September 2011 On Sale: September 1, 2011 Featuring: Joan; Simon 345 pages ISBN: 1402259522 EAN: 9781402259524 Paperback $6.99  Add to Wish List Romance Historical, Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Change of seasons, or a change of times? No Proper Lady by Isabel Cooper It’s Terminator meets My Fair Lady in this fascinating debut of black magic and brilliant ball gowns, martial arts, and mysticism. England, 1888. The trees are green, the birds are singing, and no one has any idea that in a few hundred years, demons will destroy it all. Joan plans to keep it that way. All she has to do is take out the dark magician responsible-before he summons the demons in the first place. But as a rough-around-the-edges assassin from that bleak future, she’ll have to learn how to fit into polite Victorian society to get close to her target. Simon Grenville has his own reasons for wanting to destroy Alex Reynell. The man used to be his best friend-until his practice of the dark arts almost killed Simon’s sister. The beautiful half-naked stranger Simon meets in the woods may be the perfect instrument for his revenge. It will just take a little time to teach…

Parasol Protectorate #3September 2011 On Sale: September 1, 2010 Featuring: Alexia Tarabotti; Lord Maccon; Lord Akeldama 355 pages ISBN: 0316074152 EAN: 9780316074155 Mass Market Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Paranormal, Fantasy SteampunkBuy at Amazon.com Horror / Conference week. What we’re reading and enjoying… Blameless by Gail Carriger A novel of Vampires, Werewolves and Templars Quitting her husband’s house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all off, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as only ladybugs can, the fact that all of London’s vampires are now very much interested in seeing Alexia quite thoroughly dead. While Lord Maccon elects to get progressively more inebriated and Professor Lyall desperately tries to hold the Woolsey werewolf pack together, Alexia flees England for Italy in search of the mysterious Templars. Only they know enough about the preternatural to explain her increasingly inconvenient condition, but they may be worse than the vampires — and they’re armed with pesto. A wonderful story for anyone who enjoys British…

June 2011 On Sale: June 6, 2011 Featuring: LT. Mark Owens; Dr. Elizabeth Price; DA Peggy Moreland 266 pages ISBN: 0984123350 EAN: 9780984123353 Paperback $11.95  Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Suspense with romance… The Barrett Solution by Robert Norris Only the White House can provide a solution to this dilemma. During the investigation of a murder in rural Texas, Lieutenant Mark Owens uncovers the highly guarded secrets of a CIA black operation. The trail leads to the Oval Office. With a presidential election looming the White House will resort to extreme measures to cover up their illegal activities. Owens knows his life and that of the woman he loves may be in danger, but he is determined to bring the killer to justice. Only the White House can provide a solution to his treacherous dilemma. Excerpt FBI Director Richard Carson and CIA Director Kevin Samuels took their seats in front of White House Chief of Staff Ronald Pace’s desk. The chief of staff looked at Carson. “All right, RIchard, I don’t have a lot of time today, so what’s on your mind?” “I don’t have a complete picture yet,” Carson said. “But apparently this task force…

April 2010 On Sale: March 30, 2010 Featuring: Mickey Wade 224 pages ISBN: 0312363400 EAN: 9780312363406 Trade Size $13.99  Add to Wish List Thriller Crime, Mystery Buy at Amazon.com Best Original Paperback 2011 Anthony Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski Make a wrong turn in this neighborhood and you’re history Recently unemployed journalist Mickey Wade lucked into a rent-free apartment – his sick grandfather’s place. The only problem: it’s in a lousy neighborhood – the one where Mickey grew up, in fact. The one he was so desperate to escape. But now he’s back. Dead broke. And just when he thinks he’s reached rock bottom, Mickey wakes up in the past. Literally. At first he thinks it’s a dream. All of the stores he remembered from his childhood, the cars, the rumble of the elevated train. But as he digs deeper into the past, searching for answers about the grandfather he hardly knows, Mickey meets the twelve-year-old kid who lives in the apartment below. The kid who will grow up to someday murder Mickey’s father. Previous Picks

October 2010 On Sale: September 28, 2010 Featuring: Lily Moore 353 pages ISBN: 0765326973 EAN: 9780765326973 Hardcover $24.00  Add to Wish List MysteryBuy at Amazon.com Best First Crime Novel (Anthony 2011) The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson Lily Moore, a successful travel writer, fled to Spain to get away from her troubled, drug-addicted younger sister, Claudia.  But when Claudia is found dead in a bathtub on the anniversary of their mother’s suicide, Lily must return to New York to deal with the aftermath. The situation shifts from tragic to baffling when the body at the morgue turns out to be a stranger’s. The dead woman had been using Claudia’s identity for months.  The real Claudia had vanished, reappearing briefly on the day her impostor died.  As Claudia transforms from victim to suspect in the eyes of the police, Lily becomes determined to find her before they do. Is Claudia actually missing, or is she playing an elaborate con game?  And who’s responsible for the body that was found in the bathtub?  An obsessive ex-lover?  An emotionally disturbed young man with a rich and powerful father?  Or Lily’s own former fiancé, who turns out to be more deeply involved with Claudia…

Chicago Star/Bonner Brothers series – book #1 March 2002 On Sale: March 5, 2002 Featuring: Dan Celebow; Phoebe Somerville 384 pages ISBN: 0380776839 EAN: 9780380776832 Paperback (reprint) $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Everyone reads about the Chicago Stars at the start of football season, so, here’s number 1 It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips The Chicago Stars are about to take the field…and they’re not the only ones playing for keeps. The Windy City isn’t quite ready for Phoebe Somerville—the outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. And Phoebe is definitely not ready for the Stars’ head coach, former gridiron legend Dan Calebow, a sexist jock taskmaster with a one-track mind. Calebow is everything Phoebe abhors. And the sexy new boss is everything Dan despises—a meddling bimbo who doesn’t know a pigskin from a pitcher’s mound. So why is Dan drawn to the shameless sexpot like a heat-seeking missile? And why does the coach’s good ol’ boy charm leave cosmopolitan Phoebe feeling awkward, tongue-tied…and ready to fight? The sexy, heartwarming, and hilarious “prequel” to This Heart of Mine—Susan Elizabeth Phillips’s New York Times bestselling blockbuster—It…

September 2011 On Sale: August 23, 2011 384 pages ISBN: 0670022934 EAN: 9780670022939 Hardcover $26.95  Add to Wish List Non-FictionBuy at Amazon.com Remembering 9|11…stories by firefighters A Decade Of Hope by Dennis Smith Stories of Grief and Endurance from 9/11 Families and Friends On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, a portrait of tragedy, survival, and healing from the author of The New York Times bestseller Report from Ground Zero. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, an occasion that is sure to be observed around the world. But among the memorials, political speeches, and news editorials, the most pressing consideration- and often the most overlooked-is the lives and well-being of the 9/11 first responders, their families, and the victims\’ families over the past decade. Dennis Smith, a former firefighter and the author of the bestselling Report from Ground Zero, addresses this important topic in a series of interviews with the heroes and families of those most affected by the tragedy either through feats of bravery in the rescue efforts or heroic bearing up in the face of unimaginable loss. Smith provides an intimate look at a terrible moment in history…

Barbecue Bible May 2006 On Sale: September 3, 2011 320 pages ISBN: 0761119795 EAN: 9780761119791 Paperback $12.95  Add to Wish List CookbooksBuy at Amazon.com Best outdoor prep for a holiday weekend with a cookout! Barbeque Bible: Sauces, Rubs and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes by Steven Raichlen Best Compilation of Barbeque Techniques and Recipes The New Yorker said it best: \”For aspiring gourmets of the grill, there is only one book: The Barbecue! Bible.\” An IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award-winner with over 210,000 copies in print, The Barbecue! Bible is Steven Raichlen\’s highly successful, far-reaching version of Grilling 101. Well, now comes Grilling 201-the grilling guru’s seminar in the flavor boosters, dry and wet, that give grilled food its character, personality, and soul. Echoing the master book in its energetic design and in-depth perspective, Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades presents over 200 recipes for global flavoring techniques. There are rubs and spice mixes: Memphis Rub, Chesapeake Fish Powder, Santa Fe Spice Mix, Bombay Blast, Powdered Hellfire. Marinades and spice pastes: Moroccan Charmoula, Gaucho Beef Marinade, Thai Lemon Chili Marinade, Yucatan Black Recado. Plus sauces and salsas, mops, bastes, and butters, ketchups, mustards, chutneys, and relishes. The author gives a quick overview…

Harmony Series #3 June 2011 On Sale: June 2, 2011 Featuring: Gracie Temple 320 pages ISBN: 1602607826 EAN: 9781602607828 Trade Size $12.99  Add to Wish List Christian, Inspirational Fiction MysteryBuy at Amazon.com Settle in for a trip to the simpler life… Simple Choices by Nancy Mehl Will a Missing Mennonite Teen End Gracie’s Hopes for a Happy Future in Harmony? Can Love Overcome Evil in the Mennonite Town of Harmony, Kansas? Can graphic designer Gracie Temple have it all: the big city life and a job at a successful advertising firm? Just when she feels life coming together she receives an unknown uncle’s inheritance in a quiet Kansas Mennonite community. The house comes with a dark legacy and a cast of interesting neighbors, including farmer Sam Goodrich. Can Gracie shake off the dust of this town or will its secret charms pull her in to stay? A perfect blend of suspense, romance and faith-building inspiration Previous Picks

OtherworldAugust 2011 On Sale: July 26, 2011 Featuring: Savannah Levine 400 pages ISBN: 0525952209 EAN: 9780525952206 Hardcover $25.95  Add to Wish List Fantasy UrbanBuy at Amazon.com Hope you got this one…a spoiled witch on her own? Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong At last, in the novel every Kelley Armstrong fan will need to own, all the major heroines and heroes of Otherworld are united. Savannah Levine is in terrible danger, and for once she’s powerless to help herself. At the heartbreaking conclusion of Waking the Witch, Savannah swore that she would give up her powers if it would prevent further pain for a young orphan. Little did she know that someone would take her up on that promise. And now, witch-hunting assassins, necromancers, half-demons, and rogue witches all seem to be after her. The threat is not just for Savannah; every member of the Otherworld might be at risk. While most her fellow supernaturals are circling the wagons at a gathering of the council in Miami, Savannah is caught on the road, isolated from those who can protect her and unable to use her vast spell-casting talent, the thing she counts on most. In a story that will change the…