2010 Releases – Page 6 – LDS Publisher

Light of the New Day by Darin Cozzens

Title: Light of the New Day and Other Stories

Author: Darin Cozzens

Publisher: Zarahemla Books

Release Date: June 30, 2010

ISBN: 978-0984360321

Size: 220 pages; 5.5×8.5, softcover

Genre: Short Story Collection

This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award.

In the shared setting of fictional Balford, Wyoming, the characters in Darin Cozzens’s stories demonstrate both the follies and the virtues of rural Mormons in the late twentieth century. Hewell Penroy is a forty-two-year-old bachelor who, unbeknownst to his mother, falls in love with Benita, the meter reader he has never met. Flynn Darlington plays matchmaker with the youngest of his four unmarried daughters and an itinerant roofer. For all their married life, Rowe Sloan has struggled to supply his wife Vida with enough water for her household, but his crowning effort ends in tragedy. And with high school long past and no taste for college or missionary service, Siler Godwin faces the doom of digging postholes until, as he says, “something better comes up.” Yet whatever their quirks and limitations, these characters are, in the end, as thoroughly human as heartache and love.

Becoming Kate by Dixie Owens

Title: Becoming Kate

Author: Dixie Owens

Publisher: Cedar Fort

Release Date: July 8, 2010

ISBN: 978-1599554020

Size: 256 pages, 6×9, Paperback

Genre: Speculative

Elizabeth Lindsay, wife and mother of two, is in an auto accident. She awakens in a hospital with strangers calling her Kate. She learns that she perished in the accident and is the donor for the first successful brain transplant. Her mind and memories now reside in the body of eleven-year old Kate. She’s not supposed to have a personal memory, but …

Elizabeth is faced with an overwhelming situation. How does she resolve her death and rebirth? How does she stop being Liz and start becoming Kate? It’s a story about love and letting go, of redemption and second chances.

The Bent Sword by Stephen Gashler

Title: The Bent Sword

Author: Stephen Gashler

Publisher: Cedar Fort

Release Date: July 7, 2010

ISBN: 978-1599554013

Size: 240 pages, 6×9, Paperback

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

Steffin is just an average peasant who has big dreams of becoming a knight and saving the world from the dangerous Lord Bore and his Box of Boredom. Too bad Lord Bore is just a made-up nemesis from Steffin’s childhood–or is he?

When a crazy old storyteller insists that Lord Bore is real, Steffin must take things in his own hands and begins a quest that will forever change his destiny. With the help of a few friends, Steffin is soon running away from bad guys, escaping prison, and infiltrating castles to woo princesses, all in the pursuit of adventure. But when his friends grow weary of the journey, Steffin is left to pull them back together in order to defeat Lord Bore before it’s too late.

Not What She Seems by Victorine E. Lieske

Title: Not What She Seems

Author: Victorine E. Lieske

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: July 6, 2010

ISBN: 978-1453648605

Size: 326 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: Romance

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Steven Ashton, a billionaire from New York, and Emily Grant, on the run from the law… and when they meet he can’t help falling for her. What he doesn’t know is that interfering in her life will put his own life in danger.

Finding Mercie by Blaine M. Yorgason

Title: Finding Mercie

Author: Blaine M. Yorgason

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: June 15, 2010

ISBN: 978-1-59811-959-6

Size: 464 pages, 6×9, Paperback

Genre: Suspense

As Hector Lopez runs against the frigid Chicago wind clutching the bleeding girl in his arms, he hopes his ailing heart doesn’t fail before he reaches the medical clinic. Even after safely delivering the child and continuing on his way to work, Hector cannot forget the image of the little girl curled up like a rag doll in a small pool of mostly frozen blood. And if he could possibly forget the incident, the Chicago Police Department will not let him—particularly detective Lee Tierney, whose prejudiced eye sees a killer in this Good Samaritan.

Now burdened as a murder suspect, Hector witnesses the further unraveling of his life when his teenage son, Raul, announces that his girlfriend is pregnant. Then Hector’s cancer suddenly comes out of remission, threatening his life as well as his relationship with Liliana—the one woman he’s loved since being widowed years earlier. When Raul’s itch to find the true killer spirals out of control, Hector finds himself desperately running once again to save an innocent life—and possibly his own.

Blink of an Eye by Gregg Luke

Title: Blink of an Eye

Author: Gregg Luke

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: July 1, 2010

ISBN: 978-1-60861-026-6

Size: 272 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Suspense

Childhood was a happy, carefree time for Joseph Ramirez. At least that’s how he used to remember it. But since the near-fatal traffic accident that landed him in the hospital with brain trauma, he’s not so sure. Along with physical pain, Joseph now suffers recurring nightmares. Each night the heart-wrenching dreams grow increasingly vivid and graphic — to the point that Joseph’s hospital roommate reports that Joseph talks in his sleep, often crying out in anguish and remorse. To complicate matters, a ruthless lawyer is challenging Joseph’s innocence in the traffic accident.

When defense attorney Michelle Haas comes to his aid, they discover they knew each other as children, and soon another forgotten experience comes into play — one that goes deeper than simple friendship. Are Joseph’s night terrors actually repressed memories? Does he speak the truth during his unconscious midnight hours? And if so, what will that mean when Joseph’s hospital roommate claims he confessed to murder? Soon Joseph realizes there’s only one way to uncover the truth about his family and himself — involving reliving a past he has unknowingly worked all his life to forget.

The Forbidden Sea by Sheila Nielson

Title: The Forbidden Sea

Author Sheila A. Nielson

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Release Date: July 1, 2010

ISBN: 978-0545097345

Size: 304 pages, hardcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

A mermaid haunts Adrianne’s dreams . . . is she coming to warn her, save her, or drag her down into the depths of the briny sea forever?

When Adrianne comes face-to-face with the mermaid of Windwaithe Island, of whom she has heard terrible stories all her life, she is convinced the mermaid means to keep her younger sister. Adrianne, fierce-willed and courageous, is determined to protect her sister from the mermaid, and her family from starvation. However, the mermaid continues to haunt Adrianne in her dreams and with her song.

A Scent of Lavender by Margaret W. Miller

Title: A Scent of Lavender

Author: Margaret W. Miller

Publisher: Granite

Release Date: July 29, 2010

ISBN: 978-1599360577

Size: 330 pages, 6×9, Paperback

Genre: Historical

The year is 1879,and mining camps are springing up all over Utah. At the age of 18, Lillian Lewis finds herself alone after the tragic death of her entire family. When she obtains work in a Bullion Canyon boardinghouse in Marysvale, Utah a ruffian miner relentlessly pursues her. Seeking escape from his unwanted attentions, she travels with an old freighter to the mining town of Frisco, Utah where she hopes to be hired as a teacher.

The students she has been hired to teach are incorrigible. Numerous teachers have run screaming from the schoolhouse after only a few days with them, but Lillian doesn’t know the meaning of the word “Quit!”

And in the dark of night, a mysterious lady in black, walks Frisco’s streets, and the gentle scent of lavender swirls through the air. What is their origin, and what secrets do they have to tell?

By Heart and Compass by Danielle Thorne

Title: By Heart and Compass

Author: Danielle Thorne

Publisher: Desert Breeze Publishing

Release Date: June 28, 2010

ISBN: 978-1-61739-206-1

Size: ebook

Genre: Romance

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When Lacey Whitman buys a restored Victorian home, she never dreams discovering an antique diary will lead her back to sea and into the arms of the dive bum she’d rather forget. Her habit of living in the past comes to a screeching halt as diver Max Bertrand and the diary of his ancestor take Lacey on the quest of a lifetime: To discover and raise the privateer ship, Specter, and bring the treasure and legacy of a true hero home again. But will finding it cost her heart?

The Stone Traveler by Kathi Oram Peterson

Title: The Stone Traveler

Author: Kathi Oram Peterson

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: June, 2010

ISBN: 978-1608610398

Size: 336 pages, 6×9, Paperback

Genre: YA Fantasy

Sixteen-year-old Tag can’t believe he’s in this much trouble. He’s not actually a member of the gang known as the Primes—all he did was spray paint some graffiti that caught their attention. In all honesty, ever since his dad and brother left, Tag just wants to be alone. And it’s certainly not his fault that the Primes nearly beat up his goofy cousin, Ethan. But his mom is furious about these gang-related activities and insists that Tag spend the whole summer at his grandpa’s lakeside cabin, which is not Tag’s idea of a good time. So he does what any self-respecting teenager would do: run away. But he doesn’t get far before he encounters three strange men carrying an even stranger object—a stone that glows with radiant light as bright as a thousand sparklers.

Tag doesn’t steal the stone—not exactly. He feels like he is supposed to take it. But he doesn’t expect the stone to transport him through space and time to a place he’s never seen before—a place that looks an awful lot like the ancient lands described in the Book of Mormon. And he definitely doesn’t expect to join Sabirah, the entrancing daughter of Samuel the Lamanite, on a quest to rescue her father and brother from the evil King Jacob. And he absolutely doesn’t expect to be captured by Jacob’s minions and prepared as a sacrifice to the evil idol of the city. But just as Tag faces his death, a terrible storm begins to break, and the ground cracks into jagged pieces. And he’s not sure which event will impact his life more: his captor’s knife coming at his body, the violent tempest sweeping the land . . . or the men who later appear, glowing even more brightly than the traveler’s stone.

Cinders by Michele Davidson Argyle

Title: Cinders

Author: Michele Davidson Argyle

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: June 23, 2010

ISBN: 978-1453629956

Size: 184 pages, 5×8, paperback

Genre: Fantasy

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Cinderella’s happily-ever-after isn’t turning out the way she expected. With her fairy godmother imprisoned in the castle and a mysterious stranger haunting her dreams, Cinderella is on her own to discover true love untainted by magic.

We all know that money can’t buy love, but in Cinders we learn magic isn’t a sure bet either. Cinderella – now officially a princess – finds royal life is not what she once dreamed. Pretty clothes, fancy meals, and fabulous balls can’t make up for a life restricted, and she is denied the simple pleasures she used to take for granted. When a figure from her past stirs up a long-suppressed passion, Cinderella begins to wonder if there really is love under the spell that earned her husband’s heart. But undoing magic can be harder than casting the initial spell, and the results are less predictable.

The Silence of God by Gale Sears

Title: The Silence of God

Author: Gale Sears

Publisher: Deseret Book

Release Date: June 2010

ISBN:

Size: 400 pages, 6×9, hardcover

Genre: Historical

At the turn of the twentieth century, St. Petersburg offers the best of Imperial Russia. The vast country is filled with grand cathedrals, a faithful populace, and many people who love and revere Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov family. But as Russia becomes further entrenched in the Great War, a revolution begins brewing within her own borders.

For the wealthy Lindlof family, the only Latter-day Saints living in St. Petersburg at the time, the glitz and glamour of the Silver Age soon dissolves into mass rebellion, dividing their family and testing their faith. Life for Agnes Lindlof will never be the same—changed forever by an ideology that forces equality and demands the silence of God.

Agnes’s lifelong friend, Natasha Ivanovna Gavrilova, is the daughter of a professor and a firm supporter of Bolshevik ideals; she doesn’t believe in God at all. Yet, when the waves of the revolution wash over her family and her friends, Natasha must examine her own heart and decide for herself what to believe and what voice to listen to.

Based on an amazing true story of the only Latter-day Saint family living in St. Petersburg during the Bolshevik Revolution, The Silence of God is a rare glimpse into a fascinating period of history and a powerful, extraordinary novel of devotion and loyalty.

Tears of Heaven by J Adams

Title: Tears of Heaven

Author: J Adams

Publisher:

Release Date: June?

ISBN:

Size: ebook

Genre: Romance

This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award due to length requirement.

Escaping from an abusive relationship, Heaven Gundersen flees to the safety of her grandparent’s home and begins a new life in Sweden, praying the past is behind her. When she accepts the housekeeping job arranged by her grandparents, she has no idea how much it will change his life. Her boss, Sergei Petrenko, is a retired hockey player, and definitely not what she had expected.

No matter how hard she tries to guard her heart, Sergei’s kindness makes it impossible to do and she once again opens up to love.

But leaving the past behind isn’t as easy as she hoped it would be, and the peace she has found in her new life is about to be shattered by the nightmare she thought she’d escaped.

Tears of Heaven is the new emotionally charged novella by Jewel Adams that will touch your heart and make you cheer the endurance of the human spirit.

Of Blessings and Dreams: The Legacy by J Adams

Title: Of Blessings and Dreams: The Legacy

Author: J Adams

Publisher:

Release Date: June 21, 2010

ISBN:

Size: ebook

Genre: Romance

North Carolina native, Cisely Matthews, has seen and suffered much in her twenty-two years of life and has the scars to prove it. When amazing blessings begin to come to her, she wonders if she will ever feel worthy enough to deserve them.

Ingo Kelly is thrown for an emotional loop when he leaves Australia to go for his semiannual visit with his aunt in Utah and meets Cisely for the first time. But getting her to accept his love is a challenge he is more than willing to take on.

Adagio St. John is Ingo’s best friend, and Adagio thinks of him as the brother he never had. When he travels to Utah, from his home in Italy to attend Ingo and Cisely’s wedding, he is truly overjoyed that his friend has found happiness with such an amazing woman and hopes he can find the same happiness one day and end the loneliness he struggled with on a daily basis.

But the strong bond that quickly forms between the three will see them through both sorrows and joys none of them had ever expected.

Being Jamie Baker by Kelly Oram

An accident that should end in tragedy instead gives seventeen-year-old Jamie Baker a slew of uncontrollable superhuman abilities.

To keep her secret safe Jamie socially exiles herself, earning the title of Rocklin High’s resident ice queen. But during a supercharged encounter with star quarterback Ryan Miller she literally kisses anonymity goodbye. Now the annoyingly irresistible Ryan will stop at nothing to melt the heart of the ice queen and find out what makes her so special.

Unfortunately, Ryan is not the only person on to her secret. Will Jamie learn to contain her unstable powers before being discovered by the media or turned into a government lab rat?

More importantly, can she throw Ryan Miller off her trail before falling in love with him?

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Title: Being Jamie Baker

Author: Kelly Oram

Publisher: Bluefields (self)

Release Date: June 18, 2010

ASIN: B003UV98GS

Size: 362 pages, ebook

Genre: YA Speculative

Children of Ta’shaen by Greg Park

Title: Children of Ta’shaen (The Earthsoul Prophecies #3)

Author: Greg Park

Publisher: Bladestar Publishing

Release Date: May 1, 2010

ISBN: 978-0978793166

Size: 608 pages, 6×9, hardback

Genre: Fantasy

Series: Veil of Darkness (1), Cleansing Hunt (2)

Having used the Blood Orb of Elsa to bring the Night of Fire to Melek, Jase Fairimor finds himself standing on the slopes of Mount Tabor as the Mith’elre Chon. With tens of thousands of Once-Men between him and the Great Wall of Aridan and his abilities severely crippled by the curse of Shadan, he must make his way out of the wasteland on foot.

A thousand miles to the south in the jungles of Arkania, Gideon opens the chorazin Veilgate, and he and Elliott journey to Riak in search of Aethon Fairimor. Once there, they find themselves in the midst of a civil war sparked by Shavis Dakshar’s attack on the capital city of Sagaris.

Those left behind by Gideon’s departure are attacked by Arkanian villages, and Seth and the Dainin are faced with the task of rescuing Brysia and Talia from the Power-wielders intent on sacrificing Brysia to a demon of Con’Jithar.

Meanwhile in Trian, Zeniff’s plot to overthrow the government comes to fruition. With the aid of Agla’Con recruited from the Meleki army, he launches an all-out attack, capturing Fairimor Palace and forcing Elison Brey into hiding. As Zeniff’s hold on the city solidifies, Elison and a handful of Dymas prepare to counterattack.

The Enchanted Tunnel #2: Escape from Egypt

Title: The Enchanted Tunnel #2: Escape from Egypt

Author: Marianne Monson

Publisher: Deseret Book

Release Date: June, 2010

ISBN:

Size: 96 pages, 5×7.5, softcover

Genre: Middle Grade Historical

This is a chapter book. It is not eligible for a Whitney Award.

The adventure continues in Book 2: Escape from Egypt.

This time Aria and Nathan are prepared – or so they think. The twins dress up as pioneers and crawl under the stage, only to find themselves in ancient Egypt instead!

It is the day before the Exodus. The children spend the night with an Israelite family and share in the Passover with them, but the next morning, as the city empties, they have a hard choice to make.

Do they risk their lives to reunite an Israelite boy with his family, or do they find the tunnel and go home?

The clock is ticking in this exciting second installment of The Enchanted Tunnel series!

Deadly Secret by L.C. Lang

Title: Deadly Secret

Author: L.C. Lang

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: June 15, 2010

ISBN: 978-1452888699

Size: 332 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Mystery/Suspense

Series: A Promise to Keep

Marcie Jackson is a state police detective. She goes to southern Indiana on a special assignment, where she is to help the local police department solve a murder. She partners with a local city detective, Lt. Steve Parker. The victim is a pretty twenty-year-old college student, found in a dumpster behind the hardware store, with no visible signs of how she died. She should have been at college in Evansville. The victim is one of a group of five friends. Four are in college; one still lives in their hometown.

But, when Marcie and Steve go to Evansville, they find the other three girls are also missing. One of the girls had gone to Kentucky with her boyfriend. He is also missing. At the autopsy, the Medical Examiner finds no cause of death. It is now up to the Toxicology department to find out what killed the girl. How long will it take? Now it becomes a desperate race. Find the girls and stop any further killing. But, it does not work out that way. One by one, the girls show up. Marcie and Steve are helpless to find the killer until they hear from the Toxicology department. Finally, they get a break. Now they can go after the killer, and the source. Do they have enough time to save the last girl?

The Overton Window by Glenn Beck

Title: The Overton Window

Author: Glenn Beck

Publisher: Threshold Editions

Release Date: June 15, 2010

ISBN: 978-1439184301

Size: 366 pages, 6×9, hardback

Genre: Political Thriller

A plan to destroy America, a hundred years in the making, is about to be unleashed . . . can it be stopped?

There is a powerful technique called the Overton Window that can shape our lives, our laws, and our future. It works by manipulating public perception so that ideas previously thought of as radical begin to seem acceptable over time. Move the Window and you change the debate. Change the debate and you change the country.

For Noah Gardner, a twentysomething public relations executive, it’s safe to say that political theory is the furthest thing from his mind. Smart, single, handsome, and insulated from the world’s problems by the wealth and power of his father, Noah is far more concerned about the future of his social life than the future of his country.

But all of that changes when Noah meets Molly Ross, a woman who is consumed by the knowledge that the America we know is about to be lost forever. She and her group of patriots have vowed to remember the past and fight for the future–but Noah, convinced they’re just misguided conspiracy-theorists, isn’t interested in lending his considerable skills to their cause.

And then the world changes.

An unprecedented attack on U.S. soil shakes the country to the core and puts into motion a frightening plan, decades in the making, to transform America and demonize all those who stand in the way. Amidst the chaos, many don’t know the difference between conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact–or, more important, which side to fight for.

But for Noah, the choice is clear: Exposing the plan, and revealing the conspirators behind it, is the only way to save both the woman he loves and the individual freedoms he once took for granted.

The Enchanted Tunnel #1: Pioneer Puzzle by Marianne Monson

Title: The Enchanted Tunnel #1: Pioneer Puzzle

Author: Marianne Monson

Publisher: Deseret Book

Release Date: June, 2010

ISBN:

Size: 96 pages, 5×7.5, softcover

Genre: Middle Grade Historical

This is a chapter book. It is not eligible for a Whitney Award.

Nathan and Aria have a secret …

Things start to get strange when one Sunday after church a game of tag takes the twins under the stage where the chairs are usually kept.

Crawling through the dark space, they quickly realize they are no longer in the cultural hall. In fact, they’re not even in their own time! Nathan and Aria find themselves with a group of pioneers about to head into the Salt Lake Valley.

What will the children learn from the pioneers? How will the twins get back home?

The Widower’s Wife by Prudence Bice

Title: The Widower’s Wife

Author: Prudence Bice

Publisher: Cedar Fort

Release Date: June 8, 2010

ISBN: 978-1599554112

Size: 200 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Historical, Romance

When Jillian Grey answers Dalton McCullough s newspaper advertisement requesting a mail-order bride to take care of his three young children, they both agree that their marriage is one of convenience and nothing more. But when they realize their growing attraction for each other, they must decide if giving in to their feelings is worth the risk of upsetting their new family s delicate balance.

City of Angels by Sheralyn Pratt

Title: City of Angels (Rhea Jensen Series, Book 1)

Author: Sheralyn Pratt

Publisher: Cedar Fort/Bonneville

Release Date: June 8, 2010

ISBN: 978-1599554044

Size: 224 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Suspense

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Not eligible for Whitney Award. Originally published in 2003.

Rhea Jensen is your typical twenty-something single girl if by typical you mean a private investigator who studies ways to escape from handcuffs while waiting to take down another serial sleaze. But when a seemingly open-and-closed embezzlement case goes awry, her on-again-off-again boyfriend starts fooling around behind her back, and some Mormon missionaries stop her on the street during a stakeout, Rhea realizes her life is anything but typical even by her standards.

This exciting first installment of the Rhea Jensen series by Sheralyn Pratt boasts a fair bit of suspense, just enough romance, and a whole lot of heart. City of Angels is a great read for the amateur detective in all of us.

The Hoarders by Jean Stringham

Title: The Hoarders

Author: Jean Stringham

Publisher: Cedar Fort

Release Date: June 8, 2010

ISBN: 978-1599554075

Size: 224 pages, 5.5×8, paperback

Genre: Young Adult

While everything around him falls apart, Cheyenne can only count on two things: his little brother, Joaquin, and his precious food hoard. But when their situation goes from bad to worse, Cheyenne knows he and Joaquin will need to stick together and rely on the lessons they’ve learned to keep them alive.

The Road Show by Braden Bell

Title: The Road Show

Author: Braden Bell

Publisher: Cedar Fort, Inc.

Release Date: June 8, 2010

ISBN: 978-1599553566

Size: 128 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: General

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“Brother Jenson, you’ve been called as the ward road show specialist. Would you accept that calling?”

What? The road show? The greatest fear of all Mormon theatre artists. The curse of anyone who does theatre. No, no, no! This isn’t happening. The road show! What can I do? I can’t do this! This is like asking Mack Wilberg to lead the ward choir or Danny Ainge to coach church basketball.

“Sure,” Scott answered quietly.

Scott Jenson hates everything he knows about road shows, especially the cheap costumes, silly songs, and bad acting. So when he finds himself agreeing to be the road show specialist, he wonders how he can do it without becoming the biggest fool in the ward. From miscues to missed practices, Scott directs his crew of amateur actors all while hoping that no one finds out about his secret.

Is there any way that this trivial road show could have a healing effect on those who participate? A pornography addict, a depressed young mother, a sick older sister, a lonely outcast, and a spiritually numb elder’s quorum president are about to find out.

The Road Show is the powerful story of five broken souls, contemporary Mormons struggling with familiar challenges—and their unlikely journey to ultimate healing and hope through the Savior’s Atonement.