Hannah Vogel #1 May 2009 On Sale: May 12, 2009 Featuring: Hannah Vogel 304 pages ISBN: 0765320444 EAN: 9780765320445 Hardcover $24.95 Add to Wish List Mystery Woman Sleuth Buy at Amazon.com A 2010 Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel. The Barry and Macavity Awards will be announced at the opening ceremonies of Bouchercon 2010 in San Francisco. A Trace Of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell Even though hardened crime reporter Hannah Vogel knows all too well how tough it is to survive in 1931 Berlin, she is devastated when she sees a photograph of her brother’s body posted in the Hall of the Unnamed Dead. Ernst, a cross-dressing lounge singer at a seedy nightclub, had many secrets, a never-ending list of lovers, and plenty of opportunities to get into trouble. Hannah delves into the city’s dark underbelly to flush out his murderer, but the late night arrival of a five-year-old orphan on her doorstep complicates matters. The endearing Anton claims that Hannah is his mother… and that her dead brother Ernst is his father. As her investigations into Ernst’s murder and Anton’s parentage uncover political intrigue and sex scandals in the top ranks of the rising Nazi party, Hannah fears…

Sharon McCone #26October 2010 On Sale: October 1, 2010 Featuring: Sharon McCone 352 pages ISBN: 0446400491 EAN: 9780446400497 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) $7.99 Add to Wish List Mystery Woman Sleuth Buy at Amazon.com A 2010 Barry Award Nominee for Best Novel. The Barry and Macavity Awards will be announced at the opening ceremonies of Bouchercon 2010 in San Francisco. Locked In by Marcia Muller Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but an alert, conscious mind. As she lies in her hospital bed, furiously trying to break out of her body’s prison, all the members of her agency fan out to find the reason she was attacked. Meanwhile, Sharon becomes an incapacitated detective, evaluating the clues from her staff’s separate investigations and discovering unsettling truths that could put her life in jeopardy again. But as the case draws to a shocking conclusion, her husband, Hy, threatens to return to his own violent past–and exact fatal vengeance on Sharon’s would-be killer. Excerpt Monday, JULY 7 SHARON MCCONE A typical July night in San Francisco. Mist swirling off the bay, a foghorn bellowing every thirty seconds…

July 2009 On Sale: July 7, 2009 240 pages ISBN: 1416599096 EAN: 9781416599098 Paperback $15.00 Add to Wish List Mystery Historical Buy at Amazon.com A 2010 Anthony Nominee for Best Paperback Original Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott In October 1931, a station agent found two large trunks abandoned in Los Angeles’s Southern Pacific Station. What he found inside ignited one of the most scandalous tabloid sensations of the decade. Inspired by this notorious true crime, Edgar®-winning author Megan Abbott’s novel Bury Me Deep is the story of Marion Seeley, a young woman abandoned in Phoenix by her doctor husband. At the medical clinic where she finds a job, Marion becomes fast friends with Louise, a vivacious nurse, and her roommate, Ginny, a tubercular blonde. Before long, the demure Marion is swept up in the exuberant life of the girls, who supplement their scant income by entertaining the town’s most powerful men with wild parties. At one of these events, Marion meets — and falls hard for — the charming Joe Lanigan, a local rogue and politician on the rise, whose ties to all three women bring events to a dangerous collision. A story born of Jazz Age decadence and…

May 2010 On Sale: May 11, 2010 Featuring: Simon Ziele 400 pages ISBN: 0312628129 EAN: 9780312628123 Hardcover $14.99 Add to Wish List Mystery Historical Buy at Amazon.com A 2010 Anthony Nominee for Best First Novel In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff Stefanie Pintoff’s acclaimed and award-winning debut is the taut historical tale of Detective Simon Ziele, a man who lost his fiancée in the 1904 General Slocum ferry disaster and thereafter flees New York City for Dobson, New York, to escape the memories of her death. But months into his tenure, he catches the worst homicide of his career: a young woman brutally murdered in her own bedroom in the middle of the afternoon. His investigation quickly takes him to Columbia University criminologist Alistair Sinclair and one of his patients. But what could lead this Michael Fromley, with his history of violent behavior, to target such a proper young lady? Is Michael really behind the murder or is someone mimicking him? Ziele must discover the truth in this story of a haunted man on the trail of a killer while on the run from his own demons. Excerpt Chapter One The scream that pierced the dull yellow November…

Three Pines #5 October 2009 On Sale: October 13, 2009 384 pages ISBN: 0312377037 EAN: 9780312377038 Hardcover $24.99 Add to Wish List Fiction Buy at Amazon.com A 2010 Anthony Nominee for Best Novel The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny Chaos is coming, old son. With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. As families prepare to head back to the city and children say goodbye to summer, a stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets buried in the wilderness. No one admits to knowing the murdered man, but as secrets are revealed, chaos begins to close in on the beloved bistro owner, Olivier. How did he make such a spectacular success of his business? What past did he leave behind and why has he buried himself in this tiny village? And why does every lead in the investigation find its way back to him? As Olivier grows more frantic, a trail of clues and treasures— from first editions of Charlotte’s Web and Jane Eyre to a spider web with the word…

September 2010 On Sale: September 20, 2010 Featuring: Ben Eckhart; Kari Kirkland ISBN: 9781607378 EAN: 9789781607370 e-Book $4.99 Add to Wish List Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com Adrift by Amber Skyze Ben Eckhart has been the object of Kari Kirkland’s lust for almost three years. Yet he’s never spoken a word to her and why would he? She’s a plus-sized woman with scars that haunt her every day. And although Kari longs for happily ever after, she’s pretty much given up on love. When their boss declares he’s having a mandatory picnic, Ben not only talks to Kari, he wants to know if she’s going and if she’ll be alone. Kari is, if only to fantasize about Ben in his swim shorts. But Ben has other ideas in mind for Kari. He’s bringing along his best friend and lover Adam – to help him seduce Kari into believing there’s great sex and true love in her future. Unexpectedly trapped on a deserted island, Kari witnesses the men having sex then lets herself get talked into sex on the beach and a whole lot more. But when they’re rescued, will Kari accept their proposition or cast their new found love…

Sensory Ops #2 May 2010 On Sale: May 4, 2010 ISBN: 1605049948 EAN: 9781605049946 e-Book $4.50 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense, Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com Scent of Persuasion by Nikki Duncan Actress Kami Evans is tackling the biggest role of her life— as an escort. There’s definitely something going on in Madame V’s mansion, but Kami has to prove herself trustworthy before she can dig deeper and prove her stepbrother didn’t commit suicide. Her first assignment: seduce a CEO and, oddly, steal his hair brush. He’s everything she avoids in a man: suave, sexy, suited. She plays her role all the way to the bedroom… and finds it stunningly difficult to walk away. Breck Lawson’s undercover assignment, posing as a replacement CEO, is yielding zero clues as to why his friend tried to kill himself—until Kami comes on the scene. She’s everything he likes in a woman: safe, sexy, temporary. She also arouses him just by walking into a room, a sure sign it’s time to push her away. Then he connects the dots she unwittingly shares, and realizes their investigations are linked by delicate strands of DNA. Keeping her near isn’t wise, but he has to…

October 2010 On Sale: October 4, 2010 ISBN: 1595787119 EAN: 9781595787118 e-Book (reprint) $3.99 Add to Wish List Romance Paranormal, Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com This one is a good one to get you in the mood for Halloween!! The Straw Man by Bonnie Dee A lonely woman imagines the perfect man and accidentally conjures him into being on All Hallows Eve. For a single night she has the lover of her dreams, but a night isn’t nearly enough. Can she find a way to turn her fantasy man back to flesh and blood? Excerpt “Happy Halloween! Beware of bats tonight, children. They might scoop you up and carry you away.” Marie cackled like a crone and squinted her eyes frighteningly as she grinned at the Weiderman twins. She wiggled her toes in her tight shoes, glancing down at the black leather points that clamped them into unnatural positions. Her feet were killing her and her long, black witch’s dress was broiling hot on this sunny afternoon. “Thank Granny Goodwitch for the pumpkins, kids.” Don Weiderman nudged his awestruck six-year-olds. Kevin’s mouth snapped shut and he ducked behind his dad, while his braver sister, Lydia, dutifully whispered, “Thank you,…

October 2010 On Sale: October 1, 2010 Featuring: Cynthia LeBlanc; Remy Allemande ISBN: 1603105379 EAN: 9781603105378 e-Book $5.50 Add to Wish List Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com Sazerac Seduction by Eden Elgabri Remy Allemande has one task – keep Cynthia LeBlanc from snooping around Crawdaddy’s and keep her the hell out of the courthouse. One look at the luscious opposing counsel makes him decide to acheive that task by seducing her. The best way to do that is to get her liquored up on New Orleans favorite, Sazerac. Cynthia Leblanc is not who she seems to be and has a secret of her own. But how far will she be willing to go to keep it? Will this straight-laced attorney pose as a prostitute to gain the knowledge she needs? Will Remy seduce her? And what will happen when the two finally have their day in court? Excerpt Remy Allemande stood by the side of his pirogue and tried to look busy. He’d been sweating his balls off for the past hour waiting for his prey to show. Bingo. The hot little wheat blonde ambled down the dock now. In a dress. She’d been sweating too and the light…

October 2010 On Sale: September 27, 2010 Featuring: Theresa Crawford; Max Lamoreaux; Tommy Saunders 230 pages ISBN: 1426890613 EAN: 9781426890611 e-Book $4.99 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Desperate Choices by Kathy Ivan When psychic Theresa Crawford’s former beau walks into her New Orleans New Age shop, she senses trouble. Big trouble. Max Lamoreaux hasn’t come to discuss their relationship—the private investigator is on a case, and he needs Theresa’s help. Max’s godson is missing. The police have declared Tommy a runaway, but Max’s gut tells him otherwise. While he’s highly skeptical of Theresa’s abilities, her visions provide the only clue as to who’s taken Tommy. The longer Max works with Theresa, the harder it is to resist his desire for the sexy woman. As they inch closer to finding Tommy, Max and Theresa also discover that time hasn’t diminished their powerful attraction. But Theresa harbors her own dark secrets from her past. Secrets that broke them up before–and could drive them apart again, unless Theresa can learn to trust Max with everything . . . Excerpt Behind the wheel of the car, Max angled his head and watched Theresa. She sat silent and unmoving, just as…