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 Amie Kaufman, Nina Varela, Ben Philippe, 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 David Chang, Michael Cohen, Jenna Bush Hager, Hiram Garcia, and many more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
Want to start reading some exciting new fantasy and science fiction novels? You won't want to miss the amazing books from bestselling authors Dylan Doose, Daniel Weisbeck, Dennis Scheel, Steve Moretti, Justin Fike, and Timothy Zahn. Happy reading!
Release Date: August 31, 2020
The seventh book in the Sword and Sorcery Series by Dylan Doose... The contract was simple enough: get to the tower and kill the beast. The problem is Theron, Aldous, and Kendrick are no longer in a world they know and between them are a few hundred miles of woods and waters infested with beasts and monsters. With a dead man and a mutant as their only guides, they will have to rely on each other more than ever to get through.
Release Date: June 29, 2020
The first book in The Children of the Miracle Series by Daniel Weisbeck... In a dark future, the sanctuary of Americas has been running genetic experiments of humans with animal DNA in order to stop a deadly virus that took humanity to the brink of extinction. Chimera is the result, a hybrid human species. A species that is immune to the virus.
Release Date: August 30, 2020
The third book in The Underworlds Series by Dennis Scheel... Denida and Nina both grieve their son's murder differently. She lashes out, while he seeks to change the past. In order to right the injustice, Denida considers an offer from Lucifer to keep the Darkness from targeting anybody else he loves. Denida vows to break into Heaven to rescue Lucifer's son and lost love.
Release Date: August 15, 2020
The third and final book in the Song for a Lost Kingdom Series by Steve Moretti... Finding themselves living three centuries apart and each assuming the identity of the other, Adeena and Katharine must overcome their own unique challenges, all the while hiding the truth of who they really are from those around them.
Release Date: August 12, 2020
The first three books in the Farshore Chronicles by bestselling author Justin Fike. This collection includes: A Thief in Farshore, Into the Shattered City, and Crown of the Mad King... "A thrilling fantasy adventure with all the classic elements including elves, dwarves, orcs, and other magical beings."
Release Date: September 1, 2020
Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them.
Your reading list is about to get an exciting injection thanks to these must-read mystery and thriller books! If you've been searching for some great reads, don't miss these new novels from Joan Livingston, Lorhainne Eckhart, K. Patrick Donoghue, Alexi Venice, Becki Willis, and David Temple. Enjoy!
Release Date: August 26, 2020
The fourth book in The Isabel Long Mystery Series by Joan Livingston... Estelle Crane was the gutsy editor of The Observer newspaper who died after a hard fall on ice. Years later, her son discovers a cryptic note hinting her death might not have been an accident after all. Was Estelle pursuing a story that put her life in danger? That's what Isabel Long and her 93-year-old mother, Maria, are investigating.
Release Date: July 31, 2020
The ninth book in The O'Connells Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Lorhainne Eckhart... Raymond O'Connell was the love of Iris's life. From the day she met him, to the day a year later when she married him, to the tragic night before she never saw him again. Eighteen years later, questions arise about that night her husband disappeared when a bloody knife and a letter addressed to her are found. Iris can no longer keep her life with Raymond O'Connell buried.
Release Date: August 31, 2020
The first book in The Unity of Four Series by K. Patrick Donoghue... This post-apocalyptic technothriller takes place in the year 2137, amid the aftermath of the Genetic Revolution of the 2070s. An era where the craze of designer babies and gene replacement therapies led to generations of horrible mutations and the eventual ban of DNA alterations. Now a new outbreak of mutations threatens to wreak even more havoc.
Release Date: August 26, 2020
The second book in A Monica Spade Series from Amazon Bestselling Author Alexi Venice... Monica Spade insists she isn't a trial lawyer. She definitely isn't one that represents dangerous criminals. Despite her protests, Monica is ordered to serve as standby counsel for a young woman accused of repeatedly stabbing her boyfriend. Monica sets her fear aside and visits her new client in jail. Stela Reiter looks more like a meek librarian than a person capable of overpowering and stabbing a young man to death.
Release Date: August 13, 2020
The 10th book in The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series by bestselling author Becki Willis... A mysterious woman has moved to The Sisters and tongues start wagging. Why did Rose Belvedere move here of all places? Was that a body the movers stuffed into the van? Calls start to flood the police department but Chief Brash deCordova can't do much without probable cause. But when Madison stumbles upon a gruesome discovery, all that changes.
Release Date: May 16, 2020
The first book in the Detective Pat Norelli Thriller Series by David Temple... It is Oscar night in Hollywood, and media darling Meredith Johansen has finally taken home a gold statue. Across town, rookie Detective Patricia Norelli is working late and trying to break through her own glass ceiling with a promotion in the LAPD. Their paths collide when Johansen is found dead in her home only hours after the Oscar festivities ended. It was ruled a suicide but Norelli's instinct says murder.
Does your library need some new literature & fiction books? You can stop searching because we've made a list of some of our favorite new releases from authors June A. Converse, Lori Benton, Mary Ellen Taylor, Asha Lemmie, Peace Adzo Medie, and Nancy Jooyoun Kim. Happy reading!
Release Date: August 22, 2020
The second book in The Hope Trilogy by June A. Converse... When Matt Nelson found Kathleen on the beach, she had been hiding for three years behind a scarf and sunglasses. But there was one thing she couldn't hide... her loneliness. When her flashbacks start, they are both unprepared for the repercussions and the depth of her emotional suffering. She agrees to return to intensive trauma recovery, where the sounds and smells and images of that terrible night await her.
Release Date: September 1, 2020
The first book in the Kindred Series by bestselling author Lori Benton... North Carolina, 1793. Ian Cameron has come to Mountain Laurel hoping to remake himself yet again-into his planter uncle's heir. No matter how uneasily the role of slave owner rests upon his shoulders. Then he meets the beautiful and artistic Seona, who is enslaved to his kin. As his fascination turns to love, he can no longer be the man others wished him to be. The path Ian chooses will set the course for generations of Camerons to come.
Release Date: September 1, 2020
Adrift in the wake of her father’s death, a failed marriage, and multiple miscarriages, Libby McKenzie feels truly alone. Her new life as a wedding photographer provides a semblance of purpose, it’s just a distraction from her profound pain. When asked to photograph a wedding at the historic Woodmont estate, Libby meets the owner, Elaine Grant. Libby is immediately drawn to the old greenhouse shrouded in honeysuckle vines.
Release Date: September 1, 2020
The debut novel from Asha Lemmie, that Kristin Hannah describes as “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” Fifty Words of Rain spans decades and continents to tell a dazzling epic story about the ties that bind, the ties that give you strength, and what it means to be free.
Release Date: September 1, 2020
Afi Tekple is a young seamstress in Ghana that has been convinced by her mother to marry a man she does not know. Of course, Afi knows exactly who he is. Elikem is a wealthy businessman whose mother has chosen Afi in the hopes she will distract him from a relationship with a woman his family claims is inappropriate. But Afi is not ready for the shift her life takes when she is moved from her hometown to live in Accra.
Release Date: September 1, 2020
A Reece's Book Club Pick... Margot Lee's mother, Mina, isn't returning her calls. It was a mystery to her until she visits her childhood apartment in Koreatown, LA, and finds that her mother has died suspiciously. This discovery sends Margot digging through the past in efforts to unravel the tenuous invisible strings that helf together her single mother's life.
Have you been on the lookout for some wonderful new romance novels? Don't miss our latest recommendations for must-read books for romance lovers from bestselling authors Ava Ryan, Sagan Morrow, Rachel Hauck, Karen Renee, Jennifer Probst, and TL Swan. Happy reading!
Release Date: August 27, 2020
The first book in the Fairy Tale Billionaires Series by Ava Ryan... My Friday nights have a routine. I drink with my brothers and then maybe have a casual hookup after. But then the ice princess walks into the bar and it's game over. When she disappears without a trace, I discover her little secret... she's an actual princess.
Release Date: August 25, 2020
The seventh book in the Polyamorous Passions Series by bestselling author Sagan Morrow... Staying focused on the dance competition is much harder then Scarlett Mitchell thought when she finds herself stuck with sexy, arrogant Pete Fraser as her dance partner. But she doesn't have a choice. He is her only hope at winning and she needs that prize money to save her burlesque business.
Release Date: August 11, 2020
The first book in the True Blue Royal Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Hauck... Daffodil Caron isn't a princess, even though she once dreamed of being one. She grew up as a playmate to royal princes of Perrigwynn Palace in the North Sea's Lauchtenland, but when she stumbled upon a royal secret, everything changed. Fast forward eighteen years and she is now living a sweet, non-royal life. The last person on her mind is Gus, the price she once called her best mate.
Release Date: September 1, 2020
The first book in the O-Town Series by Karen Renee... Cecilia Lyons moves to Orlando to escape her sordid past and reinvent herself. Staying clean is hard enough, but she is challenged further when she catches the eye of the sexiest deejay in Orlando. She desperately wants to tell her secret to Brock, but telling him would taint his view of her.
Release Date: August 25, 2020
The second book in The Sunshine Sisters Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer Probst... Bella Sunshine-Caldwell is a young widow that is focused on raising her daughter and running the family business, Sunshine Bridal. She doesn't have time for romance, especially with her fellow wedding planner, Gabe, whom she is growing increasingly attracted to.
Release Date: August 27, 2020
The second book in The Miles High Club Series by T L Swan... Tristan was trying to take over my late husband's company when I first met him. He was powerful, arrogant, and infuriatingly gorgeous. I hated him with every cell in my body. I was shocked when three days later he called and asked me on a date,
What can you tell us about your new release, Journey to Hope?
In Journey to Hope, Kathleen, with the support of Matt, has decided to step into The Center in Charlotte for intense PTSD rehabilitation after losing her family in a horrific way. While Kathleen struggles through the therapy, Matt also struggles to look at his own life choices. Together they face Kathleen’s demons. Separately, they face their own choices and consequences.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I never planned to become an author. After a medical crisis forced me to give up my career, I made taking care of my health a priority. To that end, I started hiking daily. On one of these hikes, my character Matt entered my mind and started to tell him his story. On that first day I thought I was going a little crazy. Matt returned day after day telling me “you have to write my story”. Finally, to get him to go away, I sat on my deck and wrote his story. It was 200 pages of yucky writing. It was also the start of a new journey for me, for Matt and for Kathleen.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
• All the Light We Cannot See by Doerr
• Outlander by Gabaldon
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Shriver
• Wuthering Heights by Bronte
• A Gentleman in Moscow by Towles
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask
Jodi Picoult. All of your stories focus on a difficult topic and you force the reader to see shades of grey. We enter your books with one opinion about say, abortion, and when we close the book, we aren’t quite as solid in our view. Is this your reason for writing? Do you start the journey with one view and then force yourself to look at shades of grey through your characters? Which book has changed you the most and why?
What's your favorite thing about writing?
When the characters become so real they take me on a journey instead of me taking them on one. I love it when a character tells me I didn’t represent them correctly and tell me I have to re-write.
What is a typical day like for you?
I’m up by 630AM. The early morning is about coffee, exercising, walking the dog and prioritizing my to do list. By 9AM, I’m usually working on some sort of writing – the blog I write for an organization working with the visually impaired, my own blog or novel number three. The morning is writing draft. After lunch I either move to editing for someone else or my own stuff. Fridays is dedicated to coaching other writers and Wednesdays I often teach at the local colleges. Thankfully, I have good people behind me and can focus on writing and not marketing/sales. By 4PM, I’m exhausted and read until time to make dinner.
What scene from Journey to Hope was your favorite to write?
This is actually a scene re-write. At about the 2/3 mark, Matt and his sister get into an argument. I wrote this and read it to my husband. He liked it and agreed it was how he would handle a conflict with his own sister. But while taking a bath, Matt (the fictional character), stood above me and said, “I am not your husband. I would not be that nice. I would tell her to get the f*!* out of my office. Get up tomorrow and re-write the scene.” I did as he asked and it’s a great scene and more authentic to Matt.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
If it’s going to be funny in five years, then laugh about it today.
And my coffee cup reads … “Zero F*$% Given” – this reminds me to give emotional energy in areas important to me and not anywhere else. Plus, my kids gave it to me because they know me well.
June A. Converse is the author of the new book Journey to Hope.
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What can you tell us about your new release, The Farshore Chronicles?
The Farshore Chronicles was born out of a "what if?"
What if the discovery of the New World had also included the re-discovery of myth and magic?
What if those hearty pioneers who stepped off the first ships to cross the Atlantic had discovered elves ranging through the forests, dwarf pirates prowling the waves in huge longships, feral halflings haunting the southern jungles, and all the horrible monsters and wild magic that had shaped their folklore and ancient legends hiding within every cave, hollow, and lost ruins within a hundred miles?
The story centers on Charity, a sassy, quick-witted thief who always managed to stay one step ahead of trouble until a job gone wrong lands her on a prison ship sailing to Farshore, the emperor's new colony across the great sea. Charity's adventures are always fun to write. She's full of surprises, thinks fast, and doesn't wait around for someone to ride in and rescue her.
Inspired by the colorful, swashbuckling action of D&D and 90's fantasy greats like R.A. Salvatore, Mercedes Lackey, and Raymond Fiest, the Farshore Chronicles are basically the kind of books that I combed my library shelves trying to find more of as a kid.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I was very fortunate to grow up in a family that loved to tell stories, so I think I always loved it too. I took a creative writing class every semester of college purely as a personal outlet while I studied something “serious”. The idea of writing and publishing professionally didn't really register with me until I began to see the growing indie author scene. The traditional publishing route always seemed like such an exhausting lottery system, but the idea of writing books that would succeed or fail based on how much readers enjoyed them rather than on what a publishing house needed for their catalog that season really appealed to me.
By 2014 I'd been working hard on a book for several years, but still just thought of it as a hobby. It wasn't until my mom asked me over coffee one day why I didn't just admit that I wanted to be a writer. “You light up when you talk about your book in a way you don't for anything else.” Thanks to her I finally committed myself to seriously improving my craft so that I could consistently write and release the kind of quality stories I'd been dying to create my whole life. Fast forward several years, one masters degree in creative writing, two babies, one cross-country move, and more cups of coffee than I care to admit, and here we are!
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Which books are “best” is kind of subjective depending on what criteria or categories you're using, so I think I'll share the 5 books that had the most significant impact on me as a reader, in no particular order:
1) Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay – A beautiful story in one of the most lavish fantasy worlds I've yet encountered. It's basically a 400 page poem, and I love it.
2) The Phoenix Guard, by Steven Brust – It's basically a fantasy book written by Alexander Dumas. Swashbuckling, intrigue, romance, all set within a fascinating world and culture, this story has it all and really raised my expectations for what a fantasy book could be and do.
3) White Knight, by Jim Butcher – I love all of the Dresden Files, but White Knight is the book that made me cry. A surprising story of redemption, hope, and sacrifice that you don't usually find in urban fantasy.
4) Redwall, by Brian Jacques – When I was 9 my parents took my sister and me on a cross-country train trip and brought several books along to read aloud as a family. Redwall swept me up and captured my imagination. It's the book that completely hooked me on reading, and I'll always love it.
5) The Sandman Series, Neil Gaiman – I love Gaiman's books, but the Sandman graphic novel series is the corner of his work that I go back to whenever I want to feel overwhelmed and inspired all over again. It helps me believe in magic again.
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask
My first answer would have been Neil Gaiman just to have a chance to get inside his head and learn about his approach to storytelling, but honestly the Masterclass he produced does an excellent job of exactly that. So instead I'll say Joseph Campbell, because his thoughts and research about the nature of mythic and archetype in story and the role they play in shaping our society and culture are endlessly fascinating to me. I'd love to be able to ask him a whole string of questions about his thoughts on our current social moment and more, and I'm sure I'd learn more in an hour long interview with him than I did in many of the full semester courses I took in college all those years ago.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
I love the creative discovery of the process. You start with a concept in mind, and I've always been a pretty heavy plotter so the general structure of the story is typically fairly clear from the beginning. But then inevitably some random idea or inspiration strikes you, or a character says or does something unexpected that opens up a new angle on events, and by the time you type “the end” there are so many aspects of the story that you didn't and couldn't have planned in advance. Those bits of surprise and unexpected discovery are what keep drawing me back to write the next story.
What is a typical day like for you?
I have two young daughters (three years and six months old), so my mornings generally start with making a bit of breakfast and a lot of coffee, brushing hair, wrestling little bodies into clothes, etc. My wife is amazing and works hard to make room for at least one full writing day every week, so on those days I get to squirrel myself away in the office and work on my current project. Right now that's finishing the first draft of The Flowers Of Belhame, Farshore Chronicles Book 5. On other days I'm typically working on some aspect of our digital production business, which usually involves a lot of meetings with clients or contractors, planning sessions, copywriting, video production, or just whatever needs to be done that day. I try to be done with work by around 6:00pm for family dinner, bath, and the bedtime routine, and then get some time relaxing with my wife in the evening. Currently, we're working our way through watching Castle together since we both agree that Nathan Fillion is God's gift to television (why did you leave us, Firefly? Why?). All in all my days are very full, but also very satisfying, and I love working from home as I get to spend more time with my family and make room for consistent writing.
What scene from The Farshore Chronicles was your favorite to write?
This might have been the hardest out of all these questions to answer. I always have fun with these characters, so I immediately thought of a dozen or so great scenes that I really enjoyed writing. But if I have to pick just one it would probably be the big, climactic battle with Tyrial in Farshore's central plaza at the end of Crown Of The Mad King. There were a lot of great callbacks to earlier moments in the story, satisfying payoffs to long-running themes or relational dynamics, and everyone on the team had at least one cool moment to shine. It's also the scene where Charity really cuts loose and fully embraces her place in this strange new world of magic she's landed in. Pulling all of those threads and elements together into one massive battle scene was very satisfying.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
“The future belongs to those who prepare for it.” - Malcolm X
Justin Fike is the author of the new book The Farshore Chronicles Box Set.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Rejecting Destiny?
It follows our hero Denida, who hopes to resurrect his son. He traverses the underworlds to free them from the Darkness and the Devil agrees to help, as long as Denida promises to reunite him with his estranged love and son.
Meanwhile, Nina's grief compels her to seek revenge on the demon, Jack, whoa bid to take over Earth. Both stories intertwine as the two face greater foes and fatal situations that threaten to ruin them forever. Can it be achieved, or have they met their end?
I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it for you.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I always had stories raging around in my head. I had 40% of Rejecting Destiny's story in my head for 19 years. I tried to write the series many times over the years, but couldn't bring the books to completion. In 2014 I had an accident that left me paralyzed on my right side from toe to face. After I trained my way back I tried once more, and finally succeeded.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Charmed life is a clear number one, the whole series.
The Giver is a second, amazing book.
Darkly dreaming Dexter is third, great series. Books are better than the TV series.
The Three-body problem.
My fifth, which is only down here because it is unpublished, but hopefully it will be someday, so others can experience it
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask
Unfortunately, Diane Wynne Jones is no longer alive, but I wish I could ask her about the ending for her ‘Chrestomani’ series.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
I like to think of it as going on a journey with your characters.
What is a typical day like for you?
Sitting next to a sleeping cat and typing away, heh.
What scene from Rejecting Destiny was your favorite to write?
I had a few but the final chapter in the book, chapter 45, was probably my top favorite.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
Don't trust words, trust actions.
Dennis Scheel is the author of the new book Rejecting Destiny.
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What can you tell us about your new release, The Billionaire's Princess?
Here's the story in a nutshell: what happens when an alpha male billionaire meets an ice princess (who turns out to be a runaway real princess) in an upscale bar in NYC on a Friday night? I think we all know that sexy banter and sexy sex ensue. Followed by a tender and emotional love story. This is a fun escapist book with fairy tale elements. I hope people love reading it as much as I loved writing it!
What or who inspired you to become an author?
You know...I'm not sure that I have a clear inspiration. It's just that I've always loved writing and I've always loved love stories. Why not put them together?
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Hmmm...there are three that jump out at me. The kinds of books that leave you a little shell-shocked. Like, what the hell just happened to me? Diana Gabaldon's Outlander (the passion and originality!), J.R. Ward's Dark Lover (the characters just leap off the page!) and Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl (the history and world building!) are truly incomparable.
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask
Well, it's gotta be Shakespeare. I'd just sit there gaping and trying not to hyperventilate in public, then finally someone would pass me a pen and paper and I'd write out my questions and ask him--HOW DID YOU DO THAT??? ALL OF IT???
What's your favorite thing about writing?
As a flaming introvert, I love being alone with my thoughts. I love taking nothing, or nothing but a spark of an idea, and making something. Creating characters and watching them fall in love. Unwillingly fall in love. I love editing and playing with words to get them just right. I love rereading the finished product and thinking, where did that come from?
What is a typical day like for you?
There's a lot of procrastination, which involves snacks, tea and compulsively checking the news and/or my email. Eventually I sit down to dictate a chapter. I like dictating because, for me, it's faster and it's easier to get the story out. When I'm in the zone, I can write a chapter a day.
What scene from The Billionaire's Princess was your favorite to write?
Hmmm...I love turbulent scenes. Probably because I'm a quiet and generally peaceful person. So anything with high emotions and/or makeup sex is fun to write.
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
No! Should I have one? Does everyone else have one but me? Why does no one tell me these things? If no one else has coined "More dessert for everyone!", then I'll take that.
Ava Ryan is the author of the new book The Billionaire's Princess.
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