Fresh Pick for Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 is MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD by Charlaine Harris Harris is back with an all new story Midnight Texas Ace | May 2014 On Sale: May 6, 2014 320 pages | ISBN: 0425263150 | EAN: 9780425263150 Kindle: B00FKEYHM8 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List Fantasy Urban, Paranormal Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris FIRST IN A NEW TRILOGY From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and her world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a darker locale—populated by more strangers than friends. But then, that’s how the locals prefer it… Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town. There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There’s a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own). Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal….
Fresh Pick for Monday, May 5th, 2014 is THE COLLECTOR OF DYING BREATHS by M. J. Rose #SuspenseMonday Atria Books April 2014 On Sale: April 8, 2014 385 pages ISBN: 1451621531 EAN: 9781451621532 Kindle: B00DPM9088 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List Suspense, Thriller, Mystery Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound The Collector of Dying Breaths by M. J. Rose Florence, Italy—1533: An orphan named René le Florentin is plucked from poverty to become Catherine de Medici’s perfumer. Traveling with the young duchessina from Italy to France, René brings with him a cache of secret documents from the monastery where he was trained: recipes for exotic fragrances and potent medicines—and a formula for an alchemic process said to have the potential to reanimate the dead. In France, René becomes not only the greatest perfumer in the country, but also the most dangerous, creating deadly poisons for his Queen to use against her rivals. But while mixing herbs and essences under the light of flickering candles, René doesn’t begin to imagine the tragic and personal consequences for which his lethal potions will be responsible. Paris, France—The Present: A renowned mythologist, Jac L’Etoile—trying to recover from personal heartache by…
Fresh Pick for Sunday, May 4th, 2014 is MURDER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY by Amanda Carmack #HistoricalMystery Elizabethan Mystery Signet April 2014 On Sale: April 1, 2014 304 pages ISBN: 0451415124 EAN: 9780451415127 Kindle: B00F9EZBQU Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List Mystery Historical Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound Murder At Westminster Abbey by Amanda Carmack 1559. Elizabeth is about to be crowned queen of England and wants her personal musician Kate Haywood to prepare music for the festivities. New to London, Kate must learn the ways of city life…and once again school herself as a sleuth. Life at the center of the new royal court is abuzz with ambition and gossip—very different from the quiet countryside, where Kate served Elizabeth during her exile. Making her way among the courtiers who vie for the new queen’s favor, Kate befriends Lady Mary Everley. Mary is very close to Elizabeth. With their red hair and pale skin, they even resemble each other—which makes Mary’s murder all the more chilling. The celebrations go on despite the pall cast over them. But when another redhead is murdered, Kate uncovers a deadly web of motives lurking just beneath the polite court banter,…
Fresh Pick for Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 is MURDER AT HONEYCHURCH HALL by Hannah Dennison #Free4All a quirky but fun mystery St. Martin’s Press Minotaur May 2014 On Sale: May 13, 2014 304 pages ISBN: 1250007798 EAN: 9781250007797 Kindle: B00H6EOJNW Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List Mystery Cozy, Mystery Amateur Sleuth, Mystery Woman Sleuth Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound Murder At Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison Kat Stanford is just days away from starting her dream antique business with her newly widowed mother Iris when she gets a huge shock. Iris has recklessly purchased a dilapidated carriage house at Honeychurch Hall, an isolated country estate located several hundred miles from London. Yet it seems that Iris isn’t the only one with surprises at Honeychurch Hall. Behind the crumbling façade, the inhabitants of the stately mansion are a lively group of eccentrics to be sure—both upstairs and downstairs —and they all have more than their fair share of skeletons in the closet. When the nanny goes missing, and Vera, the loyal housekeeper ends up dead in the grotto, suspicions abound. Throw in a feisty, octogenarian countess, a precocious seven year old who is obsessed with the…
Fresh Pick for Thursday, May 1st, 2014 is WOLF AT THE DOOR by N.J. Walters #SupernaturalThursday Salvation Pack Samhain April 2014 On Sale: April 15, 2014 240 pages ISBN: 1619220393 EAN: 9781619220393 Kindle: B00I0EM9NO e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Paranormal Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound Wolf at the Door by N.J. Walters When this wolf comes knocking, there’s no turning him away Salvation Pack, Book 1 When Gwendolyn Jones inherits a Tennessee cabin from a great aunt she never knew, she quits her job and follows her dream to write full time. Meeting a stranger in a local cemetery isn’t a risk she normally takes, but she needs the information on his flash drive for an article she’s writing on werewolves. Later that night, when two honest-to-God werewolves come knocking on her cabin door, they’re definitely not Photoshopped. Jacque LaForge is on a mission to retrieve a flash drive before it endangers his pack. He never thought he’d find a mate, but the chemistry between him and Gwen is unmistakably off the charts. Now to convince her he’s only trying to protect her from his vengeful former pack—led by his own father. Gwen’s first instinct…
Fresh Pick for Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 is PURE TEMPTATION AND OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER by Vicki Lewis Thompson #RomanceWednesday Classic romance revisited The Best of Temptation Harlequin April 2014 On Sale: April 15, 2014 384 pages ISBN: 0373606273 EAN: 9780373606276 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary Buy A Copy Amazon.com BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound Pure Temptation and Old Enough to Know Better by Vicki Lewis Thompson In these two classic Harlequin Temptation stories being young just makes it hotter! PURE TEMPTATION Growing up in a small town with four very big brothers means Tess Blakely might as well be wearing a chastity belt. This has to change before she moves to New York. She’s read loads of books about sex, but she needs some hands-on training. And her best friend, “Mac” MacDougal, looks like the perfect teacher to set things on fire…. OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER Accepting a dare to hit on the gorgeous new landscaper is Kasey Braddock’s chance to prove she can entice a man and leave him drooling. After all, she’s old enough to know what she wants—and she wants Sam Ashton…badly. The chemistry between them is powerful, explosive.Still, she plans to…
Fresh Pick for Monday, April 28th, 2014 is THE COLLECTOR by Nora Roberts #SuspenseMonday Roberts hits her stride again Putnam April 2014 On Sale: April 15, 2014 496 pages ISBN: 0399164456 EAN: 9780399164453 Kindle: B00FX7REI6 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary, Romance Suspense Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound The Collector by Nora Roberts From #1 New York Times–bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel of a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed, and danger that brings them together—and could tear them apart . . . When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman with no permanent ties finds herself almost wishing for one. . . . Artist Ashton Archer knows his brother isn’t capable of violence—against himself or others. He recruits Lila, the only eyewitness, to help him uncover what happened. Ash longs to paint her as intensely as he hungers to touch her. But their investigation draws them into a rarified circle where priceless antiques are bought, sold, gambled away, and stolen, where what you possess…
Fresh Pick for Friday, April 25th, 2014 is LOVE COMES CALLING by Siri L. Mitchell #InspirationFriday Hollywood’s calling! Bethany House Publishers March 2014 On Sale: March 4, 2014 368 pages ISBN: 076421036X EAN: 9780764210365 Kindle: B00DWA6A1S Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound Love Comes Calling by Siri L. Mitchell A girl with the best of intentions. A heart set on Hollywood. An empty pocketbook. That’s all it takes for Ellis Eton to find herself working as a telephone operator for a look-alike friend. For Ellis, this job will provide not only acting practice but the funds to get her a start in the movies. She\’s tired of always being a disappointment to her traditional Boston family, and though she can’t deny the way he makes her head spin, she knows she’s not good enough for Griffin Phillips, either. It’s simple: avoid Griff’s attentions, work, and get paid. But in typical Ellis fashion, her simple plan spirals out of control when she overhears a menacing phone call…with her very own Griff as the target. With an endearing heroine as her lead, Siri Mitchell takes readers on a madcap tale of…
Fresh Pick for Thursday, April 24th, 2014 is BIRTHMARKED by Maria Violante #SupernaturalThursday It’s not what it seems The Markers: Book One Author Self-Published March 2014 On Sale: March 13, 2014 186 pages ISBN: 1497341264 EAN: 9781497341265 Kindle: B00FLKR6XI Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List Fantasy Urban, Paranormal – Supernatural Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound Birthmarked by Maria Violante Charlie Kale knows life isn’t easy. But for the first time, this truck driver might have finally found her little piece of happiness. She’s got it all—her big rig, friends, a great mentor, and a man about to join her on the road. That is, until the good things in Charlie’s life all fall apart, and she finds herself at the mercy of a sexy but mysterious gunman who claims to be a member of a secret order dedicated to fighting the supernatural monsters that filter over into our world. She’s given a choice—join up or die, and while the gunman might be insane, Charlie’s hell-bent on not dying. Too bad it looks like that might not be an option. A Compelling New Series which Will Leave You Ready for More! Previous Picks
Fresh Pick for Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 is A SEAL’S KISS by Tawny Weber #RomanceWednesday Uniformly Hot! Harlequin Blaze April 2014 On Sale: March 18, 2014 224 pages ISBN: 0373797958 EAN: 9780373797950 Kindle: B00FTQ2AFI Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List Romance Contemporary, Romance Erotica Sensual Buy A Copy Amazon.com Kindle BN.com Powell’s Books Indiebound A SEAL’s Kiss by Tawny Weber Subject: Navy SEAL Petty Officer Aiden Masters Current Status: On leave Obstacle: Deploy “Mission: (Fake) Engagement”…without actually falling for his fiancée! The goal of Mission: Engagement is simple—a fake engagement concocted to bring happiness to Sage Taylor’s ailing father. The Rules: 1) Treat it like a military mission 2) Keep the truth undercover 3) The “engagement” lasts as long as the professor’s health depends on it; and 4) No sex…especially with each other! But the incredibly spirited (and a touch quirky) Sage has never been one for rules. Especially when they involve Aiden’s rock-hard navy bod and a ton of smokin’-hot sexual attraction. Which means in order to seduce this sexy SEAL, she’ll have to completely outmaneuver him…. A faked engagement might be just what they need Previous Picks