Title: The Canticle Kingdom Author: Michael Young Publisher: Bonneville Books (CFI) Release Date: February 8, 2010 ISBN: 978-1599553627 Size: 256 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: Fantasy Read Chapter 1 It seemed like ages since Kate’s father went off to war, and she is eager to thank him for the beautiful German music box he sent for her birthday. But when it starts playing a strange, new […]
Title: Everlasting Kiss Author: Amanda Ashley Publisher: Zebra Release Date: January 26, 2010 ISBN: 978-1420104431 Size: 384 pages, 4×6, softcover Genre: Paranormal Romance (Caution: May contain objectionable content) Read Chapter 1 DESIRE NEVER DIES Daisy O’Donnell doesn’t get the attraction some women feel for vampires. She likes her men with a pulse. And she’s just met one who’s full of life: Erik Delacourt, the unreasonably […]
Title: A Promise to Keep Author: L.C. Lang Publisher: CreateSpace Release Date: January 27, 2010 ISBN: 978-1449950811 Size: 192 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: Mystery/Suspense Read Chapter 1 Marcie Jackson begins her new job as a state police detective. The only woman in an office of men, she quickly learns she is going to have to prove herself. That opportunity comes sooner than she expects. Her […]
It’s been years since author Thom Mortenson has been back to Garrison, Colorado. As part of the committee who invited the bestselling writer to speak at the library fundraising benefit, Sadie Hoffmiller wants everything to be perfect—right down to the homemade devil’s food cake she baked herself. Certainly, murder was not on the menu. When Thom’s manager ends up dead on stage, Sadie jumps in […]
Title: A Cold Creek Secret Author: RaeAnne Thayne Publisher: Silhouette Release Date: February 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-0373655076 Size: 224 pages, 4×6, softcover Genre: Romance Series: A Cold Creek Homecoming, A Cold Creek Holiday Read an Excerpt Just back from a tour of duty, all Major Brant Western wanted was a hot meal and a warm bed. What he didn’t need was the stunning socialite in […]
Title: Taming the Wind Author: Michelle Thompson Publisher: Cedar Fort Release Date: January 8, 2010 ISBN: 978-1599553795 Size: 176 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: Young Adult At fifteen, Claire’s too young to deal with anything more than school, soccer, and friends. But when a horrific car accident takes the lives of her parents and siblings, Claire feels like it’s all her fault. Still injured physically and […]
Title: Being Sixteen Author: Allyson Braithwaite Condie Publisher: Deseret Book Release Date: January 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-1606412336 Size: 248 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: Young Adult The night of my sixteenth birthday, I didn’t even bother to make a wish when I blew out the candles on the cake. It was my sixteenth birthday, after all. My wishes had already come true. When you turn sixteen, […]
Title: Redemption Author: Susan Dayley Publisher: Walnut Springs Press Release Date: January 19, 2010 ISBN: 978-1935217503 Size: 209 pages, 6×9, softcover Genre: Historical It is the eighth century BC. No Hebrew will purposely venture into the Assyrian Empire, whose practice of barbarous slaughter casts a shadow of fear over all of Israel. But God calls Jonah, an Israelite prophet, to cry repentance to the evil […]
Title: Dispensation: Latter-Day Fiction Editor: Angela Hallstrom Publisher: Zarahemla Books Release Date: January 3, 2010 ISBN: 978-0984360307 Size: 482 pages, 5.5×8.5, softcover Genre: Short Story Anthology This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award. Read the Introduction here. Dispensation: Latter-day Fiction anthologizes the best Mormon short stories written near the turn of the twenty-first century. Each of the extraordinary twenty-eight stories in this volume […]
Title: Calamity Jack Author: Shannon Hale and Dean Hale Illustrator: Nathan Hale Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Release Date: January 5, 2010 ISBN: 978-1599900766 Size: 144 pages, 8×11, hardcover Genre: YA; Graphic Novel Series: Rapunzel’s Revenge This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award. Jack likes to think of himself as a criminal mastermind…with an unfortunate amount of bad luck. A schemer, plotter, planner, […]