Hold on to the edge of your seat as we hunt for clues and solve the case with these exciting new mystery and thriller books for the week! There are so many bestselling authors with new novels for you to dive into this week including Bradley Cornish, Robert Galbraith, Vince Flynn, Wendy Walker, and many more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading!
Looking to fall in love with some new romance reads? You’ll adore these exciting new novels! This week you can get your hands on books by bestselling authors W. Winters, Sierra Simone, Monica Murphy, Crimson Syn, Kata Cuic, Cynthia Sax, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading!
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 Ken Follett, Jude Deveraux, Beatrice Colin, 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 Edward Hochsmann, Gary Walkden, TR Cameron, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from A.L. Hawke, Bec McMaster, Signe Pike, 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 Tiffany D. Jackson, Tracy Deonn, Nina LaCour, Marieke Nijkamp, 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 James Patterson, Alex Ross, Maria Hinojosa, Mary Marantz, and many more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
Get ready to ignite your romance reading with authors like Lani Lynn Vale! If you enjoy books like her popular SWAT Generation 2.0 Series, The Valentine Boys, and KPD Motorcycle Patrol Series, you'll love these 6 new romance novels. Enjoy the sizzle!
Release Date: August 28, 2020
A monster grips the city in his iron fist. The media calls him El Santo, but I prefer El Diablo... the devil. My obsession with Dominic Alvarez will be his demise. I crave the look in his captivating eyes while I crush his soul. I will not be like other women; whose hearts stop at the sight of him. They all lost themselves in the allure and temptation of El Santo before they could feel the danger of El Diablo.
Release Date: September 7, 2020
The eighth book in the Hot Scotts Series by Anna Durand... I fell in love with Alex Thorne twelve years ago. But every word that comes out of his mouth is a half-truth, a con, or an evasion. Now I discovered my dream job at a university in America is his way of pulling me back into his world. But I won't fall under the spell of the British Bastard again.
Release Date: September 2, 2020
Just friends? Is a peach pie to the face "just" a little mishap? I know what I felt the day Quinn Faulkner saved me from death by dessert. He was my best friend and always The One. But it was impossible. He was the small-town prince of summer crushes and leagues above a tag-along dance nerd like me. Years later, my uncle needs a goat wrangler and I need an escape. It's also a great way to collide with the boy who got away.
Release Date: September 8, 2020
The second book in the You Are Mine Series by USA Today Bestselling Author Willow Winters... The first time I laid eyes on Mason Thatcher I got chills. The good kind. The kind that makes your body ache and your heart hammer. It isn't fair that his touch eased my pain, that his lips on mine made my worries go away, or that his love gave me a reason to breathe again. I felt complete with him... Then I learned the truth.
Release Date: September 8, 2020
I know I should have stayed away from Ian Parker. But when my drug-dealing stepdad kicks me out, I have nowhere else to go. Squatting in an abandoned shed on Ian’s grandpa’s farm seems like the best option I have. Ian finds me there, of course, and he insists on me moving into his spare room. I should say no, but the appeal of a roof and a warm bed is too much. Not to mention Ian’s brown eyes and strong arms.
Release Date: September 3, 2020
Luca Rossi is my polar opposite. His butt is in the baseball hall of fame and mine is comfortably seated in the hall of lame. When he isn't snagging fly balls out in center field, he is modeling in shampoo commercials. While I once jammed my finger while stirring cookie dough and often forget what shampoo is. He is a cynic when it comes to love and I make a living writing love stories.
What can you tell us about your new release, The Heart Beats in Time?
The new book, ‘The Heart Beats in Time’, is the culmination of the Song for a Lost Kingdom trilogy. Two women, Adeena and Katharine, find themselves transposed across time, living each other’s lives in an unfamiliar world.
Both are classical music composers – and both are pregnant. Adeena is caught up in the conflicts of 1746 Scotland, ten days after the Battle of Culloden, while Katharine awakens in 2019 to a world full of magic that can only mean one thing; she has died and gone to Heaven.
Somehow, either through either unknown mystical forces, or the science of epigenetics, the two are able to work together across the three centuries that separate them to complete their musical tour-de-force, ‘The Heart Beats in Time’.
The words and music of the song reflect the events unfolding around them. They are connected through a priceless musical instrument, The Duncan Cello, the oldest surviving cello in the United Kingdom.
As the men in their lives learn the true identities of Adeena and Katharine, they too must decide where their own loyalties and hearts belong.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I’ve always been in awe of how the arts that can touch our deepest emotions. The connection we feel with the characters from our favourite books and movies sometimes exceed the relationships we have with the real people in our lives.
I think that is what has driven me to try and develop stories and characters that resonate with my readers. When a story is burning within you, it is almost like you have no choice but to transcribe it and share it.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Here they are, in no particular order.
Roots, Alex Haley
Wuthering Heights, Charlotte Brontë
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
2001: A Space Odessy, Arthur C. Clarke
Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask
Probably Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series or Stephen King. I greatly admire their work and their seemingly effortless natural abilities, which are likely the result of raw talent plus hard work.
I think my first question for Diana would be about her characters, particularly Claire. “How deep inside of you are your characters?” I’m interested in knowing more about the relationship Diana has with Clarie and Jamie.
Do they feel as real as her closest friends or family members, or is she able to segregate them emotionally into some kind of a ‘fictional characters’ bucket in her head?
What's your favorite thing about writing?
The ability to have complete control over a world of your own creation, and yet to be totally powerless to the desires of the characters who inhabitant this world.
The inner lives of my characters is a kind of push-pull relationship. I think I know them, until I set them in a scene and they start to do their own thing, even though I am the one typing away on the keyboard. I point them in a direction I think they should follow, and then for some reason, they completely ignore me.
At that point I know that I am fully immersed in the story and writing it becomes a non-optional activity.
What is a typical day like for you?
I get up early, that is about the only thing ‘typical’ in my day.
Ideally I like to hit a daily word count, but as an independent author, the realities of advertising and marketing, as well as editing, cover design, managing online bookstores, producing audiobooks, etc. have a way of making each day a little different.
I also like to spend some time outdoors every day, either in the garden, on the lake at our cottage, biking or running, or any other excuse to get outside. Having two dogs to walk helps greatly in this regard!
What scene from The Heart Beats in Time was your favorite to write?
In Book III, the last scene of the trilogy was one of the most satisfying to write. I’d put most of the characters through hell and I think this is where they finally said “enough is enough!”
Having wrapped up all the threads of the series, it felt good to have them enjoy themselves and not face another impending, life-threatening crisis.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
Never stop learning, never stop growing and never take yourself too seriously.
Steve Moretti is the author of the new book The Heart Beats in Time.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Irresistible in a Kilt?
Irresistible in a Kilt tells the love story of two archaeologists, Alex Thorne and Catriona MacTaggart, former lovers whose relationship ended in disaster. Twelve years later, Cat thinks she hates Alex, and she's made up insulting nicknames for him, like the British Bastard. She knows she can't trust him, but she can't deny Alex is charming—and irresistible.
For Alex, Catriona is the Scots lass who got away. He isn't your typical romance hero since he often sidesteps the truth and sometimes "borrows" artifacts from museums. He always returns them, though! 😊 And he will do anything, even lie and connive, to get her back.
If you're new to the Hot Scots series, this is an excellent place to start. If you're already a fan, then this one will blow your mind! The audiobook version, narrated by Shane East and Elle Newlands, is phenomenal. A genuine Brit and a genuine Scot bring Cat and Alex to life.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I've always made up stories in my head, but my parents encouraged me to pursue writing as a career. My dad, who passed away in 2016, was a published author and taught me about the publishing industry. My mom suggested I try writing romance, and that was the best advice I ever took! I haven't looked back since.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
It's a mix of classics and modern books: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, Lightning by Dean Koontz, The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning, and Dark Skye by Kresley Cole.
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask
Hmm, that's a hard one! So many amazing authors out there. I guess I'd start with Dean Koontz, since his books inspired me as a teenager. That might sound strange coming from a romance author, but it's true. I was obsessed with thrillers and classic sci-fi back then.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
Everything! Seriously. I love the whole process, even editing. If I had to choose, though, I'd say writing the banter for my heroes and heroines is the best part. I have so much fun coming up with sassy, sexy, hilarious things for them to say to each other. Irresistible in a Kilt is a great example. I absolutely loved writing the dialogue between Alex and Cat, but I also had loads of fun with Alex's inner monologue.
What is a typical day like for you?
I get up at six a.m.—seriously! six o'clock—and start writing. Okay, I usually eat breakfast first. I always make my tea so I can sip it while I'm writing. My dogs make sure I take the occasional break, by pestering me to play with them. But I'm essentially writing all morning, and I often write more later in the day too. I take a break at lunchtime to refuel and relax for a while, then I'm busy doing marketing, social media, etc., all the other stuff authors have to do these days.
What scene from Irresistible in a Kilt was your favorite to write?
Chapter One was lots of fun to write. There's a prologue before that, told by a mysterious narrator, but Chapter One is all Alex Thorne. I loved writing about his reactions to Catriona, who is very annoyed with him at that point, and also his sarcastic conversation with her. The first line of that chapter sums up Alex: "The truth and I have a different sort of relationship, not best mates, but more like third cousins once removed."
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
I love the quote that says, "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." I've seen it variously attributed to Dr. Seuss and Bernard Baruch. Whoever said it, that's excellent advice.
Anna Durand is the author of the new book Irresistible in a Kilt.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Children of the Miracle?
Children of the Miracle is the first book in a series which follows three Sanctuary Cities that are the sole survivors of a global pandemic. One hundred years after the virus FossilFlu took humanity to the brink of extinction, the Sanctuaries of Americas, Europe, and Asia, all self-isolated, are rebuilding their populations while trying to find immunity to the deadly virus. The odds are stacked against them as the world is also burning up as a result of an environmental collapse.
The first book in the series follows Doctor Mercy Perching, from the Sanctuary of Europe, as she is invited to the Sanctuary of Americas to help deal with a mutation of the FossilFlu. The first person to visit the isolated city in one hundred years, she is shocked to discover they have been genetically engineering human-animal hybrids in hopes to find permanent immunity to the disease. But the new Chimera species have created many other new problems, including giving the virus a host to mutate. Mercy finds herself unwillingly at the centre of a battle between the Chimera and the Pure humans for immunity. She will have to choose a side and ultimately the face of the human species.
Children of the Miracle is Brave New World meets BladeRunner meets WestWorld. It’s a dystopian thriller with a surprising romance that will force the reader to ask themselves: What would I do?
What or who inspired you to become an author?
Mostly my mother. Raising six children, she hardly had any time to herself. At night, after everyone was in bed, she would read novels as a way of having some ‘me’ time. I have fond memories of waking up and finding her in the living room with a book. When I write, I want readers to get lost in my books, escape for a few hours. It’s a gift for my mother.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Brave New World, Lord of the Flies, The Handmaid's Tale, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, (Guilty pleasure: The Hunger Games).
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask
Author: Margret Atwood. Question 1: Can you adopt me and we can write books together? Question 2: What’s more important to you: the success of your books today, or a legacy where your books are still read as classics in one hundred years from now?
What's your favorite thing about writing?
Inventing. Looking into the future and contemplating where and how the human species and the planet will exist. Or if they will exist.
What is a typical day like for you?
5 AM dog’s get me up for their breakfast. Then coffee and note taking of thoughts or dreams from the night I want to add into my books. Two hours of writing. Dog walks up the South Downs on the English coast. Coffee and two more hours of writing, if I’m lucky. Then out to take care of the horses and sheep on our small hold. Then some more writing or reading, depending on mood for the late afternoon. Dinner time is for me and my partner, my husband of twenty years.
What scene from Children of the Miracle was your favorite to write?
Describing Mercy’s first exposure to the Sanctuary of Americas, a technological and environmental utopia. It’s cyberpunk city meets Jurassic Park. The scenes represent my passion for inventing cool new technologies and my obsession with raw nature.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
One day at a time. One scene at a time.
Daniel Weisbeck is the author of the new book Children of the Miracle.
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