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 Cate Lawley, C.S. Harris, J.A. Jance, David Downing, 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 Lauren Blakely, P. Dangelico, Jiffy Kate, Normandie Alleman, 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 Helena Halme, Vera Jane Cook, Erin Somers, Steven Rowley, 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 Hannah De Giorgis, Suzanne Palmer, Toby Neighbors, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Lucia Ashta, Michael Anderle, Stephen R. Donaldson, 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 Tahereh Mafi, Emily A. Duncan, Brenda Rufener, Erin Hahn, 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 Ramin Setoodeh, Lori Gottlieb, Ruth Reichl, and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
What can you tell us about your new release, Fairmont Finds a Body?
Fairmont Finds a Body is a small town cozy mystery, but even more it's a story about a woman making a new life for herself and the dog who adores her.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I've always loved stories. I studied German literature (a very long time ago) but eventually followed a different path first studying business, then law, and eventually becoming an attorney. Lori Ryan, a very dear friend, started her own writing career a year before I wrote my first book, and she both convinced me to try novel writing and helped me along the way. I'll be forever grateful for her support.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
I refuse to be pinned down...but only because I can't decide. 🙂 Julia Quinn is one of my favorite writers. Her characters have a kindness that's touching and real. I also adore hockey romance and have become a rabid hockey fan. But I grew up reading the Mrs. Pollifax books, Margery Allingham, Lilian Jackson Braun, Dorothy Sayers, and so many other wonderful mystery writers. I"m sure they're why I love writing cozy mysteries!
Say you’re the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
Julia Quinn. After recovering from my fangirl faint, I would ask her how she crafts such amazing characters. I'm completely in love with the Bridgertons, as are millions of other readers.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
That every story has an end, but also opens up a huge world of possibilities. That I can make up new worlds and populate them with all of my favorite people. That I can use my imagination to entertain others. I'm really not good at picking favorites!
What is a typical day like for you?
I write early in the morning. Once I've reached my daily word count or editing goal, I workout, either jogging or lifting at the gym. My sweet little German Shorthaired Pointer always votes for the jog! Since writing is such a sedentary occupation, even more so than working in an office (which I've also done), I've had to make a serious commitment to staying fit or my writing suffers. I spend the afternoon doing admin and the evening marketing. But I definitely take hockey game evenings off!
What scene in Fairmont Finds a Body was your favorite to write?
Actually, the dedication. I wrote this story a few months after my dog Vegas passed. Fairmont Finds a Body was my way of remembering all of the very best things about him, and the dedication brought all of those great memories into sharper focus.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
I don't, not exactly, but I do pick a goal or theme for each year. Last year was "life is my job," since it was becoming obvious to me that de-prioritizing my health was having a negative impact on my writing. This year is about some financial goals that I have related to sustaining my writing career long-term. I want to keep writing stories well into the future!
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What can you tell us about your new release, Nothing But Trouble?
Nothing But Trouble kicks off a brand new New Adult series set in Malibu University and features the sexy championship winning men’s water polo team. Each book in the Malibu University Series is a standalone novel and focuses on one of the players on the team and the young woman he falls for.
What books are currently on your night stand?
Since I primarily read on my Kindle these days, I have a tidy nightstand. However, I’m currently reading K.A Tucker’s One Tiny Lie.
What advice would you give your teenage self?
If I could give my teenage self a bit of advice, it would have to be––go easier on yourself. I think girls have a tendency to be too hard on themselves.
If you had an extra hour each day, how would you spend it?
If I had an extra hour each day, I would try to cram two extra hours worth of life i.e. reading, exercising, sleeping. That would be the plan. And then I would inevitably end up writing.
What makes your world go round? Why does it bring you joy?
What brings me joy is hanging out with my furry friends––my dogs and my horse––and writing.
What scene in Nothing But Trouble was your favorite to write?
Our hero, Reagan Reynolds, spends a fair amount of time trying to convince our heroine, Alice Bailey, that he genuinely wants to help her after he almost runs her over with his car. As you can imagine, she’s not immediately fond of the idea and lots of fun banter ensues during those scenes.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Pleasant Day?
I can tell you that the book got started from an article I read online. The article was about a body being discovered in a box spring. There was hardly a pause before I started the first chapter of Pleasant Day and then it just took off. The characters seemed to be right there in my head just waiting to be written. I thought it was bizarre about the body in the box spring so I knew my novel had to be somewhat bizarre but based on the horrible truth, one of the problem we have with kids today - bullying.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I was inspired to become an author by the books I was reading at a pretty young age. They were books like A Stone for Danny Fisher, Atlas Shrugged, 79 Park Avenue, The Brother’s Karamazov, The Red and the Black, to name a few. And of course there were those books I was assigned to read in school like A Tale of Two Cities, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Jane Eyre, War and Peace, Wuthering Heights, to name but a few. I loved to read and I loved the way authors weaved a whole new world for me, characters that I loved and situations that kept me involved for hours. Other authors have always been my inspiration.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
I’d say that right at this moment the best 5 books I’ve ever read are The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
Say you’re the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
I would interview Charlotte and Emily Bronte. I’d want to know what it was like being alive during that time in History and living in the Moors in England. Where did their ideas come from? What inspired their imagination? Where did the idea come from for their books and were their characters based on people they knew? Was it hard to be alive then in terms of being a woman or did their isolation protect them from that? Were they surprised when their books were published?
What's your favorite thing about writing?
My favorite thing about writing is finishing a novel. I love to work with words because I think the English language is beautiful and I love developing characters and putting them in situations and writing the most descriptive sentences I can.
What is a typical day like for you?
A typical day writing for me is getting to it as early as possible. My energy is high in the mornings, as well as my imagination and concentration. I write and I rewrite, often going over the whole book several times, editing and re-editing.
What scene in Pleasant Day was your favorite to write?
My favorite scene in Pleasant Day to write was the very last scene with Angus on Piper Hill after she has visited Millie’s grave. I know this is the last scene in the book and all the characters were a joy to write but this last one is real insight into Pleasant, both her past and her present,as well as her future.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
“Act well your part for there all honor lies.”
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We wanted to share with you some of our favorite audiobooks we’ve been listening to in March. Our playlist includes a little something for everyone, from mystery, literary fiction, science fiction, and romance. Grab your headphones and happy listening!
Release Date: March 26, 2019
We are huge fans of the Masie Dobbs series and just had to listen to the latest mystery by Jacqueline Winspear... An American correspondent reporting on the war in Europe has been found dead in London. But her murder has been concealed by the British authorities. Robert McFarlane is the linchpin between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service, but he needs the help of Maisie Dobbs.
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Release Date: March 1, 2019
We were in the mood for a historical literary fiction audiobook, so couldn't pass up the popular novel, What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon... Anne Gallagher was always enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. After his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. She never expected to be pulled into another time… She now finds herself in 1921, with Ireland on the brink of war.
Release Date: March 26, 2019
The fourth book in the bestselling Diamonds in the Rough series by Sophie Barnes... Viola Cartwright was branded a money-hungry con artist after she married the elderly Duke of Tremaine just days before his death. She has now found refuge in her work at St. Agatha’s Hospital, where she is steering clear of attachment. That was until Henry Lowell.
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Release Date: February 26, 2019
Once we started the exciting science fiction audiobook, Winter World, we couldn't stop... A new ice age is freezing the world. Billions of people have fled the glaciers and crowding the last remaining habitable zones. They can do their best to run from the ice but they can't escape the incoming war.
Release Date: March 19, 2019
The 25th book in the Dirk Pitt Adventure by New York Times Bestselling Author Clive Cussler... The murder of a team of United Nations scientists, a deadly collision in the waterways of Detroit, and an attack on an archeological site on the banks of the Nile. Is there a link between them all?
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Release Date: March 5, 2019
The New York Times Bestselling Author of Girl, Wash Your Face is back with a new audiobook: Girl, Stop Apologizing... Hollis issues a challenge to women around the world to stop talking themselves out of their dreams.
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