Silencing Eve by Iris Johansen
Eve Duncan Series Book # 18
This is the finale that fans have been waiting for. In Taking Eve, the game began. In Hunting Eve, the chase was on. Now, in Silencing Eve, the prey is cornered.
Will Eve Duncan survive? Will those she loves take the fall
with her? And will the secrets of Eve’s past ultimately become her
undoing?
In Silencing Eve, all the questions will be answered in a shocking, you never saw it coming conclusion.
For more information on Iris Johansen and her latest works visit her website.
Down London Road by Samantha Young
On Dublin Street Series
Johanna Walker is used to taking charge. But she’s about to meet someone who will make her lose control....
It has always been up to Johanna to care for her family, particularly
her younger brother, Cole. With an absent father and a useless mother,
she’s been making decisions based on what’s best for Cole for as long as
she can remember. She even determines what men to date by how much they
can provide for her brother and her, not on whatever sparks may—or may
not—fly.
But with Cameron MacCabe, the attraction is undeniable.
The sexy new bartender at work gives her butterflies every time she
looks at him. And for once, Jo is tempted to put her needs first. Cam is
just as obsessed with getting to know Jo, but her walls are too solid
to let him get close enough to even try.
Then Cam moves into the
flat below Jo’s, and their blistering connection becomes impossible to
ignore. Especially since Cam is determined to uncover all of Jo’s
secrets
even if it means taking apart her defenses piece by piece.
For more information on Samantha Young and her latest works visit her website.
The Training by Tara Sue Me
The Submissive Trilogy Book # 3
Now, in the
enticing conclusion to Tara Sue Me’s Submissive Trilogy, the submissive
and her dominant explore just how long they can make the pleasure last…
It started with a hidden desire.
Millionaire
CEO Nathaniel West has always played by his own strict set of rules,
ones he expects everyone to follow—especially the women he’s dominated
in his bedroom. But his newest lover is breaking down all his boundaries
and rewriting his rule book.
Abby King never imagined that she
would capture the heart of Nathaniel West, one of New York City’s most
eligible bachelors—and its most desirable dominant. What began as a
weekend arrangement of pleasure has become a passionate romance with a
man who knows every inch of her body and her soul – yet remains an
enigmatic lover. Though he is tender and caring, his painful past
remains a wall between them.
Abby knows the only way to truly
earn his trust is to submit to him fully and let go of all of her
lingering inhibitions. Because to lead Nathaniel on a path to greater
intimacy, she must first let him deeper into her world than anyone has
ever gone before.
For more information on Tara Sue Me and her latest works visit her website.
The Dominant by Tara Sue Me
The Submissive Trilogy Book # 2
Nathaniel West doesn’t lose control.
As the playboy CEO of West Industries, he governs the boardroom during
the day; as a strict dominant with exacting rules, he commands the
bedroom at night. He never takes on inexperienced submissives, but when
Abigail King’s application comes across his desk, he breaks his own
restrictions and decides to test her limits.
Abby’s combination
of innocence and willingness is intoxicating, and Nathaniel is soon
determined to collar her as his own. As long as she follows his orders
and surrenders herself fully to him, no one will get hurt.
But
when Nathaniel begins falling for Abby on a deeper level, he realizes
that the trust must go both ways—and he has secrets which could bring
the foundations of their entire relationship crashing down...
For more information on Tara Sue Me and her latest works visit her website.
The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell
Alma DeGeer Dunahew,
the mother of three young boys, works as the maid for a prominent
citizen and his family in West Table, Missouri. Her husband is mostly
absent, and, in 1929, her scandalous, beloved younger sister is one of
the 42 killed in an explosion at the local dance hall.
Who is to blame?
Mobsters from St. Louis? The embittered local gypsies? The preacher who
railed against the loose morals of the waltzing couples? Or could it
have been a colossal accident?
Alma thinks she knows the answer-and that
its roots lie in a dangerous love affair. Her dogged pursuit of justice
makes her an outcast and causes a long-standing rift with her own son.
By telling her story to her grandson, she finally gains some solace-and
peace for her sister. He is advised to "Tell it. Go on and tell it"-tell
the story of his family's struggles, suspicions, secrets, and triumphs.
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
The Bone Season Series Book # 1
It is the year 2059.
Several major world cities are under the control of a security force
called Scion. Paige Mahoney works in the criminal underworld of Scion
London, part of a secret cell known as the Seven Seals. The work she
does is unusual: scouting for information by breaking into others’
minds. Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare kind of clairvoyant, and in this
world, the voyants commit treason simply by breathing.
But when
Paige is captured and arrested, she encounters a power more sinister
even than Scion. The voyant prison is a separate city—Oxford, erased
from the map two centuries ago and now controlled by a powerful,
otherworldly race. These creatures, the Rephaim, value the voyants
highly—as soldiers in their army.
Paige is assigned to a Rephaite
keeper, Warden, who will be in charge of her care and training. He is
her master. Her natural enemy. But if she wants to regain her freedom,
Paige will have to learn something of his mind and his own mysterious
motives.
The Bone Season introduces a compelling heroine—a young
woman learning to harness her powers in a world where everything has
been taken from her. It also introduces an extraordinary young writer,
with huge ambition and a teeming imagination. Samantha Shannon has
created a bold new reality in this riveting debut.
For more information on Samantha Shannon and her latest works visit her website.
The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini
Born to slave-holding
aristocracy in Richmond, Virginia, and educated by Northern Quakers,
Elizabeth Van Lew was a paradox of her time. When her native state
seceded in April 1861, Van Lew’s convictions compelled her to defy the
new Confederate regime. Pledging her loyalty to the Lincoln White House,
her courage would never waver, even as her wartime actions threatened
not only her reputation, but also her life.
Van Lew’s skills in
gathering military intelligence were unparalleled. She helped to
construct the Richmond Underground and orchestrated escapes from the
infamous Confederate Libby Prison under the guise of humanitarian aid.
Her spy ring’s reach was vast, from clerks in the Confederate War and
Navy Departments to the very home of Confederate President Jefferson
Davis.
Although Van Lew was inducted posthumously into the
Military Intelligence Hall of Fame, the astonishing scope of her
achievements has never been widely known. In Chiaverini’s riveting tale
of high-stakes espionage, a great heroine of the Civil War finally gets
her due.
For more information on Jennifer Chiaverini and her latest works visit her website.
Gone With the Win by Mary Daheim
Bed and Breakfast Mystery Series Book # 28
When innkeeper Judith
McMonigle Flynn promises husband Joe never to find another dead body,
she wavers when she receives a dubious B&B reservation at Hillside
Manor from a Mary Smith of New York City. More than Judith's curiosity
is piqued when she recognizes her new arrival as Ruby Tooms, the
world-weary barmaid from Little Bavaria, checking in with an overnight
bag and a cold case of murder.
Ruby's strangled mother is long
gone, but the killer was never caught. To compound interest for both
Flynns, the unsolved case was a first for Joe's former homicide partner,
Woody Price. Maybe it's time to revisit the scene of the crime.
With
a reluctant Cousin Renie in tow, Judith ventures into her long-forsaken
old neighborhood, the site of the McMonigles' ill-fated Meat &
Mingle Cafe. Traipsing from nursing home to nursery garden, from butcher
shop and bus stop to beer and betting parlors, Judith and Renie track
down a killer intent on seeing them come in dead last.
For more information on Mary Daheim and her latest works visit her website.
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
A man-made plague has
swept the earth, but a small group survives, along with the green-eyed
Crakers – a gentle species bio-engineered to replace humans. Toby,
onetime member of the Gods Gardeners and expert in mushrooms and bees,
is still in love with street-smart Zeb, who has an interesting past. The
Crakers’ reluctant prophet, Snowman-the-Jimmy, is hallucinating; Amanda
is in shock from a Painballer attack; and Ivory Bill yearns for the
provocative Swift Fox, who is flirting with Zeb. Meanwhile, giant
Pigoons and malevolent Painballers threaten to attack.
Told with
wit, dizzying imagination, and dark humour, Booker Prize-winning
Margaret Atwood’s unpredictable, chilling and hilarious MaddAddam takes
us further into a challenging dystopian world and holds up a skewed
mirror to our own possible future.
For more information on Margaret Atwood and her latest works visit her website.
It Happens in the Dark by Carol O'Connell
Kathleen Mallory Series Book # 11
The reviews called it "A
Play to Die For" after the woman was found dead in the front row. It
didn’t seem so funny the next night, when another body was found—this
time the playwright’s, his throat slashed.
Detective Kathy
Mallory takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be
giving her a straight answer. The only person—if "person" is the right
word—who seems to be clear is the ghostwriter. Every night, an unseen
backstage hand chalks up line changes and messages on a blackboard. And
the ghostwriter is now writing Mallory into the play itself, a play
about a long-ago massacre that may not be at all fictional. "MALLORY,"
the blackboard reads. "TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT. NOTHING PERSONAL."
If Mallory can’t find out who’s responsible, heads will roll. Unfortunately, one of them may be her own.
Blind Justice by Anne Perry
William Monk Series Book # 19
Anne Perry's Inspector
William Monk: in search of justice, he will not stop until he has found
the truth... Oliver Rathbone, William Monk's close friend, has presided
brilliantly over his first cases as a judge. But the next will bring a
far greater challenge.
Abel Taft, a charismatic minister adored by his
congregation, stands accused of terrible corruption and fraud which has
ruined the lives of those he's betrayed. In court, each victim affirms
Taft's guilt, but when the defence's star witness tears their stories
apart, the case seems lost. Rathbone realises he holds, locked away, a
piece of evidence that could change the outcome of the trial and bring
true justice, but can he, as the judge, become involved?
The decision
Rathbone makes will draw Monk deep into a dangerous case that will shape
the rest of both their lives...
For more information on Anne Perry and her latest works visit her website.
Doing Hard Time by Stuart Woods
Stone Barrington Series Book # 27
When Stone Barrington
embarks on a trip to Bel-Air to check in on some business and personal
concerns, he expects a relaxing break from the fast pace and mean
streets of New York. But trouble never takes a vacation, and it has a
way of finding Stone.
A case that had seemingly been resolved has
returned in full force—with lethal results. And this deadly situation
makes for strange bedfellows when Stone finds himself teamed with the
least likely ally . . . a gentleman of unique abilities, who can fly
below the radar and above the law.
From the high-stakes poker
tables of Las Vegas to California’s lush beachside resorts, the trail of
disguise, subterfuge, and murder leads to a shocking conclusion.
For more information on Stuart Woods and his latest works visit his website.
Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince by Nancy Atherton
Aunt Dimity Mystery Series Book # 18
Cozy mystery lovers’ favorite paranormal sleuth is back with her eighteenth otherworldly adventure
When a finely wrought silver sleigh figurine turns up in her thrift
shop, Lori Shepherd recognizes it instantly. It was the object that
mesmerized the sweet but very poor nine-year-old Daisy Pickering at
Sproggton Manor, the bizarre Jacobean house-turned-museum Lori recently
visited with her twin sons.
Hoping to avoid any real
commotion, Lori decides to speak with the museum curator, who turns out
to be oddly uninterested in the theft. But there’s not much that could
be done anyway for the Pickerings seem to have come into some money and
moved to Australia.
With Aunt Dimity’s otherworldly guidance,
Lori’s search for the sleigh’s true owner leads her to a tangled web of
secrets stretching from the finest English country estates back to the
blood-drenched soil of the Russian Revolution.
For more information on Nancy Atherton and her latest works visit her website.
Something Borrowed Someone Dead by M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin Mystery Series Book # 24
Gloria French was a
jolly widow with dyed blonde hair, a raucous laugh and rosy cheeks. When
she first moved from London to the charming Cotswolds hills, she was
heartily welcomed. She seemed a do-gooder par excellence, raising funds
for the church and caring for the elderly. But she had a nasty habit
of borrowing things and not giving them back, just small things, a
teapot here, a set of silverware there. So it's quite the shock when
she is found dead, murdered by a poisoned bottle of elderberry wine.
Afraid the murder will be a blight on the small town, Parish councillor,
Jerry Tarrant, hires private detective Agatha Raisin to track down the
murderer.
But the village is secretive and the residents resent
Agatha's investigation. Of course that doesn't stop the ever-persistent
Agatha from investigating and sticking her nose where no one wants
it—especially as the suspect list grows. And, as if it isn't enough
that Agatha's ex has reentered the picture, the murderer is now
targeting Agatha!
For more information on M.C. Beaton and her latest works visit her website.
A Seaside Christmas by Sherryl Woods
Chesapeake Shores Series Book # 10
As the only child of a
single mom, Jenny Collins wanted nothing more than to be part of a
large, rambunctious family like the O'Briens. Ironically, though, when
her mother married into that family, Jenny found herself feeling more
like an outsider than ever.
Now, after years in Nashville as an
established songwriter, Jenny's drawn back to Chesapeake Shores to
collaborate on a Christmas production, and to make peace with the past.
As if that's not challenging enough, Caleb Green, the singer who broke
her heart, has followed her to town, determined to win her back.
With the help of a little O'Brien holiday magic, will Jenny and Caleb find a way to make sweet music forever?
For more information on Sherryl Woods and her latest works visit her website.
Gilt Trip by Laura Childs
Scrapbooking Mystery Series Book # 11
Scrapbooking Tips and Recipes Included!
Louisiana businessman Jerry Earl Leland served only a fraction of his five-year sentence for white-collar crime, thanks to some political connections and a few greased palms. But he won’t have long to enjoy his freedom
After Jerry Earl’s early release, his wife, Margo—a much-married Garden District doyenne—throws an extravagant Get Out of Jail Free Party, complete with a Zydeco band, champagne ice luge, and waiters in ties and tails. The guest list includes many prominent New Orleans socialites, as well as scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand and her best friend, Ava Gruiex.
But sometime during the swirl of partying and drinking, Jerry Earl is brutally murdered—then stuffed inside a clothes dryer.
Carmela has earned a reputation around town for solving murders, and when the grieving widow turns to her for help, she can’t say no. But Jerry Earl took a lot of people to the cleaners with his underhanded business tactics, so Carmela’s going to be hard-pressed to identify which of his enemies was steamed enough to kill him. As she sorts through Jerry Earl’s dirty laundry, she needs to collar the killer before another victim is set to tumble dry
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For more information on Laura Childs and her latest works visit her website.
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
Ira Levinson is in
trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world,
he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash.
Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a
blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved
wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she
forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime
together – how they met, the precious paintings they collected together,
the dark days of WWII and its effect on them and their families. Ira
knows that Ruth can’t possibly be in the car with him, but he clings to
her words and his memories, reliving the sorrows and everyday joys that
defined their marriage.
A few miles away, at a local rodeo, a
Wake Forest College senior’s life is about to change. Recovering from a
recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears
little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at
school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the
stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward -- even life and death –
loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds
herself imagining a future far removed from her plans -- a future that
Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the secret he’s keeping doesn’t
destroy it first.
Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who
have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience.
Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us
all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary
journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the
human heart.
For more information on Nicholas Sparks and his latest works visit his website.
Possession by J.R. Ward
Fallen Angels Series Book # 5
When Cait Douglass
resolves to get over her broken heart, throw off her inhibitions, and
start really living, she’s unprepared for the two sensual men who cross
her path. Torn between them, she doesn’t know which to choose--or what
kind of dire consequences could follow.
Jim Heron, fallen angel
and reluctant savior, is ahead in the war, but he puts everything at
risk when he seeks to make a deal with the devil--literally. As yet
another soul is unwittingly caught in the battle between him and the
demon Devina, his fixation on an innocent trapped in Hell threatens to
sidetrack him from his sacred duty...
Can good still prevail if
true love makes a savior weak? And will a woman’s future be the key, or
the curse, for all of humanity? Only time, and hearts, will tell.
For more information on J.R. Ward and her latest works visit her website.
Tamarack County by William Kent Kreuger
Cork O'Connor Series Book # 13
As a blizzard swells
just days before Christmas, the car belonging to the wife of a retired
local judge is discovered abandoned on a rural road in Tamarack County.
After days of fruitless effort, the search-and-rescue team has little
hope that she’ll be found alive, if at all. Cork O’Connor, former
sheriff and now private investigator, is part of that team.
Early
on, Cork notices small things about the woman’s disappearance that
disturb him. But when the beloved pet dog of a friend is brutally killed
and beheaded, he begins to see a startling pattern in these and other
recent dark occurrences in the area. After his own son comes close to
peril, Cork understands that someone is spinning a deadly web in
Tamarack County. At the center is a murder more than twenty years old,
for which an innocent man may have been convicted. Cork remembers the
case only too well. He was the deputy in charge of the investigation
that sent the man to prison.
With the darkest days of the year at
hand, the storms of winter continue to isolate Tamarack County.
Somewhere behind the blind of all that darkness and drifting snow, a
vengeful force is at work. And Cork has only hours to stop it before his
family and his friends pay the ultimate price for the sins of others.
With complex plot twists, rich characters, and a vivid setting, Tamarack County is a relentlessly fast-paced novel that will chill, thrill, and shock you.
For more information on William Kent Kreuger and his latest works visit his website.