Do you love young adult fiction? 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 to-be-read pile. This week includes new novels from bestselling authors Erin Bowman, Derek Milman, Rosamund Hodge, and many more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!
Searching for some new biography and memoir books to add to 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 Ibtihaj Muhammad, Allie Rowbottom, Michael Scott Moore, and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
Linda Castillo is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author behind the popular Kate Burkholder mystery series. She has received numerous accolades for her work, including a nomination by the International Thriller Writers for Best Hardcover Novel, the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence, and a RITA nomination. If you are looking for a new edge of your seat mystery or thriller novel, check out these books to read if you like Linda Castillo!
Release Date: June 27, 2018
Sloane Delaney struggles to keep her daughters, Mae and Wren, safe in a post-apocalyptic world. They maintain a dangerous charade to keep the looters at bay from their neighborhood. When young Nicole shows up nearly dead on their doorstep, she joins the determined group as they adjust to life without most of the luxuries they used to take for granted.
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Naomi thought solving three murders would earn a respite from the spirits who flock to her for guidance. It looks like she was wrong. This time she needs to help her friend, Officer Miriam Marty, solve a particularly daunting case. Newly married, Naomi thought she could settle in and enjoy the first few months of marriage, but she should have known there was no chance of normalcy… even her stepdaughter Holly’s quirky new friend, Lillie, adds to the confusion.
Release Date: July 17, 2018
What does the death of a Portland beauty have to do with a suburban mother in Houston? Everything. Except Meghan Bishop doesn't know it yet. When she discovers someone close to her has ties to the heinous crime everyone is talking about, Meghan is forced to dive headfirst into an ocean of secrets. Unraveling her life, one piece at a time, she soon realizes she believed all the pretty lies she's been told.
Release Date: July 14, 2018
It’s just another gorgeous morning in paradise until tourists find a dead body on the pristine beach of St. Killian, and island in the Caribbean. The victim was killed in a ritualistic murder. He was castrated, branded, and a word was branded into his skin: “eros”. Investigative journalist Vivian Thomas-Bronson heads to the scene of the crime.
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Chief Ty Christie has witnessed a murder from the deck of her cottage on Lake Massey in Willcott, Maryland. When dragging the lake, divers find the murder victim, as well as dozens of bones and a unique belt buckle. Soon Chief Christie, Savich, and Sherlock discover a frightening connection between the bones and the escaped psychopath.
Release Date: July 10, 2018
France Metcalfe is struggling. The stay-at-home mom has a full-time job taking care of her troubled son. When he gets accepted into the elite Forrester Academy, she thought she could start living her life. She is desperate to fit into the Forrester’s world. But a disturbing incident at the school leads to them being ostracized and feeling more alone than ever.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I read a lot of books growing up and especially when I was younger in grade school, so the stories I read made me start to imagine my own, and I just started writing from them. A few of my teachers noticed and encouraged me to keep doing it, so my inspiration would probably have to be all the people who believed in me.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
A Wrinkle in Time, Sense and Sensibility, The Hours, Wit, A Series of Unfortunate Events
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
Michael Cunningham. Where he found the inspiration to write The Hours, and how he was able to create such a complex and intricate story line.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
The fact that I can make up the rules and choose not to follow them [except grammar rules]
What is a typical day like for you?
It depends on the time of year--now I wake up around eleven for summer classes until five and then write the rest of the night, during the semester I have to be a little more strict with my schedule. But my day always ends with writing at least something.
What scene in Wilde About Alec was your favorite to write?
I liked writing any scenes with the whole family and all the brothers, because I have a big family and when I'm away at school I miss them a lot.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
"The revolution will not be televised." -Gil Scott Heron
Cate Faircloth is the author of the new book Wilde About Alec.
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By Anastasia Alexander
Many years ago my parents were engaged in a nasty divorce after twenty-six years of marriage. My mother was struggling, suffering from heartache and disillusionment. She had given my father her whole heart and didn’t know how to go on from the split. I want to encourage her that there was life after divorce and things would be better.
My father was a powerful, influential man in the community, who had a quirky fear of Friday the Thirteenth. Every time Friday the Thirteenth came around, crazy events would happen to him from flat tires, floods in his office and cabin, to missing appointment books, etc. We used to joke as a family that when Friday the Thirteenth arrived, we’d book flight tickets to get as far away from Dad and his bad luck. I still won’t be anywhere near him on that day just in case!
Also, my parents had a cabin in Island Park, Idaho that they would drag me to when I was a teenager, and I was missing the peace I harvested from that place. Mix all those elements, and a story started brewing about Friday the Thirteenth with the romantic backdrop of Yellowstone Park. Throw in a single professor who stumbles across a rugged cowboy …
When the story was first submitted, my publisher was extremely conservative. They rejected the manuscript saying superstition was a form of witchcraft. Years later, I had a small publisher approach me for work so I dusted off the manuscript. I had just gone through a rough divorce myself and had just started dating this really rugged self-assured man who was a complete softy underneath. As I read my manuscript, twelve years after I wrote it, the description of the love interest sounded very familiar. I read passages of the text to my then boyfriend. He said, “Hey, that sounds like me!”
It did, from Jackson’s pleasure at laughing at others mispronounced words, to his love of nature, his quirk of opening bags with scissors, his love of wearing a cowboy hat, and his deeply sexy loving brown eyes. I had created a character who reflects my now husband.
At the time of writing the book, I was in what I thought was a happy marriage to my first. Little did I know the turmoil that would occur, the shift of life circumstances, nor that I would eventually attract my own Jackson into my life. My only regret is I didn’t make Jackson richer in the story.
Anastasia Alexander is the author of the new book The Superstitious Romance.
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Annika Martin is the New York Times Bestselling Author of sexy contemporary romance novels. She's the woman behind popular recent releases like The Billionaire's Wake-up-call Girl, Most Eligible Billionaire, Hostage, and Dark Mafia Prince. If you love romance novels and are looking for some new reads to fall for, check out these new books to read if you like Annika Martin!
Release Date: July 14, 2018
Alec Wilde just wanted to disappear. Running from his past and the secrets that haunted him, he lands in Bridgeport, Connecticut. With nowhere else to go, he rents a room from the local florist, Mia Lane. She doesn't waste time capturing his heart, but Alec keeps his cards close. Not getting attached means not getting hurt.
Release Date: July 17, 2018
His words were harsh and his touch was cold. I knew he was dangerous and could destroy me if he wanted. But that's not what he wanted. And it's not what I desired. Soft touches and stolen glances made my blood heat and my heart beat in a way I never knew it could. But there's a reason he has a reputation as a heartless man. I should have known better.
Release Date: April 17, 2018
For history professor Camille Britain, Friday the 13th has always been unlucky. This one doesn't look like it will be any different. To try and escape her failed marriage, she rents a cabin in the beautiful Island Park, Idaho. It is here she meets wildlife photographer Jackson Armstrong. He laughs at her superstitious ways and offers to help. But Camille doesn't need another man. Even one as compelling and attractive as Jackson.
Release Date: July 16, 2018
If someone asked you to describe Wiley Johns the answer would be... Wiley "is". He is all man, all heart, all fun, all courage, all about pleasuring a woman, and all in when he wants something. It turns out he's also a mystery. A mystery that's not easily solved. How can a woman resist that?
Release Date: July 10, 2018
I love women and I've made a career out of being exactly what a woman needs. You want something and have the money to back the dream? I'm the guy who's going to help you out... So when perfume heiress Sophie Rolland calls me to help take her family's company-and Paris- by storm, I know what she needs.
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Dear Jackson. I am leaving you this note because I don't want to waste any more of your time. Thank you for taking me home last night and... everything else. I wasn't myself last night. I didn't mean to kiss you or fondle your backside or ask all those intimate questions. Thank you for pretending to enjoy it. As you know, this town is ridiculously small and we can't avoid each other. So, let's be friends and forget all about last night... If that's what you want.
What can you tell us about your new release, Unbound?
Dawn of Deception is really the story of a battered and terrorized woman released from hell with the aid of an unlikely accomplice…an apocalypse. Sloane isn’t really fazed by the challenges the apocalypse poses. Instead, she’s already walked through hell. Now it’s merely maintenance.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
I’ve always written stories since childhood. I never kept them so there’s no record for longevity of the silly tales I’ve spun over the years. I think some of us few deranged ones, are just wired this way. We cannot help ourselves but to write. It’s an affliction really. There’s always a story running through my mind and two more behind that one fighting to surface. I dream of them. I wake with them. As a child, I read everything. I loved Laura Ingalls, and I loved history books. I read the stories of the minute men of the Revolution and I read the encyclopedia, volume by volume while a little girl lying on my stomach on the living room carpet going page by page. Basically now...I carry my iPad around in the same way. Wikipedia is somewhat like our past encyclopedia.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
I ever read? This list is always fluid. I read everything, but currently if I had to pick 5, this is where the list stands.
1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Anything by Anthony Doerr)
2. The Nightingale by Kristan Hannah
3. Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck
4. The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
5. The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
Actually, I do host Apocalypse Queen for Authors on the Air, and my first guest was a well-known narrator for true crime and post-apocalyptic genres, Kevin Pierce. If I could choose any author to interview, I’d choose Margaret Atwood. She’s a legend and I’d ask her everything, from what’s the most important piece of advice we novice authors never ask, but should...to the Handmaid’s Tale story details.
What's your favorite thing about writing?
Story. There’s always a story running through my thoughts. Subtle images through your day sometimes spur these stories. This early morning, I waited for a cab in Manhattan on 42nd street. The humidity made you feel like your morning hair routine was a wasted endeavor. With no caffeine yet, I was a bit glazed in the relative quiet thrum of New York, when suddenly a sea gull floated down silently between the buildings in dead center of 42nd hovering over the yellow cabs and between the sepia buildings...this white gull floated down on the humid air in absolute quiet. It’s those little things...you notice that weave their way through your new worlds.
What is a typical day like for you?
I ask other writers this all the time. A writer’s work day varies greatly. I tend to wander to the Kerig coffee shrine carrying my iPad with me, like a blankie, around 6am begging the java dispenser to comply with my requests like a junkie to her dealer. (I need someone to program the auto on please...send instructions.) While I’m trying to wake up I peruse emails, book business, etc. and then after the second cup...I’m usually coherent enough to actually reply to messages. This is typically when Henry comes around to greet me. He slinks into my lap, purrs and makes biscuits...he’s my cat if you wondered. By then my characters are demanding some attention, so I get on with my day and I’m usually at my desk writing by 8am. I might wander into the kitchen for tea occasionally, but really, it’s because I’m stealing a moment to contemplate the stor. Around 3pm...I call it quits, pet Henry and go for a run. Working at home all day alone, you need to mark the end of your writing day somehow and this seems to work for me. It’s a demarcation line. After dinner, I usually look over the business side of things again and into the evening. As a writer, there’s always something to work on or as they say...no rest for the wicked. Then…I become a reader until I fall asleep. Rinse repeat.
What scene in Unbound was your favorite to write?
I let the stories come to me, I’m not a plotter. As I’m writing, scenes unfold. Sloane is not a large, powerful woman. She’s actually quite beautiful and elegant. So to see her use a clever deception over brawn, was a fun scene to write.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
Gosh, many. Heeding the advice of those journeyed before us is an immeasurable gift through time.
If I have to choose one for life and one for writing, here they are.
Personal
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” - Winston Churchill
Writing
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” –Ray Bradbury
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What can you tell us about your new release, Lillie?
Lillie is the final novel in my Maggie ghost mystery trilogy, which includes Maggie, Naomi, and Lillie. These books are among my all time favorites that I’ve written. Each of the novels brings the main character, Naomi, closer to finding her destiny. I’ve enjoyed following Naomi on her journey to solving crimes and putting lost souls to rest. Along with many complex ghosts and mystery, these books hold just enough romance to add to the unfolding plot and to keep things interesting.
In the novel Lillie, the stakes are at all time high for Naomi as she finds herself head to head with the most challenging opponent of all– the ghost of a bitter child dating back over a century. In this last book, Naomi must fight for her life, her family, and ultimately, her marriage. This one brought me to tears as I wrote the ending that the series deserved–bittersweet, yet perfect.
Which book from your childhood or teenage years has stuck with you as an adult?
S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders has definitely left an impact on me. It’s one of my favorite books and movies from my childhood. The theme of the book is a strong one–class conflict is destructive and harmful for individuals and for society.
What fictional literary world would you most like to visit?
There are endless literary worlds I would like to visit and many characters I would love to encounter in these magical worlds. What comes to mind right now are two novels that I recently read to my fourth grade students. (I’m a full-time special education teacher) Kate DiCamillo’s books, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and The Magician’s Elephant both hold magical settings and characters so vivid and intriguing that you feel as if you are right beside them. The best thing about reading these novels was sharing them with my students.
What's on your writing desk?
I just started writing a contemporary romance novel with one of the supporting characters in the Maggie series. In this book, titled Matching Miriam, officer Miriam Marty gets a shot at a romance of her own. Miriam was an intriguing character for me to write because she’s got such a rugged exterior, but she’s a big mush inside. If you’ve read the Maggie novels, you know that Miriam is a tough as nails police officer who’s had her fair share of heartache. I’m excited to see where this book takes me as a writer.
How do you like to spend a rainy day?
I like to spend rainy days either writing or curled up with a good book. Oh, and I can’t forget to mention watching Hallmark or Lifetime movies–I’m a sucker for both.
Where is your happy place? Why does it bring you joy?
Oh, that one’s easy. Cape May, N.J. Besides being a beautiful spot to visit, I love this place because I have so many wonderful memories of taking family vacations at my grandparents’ house. From the time I was a small child, my grandmother and I would take endless walks on the beach collecting shells and just talking. Every time I go back to visit I feel a sense of peace and happiness.
What scene in Lillie was your favorite to write?
Without giving away the story, my favorite part of the story was the bittersweet scene near the end when Lillie and Naomi both get the closure they need. Many of the trilogy’s supporting characters come together to show their support for Lillie and Naomi, something that I loved writing.
I can’t forget the very last paragraph, either–it wraps everything up perfectly, with humor and promise of mischief.
Mya O'Malley is the author of the new book Lillie.
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What can you tell us about your new release, Wiley Johns?
Wiley is the guy I would fall in love with in a red-hot second. He's mature, but not too old to take away his sex appeal or vigor, has one hell of a sense of humor and as an added turn on, is kind of a bad-ass who can make a woman dream of all kind of naughty things. Plus, he is a genuinely good person. Kind of a complete package.
This story came to be because I was in the mood for a story where the main characters didn't just want each other, have some obstacles to overcome and fall in love, but one where they had some fun as well. I wanted a heroine who could dish it as well as she takes it and a woman who was comfortable in her own skin and I wanted a man who could fall as in love with a child and be willing to risk it all for that kid.
What or who inspired you to become an author?
My husband. Our son was playing soccer which meant a lot of practices, sitting and waiting and while I was doing that, I wrote a little fantasy story. My Honey Man read it and said I should do more.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
1. James Clavell - Shogun
2. Harold Robbins - The Carpetbaggers
3. Nicholas Evans - The Horse Whisperer
4. Eric Van Lustbader - The Ninja
5. Colleen McCullough- The Thorn Birds
Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?
Vladimir Nabokov, the author of "Lolita" would be my guest (yes, I'd bring him bck from the dead) and my question would be. "Now that it's the year 2018, and erotica and erotic romance has become mainstream, do you feel that your book would be as shocking today as it was when it was originally published, or have attitudes changed so much that it would not create a stir?"
What's your favorite thing about writing?
Writing lets me create people I like or hate, want to be like or want to smack. I get to spend time in a world I create where the good guys can win, where happily ever after is a real possibility and where people can laugh - even at themselves.
What is a typical day like for you?
I have coffee on the lanai with my Honey Man, then we go walking for an hour. After that, I do graphic design work (I am a book cover designer as well as a writer). I work until one, have some lunch then I write until four, do a resistance band workout, some yoga, get clean and fix dinner. After dinner I normally pile on the couch with my man, put in my earbuds and listen to music while I write and he reads or watches something on tv.
What scene in Wiley Johns was your favorite to write?
That's a tough one. I guess the scene where they are working in the yard, end up dirty and in a water fight with the hose and end up fixing and eating lunch wearing only towels. There was fun and light-hearted moments, energy between them that was almost palatable and moments when secrets were revealed that did more than tell a history, it also revealed deep emotions. That's the first time we really learn something about who these people really are.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
Absolutely. I actually have two. The first is from my Dad, "I may give out, but I'll never give up." and the second is "appreciate every moment." Life doesn't always deliver what we want, but there's a lesson in every experience, so if we appreciate our moments and the lessons in them, we end being happier people and happiness is the most important thing of all. (Right up there with books!)
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On the lookout for some new biography and memoir books to add to 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 Artie Lange, Jeffrey Melnick, Didier Pourquey, and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
