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                   WHEN SHE DREAMS
                   Amanda Quick
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   EDITOR'S CHOICE #2 TITLE
                   Maggie Lodge, assistant to the advice columnist known only as Dear Aunt Cornelia to her
                   readers, hires private eye Sam Sage to help track down the person who is blackmailing her
                   employer. In spite of the verbal fireworks between them, they are fiercely attracted to each
                   other, but each is convinced it would be a mistake to let passion take over. When the pair
                   discovers someone is impersonating Aunt Cornelia at a conference on psychic dreaming and
                   a woman dies at the conference, the door is opened to a dangerous web of blackmail and
                   murder. Secrets are revealed, leaving Maggie and Sam in the path of a ruthless killer who will
                   stop at nothing to exact vengeance.

                      | 9781432896171 | $37.99 U.S.
                   Historical Romance | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Basic 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

                   THREE DEBTS PAID
                   A Daniel Pitt Novel
                   Anne Perry
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   EDITOR'S CHOICE #2 TITLE
                   A serial killer is roaming the streets of London, and Daniel Pitt’s university chum Ian, now a
                   member of the police, is leading the search. He turns to Miriam fford Croft, Daniel’s good
                   friend and now officially one of the first female pathologists in London, to find details he and
                   Daniel have missed. As the murders continue with no clue as to who is committing them,
                   Miriam and Daniel find themselves questioning everything. Is the “Rainy-day Slasher,” as the
                   newspapers have deemed the killer, really just one person? Or have they stumbled into a
                   more complicated web of deceit? The answer may lie closer than anyone expected.

                     | 9781432896324 | $37.99 U.S.
                   Mystery | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Basic 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

                   THE INVESTIGATOR
                   John Sandford
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   EDITOR'S CHOICE #2 TITLE
                   “Sandford’s patented investigation/action formula hasn’t aged a whit. Bring it on.” — Kirkus Reviews
                   By age 24, Letty Davenport has seen more action than many law enforcement professionals.
                   Now a Stanford grad with a master’s in economics, she’s restless and bored in a desk job for
                   U.S. Senator Colles. Letty’s ready to quit, but Colles offers her a carrot: feet-on-the-ground
                   investigative work in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security. Several oil
                   companies in Texas have reported thefts of crude. Who is selling the oil, and what are they
                   doing with the profits? Rumor has it that a militia group might be involved. Letty is partnered
                   with a DHS investigator, John Kaiser. When the case turns deadly, they know the clock is
                   ticking down.

                      | 9781432894801 | $37.99 U.S.
                   Thriller | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Basic 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

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                             AN HONEST LIE
                             Tarryn Fisher
                             NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                             EDITOR'S CHOICE #7 TITLE
                             “Readers will cheer as Rainey risks everything to bring down the man who stole her childhood. Fisher delivers
                             the goods.” — Publishers Weekly
                             Rainy lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. Cloistered in pine trees and fog, it’s a sanctuary, a
                             new life. She can hide from the past she wants to forget. When Rainy reluctantly agrees to a
                             girls’ weekend in Vegas, she’s prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines.
                             After a wild night, her friend Braithe doesn’t come back to the hotel room and Rainy gets
                             the text message, sent from Braithe’s phone: someone has her. But Rainy is who they really
                             want, and Rainy knows why. What follows is a twisted, shocking journey on the knife-edge of
                             life and death. If she wants to save Braithe — and herself — the only way is to step back into
                             the past.

                                | 9781432896492 | $36.99 U.S.
                             Thriller | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Basic 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

                             BOOK LOVERS
                             Emily Henry
                             NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                             EDITOR'S CHOICE #8 TITLE
                             The only people Nora Stephens is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous
                             deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to
                             North Carolina when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away — with visions of a transformation
                             for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of
                             picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora
                             keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a brooding editor from back in the city. As they are thrown
                             together what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written
                             about themselves.

                               | 9781432896041 | $36.99 U.S.
                             Romance | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Basic 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

                             THE BOOK WOMAN'S DAUGHTER
                             Kim Michele Richardson
                             NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                             Honey Lovett has always known that old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter
                             of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family
                             have been hiding from the law all her life. When her mother and father are imprisoned,
                             Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her
                             mother's old packhorse library route, Honey begins to deliver books to the remote hollers of
                             Appalachia, but the route can be treacherous. Honey is going to have to fight for her place
                             and, along the way, learn that the extraordinary women who run the hills and hollers can
                             make all the difference in the world.

                               | 9781432898564 | $35.99 U.S.
                             Women's Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Basic 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

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                      THE PARIS BOOKSELLER                                               THE BALLERINAS
                      Kerri Maher                                                        Rachel Kapelke-Dale
                      “Recommend to fans of Paula McLean’s                                LIBRARYREADS PICK
                      The Paris Wife and anyone who enjoyed                              INDIE NEXT PICK
                      Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast.”                                     “Deliciously observed emotional tangles.”
                      —starred, Booklist (starred review)                                — Library Journal
                       When Sylvia Beach opens                                             Thirteen years ago, Delphine Léger
                       Shakespeare and Company in 1919,                                    abandoned her prestigious soloist spot
                       she has no idea that she and her new                                at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life
                       bookstore will change the course of                                 in St. Petersburg — taking with her a
literature itself. It's where some of the most important              secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow
literary friendships of the 20th century are forged —                 dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now 36 years old, Delphine
none more so than the one between James Joyce and                     has returned to her former home and to the legendary
Sylvia herself. When Joyce's controversial novel Ulysses              Palais Garnier Opera House, to choreograph the ballet
is banned, Beach takes a risk and publishes it under the              that will kickstart the next phase of her career — and, she
auspices of Shakespeare and Company. But the future                   hopes, finally make things right with her former friends.
of her store is threatened when Ulysses' success brings               But Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed
other publishers to woo Joyce away. As she faces painful              while she's been away, and some secrets can't stay buried
personal and financial crises, Sylvia must decide what                forever.
Shakespeare and Company truly means to her.
                                                                      9781432898120 | $32.99 U.S.
9781432896867 | $33.99 U.S.                                           Women's Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022
General Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022                                   Available in Basic 6, 7 & 8.
Available in Basic 5, 6, 7 & 8.

                      HARROW                                                             AN IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSTOR
                      Joy Williams                                                       A Veronica Speedwell Mystery
                      WINNER THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION                                Deanna Raybourn
                      2021
                                                                                         NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                      FINALIST 2022 PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK
                      AWARD                                                              “Even after seven books, readers can still be
                      2022 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST                                  surprised with the stories from Veronica’s
                                                                                         unknown past. Fans of the series will delight in
                      “An enigmatic, elegant meditation on the
                                                                                         the continued adventures and relationship of
                      end of civilization—if end it truly is .... A
                                                                                         the intrepid pair.” — starred, Library Journal
                      memorable return for renowned storyteller
Williams after a lengthy absence from long form fiction.”             London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and Stoker are
— starred, Kirkus Reviews                                             summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie on behalf of his
Khristen is a teenager who, her mother believes, was                  goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. Her brother Jonathan,
marked by greatness as a baby when she died for a                     heir to Hathaway Hall, was believed to have been killed.
moment and then came back to life. After Khristen’s                   Now a man matching Jonathan’s description and carrying
failing boarding school for gifted teens closes its doors,            his possessions has arrived with no memory of his identity
and she finds that her mother has disappeared, she                    or where he's been. Could this man truly be Jonathan, or is
ranges across the dead landscape and washes up at                     he an impostor? Veronica and Stoker agree to investigate
a “resort” on the shores of a mysterious, putrid lake                 the mysterious amnesiac. To help Sir Hugo discover the
the elderly residents there call “Big Girl.” In a rotting             truth, she must open doors to her own history that she
honeycomb of rooms, these old ones plot actions to                    long believed to be shut for good.
punish corporations and people they consider culpable
in the destruction of the final scraps of nature’s beauty.            9781432896850 | $30.99 U.S.
What will Khristen learn from this “gabby seditious lot”?             Hard-boiled | Releases 5/4/2022
9781432897413 | $30.99 U.S.                                           Available in Basic 8.
General Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022
Available in Basic 7 & 8.

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                   ROBERT B. PARKER'S REVENGE                                           THE HOMEWRECKERS
                   TOUR                                                                 Mary Kay Andrews
                   A Sunny Randall Novel                                                NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   Mike Lupica                                                          EDITOR'S CHOICE #6 TITLE
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR                                      Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping
                   EDITOR'S CHOICE #3 TITLE                                               clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh
                                                                                          & Son Restorations at 18, married the
                   “Splendid. ... Parker fans will look forward to
                   seeing what Lupica does with Sunny in her                              boss’s son at 20, and was only 25 when
                   next outing.” — Publishers Weekly                                      her husband was killed in a motorcycle
                                                                                          accident. Determined to continue the
PI Sunny Randall’s landlord and former client, novelist              business, she takes the life insurance money, buys a small
Melanie Joan Hall, is being threatened and blackmailed.              house, flips it, then puts the money into her next project
As Sunny looks into the identity of Melanie Joan’s                   but that house is a disaster and a money-loser, which
stalker, she learns that much of the author’s past is a              rocks her confidence. Then Hattie gets an opportunity to
product of her imagination, and her loyalty to her old               star in a beach house renovation reality show called The
friend is challenged as she searches for the truth. At the           Homewreckers, cast against a male lead. It's a question
same time, Sunny springs into action when her aging                  of who will flip, who will flop, and will Hattie ever get her
father is threatened by a lawyer with a desire to settle             happily-ever-after.
an old score. Sunny must use all of her savvy to protect
those she loves. One thing is for sure with both cases:                 | 9781432898137 | $37.99 U.S.
this time, it’s personal.                                            Women's Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022
                                                                     Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.
   | 9781432896874 | $37.99 U.S.
Mystery | Releases 5/4/2022
Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

                   LAST DANCE ON THE                                                    THE LAST HOUSE ON THE STREET
                   STARLIGHT PIER                                                       Diane Chamberlain
                   Sarah Bird                                                           NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                    July 3, 1932. Shivering and in shock,                               " . . . dual narratives merge beautifully before
                    Evie Grace Devlin watches the Starlite                              an explosive conclusion. This will keep readers
                    Palace burn into the sea and wonders                                enthralled." — Publishers Weekly
                    how she became a person who would                                      1965. Growing up in Round Hill, North
                    cause a man to kill himself. She’d                                     Carolina, Ellie Hockley was raised to be
                    come to Galveston to escape a dark                                     a proper Southern lady but she’s chosen
                    past in vaudeville and become a good                                   to spend her summer break helping
person, a nurse. When that dream is cruelly thwarted,                to register black voters. As Ellie follows her ideals fighting
Evie is swept into the alien world of dance marathons.               for civil rights, her parents scorn her efforts, and her
All that she has been denied — a family, a purpose,                  neighbors reveal their prejudices. 2010. Kayla Carter and
even love — waits for her there in the place she dreads              her husband designed a house for themselves in Round
most: the spotlight.                                                 Hill. It was supposed to be a home where they could
                                                                     raise their daughter and grow old together. Instead, the
   | 9781432897734 | $36.99 U.S.                                     home has been targeted by vandals, and Ellie Hockley is
Historical Romance | Releases 5/4/2022                               harboring secrets about the dark history of the land where
Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.                                    the house was built.

                                                                     9781432898953 | $35.99 U.S.
                                                                     Women's Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022
                                                                     Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

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                  TAKE MY HAND                                                   THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES
                  Dolen Perkins-Valdez                                           Elif Shafak
                  INDIE NEXT PICK                                                “Shafak amazes with this resonant story of the
                  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR                              generational trauma of the Cypriot Civil War
                    Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh                             . . . Shafak’s fans are in for a treat, and those
                    out of nursing school, Civil Townsend                        new to her will be eager to discover her earlier
                    intends to make a difference in her                          work.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
                    African American community. At the                            Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a
                    Montgomery Family Planning Clinic,                            Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on
                    she hopes to help women shape                                 the island they call home. In the taverna,
their destinies, to make their own choices for their          Kostas and Defne grow in their love for each other. A fig
lives and bodies. But Civil is shocked to learn that her      tree stretches through a cavity in the roof and is there when
new patients, Erica and India, are children. One day          war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to rubble, and
she arrives at their door to learn the unthinkable has        when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns.
happened, and nothing will ever be the same for any           He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he's
of them. Decades later, Dr. Civil Townsend is ready to        searching for lost love. Years later a Ficus carica grows in
retire and leave the past behind. But there are people        the back garden of a house where Ada Kazantzakis lives.
and stories that must not be forgotten. Because history       This tree is her only connection to her family's troubled
repeats what we don’t remember                                history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle
                                                              years of secrets.
   | 9781432896058 | $35.99 U.S.
Women's Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022                           9781432898380 | $32.99 U.S.
Available in Core 5, 6, 7 & 8.                                Adventure | Releases 5/4/2022
                                                              Available in Core 6, 7 & 8.

                  THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS                                        MARION LANE AND THE
                  Sosuke Natsukawa                                               DEADLY ROSE
                  LIBRARYREADS PICK                                              T. A. Willberg
                  INDIE NEXT PICK                                                “Willberg’s secret agency full of loners and
                  “Bibliophiles will dote on this charming                       outsiders who use quirky gadgets like the Liar’s
                  import from Japan, smoothly translated by                      Eye and Spy Snakes is imaginative and fun.
                  Louise Heal Kawai.” — Library Journal                          Lovers of mysteries with a dollop of magic will
                   Natsuki Books was a bookshop on                               enjoy.” — Publishers Weekly
                   the edge of town. Inside, towering                              It’s 1959 and a new killer haunts the
                   shelves reached the ceiling, every one                          streets of London. The newspapers
crammed full of books. Rintaro Natsuki loved this space       call him The Florist because of the rose he brands on his
that his grandfather created. He spent many hours             victims. The police have turned yet again to the Inquirers
there, reading whatever he liked. It was the perfect          at Miss Brickett’s for assistance, and second-year Marion
refuge for a boy who tended to be a recluse. After the        Lane is assigned the case. But her informer seems to be
death of his grandfather, Rintaro is devastated and           one step ahead, predicting what will happen before it does.
alone. It seems he will have to close the shop. Then, a       When a fellow second-year Inquirer is murdered, Marion
talking tabby cat appears and asks Rintaro for help. The      takes matters into her own hands and must come face-to-
cat needs a book lover to join him on a mission. This         face with her informer — who predicted the murder — to
odd couple will go on three magical adventures to save        find out everything they know. Until then, no one at Miss
books from people who have imprisoned, mistreated,            Brickett’s is safe and everyone is a suspect.
and betrayed them.
                                                              9781432896508 | $30.99 U.S.
9781432898144 | $31.99 U.S.                                   Mystery | Releases 5/4/2022
General Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022                           Available in Core 8.
Available in Core 7 & 8.

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                             THE BAXTERS
                             Karen Kingsbury
                             NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                             EDITOR'S CHOICE #1 TITLE
                             A storm builds as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Kari’s wedding to Tim
                             Jacobs, and there are dark currents of conflict coursing through the Baxter family. In the
                             midst of them, Kari Baxter is starting to panic. Is marrying Tim a mistake? And what about
                             her family? Her brother Luke is angry and resentful of their sister Ashley, who has recently
                             returned from Paris. At the same time, Ashley and their sister Brooke have lost the faith that
                             is the family’s glue. When the storm reaches a terrifying crescendo, a shocking moment of
                             danger brings important truths to light. At the end of the long day, can the Baxters remain a
                             family, tested but stronger?

                                | 9781432896607 | $37.99 U.S.
                             Christian Romance | Releases 5/4/2022 | Wheeler Hardcover 3, 4 & 5.

                             COUNTRY BORN
                             Painted Pony Creek Series
                             Linda Lael Miller
                             NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                             EDITOR'S CHOICE #5 TITLE
                             Rancher and military veteran J.P. McCall loves simple pleasures, but ever since his two closest
                             friends have married and started families of their own, J.P. realizes what he’s been missing.
                             Then Sara Worth comes crashing back into his life. Single mom Sara has her hands full. After
                             a disastrous early marriage, she's now writing bestselling books by day and caring for her two
                             teenagers by night. When an innocent request for J.P.’s help leads to an unforgettable kiss,
                             she’s intrigued. But when the man from Sara’s past resurfaces, J.P. will do whatever it takes to
                             protect the woman who’s stealing his heart.

                               | 9781432896485 | $37.99 U.S.
                             Romance | Releases 5/4/2022 | Wheeler Hardcover 3, 4 & 5.

                             KILLING THE KILLERS
                             THE SECRET WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS
                             Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
                             Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
                             NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                             EDITOR'S CHOICE #7 TITLE
                             As the World Trade Center buildings collapsed, the Pentagon burned, and a small group of
                             passengers fought desperately to stop a third plane from completing its deadly flight plan,
                             America went on war footing. Killing The Killers narrates America's intense global war against
                             extremists who planned and executed not only the 9/11 attacks, but hundreds of others in
                             America and around the world, and who eventually destroyed entire nations in their relentless
                             quest for power.

                                | 9781432898830 | $38.99 U.S.
                             History/Historical | Releases 5/4/2022 | Wheeler Hardcover 3, 4 & 5.

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                   IN BLOOM
                   Fern Michaels, Lori Foster, Carolyn Brown
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   EDITOR'S CHOICE #8 TITLE
                   In Amazing Gracie by Fern Michaels, Gracie Walden is at home in Texas. But there’s unexpected
                   turbulence between her mother and her older sister. In Meant to Be by Lori Foster, Cory
                   Creed has decided it’s time to leave North Carolina, and Austin Winston, behind. But Austin
                   has finally realized what Cory was once so sure of, and now it’s his turn to prove they belong
                   together. In The Mother’s Day Crown by Carolyn Brown, Monica Allen still hasn’t forgiven Tyler
                   Magee for breaking her heart. They’re back in Texas, visiting their respective grandmothers.
                   Will Monica learn to stop holding a grudge and hold on to love?

                     | 9781432896898 | $36.99 U.S.
                   Women's Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022 | Wheeler Hardcover 3, 4 & 5.

                   THE LIFEGUARDS
                   Amanda Eyre Ward
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   Whitney, Annette, and Liza have grown thick as thieves as they've raised their children
                   together for 15 years, believing that they can shelter them from an increasingly dangerous
                   world. Their friendship is unbreakable — as safe as the neighborhood where they've raised
                   their sweet little boys. Or so they think. One night, the three women have been enjoying
                   happy hour when their boys, lifeguards for the summer, come back on bicycles from a late-
                   night dip in their favorite swimming hole. The boys share a secret — news that will shatter
                   the perfect world their mothers have so painstakingly created.

                     | 9781432898540 | $35.99 U.S.
                   Women's Fiction | Releases 5/4/2022 | Wheeler Hardcover 4 & 5.

                   THE RUNAWAY
                   A Peter Ash Novel
                   Nick Petrie
                   “Downright frightening fun ... This is one hellacious ride for crime fiction fans.” — starred, Kirkus Reviews
                   Peter Ash is driving through northern Nebraska when he encounters a young pregnant
                   woman on a gravel road, her car dead. Peter offers her a lift, but what begins as an act of
                   kindness soon turns into a deadly cat-and-mouse chase with the woman’s vicious ex-cop
                   husband hot on their trail. The woman has seen something she was never meant to see ...
                   but protecting her might prove to be more than Peter can handle. To save the woman and
                   himself, Peter must use everything he's learned during his time as a Marine, including his
                   knowledge of human nature, to escape a ruthless killer with instincts and skills that match
                   Peter’s own.

                   9781432896904 | $31.99 U.S.
                   Thriller | Releases 5/4/2022 | Wheeler Hardcover 5.

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                  THE LAST WHITE ROSE                                             RED BURNING SKY
                  A NOVEL OF ELIZABETH OF YORK                                    A WWII NOVEL INSPIRED BY THE
                  Alison Weir                                                     GREATEST AVIATION RESCUE IN HISTORY
                  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR                               Tom Young
                   Elizabeth of York is the oldest                                “Young touches on such matters as the civil
                   daughter of King Edward IV. Her life is                        war pitting Chetniks against Tito’s partisans
                   disrupted when her father dies. Her                            and the loyalties of Italians only recently turned
                   uncle, the notorious Richard III, takes                        to the Allied side. Readers will be moved to seek
                   advantage of King Edward’s death                               out nonfiction accounts about this bold, little-
                                                                                  known operation.” — Publishers Weekly
                   to grab the throne and Elizabeth is
subjected to Richard’s overtures to make her his wife.         Summer, 1944. Yugoslavia is locked in a war within a war.
Elizabeth is saved by Henry Tudor, who challenges              In addition to fighting the German occupation, warring
Richard and defeats him at the Battle of Bosworth Field.       factions battle each other. Hundreds of Allied airmen have
Henry becomes king and asks Elizabeth to be his wife.          been shot down over this volatile region. With three failed
The marriage is happy and fruitful, not only uniting the       air missions, Lieutenant Drew Carlton is desperate for
warring houses of Lancaster and York but producing four        redemption. He volunteers for a dangerous assignment
children, one of whom, Henry VIII, will rule the country       in Yugoslavia’s green hills. This daring plan — to evacuate
for the next 36 years.                                         hundreds of stranded airmen while avoiding detection by
                                                               the Germans — faces overwhelming odds. What follows
   | 9781432896881 | $34.99 U.S.                               is an elaborate rescue that required astonishing courage,
Historical Fiction | Releases 5/18/2022                        sacrifice, and resilience.

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                  ALL THAT SHE CARRIED                                            CHASING HISTORY
                  THE JOURNEY OF ASHLEY'S SACK,                                   A KID IN THE NEWSROOM
                  A BLACK FAMILY KEEPSAKE                                         Carl Bernstein
                  Tiya Miles                                                      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                  “[A] brilliant and compassionate account.”                      “Aspiring journalists and readers interested
                  — starred, Kirkus Reviews                                       in mid-20th-century ... events and politics
                   In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved                           will enjoy this colorful ... portrait of a bygone
                   woman named Rose faced the                                     era, where once the clatter of a typewriter
                   imminent sale of her daughter Ashley.                          and the bustle of a newsroom permeated the
                                                                                  newspaper industry.” — Library Journal
                   Thinking quickly, she packed a bag
with a few precious items to try to ensure Ashley’s            In 1960, Carl Bernstein was just a 16 year-old at risk of
survival. Decades later, Ashley’s granddaughter Ruth           failing to graduate high school. Inquisitive, self-taught, and
embroidered this family history on the bag in haunting         truant, Bernstein landed a job as a copyboy at the Evening
language — including Rose’s wish that “It be filled            Star, the afternoon paper in Washington. By 19, he was a
with my Love always.” Ruth’s sewn words evoke a                reporter there. Bernstein recalls the origins of his storied
family story passed down through generations. Tiya             journalistic career as he chronicles the Kennedy era, the
Miles metaphorically unpacks the bag, deepening its            swelling civil rights movement, and a slew of grisly crimes.
emotional resonance and exploring the significance of          Funny and exhilarating, poignant and frank, Chasing
everything it contained.                                       History is an extraordinary memoir of life on the cusp of
                                                               adulthood for a determined young man with a dogged
9781432898403 | $33.99 U.S.                                    commitment to the truth.
Biography | Releases 5/4/2022
                                                               9781432898656 | $32.99 U.S.
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                   HEIRESSES
                   THE LIVES OF THE MILLION DOLLAR BABIES
                   Laura Thompson
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   “Engaging .... A book that offers insight as well as entertainment―a peek into the human condition from an
                   unexpected angle.” — Kirkus Reviews
                   Heiresses tells the stories of Mary Davies, who inherited London’s most valuable real estate
                   and was bartered from the age of 12; Consuelo Vanderbilt, forced into a loveless marriage;
                   Barbara Hutton, who married seven times and died almost penniless; and Patty Hearst, who
                   was arrested for terrorism. However, there are also stories of achievement: Angela Burdett-
                   Coutts, who became one of the greatest philanthropists of Victorian England; Nancy Cunard,
                   who became a pioneer of the civil rights movement; and Daisy Fellowes, linchpin of interwar
                   high society and noted fashion editor.
                   9781432898618 | $34.99 U.S.
                   History/Historical | Releases 5/18/2022 | Available in Nonfiction 2 & 3.

                   THE OTHER DR. GILMER
                   TWO MEN, A MURDER, AND AN UNLIKELY FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
                   Benjamin Gilmer
                   “This painful look at a terrible social injustice deserves a wide audience.” — Publishers Weekly
                   Dr. Vince Gilmer’s arrest for murder shocked his patients. The deeper Benjamin Gilmer (no
                   relation) looked into looked into Vince’s case, the more he became obsessed with discovering
                   what pushed a good man to darkness. When Benjamin visited Vince in prison, he met a man
                   who appeared to be fighting his own mind, constantly twitching and veering into nonsensical
                   tangents. It was obvious that Vince needed help. Dr. Benjamin Gilmer’s story asks us to
                   answer a profound question: In a country with the highest incarceration rates in the world,
                   what would it look like if we prioritized healing rather than punishment?
                   9781432898410 | $32.99 U.S.
                   True Crime | Releases 5/18/2022 | Available in Nonfiction 2 & 3.

                   LOST IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH
                   A STORY OF OBSESSION AND DANGER IN THE HIMALAYAS
                   Harley Rustad
                   “Rustad draws readers into a tale of adventure and tragedy that, despite its dark outcome, is illuminated with
                   a remarkable sense of humanity ... Equal parts tribute and travelogue, this is sure to enthrall those curious
                   about a life lived to the extreme.” — starred, Publishers Weekly
                   In his early 30s Justin Alexander Shetler quit his job and set out on a global journey: across the
                   United States, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal.
                   But the explorer was driven to pursue greater challenges and risks. In 2016, he made his
                   way to the Parvati Valley, a remote corner of the Indian Himalayas shrouded in darkness and
                   danger. He spent weeks studying under a sadhu, an Indian holy man, living and meditating
                   in a cave. At the end of August, he set off on a “spiritual journey” to a holy lake from which he
                   would never return.
                   9781432898946 | $31.99 NCR
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                            THE FIELDS
                            Erin Young
                            “Young delivers a disturbing, twist-riddled thriller stocked with well-drawn characters.” — Publishers Weekly
                            It starts with a body — a young woman found dead in an Iowa cornfield, on one of the few
                            family farms still managing to compete with the giants of Big Agriculture. When Sergeant
                            Riley Fisher, newly promoted to head of investigations for the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s
                            Office, arrives on the scene, an already horrific crime becomes personal when she discovers
                            the victim was a childhood friend, connected to a dark past she thought she’d left behind.
                            The investigation grows complicated as more victims are found. Drawn deeper in, Riley soon
                            discovers implications far beyond her Midwest town.
                            9781432897819 | $34.99 U.S.
                            Thriller | Releases 5/18/2022

                            UNDERMONEY
                            Jay Newman
                            “Newman’s international-finance background is evident here as he takes readers deep into the cloaked financial-
                            espionage world where tricked-out planes and jet packs provide glitter and layers of double-crossings mask the
                            final play.” — Booklist
                            When a U.S. airdrop of billions of dollars disappears in Syria, only a small group of military
                            operatives knows its ultimate destination or why it has been stolen. Their goal is the restoration
                            of America’s geopolitical dominance. Essential to this scheme are Greta Webb, a CIA operative
                            who is an expert on dark money, and Elias Vicker, who runs the world’s largest hedge fund. To
                            achieve its goals, the group must form dangerous alliances. One is with the family that manages
                            the largest private pool of capital that's ever existed. Another is with Fyodor Volk, a mercenary
                            with ties to Vladimir Putin. Volk has his eye on Greta. She would be wise to avoid him but cannot

                            9781432898373 | $33.99 U.S.
                            Thriller | Releases 5/18/2022

                            THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR
                            Tara Laskowski
                            “Smartly paced, menacing, full of bizarre twists ... this is a fine domestic thriller.” — Booklist
                            The annual Halloween party is the pinnacle of the year on Ivy Woods Drive. An influential
                            group of neighborhood moms plans the event for months. This year’s block party should be
                            the best yet, until the women start receiving anonymous messages threatening to expose
                            the neighborhood’s dark past and the lengths they’ve gone to hide it. As secrets seep out and
                            the threats intensify, the moms must sort the loyal from the disloyal, the good from the bad.
                            They’ll do anything to protect their families. But when a twisted plot is revealed, their steady
                            foundation begins to crumble, leaving only one certainty: after this year’s party, Ivy Woods
                            Drive will never be the same.

                            9781432898489 | $33.99 U.S.
                            Suspense | Releases 5/18/2022

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                   AUNT DIMITY AND THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE
                   Aunt Dimity Mystery
                   Nancy Atherton
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   When Crispin Windle arrives at Pussywillows, no one knows what to make of him. Soon, the
                   townspeople have all but dismissed him. Only Lori and Tommy Prescott refuse to give up.
                   They orchestrate a chance meeting that leads to a discovery of overgrown ruins. They are,
                   Aunt Dimity shares, the remains of a Victorian woolen mill that once brought prosperity to
                   Finch. The three stumble upon the unmarked graves of children who died working at the
                   mill. As Mr. Windle works to name the forgotten children, he begins to open up, giving the
                   romantic cottage a chance to heal his heart as well.

                     | 9781432898465 | $35.99 U.S.
                   Cozy Mystery | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Mystery 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6.

                   EASTER BONNET MURDER
                   A Lucy Stone Mystery
                   Leslie Meier
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   “Small-town evil at its smarmiest.” — Kirkus Reviews
                   The Heritage House senior center regularly attracts new residents and positive press, but
                   the place may soon be making headlines for different reasons following an unexplained
                   disappearance. Lucy can’t fathom how Agnes Neal could go missing or why few seem
                   concerned. While police stall the investigation without answers, Lucy realizes backstabbing
                   has no age limit when alarming parallels bloom between her daughter’s college frenemies
                   and social circles at Heritage House. Gathering clues, Lucy must hop to it and discover what
                   happened to Agnes — before her own story becomes another springtime tragedy left unsolved.

                   9781432898472 | $33.99 U.S.
                   Cozy Mystery | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Mystery 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6.

                   CUTTHROAT DOGS
                   An Amos Walker Novel
                   Loren D. Estleman
                   Nearly 20 years ago, college freshman April Goss was found dead in her bathtub, an
                   apparent suicide, but suspicion soon fell on her boyfriend. Dan Corbeil was convicted of her
                   murder and sent to prison. Case closed. Or is it?
                   A chance meeting during a bank robbery introduces Detroit private detective Amos Walker
                   to Corbeil’s sister, who hires him to prove her brother’s innocence. Walker discovers that
                   nobody else is eager to see this cold case reopened, including the victim’s father, who is now
                   the host of a true-crime series, Cut-Throat Dogs; the one-time public defender who lost Dan’s
                   case back in the day; and even Dan himself, who long ago gave up any hope of being a free
                   man again.
                   Uncertain who he can trust, or even if Dan is truly innocent, Walker faces both bribes and
                   bullets as he prowls swanky neighborhoods and dangerous slums to uncover an ugly truth
                   buried decades ago.

                   9781432898793 | $31.99 U.S.
                   Hard-boiled | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Mystery 3, 4, 5 & 6.

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                            GHOST BLOWS A KISS
                            A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel
                            Carolyn Hart
                            NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                            “Fans of paranormal mysteries will appreciate this case, a template for a traditional mystery in the style of
                            Agatha Christie. The likable Bailey Ruth should appeal to fans of Cleo Coyle’s 'Haunted Bookshop' mysteries.”
                            — Library Journal
                            The late Bailey Ruth Raeburn is delighted when she's assigned a new mission by Heaven's
                            Department of Good Intentions. This time she's determined to be the perfect unseen emissary.
                            Arriving in her old hometown of Adelaide, Oklahoma, to find a woman drowning in a pond,
                            Bailey Ruth carries out a daring rescue with textbook invisible effort but realizes there's more
                            to Fran's accident than a late-night walk gone wrong. Soon Bailey Ruth finds herself caught up
                            in a complex web of family secrets, loyalties, and lies — and if she doesn't act fast, an innocent
                            will be locked up for a very long time.

                            9781432898663 | $30.99 U.S.
                            Cozy Mystery | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Mystery 4, 5 & 6.

                            A PLUS ONE FOR MURDER
                            A Friend for Hire Mystery
                            Laura Bradford
                            Emma Westlake sunk all her cash into her dream job of travel planning but as her customers
                            became more internet savvy, the need for her services declined. At a loss, she turns to a
                            friend who suggests she try to get paid for being a companion. Emma thinks it's a crazy idea
                            until requests start pouring in. Writer Brian Hill asks Emma to be his cheering section at an
                            open mic night but when he steps up to the mic, he promptly drops dead. Emma becomes
                            an immediate suspect. Now she'll have to cozy up to a killer to save her skin and her new
                            business.

                            9781432898366 | $30.99 U.S.
                            Cozy Mystery | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Mystery 5 & 6.

                            A SIDE OF MURDER
                            A Cape Cod Foodie Mystery
                            Amy Pershing
                            “Cape Cod provides a stunning background for a debut that offers the ideal combination of mystery, romance,
                            and recipes.” — Kirkus Reviews
                            When Samantha Barnes inherits a house on the Cape and lands a job writing restaurant
                            reviews, it seems like the perfect pairing. What could go wrong? Well, as it turns out, a lot.
                            The dilapidated house comes with an enormous puppy. Her new boss is, well, bossy. And the
                            town’s harbor master is none other than her first love. Nonetheless, Sam’s looking forward to
                            reviewing the Bayview Grill but the body in the pond outside the eatery wasn't on the menu.
                            Sam is certain this is murder. As she begins to stir the pot, is she creating a recipe for her
                            own demise?

                            9781432898359 | $30.99 U.S.
                            Mystery | Releases 5/4/2022 | Available in Mystery 6.

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                   THE HOLLYWOOD SPY                                                 HOOKED ON A FELINE
                   A Maggie Hope Mystery                                             A Magical Cats Mystery
                   Susan Elia MacNeal                                                Sofie Kelly
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR                                 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   “MacNeal deftly captures both the dazzling                        “Kathleen is a smart, resourceful heroine,
                   side of 1943 California, with cameo                               and cat lovers will delight in the charming
                   appearances from Hollywood stars galore,                          felines.” — Booklist
                   and the dismaying aspects of the Golden
                                                                                    It’s summer in Mayville Heights, and
                   State’s darker side.”
                                                                                    Kathleen Paulson and her boyfriend,
                   — starred, Library Journal
                                                                                    Marcus, are eager to attend the
Los Angeles, 1943. Up in the lush foothills of Hollywood,       closing concert of the local music festival. The concert is
a woman floats lifeless in the pool of one of California’s      a success, but one of the band members is discovered
trendiest hotels. When American-born secret agent and           dead shortly after it. Kathleen suspects foul play. When
British spy Maggie Hope learns that this woman was              she and Marcus take a closer look at the man's family
engaged to her former fiancée, John Sterling, and that          tree, they begin to think a previous death of one of his
he suspects her death was no accident, intuition tells          relatives now seems suspicious. The more Kathleen
her he’s right. As she traces a web of deception from           thinks about it, the more this murder feels like it could
the Garden of Allah to the Carthay Circle Theater, she          be an encore performance. Kathleen will need to act fast
discovers things aren’t always the way they appear in           and be very careful if she wants to stay off a killer's hit list.
the movies — and the political situation in America is
more complicated and dangerous than the newsreels               9781432898854 | $26.99 U.S.
would have them all believe.                                    Cozy Mystery | Releases 5/18/2022
                                                                Available in Softcover Cozy Mysteries 3 & 4.
9781432898847 | $26.99 U.S.
Cozy Mystery | Releases 5/18/2022
Available in Softcover Cozy Mysteries 3 & 4.

                   WINING AND DYING                                                  WHOLE LATTE MURDER
                   A Cookbook Nook Mystery                                           An All-Day Breakfast Café Mystery
                   Daryl Wood Gerber                                                 Lena Gregory
                    Crystal Cove is buzzing with the launch                       Summer has arrived, and Gia's best
                    of its annual Art and Wine Festival.                          friend, Savannah, is getting hitched. Now
                    Jenna’s thrilled to be showing one                            she's enlisted Gia's sleuthing talents
                    of her paintings at the fair, but her                         in a search for the perfect wedding
                    excitement fades when an up-and-                              dress. But when Savannah mysteriously
                    coming artist is murdered. What’s                             vanishes after showing a mansion to
                    more, the evidence points to a good                           a bigwig client, Gia investigates the
friend of Jenna’s as the culprit. Certain that her friend       house Savannah was trying to sell. Inside the house, she
is being framed, Jenna starts digging into an array of          stumbles on Savannah's potential buyer — dead. Soon
colorful suspects, including a tech guru with a penchant        afterward, a woman's body is fished from the lake near the
for stalking women, the mayor’s wayward son, and an             same house. The townsfolk are now sweating bullets over
older art instructor. Jenna will have to wine and dine          the murders, and the heat comes down on Gia to find her
her way through all the clues before she can see the full       missing friend and track down the killer.
picture and put the real killer behind bars.
                                                                9781432898861 | $26.99 U.S.
9781432898878 | $26.99 U.S.                                     Cozy Mystery | Releases 5/18/2022
Cozy Mystery | Releases 5/18/2022                               Available in Softcover Cozy Mysteries 4.
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                  THINGS PAST TELLING                                               LIKE A SISTER
                  Sheila Williams                                                   Kellye Garrett
                  “Momma Grace’s story is often a brutal                            “Garrett explores racism and sexism with
                  one, but it’s full of adventure and romance,                      aplomb, as shown by the sarcasm Lena
                  courage and resilience. It’s no apologia for                      displays when others underestimate her
                  slavery but a moving portrait of its fully                        because she’s a young Black woman. This
                  human victims.” — Kirkus Reviews                                  talented author has upped her game with
                                                                                    this one.” — Publishers Weekly
                    Born in West Africa in the mid-18th
                    century, Maryam Prescilla Grace                                  When the body of reality TV star
                    survives capture, enslavement, the                               Desiree Pierce is found the morning
Atlantic crossing, and a brief stint as a pirate’s ward,         after her 25th birthday party, the police and the media
acting as both a spy and a translator. Maryam learns             are quick to declare her death an overdose. Desiree’s
midwifery from a Caribbean-born woman. Those skills              half-sister Lena Scott knows that can’t be the case. A
allow her to sometimes transcend the racial and class            graduate student at Columbia, Lena has spent the past
barriers of her enslavement, as she tries to balance             decade forging her own path, but some facts about
the lives and health of her own people with the cruel            Desiree just couldn’t have changed since their childhood.
economic mandates of the slave holders. Throughout               Despite the bitter truth that the two haven’t spoken in
her life, Maryam gains and loses her homeland, her               two years, torn apart by Desiree’s partying and by their
family, her culture, her husband, her lovers, and her            father, Mel, Lena becomes determined to find justice
children. Yet as the decades pass, this tenacious woman          for her sister, even if it means untangling her family’s
never loses her sense of self.                                   darkest secrets — or ending up dead herself.

9781432898304 | $32.99 U.S.                                      9781432898311 | $31.99 U.S.
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Available in Black Voices 2, 3 & 4.                              Available in Black Voices 2, 3 & 4.

                  THE LAST                                                          IN THE FACE OF THE SUN
                  SUSPICIOUS HOLDOUT                                                Denny S. Bryce
                  STORIES
                                                                                     Los Angeles, 1928. An up-and-
                  Ladee Hubbard                                                      coming journalist, Daisy Washington
                  “Short stories brimming with societal nuance                       anonymously chronicles fierce activism
                  and human complexity offer a penetrating                           and behind-the-scenes Hollywood
                  overview of urban Black America near the                           scandals to save her family from
                  turn of the 21st century.”                                         poverty. But power in the City of Angels
                  — starred, Kirkus Reviews                                          is also fueled by racism, greed, and
                                                                                     betrayal. Chicago, 1968. For Frankie
The twelve gripping tales in The Last Suspicious Holdout         Saunders, fleeing across America is her only escape
deftly chronicle poignant moments in the lives of an             from an abusive husband. Her rescuer is her Aunt Daisy,
African American community located in a “sliver of               still reeling from her own shattered past. Daisy will do
southern suburbia.” Spanning from 1992 to 2007, the              whatever it takes to settle old scores and resolve the past
stories represent a period during which the Black middle-        and Frankie will come up against hard choices in the face
class expanded while stories of “welfare Queens,” “crack         of unexpected passion. Both must come to grips with
babies,” and “super predators” abounded in the media.            what they need, what they’ve left behind, and all that lies
Characters spotlighted in one story reappear in another,         ahead.
providing a stunning testament to the enduring resilience
of Black people as they navigate the “post-racial” period        9781432898571 | $30.99 U.S.
The Last Suspicious Holdout so vividly portrays.                 Historical Fiction | Releases 5/18/2022
                                                                 Available in Black Voices 4.
9781432898670 | $31.99 U.S.
General Fiction | Releases 5/18/2022
Available in Black Voices 3 & 4.

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                   30 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MYSELF
                   Radhika Sanghani
                   “A heartwarming read about self-acceptance and the idea that it’s possible to learn to love your imperfect
                   self.” — Kirkus Reviews
                   Nina didn’t plan to spend her 30th birthday in jail, yet here she is. Unfortunately, it gives Nina
                   time to reflect on how screwed up her life is. She’s just broken up with her fiancé and has to
                   move back in with her depressed older brother and their uptight, traditional Indian mother.
                   Her career isn’t going in the direction she wants, and all her friends are too busy to hang out
                   with her. As Nina falls into despair, a book lands in her cell: How to Fix Your Shitty Life by Loving
                   Yourself. Nina makes a decision to embark on a self-love journey. By her next birthday, she’s
                   going to find 30 things she loves about herself.
                   9781432898342 | $26.99 NCR
                   Women's Fiction | Releases 5/18/2022

                   AFTER I DO
                   Taylor Jenkins Reid
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   “As uplifting as it is brutally honest—a must-read.” — Kirkus Reviews
                   When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they decide to take a year
                   off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they
                   cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes. Lauren embarks on a journey
                   of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about
                   the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the
                   challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren’s ideas about monogamy and
                   marriage. She starts to question: When love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you
                   value? What are you willing to fight for?

                   9781432896911 | $25.99 U.S.
                   Contemporary Romance | Releases 5/18/2022

                   HOW TO FIND YOUR WAY HOME
                   Katy Regan
                   “[A] well-crafted, compelling family drama that explores the meaning of home with care and grace.”
                   — Booklist
                   Emily has been looking for the same face in every crowd for more than a decade: her
                   brother’s. She never expects that one day he'll walk through the door of the housing office
                   where she works, homeless and in need of help. Emily’s overjoyed to see Stephen and
                   invites him to live with her but the baggage of the day that tore them apart more than 15
                   years before is heavy. As they rebuild their relationship, they embark on the adventure
                   they’d always promised to take when they're children running wild in the wetlands of
                   Canvey Island. And so, they must finally confront what happened that day and in all the days
                   since if they are to finally find their way home.

                   9781432898335 | $25.99 NCR
                   General Fiction | Releases 5/18/2022

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                   SUNDAY AT THE                                                      WHITE KNIGHT NEEDED
                   SUNFLOWER INN                                                      Betina Krahn
                   A Honey Creek Novel                                                NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
                   Jodi Thomas                                                          Just as Barclay Howard declares
                   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR                                    himself finished with love, he's thrust
                     Jessica Ann McKenzie has the best                                  into another sort of commitment:
                     restaurant for miles around. Serving                               guardian to his nephew. Barclay hasn’t
                     candlelit dinners on Valentine's Day                               a clue about children and now must
                     is a reminder of another dream, one                                relocate to his family estate. Norah
                     she's given up on. Until Sergeant                                  Capshaw was fleeing a brute when she
Tucson Smith clambers onto her land, bringing the                  found herself swept into a lecture hall, jailed, and jobless.
promise of something they've both been searching for.              Without a penny or relative to her name, she can’t resist
When McCoy Mason crashes on Interstate 45, Honey                   Barclay’s offer of a position as tutor to his nephew. In
Creek offers a temporary respite, a place to recover               fact, it’s hard to resist Barclay. Soon, with their attraction
before moving on. Charles H. Winston III lives by routine          growing, the two embark on a journey into the southern
but it's not too late to seize a chance for adventure. And         uplands of Scotland — and into the heart of a great love
there's no better season than spring, when the warm                neither expected.
breeze brings fresh hope and second chances to those               9781432897666 | $32.99 U.S.
who need them most.
                                                                   Historical Romance | Releases 5/18/2022
9781432898250 | $33.99 U.S.                                        Available in Romance 2, 3 & 4.
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                   HOW TO LOVE YOUR                                                    A DUKE, THE SPY, AN ARTIST,
                   NEIGHBOR                                                            AND A LIE
                   Sophie Sullivan                                                     Rogues and Remarkable Women • Book 3
                   “Intricate details about home renovations                           Vanessa Riley
                   jostle for space with matters of the heart in                       For Cecilia Charity Thomas, marrying
                   this lighthearted romance.”                                         Viscount Gantry to save him from danger
                   — Kirkus Reviews                                                    and herself from mercenary suitors was
                    In between finishing school and                                    a mistake. Instead of a passionate life
                    working odd jobs, Grace Travis                                     together, she's stranded at his mansion
                    will get her degree and her dream                                  with his unaccepting family. Worse, she
job. When an opportunity to fix up and live in a little            finds he's actually a spy dedicated to duty over wedlock.
house on the beach comes along, Grace is all in until              When she hears her sister has been driven to her death,
her biggest roadblock moves in next door. As a real                Cecilia is determined to expose the man responsible. When
estate developer, Noah Jansen knows when he's found                her pursuit threatens influential enemies, will Gantry and
something special. Something he could even call home.              Cecilia's only chance to gain justice separate them once and
Provided he can expand by taking over the house next               for all?
door — the house with the combative and beautiful
woman living in it. With the rules for being neighborly            9781432897642 | $31.99 U.S.
going out the window, Grace and Noah are in an all-out             Regency Romance | Releases 5/18/2022
feud. But sometimes, your nemesis can show you that                Available in Romance 4.
home is always where the heart is.

9781432898298 | $31.99 U.S.
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Available in Romance 3 & 4.

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                   A VIEW MOST GLORIOUS                                           THE ELEMENT OF LOVE
                   American Wonders Collection • Book 3                           The Lumber Baron's Daughters • Book 1
                   Regina Scott                                                   Mary Connealy
                    Coraline Baxter longs to live a life of                          Laura Stiles and her sisters have been
                    significance. When her local suffragette                         able to deal with their mother's choice
                    group asks her to climb Mount Rainier                            in husband until they discovered his
                    to raise awareness of their cause, she                           plans to marry each of them off to his
                    jumps at the chance, even though she                             lecherous friends. Now they must run
                    has absolutely no climbing experience.                           away to find better matches to claim
                    After her mother issues an ultimatum                             their portion of their father's lumber
— that Cora marry the man of her mother's choosing             dynasty. During their escape, Laura befriends a mission
if she fails — Cora must do it. Mountain guide Nathan          group heading to California. She quickly volunteers herself
Hardee initially refuses to help Cora but has a change         and her sisters to join their efforts. The sisters are excited
of heart when he sees what's at stake. These unlikely          to put their skills to good use but when secrets around
partners may just discover that only together is the view      them come to light, it'll take all the smarts the sisters have
most glorious.                                                 to keep trouble at bay.

9781432898229 | $30.99 U.S.                                    9781432898212 | $30.99 U.S.
Christian Romance | Releases 5/4/2022                          Christian Romance | Releases 5/4/2022
Available in Christian Romance 2, 3 & 4.                       Available in Christian Romance 2, 3 & 4.

                   THE SPARK OF LOVE                                              TO TREASURE AN HEIRESS
                   Mesquite Springs • Book 3                                      The Secrets of the Isles • Book 2
                   Amanda Cabot                                                   Roseanna M. White
                   “[T]he juicy schemes and blossoming                            1906. After stumbling across a collection
                   romance will keep the pages turning.”                          of letters and a map buried on her
                   — Publishers Weekly                                            family's property, Beth Tremayne's
                    When a spurned suitor threatens                               found adventure in the hunt for pirate
                    her, Alexandra Tarkington flees                               treasure. To discover where the clues
                    New York for the Texas Hill Country,                          lead, she must search alongside
                    where her father is building a hotel.                         Lord Sheridan, a man she finds
Alexandra carves out a niche for herself in town, teaching     insufferable. Sheridan has spent years pursuing whatever
schoolchildren to paint and enjoying the company of            archaeological interests pique his imagination and when
Gabe Seymour, a man she met on the stagecoach. But             he discovers that Beth's search connects with one of
two men, each with his own agenda, have followed her to        his far-removed pirate ancestors, he can't help getting
Mesquite Springs and Gabe, an investigator, is searching       involved. As they work together, which treasure will bring
for proof that her father is a swindler. With so much to       the greatest surprise — the one they find in each other or
lose, Alexandra and Gabe will have to come together if         the one just out of their reach?
they're to discover whether the sparks they've felt from
                                                               9781432898243 | $29.99 U.S.
the beginning can kindle the fire of true love.
                                                               Christian Romance | Releases 5/4/2022
9781432898236 | $29.99 U.S.                                    Available in Christian Romance 4.
Christian Romance | Releases 5/4/2022
Available in Christian Romance 3 & 4.

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