Monthly Archives: April 2018

The Grouchy Historian – Ed Asner

April 15, 2018
Society
In the tradition of Michael Moore, Ed Asner—a.k.a. Lou Grant from The Mary Tyler Moore Show—reclaims the Constitution from the right-wingers who think that they and only they know how to interpret it. Ed Asner, a self-proclaimed dauntless Democrat from the old days, figured that if the right-wing wackos are wrong about voter fraud, Obama’s death panels, and climate change, they are probably just as wrong about what the Constitution says. There’s no way that two hundred-plus years later, the right-wing ideologues know how to interpret ...

Siphoners – Evan Bollinger

April 15, 2018
Thriller
They’re called Siphoners Four strangers cursed, blessed, tormented by a deadly secret. A darkness. A horrifying truth now unleashed on the world… But for Donovan, Seth, Avanti and Frederick, this is only the beginning. After years of silence in the shadows, the truth has emerged. Bodies are racking up, people are disappearing, and the authorities, strangely, seem totally detached… The time has come. Four strangers, united by growing clues, and a growing sense of someone or something pulling the strings at every turn. A figure. ...

Red Alert – James Patterson

April 14, 2018
Thriller
The richest of New York’s rich gather at The Pierre’s Cotillion Room to raise money for those less fortunate. A fatal blast rocks the room, stirring up horrifying memories of 9/11. Is the explosion an act or terrorism–or a homicide? A big-name female filmmaker is the next to die, in a desolate corner of New York City. Detectives Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald of the elite NYPD task force investigate, and the intimate details of the director’s life remind them of their own impossible situation–their ...

Fall With Me – Jayne Frost

April 14, 2018
Romance
Love isn’t an emotion—it’s a chemical reaction. Like gasoline meeting a flame. Eventually, the fire burns out. Luckily I’m in the right business. Women don’t expect more than I can give. When I meet Melody, I’m on board for a little fun. I admit, she’s under my skin. But since we share the same philosophy on love there’s no chance this will turn into anything more. Is there?

My Heart Belongs in Tombstone, Arizona – Samantha Bayarr

April 14, 2018
Inspiration
Stand-alone book: Is Beatrix, the new schoolmarm, leading a double life as a saloon girl named Trixie? When Beatrix arrives in Tombstone thinking she’s taking the position as the new school teacher, she’s shocked to discover the invitation from the schoolmaster was for a mail-order bride instead. Having misunderstood his intentions, she rejects his offer of marriage; he leaves town and his position as the school teacher. When the menfolk in town start to call her Trixie and rumors begin to fly, it isn’t long ...

Red Clocks – Leni Zumas

April 13, 2018
Science Fiction
Five women. One question. What is a woman for? In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo. In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new barriers alongside age-old questions surrounding motherhood, identity, and freedom. Ro, a single high-school teacher, is trying to have a baby on her own, while also writing a biography of Eivør, a little-known 19th-century female ...

The History Of Zombies – Michael Madden

April 13, 2018
Fantasy
Zak and Jimmy loved their X-Boxes, they loved their war games, and they loved shooting virtual zombies. A chance encounter in a local graveyard changed all of that when one of their school friends showed signs of being not quite normal, though not quite a zombie either. That is when the fun really started. They discovered that Jimmy’s dad is an expert on zombies, and his acquaintance, the fabled Joshua Lordsmith, is a self-styled zombie hunter. They got to know all about The History Of ...

The Whispering Room – Dean Koontz

April 12, 2018
Mystery
Jane Hawk—fiction’s most relentless, resourceful, stunning new heroine—continues her battle against a murderous conspiracy in the riveting sequel to The Silent Corner. “No time to delay. Do what you were born to do. Fame will be yours when you do this.” These are the words that ring in the mind of mild-mannered, beloved schoolteacher Cora Gundersun—just before she takes her own life, and many others’, in a shocking act of carnage. When the disturbing contents of her secret journal are discovered, it seems certain that she ...

Keeper – Jessica L. Randall

April 12, 2018
Young Adult
Lexi is almost certain that her rescue by an extraterrestrial was just a vivid nightmare. But when the boy that has haunted her dreams shows up in her speech class, she has to accept that it was all too real. To complicate matters, Micah didn’t just save her life, he chose her. She is his test subject. Even though she should be terrified, Lexi suspects that the rigid, rule-abiding alien isn’t what he seems. As she helps him uncover the sensitivity and individuality his superiors ...

Deliverance – Kristy Centeno

April 12, 2018
Paranormal
He’s been locked away his entire life. He dreams of freedom. The only way he can accomplish his goals is by breaking free of the chains tying him to a dark past and gloomy existence. But there’s one catch. He’s not human. And he’s never set foot outside his jail. Devoted to saving his peers as well as his own life, he sets out to find the one person that can help him achieve his objectives. He knows where she will be and what she ...

Magpie Murders – Anthony Horowitz

April 11, 2018
Random
“Magpie Murders is a double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers.” –Janet Maslin, The New York Times From the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery. When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the ...

80/20 Your Life! How To Get More Done With Less Effort And Change Your Life In The Process! – Damon Zahariades

April 11, 2018
Inspiration
Achieve More, Create More, And Experience More Success And Joy – While Taking Less Action! Do you often feel like you’re spinning your wheels without getting much done? Do you feel tired and overwhelmed, frustrated that you’re not accomplishing your goals? A change in your mindset can produce massive, positive results while relieving the stress. Use this simple system to focus on what truly matters to you, ignore the rest, and get more done in the process. Now’s the time to 80/20 Your Life!

My Big Fat Vegas Wedding – Lori Sizemore

April 11, 2018
Romance
He needs roots. She needs money. A whirlwind wedding could solve all their problems… if it doesn’t bring the Vegas mob down on their heads. Grace Winters needs a miracle in the form of cash. A young widow with a stack of bills and a dead-end job, she’d do anything to save herself, her son, and her mother from the street. Anything but gamble—the Vegas vice that got her husband killed. Dominic Rosas needs a happy family—or at least the appearance of one—to buy out ...