May 2008
SWING INTO SPRING with lots of new books this month! Plus some exciting contests and drawings add extra interest.
THE ANGEL, new original hardcover novel from New York Times bestselling author CARLA NEGGERS arrived in stores this month. The novel features folklorist Keira Sullivan whose passion for myth and magic leads her into the heart of a murderous evil. The Angel is set in Boston and Ireland and Carla is familiar with both places. She recently returned from a trip to Ireland and has posted photos from her trip on her website and is also offering Irish gifts as part of her monthly reader drawings. Also available in stores is THE WIDOW, first time in print as a mass market paperback.
KAREN ROSE has a new book, SCREAM FOR ME, coming out in mid-May. Check out the new book trailer on her website! Sure to give you the chills. Already book reviews and awards are pouring in. SCREAM FOR ME has also been excerpted by Cosmo magazine. Read more on Karen's website, including an excerpt.
FAVORITE AUTHORS on the AvonAuthors.com website with new books out this month are Adele Ashworth, Jeaniene Frost, Tracy Grant, Cindy Kirk, Anne Mallory, Jess Michaels and Susan Elizabeth Phillips. The seventy plus authors on the site--including these ladies--regularly drop by their popular forum to discuss books and chat with readers. Check out this month's Fun Stuff contest listings offered by many of the authors!
STILL IN STORES:
FIRST TIME IN PRINT, The DEATH DEALER, a hardcover original by HEATHER GRAHAM from MIRA Books, features a serial killer fixated on Edgar Allan Poe who stalks New York City in this captivating paranormal romantic thriller.in paperback. It's the chilling sequel to THE DEAD ROOM, released recently in paperback.
NO ONE BUT YOU by MICHELLE MONKOU is the first book in her new series, Ladies of Distinction from Kimani Books. Her previous book, STRAIGHT TO THE HEART, was the third in the Masterson series. This Kimani Romance earned 4 stars from Romantic Times Bookclub review. Visit Michelle's website for updates and join her on http://myspace.com/michellemonkou.
SISTERS FOUND, recently reprinted and released this month, is a fan favorite and part of JOAN JOHNSTON's popular Hawk's Way series. JOAN's eagerly awaited hardcover novel A STRANGER'S GAME was released in March and readers report staying up all night to finish the book! It's a dazzling new Bitter Creek novel that features all of the passion and intrigue in Texas high society that Joan's readers know and love, mixed with an explosive, spine- tingling tale of murder, wrongful imprisonment, and a woman who counts no cost too high to see a killer brought to justice. Read more, including an excerpt, on Joan's website. Another Bitter Creek novel, THE NEXT MRS. BLACKTHORNE, was re-issued in February. Other recent re-issues of her popular books are THE BODYGUARD and THE BRIDEGROOM.
IN THE HIGHLANDER'S BED (Avon Books) is the latest Cameron Sisters book from the incomparable bestselling author CATHY MAXWELL Constance Cameron and Highland warrior Gordan Lachlan are featured in this book. Other books in this bestselling series are BEDDING THE HEIRESS and IN THE BED OF A DUKE. Read more, including book excerpts. Cathy lives in the Richmond, VA area and is one of the moderators for Books! Cathy started the program to remind everyone what great books are out there. The program airs the first and last Monday of the month from 8 – 9 a.m. EST on WZEZ Richmond 100.5 or you can hear Cathy live on the internet at www.wzezradio.com.
SUSPENSE author MARY BURTON's COLD CASE COP is about a cold case heating up. Mary's recent suspense novel. I'M WATCHING YOU (Kensington Books) is also available in bookstores. Reviews for both books are terrific and already Mary is being called "the most compelling new voice in romantic suspense." Learn more about COLD CASE COP and I'M WATCHING YOU on Mary's website. Enter the contest for a special Mary Burton is Suspense mug! (Also, more about new puppy additions to Mary's household!) Her next book is DEAD RINGER, November '08.
EDGAR AWARD winning author T. J. MacGREGOR has the first in a new time travel series, KILL TIME, in bookstores everywhere. Heroine Nora McKee is "alone and hunted by a shadow organization that will stop at nothing to find her. Nora is in a fight for survival far more important than she knows. For she is a link to a discovery beyond all human imagining . . ." T.J. also writes non-fiction as TRISH MacGREGOR and is equally prolific in both fiction and non-fiction genres.Trish also writes the popular Booktalk Monthly Horoscope for Writers. Especially this new year, be sure a catch her predictions for 2008! Read more about KILL TIME including an excerpt and horoscope on her website.
FROM VIOLINS TO VIOLENCE is the latest book from author. MARSHALL FRANK, a former Miami Police Department captain. During his 30-year career, Marshall investigated over 1,000 homicides and his experiences enable Marshall to write with a gritty realism that rings with authority. MARSHALL has added a new segment to his website called Frankly Speaking. Frank welcomes intelligent and insightful responses to commentary, especially from folks with contrary points of view and other insights to offer.
More about AUTHORS:
Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce its Winners for the 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2007. Check out the nominees on the website.
THE 4th ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION FOR DIABETES RESEARCH sponsored by author Brenda Novak continues throughout the month of May. Already nearly a quarter million has been raised. Wonderful prizes--including a trip to Africa--are offered. Check out the prizes and start bidding!
PAUL LEVINE , author of the series featuring bickering and bantering Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord, most recently in TRIAL AND ERROR. Be sure and read Paul's article on Booktalk titled The Good, the Bad & the Nutty: Mystery Writer Tackles Hollywood.
Happy Reading...and writing!
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