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The Poisoned Crown

Maurice Druon · Harper
Format: Paperback

'This was the original game of thrones' George R.R. MartinNo man is impervious to the poisons of the crown ... Having murdered his wife and exiled his mistress, King Louis X of France becomes besotted with Princess Clemence of Hungary and makes her his new Queen.However, though...
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Security: A Novel

Gina Wohlsdorf · Algonquin Books
Pages: 229
Format: Hardcover

"Original and imaginative . . . Ripping suspense, sheer terror, and a wrenching love story." - Sandra Brown, New York Times bestselling author of FrictionThe terrible truth about Manderley is that someone is always watching. Manderley Resort is a gleaming, new twenty-story hotel...
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Unwrapped Sky

Rjurik Davidson · Doherty Associates
Pages: 430
Format: Hardcover

A hundred years ago, the Minotaurs saved Caeli-Amur from conquest. Now, three very different people may hold the keys to the city's survival. Once, it is said, gods used magic to create reality, with powers that defied explanation. But the magic -- or science, if one believes those who try to master...
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A Man to Hold on To

Marilyn Pappano · Forever
Pages: 390
Format: Paperback

A Tallgrass NovelA MAN TO HOLD ON TOTherese Matheson doesn't know if she'll ever get over losing her husband in Afghanistan. Surviving Paul's death has been hard, but raising his sullen son and his thirteen-going-on-thirty daughter alone has been even harder. All they need is a fresh...
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The Ways of Evil Men

Leighton Gage · Soho Crime
Pages: 338
Format: Print book

The Awana tribe, who live in the remote Amazon jungle in the Brazilian state of Pará, have dwindled to only 41 members - and now 39 of them have dropped dead of what looks like poison. The neighboring white townsfolk don't seem to be mourning the genocide much - in fact, the only person...
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The Flash by Mark Waid Book One

Mark Waid · DC Comics
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

In 1990, Mark Waid wrote his first Flash story. Under his keen pen, Wally West, who had already been running in the footsteps of the Flashes who came before him, matured into a Flash in his own right. Waid brought a depth of character to The Flash that changed him for good. As a child,...
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Snow Day

Pierre Wazem · Humanoids
Pages: 107
Format: Print book

An outsider sheriff struggles to find his place in an isolated, snow-covered town populated by a hard people who are set in their ways and don't take too kindly to strangers. It's a place where folks mind their own business -- however odd it may be -- and do as they please. That is, until...
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A Moonbow Night

Laura Frantz · Flemming H Revell
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

After fleeing Virginia, Temperance Tucker and her family established an inn along the Shawnee River. It's a welcome way station for settlers and frontiersmen traveling through the wild Cumberland region of Kentucke--men like Sion Morgan, a Virginia surveyor who arrives at the inn with his crew...
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A Wedding in Provence: A Novel

Ellen Sussman · Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Ellen Sussman, nationally bestselling author of French Lessons, delivers a feast for the senses in A Wedding in Provence - a moving novel of love, forgiveness, and trust, set among the beaches and vineyards of southern France. When Olivia and Brody drive up to their friend's idyllic...
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The Zero and the One: A Novel

Ryan Ruby · Twelve
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

A gothic twist on the classic tale of innocents abroad, THE ZERO AND THE ONE is a meditation on the seductions of friendship and the power of dangerous ideas that registers the dark, psychological suspense of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley and the intellectual and philosophical...
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Liberators: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse

James Wesley Rawles · Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Patriots and How to Survive the End of the World and founder of survivalblog.com returns with his latest survival thriller and gives readers an unprecedented look into a post-apocalyptic world resulting from an all-too-real disaster scenario.When...
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A Most Curious Murder: A Little Library Mystery

Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 325
Format: Hardcover

Jenny Weston moves home to Bear Falls, Michigan, to nurse her bruised ego back to health after a bitter divorce. But the idyllic vision of her charming hometown crumbles when her mother's Little Library is destroyed.The next-door neighbor, Zoe Zola, a little person and Lewis Carroll enthusiast,...
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Shadows on a Morning in Maine: An Antique Print Mystery

Lea Wait · John Daniel & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Maggie Summer is making big changes in her life. The antique print dealer has taken a sabbatical and moved to Maine to run an antiques mall with Will Brewer, her significant other. And she will finally adopt the daughter she's been longing for. However, the troubled girl doesn't want any part...
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The Bridge Tender

Marybeth Whalen · Zondervan
Format: Paperback

A surprise gift from her late husband will give a young widow the chance to do the hardest thing in the world . . . move on. On their honeymoon, the new Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Shaw made a pact: No matter the sacrifices along the way, one day they would return to Sunset Beach, North Carolina...
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Scarpia

Piers Paul Read · Bloomsbury
Pages: 367
Format: Print book

It is the late 18th century and Sicilian nobleman Vitello Scarpia finds himself penniless and in disgrace on the streets of Rome. After leaving his home in pursuit of a military career, his fiery passion has seen him expelled from the Spanish royal guard and left to seek his fortune in Italy;...
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