that maybe she belongs not under “H” for “Hideous,” or “I” for “Invisible,” but “O” for “Okay.” Written entirely in Tink’s hilarious encyclopedia entries,…

Black Knights Inc. #2 September 2012 On Sale: September 4, 2012 Featuring: Frank Knight; Becky Reichert 384 pages ISBN: 1402267169 EAN: 9781402267161 Kindle: B007ZI08BQ Paperback $6.99  Add to Wish List Romance Suspense, Romance Buy at Amazon.com Great new series, suspense to keep you on your toes. In Rides Trouble by Julie Ann Walker Black Knights Inc. Rebel with a Cause Becky “Rebel” Reichert never actually goes looking for trouble. It just has a tendency to find her. Like the day Frank Knight showed up at her door, wanting to use her motorcycle shop as a cover for his elite special ops team. But Becky prides herself on being able to hang with the big boys-she can weld, drive, and shoot just as well as any of them. Man with a Mission Munitions, missiles, and mayhem are Frank’s way of life. The last thing the ex-SEAL wants is for one brash blonde to come within fifty feet of anything that goes boom. Just the thought of Becky in danger makes Frank break out in a cold sweat. Unfortunately, she’s just been captured by Somali pirates. Come hell or high water, he will get her back and make sure that once she’s…

October 2012 On Sale: October 2, 2012 304 pages ISBN: 1426714297 EAN: 9781426714290 Paperback $14.99  Add to Wish List Inspirational Fiction Romance, Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Continuing women in suspense week Shattered Silence by Margaret Daley A serial killer is targeting illegal aliens in southern Texas. Texas Ranger Cody Jackson is paired with a local police officer, Liliana Rodriguez, to investigate the murders. While the case brings Cody and Liliana ever closer, the tension between Americans and Mexican Americans heightens. As Cody and Liliana race to discover who is behind the murders and bring peace to the area, what they uncover isn’t what they expected. Will Cody and Liliana’s faith and love be strong enough to survive the storm of violence? Inspirational suspense with a touch of romance makes this a winner. Previous Picks

September 2012 On Sale: August 28, 2012 384 pages ISBN: 0778314928 EAN: 9780778314929 Kindle: B0088NH1R6 Paperback (reprint) $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Refresh with a new look… Blue Skies by Robyn Carr From the New York Times bestselling author of the beloved Virgin River series comes a story of three friends who could seriously use a fresh start. A chance to shine. And maybe a little romance-the kind that sticks. Nikki Burgess survived a terrible marriage and a worse divorce. She’s just about given up hope of ever finding happiness. But when her ex-husband suddenly dies, she gets custody of her kids again-and a chance to start over. Dixie McPherson, on the other hand, has had way too much love. She has eleven tennis bracelets, dozens of trinkets, piles of sexy lingerie and a tarnished reputation when all she ever wanted was true love, a partner and a family. Carlisle Bartlett is loyal, kindhearted and the funniest guy slinging drinks in the back of an airplane. But he has an ugly little secret. The only kind of love he’s used to comes with bruises. When Nikki, Dixie and Carlisle are offered the chance to join…