Last Chance Rescue #3 May 2010 On Sale: April 27, 2010 Featuring: Lucas Kane; McKenna Sloan 352 pages ISBN: 0345517741 EAN: 9780345517746 Mass Market Paperback $6.99  Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com RT Book Reviews 2010 Reviewers’ Choice Romantic Suspense Last Chance by Christy Reece Passion is the most dangerous move. NEVER SAY DIE McKenna Sloan saved Lucas Kane’s life and then vanished. Lucas moved mountains trying to find her again, and finally McKenna relented—for one fleeting night. The truth is, McKenna’s life is all about the dark, deception-filled world of Last Chance Rescue, and for her, there’s no hope of love or Lucas. But fate, and Lucas’s determination, soon change everything. A kidnapped young woman, a lure to out a killer and the fierce need to bring a criminal to justice combine for one explosive event. For a woman who specializes in staying away from relationships and staying in the heart of danger, this is the most impossible mission of all. Because the odds are deadly, and the passion won’t die. Previous Picks

June 2010 On Sale: June 1, 2010 Featuring: Marguerite de Fleurignac; William Doyle 400 pages ISBN: 0425235610 EAN: 9780425235614 Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com RT Book Reviews 2010 Reviewers’ Choice for Historical Romantic Adventure The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne A glittering French aristocrat is on the run, disguised as a British governess. England’s top spy has a score to settle with her family. But as they’re drawn inexorably into the intrigue and madness of Revolutionary Paris, they gamble on a love to which neither of them will admit. A magnificent, passionate, adventure romance set during the French Revolution. Excerpt Paris 1794 She was alone, suddenly, with Guillaume LeBreton. He stood, being inscrutable, which was one of his talents. In the stark white robe he became dark and exotic. The long folds and draped sleeves made a mandarin of him. How does he pass unnoticed through the streets of the city? It is as if a lion joined a pack of dogs and none of them remarked upon it. “Did you follow me from my house?” “Something like that. You didn’t make any secret where you were going.” “It was a perfectly useless thing…

Skin #2 June 2010 On Sale: June 1, 2010 Featuring: Mia Sauter; Addison Foster 336 pages ISBN: 0425235165 EAN: 9780425235164 Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com RT Book Reviews 2010 Reviewers Choice Paranormal Romantic Suspense Winner Skin Tight by Ava Gray Uncovering the truth is her specialty As a forensic accountant, Mia Sauter could usually tell when people had something to hide. She made her living exposing secrets while concealing her own. Then, in Vegas, she met a clever, ruthless man who called himself Addison Foster. One year later, she’s still haunted by his betrayal. He’s a natural born liar The truth of him had long ago been buried. Foster was only one name of many; he’d been so many men, he’d lost count. Reinvented as Thomas Strong and hell-bent on revenge, his mission is about to be compromised by the one woman capable of exposing him… Reunited, they confront the explosive chemistry still crackling between them. But their chance meeting will have consequences, for a ruthless madman has his own deadly agenda. The question is—if they survive the fallout, will he choose love over vengeance? Previous Picks

December 2010 On Sale: December 1, 2010 Featuring: Carrie McClelland 576 pages ISBN: 1402241372 EAN: 9781402241376 Paperback $16.99 Add to Wish List Romance Historical, Romance Paranormal Buy at Amazon.com Romantic Times winner for Historical Fiction The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley When she can no longer tell the difference between today and centuries ago, he\’s the only one who can reveal the secrets of time… History has all but forgotten the spring of 1708, when an invasion fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown. Now, Carrie McClelland hopes to turn that story into her next bestselling novel. Settling herself in the shadow of Slains Castle, she creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors, and starts to write. But when she discovers her novel is more fact than fiction, Carrie wonders if she might be dealing with ancestral memory…making her the only living person who can know the truth of what did happen all those years ago – a tale of love and loyalty…and ultimate betrayal. An exciting mystery filled with love, loyalty and the ultimate betrayal. Previous Picks

Women of the Otherworld #11 August 2010 On Sale: July 27, 2010 Featuring: Savannah Levine 320 pages ISBN: 0525951784 EAN: 9780525951780 Hardcover $25.95  Add to Wish List Fantasy Urban Buy at Amazon.com Completing our “road trip” week, this one includes adventures closer to home Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong The orphaned daughter of a sorcerer and a half-demon, Savannah is a terrifyingly powerful young witch who has never been able to resist the chance to throw her magical weight around. But at 21 she knows she needs to grow up and prove to her guardians, Paige and Lucas, that she can be a responsible member of their supernatural detective agency. So she jumps at the chance to fly solo, investigating the mysterious deaths of three young women in a nearby factory town as a favour to one of the agency’s associates. At first glance, the murders look garden-variety human, but on closer inspection signs point to otherworldly stakes. Soon Savannah is in over her head. She’s run off the road and nearly killed, haunted by a mystery stalker, and freaked out when the brother of one of the dead women is murdered when he tries to investigate the crime….

December 2004 On Sale: April 8, 2011 Featuring: Elliot Ross; Alys Seagraves 368 pages ISBN: 0804119848 EAN: 9780804119849 Paperback (reprint) $6.99  Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com A Route 66 classic romance re-issued in e-format California Girl by Patricia Rice released as eBook for Kindle and nook 1/11 Free spirit Alys Seagraves and her elderly, eccentric friend Mame are about to embark upon an epic road trip along historic Route 66 when Mame suffers a medical setback that throws a wrench into their plans. Never the willing patient, Mame sneaks out of the hospital, determined to go it alone as she relives the memories of her honeymoon along the famous highway. Now Alys has to trail the spunky senior westward and bring her back to reality. Yet Alys isn’t alone. Mame’s nephew Elliot Ross, a very sexy but very serious doctor, is sharing the driving duties. Elliot has a voice like velvet and eyes to match. The impromptu couple will be spending many hours together in an aging pink Cadillac-and the sparks are destined to fly. After retracing the romantic path that Mame and her late husband followed long ago, Alys and Elliot will discover on the…

Chet and Bernie #3 October 2010 On Sale: September 28, 2010 320 pages ISBN: 1439157073 EAN: 9781439157077 Hardcover $25.00  Add to Wish List Mystery Pet Lovers Buy at Amazon.com Who says all road trips involve only humans? Chet’s journey home is remarkable. To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn In the third book in the brilliant New York Times bestselling series featuring a lovable and wise dog narrator, Chet and Bernie go under the big top to solve the most unlikely missing persons (and animals!) case ever. “We were outnumbered, some big number against two. When it comes to numbers, two is as far as I go, but it’s enough, in my opinion…. ‘Sit,’ Bernie said. I sat. Bernie would think of something—he always did. That was one of the things that made the Little Detective Agency such a success, except for the finances part…” Chet has smelled a lot of unusual things in his years as trusted companion and partner to P.I. Bernie Little, but nothing has prepared him for the exotic scents he encounters when an old fashioned traveling circus comes to town. Bernie scores tickets to this less-than-greatest- show-on-earth because his son Charlie is crazy about elephants….

Black Cobra #4 November 2010 On Sale: October 26, 2010 Featuring: Rafe Carstairs; Loretta Michelmarsh 464 pages ISBN: 0061795194 EAN: 9780061795190 Mass Market Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com The conclusion of the ultimate road trip: India to England. The Reckless Bride by Stephanie Laurens The final book in the Black Cobra Quartet He races to complete their mission against escalating odds–his task made more perilous when he loses his heart. She’s determined to defy convention and live a solitary life–until she tastes the reckless pleasure found only in his arms. Drawn together by fate, united by fiery passion, they pursue their shared destiny…one they’ll live to see only if they unmask the Black Cobra. Another exciting, sexually alluring and suspenseful novel in the Black Cobra Quartet series. Excerpt CHAPTER 1 November 24, 1822 Danube Embankment, Buda Rafe walked out of the office of the Excelsior Shipping Company, tickets for two passenger cabins on the Uray Princep, a riverboat due to start up the Danube two days hence, in his pocket. He glanced up and down the street, then strolled to where Hassan waited outside a nearby shop. Rafe tapped the pocket of the well-tailored,…

Route 66 – book 3  December 2004 Featuring: Jake Ramero; Mary Lee Clawson 416 pages ISBN: 0446611700 EAN: 9780446611701 Paperback (reprint) $6.99 Add to Wish List Women’s Fiction, Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Because the Fresh Fiction team is traveling the “Mother Road” from Texas to California, this is a perfect book for us and one of our favorites. Available in nook and Kindle. Song of the Road by Dorothy Garlock More than a motor court on Route 66, a story of second chances By 1935, countless vehicles had traversed Route 66, their hum creating a uniquely American song. Most were heading west-but roads go in two directions, and in Dorothy Garlock’s riveting third novel featuring Route 66, the fabled highway is one that leads home. SONG OF THE ROAD It’s just a string of rundown cabins on a stretch of New Mexico highway. But returning to Cross Roads widowed, broke, and pregnant, Mary Lee Clawson knows her dad’s motor court is a godsend. With steely resolve, she sets out to rebuild the failing business and discovers she has to fight more than foreclosure. There’s her mother, Dolly–disinherited, angry, and whiskey-soaked–not to mention her disreputable friends. Still, Mary Lee wins…

March 2011 On Sale: March 1, 2011 Featuring: Rachel Morgan; Trent Kalamack 432 pages ISBN: 0061138061 EAN: 9780061138065 Hardcover $26.99 Add to Wish List Paranormal – Supernatural, Fantasy Urban Buy at Amazon.com A week of great road trips beginning with one filled will all kinds of adventures…and destruction. Pale Demon by Kim Harrison Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after. Banned from the airways, Rachel\’s options for getting across the country are slim, until she grudgingly agrees to travel with elven tycoon Trent Kalamack, who has his own secret agenda on the West Coast. Coming along with the duo are Rachel\’s associates, the living vampire Ivy and Jenks, a pixy…and legions of assassins out to ensure they never reach their destination. The fun really starts when someone frees a fearsome, day- walking demon from his eternal prison under the Arch in St. Louis. It\’s been a rough couple of millennia and this soul- devourer is hungry for vengeance…and Rachel is his ultimate prize. While this powerful witch with nerves of steel will do…