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 Doreen Owens Malek, Monica Murphy, Jean Jacobsen, Kirsten Fullmer, 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 Hannah Beckerman, Deborah Levy Edna O'Brien, 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 Crissi Langwell, ND Roberts, Michael Anderle, Derek Kunsken, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Andrea Pearson, Olvia Hardy Ray, Samara 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 Rosaria Munda, Nic Stone, Rosiee Thor, 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 Elton John, Julie Andrews, Ronan Farrow and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
What can you tell us about your new release, Hometown Girl Memories?
I wrote Hometown Girl Memories for several reasons. Many of my readers have requested a man for Winnie, the town matriarch and beloved, elderly, widow. What a great idea, as well as a huge challenge! I also wanted to write more about Tara and Justin, the leading lady and man from book one of the series. They are fun characters who come very natural to me; maybe because their relationship reminds me of my husband and I. As the book formed in my mind, featuring Winnie and Tara, it became a tale of women supporting each other through all the stages of life and love. Winnie remembers her college days in 1968, her lost loves and friends, while Tara deals with the modern day problems of juggling her relationship with Justin, motherhood, and her career. I'm very happy with how the book came together. It's a tale of loss, love, and laughter, across the years.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I had to retire early due to health problems, at which time I began traveling full time with my husband for his work. I had hours alone, with nothing to do, far from friends and family, and yet limited space for craft projects. (I had to come to terms with that issue, lol) I read a lot of romance novels, my favorite genre, but I was frustrated with female characters who were saved by millionaire men. I was also frustrated by kick butt women who were super warriors and stronger than any human. I had to wonder where stories about all the normal women are, the women who are successful in their own right and struggling to fit romance into their busy lives? I started writing to create the books I wanted to read.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Tisha by Robert Spect
Mrs Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman
The little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
I would invite Laura Ingalls Wilder (can I do that if she'd dead?) because she didn't start writing until she was older, like myself. I loved her books as a child, and I read them my kids when they were young. Now I look forward to reading them to my grandkids. They are timeless. I love her easy, descriptive writing style, and I would ask her what prompted her to write and how her books were received at the time.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
I love to create Characters who come alive and do their thing as I write. My characters are very real to me.
What is a typical day like for you?
Coffee, post to social media, word games or puzzles to wake up my mind, review writing from the day before, begin writing! Some day involve packing up and moving cross country, writing has to wait.
What scene in Hometown Girl Memories was your favorite to write?
My favorite scene in this book was near the climax of the story, where Tara confronts her husband. She doesn't realize that her three friends find themselves overhearing the whole conversation. Of course, the friends are torn between revealing that they are there and waiting to see what will happen. The whole scene felt very real, emotional, and was fun to write.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
Move forward, being calm, confident, and assertive (stolen from Cesar Millan)
Kirsten Fullmer is the author of the new book Hometown Girl Memories.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Shadow Prophet?
It's about a man who is being blackmailed into murdering the woman he loves, and it's seriously the hardest book I've ever written, due to the theme. Stakes are high in this one, and there isn't time to breathe or relax. Shadow Prophet is perfect for readers who need a break from every-day life and who like fast-moving paranormal stories.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
My grandpa! He was an author too - had more than 50 of his own published books under his belt, he ghost wrote countless others, and he had thousands of essays in circulation. He wrote mostly nonfiction, but I still got that writing bug from him. 🙂
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, The Client by John Grisham, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, and This Darkness Light by Michaelbrent Collings. All fantastic works! I read Jurassic Park when I was 11, then plowed through the rest of Michael Crichton's books, followed by John Grisham's. (My grandpa owned them all and let me borrow them, so it's technically his fault.) They shaped my teenage years!
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
Michael Crichton. And I'd ask him this: WHY THE HECK DIDN'T YOU WRITE JURASSIC PARK INTO A SERIES SO WE COULD HAVE BETTER MOVIES??!?!? 😉 🙂 The first movie was fantastic... but movies two and three were so disappointing. I really enjoyed Jurassic World and mostly enjoyed Fallen Kingdom, but they weren't on the same level as Jurassic Park. I know he hated writing sequels, but for crying out loud. Lost World just didn't have heart in it like Jurassic Park.
In all seriousness, I'd love to pick his brain on writing thrillers with a science fiction/medical slant. My books all have a thriller edge to them (something about the stories I consumed growing up), and he was, in my mind, a master.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
All of it! For a while. And then it gets tedious. Until the next stage starts, and then all of it! 🙂
What is a typical day like for you?
It starts off with me desperately try to catch a little more shut eye while the baby chatters in his crib and my two older kids climb on me, asking for breakfast. Then I make breakfast while listening to podcasts (including my own - because you need to study yourself to know how to improve, right? I tell myself that so I don't feel like a narcissist :-)), and then we do homeschool until the baby goes down for his first nap. Then I usually get caught up on business stuff for an hour or so while walking on my treadmill desk. And then more homeschool and more feeding of the kids, and more business, etc. My day cycles like that until my husband gets home from work, whereupon I immediately sob tears of joy at having another adult in the home. 🙂
What scene in Shadow Prophet was your favorite to write?
There are three that were the hardest and the most rewarding. The opening scene, which starts just after Abel, the main character, has murdered an innocent person, then the scene where he sees the woman he's in love with for the first time after getting "hired" to assassinate her too, and last, the scene where he goes to see the Shadow Prophet to ask for an extension to his contract. They were all incredibly difficult to write, but also cathartic and rewarding.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
"Dreams don't work unless you do." I work hard - very hard. And important things slip through the cracks if I'm not careful. I always put my husband first, along with my kids and their education, but business is a close second, and I'm very dedicated to my books and my readers.
Andrea Pearson is the author of the new book Shadow Prophet.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Holidate?
It's a fun, romantic Christmas story that has all the elements a holiday loving reader will want: a heroine who loves Christmas, a hero who hates Christmas yet his family owns a Christmas tree farm, a meddling mother, supportive friends, holiday events, gingerbread lattes...I could go on and on!
What books are currently on your nightstand?
I'm currently reading SHADOWS by Kristen Proby which comes out at the end of the month. Marni Mann's BEFORE YOU is my next read - and it's coming out in a little less than two weeks. This is why it's nice having author friends. They send their books to you before they're out!
What advice would you give your teenage self?
Stick with it and believe in yourself! All those dreams you have now? Keep going, you're going to make quite a few of them come true! (I wanted to be a writer in my late teens, so my teen self would be really happy to know I made that happen!)
If you had an extra hour each day, how would you spend it?
Reading. I don't have a lot of time to read lately and I need more!
What makes your world go round? Why does it bring you joy?
I love being with my children. They make me smile, they make me laugh, they make me annoyed, but that's okay. I take the good with the bad. They're getting older, they're going to leave the nest soon, and I want to spend as much time with them as possible.
What scene in Holidate was your favorite to write?
This is a tough question - there were so many scenes that were fun to write! There's one in particular where my heroine Candice is having a bad night, so Charlie takes her back to his tree farm, and tells her she can pick one item from the store that's at the farm. She loves Christmas, so she's so touched that he's letting her be her holiday-loving self, and that he's trying to cheer her up. This is a pivotal moment in the book, and writing it made me emotional! Candice lost her mother when she was a child, so she has some unresolved issues with the loss of her mom. Charlie sees that and he's trying to help her in the best way he knows how. It's actually very sweet.
Monica Murphy is the author of the new book Holidate.
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Brad Thor is a New York Times Bestselling Author of mystery and thriller novels. He is best known for the incredibly popular Scot Harvath Series. Backlash is the most recent book in the series at number 19. If you're looking for some thrilling new novels, you won't want to miss these books to read if you like Brad Thor!
Release Date: May 20, 2019
Antonio Lopez lives in two worlds. The university world that he loves and his father's world of manual labor that he wants to leave behind. Then there is Marie, the love of his life. When Antonio and Marie discover long-lost manuscripts of William Shakespeare they are thrown into an astonishing adventure. Both unimaginable wealth and a world of danger lie ahead of them.
Release Date: September 30, 2019
The fourth book in the bestselling Eva Rae Thomas Mystery series by Willow Rose... It seems Eva Rae Thomas has been thrown another curveball. A phone call from her father has turned her life upside down. She hasn't seen him in thirty-six years. Not since he kidnapped her sister. Now he is back and needs her help. At the same time, a serial killer is planning one of the most horrific mass killings in history.
Release Date: September 19, 2019
Jim Edwards is the father of Commander Jacob Edwards, also known as the 'Hero of Cozumel'. Everyone knows the story of how his son fought and killed the most lethal pirate of modern-day history off Cozumel Mexico thirteen years ago. At the age of 70, Jim helped rescue his son, daughter-in-law, grandchild, and wife from a maximum-security prison in Central America. Retired SEAL Team commander and leader of the rescue, Tommy Williams has always had questions about Jim's past. All he knows it that Jim was a sheriff deputy in Sheridan County Wyoming in the 1970s. But there is no record of it.
Release Date: September 7, 2019
The second book in The Misadventures of Miss Write series by Gena Webb... Author Carla Williams is almost happy when she is called in for jury duty, as it is a great chance for some in-the-field research. But then she finds out it is the high-profile trial of attempted murder of a San Antonio police officer. The defense and prosecution attorneys don't have a problem with the fact her husband is a homicide detective, so why does she? Roger would never ask her to compromise her principles but will he support her when she sides with the defendant?
Release Date: October 15, 2019
A young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead in his office. There were no clues, no witnesses, and no one with a motive. But somehow the police came to suspect one of his clients, a young black man, Quincy Miller. He was sent to prison for life. He has spent twenty-two years maintaining his innocence while in prison but no one listens. In a desperate move, he reaches out to Guardian Ministries, a nonprofit run by Cullen Post, an Episcopal minister and lawyer.
Release Date: October 7, 2019
The 19th book in the bestselling Women's Murder Club by James Patterson... Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club have a lot to celebrate this holiday season. Crime is down, the medical examiner's office is quiet, and the courts are even showing some Christmas spirit. But then a criminal known as "loman" starts making headlines. It turns out he has some deadly surprises in store for Christmas morning.
Clarissa Wild is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author. Some of her popular releases include the Savage Men, Unprofessional Bad Boys, Indecent Games, and The Company series. If you've been craving some sexy new romance novels, we think you will love these books to read if you like Clarissa Wild!
Release Date: October 8, 2019
The third book in the bestselling Iron Badges Series by Danielle Norman... I grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and the only light in my dark was the boy next door. Liam Kane was my hero and I was his sunshine. He was my first and only crush. He looked after me when I couldn't. But then he disappeared from my life. Now, after all these years he's back and we're on opposite sides of the law.
Release Date: September 21, 2019
After since my ex cheated on me I have been trying to pull my life back together. I even went as far as relocating temporarily to keep some distance. When my grandparents throw a party for their 50th wedding anniversary, I know I have to go back. I don't want him to see that I am still alone and hurting. So, when I run into an old friend of my brother's, Ian Black, I asked for a little favor.
Release Date: September 24, 2019
The fifth book in the Riot MC Series by Karen Renee... Patricka "Trixie" Baker is no stranger to being used and abused. The night she met Homer "Roll" Rolland she dedicated herself to infiltrating his life. She is a fixture in the Riot MC but she still isn't part of the family. She refuses to be anyone's fool and won't waste any more of her youth on him. She is determined to change but Roll is hiding secrets that force him not to commit.
Release Date: October 3, 2019
Evangeline Brogan is a part of Broadway royalty and commands the stage. But then one night everything changed. A lifelong secret has been revealed and she wants to find out the full story. She is willing to do whatever it takes, even if she has to leave everything she knows behind.
Release Date: October 8, 2019
The second book in the Hard to Love romantic suspense series by USA Today Bestselling Author Willow Winters... Even though my heart knew better, I ran from him. He chose a life of crime and I didn't want any part of it. I just wanted him. As soon as danger bled into my life, I left. I should have known he would come for me. He still has that same temptation in his eyes but now his gaze is harsher. He is no longer the boy I fell in love with.
Release Date: September 29, 2019
Since tragedy struck two years ago, author Olivia Rossi hasn't been able to write a single word. Still heartbroken, she accepts an offer to spend the summer at her friend's apartment in Paris where she hopes to heal and find her muse. Instead, she finds James, the stranger who ignites an all-consuming passion inside her.
