Category: LDS Fiction

New releases by LDS authors.

About the Fiction Posts…

First up today is a bit of business.

On Friday, I referenced some big changes coming to the blog. I’m planning to leak the changes out a little bit each week through the end of this month. There’s one pretty BIG change I hadn’t planned to leak until mid-May.

But.

Over the weekend, I got no fewer than a dozen e-mails asking what was up with the new release spotlight posts. Most of them lost the book cover images in one fell swoop about a week ago. Oops!

Well, that was my fault. I was working on a new change and clicked the wrong button or something and—POOF! There is no easy fix. I know this because I tried a few and the results were zip.

The only option remaining is to repost every image individually. And I’m not going to do that because it would take hours and hours and hours to put them back up. I know this for sure because I spent 30 hours last week adding those same images HERE.

Yes, that’s one of the new changes. All the fiction spotlight posts are being moved over to their own sweet site: New LDS Fiction.

I had hoped to be a little further along on this new site before announcing it, but since so many of you have asked about those fiction posts, I decided to unveil today. TA-DA!

So far, I’ve got the 2013 and 2012 posts fixed with the new format with covers. (Yay!) (All the past years will be spiffed up by the end of May.) Most of the info pages are done.

(And yes, comments on the new site enter you to win one of the sponsoring books. In fact, for this month only, you can get double points for making the same comment on the same book on both sites.)

I also made a Facebook page—which is depressingly naked right now, but go ahead and click on over there and “Like” it. Do it now while you’re thinking about it. I’ll wait.

Done? Okay.  You’ll be glad you did when I announce…uh…something else later this month.

I still need to get my sidebar links corrected, the RSS feed up, subscribe by e-mail, and the other social media things going. I also need to work out some details on a few of the new features—like the Book Club. And the little images that show other posts you might like are going skewampy, so I have to figure that out too. But pretty much, the site is live and good to go.

All future new release spotlight posts will be there
at New LDS Fiction, not here.

And in just a few minutes, we’ll start the regularly scheduled, pre-Whitney Award posting party.

Fairy Godmothers, Inc. by Jenniffer Wardell

It’s never about the glass slipper. It’s all about the love potion.

In a world where fairy tale situations are as much a fact of life as death and taxes, everyone knows hiring Fairy Godmothers, Inc. is the best way to assure that your beautiful daughter or enchanted frog of a grandson will get the happily-ever-after he or she deserves. Sure, sometimes a little love potion is required to make sure those quotas stay up, but what Prince Charming doesn’t know won’t hurt him.

Kate, an experienced Fairy Godmother, who’s enough of a romantic to frustrate her rigidly rule-bound boss, has just received a specialty assignment from one of the company’s board of directors. Cinderella-Rellie for short-was placed with an appropriately wicked stepfamily years before, and now needs the dress, ball, and handsome prince to complete her happily-ever-after. The fact that Rellie isn’t sure this is her dream come true-balls are fun, but princes tend to be less interesting than fluffy bunnies-isn’t something management considers a problem.

Complicating things a bit is Jon, the youngest son of the royal family, who meets Kate, and is smitten, but isn’t quite ready yet to reveal his true identity. After all, it’s his older brother Rupert who’s supposed to marry Rellie, which means pretending to be a lowly civil servant will give him the chance to spend more time with Kate. (As long as he can get the ball arranged, and stop Rupert from getting himself into trouble over his “self-actualization” business, he should have the perfect opportunity to explain everything and get started on making a little magic with the Fairy Godmother of his dreams.)

But, of course, things never ever happen as planned.

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Title: Fairy Godmothers, Inc.

Author: Jenniffer Wardell

Publisher: Jolly Fish Press

Release Date: April 27, 2013

ISBN: 978-0988649149

Size: 304 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romantic Fantasy


Lost then Found by Heather B. Moore

Welcome to the Aliso Creek Novella Series:

Liz, Gemma, Arie, Jess, and Drew have been best friends since creating “the Five” at Aliso Creek High School. But that was over ten years ago, and each is still trying to find that perfect someone… if perfect is even possible.

Arie, at the top of her career as VP of an established real estate company, discovers that her professional success has led to a less-than-successful dating life. But she may have just met the ideal man in workaholic film producer Dustin Jacobs. When Arie discovers that Dustin’s life is more complicated than she thought, she wonders if there is room for her in it after all or if she should add him to her long list of disaster relationships.

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Title: Lost then Found (An Aliso Creek novella)

Author: Heather B. Moore

Publisher: Mirror Press

Release Date: April 2, 2013

ASIN: B00C5UYY7I

Size: 60 pages, ebook

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Aliso Creek Series: (read in any order) Third Time’s the Charm, The Daisy Chain


Belonging to Heaven by Gale Sears

Hawaii. A land of deep tradition and rich culture. A people of family and faith. A paradise on earth.

Jonathan Napela is a descendant of the Hawaiian royal line, and his future is bright with a new wife and a position of influence in the community. As a devout man, he believes in God, but he feels there is something more—something he is missing. When he meets Elder George Q. Cannon and is introduced to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jonathan feels as though he has finally found where he belongs.

Jonathan’s friendship with George provides remarkable opportunities for the young Hawaiian to grow in his new faith. His joy in the gospel is tested though, when he is challenged by those he once called friends, and later when he struggles to gather Saints to Laie. And when leprosy threatens to take his beautiful wife, Kitty, from him, Jonathan faces an impossible choice: send his wife to the leper colony of Moloka’i alone, or risk how own life to accompany her. Drawing on his deep reservoirs of faith, Jonathan comes to understand that opening his heart to sacrifice is the purest expression of love.

This novel, based on a true story, is an extraordinary example of a man who chooses to serve God and family when others might have given up.

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Title: Belonging to Heaven

Author: Gale Sears

Publisher: Deseret Book

Release Date: April 2013

ISBN: 978-1609071592

Size: __ pages, 6×9, hardcover? softcover?

Genre: General


Sworn Enemy by A.L. Sowards

June 1944: As World War II rages, the people of Eastern Europe are hopelessly trapped between two formidable forces: Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union. In their midst, a band of heroes works to defend against the inevitable Communist takeover.

After narrowly escaping her Nazi captors, French Resistance worker Genevieve Olivier has fled to Allied territory with the help of American Lieutenant Peter Eddy. Their connection is undeniable, forged in the crucible of danger. But despite their blossoming feelings for each other, they must both finish the work they began . . .

In the safety of England, Genevieve hopes to find purpose as a nurse all the while unaware that the Gestapo still seeks the woman who slipped through their grasp. When she is called upon to resume a life of danger as a French spy, will her desire to prove herself be her downfall?

Recruited by an elite special ops team intent on thwarting the Nazis, Peter finds himself engaged in a personal battle as well there is a traitor among his comrades. Deep in the Carpathian Mountains, Peter combats an unknown foe. The stakes are high as he fights to save the lives of his teammates. They are miles apart, yet as Genevieve and Peter fight for their own survival, they find a common well of strength in their faith and their determination to be reunited.

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Title: Sworn Enemy

Author: A.L. Sowards

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: April 1, 2013

ISBN: 978-1621083597

Size: 281 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Historical


Framed by Clair Poulson

When Adriana Chambers observes a stranded motorist struggling to change his tire, she sees in his distress an opportunity to be a good Samaritan. Pulling over, she offers her help but she gets much more than the satisfaction of serving.

As the beautiful young college student finds herself the only witness to the man’s whereabouts that morning, she is unwittingly drawn into a criminal investigation that tests her powers of deduction. The stranded motorist, Jerzy Grabowski, has been charged with murder. The complication—he’s innocent.

Alongside handsome detective Brad Osborne, her only ally, Adriana embarks on a treacherous journey through the maze of organized crime in an effort to prove Jerzy’s innocence. But when Adriana discovers a connection between this mob hit and the legacy of lies left by her estranged father, her determination to uncover the truth jeopardizes all she holds dear. With time running out, she must untangle the tightly woven tapestry of conspiracy if she wants to live.

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Title: Framed

Author: Clair Poulson

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: April 1, 2013

ISBN: 978-1621081593

Size: 223 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Mystery/Suspense


Be Mine by Sandra Norton Flynn

He knows where she works.

He knows where she lives.

And soon, they’ll come face-to-face.

Erin Lewis is an up-and-coming fashion designer building up her career in New York City. With a loving husband, a great assistant, and working in the field of her dreams, she couldn’t be happier.

But perfection can’t last forever.

When a long string of tragedies shakes Erin to her core, she doesn’t know how to keep moving forward day by day. And when she is targeted by a brutal serial killer, she must find the inner strength she never knew she had just to survive.

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Title: Be Mine

Author: Sandra Norton Flynn

Publisher: Self

Release Date: April 6, 2013

ASIN: B00C8T6GOK

Size: __ pages, ebook

Genre: Suspense


As the Sun Sets (Twisted Tales) by Stephanie Fowers

No one bothered to tell Daphne Starr that faerytales were real and now she’s stuck in a beanstalk with a beast and a pricked finger. Daphne’s sister and stepsister are in big BIG trouble!

1. It’s the third and final day

2. Rumpelstiltskin plans to suck their powers dry

3. The queen wants them dead

4. The wolves switched sides

5. The world is about to end

6. And did they seriously expect to keep this all from Daphne?

Oh yeah, A LOT of trouble! Halley and Bridgette had better get her out of this—especially since she only has until the battery runs out of her cell phone before she loses her heart . . . to a beast. Will it be Happily Ever After or the end?

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Title: As the Sun Sets (Twisted Tales #3)

Author: Stephanie Fowers

Publisher: Triad Media and Entertainment

Release Date: April 17, 2013

ISBN: 978-0615768014

Size: 410 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Twisted Tales Series: With a Kiss (bk 1), At Midnight (bk 2)


At Midnight (Twisted Tales) by Stephanie Fowers

Bridgette has a Cinderella complex big time. She has to find true love’s kiss to get some weird guy off her back who claims to be her faery godmother. But who is she really?

1. Loser of Omak High

2. Girl who rubs her fingers raw working fast food

3. Victim of the evil stepmother who runs the group home

4. Not-so-proud owner of a hearth where fire-starting goblins live

5. Asylum wannabe with occasional schizophrenic episodes

Not even Bridgette knows. Even if her faery godmother wasn’t some guy who knows nothing about romance, how is Bridgette supposed to get true love’s kiss if everyone she cares about disappears?
Bridgette must stop the clock from striking twelve or she’ll lose everything.

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Title: At Midnight (Twisted Tales #2)

Author: Stephanie Fowers

Publisher: Triad Media and Entertainment

Release Date: April 17, 2013

ISBN: 978-0615768007

Size: 382 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Twisted Tales Series: With a Kiss (bk 1)


With a Kiss (Twisted Tales) by Stephanie Fowers

Faerytales. They’re real . . . they just haven’t happened yet.

Halley Starr finds out the truth when she loses her heart to a terrible curse. Now she has to get it back from that dirty faery who stole it from her, but first, she must fight against the seven rules of the faery kingdom that mortals must never break:

1. No trespassing sacred faery territory

2. Don’t ever say thank you

3. Using a faery’s given name is a no-no

4. Resist the music of the faeries

5. Never break a promise to a faery

6. Refuse all faery food

7. And never, never fall in love with a faery

But if Halley wants her heart back again, she can’t worry about the rules.

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Title: With a Kiss (Twisted Tales #1)

Author: Stephanie Fowers

Publisher: Triad Media and Entertainment

Release Date: April 17, 2013

ISBN: 978-0615767437

Size: 334 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy


Snow White by Jenni James

An enchanted mirror, a tale of envy—

Raven and Snow White have been the greatest of friends for years, so when Snow’s father, King Herbert, and Raven’s mother, Queen Melantha, wed, the girls’ dreams come true—now they are sisters! However, in an act of exceeding folly, the king presents his new bride with the enchanted Lythereon Mirror as a wedding gift. Its dark power soon corrupts the queen.

Prince Corlan, Raven’s brother, is determined to find a way to destroy the mirror before he loses his mother completely—or it kills them all. Already the queen’s envy of Snow has become obvious. Corlan has been in love with Snow White since they were children and would do anything to protect the beautiful princess, even defy his mother. But when Queen Melantha uses the mirror to force Corlan into killing Snow, he knows it will take a battle of great strength to outwit the evil spell surrounding him and save the girl he loves.

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Title: Snow White

Author: Jenni James

Publisher: StoneHouse Ink

Release Date: April 14, 2013

ASIN: B00CDAPYGA

Size: __ pages, ebook

Genre: Fantasy

Faerie Tale Collection: Beauty and the Beast (#1),  Sleeping Beauty (#2), Rumplestiltskin (#3), Cinderella (#4), Hansel and Gretel (#5), Jack and the Beanstalk (#6)


Bad Unicorn by Platte F. Clark

It wasn’t Max Spencer’s idea to fight robots, lead an army, or save the world—it just so happens that he’s the only living person who can read the most fantastical book ever written: The Codex of Infinite Knowability. The Codex is no ordinary book, and among other things, it describes a unicorn named Princess the Destroyer.

Princess the Destroyer is no ordinary unicorn. She loves nothing more than hunting down, killing, and eating other creatures. After all, what’s the point of having a sharp horn on your forehead if you don’t use it for destructive purposes? And right now Princess has a very definite purpose: Find Max and retrieve the lost Codex for an evil sorcerer and his mysterious master. If she can do that, she’s been promised an all-the-humans-you-can-eat buffet in Texas.

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Title: Bad Unicorn

Author: Platte F. Clark

Publisher: Aladdin

Release Date: April 16, 2013

ISBN: 978-1442450127

Size: 432 pages, hardcover

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy


Sparks the Matchmaker by Russell Elkins

Ollie just wants one thing. The girl.

Things haven’t been going so well with Anne lately, though; their relationship has become a perpetual study date, and Ollie’s roommates are starting to worry about him. How to fix things? Why, with a marriage proposal, of course. Unfortunately for Ollie, his relationship with Anne has run out of gas.

Life feels like it’s counting down to one. And that one is the only person in Ollie’s life he really cares about: Ollie. Perhaps, then, he should get over himself.

But first he has to deal with Sparks, the irritating little Yankees fan who invades his life in order to “help” him. And while Keith, his best friend, is doing all he can to help, Ollie’s other friend Richie never fails to show up and threaten to ruin everything just by being himself. Never mind all the drama Sparks brings to the party by forcing Ollie to take a job actually helping people in need.

Will Ollie meet the girl? Will it be in history class? On a road trip to Colorado? Can he get over Anne, or should he try to mend the relationship? Should he pursue the new girl Sparks is trying to set him up with? As the strings of the puppeteer tangle with the strings of the heart, only one person can sort out the mess Ollie has made. It seems that the harder he tries, the more Ollie messes things up. Is Sparks a cruel manipulator, or is he a really going to help Ollie find his match?

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Title: Sparks the Matchmaker

Author: Russell Elkins

Publisher: Inky’s Nest Publishing

Release Date: April 3, 2013

ISBN: 978-1482728798

Size: 244 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover

Genre: Romance?


The Cure by Teyla Branton

Even When You CHANGE, Some Things Remain the Same . . .

Erin Radkey’s life has altered completely since her Change made her one of the Unbounded. Yet she has learned the hard way that some things never change.

Greed. Over the centuries the long-lived Unbounded have divided into two groups, the Emporium who craves money and power and will do anything to achieve its ends, including experimenting on its own people, and the Renegades who protect humanity.

Power. Now the Renegades are close to discovering a cure that will save many dying mortals, and the husband of Erin’s closest friend is first in line to receive the formula. But Emporium agents will stop at nothing to destroy the cure—until they realize the research might be exactly the weapon they’ve been searching for.

Love. Erin’s new abilities are tested as she and fellow Renegades fight the Emporium in a struggle that soon becomes all too personal, and where lines of loyalty are blurred by relationships of the past. Everything is at risk, including the lives of her friends—and the love of Ritter Langton, the Renegade Unbounded who both infuriates and excites her.

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Title: The Cure (Unbounded, bk 2)

Author: Teyla Branton (Rachel Nunes)

Publisher: White Star Press

Release Date: April 13, 2013

ISBN: 9781939203304

Size: 291 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: Romantic Suspense/Paranormal

Unbounded Series: The Change (bk 1)


Crater Lake: Return of the Mystic Gray by Steve Westover

Ethan and his friends are back!

When Jordan has  mysterious visions about Crater Lake, she finds herself with a power that she doesn’t quite understand and can’t quite control

But when Ethan, Allie and Brady also start displaying powers, they decide to return to Crater Lake in the middle of winter, only to discover that an epic battle is brewing between Chief Llao and his nemesis, Chief Skell.

Determined to find their fallen friend, Jacob, the young teens must train for the upcoming battle by mastering their powers and joingin forces with a powerful new ally—the Mystic Gray—an entity that could bring more trouble than they could ever imagine.

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Title: Return of the Mystic Gray (Crater Lake Book 2)

Author: Steve Westover

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: April 9, 2013

ISBN: 978-1462111879

Size: 256 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

Crater Lake Series: Battle for Wizard Island (bk 1)


Running Home by Cami Checketts

In Cassidy’s battle against human trafficking there are two choices: run or be captured.

Cassidy’s humanitarian mission takes an ugly turn when human traffickers attack. Cassidy doesn’t know where to run—home to America, into Jesse’s arms, or any direction she can to escape the traffickers.

Innocent families are being ripped apart and Cassidy must decide if she’s brave enough to stop running and join the fight.

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Title: Running Home (novella)

Author: Cami Checketts

Publisher: Self

Release Date: April 10, 2013

ISBN: 978-1483989877

Size: 42 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Mystery/Suspense

Series: Dead Running (bk 1), Dying to Run (bk 2)


Trouble’s On the Menu by Warnock and Schow

Hallie doesn’t belong in Barefoot, Montana.

She’s a California gal used to sunshine and warmth—not snow and cold. But after the unexpected death of her estranged husband, she braves the winter weather to wrap up some of his estate details, only to discover that she doesn’t fit in and none of the townspeople like her.

That is, except for the town’s handsome mayor, who takes quite an interest in Hallie.

But when his life starts to spiral out of control, she must decide if he’s worth sticking around for.

Sometimes love is the only remedy for a broken heart.

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Title: Trouble’s On the Menu: A Tippy Canoe Romp (with recipes)

Author: Caleb Warnock and Betsy Schow

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: April 9, 2013

ISBN: 978-1462110933

Size: 240 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romantic Comedy/Suspense


Hashbrown Winters and the Whiz-Tastrophe by Frank L. Cole

Losing to a girl in laser tag is the pits—especially if it’s to Melanie “Thumbs” Nottingham. The Hashbrown gang comes up with a plan that will guarantee their success.

But when he turns to the Oracle for guidance, he is given some unexpected advice that could change the game forever. When plans go awry and they’re sent to another dimension, it’s up to Hashbrown to set everything right..

Would you go through a portal and steal the identity of someone in another dimension just to become a winner again? Crack open Hashbrown Winters and the Whiz-Tastrophe to find out!

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Title: Hashbrown Winters and the Whiz-Tastrophe (Book 4)

Author: Frank L. Cole

Publisher: Bonneville (CFI)

Release Date: April 9, 2013

ISBN: 978-1462110568

Size: 128 pages, 5.5 x 8, softcover

Genre: Middle Grade

Hashbrown Series: The Adventures of Hashbrown Winters (book 1), Hashbrown Winters and the Mashimoto Madness (book 2), Hashbrown Winters and the Phantom of Pordunce (bk 3)


Replacing Gentry by Julie N. Ford

When Marlie attends a cadaver ball at Vanderbilt Medical School, she did not expect to actually see any cadavers. Or, that a strange apparition would issue her such a chilling message. Despite the cadaver’s warning, a year later Marlie is married to Tennessee State Senator, Daniel Cannon, and living in a plantation-style mansion with two step sons. Add to the mix her growing suspicion that something is amiss with the death of Daniel’s first wife, Gentry, and newlywed Marlie is definitely in over her pretty Yankee head.

What begins as an innocent inquiry into her new husband’s clouded past, ends with Marlie facing a dangerous conspiracy. A modern twist on the classic Gothic romance novels like Rebecca and Jane Eyre, Replacing Gentry follows Marlie’s precarious journey as she seeks to learn the truth about the man she married.

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Title: Replacing Gentry

Author: Julie N. Ford

Publisher: WiDo Publishing

Release Date: April 9, 2013

ISBN: 978-1937178314

Size: 286 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover

Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction


Deep Cover by Traci Hunter Abramson

Twenty eight year old Kelsey Weber is one of the CIA’s finest undercover agents. After two years under deep cover in Salman Nassar’s desert compound, shes unearthed vital information on the volatile Middle Eastern extremist sect. When her allegiance is called into question, Nassar teaches her a lesson she wont forget with a bullet to the leg.Kelsey is whisked out of the field to recuperate in the safety of her missionary parents empty Virginia home.

Civilian life proves to be more complicated than Kelsey anticipated when she meets FBI agent Noah Cabbott, the handsome neighbor tasked by her parents with safeguarding the family home in their absence. As their relationship deepens, she s torn by her inability to divulge who and what she really is. In a twist of fate, their separate investigations converge in a horrifying plot that threatens the nation’s security, and Kelsey’s identity is revealed. She and Noah have been assigned as members of a secret task force, united with one common goal: to thwart Nassar’s impending terrorist attack.

As the situation grows increasingly dire, she is horrified to learn that there is a traitor in their midst: An agency mole has been leaking information to the enemy. Kelsey’s world is thrown into chaos with the shocking realization that nothing is as it seems, and each step toward the truth draws her deeper into a web of conspiracy more intricate and deadly than she dreamed

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Title: Deep Cover

Author: Traci Hunter Abramson

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: March 1, 2013

ISBN: 978-1621083689

Size: 288 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Suspense/Romantic Suspense


Jack and the Beanstalk by Jenni James

The quest to save a girl from a giant—

Jack Waithwrite is livid when he learns that his fiancée, Rachel, has been stolen by a giant and taken up to a kingdom in the sky. Without the means to save her, he travels with his sister to Larkein, the place where dark magic abides, to discover a way to help Rachel. While there, a cunning witch knows who he is and offers to help him. However, when he finds out the kidnapping was orchestrated by the witch to use him as her pawn for her own schemes, his true quest begins. Now Jack must outwit a giant and stay one step ahead of the witch in time to save Rachel.

Enjoy Jack and the Beanstalk, the continuing tale of Hansel and Gretel and what happened after they were married. Jack and Jill Waithwrite are the children of Hansel and Gretel, and as their parents before them had adventures, now it is their turn.

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Title: Jack and the Beanstalk

Author: Jenni James

Publisher: StoneHouse Ink

Release Date: March 31, 2013

ASIN: B00C4ZX858

Size: __ pages, ebook

Genre: Fantasy

Faerie Tale Collection: Beauty and the Beast (#1),  Sleeping Beauty (#2), Rumplestiltskin (#3), Cinderella (#4), Hansel and Gretel (#5)


Unbelievable by Sherry Gammon

Deliah Lopez Dreser’s in town to take care of family business. They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but there’s more to Lilah than meets the eye.

Cole’s in danger of losing his heart when this firestorm throws sparks his way. However, is she simply playing him for the fool in order to exact revenge for her brother’s murders?

Maggie and Seth’s reaction when the truth is revealed pushes friendship to the limit. And this time around it won’t be a Dreser causing an uproar in Port Fare. It will be Cole’s good friend Booker.

But does Booker have it all wrong? Usually not!

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Title: Unbelievable

Author: Sherry Gammon

Publisher: Self

Release Date: April 5, 2013

ISBN: 978-1477594247

Size: 374 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: YA Contemporary

Port Fare Series: Unlovable (bk 1)


Esther the Queen by H. B. Moore

She is a beautiful young Jewess, content in her life of anonymity.

He is the most powerful king in the world.

When chance brings the two together, the course of history is forever altered.

An unexpected meeting between Esther and King Xerxes results in an immediate and unmistakable connection. When Esther is summoned to enter the harem—the first step toward becoming his wife—Esther is torn between her desire to be with Xerxes and the knowledge that they will forever be divided by the secret of her Jewish heritage.

Encouraged by her family to do what she must to help her people, she deftly navigates her new position in the palace, quickly becoming beloved by all, including Xerxes. But when a treacherous plan threatens to engulf the kingdom in violence, Esther must choose between love and duty.

Is she prepared to sacrifice all that she holds dear in order to save her people from certain annihilation?

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Title: Esther the Queen

Author: H.B. Moore

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: April 1, 2013

ISBN: 978-1621084174

Size: 288 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Historical


Stung by Bethany Wiggins

There is no cure for being stung.

Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she opens her eyes, she discovers her entire world has been altered-her house is abandoned and broken, and the entire neighborhood is barren and dead. Even stranger is the tattoo on her right wrist—a black oval with five marks on either side—that she doesn’t remember getting but somehow knows she must cover at any cost. She’s right.

When the honeybee population collapsed, a worldwide pandemic occurred and the government tried to bio-engineer a cure. Only the solution was deadlier than the original problem. Those bearing the tattoo have turned into mindless, violent beasts that roam the streets and sewers, preying upon the unbranded while a select few live protected inside a fortress-like wall, their lives devoted to rebuilding society and killing all who bear the mark.

But Fiona has awakened branded, alone—and on the wrong side of the wall.

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Title: Stung

Author: Bethany Wiggins

Publisher: Walker Childrens

Release Date: April 2, 2013

ISBN: 978-0802734181

Size: 304 pages, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal