August 2011 On Sale: August 9, 2011 Featuring: Ellie Sullivan; Max Daniels 352 pages ISBN: 052595225X EAN: 9780525952251 Hardcover $26.95  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary, Romance SuspenseBuy at Amazon.com Guaranteed good read according to JG fans The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood Dr. Ellie Sullivan has just completed her residency at a large urban hospital. While jogging in a park nearby, she witnesses the shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of wanted criminals, a couple identified as the Landrys. The only person to see the shooter’s face, Ellie is suddenly at the center of a criminal investigation. Agent Max Daniels takes over the Landry case. A no- nonsense lawman, he’s definitely not the ideal man that Ellie has always imagined, yet she’s attracted to him in a way she can’t explain. Ellie heads home to Winston Falls, South Carolina, to attend her sister’s wedding. Shortly after she arrives, though, she receives a surprise visitor: Max Daniels. The Landrys have been captured, and she’ll be called to testify. But they’ve been captured before, and each time the witnesses are scared into silence—or disappear before they can take the stand. Max vows to be Ellie’s shadow until the trial, and…

Fool’s Gold Romance #4 August 2011 On Sale: August 1, 2011 Featuring: Finn Anderssen; Dakota Hendrix 384 pages ISBN: 0373775881 EAN: 9780373775880 Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary, Women’s Fiction Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com A great series for a summer romance read Only Mine by Susan Mallery You can’t win if you don’t play… Her town’s lack of men may make headlines, but it isn’t news to Dakota Hendrix. The beautiful blonde has bigger problems to deal with, such as overseeing the romance reality competition filming in Fool’s Gold. Screening eligible bachelors is a difficult enough task, but Dakota hits an unexpected snag when a sexy stranger comes to town. Finn Andersson will do anything to keep his twin brothers—the perfect contestants—off the show. Despite Dakota’s better judgment, she finds herself drawn to the mysterious outsider. Like her, Finn knows about heartbreak and how a family can fall apart, so she doesn’t dare to hope for anything more than a fling. After all, even in the Land of Happy Endings, finding true love is never as easy as it looks on TV. A captivating story about letting go of those you love so they can find their own…

Sons of Chance #5 July 2011 On Sale: June 21, 2011 Featuring: Emily Sterling; Clay Whitaker 224 pages ISBN: 0373796285 EAN: 9780373796281 Paperback $5.50  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary, Romance Series Buy at Amazon.com Short and sexy…with a cowboy to boot! Best summer reads Cowboy Up by Vicki Lewis Thompson “Never fall in love with a cowboy.” These words were drilled into Emily Sterling’s head since her parents divorced over twenty years ago. But now Emily has returned to her father’s ranch…only to find herself face-to-face with jaw droppingly hot rancher Clay Whitaker. Clay is the resident stud expert at the Last Chance Ranch and isn’t so keen on “spoiled” city slickers…until Emily arrives. Now he’s showing Emily just what a ranch—and a cowboy—has to offer. And it’s an offer Emily can’t refuse. After all, she’s not falling for a cowboy—she’s just getting hot and naked with one. Yeah, right…. A visit the Last Chance Ranch is great way to spend an afternoon. Excerpt July, present day The stallion’s scream of sexual frustration ricocheted off the walls of a shed that smelled like fresh lumber and honest sweat, both human and horse. The Last Chance Ranch baked under a…

Call Of Duty #2 April 2010 On Sale: April 1, 2010 Featuring: Danika Morales; Alex North 400 pages ISBN: 1414320515 EAN: 9781414320519 Paperback $12.99  Add to Wish List Inspirational Fiction Mystery, Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Resonates with today’s headlines. Sworn To Protect by DiAnn Mills Danika Morales has sworn to protect our borders. But that oath has come with a price. Two years ago, her husband was shot and killed trying to help undocumented citizens—the very people Danika is responsible for deporting as a border patrol agent. His murder was never solved. Now, a recent string of attacks and arrests leads Danika to believe her husband’s death wasn’t just a random act. It may be part of a larger conspiracy, and it appears that she’s the next target. When the Border Patrol discovers that one of their own is leaking top-secret information, Danika turns to the only person she can trust—a doctor at the local medical clinic. Together they search for answers before more innocent lives are destroyed. . . . her writing has been compared to another outstanding Christian writer, Dee Henderson. Excerpt Chapter 1 McAllen, Texas The Rio Grande River separating Mexico and the US was not just…

June 2011 On Sale: June 1, 2011 Featuring: Hope McNeill; Max 304 pages ISBN: 042524119X EAN: 9780425241196 Paperback $16.00  Add to Wish List Fiction, Mystery Cozy Buy at Amazon.com A mystery not just for dog lovers A Pug’s Tale by Alison Pace There are pugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art! In the many years that Hope McNeill has worked at the museum, this is the first time she’s been able to bring along her pug, Max. (Officially at least. Previously she’s had to smuggle him in inside her tote bag.) The occasion: a special “Pug Night” party in honor of a deep-pocketed donor. Max and his friends are having a ball stalking the hors d’oeuvres and getting rambunctious, and making Hope wonder if this is also the last time she gets to bring Max to the museum. But when a prized painting goes missing, the Met needs Hope’s–and Max’s–help. In her quest for the culprit, Hope searches for answers with an enigmatic detective, a larger-than-life society heiress, a lady with a shih tzu in a stroller, and her arguably intuitive canine. With luck, she’ll find some inspiration on her trips to Pug Hill before the investigation starts going downhill……

Wacky & Wild Mystery #7  April 2011 On Sale: April 5, 2011 Featuring: Edwina; Darla Denman; Debbie Sue 320 pages ISBN: 0061910147 EAN: 9780061910142 Trade Size $13.99 Add to Wish List Mystery Private Eye, Mystery Woman Sleuth Buy at Amazon.com A mystery to laugh with… I Can’t Make You Love Me, But I Can Make You Leave by Dixie Cash Darla Denman, the former Queen of Country Music, has trouble on her hands. First, her career ain’t what it used to be – she’s gone from big arenas to run-down bars and first-class jets to fourth-class buses. Second, that fourth-class bus has plum stopped working just outside of Salt Lick, Texas, and sure enough, there’s barely enough money to fix it. Third, someone has gone and murdered Roxie Jo Jenkins, her ex-husband’s new wife and her current pain-in-the-you-know-where opening act. Now Domestic Equalizers Debbie Sue and Edwina are on the case. These two best friends, hair dressers turned private eyes, are determined to help the singer they idolize while staying out of heap of trouble they normally find themelves in (and can’t you just hear their put-down husbands laughing at that?). A comeback tour ends with a former star in…

August 2011 On Sale: July 26, 2011 Featuring: Jaine Austen 304 pages ISBN: 0758238479 EAN: 9780758238474 Hardcover $22.00  Add to Wish List Mystery Amateur Sleuth, Mystery Cozy Buy at Amazon.com Our summer mystery picks Pampered To Death by Laura Levine Jaine Austen is looking forward to an indulgent spa getaway— until she learns it’s more about deprivation than relaxation. Between miniscule meals and a deadly brush with fame, surviving this vacation will be no piece of cake… When Jaine’s friend Lance surprises her with a trip to The Haven, an über-luxe health spa on the California coast, she and her feline pal Prozac are eager to hit the road and bask in a week of pampering and pedicures. But upon their arrival, she discovers that this oasis in the hills is merely a fat farm in disguise, complete with celery-juice cocktails, humiliating weigh-ins, and a zero-tolerance position on carbs. And as she gets to know her fellow inmates, she realizes 300-calorie dinners aren’t the craziest thing she’ll be dealing with. Among her bulge-battling companions is Mallory Francis, a B- list movie star with a knack for making frenemies with everyone she meets. When she’s found strangled during a seaweed wrap…

January 2011 On Sale: January 4, 2011 Featuring: Princess Selene 354 pages ISBN: 0425238555 EAN: 9780425238554 Trade Size $15.00  Add to Wish List Historical, Fiction Adventure Buy at Amazon.com Another look at the Cleopatra / Antony / Julius Caesar triangle and its resulting off-spring Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray A Novel of Cleopatra’s Daughter Heiress of one empire and prisoner of another, it is up to the daughter of Cleopatra to save her brothers and reclaim what is rightfully hers… To Isis worshippers, Princess Selene and her twin brother Helios embody the divine celestial pair who will bring about a Golden Age. But when Selene’s parents are vanquished by Rome, her auspicious birth becomes a curse. Trapped in an empire that reviles her heritage and suspects her faith, the young messianic princess struggles for survival in a Roman court of intrigue. She can’t hide the hieroglyphics that carve themselves into her hands, nor can she stop the emperor from using her powers for his own ends. But faced with a new and ruthless Caesar who is obsessed with having a Cleopatra of his very own, Selene is determined to resurrect her mother’s dreams. Can she succeed where her…

April 2010 On Sale: April 1, 2010 Featuring: Kate Fisk; Garrett James 432 pages ISBN: 0446540277 EAN: 9780446540278 Mass Market Paperback $6.99  Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Fans rave about this historical romance A Touch of Scandal by Jennifer Haymore The last thing Garrett, Duke of Calton, expects to find while tracking his sworn enemy is the delectable, mysterious Kate. This beautiful servant girl rouses a longing the battle-scarred ex-soldier had never hoped to feel again. But when she turns out to be the sister of the man he seeks, he’s convinced he’s been betrayed. Kate knows her duty to her family, yet how can she ignore Garrett’s powerful pull on her heart? Or the heady temptation of his stolen-and sizzling-kisses? Scandal has followed the duke since the war. Now the greatest shock of all is on its way-the one that can separate Garrett and Kate forever. A classic tale woven with lies and hatred, while also filled with warmth and all-consuming love. Previous Picks

Three Graces #1 July 2011 On Sale: July 26, 2011 Featuring: Rand Braesford; Isabel Milton 400 pages ISBN: 0778312437 EAN: 9780778312437 Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Book 1 in a new Tudor series mixing romance with suspense By His Majesty’s Grace by Jennifer Blake The Three Graces of Graydon are well–born sisters bearing an ominous curse: any man betrothed to them without love is doomed to die. Much to her chagrin, Lady Isabel Milton has been given to Earl Rand Braesford—a reward from the Tudor king for his loyalty to the throne. The lusty nobleman quickly claims his husbandly rights, an experience Isabel scarcely hoped to enjoy so much. But youth and strength may not save Braesford from his bride’s infamous curse… Accused of a heinous crime with implications that reach all the way to King Henry himself, Braesford is imprisoned in the Tower, and Isabel is offered her salvation—but for a price. She has the power to seal his fate, have him sent to the executioner and be freed from her marriage bonds. Yet the more Isabel learns of Rand, the less convinced she is of his guilt, and she commits to discover…