COUNTRY-POP INGÉNUE Kayleigh Towne’s career is just reaching new heights with her huge hit single “Your Shadow”—but increased fame is also bringing unwanted attention. An innocent exchange with one of her fans, signed with an “XO,” leads Kayleigh into the dangerous and terrifying realm of obsession.
Edwin Sharp thinks Kayleigh’s songs contain messages that speak directly to him. Despite her clear rejection and threats from lawyers and law enforcers, he remains convinced that “Your Shadow” was written just for him, and he announces he’s coming for Kayleigh. Then a potentially fatal accident occurs at the concert hall where Kayleigh is rehearsing for a triumphant hometown performance, and she is convinced that someone—maybe Edwin—was there watching her from the darkness.
True to his word, Edwin Sharp soon makes an ominous appearance in town, and California Bureau of Investigation Agent Kathryn Dance, a friend and fan of Kayleigh’s on vacation in Fresno to attend the show, intervenes on her behalf, drawing Sharp’s frightening attention to herself. That night a member of the road crew whom Kayleigh had once dated is murdered in an eerie echo of an image from her chart-topping song. As more deaths loom on the horizon, Kathryn Dance must use her considerable skills at investigation and body-language analysis to stop the stalker and save more innocent victims. But before long she learns that, like many celebrities, Kayleigh has more than one fan with a mission . . .
Lizzy Tucker’s once normal life as a pastry chef in Salem, Massachusetts, turns upside down as she battles both sinister forces and an inconvenient attraction to her unnaturally talented but off-limits partner, Diesel.
When Harvard University English professor and dyed-in-the-wool romantic Gilbert Reedy is mysteriously murdered and thrown off his fourth-floor balcony, Lizzy and Diesel take up his twenty-year quest for the Luxuria Stone, an ancient relic believed by some to be infused with the power of lust. Following clues contained in a cryptic nineteenth-century book of sonnets, Lizzy and Diesel tear through Boston catacombs, government buildings, and multimillion-dollar residences. On their way they’ll leave behind a trail of robbed graves, public disturbances, and general mayhem.
Diesel’s black sheep cousin, Gerwulf Grimoire, also wants the Stone. His motives are far from pure, and what he plans on doing with the treasure, no one knows . . . but Lizzy Tucker fears she’s in his crosshairs. Never far and always watching, Grimoire has a growing, vested interest in the cupcake-baker-turned-finder-of-lost-things. As does another dangerous and dark opponent in the hunt—a devotee of lawlessness and chaos, known only as Anarchy.
Kiss the Dead by Laurell Hamilton Pub Date 6/5
When a fifteen-year-old girl is abducted by vampires, it’s up to U.S. Marshal Anita Blake to find her. And when she does, she’s faced with something she’s never seen before: a terrifyingly ordinary group of people—kids, grandparents, soccer moms—all recently turned and willing to die to avoid serving a master. And where there’s one martyr, there will be more…
But even vampires have monsters that they’re afraid of. And Anita is one of them…
Coming Home is a novel about tremendous victory and unprecedented loss, a
story of faith and a forever kind of love, love that will stay with you long
after the last page. This stand-alone novel will serve as either a grand
introduction or a beautiful conclusion in the saga of the Baxter Family. The
Baxters make plans to come together for a summer lakeside reunion, a celebration
like they haven't had in years. But before the big day, the unthinkable happens.
As the Baxter Family rallies together, memories come to light in the
grief-stricken hours of waiting and praying, memories that bring healing and
hope during a time when otherwise darkness might have the final word. In a
season that changes all of them, the brilliance of family love overshadows even
the valley of heartache as the Baxters draw closer to God and each other. Along
the way, secrets are revealed and the truth about the Baxter Family history is
finally made known. Ultimately, in this portrait of family love, the Baxters
cling to each other and to God's promise of forever.
Pub Date 6/12
London society has its very own Cupid. Renowned horse breeder and occasional matchmaker Devin Baldwin pairs eligible young ladies with suitable gentlemen based on his theory of animal magnetism. Unafraid of ruffling the ton’s feathers, this darkly handsome Cupid doles out tips for bettering one’s chances of meeting a mate that are as pointed as the love legend’s sharpest arrows!
Lovely Amanda Locke, the daughter of a duke, is everything a nobleman could desire, yet she enters her third Season still searching for a match. Gossipmongers’ tongues are wagging, and her mystified family is considering drastic measures to find her a husband. But the insufferable advice of this Cupid fellow is the last thing Amanda wants.
When an earl passionate about horses becomes the target of her husband hunt, Amanda knows it’s time to overcome her fear of riding. With her sister-in-law Ophelia hastening the romance along by arranging riding lessons, Amanda is soon taking instruction from infuriating Devin Baldwin. Astonishingly, in her daily encounters with Devin—who treats her as an ordinary young woman, not a prize to be won at the marriage mart—Amanda experiences passion for the first time. Now, her search for a match takes her in an unexpected direction as she finds herself falling in love with Cupid himself.
On the eve of her retirement, Georgia attorney Mikala Aulani is as
vivacious and vibrant as ever, eagerly anticipating a happy future with her
partner, Ben. But if Kala has learned anything in thirty-five years of
practicing law, it's that the truth can always surprise you. And when Adam Star
turns up at her office, confessing to the long-ago murder of his wife, Kala must
return to a notorious case that has never stopped haunting her. Ten years have
passed since young nurse Sophie Lee was accused of murdering her wealthy
patient, Audrey Star. Kala defended Sophie and had no doubt of her innocence -
or of Adam Star's guilt - but the prosecution convinced a jury otherwise. Sophie
was convicted on a Tuesday - the day on which every significant event in her
life, good or bad, seems to happen. Now, on the verge of his death, Adam
exonerates Sophie and also leaves her a huge fortune in atonement. Released from
prison, Sophie retreats to Kala's house and tries to evade the media frenzy that
surrounds her. Kala is determined to help her client make her way back into the
world and adjust to her new wealth and freedom. Yet for both, there are still
revelations in store - about the nature of redemption, the strange workings of
fate, and the power of forgiveness. And most of all, about the secrets that hide
in every heart - even those we think we know best.
The life of a paid mercenary makes sense to Special Forces Officer Winslow
Grange. The jungles of South America may make his former job as a ranch manager
for his friend Jay Pendleton look like a cakewalk, but it's nothing that the
former Green Beret can't handle.
A woman's heart, however—that's dangerous territory. Back in Texas, Grange's
biggest problem was avoiding Peg Larson and all the complications being
attracted to the daughter of his foreman would entail. Now Grange will need all
his training to help General Emilio Machado gain control of the tiny South
American nation of Barrera; when Peg arrives unannounced, she's a distraction he
can't avoid. She's determined to show Grange she can be useful on and off the
battlefield. Once she breaks through his armor, traversing the wilds of the
Amazon will prove an easier task than defending himself against her winning
charms….
Clare Burke’s life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne’s defense of her spouse—all lies—and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Clare is living a quiet life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep.
The two long for a relationship with each other, but they’ll have to dig deep into their family’s difficult past in order to build one. Together they face the wounds inflicted by Anne and find in their new connection a place of healing. When Clare begins to suspect her sister might be in New York, she and her niece hold out hope for a long-awaited reunion with her.
Alexander McCall Smith A Conspiracy of Friends Pub Date 6/12
Corduroy Mansions, Pimlico is an oasis of old-fashioned civilisation, its
inhabitants considerate and peace-loving. But beneath the polite exterior
seismic change is stirring. Barbara Ragg makes an eye-popping discovery about
her stolid Scottish suitor's past, while Oedipus Snark - newly appointed and
tirelessly self-interested Government Minister - has a close encounter in
Switzerland that leaves him a new man all together. Then plucky canine Freddie
de la Hay goes missing, and his owner, widower William French, is so shaken by
an unexpected declaration of love that he seriously considers making a
disappearance himself. Goodhearted, well-intentioned but often to be found
barking up the wrong tree, the residents of Corduroy Mansions remain a
thoroughly entertaining example to us all.
