Guardian Angelinos #3 May 2011 On Sale: April 26, 2011 Featuring: Colton Lang; Vivi Angelino 400 pages ISBN: 0446566578 EAN: 9780446566575 Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Best reads from our 2011 Readers & ‘ritas authors Face Of Danger by Roxanne St. Claire She’s a risk-taker playing a deadly role…He’s a rule-follower fighting to keep her safe…Together they’re facing a killer who could be anyone, anywhere, anytime… Private investigator Vivi Angelino loves living life on the edge, but stepping into the shoes of a movie starlet to bait a serial killer isn’t just a thrill . . . it’s a ticket to the big time for her fledgling security firm. That is, as long as a certain risk-averse FBI agent stays out of her way-and out of her fantasies. Assistant Special Agent in Charge Colton Lang isn’t above using his well-worn rulebook to stop Vivi’s latest walk on the wild side. But when they learn her client is involved in something far more insidious than bad acting, Vivi and Colt must work together despite the electrifying attraction arcing between them. For each new clue is bringing them closer to a high-profile crime with a dark…

Pink Carnation #8 January 2011 On Sale: January 20, 2011 Featuring: Gaston Delaroche; Andre Jaouen; Laura Grey 416 pages ISBN: 0525951997 EAN: 9780525951995 Hardcover $25.99  Add to Wish List Romance Historical, Historical, Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Getting ready for Readers & ‘ritas — some of our favorites from attending authors The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig “Pride and Prejudice lives on” (USA Today) in Lauren Willig’s Pink Carnation series, which has been hailed for its addictive blend of history, romance, and adventure. In The Orchid Affair, Willig introduces her strongest heroine yet. Laura Grey, a veteran governess, joins the Selwick Spy School expecting to find elaborate disguises and thrilling exploits in service to the spy known as the Pink Carnation. She hardly expects her first assignment to be serving as governess for the children of Andre Jaouen, right-hand man to Bonaparte’s minister of police. Jaouen and his arch rival, Gaston Delaroche, are investigating a suspected Royalist plot to unseat Bonaparte, and Laura’s mission is to report any suspicious findings. At first the job is as lively as Latin textbooks and knitting, but Laura begins to notice strange behavior from Jaouen-secret meetings and odd comings and goings. As Laura edges herself…

Crimson City #2 September 2011 On Sale: August 30, 2011 Featuring: Keeli Maddox; Michael 371 pages ISBN: 0062019848 EAN: 9780062019844 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Great the first time it was out, now finds more fans! Hoping for MORE! A Taste Of Crimson by Marjorie M. Liu Los Angeles is no longer the City of Angels… Dark, restless things prowl the L.A. streets. A series of unexplained murders threatens to shatter an uneasy peace among humans, vampires, and werewolves. Keeli Maddox needs to find the answers. And now, if she and her kin are to survive, she must trust a man as different from her as night is from day. Michael is a slayer, a betrayer. . . an enemy. But Keeli, herself no stranger to shadow, knows that nobility can lurk in unexpected places— and that this remarkable being who takes her breath away is meant to be with her. . . forever. In the midst of gravest peril, their lives are about to change, as together they rediscover the unparalleled pleasure of skin on skin, and the sweet, forbidden ecstasy found in a taste of crimson. A world divided…

Harmony #3 November 2011 On Sale: November 1, 2011 Featuring: Reagan Truman; Noah; Tyler Wright 336 pages ISBN: 0425244482 EAN: 9780425244487 Kindle: B0052RHDA6 Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Small Town delight says our book club! The Comforts Of Home by Jodi Thomas In Harmony, Texas, twenty-year-old Reagan Truman has found her place, and found her family. But with her uncle taken ill and her friend Noah lost and disheartened with his life, Reagan is afraid of ending up alone again, and she’s not the only one. When a terrible storms threatens the town, the residents of Harmony are forced to think about what they really want. Because making the connections they so desperately desire means putting their hearts at risk… A compelling and passionate story of the rsidents of a small town facing the truth. Previous Picks

Izzy McNeil September 2011 On Sale: August 23, 2011 Featuring: Valerie Solara; Izzy McNeil 400 pages ISBN: 0778329321 EAN: 9780778329329 Kindle: B005DF0A4S Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Suspense, Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Book club pick week continues, favorite for suspense lovers Claim Of Innocence by Laura Caldwell Forbidden relationships are the most tempting. And the most dangerous. It was a crime of passion—or so the police say. Valerie Solara has been charged with poisoning her best friend. The prosecution claims she’s always been secretly attracted to Amanda’s husband…and with Amanda gone, she planned to make her move. Attorney Izzy McNeil left the legal world a year ago, but a friend’s request pulls her into the murder trial. Izzy knows how passion can turn your life upside down. She thought she had it once with her ex-fiancé, Sam. Now she wonders if that’s all she has in common with her criminally gorgeous younger boyfriend, Theo. It’s Izzy’s job to present the facts that will exonerate her client—whether or not she’s innocent. But when she suspects Valerie is hiding something, she begins investigating—and uncovers a web of secret passions and dark motives, where seemingly innocent relationships can prove poisonous… From…

Cricket Creek #1 March 2011 On Sale: March 1, 2011 Featuring: Noah Falcon; Olivia Lawson 304 pages ISBN: 0451232763 EAN: 9780451232762 Kindle: B004H4XDAY Mass Market Paperback $6.99  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Small town, baseball and love… Playing For Keeps by LuAnn McLane Olivia Lawson is peeved when ex-ace pitcher turned soap opera star Noah Falcon roars back into Cricket Creek, Kentucky, after all these years, to take the lead opposite her in the community theater\’s summer play. Noah\’s beloved hometown is having major financial woes and needs his status to turn this small-town play into a big-time hit. But Noah has bigger plans for this small town. And this time he\’s determined to show Olivia he\’s not just playing around-he\’s playing for keeps. You’ll be cheering for these characters just like Cricket Creek cheers for its baseball team. Excerpt CHAPTER ONE Sweet Southern Comfort “Welcome to Cricket Creek, Kentucky, birthplace of Noah Falcon,” Noah read as he drove his red Corvette convertible past the city limits sign. He had won several awards as a major league relief pitcher but this little bit of hometown pride never failed to bring a smile to his face. Of…

HEAT #3 February 2010 On Sale: February 2, 2010 Featuring: Wade O’Riley; Samantha McNead 336 pages ISBN: 0425233669 EAN: 9780425233665 Kindle: B0030CHFNK Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com We’re rooting for the play-offs, so why not hunker down with a “hunk?” Slow Heat by Jill Shalvis A great catch-from the USA Today bestselling author of Double Play Baseball player Wade O’Riley’s bad-boy image is about to be cleaned up by publicist Samantha McNead. But the sexual tension between them is about to drive Wade to his knees. The third book about the HEAT baseball team is sexy fun with heartfelt excitement. Excerpt Chapter 1 Confucious say: “Baseball wrong – man with four balls cannot walk.” ~Author Unknown She’d read somewhere that the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach, but Samantha McNead knew better than that – in certain men the stomach was aiming just a bit too high. Wade O’Riley was one of them. The best defensive catcher in major league baseball, he had women lining up to meet him wherever he went. And it wasn’t home-cooking that they wanted to give him either. Not that Wade seemed to mind. Nope, even…

Dark Age Dawning #2 September 2011 On Sale: September 6, 2011 Featuring: Rosa Cortez; Chris Welsh 336 pages ISBN: 0425242994 EAN: 9780425242995 Trade Size $15.00  Add to Wish List Science Fiction, Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Staff favorite Midnight by Ellen Connor The change was only the beginning Their desire destroys her defenses. Their love gives him a reason to live. Three years of wandering the post-apocalyptic wasteland has stripped Dr. Chris Welsh of humanity and hope. He’s a dangerous man now, full of dark energy and yen for violence. A harrowing loss drove him from his home, and he hasn’t stopped moving since. Grim and sardonic, he never found anything worth sticking around for–until now. Rosa Cortez runs Valle de Bravo, a haven of civilization amid the chaos of the Change. Soldiers take their orders directly from her–the iron hand within a velvet glove. The last thing she needs is a feral loner upsetting the town’s tentative balance. However, for the good of her people, she lets the sexy doctor stay. He evokes a delicious new longing, but she won’t submit to any man. Tension rises as bloodthirsty raiders strike again and again, bent on possessing Valle and its…

June 2009 On Sale: June 2, 2009 Featuring: Connor; Risa; Lev 352 pages ISBN: 1416912053 EAN: 9781416912057 Paperback (reprint) $8.99  Add to Wish List Young Adult, Young Adult Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com A world we hope never arrives. Winner of numerous awards for a reason. Should be read by all. Unwind by Neal Shusterman Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child “unwound,” whereby all of the child’s organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn’t technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive. Previous Picks

July 2011 On Sale: June 21, 2011 560 pages ISBN: 0062059882 EAN: 9780062059888 Hardcover $26.99  Add to Wish List Fantasy Buy at Amazon.com A sort of dystopian world called America… American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman First published in 2001, American Gods became an instant classic—an intellectual and artistic benchmark from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman. Now discover the mystery and magic of American Gods in this tenth anniversary edition. Newly updated and expanded with the author’s preferred text, this commemorative volume is a true celebration of a modern masterpiece by the one, the only, Neil Gaiman. A storm is coming . . . Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow’s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on…