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Fresh Pick | JANE SLAYRE by Sherri Browning Erwin
Fresh Pick / June 18, 2011

April 2010 On Sale: April 13, 2010 Featuring: Jane Slayre; Mr. Rochester 402 pages ISBN: 1439191182 EAN: 9781439191187 Paperback $15.00  Add to Wish List Paranormal, Fiction Buy at Amazon.com The best way to read Jane Eyre Jane Slayre by Sherri Browning Erwin “READER, I BURIED HIM.” A timeless tale of love, devotion . . . and the undead. Jane Slayre, our plucky demon-slaying heroine, a courageous orphan who spurns the detestable vampyre kin who raised her, sets out on the advice of her ghostly uncle to hone her skills as the fearless slayer she’s meant to be. When she takes a job as a governess at a country estate, she falls head-over-heels for her new master, Mr. Rochester, only to discover he’s hiding a violent werewolf in the attic—in the form of his first wife. Can a menagerie of bloodthirsty, flesh-eating, savage creatures-of-the-night keep a swashbuckling nineteenth-century lady from the gentleman she intends to marry? Vampyres, zombies, and werewolves transform Charlotte BrontË’s unforgettable masterpiece into an eerie paranormal adventure that will delight and terrify. Previous Picks

Fresh Pick | ANDROID KARENINA by Ben H. Winters
Fresh Pick / June 17, 2011

June 2010 On Sale: June 8, 2010 Featuring: Anna Karenina; Count Alexei Vronsky 320 pages ISBN: 1594744602 EAN: 9781594744600 Paperback $12.95  Add to Wish List Fantasy Steampunk Buy at Amazon.com So true you’ll want to read the original… Android Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Ben H. Winters Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters co-author Ben H. Winters is back with an all-new collaborator, legendary Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, and the result is Android Karenina an enhanced edition of the classic love story set in a dystopian world of robots, cyborgs, and interstellar space travel. As in the original novel, our story follows two relationships: The tragic adulterous love affair of Anna Karenina and Count Alexei Vronsky, and the more hopeful marriage of Nikolai Levin and Princess Kitty Shcherbatskaya. These characters live in a steampunk-inspired world of robotic butlers, clumsy automatons, and rudimentary mechanical devices. But when these copper-plated machines begin to revolt against their human masters, our characters must fight back using state-of-the-art 19th-century technology and a sleek new model of ultra-human cyborgs like nothing the world has ever seen. Filled with the same blend of romance, drama, and fantasy that made the first two Quirk Classics New York Times best…

Fresh Pick | THE LOST SUMMER OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT by Kelly O’Connor McNees
Fresh Pick / June 15, 2011

May 2011 On Sale: May 3, 2011 Featuring: Louisa May Alcott; Joseph Singer 368 pages ISBN: 0425240835 EAN: 9780425240830 Paperback $15.00  Add to Wish List Historical Buy at Amazon.com Twisted classic in form of “what if?” The Lost Summer Of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees In the bestselling tradition of Loving Frank and March comes a novel for anyone who loves Little Women. Millions of readers have fallen in love with Little Women. But how could Louisa May Alcott-who never had a romance-write so convincingly of love and heart-break without experiencing it herself? In her debut novel, The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, Kelly O’Connor McNees deftly mixes fact and fiction as she imagines a summer lost to history, carefully purged from Louisa’s letters and journals, a summer that would change the course of Louisa’s writing career—and inspire the story of love and heartbreak between Jo and Teddy “Laurie” Laurence, Jo’s devoted neighbor and kindred spirit. In the summer of 1855, Walt Whitman’s controversial Leaves of Grass has just been released, and the notion of making a living as a writer is still a far-off dream for Louisa. She is twenty-two years old, vivacious, and bursting with…

Fresh Pick | JANE AND THE DAMNED by Janet Mullany
Fresh Pick / June 14, 2011

September 2010 On Sale: September 28, 2010 Featuring: Jane Austen 320 pages ISBN: 0061958301 EAN: 9780061958304 Trade Size $13.99  Add to Wish List Jane Austen, Paranormal Historical Buy at Amazon.com Twisted take on Jane Austen Jane And The Damned by Janet Mullany It’s more than her wit that’s biting… Jane Austen Novelist . . . gentlewoman . . . Damned, Fanged, and Dangerous to know. Aspiring writer Jane Austen knows that respectable young ladies like herself are supposed to shun the Damned—the beautiful, fashionable, exquisitely seductive vampires who are all the rage in Georgian England in 1797. So when an innocent (she believes) flirtation results in her being turned—by an absolute cad of a bloodsucker—she acquiesces to her family’s wishes and departs for Bath to take the waters, the only known cure. But what she encounters there is completely unexpected: perilous jealousies and further betrayals, a new friendship and a possible love. Yet all that must be put aside when the warring French invade unsuspecting Bath—and the streets run red with good English blood. Suddenly only the staunchly British Damned can defend the nation they love . . . with Jane Austen leading the charge at the battle’s forefront. Biting…

Fresh Pick | SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD by P. L. Gaus
Fresh Pick / June 9, 2011

Amish Country Mystery #6  March 2011 On Sale: February 22, 2011 Featuring: Michael Branden; Caleb Troyer; Bruce Robertson 224 pages ISBN: 0452296714 EAN: 9780452296718 Paperback $13.00 Add to Wish List Mystery Amateur Sleuth, Inspirational Fiction Amish Buy at Amazon.com Even the Plain People have mysteries to solve Separate From The World by P. L. Gaus As another college year draws to an end, Professor Michael Branden is weary after nearly thirty years of teaching. Sitting in his office on a warm spring day, he receives an unexpected visit from an Amish man who claims his brother, a dwarf like himself, has been murdered. Their discussion of the odd details of the case is interrupted by a commotion on campus, which turns out to be the apparent suicide of a young college woman, who it seems has leapt to her death from the college bell tower. The investigations of these two deaths become intertwined as Professor Branden again teams up with Pastor Cal Troyer and Sheriff Bruce Robertson to seek explanations for these bizarre events. Set against the rift between two Amish factions, one participating in a college study of genetic traits particular to their community and the other rejecting any…

Fresh Pick | THE THORN by Beverly Lewis
Fresh Pick / June 8, 2011

Rose Trilogy #1  September 2010 On Sale: September 7, 2010 Featuring: Nick Franco; Rose Kauffman; Hen 352 pages ISBN: 0764205749 EAN: 9780764205743 Paperback $14.99 Add to Wish List Inspirational Fiction Amish Buy at Amazon.com Perfect start to Amish trilogy: love, mystery & challenges The Thorn by Beverly Lewis Lancaster County, with its rolling meadows and secret byways, may seem idyllic, but it is not without its thorns. THE ROSE TRILOGY is the stirring saga of two Amish sisters on the fringes of the church, and the unforeseen discoveries that change their lives. Rose Kauffman, a spirited young woman, has a close friendship with the bishop’s foster son. Nick dresses Plain and works hard but stirs up plenty of trouble too. Rose’s sister cautions her against becoming too involved, but Rose is being courted by a good, Amish fellow, so dismisses the warnings. Meanwhile, Rose keeps house for an English widower but is startled when he forbids her to ever go upstairs. What is the man hiding? Rose’s older sister, Hen, knows more than she should about falling for the wrong man. Unable to abandon her Amish ways, Hen is soon separated from her very modern husband. Mattie, their young daughter,…

Fresh Pick | SARAH’S GIFT by Marta Perry
Fresh Pick / June 7, 2011

Pleasant Valley #4 March 2011 On Sale: March 1, 2011 Featuring: Aaron Miller; Sarah Mast 320 pages ISBN: 0425238911 EAN: 9780425238912 Trade Size $14.00  Add to Wish List Inspirational Fiction Buy at Amazon.com Great emotional read… Sarah’s Gift by Marta Perry Can an Amish midwife earn her community’s trust and bring the joy of new babies to Pleasant Valley? Amish midwife Sarah Mast moves to Pleasant Valley for a fresh start. But her aging aunt can no longer run the birthing center, leaving most of the responsibility to Sarah. Among those skeptical of Sarah’s ability is neighbor Aaron Miller, who seems drawn to Sarah but pulls away when his own sister requests her services. And when a criminal complaint is filed against Sarah, she must pray for strength to defend her practice and A young woman must fight for what she believes is right in this lovely inspirational. Previous Picks

Fresh Pick | WHEN YOU DARE by Lori Foster
Fresh Pick / June 5, 2011

Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor #1 May 2011 On Sale: May 1, 2011 Featuring: Dare MacIntosh; Molly Alexander 384 pages ISBN: 0373775717 EAN: 9780373775712 Mass Market Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Romantic Buy at Amazon.com Beginning of a new series… When You Dare by Lori Foster When loner and mercenary Dare MacIntosh agrees to rescue his friend’s younger sister from a human trafficking ring holding her hostage in Tijuana, he gets more than he bargained for. Among the hostages he rescues that night is beautiful Molly Alexander – a bestselling suspense novelist and the estranged daughter of a wealthy and prominent businessman who just doesn’t fit the profile of the other women who were kidnapped. When Dare rescues her from her captors, Molly confesses her suspicion that someone paid the traffickers to hold her hostage. But she doesn’t know who, or why – she only knows that there’s nobody in her life she can trust right now. She offers to hire Dare to help her look into who might want to bring her harm. When a second kidnapping attempt is made the morning after her rescue, Dare realizes just how dire her situation may be and…

Fresh Pick | THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett
Fresh Pick / June 4, 2011

April 2011 On Sale: April 5, 2011 Featuring: Minny; Aibileen; Skeeter 528 pages ISBN: 0425232204 EAN: 9780425232200 Trade Size (reprint) $15.00  Add to Wish List Fiction Buy at Amazon.com Must Read for the Summer! The Help by Kathryn Stockett Be prepared to meet three unforgettable women: Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken. Minny, Aibileen’s best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody’s business, but she can’t mind her tongue, so she’s lost yet another job. Minny finally finds…

Fresh Pick | NIGHT ROAD by Kristin Hannah
Fresh Pick / June 3, 2011

April 2011 On Sale: March 22, 2011 Featuring: Lexi Baill; Jude Farraday 400 pages ISBN: 0312364423 EAN: 9780312364427 Hardcover $27.99  Add to Wish List Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Night Road by Kristin Hannah Jude Farraday is a happily married, stay-at-home mom who puts everyone’s needs above her own. Her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill enters their lives, no one is more supportive than Jude. A former foster child with a dark past, Lexi quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable. But senior year of high school brings unexpected dangers and one night, Jude’s worst fears are confirmed: there is an accident. In an instant, her idyllic life is shattered and her close-knit community is torn apart. People—and Jude—demand justice, and when the finger of blame is pointed, it lands solely on eighteen-year-old Lexi Baill. In a heartbeat, their love for each other will be shattered, the family broken. Lexi gives up everything that matters to her—the boy she loves, her place in the family, the best friend she ever had—while Jude loses even more. When Lexi returns, older and wiser, she…