A young widow’s proper English world shatters when a charming rogue re-awakens her yearnings for adventure. The stranger’s irrepressible grin and sea-green eyes hide a terrible secret that will test both her love and her courage. The widowed Elise is a perfect English lady living within the confines of society for the sake of her impressionable young son. Her quiet world is shattered when she […]
John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he’s written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private […]
Since ancient times, the great demon prison Zzyzx has protected the world from the most dangerous servants of darkness, including Gorgrog, the Demon King. After centuries of plotting, the Sphinx is on the verge of recovering the five artifacts necessary to open the legendary prison. Facing the potential of a world-ending calamity, all friends of light must unite in a final effort to thwart the […]
Title: Secret Sisters Author: Tristi Pinkston Publisher: Valor Publishing Group Release Date: March 16, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-935546-09-2 Size: 260 pages, hardcover Genre: Mystery This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award. (too short) Ida Mae Babbitt, president of the Omni 2nd ward Relief Society, didn’t mean to become a spy. But when visiting teaching stats are low and she learns that one family under […]
Harry Windover adores blonde, green-eyed Athena Lancaster, but alas, a penniless man like himself has no hope of winning a young noblewoman’s hand. To add insult to injury, Athena’s brother-in-law and guardian, the Duke of Kielder, has asked Harry to assist Athena in finding the gentleman of her dreams. But the lovesick Harry is cunning as well: as the weeks pass, he introduces Athena to […]
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 […]
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 Tapestry of Spells (The Nine Kingdoms, v. 4) Author: Lynn Kurland Publisher: Berkley Trade Release Date: January 5, 2010 ISBN: 978-0425232132 Size: 368 pages, 5.5×8, softcover Genre: Fantasy Series: Star of the Morning (v1), The Mage’s Daughter (v2), Princess of the Sword (v3) Return to the world of the Nine Kingdoms with New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland as a new evil, […]
Special Agent Vanessa Lauton is living a lie. For the past year she’s been posing as a member of the Dominican Republic’s most powerful crime family in order to infiltrate a Caribbean terrorist organization. When her CIA contact has a heart attack, he’s replaced by U.S. Navy SEAL squad member Seth Johnson — the man Vanessa nearly married six years earlier. And suddenly the heat […]
Things to Do in England: • Visit Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, and the London Zoo • Take the Jack the Ripper tour (creepy!) • Sample authentic English scones and crumpets • Discover a dead body What begins as a holiday trip for amateur sleuth and cooking aficionado Sadie Hoffmiller and her daughter, Breanna, turns into a bizarre mystery when they discover a dead […]