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Curious about what books will be released in the months ahead so you can pre-order or reserve them? Then click on the months below.

Please note we have not included every book that is coming out, but rather some that caught our eye --- and that we thought should catch yours as well.

March 2021

Hardcover

Infinite by Brian Freeman - Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Thomas & Mercer | 9781542023863 | Published March 1, 2021

One rainy night, Dylan Moran’s car plunges off the road into a raging river, his beautiful wife drowning as he struggles to shore. In the aftermath, Dylan experiences sudden, strange visions: wherever he goes, he’s haunted by glimpses of himself. Dylan initially chalks it up to trauma, but that changes when he runs into a psychiatrist who claims he’s her patient. She says he has been undergoing a unique hypnotherapy treatment built on the idea that with every choice, he creates an infinite number of parallel universes. Now those parallel universes are unlocked --- and Dylan’s doppelgänger has staked a claim to his world. Can Dylan use these alternate realities to get a second chance at the life that was stolen from him?

Justine by Forsyth Harmon - Fiction

Tin House Books | 9781951142339 | Published March 2, 2021

Bored, restless and lonely, Ali never expected her life would change as dramatically as it did the day she walked into the local Stop & Shop. But she’s never met anyone like Justine, the store’s cashier. Ali applies for a job on the spot, securing a place for herself in Justine’s glittering vicinity. As Justine takes Ali under her wing, Ali learns how best to bag groceries, what foods to eat (and not to eat), how to shoplift, who to admire, and who she can become outside of her cold home, where her inattentive grandmother hardly notices the changes in her. Ali becomes more and more fixated on Justine, reshaping herself in her new idol’s image, leading to a series of events that spiral from superficial to seismic.

The Rebel Nun by Marj Charlier - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Blackstone Publishing | 9781094092751 | Published March 2, 2021

During the sixth century, women are afforded few choices in life: prostitution, motherhood or the cloister. Only the latter offers them any kind of independence. By the end of the century, even this is eroding as the church begins to eject women from the clergy. Craving the legitimacy thwarted by her bastard status, Clotild seeks to become the next abbess of the female Monastery of the Holy Cross, the most famous of the women's cloisters of the early Middle Ages. When the bishop of Poitiers blocks her appointment and seeks to control the nunnery himself, Clotild masterminds an escape, leading a group of uncloistered nuns on a dangerous pilgrimage to beg her royal relatives to intercede on their behalf. But the bishop refuses to back down, and a bloody battle ensues.

The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende - Memoir, Nonfiction

Ballantine Books | 9780593355626 | Published March 2, 2021

As a child, Isabel Allende watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without “resources or voice.” She became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined to fight for the life her mother couldn’t have. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the second wave of feminism. Among a tribe of like-minded female journalists, Allende for the first time felt comfortable in her own skin, as they wrote “with a knife between our teeth” about women’s issues. She has seen what the movement has accomplished in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three passionate marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one’s sexuality.

Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan - Fiction

Little, Brown and Company | 9780316429856 | Published March 9, 2021

In the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel, our unnamed narrator meets a magnetic writer named Ciaran and falls, against her better judgment, completely in his power. After a brief, all-consuming romance, he abruptly rejects her, sending her into a tailspin of jealous obsession and longing. If he ever comes back to her, she resolves to hang onto him and his love at all costs, even if it destroys her. ACTS OF DESPERATION renders a consciousness split between rebellion and submission, between escaping degradation and eroticizing it, between loving and being lovable. Author Megan Nolan dissects one of life’s most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we want, and how do we want it?

Everything After by Jill Santopolo - Fiction, Women's Fiction

G.P. Putnam's Sons | 9780593086964 | Published March 9, 2021

Emily has come a long way since she lost her two passions 15 years ago: music and Rob. She's a psychologist at NYU who helps troubled college students like the one she once was. Together with her caring doctor husband, Ezra, she has a beautiful life. They're happy. They hope to start a family. But when a tragic event in Emily's present too closely echoes her past, and parts of her story that she'd hoped never to share come to light, her perfect life is suddenly upturned. Then Emily hears a song on the radio about the woman who got away. The melody and voice are hauntingly familiar. Could it be? As Emily's past passions come roaring back into her life, she'll find herself asking: Who is she meant to be? Who is she meant to love?

The Beirut Protocol: A Marcus Ryker Novel by Joel C. Rosenberg - Fiction, Political Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Tyndale House Publishers | 9781496437891 | Published March 9, 2021

A game-changing peace treaty between Israel and the Saudis is nearly done. The secretary of state is headed to the region to seal the deal. And Special Agent Marcus Ryker is leading an advance trip along the Israeli-Lebanon border, ahead of the secretary’s arrival. But when Ryker and his team are ambushed by Hezbollah forces, a nightmare scenario begins to unfold. The last thing the White House can afford is a new war in the Mideast that could derail the treaty and set the region ablaze. U.S. and Israeli forces are mobilizing to find the hostages and get them home, but Ryker knows the clock is ticking. When Hezbollah realizes who they’ve captured, no amount of ransom will save them --- they’ll be transferred to Beirut and then to Tehran to be executed on live television.

Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter - Dystopian Fiction, Fiction

Dutton | 9780593183052 | Published March 16, 2021

Celeste Morton has eagerly awaited her passage to adulthood. Like every girl, she was born with a set of childhood markings --- the freckles, moles and birthmarks on her body that foretell her future and that of those around her --- and with puberty will come a new set of predictions that will solidify her fate. Celeste's beloved brother, Miles, is equally anticipating her transition to adulthood. As a skilled interpreter of the future, a field that typically excludes men, Miles considers Celeste his practice ground --- and the only clue to what his own future will bring. But when Celeste changes, she learns a devastating secret about Miles' fate. The lies of brother and sister eventually collide, leading to a tragedy that will irrevocably change Celeste's fate.

New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation by Thomas Dyja - History, Nonfiction

Simon & Schuster | 9781982149789 | Published March 16, 2021

Dangerous, filthy and falling apart, garbage piled on its streets and entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble: New York’s terrifying, if liberating, state of nature in 1978 also made it the capital of American culture. Over the next 30-plus years, though, it became a different place --- kinder and meaner, richer and poorer, more like America and less like what it had always been. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Thomas Dyja’s sweeping account of this metamorphosis, shows it wasn’t the work of a single policy, mastermind or economic theory, nor was it a morality tale of gentrification or crime. Instead, three New Yorks evolved in turn.

So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin' True Story of the New York Mets ― the Best Worst Team in Sports by Devin Gordon - Nonfiction, Sports

Harper | 9780062940025 | Published March 16, 2021

In SO MANY WAYS TO LOSE, author and lifelong Mets fan Devin Gordon sifts through the detritus of Queens for a baseball history like no other. Remember the time the Mets lost an All-Star after he got charged by a wild boar? Or the time they blew a six-run ninth-inning lead at the peak of a pennant race? Or the time they fired their manager before he ever managed a game? Sure you do. It was only two years ago, and it was all in the same season. The Mets have an unrivaled gift for getting it backward, doing the impossible, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, and then snatching defeat right back again.

A Question Mark Is Half a Heart written by Sofia Lundberg, translated by Nicola Smalley - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 9781328473028 | Published March 23, 2021

By age 50, Elin Boals has created for herself a perfect life. Her wildly successful business as Manhattan’s preeminent fashion photographer is flourishing. Her handsome, patient husband is devoted to her. Her teenaged daughter, Alice, has been accepted to the ballet academy of her dreams. But then Elin receives an innocuous-looking envelope. Folded inside is a star-chart, with an address written by a familiar hand. Shaken, Elin begins to have startling flashbacks, to a life very different from the childhood in a Paris bookstore that she has so lovingly recounted to Alice. As she becomes consumed by these memories, her New York life begins to crumble dramatically. Finally, her family’s troubling questions drive her to face, at last, the brutal secret from her past.

Danger in Numbers by Heather Graham - Fiction, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Suspense, Thriller

Mira | 9780778331452 | Published March 23, 2021

A ritualistic murder on the side of a remote road brings in the Florida state police. Special Agent Amy Larson has never seen worse, and there are indications that this killing could be just the beginning. The crime draws the attention of the FBI in the form of Special Agent Hunter Forrest, a man with insider knowledge of how violent cults operate, and a man who might never be able to escape his own past. The rural community is devastated by the death in their midst, but people know more than they are saying. As Amy and Hunter join forces, every lead takes them further into the twisted beliefs of a dangerous group that will stop at nothing to see their will done.

The Vines by Shelley Nolden - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Freiling Publishing | 9781950948406 | Published March 23, 2021

In the shadows of New York City lies forbidden North Brother Island, where the remains of a shuttered hospital hide the haunting memories of century-old quarantines and human experiments. The ruins conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned by contagions and the doctors who torment her. When Finn, a young urban explorer, arrives on the island and glimpses the enigmatic woman through the foliage, intrigue turns to obsession as he seeks to uncover her past --- and his own family's dark secrets. By unraveling these mysteries, will he be able to save Cora? Will Cora meet the same tragic ending as the thousands who've already perished on the island?

When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong - Biography, Entertainment, History, Nonfiction, Performing Arts

Harper | 9780062973306 | Published March 23, 2021

It was the Golden Age of Radio, and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women --- each an independent visionary --- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch TV today: Irna Phillips, Gertrude Berg, Hazel Scott and Betty White. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture.

You'll Thank Me for This by Nina Siegal - Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Mulholland Books | 9780316703567 | Published March 23, 2021

Twelve-year old Karin is blindfolded and dropped into the Hoge Veluwe National Forest with three other children. With nothing but a few basic supplies and emergency food, the children are tasked with working together to navigate one of the Netherlands' most beautiful and wild locations and return to where their families are anxiously waiting. Karin quickly finds herself at odds with two of the older teens, and suddenly looks up to see that the other children have vanished. As Karin struggles against the elements to find her way back, she soon realizes that something far more sinister lurks in the woods. While Karin fights for survival, and Grace hastens to find her daughter, the night culminates in the reveal of a deadly secret --- and a shocking confrontation --- that will push each of them to her edge.

Animals by Will Staples - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Blackstone Publishing | 9781094065885 | Published March 30, 2021

When rhino poachers kill two of his fellow rangers in Kruger Park, South African Defense Force veteran Cobus Venter reaches his breaking point. Quitting his job, he embarks on a vigilante mission to take down the animal-trafficking syndicate from the inside. Meanwhile, in Florida, insurance investigator Randall Knight is called to a private roadside zoo, where a new tiger cub of suspect lineage brought a virus that wiped out all the zoo's tigers. The disease is just one species jump away from erupting into a deadly global human pandemic. What starts as a simple insurance claim leads Knight to discover a shocking new evolution in the business of illicit animal trafficking. Both men must stay alive long enough to stop a vicious international triad from ending wildlife as we know it.

Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players by Cam Perron with Nick Chiles - Nonfiction, Sports

Gallery Books | 9781982153601 | Published March 30, 2021

At the age of 12, Cam Perron started writing letters to former Negro League players, asking for their autographs and a few words about their careers. He got back much more than he expected. By the time Cam finished middle school, letters had turned into phone calls, and he was spending hours a day talking with the players. In these conversations, many of the players revealed that their careers had been unrecognized over time, and they’d fallen out of touch with their former teammates. So Cam, along with a small group of fellow researchers, organized the first annual Negro League Players Reunion in Birmingham, Alabama in 2010. At the celebratory, week-long event, 15-year-old Cam and the players --- who were in their 70s, 80s and 90s --- finally met in person. They quickly became family.

The Hiding Place: A Mercy Carr Mystery by Paula Munier - Fiction, Mystery

Minotaur Books | 9781250153074 | Published March 30, 2021

When her late grandfather’s dying deputy calls Mercy to his side, she and Elvis inherit the cold case that haunted him --- and may have killed him. But finding Beth Kilgore 20 years after she disappeared is more than a lost cause. It’s a Pandora’s box releasing a rain of evil on the very people Mercy and Elvis hold most dear. The timing couldn’t be worse when the man who murdered her grandfather escapes from prison and a fellow Army vet turns up claiming that Elvis is his dog, not hers. With her grandmother Patience gone missing, and Elvis’ future uncertain, Mercy faces the prospect of losing her most treasured allies, the only ones she believes truly love and understand her. She needs help, and that means forgiving Vermont Game Warden Troy Warner long enough to enlist his aid.

Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale by Pamela Hamilton - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Koehler Books | 9781646632725 | Published March 31, 2021

LADY BE GOOD is a debut novel that transports us to the glittering, sumptuous era of 1920s New York to follow the life of aspiring actress Dorothy Hale as she comes of age. Breaking societal rules imposed on women, "Peck's Bad Girl of Pittsburgh Society" leaves behind her privileged world for the bright lights of Broadway to chase her dream. From convent school debutante runaway to Ziegfeld showgirl to Hollywood star, Hale transforms herself into one of the most adored figures in the highest echelons of society. Yet behind the public façade, the darling of the press contends with heart-rending loss, gossip and betrayal, and a tempestuous friendship with Luce.

Paperback

Allow Joy into Our Hearts: Chan Practice in Uncertain Times by Rebecca Li - Nonfiction, Personal Growth, Self-Help, Spirituality

Chan Dharma Community | 9781954564008 | Published March 1, 2021

When faced with an event that disrupts every aspect of our lives, how do we avoid succumbing to hopelessness, bitterness and other destructive habits of the mind, and instead find ways to allow joy, kindness and generosity to fill our hearts in the midst of suffering? Rebecca Li explains how we can, through the cultivation of clear awareness, transform challenging circumstances into fertile soil for wisdom and compassion to grow by facing each moment with tenderness, clarity and courage.

Bells for Eli by Susan Beckham Zurenda - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Mercer University Press | 9780881467741 | Published March 1, 2021

First cousins Eli Winfield and Delia Green grow up across the street from one another in Green Branch, South Carolina, in the 1960s and '70s. After Eli's tragic childhood accident, the trajectory of their lives and of those connected to them changes. Shunned by his peers for his disfigurement, Eli struggles for acceptance as Delia devotes herself to defending him. Delia's vivid narrative voice presents Eli as a confident young man in adolescence, the visible damage to his body gone, but underneath hides indelible wounds that rule his impulses. And while Eli cherishes Delia more than anyone and attempts to protect her from her own troubles, he cares not for protecting himself.

The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest by Dara Saville - Medicine, Nature, Nonfiction

University of New Mexico Press | 9780826362179 | Published March 1, 2021

An accomplished herbalist and geographer, Dara Saville has produced an ecological manual for developing relationships with the land and plants in a new theoretical approach to using herbal medicines. Designed to increase our understanding of plants’ rapport with their environment, this trailblazing herbal speaks to our innate connection to place and provides a pathway to understanding the medicinal properties of plants through their ecological relationships. With 39 plant profiles and detailed color photographs, Saville provides an extensive materia medica in which she offers practical tools and information alongside inspiration for working with plants in a way that restores our connection to the natural world.

A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones - Fiction, Humor, Mystery

St. Martin's Griffin | 9781250149459 | Published March 2, 2021

Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff, and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of this is reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol in the first place. Add to that the trouble at her daughter’s new school, and a kidnapped prized rooster named Puff Daddy, and, well, the forecast looks anything but sunny. But even clouds have their silver linings. This one has Levi, Sunshine's sexy, almost-old-flame, and a fiery-hot US Marshal. With temperatures rising everywhere she turns, Del Sol's normally cool-minded sheriff is finding herself knee-deep in drama and danger.

A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler - Fiction

St. Martin's Griffin | 9781250237293 | Published March 2, 2021

In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who’s headed to college in the fall. All is well until the Whitmans --- a family with new money and a secretly troubled teenage daughter --- raze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace. With little in common except a property line, these two families quickly find themselves at odds: first, over an historic oak tree in Valerie's yard, and soon after, the blossoming romance between their two teenagers.

An Artful Corpse: An Art of Murder Mystery by Helen A. Harrison - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

Poisoned Pen Press | 9781728214030 | Published March 2, 2021

When Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton's corpse is discovered behind the easels of Manhattan's famed art school, whispers in the art community say he had it coming. As Benton's list of enemies lengthens to include League instructors, Vietnam War protesters and members of Andy Warhol's entourage, one art student is ultimately pinned for the crime. The only problem: the suspect has vanished. Why would an art student murder Benton? And if he were innocent, why would he run? When TJ Fitzgerald, son of Detective Juanita Diaz and Captain Brian Fitzgerald of the NYPD, discovers that his classmate is the prime suspect, he uses his investigative skills to try and clear his name.