Monthly Archives: January 2017

The Dry – Jane Harper

January 12, 2017
Mystery
“One of the most stunning debuts I’ve ever read… Every word is near perfect.” —David Baldacci A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a ...

Storyworks Monthly #1 – Stephen J Carter

January 12, 2017
Random
This series premiere offers an original full novella, a serial novel, short stories, and a serial nonfiction article. There is ‘Ship of Remnants’, a horror/mystery novella set on a container ship. There are also three short stories (historical, drama, and an urban suspense), plus first installments for ‘Descent on Abuwesi’, an SF serial novel, and ’30 Inciting Incidents’, a writing skills book. “Wow! A lot of bang for one’s buck here … I especially liked Ship of Remnants – the novella. Very tense pacing, TAUT, ...

Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations – Dan Ariely

January 11, 2017
Business
Bestselling author Dan Ariely reveals fascinating new insights into motivation—showing that the subject is far more complex than we ever imagined. Every day we work hard to motivate ourselves, the people we live with, the people who work for and do business with us. In this way, much of what we do can be defined as being “motivators.” From the boardroom to the living room, our role as motivators is complex, and the more we try to motivate partners and children, friends and coworkers, the ...

Gravity – A.D. Bloom

January 11, 2017
Science Fiction
They are calling it the End of Days. The world is plunging into darkness, the days growing shorter and the nights longer. Meteor showers are falling to the earth and there are some who would take advantage of the growing darkness. For sixteen-year-old Bronte Bell, her problems are closer to home. Since her birthday she’s become weaker, her bones breaking, her hair falling out and plagued with constant migraines. No one can explain why. Until a mysterious new boy arrives and tells her that everything ...

The Twilight Wife – A.J. Banner

January 10, 2017
Mystery
From bestselling author A.J. Banner comes a dazzling new novel of psychological suspense in the vein of S.J. Watson’s Before I Go to Sleep and Mary Kubica’s The Good Girl that questions just how much we can trust the people around us. Thirty-four-year-old marine biologist Kyra Winthrop remembers nothing about the diving accident that left her with a complex form of memory loss. With only brief flashes of the last few years of her life, her world has narrowed to a few close friendships on ...

The CleanSweep Conspiracy: a Matt Tremain Technothriller – Chuck Waldron

January 10, 2017
Thriller
In this riveting technothriller, investigative blogger Matt Tremain is covering devastating riots in Toronto when he learns of a plot to rid the city of “undesirables.” The operation is called CleanSweep, and appears to be led by billionaire Charles Claussen, who want to sweep Toronto clean of all street people and any citizens who don’t match his restrictive screening matrix. Matt questions whether he has the courage, skill or influence to take on Claussen, but the murder of one of his sources convinces the blogger ...

The Son of Light Book 1: Rebirth – Chris Parker

January 10, 2017
Fantasy
Nick Suzuki is the leader of The M.B.S. Guild, an underground college for people with super powers. He’ll stop at nothing to keep his family safe, including holding his sixteen-year-old brother, Josh, captive in their home for nearly ten years. But Josh’s isolation is about to end. When Nick gets captured by an ancient enemy, Josh is forced to enter the world outside his home. One he has never known. One filled with enemies, demons, and the dead. Armed with nothing but the strength of ...

Everything You Want Me to Be – Mindy Mejia

January 9, 2017
Drama
People’s Best New Books Pick.  “Readers drawn to this compelling psychological thriller because of its shared elements with Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (2012) will be pleasantly surprised to discover that Mejia’s confident storytelling pulls those themes into an altogether different exploration of manipulation and identity.” —Booklist (starred review) Full of twists and turns, Everything You Want Me to Be reconstructs a year in the life of a dangerously mesmerizing young woman, during which a small town’s darkest secrets come to the forefront…and she inches closer ...

Lady Alice’s Dilemma – Michele McGrath

January 9, 2017
Historical
In the middle of her first London season, Lady Alice Sutherland is shocked to encounter her renegade brother, Philip, at Lady Roche’s ball. Masquerading under another name and heavily disguised, why has Philip suddenly returned? He was banished following a duel, where he left a man for dead. His opponent recovered and vowed vengeance if he ever returned to England. If his true identity is discovered, Philip could hang for attempted murder. Alice finds herself caught up in a web of intrigue and violence as ...

The Hidden Life of Trees – Peter Wohlleben

January 8, 2017
Non-Fiction
In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland and the amazing scientific processes behind the wonders of which we are blissfully unaware. Much like human families, tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, and support them as they grow, sharing nutrients with those who are sick or struggling and creating an ecosystem that mitigates the impact of extremes ...

Here to Stay – Kristine Raymond

January 8, 2017
Romance
Sam Mackenzie rode into the town of Hidden Springs looking for a place to belong. He takes a job at Ryan’s Ranch and is immediately attracted to the ranch’s pretty, female, owner. Kate Ryan is a woman determined to make it on her own. Chafing at the thought of having to hire help, she nonetheless falls for the handsome stranger who answers her ad. When they meet, sparks fly and they are drawn to each other. But life in 1867 Arizona Territory isn’t easy. When ...

Queen Of Hearts – Colleen Oakes

January 7, 2017
Young Adult
The first novel in Colleen Oakes’s epic, imaginative series tells the origin of one of the most infamous villains—the Queen of Hearts. This is not the story of the Wonderland we know. Alice has not fallen down a rabbit hole. This is a Wonderland where beneath each smile lies a secret, each tart comes with a demand, and only prisoners tell the truth. Dinah is the princess who will one day reign over Wonderland. She has not yet seen the dark depths of her kingdom; ...

Fall of the Cities: Planting the Orchard – Vance Huxley

January 7, 2017
Adventure
The world is falling apart. Terrorists spark a worldwide oil and gas crisis while imports grind to a halt. Europe and Britain are erupting into chaos as food runs out and desperate people take matters into their own hands. As the government begins to seal off rioting parts of the city, Corporal Harry Miller takes an offered discharge to get his sister and her kids to safety. But he’s not fast enough. Trapped in the city with a rag-tag collection of ordinary citizens, Harry struggles ...

The Sun Is Also a Star – Nicola Yoon

January 6, 2017
Young Adult
The Instant New York Times Bestseller! Soon to be a Major Motion Picture! The dazzling new novel from Nicola Yoon, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything (in theaters May 2017!), will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love with each other! Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a ...