2011 Releases – Page 12

Veiled by S.B. Niccum

Title: Veiled

Author: S.B. Niccum

Publisher: TreasureLine Publishing

Release Date: April 14, 2011

ISBN: 978-1617520259

Size: 320 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: YA Paranormal

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“I have always existed, not just me but all of us, the un-embodied spirits who wait to live.”

Tess is an unborn spirit, who is about to embark on a much awaited journey into mortality to a brand new planet called Earth. She is chosen by the Eternals for an important mission, and is put under a rigorous training by a half-human, half-lion Seraph. This training exposes Tess to some of her darkest fears and insecurities. These experiences force Tess to work on her gift as a discerner of thoughts and reader of auras—thus helping her become one of Heaven’s most powerful angels. But even angels falter, and deep inside her a gnawing fear is growing. Will she meet her soul mate in life? Will their love be strong enough to overcome the forgetting effects of the Veil? And, is she prepared to take on the responsibility of keeping the most dangerous renegade and leader of the Fallen Angels at bay during mortality?

A Matter of Tea and Other Stories by Charles T. Whipple

Title: A Matter of Tea and Other Stories

Author: Charles T. Whipple

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: April 13, 2011

ISBN: 978-1461088721

Size: 132 pages, 5×8, paperback

Genre: Short Stories

This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award.

“Delicate as bisque china, dangerous as a snake den, Charles T. Whipple’s writing resonates across the seven seas. Tales of sacrifice and honor that flick at the heart and encircle the soul.” – Marsha Ward.

Stories include: A Matter of Tea, The Dragon of Torigoe, The Floating World, Kamo Ike, From Chojagasaki Bay, Masakado’s Revenge, and Bonus Sections.

Sudden Peril by Frank Richardson

Title: Sudden Peril

Author: Frank Richardson

Publisher: Bonneville (CFI)

Release Date: April 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599554983

Size: 256 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Suspense

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Jamie Madero, an Arizona college student, is not yet ready to serve an LDS mission. Instead, he accepts summer employment with the Freemen Foundation, a group of civic-minded donors and inside investigators whose self-appointed mission is to monitor the activities of organizations that threaten the foundations of free society.

Jamie is still in training when he discovers that the group’s adversaries are ruthless in pursuit of their aims. Gradually, he comes to recognize the evil characteristics and methods of some of the world’s most powerful—and potentially most destructive—secret combinations. Jamie’s companions in this hazardous work are devoted men and women with special skills. They take Jamie into their confidence as he grows in commitment and abilities. But success comes at a terrible price.

As the team coalesces and crisis mounts, events reveal both deceivers and valued allies. Those intending to make the most crucial—and most perilous—contribution to the cause they embrace must do so from the inside. Jamie finds himself surrounded by friends who typify honor, virtue, integrity, and strength, and who are violently confronted by moral opposites. The contest becomes explosive. Even if good triumphs over evil, and that is by no means assured, the questions would remain, at what price, and who will live to see the outcome?

The Prodigal by Chuchk Tyrell

Title: The Prodigal

Author: Chuck Tyrell

Publisher: Western Trail Blazer

Release Date: April 10, 2011

ISBN:

Size: e-book

Genre: Short Stories

This book may not eligible for a Whitney Award.

Stomp Hale needs a favor and Ness Havelock is the man he asks. A gang of outlaws have to be tracked down. But Stomp has a bad feeling about this one.

Havelock backed Stomp before and knows this must be serious business. He grabs his gear, kisses his wife, and joins the manhunt. Then Stomp reveals one more fact that makes this job different from all the rest.

Fateful by Cheri Schmidt

A huge fan of Jane Austen, Danielle hopes to find her own Mr. Darcy when she leaves Colorado to attend art school in London. Of course she knows it’s silly to wish for that, naive even. But she’s met enough males who lacked respect for women, a growing trend it seemed. And at nineteen…well….

However, on only her second night there she gets lost and is threatened by a stalker who proves to be immune to her martial arts training. Before she is completely overpowered, she is then saved by Ethan Deveroux.

While Danielle does find the romance she seeks in Ethan, he’s no Mr. Darcy. Her hero is held by a spell which fractures their chance at a happy ending. During the day Ethan is closer to mortal than immortal and can date her like any other man. Yet, as the sun sets, the powerful magic of an ancient curse returns and the evil of that spell is revealed. When that magic begins, Danielle’s fairytale romance ends because Ethan Deveroux is a vampire.

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Title: Fateful

Author: Cheri Schmidt

Publisher: Self

Release Date: April 7, 2011

ISBN: 978-1461103998

Size: 364 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover

Genre: YA Paranormal

Second Sight by Sherry D. Ficklin

Title: Second Sight (Gods of Fate, Book 2)

Author: Sherry D. Ficklin

Publisher: Dragonfly Publishing

Release Date: April 2, 2011

ISBN: 978-1936381074

Size: 186 pages, 5.5×8.5, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Series: Foresight (book 1)

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When the man Grace Archer loves is pulled into the Underworld, she will stop at nothing to get him back. Her quest is complicated by the fallen god Samael, who is on the loose with a dangerous relic that puts all the immortals in jeopardy. With her powers on the fritz, Grace must help track down Samael and retrieve the deadly Eye of Hera before any more gods fall victim to his madness.

Daughter of the Greek Goddess Pandora and the Greek God Prometheus, Grace must dig deep to find the power she needs to infiltrate Hades and convince the God of the Dead to release Chris. But when you make a bargain with the devil, you pay with your soul.

The Renewed Earth by Chad Daybell

Title: The Renewed Earth (Standing in Holy Places, Vol. 5)

Author: Chad Daybell

Publisher: Spring Creek

Release Date: April 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-1932898637

Size: 170 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Speculative

Series: The Great Gathering (v1), The Celestial City (v2), The Rise of Zion (v3), The Keys of the Kingdom (v4)

In the final days before the Second Coming of Christ, a showdown is looming in Jerusalem between the two apostles and the Coalition army as the Jews hurry to complete their holy temple.

The plagues mentioned in the Book of Revelation continue to be poured out on the inhabitants of the world, but many key events—such as the resurrection of the righteous dead and the return of the City of Enoch—await the Saints as they prepare to meet their King and usher in the Millennium.

The Renewed Earth, the fifth and final novel in the Standing in Holy Places series, paints a vivid picture of exciting prophesied events that still must occur before the Second Coming.

Treason at Lisson Grove by Anne Perry

Title: Treason at Lisson Grove (A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel)

Author: Anne Perry

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release Date: April 5, 2011

ISBN: 978-0345510587

Size: 320 pages, hardcover

Genre: Mystery

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The man who lies bleeding to death in a London brickyard is no ordinary drifter but a secret informant prepared to divulge details of a potentially devastating international plot against the British government. Special Branch officer Thomas Pitt, hastening to rendezvous with him, arrives a second too late, preceded by a knife-wielding assassin. As the mortally wounded man’s life slips away, so too does the information Pitt desperately needs. The killer in turn flees on an erratic course that leads Pitt in wild pursuit, from London’s cobblestone streets to picturesque St. Malo on the French coast.

Meanwhile, Pitt’s supervisor, the formidable Victor Narraway, finds himself accused of embezzling government funds. With Pitt incommunicado in France, Narraway turns to Pitt’s clever wife, Charlotte, for help. The man who badmouthed Narraway and ruined his career with innuendo can be found in Ireland—so Charlotte agrees to pose as Narraway’s sister and accompany him to Dublin to investigate.

But unknown to Pitt and Narraway, a shadowy plotter is setting a trap that, once sprung, could destroy not just reputations but the British empire itself.

Wasatch Summer by Anola Pickett

Title: Wasatch Summer

Author: Anola Pickett

Publisher: Bonneville (CFI)

Release Date: April 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599554815

Size: 160 pages, 5×7, softcover

Genre: Middle Grade, Historical

While eleven-year-old Hannah Turner cares for the family’s sheep alone in the mountains, she faces the most unlikely dangers – from snakes to Indians to the Bear Lake monster.

This delightful coming-of-age novel will enthrall young and old alike as Hannah learns to overcome fears and trust in herself to make the right decisions.

Balance by Jean Stringham

Title: Balance

Author: Jean Stringham

Publisher: Bonneville (CFI)

Release Date: April 4, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599555188

Size: 208 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult

Series: The Hoarders (#1)

Twelve-year-old Adele’s life is elegant and refined, aside from her five noisy siblings, her unfeeling parents, and the fact that she’s the last person at school—including the kindergartners—without a cell phone. Can she learn to balance her perfectly proper dream life with her real-life family?

Fresh and alluring prose makes this follow-up to The Hoarders a delightful read that’s sure to stick with you long after the last page.

Entwined by Heather Dixon

Title: Entwined

Author: Heather Dixon

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Release Date: March 29, 2011

ISBN: 978-0062001030

Size: 480 pages, hardcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

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Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it’s taken away. All of it.

The Keeper understands. He’s trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.

Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.

But there is a cost.

The Keeper likes to keep things.

Just Shy of Paradise by Carole Thayne Warburton

Title: Just Shy of Paradise

Author: Carole Thayne Warburton

Publisher: Walnut Springs Press

Release Date: April 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-1935217916

Size: 318 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romance

When Lily’s valuable fishing pole is stolen, her Native American friend, Sky, is charged with the crime. But things are not always as they seem in this intriguing tale of romance, secrets, and betrayal.

The Third by Abel Keogh

Title: The Third

Author: Abel Keogh

Publisher: Bonneville (CFI)

Release Date: April 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599554945

Size: 272 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Speculative

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Each new birth is one step closer to the brink of destruction…

When Ransom Lawe, a recycler in the Pacific Northwest, finds out his wife is pregnant with their third—and therefore illegal—child, he’s forced to choose between the government who proclaims a desire to save the planet and his hope for a place where his family can live in freedom. But with the Census Bureau Sentinels closing in on his wife and unborn child, Ransom’s choice will either save his family or tear them apart forever.

Abel Keogh offers a stark and haunting look at a not-so-distant future in this chilling new novel. Crossing lines between good and evil, freedom and oppression, and political and environmental responsibility, The Third is a gut-wrenching tale of intense loyalty and unconditional love.

Worlds Without End: The Mission by Shaun F. Messick

Title: Worlds Without End: The Mission (Book 1)

Author: Shaun F. Messick

Publisher: Self

Release Date: March 2011

ISBN: 978-1460910603

Size: 356 pages, 6×9, paperback (also available in hardcover)

Genre: LDS Science Fiction

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Twenty-three years after the disappearance of the Mars I space shuttle, NASA receives a mysterious transmission from Adrian Palmer, the commander of the mission. Adrian’s brother, Kevin, wastes no time funding the Mars II rescue mission, commanded by Jake Palmer, Adrian’s son. Jake and Dr. Steven “Skip” Hendricks, a NASA physicist, travel through a wormhole that Skip believes was the reason the Mars I crew disappeared. They eventually crash-land on the planet Terrest and are thrust into a dangerous conflict. The native Terrestrians are at war against a super-race of humans called the Gnols, led by Koroan Chast. The Terrestrian’s struggle is futile because of the godlike abilities of the Gnols. Now, the only hope mankind has may rest on a 2000-year-old prophecy discovered in an ancient temple on Terrest. But before the prophecy can come to pass, Adrian and Jake must first stop the Gnols from attacking Earth and enslaving the human race.

Stone Dreams by Michelle Erickson

Title: Stone Dreams (Chest of Souls, Book 6)

Author: Michelle Erickson

Publisher: lulu.com

Release Date: March 17, 2011

ISBN: 978-1458373465

Size: 350 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: YA Speculative

Series: Chest of Souls (Book 1), Lend Me Your Mind (Book 2), Aftermath (Book 3), Sacrifice of Souls (Book 4), Traps (Book 5)

Talon and his men have been training for seven years, but there is one competition they can’t train for. Stone Dreams is an invitation-only nightmare Nez will arrange with one goal in mind: death of all competitors. There’s a good chance the traitor will make his move because Stone Dreams takes place at night and ‘accidents’ happen in the dark. Brenna now understands what it’s going to take to power the Chest of Souls. There’s only one choice she can make that will save Talon and bring about the fall of Sogo. She’d rather repeat all the traps the Ancients made by herself than tell Talon what will make the constellation Three Sisters fall and what his part in powering the Chest will be.

I Don’t Want to Kill You by Dan Wells

Title: I Don’t Want to Kill You (US release)

Author: Dan Wells

Publisher: TOR

Release Date: March 29, 2011

ISBN: 9978-0765328441

Size: 320 pages, 5.5×8″, hardcover

Genre: Speculative/Horror

Series: I Am Not a Serial Killer (bk 1), Mr. Monster (bk 2)

Dan Wells introduced us to John Wayne Cleaver in the chilling novels I Am Not a Serial Killer and Mr. Monster. In I Don’t Want to Kill You, Cleaver faces his toughest challenge yet.

John Wayne Cleaver has called a demon—literally called it on the phone—and challenged it to a fight. He’s faced two monsters already, barely escaping with his life, and now he’s done running; he’s taking the fight to them. As he wades through the town’s darkest secrets, searching for any sign of who the demon might be, one thing becomes all too clear: in a game of cat and mouse with a supernatural killer, you are always the mouse.

In I Am Not a Serial Killer we watched a budding sociopath break every rule he had to save his town from evil. In Mr. Monster we held our breath as he fought madly with himself, struggling to stay in control. Now John Wayne Cleaver has mastered his twisted talents and embraced his role as a killer of killers. I Don’t Want to Kill You brings his story to a thundering climax of suspicion, mayhem, and death.

It’s time to punish the guilty.

And in a town full of secrets, everyone is guilty of something.

Curse of the Elfs by Anna del C Dye

Title: Curse of the Elfs

Author: Anna del C Dye

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Release Date: March 9, 2011

ISBN: 978-1432760946

Size: 342 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

Can a delirious curse destroy the saintly elfin race?

Zolotan has ideas of his own and creates beings without souls, for the sole purpose of doing his bidding. His colleagues do not like the possibility of a wizard having an army of creatures at his command. The head sorcerers judge the wavering wizard and their sentence is just. The transgressor is to undo his madness by destroying all his creations immediately.

All seems right, until he joins his creations and instead attacks the wizard stronghold. After a magical battle that devastates the land surrounding the wizard community, he is defeated. However, the old sorcerer’s unrepentant deeds cause the wizard council to chastise him severely.

It is shortly afterwards that elfs cross paths with the dying wizard. On his deathbed Zolotan asks the elfs for help. He wants to be moved to a faraway land to heal, but the unsuspecting elfs knew he wouldn’t survive, so they wait. Losing patience in his delirium, he curses them to a slow dead. It is a threat the elfs never take seriously until a hundred years later when their people come down with a strange sickness they can’t explain.

There is nothing they can do about it. If they return to their motherland they might spread the curse to the rest of their race and have it disappear forever.

Their only glimmer of hope lies in a servant of kings who must learn to love the elfs before he will attempt to save them. But no one, elf or mankind, has ever heard of this man. Nor does anyone know where to find him. Can the best healer in the land find this savior before their race is gone forever?

I Lost My Head by Rebecca Shelley

Title: I Lost My Head (Smartboys #4)

Author: Rebecca Shelley

Illustrator: Abby Goldsmith

Publisher: Wonder Realms

Release Date: March 7, 2011

ISBN: 978-1463565022

Size: 104 pages, 5×8, paperback

Genre: Childrens (Grades 4–6)

Series: Bees In My Butt (bk 1), We Flushed It Down the Potty (bk 2), I Took a Burp (bk 3)

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In the Smartboys Club Book 4, the Smartboys get a strict substitute teacher who gives the class a haunted puzzle. The fate of Monkey’s head depends on the Smartboys solving the puzzle before the school Halloween party.

The Demon Cross by Nathan Shumate

Title: The Demon Cross

Author: Nathan Shumate

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: March 12, 2011

ISBN: 978-1461001157

Size: 102 pages, 5×8″, softcover

Genre: Horror

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Private investigator Rennie Avalon’s current job seems simple: to find and regain an antique book purloined from the collection of an elderly archivist. But nothing is ever that simple for Rennie.

The book in question is no ordinary book: once the property of a high-ranking Nazi official with occult obsessions.

The thief in question is no ordinary thief: a white supremacist who’ll use any means necessary to accomplish his mission of hate.

But Rennie Avalon is no ordinary private eye. Now with dangers looming on a literally apocalyptic scale, will her past experience dealing with the darkness be enough?

Abish: Mother of Faith by K.C. Grant

Title: Abish: Mother of Faith

Author: K.C. Grant

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: March, 2011

ISBN:

Size: 273 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Historical

Series: Abish—Daughter of God

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The people of the Covenant have abandoned all weapons of war and have buried their swords deep in the earth. One thousand five Anti-Nephi-Lehies will die because of this valiant pacifist act. And even though an equal number of warring Lamanites will convert to the gospel of Christ after witnessing the faith of the martyrs, Abish will struggle over her husband’s death for decades to come — their two children a daily reminder of Jared, the man she loved.

Although she perseveres, raising Jarum and Miriam on her own, Abish battles to embrace forgiveness — since each day she must confront some of the same people who took her husband’s life. As Abish’s unsettled feelings continue, unrest among the Lamanites mounts with the threat of war becoming a nearly constant companion to Abish and her children — leading her son, Jarum, to a heroic decision.

Will this mother be able to find love again even while she tries to rekindle the strong faith she once had? Will her son be safe in his new life as a warrior for Helaman? Talented author K. C. Grant paints a compelling and inspiring work of fiction that highlights the real story of the Book of Mormon — the testimony that Christ the Savior came for all people and that faith in Him can overcome all fear.

He Loves Me Not by Christine Kersey

Title: He Loves Me Not

Author: Christine Kersey

Publisher: Self

Release Date: March 16, 2011

ISBN:

Size: ebook; 83,000 words

Genre: Suspense

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Stay away from him.

When college student Lily Jamison receives the ominous note, she convinces herself it’s a mistake. After all, she’s barely met the two men it could be referring to. But as she begins to fall for the man with the striking blue eyes, the disturbing messages increase.

Refusing to believe warnings from an anonymous sender and trusting her own heart, Lily presses forward with her relationship, eventually coming to understand the meaning behind the messages as she fears for her life.

Mist Warriors by Rebecca Shelley

Title: Mist Warriors

Author: Rebecca Shelley

Publisher: Wonder Realms

Release Date: March 17, 2011

ISBN: 978-1463507114

Size: 234 pages, 5×8, paperback

Genre: Childrens (Grades 4–6)

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The mist on Lake Tahoe holds powerful and dangerous secrets. When Robby’s sister vanishes into the mist, Robby follows and finds himself entangled in an ancient struggle between magical foes. Only courage and loyalty can bring him and his sister out alive.

Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams

Title: Miles from Ordinary

Author: Carol Lynch Williams

Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Release Date: March 15, 2011

ISBN: 978-0312555122

Size: 208 pages, 5.5×8″, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult

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Thirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother’s ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she seems so much better these days, and they really do need the money. But as the hours tick by and memories come flooding back, a day full of hope spins terrifyingly out of control…

This award-winning YA author brings us a gripping story of a girl who loves her mother, but must face the truth of what life with that mother means for both of them.

Beyonders: A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull

Title: Beyonders: A World Without Heroes

Author: Brandon Mull

Publisher: Aladdin

Release Date: March 15, 2011

ISBN: 978-1416997924

Size: 464 pages, hardcover

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

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Jason Walker has often wished his life could be less predictable—until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank into a strange, imperiled world. Lyrian holds dangers and challenges unlike anyplace Jason has ever known. The people all live in fear of their malicious wizard emperor, Maldor. The brave resistors who once opposed the emperor have been bought off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.

In his search for a way home, Jason meets Rachel, who was also mysteriously drawn to Lyrian from our world. With the help of a few scattered rebels, Jason and Rachel become entangled in a quest to piece together the word of power that can destroy the emperor and learn that their best hope to find a way home will be to save this world without heroes.