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 Julia Kent, Rachel Van Dyken, Winter Renshaw, S.B. Alexander, Nana Malone, 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 Trevor James, Becki Willis, Ali Smith, 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 Bob Mayer, Chen Quifan, GR Matthews, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from J. Gaines, Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle, Lauren Gilley, 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 JB Howard, Adi Alsaid, Amanda Foody, Jennifer Dugan, 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 novels from Paul Stanley, Michael Brendan Dougherry, Julian Guthrie, Matthew McGough, and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
What can you tell us about your new release, Plain Roots?
This is the story of a woman searching for her roots and for the family she’s never known. Her quest leads her to the Amish country and a surprising connection to the Plain people. She soon discovers that no family is perfect, and even in this idyllic setting, secrets and tragedies abound.
The story is set in one of my all-time favorite ‘happy places’ —the Amish countryside in Lancaster County, PA. To make certain the details were right—and to show the utmost respect for the Plain community—I had the book proofed by a local Mennonite woman, who in turn proofed some of the details with her Amish friends.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I’ve always loved reading and creating stories in my head. As a child, I loved the Trixie Beldon and Little House on the Prairie series, and I dreamed of one day writing my own stories.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
How can I limit that to just 5?
Say you’re the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
My first guest(s) would be an avid reader who could share what he or she finds so magical about books. After all, without readers, there would be no reason to publish my works.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
Meeting so many new friends—those I create, and those who read my creations.
What is a typical day like for you?
I try to spend the morning writing and/or researching, but there are so many distractions—the phone, the internet, the lure of social media… Afternoons have the added distraction of appointments, the welcome distraction of family, and so much etcetera. If I’m in the middle of a book, my husband will encourage me to squeeze in a couple of more hours of writing after dinner.
What scene in Plain Roots was your favorite to write?
Probably a scene in Chapter 30, when Taryn, the protagonist, hides in plain sight as an Amish woman working a roadside stand. She teams up with young Deborah, who artfully dodges the truth and keeps Taryn’s identity safe.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
My books may not change someone’s life. But they may change someone’s day—and sometimes, that’s just as important.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Amare: Bloodlines?
Amare: Bloodlines is the sequel to Amare: Bloodstreams. They are fantasy novels set in our world and about a man called Amias who discovers that he has superhuman abilities. He’s part of a secret race of people called the Altéré who all share his abilities but to differing degrees. Altéré boys and girls are identified at a young age by elders and then trained to use the abilities to protect the secret of their existence, and humankind.
In Amare: Bloodlines, Amias has been identified as possibly being the most powerful of the Altéré. His people are looking for him to lead them against an ominous threat from Kaden, a man who is obsessed with eradicating any challenge to his growing power. Amias is on the brink of a war he never wanted to be a part of, and must decide whether to accept his destiny, or refuse the hopes of his people.
This series of novels are books that I would have enjoyed reading when I was younger, but also now. I wanted to create a gritty world and incorporate action and fantasy and detailed fight sequences.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I’ve always loved to write and tell stories, even as a child, and I’ve always had lots of ideas for novels and short stories that I used to note down. Then, my eldest daughter Emilie took an interest in reading and I thought I’d like to write a story that she would be interested in, and also that I would have liked at her age. She inspired me to start writing.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
My top 5 books I’ve read are Lord Of The Rings, The Count Of Monte Cristo, Dune, A Dance With Dragons (it was difficult to choose just one of the Song Of Ice And Fire series), and The Hound of The Baskervilles. In this order.
Lord Of The Rings is my favourite ever book and has so many amazing qualities,I don’t feel that any book compares to the characters Tolkien created. Almost all of the main protagonists are so much more than they first appear to be, and have hidden strength. It’s the only book I’ve finished, and then picked it up and read it again. It’s that much of a journey from start to finish.
Say you’re the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
I loved the Roald Dahl books as a child, and when I’ve read them to my children I appreciate them even more. The mix of imagination and humour he brings to his books is so special. He wrote books for adult and children, and lived a really fascinating life.
I’d love to interview Roald Dahl and ask him which one of his childrens books was his favourite. Mine is Fantastic Mr Fox.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
I’ve found it such an emotional journey that you can become so engrossed in. I’m a big planner, but it’s not necessarily the part of writing I enjoy. Developing the story as you write is truly an amazing thing and then both times I finished my novels I felt very emotional, in a really uplifting way.
I also love getting a review from someone in a different part of the world who has enjoyed my book. That gives me the greatest satisfaction.
What is a typical day like for you?
A typical day for me is a pretty busy one. I get up early and get my children ready for school and nursery. I then go to work and after I’ve finished pick my children up. Once we’re home we have dinner as a family and then the kids go to bed. I then make a coffee, put my headphones on with a chosen playlist and write.
It’s pretty hectic but I love spending time with my family whenever possible, and writing, so I make sure I try and do both.
What scene in Amare: Bloodlines was your favorite to write?
As I’ve mentioned, when writing both books I found that as I neared the end of them I became really emotional. I feel it’s hard not to become emotionally involved in your protagonists journey, and bringing the novels to a close, whether it’s a definitive ending or not, is extremely satisfying.
My favourite parts to write were the final four chapters of Amare: Bloodlines. When I finished them I felt really happy with the ending I’d achieved, it was just how I wanted it to be and had envisioned
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
I have a large family, and before I started writing my first novel I wasn’t sure I should assign the time to it. My wife encouraged me and told me it’s never a waste of time doing something you love. I think this is very true, and it helped me to really believe in what I was undertaking and to start writing.
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By Nana Malone
Return of the Prince is my love letter to the Winston Isles. Lol.
This little, made up island nation has been so fun to write! And all along the way, the character that has been the backbone has been Ariel, so I’m thrilled to finally write her story.
Our resident hacker, turned Royal Guard, turned King’s Knight has had her ups, downs, and set backs so she has been long overdue for love.
Because she’s such a strong but vulnerable character, I had to give her a complex hero.
Prince Tristan is the exiled cousin to the king. He’s only ever loved one woman. Only one problem, she still hates him for leaving her behind. So you’ve got a second chance enemies to lovers situation and all the delicious tension!!
I put them on one hell of a journey and I hope the readers love the ride.
Nana Malone is the author of the new book The Return of the Prince.
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Lucy Score is a Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Bestselling author of romance novels. Her books can be delightfully steamy, charmingly sweet, or laugh-out-loud funny, but they always guarantee a happy ending. If you're on the lookout for new romance reads, we highly recommend these fresh titles that are sure to capture your heart if you enjoy Lucy Score's writing. Happy reading!
Release Date: April 25, 2019
One of the most painful moments of my life was leaving Rose Crossing, Maine. Well, it was, until I came face-to-face with Thayer Ainsworth again. He searched for me for over a decade to find out why I left without a goodbye. But I'm bound by a secret that is bigger than the two of us.
Release Date: April 30, 2019
I didn't think a boy would ever like me. But when I am around Maiken, I feel like I can do anything, even stand up to my enemy Tessa Stevens. But people can't change overnight and I'm still the same girl she knew before break. I would never punch first and ask questions later. But when she lays her hands on Maiken, bets are off.
Release Date: April 30, 2019
I am a prince in exile and my crown is tarnished, but I am finally going home. I won't let anyone keep me away. No one can stop me. Not Ariel, not the killer on my tail, and not even my cousin the king. I don't want the throne but I do have a score to settle.
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Drew Morous spent the last eight years in Angola State Pen. He knows he will never be able to make up for what he has done. But now that he is back on the outside he needs to keep himself together for the two people in his family that believe in him. Now he must work, take care of his grandmother, and keep his nose clean… Not spend all his time with the girl next door.
Release Date: April 30, 2019
I am a professional fluffer but it is not what you think. I stage homes for a living. My career has used the term of fluffer for decades and I didn't even know there was a more lascivious definition of the term. Then it was too late. I answered a craigslist ad for a "professional fluffer".
Release Date: April 30, 2019
My name is Andrei Petrov. They call me the devil... There are many definitions of Hell and my list is exhaustive. Tonight I added something to the very top of my list. Girl number six thirty-two. She arrived on my birthday. On the same day every year. I play Russian Roulette and pull the trigger. She was my omen. My end game.
Does your library need some intriguing and insightful new novels? This spring you have a host of new literary fiction books to discover and we've made a list of just a few we think you'll adore. Get the latest novels from Trevor James, Becki Willis, Kristin Fields, Sally Rooney, Ray Kingfisher, and Lydia Fitzpatrick. Enjoy these new literary fiction books for your reading list!
Release Date: March 5, 2019
The question "How are you?" is one that will remain unanswered for most of us with the simple utterance of "I'm fine". This book is a testament to the inner lives we lead and how we are colored in by so much more than what is socially acceptable... Into Colors follows the fictional Mire family as they try and confront this issue.
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Taryn Clark thought she'd outgrown the need to find her birth mother. She had a successful career and life in the city. Things were going great, did she really need to know about the woman who gave her up? The unexpected discovery of a note from her birth mother awakens old yearnings of belonging to a family. Her quest takes her to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and the heart of the Plain community.
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Ballet is everything for eleven-year-old Esme. But that was until her four-year-old sister vanishes without a trace. Now everyone in Esme's life is now a suspect and each one hits closer to home than the last. She has an opportunity to escape the nightmare when she is accepted into an elite ballet academy in San Francisco. Desperate for a break she accepts.
Release Date: April 16, 2019
When they are at school, Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He is popular and the star of the football team, while she is lonely, proud and intensely private. But a strange and indelible connection between the two teenagers grows, one they must conceal. A year later they are both studying in Dublin and over the years they are magnetically drawn back to each other.
Release Date: April1, 2019
On a small farm in Ukraine in 1923, two boys are born within days of each other. Both are Ukrainian but one is Jewish. Mykhail and Asher are inseparable and together find friendship as they escape the harshness of Russian rule. But then their worlds are torn to shreds by the Second World War and Asher's family flees to Warsaw.
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Fifteen-year-old Ilya traveled to Louisiana from his native Russia for an adventure of a lifetime. A year in America as an exchange student. He is quickly swept up by the abundance of his new world and the relentless cheerfulness of his host parents. Even their beautiful daughter, Sadie, has taken and interest in him. But not all is right in Ilya's world as he is consumed by the fate of his older brother back in Russia.
