Waiting on Wednesday
This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection are:
Queen of Hearts [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
Congressman Kiel Whellen had been chosen by the president himself to negotiate with terrorists during an airline hijacking. The stakes were high: his own fiancee was aboard the plane. But in the tragedy he failed to avert, Kiel's love perished. And Rhiannan Collins, young wife and mother, lost her husband, her children, her dreams... The years haven't erased Rhiannon's sorrow; nor has she forgotten the man she holds responsible. And he's here, aboard the luxury yacht on which she ekes out a living as a blackjack dealer. She's determined to hate him - until Kiel dares her to let passion make two hurting hearts feel, touch, and care again. But also aboard is someone who could shatter Rhiannon's world ... unless she fights for her future with the only weapon she has left - the invincible power of a woman's love.
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Zebra; Reprint edition (April 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420125761
ISBN-13: 978-1420125764
Betrayal: A Bella Terra Deception Novel (Scarlet Deception) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
Only New York Times bestseller Christina Dodd could bring you this series about three brothers, tormented by their pasts ...
At nineteen, Noah Di Luca was Bella Terra's golden boy, handsome, confident, and untouched by the shadows that tormented his brothers ... or so it seems. Driven by ambition, beautiful teenage Penelope Alonso fought her way out of the ghettos. During one hot summer, they came together in the sweetness of first love ... until his past reared its ugly head and Noah walked away.
Nine years later, Penelope returns, never imagining she'd see Noah or that one glance would wake their fiery passion. As peril builds around them, Penelope has one choice: to survive, she must once again trust the man who betrayed her.
Even with terror stalking through Bella Terra's streets, love may be the most dangerous choice of all.
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Signet Select; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451413202
ISBN-13: 978-0451413208
A Killer Read (An Ashton Corners) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
For the first meeting of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society, six friends gather in Molly Matthews's old Southern mansion-including Lizzie Turner, a reading specialist with a penchant for mysteries. But the mystery book club meeting becomes the scene of an actual murder when a stranger is shot-and nobody knows who the victim is, or how Molly' antique gun came to be used as the murder weapon.
Then Lizzie begins finding mysterious manuscript chapters in her mailbox. As she and the book club members try to read between the lines, Molly surfaces as the next name on the killer's list ...
Product Details Then Lizzie begins finding mysterious manuscript chapters in her mailbox. As she and the book club members try to read between the lines, Molly surfaces as the next name on the killer's list ...
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425247031
ISBN-13: 978-0425247037
Magic Unchained: A Novel of the Nightkeepers (FINAL PROPHECY) [Mass Market Paperback]
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Cara Liu is determined to unite the forces under her leadership but when Nightkeeper Sven enters the scene, Cara has trouble separating her duty to her people from her desire for her ex-lover. Their secret affair will not only jeopardize a tenuous alliance among the Nightkeepers, but it also distracts them from a danger within their own ranks planning a vicious betrayal ...
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451236424
ISBN-13: 978-0451236425
Savage Awakening: An Alpha Pack Novel [Mass Market Paperback]
A group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top-secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers combating the greatest dangers in the world. But sometime those dangers are more intimate than they bargained for ...
After a mission goes wrong, Aric Savage is taken prisoner. Half-dead and despairing, he makes a stunning discovery: his Pack mate Micah Chase, who was reported dead, is a fellow captive. When the Alpha team goes into full-rescue mode, accompanying them is an absolute stunner with sable hair -- and a spine of solid steel.
LAPD officer and Psy Dreamwalker Rowan Chase has one priority: her brother Micah's recovery. Still, she can't help but be drawn to Aric, the ruggedly handsome wolf shifter who pleasures her as no man ever has -- however fleeting their affair is destined to be. But when Aric's life is endangered, Rowan must ask herself what she's willing to sacrifice in the name of love, for the man fated to be her Bondmate.
After a mission goes wrong, Aric Savage is taken prisoner. Half-dead and despairing, he makes a stunning discovery: his Pack mate Micah Chase, who was reported dead, is a fellow captive. When the Alpha team goes into full-rescue mode, accompanying them is an absolute stunner with sable hair -- and a spine of solid steel.
LAPD officer and Psy Dreamwalker Rowan Chase has one priority: her brother Micah's recovery. Still, she can't help but be drawn to Aric, the ruggedly handsome wolf shifter who pleasures her as no man ever has -- however fleeting their affair is destined to be. But when Aric's life is endangered, Rowan must ask herself what she's willing to sacrifice in the name of love, for the man fated to be her Bondmate.
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451236440
ISBN-13: 978-0451236449
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Signet; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451236440
ISBN-13: 978-0451236449
Product Description
Cassel Sharpe knows he’s been used as an assassin, but he’s trying to put all that behind him. He’s trying to be good, even though he grew up in a family of con artists and cheating comes as easily as breathing to him. He’s trying to do the right thing, even though the girl he loves is inextricably connected with crime. And he’s trying to convince himself that working for the Feds is smart, even though he’s been raised to believe the government is the enemy.
But with a mother on the lam, the girl he loves about to take her place in the Mob, and new secrets coming to light, the line between what’s right and what’s wrong becomes increasingly blurred. When the Feds ask Cassel to do the one thing he said he would never do again, he needs to sort out what’s a con and what’s truth. In a dangerous game and with his life on the line, Cassel may have to make his biggest gamble yet — this time on love.
But with a mother on the lam, the girl he loves about to take her place in the Mob, and new secrets coming to light, the line between what’s right and what’s wrong becomes increasingly blurred. When the Feds ask Cassel to do the one thing he said he would never do again, he needs to sort out what’s a con and what’s truth. In a dangerous game and with his life on the line, Cassel may have to make his biggest gamble yet — this time on love.
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 14 and up
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1442403462
ISBN-13: 978-1442403468
Reading level: Ages 14 and up
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1442403462
ISBN-13: 978-1442403468
A Darker Dream [Paperback]
Product Description
In all his four hundred years, Rayven never met a woman like Rhianna McLeod. She is a vision of light, of warmth, of everything he is not -- nor can ever be. Doomed to live forever in darkness and solitude, he knows all too well the risk in getting close to her, yet he hungers for her with a fierce passion he swears he will never allow himself to feel. Rhianna's father sold her to Rayven to put food on the table so she had no choice but to go with the dark stranger. To her surprise, he gives her everything she wants: the finest clothes, education, and the run of the castle everything, that is, except his touch. For although she senses danger beneath the soft-spoken manner, although even Rayven himself warns her to stay away, she is drawn to this creature of the night, and loves him as she will no other.
Product Details
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: DP (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1428516638
ISBN-13: 978-1428516632
Deeper than the Night [Paperback]
Product Description
The townsfolk of Moulton Bay said there was something otherworldly about Alexander Claybourne. Some people whispered that, with his dark arresting features and mesmerizing eyes, the seductive stranger looked every inch a vampire. They never guessed how near the truth they were - or that after more than two hundred years of resisting temptation, Claybourne had found a woman he had to possess.Never one to be scared off by superstitious lore, Kara Crawford laughed at the local talk of creatures lurking in the dark. What harm could come of befriending the handsome stranger with the haunted look in his midnight eyes? No matter what shadowy secrets Alexander hid, Kara felt drawn to him, compelled to join him beneath the silver light of the moon, where they would share a love DEEPER THAN THE NIGHT.
Product Details
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: DP (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1428516611
ISBN-13: 978-1428516618
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: DP (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1428516611
ISBN-13: 978-1428516618
Real Vampires Hate Skinny Jeans [Paperback]
Product Description
Someone is eating for two ...
Full-figured vampire Glory St. Clair thinks things are finally going her way. She's no longer possessed by a demon, the legions of hell aren't on her tail, and her love life is heating up since she managed to reconnect with her maker - and longtime lover - Jeremy Blade.
When a pregnant demon shows up on her doorstep, Glory knows that everything is about to go to hell. Alesa is claiming that the baby she's carrying is Rafe's, conceived while she was inhabiting Glory's body. A clever trap? Or could it be true?
Booties and bibs are the last thing on Glory's mind when she discovers dark secrets from her own forgotten past. Who is she? What is she? And how will the men in her life deal with the fact that she may be more powerful than she knew? One thing is certain. Glory has way more to worry about than fitting into her favorite pair of jeans ...
Full-figured vampire Glory St. Clair thinks things are finally going her way. She's no longer possessed by a demon, the legions of hell aren't on her tail, and her love life is heating up since she managed to reconnect with her maker - and longtime lover - Jeremy Blade.
When a pregnant demon shows up on her doorstep, Glory knows that everything is about to go to hell. Alesa is claiming that the baby she's carrying is Rafe's, conceived while she was inhabiting Glory's body. A clever trap? Or could it be true?
Booties and bibs are the last thing on Glory's mind when she discovers dark secrets from her own forgotten past. Who is she? What is she? And how will the men in her life deal with the fact that she may be more powerful than she knew? One thing is certain. Glory has way more to worry about than fitting into her favorite pair of jeans ...
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Berkley Trade; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425245624
ISBN-13: 978-0425245620
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Berkley Trade; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425245624
ISBN-13: 978-0425245620
The Duke's Perfect Wife (Berkley Sensation) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
Lady Eleanor Ramsay is the only one who knows the truth about Hart Mackenzie. Once his fiancee, she is the sole woman to whom he could ever pour out his heart. Hart has it all -- a dukedom, wealth, power, influence, whatever he desires. Every woman wants him -- his seductive skills are legendary. But Hart has sacrificed much to keep his brothers safe, first from their brutal father, and then from the world. He's also suffered loss -- his wife, his infant son, and the woman he loved with all his heart though he realized it too late.
Now, Eleanor has reappeared on Hart's doorstep, with scandalous nude photographs of Hart taken long ago. Intrigued by the challenge in her blue eyes -- and aroused by her charming, no-nonsense determination -- Hart wonders if his young love has come to ruin him . . . or save him.
Book Four of the Highland Pleasures (Mackenzies) series.
Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425247104
ISBN-13: 978-0425247105
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425247104
ISBN-13: 978-0425247105
Manga:
Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura , Vol. 7 [Paperback]
Product Description
Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T.
Sakura is the granddaughter of a mysterious moon princess who slew demons with her Blood Cherry Blossom sword. All her life Sakura has been forbidden to look at the full moon without knowing why. Then one night, unhappy over her impending marriage, Sakura gazes up at the moon, only to see a demon attacking her...
Every time Asagiri uses her powers, she shortens her life span. In spite of this, she continues to use her powers to fight her former lover, Ukyo. Though Ukyo will not attack her, this is a fight Asagiri cannot win.
Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421541122
ISBN-13: 978-1421541129
A Devil and Her Love Song, Vol. 2 [Paperback]
Product Description
Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T.
Meet Maria Kawai — she’s gorgeous and whip-smart, a girl who seems to have it all. But when she unleashes her sharp tongue, it’s no wonder some consider her to be the very devil! Maria’s difficult ways even get her kicked out of an elite school, but this particular fall may actually turn out to be her saving grace.
Maria’s bold attitude may be exactly what she needs when she inspires an unlikely ally to come to her defense. And when she’s given the task to lead her class in a choral competition, she’s going to need all the gumption she can muster!
Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura , Vol. 7 [Paperback]
Product Description
Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T.
Sakura is the granddaughter of a mysterious moon princess who slew demons with her Blood Cherry Blossom sword. All her life Sakura has been forbidden to look at the full moon without knowing why. Then one night, unhappy over her impending marriage, Sakura gazes up at the moon, only to see a demon attacking her...
Every time Asagiri uses her powers, she shortens her life span. In spite of this, she continues to use her powers to fight her former lover, Ukyo. Though Ukyo will not attack her, this is a fight Asagiri cannot win.
Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421541122
ISBN-13: 978-1421541129
A Devil and Her Love Song, Vol. 2 [Paperback]
Product Description
Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T.
Meet Maria Kawai — she’s gorgeous and whip-smart, a girl who seems to have it all. But when she unleashes her sharp tongue, it’s no wonder some consider her to be the very devil! Maria’s difficult ways even get her kicked out of an elite school, but this particular fall may actually turn out to be her saving grace.
Maria’s bold attitude may be exactly what she needs when she inspires an unlikely ally to come to her defense. And when she’s given the task to lead her class in a choral competition, she’s going to need all the gumption she can muster!
Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421541653
ISBN-13: 978-1421541655
Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 3 [Paperback]
Product Description
Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T.
Princess Nakaba of Senan is forced to marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming a hostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive, telling Nakaba outright: “You are my property.” With only her attendant Loki at her side, Nakaba must find a way to cope with her hostile surroundings, her fake marriage...and a mysterious power!
Princess Nakaba of Senan and Prince Caesar of Belquat only married each other for the sake of peace between their two warring countries, so no one expected there to be love between the unlikely couple. Nakaba is starting to warm to Caesar, however, and her attendant Loki doesn’t like this one bit. Are Loki and Caesar destined to be enemies? And how does Nakaba’s power, the Arcana of Time, fit into all this?
Product Details
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421541068
ISBN-13: 978-1421541068
