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Caller ID by Rachelle J Christensen

Everyone has a secret. How far will a kidnapper go to keep his?

When twenty-three-year-old Courtney Beckham, the privileged daughter of a highly successful land developer, is abducted from the mountains near her home, FBI agent Jason Edwards investigates the ten-million-dollar ransom and turns up more than just a kidnapping crime. He stumbles upon something he wasn’t meant to find.

And when Courtney catches a glimpse of the caller ID in her kidnapper’s home, what she sees sends ice through her veins. Even if she escapes her captors, something more dangerous lies ahead.

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Title: Caller ID

Author: Rachelle J Christensen

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: March 13, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559902

Size: 272 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Mystery/Suspense

Jason Edwards Series: Wrong Number

Banana Split by Josi Kilpack

A tropical paradise seems like the ideal place for amateur detective Sadie Hofmiller to relax and unwind from the panic attacks that have begun to control her life. But when Sadie accepts the offer to stay at a friend s condo on the island of K auai, her perfect vacation turns into a nightmare.

On a snorkeling trip with the Blue Muumuus, a community group of adventurous older women, Sadie finds herself entangled, quite literally, with the dead body of Noelani Pouha, a local drug addict. The police are convinced they know exactly what happened to Noelani.

Reeling from the shock of her own near-drowning, Sadie has no interest in looking for any other possible answers until Noelani s son appears on her doorstep, presenting her with a reason to gather her inner strength, rally her investigative powers, and use what she s learned from her past cases to try and find closure…for both of them.

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Title: Banana Split

Author: Josi S. Kilpack

Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Release Date: March 6, 2012

ISBN: 978-1609089030

Size: 368 pages, 5×8″, softcover

Genre: Culinary Mystery

Sadie Hoffmiller Series: Lemon Tart (bk 1), English Trifle (bk 2), Devil’s Food Cake (bk 3), Key Lime Pie (bk 4), Blackberry Crumble (bk 5), Pumpkin Roll (bk 6)

Final Call by Rachel Ann Nunes

Sometimes what you can’t see means everything.

Autumn Rain is accustomed to using her ability to read imprints to solve seemingly unsolvable cases. Yet when she goes searching for the sister of a friend, she is embroiled in the make-believe world of live theater, where it’s difficult to tell reality from playacting and where everyone appears to have something to hide.Autumn must team up again with Detective Shannon Martin to learn the truth about and eight-year-old mystery that involves a new murder and more missing actors. Working so closely with the compelling detective further complicates their uncertain relationship and tests her loyalty to her once-boyfriend Jake Ryan.When her sister, Tawnia, becomes involved in the case, Autumn finds herself in a deadly struggle to save them both from facing their own final call.

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Title: Final Call (Book 4 in the Autumn Rain Series)

Author: Rachel Ann Nunes

Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Release Date: February 21, 2012

ISBN: 978-1609088996

Size: 262 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Autumn Rain Series:

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

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)

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

Venom by K.C. Grant

Samantha Evans is determined to make a name for herself in the cutthroat world of advertising. Newly hired by a prestigious ad agency, she volunteers to work on location in Mexico City as a personal assistant to the beautiful and driven creative director Katrina Edwards. At first the association seems promising. But Ms. Edwards seems preoccupied in a way that makes Samantha increasingly uneasy. In fact, many in the group seem like they are not being completely open about the project including David Ayala, the mysterious and moody photographer for whose attention the two women find themselves competing.

After several strange accidents and numerous appearances by an unknown man, Samantha discovers the truth: not everyone on the team is in Mexico to create a stellar advertising pitch. When her sleuthing leads to her abduction, she is brought to the pyramids of Teotihuacán and comes face-to-face with the venomous evil of the South American crime boss known as “The Serpent.” Now Samantha must not only fight for her life, but she must also discover if she can trust the man she’s come to love.

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Title: Venom

Author: K.C. Grant

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: January 6, 2012

ISBN: 978-1-60861-142-3

Size: 216 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Suspense

Insanity by Aaron Jordan

Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.

As the nation’s most brilliant students race to find a cure for human insanity, John Turner stumbles upon the sinister plot that has ensnared the minds of millions, rendering them docile and unable to resist commands.

Caught between the grim realities of two worlds, John must choose his battles carefully, or risk putting himself and his loved ones in an assassin’s crosshairs.

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Title: Insanity

Author: Aaron Jordan

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: January 8, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559186

Size: 256 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Mystery/Suspense

No Escape by Anna Jones Buttimore

Hoping to escape his grief over the loss of his beautiful wife Heather, Michael Boyd leaves behind his New York precinct and his gun to embark on a police-exchange program. As a police officer in rural North Wales, he is struck by the tenacity and resourcefulness of Catrin Pritchard, a single mother with a frightening past. It appears that her brother Seth is involved in drug dealing and something much bigger.

After Seth’s sudden death, Michael is forced to overcome Catrin’s hostility and her wariness to trust anyone, especially a man. Michael vows to protect her and her young daughter from the unknown assailants trying to silence them, and he and Catrin must decipher the meaning of the mysterious code etched on the back of a valuable oil painting.

As the threats and terror escalate, Michael finds himself betrayed by those closest to him even the Heather he remembers and realizes Catrin was right not to trust anyone. But when they find themselves trapped in an underground cave with the tide rising, one of those people is their only hope for escape.

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Title: No Escape

Author: Anna Jones Buttimore

Publisher: Walnut Springs

Release Date: January 2012

ISBN: 978-1599928043

Size: 259 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Suspense

Tell Me No Lies by Rachel Ann Nunes

Title: Tell Me No Lies

Author: Rachel Ann Nunes

Publisher: Nunes Entertainment, LLC

Release Date: December 19, 2011

Size: eBook

Genre: Romantic Suspense

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Two days before her wedding, Tessa Crawford’s world crumbles, leaving her hurt and betrayed. Worse, if Tessa doesn’t marry and receive her trust fund, her younger sister will lose her house and the homeless girls she helps will have nowhere to go.

But Tessa can’t marry just anyone, can she?

Gage Braxton, the guy from next door, is willing to help her out, but rumors hint that he’s an ex-con. Tessa soon finds herself attracted to a man who has no intention of ever falling in love or of passing on his terrible legacy.

When Tessa stumbles across evidence that may be proof of Gage’s innocence, suspects begin to line up. Someone is willing to kill again to see that the truth remains buried, and if Tessa doesn’t hurry and solve the old murder, she will lose not only her chance at love but may become the murder’s next victim.

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Sleeping Roses by RaShelle Workman

Title: Sleeping Roses (Dead Roses #1)

Author: RaShelle Workman

Publisher: Polished Pen Press

Release Date: December 16, 2011

Size: 314 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: Romantic Suspense

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Sophie married into a lie.

Sick of her dangerous marriage, Sophie leaves her husband, determined to start a new life.

But her husband isn’t going to let her go that easily. If he can’t have her, no one can.

It’s hunter versus hunted.

Snowed Inn by Heather Horrocks

Title: Snowed Inn (Who-Dun-Him Inn Cozy Mystery #1)

Author: Heather Horrocks

Publisher: Word Garden Press

Release Date: November 20, 2011

Size: eBook

Genre: Cozy Mystery

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Mystery buff Vicki Butler plans to kill someone this weekend. Nothing personal, just business. The killer grand opening weekend at her new Who-Dun-Him Inn is all fun and games–until an unplanned dead body makes an appearance.

With a murderer running loose, young widowed mom Vicki is forced to keep her family, guests, and actors safe while searching for clues. Her author guests, also the prime suspects, try their hand at solving this real-life whodunit, in the process hindering the investigation by local law enforcement officers.

Things really go downhill when her twin Liz shows up, trailed by flamboyant Grandma Ross, who announces she’s seeking a boy toy among the suspects. When both a local younger man and an out-of-town newshound start sniffing around the inn–and her–Vicki realizes she’s got more than just a murderer to worry about.

Can she solve the mystery before the killer strikes again–or will this case of jitters prove to be terminal?

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The Lost Stones by Paul Rimmasch

Title: The Lost Stones

Author: Paul Rimmasch

Publisher: Bonneville (CFI)

Release Date: November 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599558875

Size: 192 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Action/Adventure

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Ammon and John are searching for the glowing stones that guided the brother of Jared across the ocean–but for very different reasons. Joined by John’s daughter, Sariah, they get more than they bargained for as they learn they aren’t the only ones searching for these precious artifacts. This thrilling adventure will have your whole family racing to the last page.

The Bad Mothers Club by Heather Horrocks

Title: Murder Is Misunderstood (The Bad Mothers Club Cozy Mystery #1)

Author: Heather Horrocks

Publisher: Word Garden Press

Release Date: November 9, 2011

Size: 260 pages, eBook

Genre: Cozy Mystery

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When Denver stay-at-home mom Becky Montgomery caught her husband of twenty years in their bed with another woman, she never dreamed her three children would blame her for the resulting divorce.

Feeling like maternal failures, she and two friends (feisty PI Sam and No-One’s-Accused-Me-Of-Being-Mother Teresa) form the Bad Mothers Club in order to deal with their various child-related heartaches more positively.

When her ex-husband, Jack, is accused of murdering Becky’s first post-divorce date, the Bad Mothers set out to prove his innocence, but only for the sake of her children.

These Bad Mothers have faced everything from terrible twos and sleep deprivation to rebellious teens and heartbreak — they’re not about to let a mere murderer stop them from winning the Worst Mother of the Month award.

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A Christmas Homecoming by Anne Perry

Title: A Christmas Homecoming

Author: Anne Perry

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release Date: October 25, 2011

ISBN: 978-0345524638

Size: 224 pages, hardcover

Genre: Mystery

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Charlotte’s mother, Caroline—travels with her young husband, Joshua Fielding, and his theatrical troupe to Whitby, the Yorkshire fishing village where Dracula the vampire first touched English soil in the sensational novel named after him. Joshua has arranged to produce a stage adaptation of Dracula by the daughter of Whitby millionaire Charles Netheridge during the Christmas holiday, but after the disastrous first read-through of her amateurish script, only the fact that the company is depending on Netheridge’s financial backing for their spring tour keeps them at work.

As tempers flare and wind and snow swirl around Netheridge’s lonely hilltop mansion, a black-cloaked stranger emerges from the storm—an eerily opportune arrival, for this enigmatic figure, one Anton Ballin, turns out to be a theatrical genius. At the same time, a brooding evil makes itself felt. Instead of the theatrical triumph that Netheridge desired for his daughter, there is murder—shocking and terrifying.

In Close by Brenda Novak

Title: In Close (The Bulletproof Trilogy, Book 3)

Author: Brenda Novak

Publisher: Mira

Release Date: October 25, 2011

ISBN: 978-0778312666

Size: 400 pages, 4×6″ mass market paperback

Genre: Suspense

Series: Inside (bk 1), In Seconds (bk 2)

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The truth can be murder. . .

Claire O’Toole’s mother, Alana, went missing when her daughters were just teenagers. Then Claire’s younger sister was confined to a wheelchair. And more recently her husband, David, died in a freak accident — after launching his own investigation into Alana’s disappearance. It seems odd that so much could happen to one family, especially in Pineview, Montana, where nothing ever happens to anyone.

Is Alana dead? Claire’s determined to find out, even if the culprit is the stepfather who’s been so good to her. And her former boyfriend, Isaac Morgan, wants to help. Although their relationship didn’t end well, he still has feelings for Claire. But it isn’t until he starts to suspect that David’s death wasn’t an accident that he’s drawn back into her life.

Together, they dig for answers to the questions that have haunted Pineview for fourteen years. But as they soon discover, someone’s prepared to kill so those answers won’t be found. . .

NYC: Murder Brooklyn Style by Loraine Scott

Title: NYC: Murder Brooklyn Style (A Summer Winter Mystery)

Author: Loraine Scott

Publisher: American Fork Arts Council Press

Release Date: October 13, 2011

ISBN: 978-1605740034

Size: 308 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Series: NYC: A Mission To Die For (book 1)

Summer is back and it’s hotter than ever!

Sister Winter wants to leave a small token of her regard to the recently deceased Raul French, but when she returns to the viewing room she is started to find that his arm has been moved. Then she notices that the gold wedding band she and Elder Winter had forced onto Raul’s corpulent pinkie is missing. Where could it be? Had the bratwurst arm they had so tenderly folded across Raul’s chest moved on its own?

Unthinkable.

Mustering her courage, Sister Winter hefts up the sleeve of the borrowed suit. Not willing to trust what she sees, Sister Winter looks again. Yep, still there—another arm. In life, Raul French had only the customary two arms. Now, it seems, there are at least three!

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Rearview Mirror by Stephanie Black

Title: Rearview Mirror

Author: Stephanie Black

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: October 5, 2011

ISBN: 978-1608614639

Size: 316 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Mystery/Suspense

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On a rainy night eight years ago, Fiona Claridge lost control of her car and crashed, injuring herself and killing her roommate, Mia Hardy. Now, she strives to keep the painful past at bay by staying burrowed beneath the demands of her job as a college professor in a small New England town. But when someone starts leaving her gift-wrapped boxes containing malicious reminders of Mia’s death, Fiona’s guilt and grief come flooding back.

She assumes her stalker is Kimberly Bailey, a disgruntled student, and enlists the help of fellow professor James Hampton. But when Fiona encounters the angry wife of an old flame, it becomes clear her student isn’t the only one with an eye for revenge. Cruel messages escalate to danger, then murder. As past and present become horribly entangled, Fiona struggles to unravel the truth about a determined killer—before she becomes the next victim.

Old Money by Heather Horrocks

Title: Old Money: A Wild West Romantic Comedy

Author: Heather Horrocks

Publisher: Word Garden Press

Release Date: October 16, 2011

Size: 345 pages, eBook

Genre: Romantic Comedy/Suspense

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Time travel doesn’t really happen. Does it?

Jennie’s beginning to wonder when she and her ex-fiancé seem to be pulled into an Old West painting–right in the middle of a guns-blazing bank robbery.

She doesn’t know how it happened to begin with, or how they’ll get back, neither Jesse James nor the marshal seem inclined to give them a chance to find out.

Worst of all, Jennie’s falling for the one man she swore she’d never trust again.

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Lit Fuse by Mike McPheters

Title: Lit Fuse

Author: Mike McPheters

Publisher: Bonneville/CFI

Release Date: October 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599559780

Size: 272 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Suspense

Two children of Pakistani immigrants, Delisha and Lufti Ahmed, have been conditioned by Al Qaeda to despise America as an infidel nation. They, along with five other sibling pairs, have been raised as potential suicide bombers with targets to major US cities in hopes to be exalted into Allah’s presence in the hereafter. Everything changes when they encounter two young Mormon missionaries.

Dead Six by Larry Correia

Title: Dead Six

Author: Larry Correia & Mike Kupari

Publisher: Baen

Release Date: September 27, 2011

ISBN: 978-1451637588

Size: 736 pages, mass-market paperback

Genre: Action/Adventure

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Two men. Two missions. Only one will win.

Michael Valentine, veteran and former member of an elite private military company, has been recruited by the government to conduct a secret counter-terror operation in the Persian Gulf nation of Zubara. The unit is called Dead Six. Their mission is to take the fight to the enemy and not get caught.

Lorenzo, assassin and thief extraordinaire, is being blackmailed by the world’s most vicious crime lord. His team has to infiltrate the Zubaran terrorist network and pull off an impossible heist or his family will die. When Dead Six compromises his objective, Lorenzo has a new job: Find and kill Valentine. As allegiances are betrayed and the nation descends into a bloody civil war, Lorenzo and Valentine must face off.

Cold River by Liz Adair

Title: Cold River

Author: Liz Adair

Publisher: ?

Release Date: September 29, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599928036

Size: 324 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Suspense

Mandy Steenburg thinks her doctorate in education has prepared her to run any school district—until she tangles with the moonshine-making, coon-dog-owning denizens of a tiny district in Pacific Northwest timber country.

She’s determined to make a difference, but the local populace still looks to the former superintendent for leadership. When Mandy lands in the middle of an old feud and someone keeps trying to kill her, instinct tells her to run. And though she has to literally swim through perilous waters, she finds a reason to stay and chance the odds.

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Monarch by Michelle Davidson Argyle

Title: Monarch

Author: Michelle Davidson Argyle

Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing

Release Date: September 15, 2011

ISBN: 978-1936850198

Size: 341 pages, 5×7, paperback

Genre: Thriller

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Nick’s life as a CIA spy should be fulfilling, but it has only given him unhappiness—a wife who committed suicide, and two daughters who resent everything he has become. Now, stuck in the Amazon on the last mission of his career, he must track down Matheus Ferreira, a drug lord and terrorist the U.S. has tried to bring down for years. If he succeeds, he’ll have the chance to start his life over again.

Just when Nick is on the brink of catching Ferreira, he’s framed for a murder that turns his world upside down. His only chance of survival lies in West Virginia where Lilian Love, a woman from his past, owns the secluded Monarch Inn. He’s safe, but not for long…

Obsession by Traci Hunter Abramson

Title: Obsession

Author: Traci Hunter Abramson

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: September 2011

ISBN: 978-

Size: 240 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romantic Suspense

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Pop singer Kendra Blake grew up in the spotlight as the daughter of a prominent actor. Now famous in her own right, she’s had enough with bodyguards shadowing her every move. So when a bomb goes off backstage at one of her concerts, she gives in to her urge to flee. In search of the privacy she’s lacked her whole life, Kendra escapes to a remote cabin in Arizona. Little does she know, FBI agent Charlie Whitmore has been assigned to keep her safe and is staying right across the street.

Stranded in severe weather, the two develop a friendship that hovers on the verge of romance—with Charlie frantically trying to keep his personal and work life separate and Kendra enjoying a new-found freedom from her glamorous world. But when law officials discover that there may be a link between a notorious serial killer and Kendra, she has far greater concerns than her independence.