June 2010 On Sale: June 1, 2010 Featuring: MacKenzie Durand; Emma Cross 384 pages ISBN: 0061629758 EAN: 9780061629754 Hardcover $24.95 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Death Echo by Elizabeth Lowell Former CIA agent Emma Cross thought she got out of dangerous work when she took a job with St. Kilda’s consulting. A little PI work and troubleshooting is certainly less stressful than Tribal Wars. At least it was until she found herself caught in the middle of an international incident. Until five years ago, MacKenzie Durand and his Special Ops team were deployed into some of the world’s nastiest places. On the last op, he was the only survivor. After a rumor started circulating that the CIA hung his team out to dry with bad intel, he quit and never looked back. Thrown together by an organization of bad guys with international ties more dangerous than either realizes, Mac and Emma must put aside their distrust for each other in order to save more than just their own lives. Previous Picks

Tracers #2 July 2010 On Sale: July 1, 2010 Featuring: Elaina McCord; Troy Stockton 352 pages ISBN: 1439152950 EAN: 9781439152959 Mass Market Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Unspeakable by Laura Griffin Some crime scenes you don’t want to describe… some, you can’t even imagine. ELAINA MCCORD WANTS TO FIND A KILLER. BUT HE’S ALREADY FOUND HER. Elaina McCord’s dream of being an FBI profiler is threatened by her very first case—investigating a string of murders near a Texas beach resort. The victims, all young women, were drugged and brutally murdered, their bodies abandoned in desolate marshland. Elaina’s hunch—met with disbelief by local police—is that these are only the latest offerings from a serial killer who has been perfecting his art for years, growing bolder and more cunning with each strike. True-crime writer Troy Stockton has a reputation as an irresistible playboy who gets his story at any cost. He’s the last person Elaina should trust, let alone be attracted to. But right now Troy, along with the elite team of forensics experts known as the Tracers, is her only ally in a case that’s turning dangerously personal. A killer is reaching out to Elaina,…

Storm Front #2 July 2010 On Sale: July 1, 2010 Featuring: Katie Earle; J.R Earle 304 pages ISBN: 0778327922 EAN: 9780778327929 Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Torn Apart by Sharon Sala INTO THIN AIR The twister that touches down in Bordelaise, Louisiana not only destroys the calm of a summer Sunday, it pierces the soul of Katie Earle, whose young son Bobby goes missing…and it wasn’t the storm that took him. Katie’s first thought is that her estranged husband J.R. saw his chance and grabbed Bobby to spite her. But the reality goes beyond that to truly horrifying, and now her nightmare is only just beginning. The real terror will begin when the tornado’s wreckage is cleared away and the kidnapper can escape with is prize. The agony of uncertainty grows with every passing hour as Katie and J.R. reunite with a single, desperate purpose: to find their son before he slips from their grasp…forever. Previous Picks

A-Tac #1 April 2010 On Sale: April 1, 2010 Featuring: Annie Gallagher; Nash Brennon ISBN: 0446542016 EAN: 9780446542012 Paperback Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Dark Deceptions by Dee Davis Their secrets could destroy them… TORN BETWEEN DUTY AND DESIRE Covert operations expert Nash Brennon has spent the last eight years trying to forget Annie Gallagher, his former field partner and the only woman he ever loved. Annie betrayed him when he needed her most, then vanished without a trace. Now suddenly she’s back in the game—this time as a suspected traitor and threat to national security. Annie’s son has been kidnapped by political terrorists. The price for his life? Assassinate a UN ambassador. Then Nash finds her, and immediately, the smoldering passion between Annie and the man she swore she’d never contact again almost blazes out of control. But can Nash trust her? The stakes couldn’t be higher: their enemy’s endgame is personal, and one false move could cost them their lives. With mind-blowing action and intense intrigue, this book will keep you hooked to the very end. I read this book in one sitting! Previous Picks

July 2010 On Sale: June 29, 2010 Featuring: Dr. Claire Norris; Langdon Stone 384 pages ISBN: 1420103415 EAN: 9781420103410 Mass Market Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Blind Spot by Nancy Bush What You Don’t See… The crime scene at an Oregon rest stop is brutal beyond belief?a young man’s lifeless body cut to ribbons, and his pregnant girlfriend left alive but comatose… What You Don’t Know… Psychologist Claire Norris is assigned to treat the survivor at a private mental hospital. But there are no clues to the identity of the catatonic “Jane Doe.” A difficult job only becomes more complicated with the arrival of ex-homicide detective Langdon Stone, who questions Claire’s every move. Can Kill You Reluctantly working together, Claire and Lang begin to unravel the chilling truth about a twisted case?one with ties to a killer who is right in their midst, eager to see a mission of evil through to its terrifying end… An exciting, compelling thriller with a winding plot that keeps you captivated until the end. Previous Picks

July 2010 On Sale: July 6, 2010 Featuring: Serena Oakley; Nick Whalen 352 pages ISBN: 0425234290 EAN: 9780425234297 Trade Size $15.00 Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy at Amazon.com Home Is Where The Bark Is by Kandy Shepherd Two opposites hounded by love. From the author of the delightful Love is a Four-Legged Word comes another novel of romance, mystery, and dogs. Former model Serena Oakley has opened Paws-A-While, a doggy daycare and spa in San Francisco. When a ruggedly handsome client walks in, holding a Yorki-Poo too dainty for his personality, Serena knows something’s not right. Undercover PI Nick Whalen has followed a series of identity frauds to Serena and is determined to dig up secrets he’s certain she is hiding. Despite their mutual distrust, Nick and Serena find themselves bonding over an injured, orphaned dog. And soon they’re arousing more than just suspicions. But will the pair trust in love enough to thwart a danger circling too close to home? Tail-wagging fun in this delightful romantic comedy with a clever mystery thrown in. Previous Picks

Chet And Bernie #2 January 2010 On Sale: January 5, 2010 Featuring: Bernie Little; Chet 320 pages ISBN: 1416585850 EAN: 9781416585855 Hardcover $25.00 Add to Wish List Mystery Pet Lovers Buy at Amazon.com Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn Following the acclaimed DOG ON IT, the second mystery in the Chet and Bernie series featuring an irresistible canine narrator. The second book of an irresistible series narrated by a loveable and wise dog. In the newest Chet and Bernie mystery, Chet gets a glimpse of the show dog world turned deadly. “We run a detective agency, me and Bernie, called the Little Detective Agency on account of Little being Bernie’s last name. My name’s Chet, pure and simple. Headquarters is our house on Mesquite Road, a nice place with a big tree out front, perfect for napping under, and the whole canyon easily accessible out back, if it just so happens someone left the gate open. And then, up in the canyon — well, say no more.” Praised by Stephen King as “a canine Sam Spade full of joie de vivre,” Chet and his human companion Bernie have both had some setbacks in life — Bernie in combat, Chet…

Dog Walker #3 June 2010 On Sale: June 1, 2010 Featuring: Ellie Engleman; Sam Ryder 336 pages ISBN: 0451230485 EAN: 9780451230485 Paperback $6.99 Add to Wish List Mystery Amateur Sleuth Buy at Amazon.com Death In Show by Judi McCoy Professional dog walker Ellie Engleman doesn’t know much about the ins and outs of dog shows. But when one handler is killed, Ellie will learn that it’s a dog-eat-dog world. Glitz and glamor are de rigueur oat his year’s dog show, and Ellie’s soaking it all in as the guest of a client. But before the dogs and handlers can take their bows-and wows-one handler dies. So Ellie is asked to fill in and lead Lulu, one of her dog-waling charges, to victory. When the death starts to look like foul-play, Ellie’s sometime boyfriend, Detective Sam Ryder, gets assigned to the case. As she’s getting the hang of handling, Ellie tries to help find out who hated Lulu’s former handler. But now the killer might have it out for Ellie, and she and Sam will have to dig up the truth faster than a speeding bulldog. Previous Picks

May 2010 On Sale: May 1, 2010 Featuring: Robert Rodi 288 pages ISBN: 0452296137 EAN: 9780452296138 Trade Size $15.00 Add to Wish List Non-Fiction Memoir Buy at Amazon.com Dogged Pursuit by Robert Rodi How a rescue dog rescued me “A charming, hilarious look at a little-documented world.” — People In dog years, Robert Rodi is 350. Age, however, couldn’t possibly have prepared him for his experience with canine agility-the athletic cousin to best-of-breed shows. Rodi, an epicure and urban intellectual, picks up agility with aspirations for blue ribbons. His dreams of glory quickly fade when faced with the competition: hearty Midwestern handlers and their ferociously fit pups, who annihilate scrawny, scruffy, Dusty, Rodi’s rescue dog and would-be champ, in the ring. The duo is utterly lost in the agility circles, but as in the best human/pet stories, they forge an everlasting bond to carry them through. Combining the wit of Christopher Guest’s Best in Show and the charm of Marley & Me, Dogged Pursuit is an uproarious account of a neophyte’s year in the dog show world that abounds in humor and warmth. Previous Picks

July 2010 On Sale: July 6, 2010 Featuring: Fiona Bristow; Simon Doyle 496 pages ISBN: 0399156577 EAN: 9780399156571 Hardcover $26.95 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com The Search by Nora Roberts The #1 New York Times-bestselling author presents a riveting novel where a canine search and rescue volunteer fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest wilderness. To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life-a quaint house on an island off Seattle’s coast, a thriving dog-training school, and a challenging volunteer job performing canine search and rescues. Not to mention her three intensely loyal Labs. But Fiona got to this point by surviving a nightmare… Several years ago, Fiona was the only survivor of the Red Scarf serial killer, who shot and killed Fiona’s cop fiancé and his K-9 partner. On Orcas Island, Fiona found the peace and solitude she needed to rebuild her life. But all that changes on the day Simon Doyle barrels up her drive, desperate for her help. He’s the reluctant owner of an out-of-control puppy, foisted upon him by his mother. Jaws has eaten through Simon’s house, and he’s at his wit’s end. To Fiona, Jaws is nothing…