Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Ian Daniels, Fiona Davis, Hilary Green, and many more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading!
Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors P. L. Tavormina, Nassim Odin, Spencer Rose, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Jocelyn Fox, G. Z. Rodriguez & D. J. Vargas, Leia Stone, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading!
Are you an avid reader of Young Adult books? This week you are in luck! With all of these new novels, you’re bound to find a new favorite book to add to your reading list. This week includes new novels from bestselling authors Kelly St. Clare, Nicholas Coursel, D.B. King, and many more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!
Looking for some new biography and memoir books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from Bhupendra Patel, Charlotte Robertson, Aleisha Maree, and many more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
Looking to add to your literary fiction list this January? Check out these new novels by indie bestselling authors Peter Darman, Debbie Macomber, Peter Mann, Imogen Matthews, Yara Zgheib, and Andrew Lipstein. Enjoy your new literary fiction book recommendations!
Release Date: November 10, 2021
Leon Muller, resident of the city of Bern, has it all – a wealthy family, an excellent education and a very bright future. But he throws it all away on a rash impulse and as a result is thrown into a world that is totally alien to him. Cast out of his home city, he is forced to join an army of impoverished, half-starved soldiers that is fighting for the freedom of the Swiss people.
Release Date: January 17, 2022
Jillian Lawton and Lesley Adamski. Two girls from very different backgrounds become best friends in the turbulent 1960s, but their circumstances and choices—and their mistakes—take them in opposite directions. The story of a remarkable friendship—told in a remarkable way. A story in which every woman will recognize herself... and her best friend
Release Date: January 11, 2022
Berlin—September, 1945. Two manuscripts are found in rubble, each one narrating conflicting versions of the life of an Irish spy during the war. The two manuscripts spiral around each other, leaving only the reader to know the full truth of Pike and De Groot’s relationship, their ultimate loyalties, and their efforts to resist the fascist reality in which they are caught.
Release Date: January 17, 2022
1943, Nazi-occupied Holland: a young girl faces an impossible choice, an entire town puts themselves in danger to keep terrified strangers safe. Based on a true story, this heart-breaking World War Two novel will restore your faith in humanity.
Release Date: January 4, 2022
Exit West meets An American Marriage in this breathtaking and evocative novel about a young Syrian couple in the throes of new love, on the cusp of their bright future…when a travel ban rips them apart on the eve of their son’s birth—from the author of the “absorbing page-turner” (People) The Girls at 17 Swann Street.
Release Date: January 18, 2022
Last Resort is the razor-edged account of a young man's headlong journey into authenticity. As Caleb fights to right his mistakes and reclaim his name, he must burn every bridge, confront his own desire, and finally see his work from the perspective of those locked inside.
Have you been searching for some exciting new sci-fi and fantasy reads? You’ll be able to explore fantastic new worlds with these amazing new releases from bestselling authors Eileen Mueller & A. J. Ponder, Morgan Quaid, Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle, Matthew Sleadd, Anna Hackett, J.N. Chaney and Terry Maggert. Happy reading!
Release Date: January 13, 2022
Red’s always liked playing with fire, and Snow’s so frosty, she’s nicknamed the Ice Queen. Mom’s warned them not to use their powers. To be careful not to reveal they’re freaks. But when Snow and Red sneak out at night to have fun, they have no idea of the dangerous world they’re about to get dragged into—a world of dragon shifters, mages and deadly Fae.
Release Date: November 8, 2021
Abducted in the dead of night by a mountainous thug and a ginger-haired dwarf, eighteen-year-old Jack Flint is taken to an underground bunker where he and a group of other teens are forced to fight an implacable enemy in a dream world rife with danger.
Release Date: December 17, 2021
Dragons were created to bring justice to the world—but some do way more than that. When Lunis, the wise-cracking, bad joke-telling dragon, is summoned to Mexico, he doesn’t hesitate to answer the call. It just so happens that he’s been lured there under false pretenses. Tricked into signing onto a mission, Lunis still steps up to do what he does best—bring balance to the world.
Release Date: December 26, 2021
Jason Hartman retired as a sniper from the SAG’s high-value target rescue team. He was not expecting to join his brother and a Special Operations team leader to launch a mission to infiltrate the city and extract the government’s lead infections disease expert. But can they act quickly enough to avoid the city’s destruction, and will they avoid becoming infected by the zombie plague themselves?
Release Date: January 18, 2022
When an experimental starship test goes horribly wrong, a scientist from Earth finds herself fighting for her survival, and her only lifeline is a wild, powerful alien king.
Release Date: January 16, 2022
There are some things you simply can’t escape. For Van, it’s family. Out among the stars, his cousin, Carter Yost, drags Van and his team into a criminal ring run by the High Doctor- a dangerous con artist with delusions of grandeur. Working from the abandoned world of Pathway, the High Doctor has created a cult, stealing a fortune from the fearful, sick, and scared. If there’s one thing Van hates, it’s a bully, and the High Doctor has his full attention. But in order to crush the criminal cult, Van needs bigger, better armor—and that comes with a price.
In the mood for a new romance read this week? Check out our favorite new romance paranormal and romantic suspense books from bestselling authors Misha Bell, Anna Zaires, Dima Zales, Michelle Dayton, Rina Kent, Stephanie Fournet, Monica Murphy, and Lucy Score. Enjoy your new romances!
Release Date: January 18, 2022
My name is Blue and I’m a femme fatale in training. My goal is to join the CIA. Unfortunately, the closest I’ve come to my dream is working for a government agency that’s disturbingly up-to-speed on everyone’s sexts, rants in private Facebook groups, and secret family cookie recipes. I know I’m a spy cliché, that agent who works at a desk but craves fieldwork. However, I have a plan...
Release Date: January 18, 2022
Five years ago, Jo Harper did a bad thing. Dumped, injured, and in crippling debt, Jo did what any desperate woman with a PhD in psychology and above-average computer skills would: become an elite, undetectable online romance scammer. Now Jo and her team of four young women bring in enough cash to keep them securely afloat. Their targets? Married cheaters.
Release Date: January 13, 2022
It wasn’t supposed to happen, okay? A couple of drinks and a sinful British accent later and I’m in bed with a stranger. Of course, I left first thing in the morning because I’m a responsible adult. An adult who has a new job that I need in order to keep my double life a secret. Little did I know I’m not, in fact, responsible. Because the stranger I left in bed? Yeah, he’s not a stranger after all. He’s my new boss.
Release Date: January 13, 2022
When Stella Mouton inherits her grandmother's neglected three-story house, she can't afford to keep it or keep it up—unless she rents out the rooms. A witch, a waif, and a warrior woman are all welcome. The hot geology student is not.
Release Date: January 13, 2022
Beck Callahan. Star defensive Lineman. Most popular boy on campus. One of my best friends. He’s always been off-limits because I know a relationship with him could never work. Like, ever. He’s too perfect, too sweet, too good-looking. Taking what we have a step further has the potential to ruin everything, and his friendship is too important to me.
Release Date: January 13, 2022
Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order. Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of.
Don’t miss out on these exciting new mystery, thriller, and suspense books that are perfect to add to your reading list this winter! Check out these new books by bestselling authors R.W.K. Clark, Annabel Chase, Lisa Gardner, Honor Raconteur, Lily Harper Hart, and Stephen Hunter. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense books!
Release Date: December 5, 2021
Melvin discovers a past buried deep inside his memories that shouldn’t be revisited. His controlling mother is determined to not let him go, and she goes to extremes to not only save his life but maintain control of it. What she doesn’t understand is that her son is not the same good boy he used to be.
Release Date: January 13, 2022
Mia Thorne’s midlife makeover is going better than she ever expected. She has a new job, a new relationship, a new garden—well, never mind the garden. She doesn’t even mind that she’s back to pounding the pavement to generate ad revenue for the local newspaper. Unfortunately, an important meeting with the marketing director of the Newberry Playhouse generates the wrong kind of buzz when a beloved actress is found dead the day of her big performance. Can Mia solve the case and help the show go on or will the final curtain fall on the historic playhouse?
Release Date: January 18, 2022
Timothy O’Day knew the woods. Yet when he disappeared on the first night of a bachelor party camping trip with his best friends in the world, he didn’t leave a trace. What he did leave behind were two heartbroken parents, a crew of guilt-ridden groomsmen, and a pile of clues that don’t add up.
Release Date: January 14, 2022
Three modus operandi to die. Four employees, six house guests, and not a single witness. Confusing clues and no helpful leads cloud the death of Countess Giada Barese, who washed up on shore two weeks after her mysterious disappearance. Henri and Jamie have no idea if her death is a homicide, suicide, or accidental death, for nothing adds up. There is something strange going on, though, Jamie’s sure of that. The countess was found wearing mismatched slippers, her lover disappeared the next day, and everyone is acting shifty.
Release Date: January 4, 2022
Harper Harlow-Monroe is settling into married life well. Her biggest problem is her best friend Zander, who is planning his own wedding. That is until a new resident comes to Harper with a poltergeist problem.
Release Date: January 18, 2022
Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Stephen Hunter returns with a taut, white-knuckled thriller featuring master sniper Bob Lee Swagger as he protects a group of political hostages during a perilous standoff and once again proves his title of “true American literary icon” (Mark Greaney, author of Mission Critical).
What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Snow and Red (Dragon Shifters’ Hoard, Book 1)?
It’s so exciting to finally launch Snow and Red. I remember the walk A. J. Ponder and I took through Central Park, here in New Zealand, when we first plotted this story. Our Central Park is very different from the one in New York. It has far fewer people using it and the bush is wilder. It’s a great place to let your imagination run riot.
Snow and Red is based on a little-known fairy tale of Snow White and Rose Red, two sisters who befriend a bear who is a secretly an enchanted prince.
In the fairy tale, three times, Snow White and Rose Red unwittingly help the dwarf who enchanted the prince, accidentally breaking the spell and freeing the prince to be himself. Snow White marries the prince and Rose Red captures his brother’s heart.
We loved this story because the girls were daring free spirits who weren’t afraid of looking beyond the bear’s exterior to see his true heart. They faced danger to free a trapped spirit and helped him and his brother regain their stolen treasure—and find true love!
We’re often asked how closely Snow and Red fits the original fairy tale. We had fun on that walk two years ago, diving into many possible ways of retelling the fairy tale. In the end, we explored three fantasy dimensions.
In Snow and Red (Dragon Shifters Hoard Book 1) there are mages, shifters, and deadly Fae in the underworld simmering beneath the thin veneer of Pinevale.
Snow and Red, two sisters, are aware they’re freaks with strange powers. Mom’s warned them to hide who they are. But she’s also hidden dark secrets of her own. Secrets that could put the girls in danger.
The girls sneak out one night to have fun. They’re are attacked in an alley by a gang. They instinctively react with fire and ice. Two buff guys swoop in to rescue them. Insanely attractive and expelled from school, with shimmering gold and silver tattoos on their faces and arms, the Draki twins may be more dangerous than the girls’ attackers.
How does this relate further to the original fairy tale? Multiple times, Snow and Red accidentally help the mage who enchanted the Draki twins and is stealing their hoard—magical artifacts that protect the shifter community. Unknown to them, Dante and Zephyr Draki are on a mission to save their kidnapped parents, but the stakes keep climbing until the entire shifter community is under threat. Yes, the spell does get broken. But it’s a tough journey on the way, full of danger and dark secrets.
It was a whirlwind of fun writing Snow and Red.
The story has grown and sprung to life with a sequel, Zephyr and Snow, releasing in a few weeks. The third book, Dante and Red, is in the works, and Draki Twins, a free short prequel, is available.
If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Snow and Red (Dragon Shifters’ Hoard, Book 1), what would they be?
Their songs would represent their elemental powers.
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
Eileen: I love reading young adult fantasy in all sorts of sub-genres. Paranormal romance, epic fantasy, dragon rider adventures, steampunk, grimdark and urban fantasy. I also read a variety of genres that aren’t fantasy, including historical sagas, some mystery and sci-fi, but fantasy has become my true love. I mainly write dragon rider epic fantasy and urban fantasy, so yeah, I guess it’s similar.
AJ Ponder: I read anything I can get my hands on – everything from fantasy to historical sweet romance, to science fiction. With my cat in my lap, my family nearby and a good book in my hand, what more could I want? As for writing I’ve also dabbled in a variety of genres, but I love epic fantasy, urban fantasy and YA fantasy best of all.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
Eileen: I enjoyed creating see-sawing tension between Red and Dante. Dante can’t trust Red. She has fire powers, so he fears she’s his enemy. But she’s attractive, so much fun and knows how to party, so he’s drawn to her despite himself.
Zeph has a quirky sense of humor, and A.J. is great at writing his one-liners, so those were fun parts to edit. We both actually wrote all four characters, which made the writing process lots of fun.
AJ Ponder: Ice skating has always felt like flying to me. Snow and Zeph experience sweet romance while literally skating on thin ice. It was a playful scene. Then Eileen ratcheted up the tension. She knows how to put the thumbscrews on our characters.
Eileen: Yeah, I love being mean, but I also like happily-ever-afters.
A.J. Ponder: Don’t we all?
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
Eileen: I dictate outdoors among the trees, by the sea, the beach or adventuring in our native New Zealand bush or botanical gardens. I’m sure everyone thinks I’m mad because I’m always talking to myself! In fact, people have told me so!
“I always wondered why you were talking to yourself,” is a common phrase from my neighbors! It cracks me up.
It’s especially funny when I’m dictating a fight scene or a dragon soaring over a lake or alps. I try to stop in mid-sentence when I walk past people, but sometimes I have to finish before I lose the scene in my head.
A.J. Ponder: I have to battle my cats to type on my keyboard. I’m sure they think they’re the authors of my books.
Eileen: I’m so glad they’re not! Their grammar is terrible.
A.J. Ponder: But they type the longest most creative words!
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
Yes, if we could choose something for our readers to remember, it would be:
Eileen: Be true to yourself. Be strong. Stay the course, and soar upon dragon wings.
A.J. Ponder: Love is often found in unexpected places. Remember to look there too.
Eileen Mueller and A. J. Ponder are the authors of the new book Snow and Red (Dragon Shifters’ Hoard, Book 1)
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What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Outcast?
I have always been interested in little-known aspects of history, such as the Parthian Empire, the Northern Crusades in the 13th Century and the end of the Byzantine Empire, all of which I have written about in the genre of historical fiction. The story of the emergence of the Swiss nation and the fighting prowess of its soldiers is another such topic.
‘Outcast’ is my interpretation of how the Swiss were able to defend their homeland, defeat their enemies, and then become sought-after mercenaries in the 15th Century. At its most basic level, it is also the triumph of the underdog against superior odds and the universal fight for freedom.
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
I love to read military history and history in general. Wars and military commanders have always held a particular fascination for me, and these two topics manifest themselves in the historical fiction.
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
‘The Italian Wars 1494–1559’ by Michael Mallet and Christine Shaw; ‘The Art of Renaissance Warfare’ by Stephen Turnbull; and ‘Why Liberalism Failed’ by Patrick Deneen.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
A famous piece of Swiss history was when William Tell supposedly split an arrow perched on top of his son’s head using a crossbow. I recreated this feat in the book with an old blind woman shooting a crossbow at an apple perched on top of the main character’s head. Great fun.
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
Not particularly, though I never write in the evenings. It is important to be able to wind down after a day tapping a keyboard.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
Try to live a life without regrets.
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
The fight for freedom is invariably long, hard and often very bloody.
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