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Week of July 6, 2015

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Week of July 6, 2015

Releases for the week of July 6th include Anne Rice's PRINCE LESTAT, a long-awaited novel that picks up where THE VAMPIRE LESTAT left off more than a quarter of a century ago; WATCH ME, a follow-up memoir to A STORY LATELY TOLD, in which Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston chronicles her 17-year love affair with Jack Nicholson, her rise to stardom, and her mastery of the craft of acting; LANDLINE, Rainbow Rowell's novel that asks if two people are ever truly on the same path, or whether love just means finding someone who will keep meeting you halfway, no matter where you end up; and DOUBLE AGENT by Peter Duffy, the never-before-told tale of the German-American who infiltrated New York’s Nazi underground in the days leading up to World War II.

Abroad by Katie Crouch - Fiction

July 7, 2015


Taz, a British student who has just arrived for her year abroad, thinks that she will spend her time in Italy sipping wine and taking in the rolling Umbrian hills. But she soon falls in with a cabal of posh, reckless girls --- the B4 --- who turn her quaint fantasies into an erotic and dangerous rush through the darkest realms of friendship and love.

Breaking Creed: A Ryder Creed Novel by Alex Kava - Thriller

July 7, 2015


Ryder Creed and his dogs have intercepted several major drug stashes being smuggled through Atlanta’s airport. But their newfound celebrity has also garnered some unwanted attention. Meanwhile, FBI agent Maggie O’Dell is investigating a series of murders and suspects it’s the work of a cunning and brutal assassin. Unfortunately, by the time she uncovers a hit list with Creed’s name on it, it might be too late.

California by Edan Lepucki - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

July 7, 2015


It’s the 2050s, and Cal and Frida, married refugees from a California devastated by earthquakes, live in a shack in the northwest US. When their neighbors are poisoned and the couple learns that Frida is pregnant, Cal and Frida venture toward a nearby settlement run by “Spike People,” a collective that has secured its borders with tall metal spikes, in the hope that the group will protect them from pirates that ravage the countryside.

Dick Francis's Damage by Felix Francis - Thriller

July 7, 2015


When undercover investigator Jeff Hinkley is assigned by the British Horseracing Authority to look into the activities of a suspicious racehorse trainer, the last thing he expects to witness is a gruesome murder. Could it have something to do with the reason the trainer was banned in the first place --- the administration of illegal drugs to his horses? In order to limit the damage to the sport, it’s critical that Jeff find the perpetrator. But he’ll soon learn he’s up against someone who will stop at nothing to prevail.

Double Agent: The First Hero of World War II and How the FBI Outwitted and Destroyed a Nazi Spy Ring by Peter Duffy - History

July 7, 2015


Before the United States joined World War II, the FBI uncovered a ring of Nazi spies in New York City, and President Franklin Roosevelt declared J. Edgar Hoover as America’s spymaster. As war began, a naturalized German-American was recruited by Nazis to convey messages to Germany. This man, William G. Sebold, approached the FBI and became the first double agent in the Bureau’s history, and the investigation led to the arrest of 33 enemy agents.

Eden in Winter by Richard North Patterson - Psychological Thriller

July 7, 2015


As the court inquest into Benjamin Blaine's death casts suspicions on those closest to him, his son Adam struggles to protect them from those who still suspect that his father was murdered by one of his kin. But the sternest test of all is Adam's proximity to Carla Pacelli, his late father's mistress and a woman who, despite being pivotal to his family's plight, Adam finds himself increasingly drawn to.

The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl: How Two Brave Scientists Battled Typhus and Sabotaged the Nazis by Arthur Allen - History

July 6, 2015


When the German army found themselves desperate for a typhus vaccine, they turned to Rudolf Weigl. The success of Weigl's techniques gave him cover during the Nazi's reign, so he hired otherwise doomed men, protecting them from atrocity. Among the scientists saved was a gifted Jewish immunologist named Ludwik Fleck. Condemned to Buchenwald and pressured to recreate the vaccine, Fleck had to make a choice between his scientific ideals or the truth of his conscience.

Fast Track by Julie Garwood - Romantic Suspense

July 7, 2015


Cordelia Kane can’t suppress her curiosity about the woman who gave birth to her. Hotel magnate Aiden Madison, Cordelia’s best friend’s older brother, is oblivious to the fact that she’s had a crush on him for years. When he gets railroaded into taking her along to Sydney on his company jet, he’s unwittingly drawn into a volatile family drama. After multiple attempts are made on Cordelia’s life, Aiden realizes he must put a stop to the madness before he loses the thing he values most.

The Forsaken: A Quinn Colson Novel by Ace Atkins - Thriller

July 7, 2015


Thirty-six years ago, a nameless black man wandered into Jericho, Mississippi. In less than two days, he was accused of rape and murder and lynched. When evidence surfaces of his innocence, county sheriff Quinn Colson sets out to charge those responsible for the lynching. But as he uncovers old lies and secrets, he runs into fierce opposition from people willing to play dirty. He finds himself accused of terrible crimes, and it is anyone’s guess who will prevail --- or even come out of it alive.

Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith - Thriller

July 7, 2015


Martin Grey is a smart, talented black lawyer working in Queens. When he becomes friendly with a group of the most powerful and wealthy black men in America, they seem to think he has the potential to be as successful as they are. But when they invite him for a weekend away from wives, cell phones and business, he discovers a secret society where slavery is preserved, but black men are called “Master.” Martin must find a way out that will allow him to stay alive without becoming the very thing he hates.

Friendship by Emily Gould - Fiction

July 7, 2015


Bev Tunney and Amy Schein have been best friends for years; now, at 30, they’re at a crossroads. Bev is stuck in circumstances that would have barely passed for bohemian in her mid-20s: temping, living with roommates, drowning in student-loan debt. Amy is still riding the tailwinds of her early success, but her habit of burning bridges is finally catching up to her. And now Bev is pregnant. As Bev and Amy are dragged into real adulthood, they have to face the possibility that growing up might mean growing apart.

Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America by Owen Matthews - History

July 7, 2015


The Russian Empire once extended deep into America: in 1818, Russia’s furthest outposts were in California and Hawaii. The dreamer behind this great Imperial vision was Nikolai Rezanov, whose quest to plant Russian colonies from Siberia to California led him to San Francisco, where he was captivated by Conchita, the 15-year-old daughter of the Spanish Governor. Owen Matthews conjures a brilliantly original portrait of one of Russia’s most eccentric Empire-builders.

Golden Son: Book II of the Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown - Science Fiction/Dystopian Thriller

July 7, 2015


Darrow, a leader among the elite and a favorite of the masses, is nothing but a fake. Born into the lowest class of society, physically altered to infiltrate the upper echelon and bring about the fall of society, he’s now having doubts about his mission. It’s the memory of his dead wife that keeps him going, the same memory that might also bring about society’s downfall --- if he can stay alive long enough to see it.

Gone Without a Trace: Logan Point Series, Book 3 by Patricia Bradley - Romantic Suspense

July 7, 2015


It's been more than two years since homicide detective Livy Reynolds' cousin disappeared from Logan Point. Unlike most people in her hometown, Livy has never believed that Robyn left voluntarily. When Dallas private investigator Alex Jennings contacts her concerning a missing senator's granddaughter who was last seen in Logan Point, Livy notices eerie similarities between the two disappearances. With the prospect of finding her cousin on the horizon, she'll have to find a way to work with Alex, who she dislikes --- before it's too late.

A Heart's Promise: Journey of the Heart, Book Five by Colleen Coble - Historical Romance

July 7, 2015


Emmie Croftner let Isaac Liddle go to avoid telling him about her past. Then Emmie’s dear friend extracts a costly promise: if anything happens to her in childbirth, Emmie will marry her widower and raise the baby herself. And it seems Emmie may have to fulfill that promise. But can she live happily without Isaac?

Hope Harbor by Irene Hannon - Fiction

July 7, 2015


Tracy Campbell never wanted to leave Hope Harbor, Oregon, or the idyllic three-generation cranberry farm where she grew up. But when tragedy strikes and changes her plans yet again, she finds herself back in her hometown with a floundering farm to run and a heartbreaking secret. Romance is not on her agenda. But when Tracy recruits MIchael Hunter to help save a struggling charitable organization, the winds of change begin to sweep through Hope Harbor, bringing healing, hope, and love to countless lives --- including their own.

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman - Fiction

July 7, 2015


In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do they land on the squalid Lower East Side of Manhattan, than Malka is crippled and abandoned in the street. Taken in by a tough-loving Italian ices peddler, she manages to survive through cunning and inventiveness. As she learns the secrets of his trade, she begins to shape her own destiny.

In Good Company by Jen Turano - Historical Romance

July 7, 2015


After growing up as an orphan, Millie Longfellow is determined to become the best nanny the East Coast has ever seen. Unfortunately, her playfulness and enthusiasm aren't always well-received. Everett Mulberry has quite unexpectedly become guardian to three children that scare off every nanny he hires. About to depart for Newport, Rhode Island, for the summer, he's desperate for competent childcare. At wit's end with both Millie and Everett, the employment agency gives them one last chance --- with each other.

The Innocent by Ann H. Gabhart - Historical Fiction

July 7, 2015


Forced from her home, Carlyn Kearney seeks refuge at the Shaker village of Harmony Hill. Carlyn is just settling into life as a sister when she receives a devastating letter confirming her worst fears. As she wrestles with whether to commit herself fully to the Shaker life, mysterious deaths begin to occur, and Carlyn comes under suspicion. Can Sheriff Mitchell help her expose the true culprit?

Lady Maybe by Julie Klassen - Historical Romance

July 7, 2015


One final cry (“God almighty, help us!”) and suddenly her world shifted violently, until a blinding collision scattered her mind and shook her bones. As all sensation drifted away, a hand reached for hers before all faded into darkness. Now she has awakened as though from some strange, suffocating dream in a warm and welcoming room. She recalls fragments of the accident. She remembers a baby. And a ring on her finger reminds her of a lie. But most of all, there is a secret. And in this house of strangers, she can trust no one but herself to keep it.

Landline by Rainbow Rowell - Fiction

July 7, 2015

 

After a fishing accident leaves her husband hospitalized across the border in Canada, Jill is left to look after her teenage boys alone. Nothing comes easy in their remote corner of Maine: money is tight; her son Sam is getting into more trouble by the day; her eldest, Charlie, is preoccupied with a new girlfriend; and Jill begins to suspect her marriage isn't as stable as she once believed. As one disaster gives way to the next, she begins to think that it's not enough to be a caring wife and mother anymore. But how to protect this life she loves, this household, this family?
Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America by Jonathan Darman - History/Politics

July 7, 2015


From Lyndon Johnson’s election in 1964, the greatest popular-vote landslide in American history, to the pivotal 1966 midterms, when Ronald Reagan burst forth onto the national stage, LANDSLIDE brings alive a country transformed --- by riots, protests, the rise of television, the shattering of consensus --- and the two towering personalities whose choices in those moments would reverberate through the country for decades to come.

Lucky Us by Amy Bloom - Historical Fiction

July 7, 2015


When Eva's mother abandons her on her half-sister Iris's front porch, the girls don't seem to have much in common. Thrown together with no mothers to care for them and a father who could not be considered a parent, Eva and Iris become family. Iris wants to be a movie star, while Eva is her sidekick. The sisters look out for each other through good and bad, until unexpected events send Iris to London, leaving Eva with a responsibility she never could have imagined.

Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok - Fiction

July 7, 2015


Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wong grew up in New York’s Chinatown, the older daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker. Now grown, she lives in the same tiny apartment with her widower father and 11-year-old sister. But when she lands a job as a receptionist at a ballroom dance studio, Charlie gains access to a world she hardly knew existed, and everything she once took to be certain turns upside down.

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Fiction

July 7, 2015


Hannah Martin has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs since graduating college. On the heels of leaving yet another city, Hannah moves back to her hometown of Los Angeles. She goes out to a bar one night with her best friend, Gabby, and meets up with her high school boyfriend, Ethan. Just after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah if she’s ready to go. A moment later, Ethan offers to give her a ride later if she wants to stay. What happens if she leaves with Gabby? What happens if she leaves with Ethan? In concurrent storylines, Hannah lives out the effects of each decision.

The Other Story by Tatiana de Rosnay - Fiction

July 7, 2015


The hurricane that is the famous author Nicolas Kolt is down to its last battering winds. While he’s hiding on a Tuscan island from publishers, family, friends, and life in general, a whole host of indiscretions and minor misunderstandings come to light. Once more, Nicolas is forced to deal with his past --- a past full of family secrets that he cannot comprehend.

Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice - Paranormal Mystery/Thriller

July 7, 2015


The vampire world is in crisis. Vampires have been proliferating out of control, and old vampires are doing the bidding of a Voice commanding that they indiscriminately burn vampire-mavericks in cities from Paris and Mumbai to Hong Kong, Kyoto and San Francisco. The worlds and beings of all the Vampire Chronicles come together to ultimately rise up and seek out who or what the Voice is, and to discover the secret of what it desires and why.

Refining Fire: Brides of Seattle, Book Two by Tracie Peterson - Historical Romance

July 7, 2015


Twenty-two-year-old Militine Scott is in training at the Madison Bridal School in Seattle, yet she has no intention of pursuing marriage. She has found the school provides the perfect opportunity to keep her unsavory past hidden.Thane Patton --- fun-loving and fiercely loyal to his friends --- hides a dark secret, as well, and is drawn to Militine. Will they allow God to make something new and beautiful from the debris of their past?

Season of the Dragonflies by Sarah Creech - Fiction

July 7, 2015


For generations, the Lenore women have manufactured a perfume unlike any other, and guarded the unique and mysterious ingredients. Their perfumery, hidden in the quiet rolling hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, creates one special elixir that secretly sells for millions of dollars to the world’s most powerful. However, Willow, the coolly elegant Lenore family matriarch, is experiencing strange spells of forgetfulness. Her daughter, Mya, is plotting a coup. A client is threatening blackmail. And most ominously, the unique flowers used in their perfume are dying.

The Secrets She Keeps by Deb Caletti - Fiction

July 7, 2015


When Callie McBride finds a woman’s phone number written on a scrap of paper her husband has thrown away, she thinks that her marriage is over. Callie flees to Nevada and her Aunt Nash’s Tamarosa Ranch, where she is shocked to see that the place of so many happy childhood memories is in disrepair. Once Callie pulls back the curtain on Tamarosa’s heyday --- the 1940s and ’50s, when high-society and Hollywood women ventured to the ranch for quickie divorces and found a unique sisterhood --- she uncovers a secret promise Nash made to her true love.

Shirley by Susan Scarf Merrell - Psychological Thriller

July 7, 2015


When a young graduate student and his pregnant wife --- Fred and Rose Nemser --- move into the home of author Shirley Jackson and her husband, literary critic and professor Stanley Edgar Hyman, they are quickly cast under the magnetic spell of their brilliant and proudly unconventional hosts. Rose, however, senses something amiss --- something to do with nightly unanswered phone calls and inscrutable accounts of a long-missing female student.

Someday Home by Lauraine Snelling - Fiction

July 7, 2015


When Lynn Lunderg, a widow for two years, decides to try out a new way of living --- where single women share responsibilities as housemates --- she thinks she has found the answer to her prayers. Soon she meets two ladies with whom she could begin this journey: Angela Bishop and Judith Rutherford, both of whom come from different walks of life. These three women seek a place to grieve, to laugh, and to be renewed. But coming from such differing circumstances, will the new challenges they face undo their plans?

Vampires of Manhattan: The New Blue Bloods Coven by Melissa de la Cruz - Fantasy/Horror

July 7, 2015


Melissa de la Cruz’s Blue Bloods immortals have matured and are now exposed to new challenges, new loves, new threats, and a haute, hot hipster lifestyle. It is 10 years after the great War with Lucifer, and the Coven has rebuilt. Leader of the Fallen, Oliver Hazard-Perry, plans to celebrate this prosperity by throwing a 400 Year Ball --- and all Blue Blood society will be there.

The Visitors by Sally Beauman - Historical Fiction

July 7, 2015


Based on a true story of discovery, THE VISITORS is New York Times bestselling author Sally Beauman’s brilliant recreation of the hunt for Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings --- a dazzling blend of fact and fiction that brings to life a lost world of exploration, adventure, and danger, and the audacious men willing to sacrifice everything to find a lost treasure

Watch Me: A Memoir by Anjelica Huston - Memoir

July 7, 2015


In A STORY LATELY TOLD, Anjelica Huston described her enchanted childhood in Ireland and her glamorous but troubled late teens in London. That memoir of her early years ended when she stepped into Hollywood. In WATCH ME, Huston tells the story of falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited 17-year relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends.

Weavers by Aric Davis - Mystery

July 7, 2015


Nine-year-old Cynthia Robinson’s life was perfectly normal until the day she knew, without being told, of her parents’ impending divorce. Things got stranger from there, and now not only does she have premonitions, she can also read and influence the minds of those around her. Cynthia is not the only one with the ability to “weave” --- all over the country, people with similar abilities struggle to balance their lives with their powers. Some with this gift are weavers with dark motives and grisly appetites who want to use people like Cynthia for their own purposes.

West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 by Claudio Saunt - History

July 6, 2015


In 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the Continental Congress declared independence, and George Washington crossed the Delaware. We are familiar with these famous moments in American history, but we know little about the extraordinary events occurring that same year far beyond the British colonies. In this distinctive history, Claudio Saunt tells an intriguing, largely untold story of an immense and restless continent connected in surprising ways.

You Can Begin Again: No Matter What, It's Never Too Late by Joyce Meyer - Christian Life/Spiritual Growth

July 7, 2015


Throughout the Bible, God delights in turning tragic endings into new beginnings. Every biblical fresh start reveals the amazing, awe-inspiring hope we have for our own new beginnings in God's plan for our lives. In YOU CAN BEGIN AGAIN, Joyce Meyer explores the beauty and infinite supply of God's love and grace. Through inspiring stories, Scriptural principles, and her classic practical, life-application approach, Joyce powerfully demonstrates that God isn't done with you yet.