June 2011 On Sale: June 2, 2011 Featuring: Capac Raimi; Ford Tasso 320 pages ISBN: 0446573477 EAN: 9780446573474 Hardcover $21.99  Add to Wish List Thriller Paranormal – Supernatural Buy at Amazon.com Slither this way City Of The Snakes by Darren Shan For ten years Capac Raimi has ruled the City. Created by the first Cardinal to continue his legacy, Capac cannot be killed. Then Capac disappears. His trusted lieutenant, Ford Tasso, suspects the mysterious villacs, ancient and powerful Incan priests. To Ford, only one man has the cunning to outwit such adversaries-Al Jeery, who has taken the guise of his father, the terrifying assassin Paucar Wami. Al has no love for Capac and no wish to tangle with the villacs. Until Ford promises him the one thing he truly craves-retribution against the man who killed those he loved most and destroyed his life. Lured into the twisted, nightmarish world of the Incan priests, Al will learn more about the City than he ever imagined, and be offered more power than he ever desired. But in the City, everything comes at a cost… Previous Picks

August 2010 On Sale: July 27, 2010 Featuring: Gabriel von Achenberg; Kate Daltry 384 pages ISBN: 0061626848 EAN: 9780061626845 Mass Market Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Favorite historical romance for RITA A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James Once upon a time, not so very long ago… Miss Kate Daltry doesn’t believe in fairy tales . . . or happily ever after. Forced by her stepmother to attend a ball, Kate meets a prince . . . and decides he’s anything but charming. A clash of wits and wills ensues, but they both know their irresistible attraction will lead nowhere. For Gabriel is promised to another woman—a princess whose hand in marriage will fulfill his ruthless ambitions. Gabriel likes his fiancée, which is a welcome turn of events, but he doesn’t love her. Obviously, he should be wooing his bride-to-be, not the witty, impoverished beauty who refuses to fawn over him. Godmothers and glass slippers notwithstanding, this is one fairy tale in which destiny conspires to destroy any chance that Kate and Gabriel might have a happily ever after. Unless a prince throws away everything that makes him noble . . . Unless a…

In Death #31 November 2010 On Sale: November 2, 2010 Featuring: Roarke; Eve Dallas ISBN: 0399156879 EAN: 9780399156878 Hardcover $26.95  Add to Wish List Thriller Police Procedural, Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Best Romantic Suspense RITA, everyone agrees a MUST READ Indulgence in Death by J. D. Robb An indulgence for readers: the new Eve Dallas novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. First it was a limo driver shot through the neck with a crossbow. Then it was a high-priced escort found stabbed through the heart with a bayonet. Random hits, thrill kills, murderers with a taste for the finer things in life – and death – are making NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas angry. And an angry Eve can be just as an efficient and dangerous predator as the killer. As time runs out on another innocent victim’s life, Eve’s investigation will take her into the rarefied circle that her husband, Roarke, travels in – and into the perverted heart of madness… This time, Lt. Eve Dallas is looking into a string of weird murders featuring unusual murder weapons. Previous Picks

November 2010 On Sale: November 2, 2010 Featuring: Alexandra Rose; Cullin 384 pages ISBN: 0425236854 EAN: 9780425236857 Paperback $15.00  Add to Wish List Romance Paranormal, Fantasy Buy at Amazon.com A very bright future, 1st book RITA Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard There are only three rules to live by: Contain. Control. Command. An intergalactic cold war-and some heated passion- from an inventive new voice in futuristic romance. After a stint in an alien prison, Captain Ari Rose wonders why she even bothered to survive. Stripped of her command and banished to her father’s scientific expedition to finish a Ph.D. she doesn’t want, Ari never planned to languish quietly behind a desk. She wasn’t built for it, either. But when pirates commandeer her father’s ship, Ari once again becomes a prisoner. As far as pirate leader Cullin is concerned, Ari’s past imprisonment puts her dead center in Cullin’s sights. If she hasn’t been brainwashed and returned as a spy, then he’s convinced she must be part of a traitorous alliance endangering billions of lives. Cullin can’t afford the desire she fires within him and he’ll stop at nothing, including destroying her, to uncover the truth.   Previous Picks

The Blades of the Rose #3  November 2010 On Sale: November 2, 2010 Featuring: Nathan Lesperance; Astrid Bramfield 370 pages ISBN: 1420106813 EAN: 9781420106817 Mass Market Paperback $6.99 Add to Wish List Romance Buy at Amazon.com Best of Paranormal Romance RITA pick Rebel by Zoe Archer Unleash the magic within… On the Canadian frontier in 1875, nature is a harsh mistress. But the supernatural can really do you in… A LONE WOLF Nathan Lesperance is used to being different. He’s the first Native attorney in Vancouver, and welcome neither with white society nor his sometime tribe. Not to mention the powerful wildness he’s always felt inside him, too dangerous to set free. Then he met Astrid Bramfield and saw his like within her piercing eyes. Now, unless she helps him through the harsh terrain and the harsher unknowns of his true abilities, it could very well get him killed… AND THE WOMAN WHO LEFT THE PACK Astrid has traveled this path before. Once she was a Blade of the Rose, protecting the world’s magic from unscrupulous men, with her husband by her side. But she’s loved and lost, and as a world-class frontierswoman, she knows all about survival. Nathan’s searing…

The Infernal Devices #1  August 2010 On Sale: August 31, 2010 Featuring: Tessa Gray 496 pages ISBN: 1416975861 EAN: 9781416975861 Hardcover $19.99 Add to Wish List Young Adult Romance, Young Adult Adventure Buy at Amazon.com Favorite YA RITA nomination Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still. When sixteen-year-old – crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London’s Down-world, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gas-lit streets. Only the Shadow-hunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos. Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Down-worlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What’s more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa’s power for his own. Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadow-hunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon…

November 2010 On Sale: October 26, 2010 Featuring: Lottie Cummings; Ethan Ryder 368 pages ISBN: 0373774877 EAN: 9780373774876 Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Another great historical we think deserves a RITA One Wicked Sin by Nicola Cornick Once the toast of the ton, Lottie Cummings is now notorious for being divorced. Shunned by society, the destitute beauty is lured to become a Covent Garden courtesan. Until a dangerous rake saves her with a scandalous offer. The illegitimate son of a duke, Ethan Ryder rose to the ranks of Napoleon’s most trusted cavalry officer—until his capture landed him in England as a prisoner of war. Now on parole, Ethan is planning his most audacious coup yet. But he needs Lottie’s help to create a spectacular diversion. Yet their pact ignites a passionate bond that may scandalize even these two wicked souls…. Lottie Palliser is divorced and notorious. Excerpt A man was standing in the doorway, one shoulder resting against the jamb. He was in black and white evening dress and against the raucous colour of the brothel with its damask walls and peacock drapes he looked stark and almost too plainly attired. He was tall…

August 2010 On Sale: July 27, 2010 Featuring: Lacey Terwilliger; Lefty Monroe 320 pages ISBN: 1439168776 EAN: 9781439168776 Trade Size $15.00  Add to Wish List Romance Chick-Lit Buy at Amazon.com For contemporary we choose… And One Last Thing … by Molly Harper Silence is golden. But having the last word is delicious. “If Singletree’s only florist didn’t deliver her posies half-drunk, I might still be married to that floor-licking, scum-sucking, receptionist-nailing hack-accountant, Mike Terwilliger.” Lacey Terwilliger’s shock and humiliation over her husband’s philandering prompt her to add some bonus material to Mike’s company newsletter: stunning Technicolor descriptions of the special brand of “administrative support” his receptionist gives him. The detailed mass e-mail to Mike’s family, friends, and clients blows up in her face, and before one can say “instant urban legend,” Lacey has become the pariah of her small Kentucky town, a media punch line, and the defendant in Mike’s defamation lawsuit. Her seemingly perfect life up in flames, Lacey retreats to her family’s lakeside cabin, only to encounter an aggravating neighbor named Monroe. A hunky crime novelist with a low tolerance for drama, Monroe is not thrilled about a newly divorced woman moving in next door. But with time,…

Bride Quartet #4 November 2010 On Sale: November 2, 2010 Featuring: Parker Brown; Malcolm Kavanaugh 320 pages ISBN: 0425236757 EAN: 9780425236758 Trade Size $16.00  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Best Single Title Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts Dreams are realized in the eagerly-awaited fourth novel in Nora Roberts’s Bride Quartet. As the public face of Vows wedding planning company, Parker Brown has an uncanny knack for fulfilling every bride’s vision. She just can’t see where her own life is headed. Mechanic Malcolm Kavanaugh loves figuring out how things work, and Parker is no exception. Both know that moving from minor flirtation to major hook-up is a serious step. Parker’s business risks have always paid off, but now she’ll have to take the chance of a lifetime with her heart… This book is the delicious icing on the cake of the brilliant Bride Quartet series. Previous Picks

May 2010 On Sale: May 11, 2010 Featuring: Lucky O’Toole 352 pages ISBN: 0765325438 EAN: 9780765325433 Hardcover $24.99  Add to Wish List Mystery Woman Sleuth Buy at Amazon.com Should win RITA(tm) for either best 1st or strong romantic elements Wanna Get Lucky? by Deborah Coonts A young woman plunges from a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the Pirate’s lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in the middle of the 8:30 Pirate Show. Almost everyone writes her off as another Vegas victim. But Lucky O’Toole smells a rat. She’s head of Customer Relations at The Babylon, the newest, most opulent mega-casino and resort on the Strip, so she’s got a lot on her plate: the Adult Film industry’s annual awards banquet, a spouse-swapping convention, sex toy purveyors preying on the pocket-protector crowd attending ElectroniCon…. Still, Lucky can’t resist turning over a few stones. When a former flame is one of the snakes she uncovers, Lucky’s certain she’s no longer dealing with an anonymous Sin City suicide. To top it all off, Lucky’s best friend Teddie—Las Vegas’ finest female impersonator—presses to take their relationship to the next level. Leave it to Lucky to attract a man who looks better…