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 Nicholas Bundock, Michael Crummey, Susan Wilson, 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 James S. A. Corey, A.G. Riddle, Michael Crichton, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Lindsay Buroker, R.R. Perry, Myke Cole, 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 Jason Segel, Kirsten Miller, Ronni Davis, Sara Ella, Kelly Devos, 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 Robyn Crawford, Clint Emerson, Sheila Weller, and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
What can you tell us about your new release, VanOps: The Lost Power?
It’s a DA VINCI CODE meets TOMB RAIDER type award-winning thriller, and an instant international bestseller! Readers are really responding to the action-packed mix of intrigue, history, science and mystery. The story begins with a double homicide on a foggy morning in the Napa Valley and accelerates from there.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
When I was young, I didn’t always feel like I fit in, and had an overwhelming mix of emotions that I didn’t know how to handle. Books were my best friends, and authors my heroes. I’ve always wanted to write to keep other readers company during the dark nights and lonely days. Adventure is my favorite activity, and has inspired my novels.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
I’ve listened to the entire WHEEL OF TIME series at least three times, so it’s right up there. Other favorites include James Rollins’ MAP OF BONES, and Steve Berry’s THE ROMANOV PROPHECY. Carlos Ruiz Zafron did an amazing job with the CEMETARY OF FORGOTTEN BOOKS series, and I recently discovered ORPHAN X by Gregg Hurwitz. All very well done.
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
James Patterson is the most successful author of our time. I’d love to learn his secrets to sniffing out successful story lines, and talk with him about his marketing techniques.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
While outlining, I love to design surprising plot twists. Pulling all the threads of a story together can be like solving a Rubik’s cube, and that’s a lot of fun for me.
What is a typical day like for you?
It depends on where the book is in its lifecycle. Right now, with the release of THE LOST POWER, I’m spending a lot of my time enjoying interviews like this one, as well as polishing book two and designing book three. When I’m done outlining a work and am in the middle of writing it, I’ll spend the day editing the prior day’s work, researching and writing the next chapter. When I need a break from the desk, I throw the ball for my German Shepherd puppy in the big back yard.
What scene in VanOps: The Lost Power was your favorite to write?
There’s an argument just over half way through the book between Maddy Marshall, a tall dark-haired app designer and aikido instructor, and Bear Thorenson, a broad-shouldered marine who has been harboring feelings for Maddy and a secret alliance with VanOps. In that scene, Bear reveals he’s working with VanOps and Maddy is quite angry about it, which sets up a dramatic fight between the two of them. Also, Tim Campbell, the audio book narrator, did a fantastic job capturing their pent up emotions.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
There’s a refrain in THE LOST POWER that mirrors a practical tool that I use in my life: Listen and Feel The Power. In the story, Maddy is a martial arts black belt who has never felt her own life force, or ki, energy. She has to learn to feel her energy, and she does that by first listening. Really stopping to listen to others, to hear the birds, to hear the pulse of life in your veins, brings with it a host of advantages, including giving Maddy an edge over her opponents. It’s something we can all learn from her.
Avanti Centrae is the author of the new book VanOps: The Lost Power.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Hillgate Hall?
It’s about a single mother surviving in a small English village. Her ex-husband and his awful (and rich) girlfriend are the bane of her life. Her antiques business is a disaster and she mixes with some fairly seedy characters. When she gets a teaching post at a local private school, her money worries seem at an end. But far worse awaits. It’s a suspense story with a gentle romance.
Hillgate Hall is the second novel I’ve had published, but I wrote it before The Mirror Shop, at least in draft form. Writing in the first person as a woman was a challenge (and a risk.) I’ve been encouraged by female friends who’ve read Hillgate Hall and tell me they enjoy Phoebe, the main character. I’ve also been told it’s a #MeToo story, but I didn’t consciously write it as such. The first draft was in fact over 10 years ago.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
As a child, I found books to be some of my best friends, and from an early age I made up stories for my brothers. I had to wait a long time before anything appeared in print.
Landscape, particularly in Norfolk, has been an inspiration. Phoebe in Hillgate Hall has a longing to return to the moors of her native Yorkshire.
Malcolm Ross, my English teacher at secondary school, was patient with my early efforts and more helpful than he ever realized. Later, John Fairfax, a co-founder of the Arvon Foundation for writers, was a huge help.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
That’s difficult, but here goes.
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Travels with my Aunt – Graham Greene
The Secret History – Donna Tartt
Alice’s Adventures in in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
Stephen Fry (he used to live a mile away from me in Norfolk, but we never met.)
‘Stephen, would you agree that just as identity and identity politics has dominated literature in recent years, so the survival of the planet will be an inescapable theme for serious writers in the future?’
What's your favorite thing about writing?
I love the way characters reveal themselves. It’s almost as if it’s not me at work, but the person in the story deciding what to do and say. If I find them going adrift, it feels like it’s my fault in not listening to them. Can be weird. Fortunately, other writers have the same feeling.
What is a typical day like for you?
Early morning’s best for me – before dawn sometimes, when there is no chance of interruptions. Afternoons are best for re-reading what I’ve written, and revising. I try not to read other novels when I’m writing, and so when I have a break for a week or two, I devour the pile waiting for me – usually what friends have recommended. I still work as a valuer of antiques and fine art, which gets me away from my desk – sometimes, but not always, a welcome break.
What scene in Hillgate Hall was your favorite to write?
I try not to have favourites. Some writers say, ‘Slay your darlings,’ which I take to mean that when you really love something you’ve written, it probably wants cutting out. Hard advice to give oneself, but one I try to follow. That said, I enjoyed writing about the teachers’ common room at Hillgate Hall, and the ghastly staff.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
In my writing life two quotes I keep in mind:
Robert Graves: Advice given to him by a teacher, ‘Your best friend is your wastepaper basket.’ Nowadays we might say, ‘Your best friend is your Delete key.’
John Fairfax ‘Words have to be taken by the scruff of the neck and shaken into shape.’
Nicholas Bundock is the author of the new book Hillgate Hall.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Agents of the Crown?
This is a bundle of all five books in my Agents of the Crown series, so it will let people read the entire adventure in one swoop. It’s a fantasy with a bit of romance and a lot of action and mystery. I gave a nod to all the Tolkien/Dungeons & Dragons-inspired fantasy I read in my youth, and there are elves and dwarves in this one. Maybe even a dragon later in the series!
What books are currently on your nightstand?
I’ve been reading some urban fantasy, and I’m finally picking up Ilona Andrews’ Kate Daniels series. A couple of my beta readers adore it and have been trying to get me to read it for ages, so here I am, rolling on Book 1.
What advice would you give your teenage self?
Buy real estate, laugh.
If you had an extra hour each day, how would you spend it?
Reading or writing. I’m a bit of a work-a-holic.
What makes your world go round? Why does it bring you joy?
Long hikes with my dogs where I can relax and day dream and don’t run into any other people on the trail. I’m not a hermit most of the time, but I really enjoy opportunities to reset and not have to interact with anyone. And it’s a great time to work out stories in your head!
What scene in Agents of the Crown was your favorite to write?
The very end when the heroine Zenia is… oh, that would be such a spoiler. I can’t share that. But everything comes together nicely for her in the end. 🙂
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What can you tell us about your new release, Spun Out?
It's the 10th book in my Blacktop Cowboys series and it features a heroine I introduced way back in book 2. Twelve years have passed, Bailey is all grown up and home on leave from the Army. The hero Streeter, is a widowed single dad who has been dealt some big life blows. My readers have been waiting for him to get his happily ever after and I was excited to pair these two lost souls together.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I've always loved to read. Always. I'd dabbled in writing over the years but it wasn't until my youngest daughter was old enough to entertain herself for longer periods of time that I finally sat down and dealt with all the voices in my head 🙂
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Only 5? Okay, in no particular order: Gone With the Wind--Margaret Mitchell. Naked In Death--JD Robb. A Court of Thorns and Roses--Sarah J Maas. The Stand--Stephen King. Nancy Drew, The Secret of the Old Clock--Carolyn Keene.
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
Nora Roberts/JD Robb. How she's managed to stay at the top of her game writing-wise and on the top of the bestseller lists for so many years. She's written across genres and has a long running series that seems fresh with every new installment and that is the ultimate inspiration for me as a writer.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
That moment when the pieces I laid out all come together. Sometimes I planned it, sometimes it's serendipity.
What is a typical day like for you?
I'd love to claim I have a ritual to get those creative juices flowing, but alas...that's not how I roll. So much of writing isn't just about writing, there's a million other business, social media things that take time away from the words. When I get to that moment when it's just me and the laptop, I do need quiet to work, and with all my kids grown and off on their own, that's not an issue anymore. I usually have a candle burning--insert your own joke about burning the candle at both ends.
What scene in Spun Out was your favorite to write?
The scene where all the kids are wreaking havoc and Bailey reverts to her army training to get them to straighten up...just when Streeter walks in.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
My philosophy has changed as I've gotten older. Today, I'd say my motto is to keep connected--with family, with friends, with things that make me happy, big and small.
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By Nicole Snow
No Broken Beast ain't no fairy tale.
My latest Heart's Edge romance thriller is beauty and the beast meets secret baby meets small town mystery. I brought along everything that plays my heartstrings like a rockstar on an angry bender and stuffed it into one wild read.
Two tormented, meant-to-be characters with so much in the way of their happy fate. Star-crossed lovers barely begins to describe what Mr. Nine and Rissa are up against.
Clarissa Bell is dragged back to Heart's Edge to face the ghosts of her past as the daughter of the very wicked, very dead Mayor. Not a lot of choice when her little sister goes missing and she's forced back to her old stomping grounds. Then finds out her sis went sniffing around their past – all the things Clarissa warned her to ignore.
It gets better.
Soon, she's also face-to-face with the man she loved and lost. Leo Regis, known by the townspeople as “Nine,” a beast, an outlaw, a legend, and also – surprise! – a daddy to a secret baby. Oh, and if that's not enough, he's sitting on a heap of secrets about his own mysterious past, which may be the key to reclaiming his woman and saving his town once and for all.
If you're familiar with my books, you know how crazy can get. I like my lovin' with a side of sweet insanity. If you're a newcomer, brace for impact. Because No Broken Beast brings together two beat up hearts, an adorable smartypants little boy, and a whole cast of characters who are the pulse of my weird little mountain town.
Nicole Snow is the author of the new book No Broken Beast.
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In the mood for some edge of your seat excitement? Want to dive into some new books that will keep you guessing at every turn? Look no further than these amazing new thriller books for your Fall reading list. You can get your hands on new novels by Avanti Centrae, R.J. Garcia, A.J. Banner, Mary Higgins Clark, Claire McGowan, and Shalini Boland. Enjoy your new books!
Release Date: November 9, 2019
Spain 1057. During a thunderous battle, the first King of Aragon gets hold of Alexander the Great's priceless Egyptian weapon from the Moors. He soon discovers it holds a terrifying and mysterious power. Nearly a thousand years later, gunshots rip through the silence of a fog-shrouded Napa Valley. Maddy Marshall and her twin brother, Will Argones, run towards the sound to discover a sniper has taken down two members of their family. Soon their father sends them on a dangerous quest to recover Alexander's weapon.
Release Date: November 5, 2019
The new novel from the bestselling author of Nocturnal Meetings of the Misplaced... Hannah Priestly is an obsessive-compulsive girl with the usual teen problems. She doesn't fit in at her English boarding school and is falling for her best friend. But things quickly move from complicated to scary when she one day wakes up knowing the name of a notorious serial killer at large, Norman Biggs, and her visions start to grow even darker.
Release Date: October 22, 2019
Elise Watters has it all. A blissful marriage, a gorgeous home, and her dream job running her late mother's herbal boutique. But then in an instant, her life turns upside down and forces her to question everything she thought she knew about her marriage, her friends, and herself. Is her future in danger or is paranoia getting the best of her?
Release Date: November 5, 2019
When investigative journalist Gina Kane receives an email from someone named "CRyan" describing their terrible experience working at REL television news network, she knows she has to pursue the story. But when Ryan goes silent she discovers the young woman died in a Jet Ski accident while on holiday... Meanwhile, REL counsel Michael Carter, is put in a difficult position after several female employees come forward with sexual misconduct allegations.
Release Date: October 24, 2019
Suzi is paying for the bad thing she did. She is pregnant, scared, and living in an isolated cottage with her husband, Nick. When Nora moves into a house nearby, Suzi is delighted to have a friend. She is tempted to tell Nora her secret but there is more to her than meets the eye. It almost seems like she knows what Suzi did. That would be impossible.
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Rachel sips a coffee while chatting to friends nearby as her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Holly plays in her plastic playhouse. It should have been just an ordinary day for all of them. But in the blink of an eye, Holly is taken by a stranger and never seen again. Nine years later, Rachel now lives a quiet life in Dorset. She has a new family, a loving partner and her secrets are locked away in the past. That's until she meets a new school parent Kate and her teenage daughter Bella. It is her missing child.
