June 2011 On Sale: June 9, 2011 Featuring: Marissa Rogers; Julia Ferrar 304 pages ISBN: 0525952195 EAN: 9780525952190 Hardcover $25.95  Add to Wish List Fiction, Contemporary Women’s FictionBuy at Amazon.com Sometimes you want a book that makes you think… The Art Of Forgetting by Camille Noe Pagan A moving and wry debut novel that poses an intriguing question: Is your best friend still your best friend if she becomes another person? A moving and insightful debut novel of great friendship interrupted. Can the relationship survive when the memories are gone? Marissa Rogers never wanted to be an alpha; beta suited her just fine. Taking charge without taking credit had always paid off: vaulting her to senior editor at a glossy magazine; keeping the peace with her critical, weight-obsessed mother; and enjoying the benefits of being best friends with gorgeous, charismatic, absolutely alpha Julia Ferrar. And then Julia gets hit by a cab. She survives with minor obvious injuries, but brain damage steals her memory and alters her personality, possibly forever. Suddenly, Marissa is thrown into the role of alpha friend. As Julia struggles to regain her memory- dredging up issues Marissa would rather forget, including the fact that Julia asked…

Happines Key  July 2011 On Sale: June 28, 2011 400 pages ISBN: 0778312380 EAN: 9780778312383 Paperback $14.95 Add to Wish List Women’s Fiction Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Great contemporary about friends you should have Sunset Bridge by Emilie Richards Former socialite Tracy Deloche has nothing to her name but five ramshackle beach cottages and the unlikely friendships she’s formed with her tenants. Wanda, wise waitress turned popular pie-shop owner. Janya, the young Indian wife whose arranged marriage surprises her every day. Alice, a widow raising her complex tween-age granddaughter. And Maggie, Wanda’s daughter, a former Miami cop with a love life as complicated as Tracy’s own. The new man in Tracy’s life hasn’t mentioned love or commitment— and Tracy has just discovered she’s pregnant. Janya longs to be a mother—and suddenly has two young siblings in her care. Maggie helps out at Wanda’s Wonderful Pies…but is the kitchen big enough for both Gray women? And Alice may lose her beloved granddaughter to someone no one expected…. As a tropical storm brews, the wind carries surprises and secrets over the bridge to Happiness Key. Now, more than ever, five friends will discover just how much they need one another. A beautiful,…

Revivalist #1  August 2011 On Sale: August 2, 2011 Featuring: Bryn Davis 320 pages ISBN: 0451464133 EAN: 9780451464132 Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Mystery Paranormal, Paranormal, Paranormal MysteryBuy at Amazon.com Don’t miss the first in what promises to be the “must read” series! Working Stiff by Rachel Caine It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it…dead or alive. Bryn Davis is new on the job as a funeral director, but even she knows that once you’re dead, you ought to stay that way. But Fairview Mortuary has a hidden backroom business: reviving the dead for profit, at extortionate rates. Finding out may cost Bryn more than her life … it may just take away her death, too. Bryn Davis just got the job she would die for Excerpt Bryn’s first embalming instructor had told her, straight up, that two kinds of people entered the death business: freaks and true believers. Bryn Davis didn’t think she was either one of those. For her, it was a prime career opportunity—a genuine profession. Oh, she’d picked up odd paychecks during college as an office temp, dog walker, and one memorable afternoon at a chicken factory, but none of those had…

Sweet #5 April 2011 On Sale: April 5, 2011 Featuring: Lyric Jones; Connor Malone 368 pages ISBN: 0425239071 EAN: 9780425239070 Trade Size $15.00  Add to Wish List Romance Erotica Sensual, EroticaBuy at Amazon.com Did you miss this scorcher? You’ve still got a few days left of summer to read it! Sweet Possession by Maya Banks He can’t keep her safe from his own desire… She’s a singer who lives for the spotlight—and can’t resist her adoring fans… Outrageous and out-of-control, Lyric Jones is a spoiled pop star who lives hard and fast, always outrunning her past and the nightmares that haunt her. She’s used to getting what she wants—groupies included—because she can’t stand to be alone. So in bed, it’s the more the merrier, even if it means closing off the deepest part of herself… He’s a hands-on bodyguard—and a one-woman man. There is nothing Connor Malone wants to do less than babysit the celebratty songstress while she’s on vacation. But part of him relishes taming Lyric and showing her what it’s like to be possessed—body and soul—by one man. And though Lyric’s crazy antics nearly drive Connor to the edge, his quiet intensity penetrates her defenses, leaving them both…

July 2011 On Sale: July 12, 2011 Featuring: Charlie Erlich; Jay Erlich 352 pages ISBN: 0061655961 EAN: 9780061655968 Hardcover $25.99  Add to Wish List Thriller, Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Family secrets can kill Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross A family’s long-buried past resurfaces with deadly consequences in this electrifying new thriller Years ago, Jay Erlich’s older brother Charlie, a wayward child of the sixties, set out for California, where he fell under the sway of a charismatic, but deeply disturbed, cult-like figure. Tragedy ensued and lives were destroyed, but as the decades passed, Charlie married and raised a family, and lived a quiet, secluded life under the radar. Yet the demons that nearly destroyed him never really disappeared. No one knows this better than Jay, whose life could not have been more different than his brother’s. He has a successful medical practice and a wife and kids whom he deeply loves. But when disaster strikes Charlie, Jay is pulled back into his brother’s past–into a labyrinth of secrets, terror, and lies, where a family was brought to the edge. With eyes wide open, Jay is determined to uncover the truth, a dangerous quest that leads beyond the brink of…

June 2011 On Sale: June 9, 2011 Featuring: Daniel Hayes 352 pages ISBN: 052595211X EAN: 9780525952114 Hardcover $25.95 Add to Wish List SuspenseBuy at Amazon.com The Two Deaths Of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey A captivating story of love and memory, where the only thing more frightening than the questions are the answers. A man wakes up naked and cold, half-drowned on an abandoned beach. The only sign of life for miles is an empty BMW. Inside the expensive car he finds clothes that fit perfectly, shoes for his tattered feet, a Rolex, and a bank envelope stuffed with cash and an auto registration in the name of Daniel Hayes, resident of Malibu, California. None of it is familiar. What is he doing here? How did he get into the ocean? Is he Daniel Hayes, and if so, why doesn’t he remember? While he searches for answers, the world searches for him—beginning with the police that kick in the door of his dingy motel, with guns drawn. Lost, alone, and on the run, the man who might be Daniel Hayes flees into the night. All he remembers is a woman’s face, so he sets off for the only place he…

July 2011 On Sale: July 5, 2011 Featuring: Stacy Benedict; Tyler Locke 448 pages ISBN: 1439181829 EAN: 9781439181829 Hardcover $24.99  Add to Wish List SuspenseBuy at Amazon.com The Vault by Boyd Morrison A combat engineer and linguistics expert must find the connection between Archimedes and the legend of King Midas before it is too late. In the latest international thriller from bestselling author Boyd Morrison, former combat engineer Tyler Locke races against time to unearth the truth about the fabled touch of King Midas. Tyler Locke’s routine commute on a Washington State ferry is interrupted by a chilling anonymous call: his father has been kidnapped, and a truck bomb is set to detonate on board in twenty minutes. When Tyler reaches the bomb on the boat’s car deck, he’s stunned to find classical languages expert Stacy Benedict waiting for him. She’s received the same threat, and her sister has also been taken. In order to disarm the bomb, Tyler and Stacy must work together to solve an engineering puzzle—a puzzle written in ancient Greek. But preventing the explosion is only the first step; they soon learn the entire setup is a test created by a ruthless criminal who forces them…

Anna Travis #2  July 2011 On Sale: July 5, 2011 Featuring: Anna Travis; Detective Chief Superintendent Langton 512 pages ISBN: 143913930X EAN: 9781439139301 Trade Size (reprint) $15.00 Add to Wish List Thriller CrimeBuy at Amazon.com Best Thrillers to read this summer include… Blind Fury by Lynda La Plante The latest international bestseller When the body of a young woman is discovered close to a highway service station, Detective Inspector Anna Travis is brought on to the team of investigators by her former lover and boss, Detective Chief Superintendent Langton. As more evidence is uncovered, the team realizes that they are contending with a triple murder investigation—and no suspect. But then a murderer Anna helped arrest years ago makes contact from prison. Cameron Welsh insists that he can help track down the killer, but he will divulge his secrets only to Anna herself. Does he really have an insight into another criminal’s mind, or is he merely intent on getting into hers? The team soon realizes that they are dealing with a killer whose deviousness has enabled him to commit horrific crimes, yet remain undetected for years. As the case draws to a close, Welsh’s obsession for Anna fuels a terrifying…

July 2011 On Sale: July 5, 2011 Featuring: Gabriel St. James; Charity 400 pages ISBN: 0451234006 EAN: 9780451234001 Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Summer love One Summer by JoAnn Ross When former U.S. Marine photojournalist Gabriel St. James arrives in Shelter Bay to help out a fellow Marine, the last thing he expects is to meet a woman like Charity. A veterinarian with a past that would have defeated a less resilient woman, Charity still possesses a heart as generous Gabriel St. James has never found a reason to stay in one place until he reaches Shelter Bay. Family and passion is Ms. Ross trademark for assuring us Excerpt Chapter 1 After having spent over a decade in war zones and other hot spots around the globe, Gabriel St. James was an expert at zeroing in on a shot Read More… Previous Picks

September 2010 On Sale: September 1, 2010 Featuring: Paige Turner; Torrian Smallwood 224 pages ISBN: 0373861796 EAN: 9780373861798 Paperback $6.25  Add to Wish List Romance, Multicultural RomanceBuy at Amazon.com August pre-season football needs a little romance. Buy for your e-reader! Huddle With Me Tonight by Farrah Rochon All Paige Turner wants is to be taken seriously as a journalist. The entertainment columnist and blogger extraordinaire gets more notoriety than she planned when her scathing review of NFL superstar Torrian Smallwood’s memoir sparks an online confrontation. But that’s nothing compared to the sensual heat that tackles her when she meets the heart-stoppingly sexy athlete face-to-face…. Torrian can’t let Paige derail his dream of a new career as a restaurateur. Even if the sassy, sultry writer is making America’s favorite wide receiver yearn to be on the receiving end of her desire. And with a reality TV cook-off propelling them into the spotlight, Torrian can no longer hide his passionate secret goal—to build a future with the woman who’s making an end run around his heart…. The perfect romantic read to kick off the NFL season Excerpt Paige rounded the corner of Mancini’s Grocery and spotted the owner in his usual spot,…