2012 Releases – Page 8 – LDS Publisher

Imperfectly Beautiful by Diony George

At 1:30 am, in New York City, Regan Wright is ripped out of a sound sleep with a jolt—her heart thuds in her ears and her face feels flushed. Straining to hear anything out of the ordinary, she fumbles to turn on the bedside lamp. Nothing seems out of place. Suddenly her stomach twists in knots—it’s her identical twin, Rebecca. Something is terribly wrong…

Though twins, Rebecca and Regan couldn’t be more different. One chose a high-profile career in fashion design, the other chose to be a wife and stay-at-home mom, but neither is truly happy and they must discover why. When a serial killer strikes nearby, and the victim looks eerily similar to the twins, they fear that one of them could be next.

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Title: Imperfectly Beautiful

Author: Diony George

Publisher: DG Books

Release Date: February 16, 2012

Size: eBook

Genre: Romantic Suspense

The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers

Jocelyn’s twin brother Jack was the only family she had growing up in a world of foster homes—and now he’s dead, and she has nothing. Then she gets a cryptic letter from “Jason December”—the code name her brother used to use when they were children at Seale House, a terrifying foster home that they believed had dark powers. Only one other person knows about Jason December: Noah, Jocelyn’s childhood crush and their only real friend among the troubled children at Seale House.

But when Jocelyn returns to Seale House and the city where she last saw Noah, she gets more than she bargained for. Turns out the house’s powers weren’t just a figment of a childish imagination. And someone is following Jocelyn. Is Jack still alive? And if he is, what kind of trouble is he in?

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Title: The Vanishing Game

Author: Kate Kae Myers

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Release Date: February 14, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599906942

Size: 368 pages, 5×8, hardcover

Genre: YA Suspense

Funeral Potatoes by Joni Hilton

Sydney hates funerals, overlong programs, creepy corpses, warbly singing. But she loves gooey, cheesy funeral potatoes. And these days, between her ward and neighborhood and extended family, it seems like there’s always a funeral for the Relief Society president to attend. Not fun occasions, of course, but not terribly traumatic either which is good, considering how crazy life is already with taking care of four little kids and one inactive brother.

Ted is the lone black sheep amongst the blond-haired, blue-eyed OllerVanKeefers (rhymes with overachievers) and his lack of a testimony coupled with his lack of overall ambition has Syd concerned perhaps a bit too concerned, given how she sometimes prays for a not-too-serious car crash to shake him up a bit. But when a real crisis hits the family and Syd sees the shadowy side of picture-perfect happiness, she realizes that she’s been praying for the wrong things, and that nobody needs to run faster than she has strength even if (especially if) you’re a former all-state track star. You’ll laugh out loud with this enchanting tale that will help you find the joy in your own less-than-perfect family and in life’s little comforts, like funeral potatoes.

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Title: Funeral Potatoes

Author: Joni Hilton

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: February 2012

ISBN: 978-1-60861-920-7

Size: 194 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: General, Humor

Olivia by Julie Wright

The Robbins household looks perfect from the outside: no dust, no stains, no wrinkles. Yet a glimpse into its heart reveals no laughter, no closeness, no joy. Olivia thinks that if she keeps everything tidy and serves delicious meals on time, family life is bound to get better. But when her husband, Nick, misses their anniversary, she realizes no amount of domestic success will compensate for failure in their marriage, or for her own failure to develop her identity, always busy as a mother, wife, and neighbor, she has forgotten how to be a unique and vibrant individual.

Determined to make a change, Olivia joins a local book club, where she nurtures new friendships and explores new ideas. But her growing confidence falters when Nick declares his independence, and while her new friends lovingly encircle her with support, only Olivia can reach into the depths of her fledgling self to find the faith, hope, and love her troubled family needs.

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Title: Olivia (The Newport Ladies Book Club, book 1)

Author: Julie Wright

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: February, 2012

ISBN: 978-1608618439

Size: 224 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: General/Women

Death Cheater by Danielle Thorne

From the shadow of a tangled thorn bush, and soft, padding footsteps shuffled in the late afternoon gloom. My breathing went ragged with fear. Maybe it was a raccoon or an angry squirrel.

Athena.

Whipping around, I stared hard into the murk. A voice. It sounded gentle, but at the same time it sent chills down my arms. I glanced up through the hooded canopy of tree branches and tried to see heaven.

God?

There was a growl, and the terror I’d been holding at bay zipped up my spine into my skull. I was sure my long hair stood on end, like when kids touched the electrostatic generator at the science museum.

Something was coming for me, and it wasn’t something from the woods. It’d been following me all day. Maybe even my entire life.

Athena Gray lives vicariously through her sister because people in general avoid her. Whether it’s strange things like dead butterflies fluttering to life, or the time she saved her dying grandpapa just by willing him to live, Athena knows that she is different. The only person who doesn’t seem to think so is Dan, the most popular boy on Omega High School’s baseball team. But even Dan can’t understand the reason she acts haunted, until a spirit roaming the local historic burial mounds takes an interest in people Athena cares about.

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Title: Death Cheater

Author: Danielle Thorne

Publisher: Desert Breeze Publishing

Release Date: February 13, 2012

ISBN: NA

Size: 178 pages, eBook

Genre: YA Paranormal

Prank Wars by Stephanie Fowers

All war. No love. Madeleine’s been hurt too many times in the dating scene to let Byron beat her in some huge prank war. They’ve had their deserters, their POWS, their casualties, but no one can risk losing the battle of the sexes.

Except now something strange is happening at the college…and it’s not just the students. Buried deep beneath the pranks is real danger, and the only other person who suspects is Byron. Should Mad join sides with him or does that mean forfeiting her heart to the enemy?

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Title: Prank Wars

Author: Stephanie Fowers

Publisher: Triad Media and Entertainment

Release Date: February 14, 2012

ISBN: 978-0615587097

Size: 354 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Time Gangsters by Berin Stephens

Billy Fairbanks shot up out of bed when he heard the glass window shatter. A man, dressed like a 1920s gangster, landed in his bedroom and looked around.

“Wha—?” Billy started to say.

Bright light from outside illuminated the intruder, who pointed his tommy gun at Billy and whispered, “Is that you, Marlow?”

“Uh…no.” Billy pulled his blanket up higher, even though he knew it wouldn’t protect him from bullets.

When Billy discovers a hidden cache of ancient coins in his bedroom wall, it isn’t long before a ruthless gang of thugs from the 1920s breaks in and swipes them right from under him. Plotting to use the magical properties of the coins to seize control of the past, these power-hungry gangster, led by a ruthless mob boss, will do anything to anyone to reach their goal. Trying to hide the coins simply sparks a magic-powered showdown that lands Billy and his cousin, Danny, in danger of losing much more than ancient gold.

With their futures at stake, Billy and Danny must race through time to steal back the coins—before history is changed forever!

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Title: Time Gangsters

Author: Berin Stephens

Publisher: Sweetwater/Cedar Fort

Release Date: February 14, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559667

Size: 296 pages, 5.5×8, paperback

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

Passage on the Titanic by Anita Stansfield

Ella Brown grew up in one of London’s privileged homes, with all the comforts and luxuries that money can buy. But when tragedy strikes her family, Ella is forced from a life of safety and abundance to one of scarcity and fear.

Clinging to survival on the filthy streets of the city, she’s betrayed by her only friend and left desperate and alone. When Ella arrives at the hospital in a life-threatening state, she needs an angel of mercy, and one soon arrives: Irene Corbett, an American midwife who has come to London for advanced medical training at the great sacrifice of her family.

Irene soothes Ella’s physical and emotional pains, helps her back on her feet, and joins her on a voyage to America aboard the ship Titanic—where epic disaster awaits the two friends. Deeply shaken by the catastrophe, Ella finds comfort and healing in the care of rescue crewman Jonathan Moreau and his loving family. But will the dark weight of Ella’s past destroy her delicate hopes for the future?

Bestselling author Anita Stansfield delivers a powerful story of compassion, hope, and survival set against a backdrop of the greatest tragedy of the early twentieth century.

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Title: Passage on the Titanic

Author: Anita Stansfield

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: February, 2012

ISBN: 978-1-60861-856-9

Size: 128 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Historical Romance

Forever by Cheri Schmidt

Danielle and Ethan may have solved their problem with vampires, but other magical beings have taken interest in the ones who discovered the cure.

On the run trying to escape a gaggle of evil pixies, a clan of creepy werewolves, a coven or two of wicked witches, and a school of lovely but malicious mermaids, they fight to have a normal life. But that isn’t so easy when the only aid they have is from slightly dishonest fairies and flirtatious vampire bodyguards.

This is Danielle and Ethan’s happily forever after….

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Title: Forever

Author: Cheri Schmidt

Publisher: Self

Release Date: February 4, 2012

ISBN: 978-1469969367

Size: 300 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover

Genre: YA Paranormal

Fateful Series: Fateful (bk 1), Fractured (bk 2)

Royal Secrets by Traci Hunter Abramson

It’s been three years since the tragic Christmas Eve when CIA agent Alora DeSanto returned from a doctor’s appointment to find her husband dead and her Paris home destroyed by a terrorist firebomb. Still mourning her heavy loss, she seeks a new life for herself and her two young sons by accepting a job offer from her friend and fellow agent, Janessa Rogers, who is engaged to Prince Garrett of Meridia.

As Janessa’s personal assistant, Alora takes up residence in the royal chateau in Bellamo, where Prince Stefano is recovering from a possible assassination attempt and reeling from some life-shattering news of his own. As their paths repeatedly cross, Alora and Stefano are surprised by a budding attraction that draws them together in friendship. But as their hesitant affection evolves into romance, royal secrets plunge them into plots of espionage and blackmail that threaten all they hold dear, including each other. And as enemies arise to crush the Meridia monarchy, Alora must confront the fears that destroyed her past before they destroy her future.

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Title: Royal Secrets

Author: Traci Hunter Abramson

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: February 2012

ISBN: 978-1608618682

Size: 304 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Persuasion: A Latter-Day Tale by Rebecca Jamison

When Anne broke off her engagement seven years ago, she thought she’d never see Neil Wentworth again. But when Neil’s brother buys the house she grew up in, it seems fate has other plans in store. Anne is unprepared for the roller coaster of emotions that come when Neil returns and starts dating her younger friend.

Convinced that Neil could no longer have strong feelings for her, Anne pushes away all thoughts of the past. But when the handsome man she’s been dating decides he can’t live without her, Anne must come to terms with her past.

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Title: Persuasion: A Latter-Day Tale

Author: Rebecca Jamison

Publisher: Bonneville/Cedar Fort

Release Date: February 7, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559476

Size: 240 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romance

A Bride for the Island Prince by Rebecca Winters

Prince Alexius of Hellenica will do anything to help his four-year-old daughter learn to speak—which is why the intensely reserved and private royal finds himself opening up to bubbly children’s speech therapist Dottie Richards. Dottie is a breath of fresh air in the palace, and motherless Zoe blossoms in her care—as does the reluctant attraction Alex feels toward his new employee!

Behind her cheerful smiles Dottie guards her own heart fiercely, but it’s never been in so much danger as from this cool prince with his dark, molten eyes.…

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Title: A Bride for the Island Prince

Author: Rebecca Winters

Publisher: Harlequin

Release Date: February 7, 2012

ISBN: 978-0373177875

Size: 192 pages, 4×6, mass market paperback

Genre: Romance

Fractured Light by Rachel McClellan

I’m dying, I thought. This was unexpected and not at all how I envisioned my death. I was supposed to die gardening in a flowerbed as a hundred-year-old woman, not as a seventeen-year-old trapped in a lake beneath inches of ice.

Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After a Vyken killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. She can’t take any chances. But when she starts to make friends for the first time in her life, she gets careless and lets her guard down. Big mistake.

As an Aura, Llona can manipulate light and harness its energy. But if she wants to survive, Llona will have to defy the Auran Council and learn to use her power as a weapon against the Vyken whose sole desire is to take her light. Now she’s caught in something bigger than she can understand, with a power she can’t wield, and no one she can trust, except, just maybe, a mysterious stranger.

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Title: Fractured Light

Author: Rachel McClellan

Publisher: Sweetwater/Cedar Fort

Release Date: February 7, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559421

Size: 312 pages, 5.5×8, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal

Delivering Hope by Jennifer Ann Holt

Life’s most unexpected turns can sometimes produce the greatest joys.

Olivia Spencer wants to be a mother more than anything else, but years of infertility have left her soul wounded and her marriage strained.

Allison Campbell is a young, single woman who discovers that a moment of excitement has led to an unplanned pregnancy and an overwhelming heartache.

As the lives of these two women touch, you’ll see that deep love can pave the way for sacrifice.

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Title: Delivering Hope

Author: Jennifer Ann Holt

Publisher: Bonneville Books/Cedar Fort

Release Date: February 7, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559025

Size: 224 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Women’s, General

Northanger Alibi by Jenni James

Sometimes a guy is even better than you imagined…

The Russo family and Seattle, Washington, are no match for Claire Hart and her savvy knowledge of all things vampire-related. Thanks to her obsession with the Twilight series, if there is anyone who would know a vampire when she saw one, it’s Claire. And she’s positive totally hot Tony Russo is a vampire – she just has to prove it!

In this modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, follow Claire’s hilarious journey on her first summer adventure away from home, where she learns everything isn’t what is seems, and that in some instances, reality is way better than anything she’d ever find in a book.

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Title: Northanger Alibi (Jane Austen Diaries)

Author: Jenni James

Publisher: Walnut Springs

Release Date: February 3, 2012

ISBN: 978-0983829317

Size: 243 pages, 5.5×8.5, paperback

Genre: Young Adult Romance

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Blood Red Rose by Anne Perry

When Rosie travels back in time she arrives on a ship bound for America. She soon discovers that she is on an illegal slave ship, trading after the abolition of slavery.

First it seems there’s nothing she can do until the crew all start turning blind. It’s up to Rosie to keep the ship running until they reach America.

A touching and thought provoking story giving an insight into the cruelty of the slave trade to struggling readers.

Title: Blood Red Rose (novella)

Author: Anne Perry

Publisher: Barrington Stoke

Release Date: February 1, 2012

ISBN: 978-1842999554

Size: 64 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: Historical

Targets In Ties by Tristi Pinkston

After two long years, Ren’s mission is finally over, and it’s time for Ida Mae, Arlette, and Tansy to travel to Mexico to pick him up. They have their itinerary all planned out visiting the ruins in the Yucatan, shopping, playing in the sand and surf and then they’ll head to Ren’s mission home and be reunited with that dear boy.

But a wanted antiquities thief crosses their path, and soon the ladies find themselves tangled up in a web of lies, intrigue, and costly jewelry. Held hostage by men desperate for riches, they do what only they can do keep their heads about them, plan their escape, and discuss the proper making of tortillas.

Will they survive their most harrowing adventure yet?

Title: Targets In Ties (Secret Sisters #4)

Author: Tristi Pinkston

Publisher: Walnut Springs Press

Release Date: January 30, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599928074

Size: 258 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Series: Secret Sisters (bk 1), Dearly Departed (bk 2), Hang ‘Em High (bk 3)

The True Adventures of Hector Kingsley by Kindal Debenham

To Whom it May Concern,

As several accounts of my actions have appeared in other, less scrupulous journals, I have taken it upon myself to publish a personal account of the events they have endeavored to describe. You will find enclosed the true story of my investigations regarding the attempt on the life of Lord Pevensley, as well as my efforts on the behalf of the Everston Academy of Ethereal Sciences. I have entitled it, appropriately, The True Adventures of Hector Kingsley.

You will note that my account differs from several popular versions in many respects. For example, I am not, as some have alleged, a werewolf, vampire, gear driven automaton or other type of Changeling or Distillation powered device. I am an investigator, a detective in the service of the truth, and while I am sure that many might find my actions and methods unreasonable or objectionable, I have not been, as some have said, in the service of some dark conspiracy to usurp the established order of things. I certainly have not masterminded these crimes for my own benefit—quite the opposite in fact. What work I have done, I have done for the good of my patrons and clients, as well as for the safety of those I hold dear.

I trust that you will read this account in the spirit of objectivity and fairness. May we both be engaged satisfactorily in the discovery of the truth, or may we face the eternal consequences for turning away from such a mystery.

Sincerely,
Hector Kingsley
Investigator

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Title: The True Adventures of Hector Kingsley

Author: Kindal Debenham

Publisher: Wandering Leaf Publishing

Release Date: February 1, 2012

Size: eBook, 90,000 words

Genre: Steampunk

Midnight In Austenland by Shannon Hale

When Charlotte Kinder treats herself to a two-week vacation at Austenland, she happily leaves behind her ex-husband and his delightful new wife, her ever-grateful children, and all the rest of her real life in America. She dons a bonnet and stays at a country manor house that provides an immersive Austen experience, complete with gentleman actors who cater to the guests’ Austen fantasies.

Everyone at Pembrook Park is playing a role, but increasingly, Charlotte isn’t sure where roles end and reality begins. And as the parlor games turn a little bit menacing, she finds she needs more than a good corset to keep herself safe. Is the brooding Mr. Mallery as sinister as he seems? What is Miss Gardenside’s mysterious ailment? Was that an actual dead body in the secret attic room? And-perhaps of the most lasting importance-could the stirrings in Charlotte’s heart be a sign of real-life love?

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Title: Midnight In Austenland

Author: Shannon Hale

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Release Date: January 31, 2012

ISBN: 978-1608196258

Size: 288 pages, hardcover

Genre: Romance

Series: Austenland (book 1)

Sweet 21 Birthday Ball by J Adams

When Italian pastry chef, Marcello Giannini took the train to visit his parents, he could never have guess how much this one trip would change the course of his life.

Dominique Jensen has only loved one man her entire life, and she has been unable to open her heart to another. Discouraged, she wonders if the dreams and wishes she has fostered for so long will ever come true.

But how long is too long to wait for love?

Title: Sweet 21 Birthday Ball

Author: J Adams

Publisher: Jewel of the West

Release Date: January 31, 2012

Size: eBook; novelette

Genre: Romance

The Dark Eagles: First Flight by David R. Smith

Kief loves exploring the rugged mountains on his horse, Natch, with his best friend Tarc. But when he receives a mysterious map on his birthday, left behind for him by his dead grandfather, Kief is thrown into an adventure beyond even his imagination.

Leaving home to pursue his childhood dream of attending the merchant academy on the coast, extraordinary events unfold propelling Kief, along with his friends and his map, toward the same perilous destiny.

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Title: The Dark Eagles: First Flight

Author: David R. Smith

Publisher: Fundautum Publishing

Release Date: January 2012

ISBN: 978-0615571324

Size: 286 pages, 6×9, hardcover

Genre: YA Action Adventure

Crimson by Cheree Alsop

Crimson, the third book of the Silver Series, is about a teenage boy who dies in a car accident and awakens a werewolf. Burdened with heavy guilt over his sister’s death in the same accident, Kaynan escapes with a blind girl named Grace who gives him purpose and direction. They seek shelter with a pack of werewolves who brave dangerous odds to help them. Kaynan is given the ultimate chance to make up for his poor decisions, but dying again might be the only way to redeem himself.

Crimson is a story of love and redemption amid danger and violence, a story where acceptance of change may be the only way to survive.

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Title: Crimson (The Silver Series, book 3)

Author: Cheree Alsop

Publisher: Self

Release Date: January 30, 2012

ISBN: NA

Size: 178 pages, eBook

Genre: YA Paranormal

Series: Silver (bk 1), Black (bk 2)

Alaina Claiborne by MK McClintock

How far would you go to avenge your family and save the one you love?

In 19th century England, Alaina Claiborne had a loving family, a cherished friend, and devoted servants. She spent her days riding across the grassy hills of the English countryside, joyful and at peace. Then tragedy strikes in the worst possible way and her world is forever changed, childhood gone and a new course set. Searching for a killer is her is only focus, that is until she meets Tristan.

Tristan Sheffield is a man of many talents, among them searching out those who don’t want to be found. His past is filled with secrets and deeds he would rather leave deeply buried. However, when his life is unexpectedly entwined with Alaina’s, he soon discovers they share more than a mutual desire to catch a murderer.

On their hunt for a man driven by greed, Tristan and Alaina find that love is the greatest weapon against evil and they’ll stop at nothing to survive.

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Title: Alaina Claiborne

Author: MK McClintock

Publisher: Trappers Peak Publishing

Release Date: January 22, 2012

ISBN: 978-1469931104

Size: 304 pages, 5.5×8.5, paperback

Genre: Historical Romance/Mystery

For Love of Angel by J Adams

Angel Hughes was only a year old when her parents were killed in an airplane crash while traveling from England to the United States for a vacation. Her mother’s aunt moved into their flat and raised Angel, showering her with all the love she could. But despite the love Angel felt for her aunt, she still missed her parents.

In time, the little girl grew into a beautiful and accomplished young woman with a musical talent that everyone declared was a gift. One day Angel meets a young man from the United States who completely captures her heart.

Wanting Angel to be a part of his life, Mitchell Greenland convinces her to attend college in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina. Little does Angel know how her decision to move to the states will affect her life, nor could she ever guess the joys and pains that await her.

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Title: For Love of Angel

Author: J Adams

Publisher: Jewel of the West

Release Date: January 26, 2012

ASIN: B00727UCKM

Size: 63 pages, ebook

Genre: Romance

*This book may be too short to be eligible for a Whitney Award ??