Category: 2013 Releases

A Blind Eye by Julie Daines

Some people are born blind. For some, tragedy leaves them blind. And then there are those who simply refuse to see. This is a story about all three.

Seventeen-year-old Christian Morris decides the only way to save himself from his father’s neglect is to run away from home. On his way out of town, he finds a stowaway hiding in his car—Scarlett, who has been kidnapped from London. Blind since birth, Scarlett has developed a sixth sense: she dreams about someone’s death before it happens. And now, she has dreamed about her own.

Christian’s attempt to leave home turns into a race to save Scarlett from death by scientific experimentation. His growing relationship with the girl helps him to look past his own blindness and confront the truth about his father. But first, he must find the kidnappers before they can get to Scarlett.

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Title: A Blind Eye

Author: Julie Daines

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: January 28, 2013

ISBN: 978-1621082521

Size: 176 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Romantic Suspense with a splash of paranormal (psychic ability)

 



Hunter by Cheree Alsop

Hunter, the sixth book of the Silver Series, is about Dray, a werewolf who feels trapped and alone in his small farming town. Dray’s world is shaken when a cute girl shows up the same time as a vengeful wild werewolf pack. With Jaze’s help, Dray fights to protect his town, but when Jaze is in trouble, Dray puts everything on the line to help the werewolves who changed his life.

Hunter is about finding the courage to step into the unknown. It is a story of risking life for love, and discovering the truth about one’s self in the heart of adversity.

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Title: Hunter (Silver Series #6)

Author: Cheree Alsop

Publisher: CreateSpace (Self)

Release Date: January 17, 2013

ISBN: 978-1482009361

Size: 204 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: YA Paranormal

Silver Series: Silver (bk 1), Black (bk 2), Crimson (bk 3), Violet (bk 4), Azure (bk 5)


Unpleasant Grove by Sheralyn Pratt

Blaine Adkins was shot in his apartment between the hours of ten and midnight. None of his neighbors heard a sound, none of them saw a thing. All of them are glad he’s gone. There wasn’t enough evidence to prosecute when he was alive, but everyone knew Blaine was a killer. Fourteen months before he died, he shot a Pleasant Grove woman in the heart, killing her. And the fact that Blaine’s own body is found by his neighbor’s dog after he takes a bullet in his heart? That’s just a case of karmic justice. Or is it?

As Kathryn McCoy ropes Rhea into helping her report on the story, Rhea starts asking some obvious questions. And while Rhea’s putting together the facts of the case, she has no idea that life as she knows it is about to fundamentally change.

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Title: Unpleasant Grove (Rhea Jensen #5)

Author: Sheralyn Pratt

Publisher: Wicked Sassy

Release Date: January 14, 2013

ASIN: B00B1561A6

Size: 281 pages, ebook

Genre: Mystery/Suspense

Rhea Jensen Series: City of Angels (bk 1), The Avenues (bk 1.5), Welcome to Stalk Lake City (bk 2), City Limits (bk 3), Kay’sVille (bk 4),


The Broken Path by Cami Checketts

Injured in a debilitating accident at age six, Ethan Searle believes women eye him with a mixture of pity and disdain. He’s tried love before. He won’t again. He meets his match in a precocious two-year old who loves him despite his disability, even while her mother seems bothered by everything about Ethan.

Autumn Reader escaped her abusive marriage with her beautiful daughter and a stack of fear. She can’t make the mistake of trusting a man again. Autumn’s daughter becomes enraptured by Ethan. Despite Autumn’s best intentions, she finds herself following her daughter’s example.

When her ex-husband reappears, threatening everyone she loves if she won’t submit to his demands, Autumn has to learn to trust or lose her chance at real love.

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Title: The Broken Path

Author: Cami Checketts

Publisher: CreateSpace (self)

Release Date: January 5, 2013

ISBN: 978-1481810791

Size: 250 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romance


Dark Memories by Jeffrey S. Savage

There are things in the darkness—things much worse than the tracks and abandoned pieces of equipment that trip the children up and gash at their feet and legs—things that brush silently past them, touching their faces before disappearing again . . .

1977: In the sleepy town of Twin Falls, Colorado, what starts as a carefree school picnic ends in tragedy when six children disappear into an abandoned gold mine. Six enter the dark void and days later, only five emerge. After an arduous search, the hunt for the last child is called off and the mine entrance is blasted. Little Frankie is left behind, alone in the darkness.

He is coming.

2011: Police Chief Cal Hunt’s investigation into a recent string of bizarre murders in Twin Falls takes a chilling turn when he learns that each of the victims was a survivor of the Seven Stars Mine incident. Cal realizes that they share a dark secret the truth about what happened to Frankie.

To drag them deeper.

With time running out for the remaining survivors, Cal must face a killer that defies logical explanation. Because no matter how Cal analyzes the facts, there is only one conclusion: A supernatural force is reaching out from the depths to reclaim those who escaped more than thirty years before. And it will not rest until it takes them all . . .

Into the darkness.

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Title: Dark Memories

Author: Jeffrey S. Savage

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: January 2, 2013

ISBN: 978-1621080558

Size: 358 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Horror


The Change by Teyla Branton

There are only two ways to kill Unbounded, and fire isn’t one of them—as law school dropout Erin Radkey learns the hard way. By fluke of a recessive gene, she has become Unbounded, a nearly immortal being with paranormal abilities.

Erin’s Change separates her from her loved ones and alters everything she believes to be true. A week earlier she was considering a marriage proposal; now she contemplates the best way to stay alive. Caught in a battle between two Unbounded groups, she is also hunted by a secret mortal society sworn to eradicate the Unbounded gene.

As Erin plunges into this dangerous new life, she must carve out her own place in the madness, protect her mortal family, and decide which group she should join. Her unique ability is vital to both groups in the race to secure an identification software that spells death for all Unbounded—or enslavement for the entire mortal world. Some will stop at nothing to use Erin as one more pawn in a battle that has spanned centuries. Erin’s undeniable attraction to Ritter Langton, whose family was massacred by opposing Unbounded two hundred and forty years ago, complicates her choices. There are no second chances. Death, life, or love—Unbounded always play for keeps.

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Title: The Change (Unbounded, bk 1)

Author: Teyla Branton (Rachel Nunes)

Publisher: White Star Press

Release Date: January 10, 2013

ISBN: 978-1939203281

Size: 354 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: Romantic Suspense/Paranormal


Blud and Magick by Preston Norton

Fourteen-year-old Darla has always been a little odd, from her love of horror movies to her obsession with mirrors. But she has no idea how different she really is until the day she finds herself wielding a power she never knew she had.

But having extraordinary ability is only the beginning. As Darla uncovers the secrets of her past, her world goes from dangerous to deadly.

Now she must decide which part of her she will allow to rule her heart—the evil from which she was born or the good by which she was raised.

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Title: Blud and Magick

Author: Preston Norton

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: January 8, 2013

ISBN: 978-1462110889

Size: 264 pages, 5.5 x 8, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal


Raggleroot by Erik Olsen

“Help me, help me, Flin.” Parcell’s arm slowly reached toward Flin in despair, and then it dropped to the ground, lifeless.

Flin darted over and snatched up Parcell’s hand.

Parcell’s eyes suddenly popped open. “If I’m going to die, then you will too!”

Flin has always known to stay away from the doors with five clover leaves. His grandmother made sure he knew that whatever was behind those doors meant death. But when he finds out what’s really behind one of them, his discovery isn’t just deadly—it’s devastating.

And that’s not the only mystery rocking Flin’s underground world. There’s the puzzle of why his best friend, Flowell, was caught kissing Triston, and the fact that an obscure stranger wants to kill him. Join Flin as he learns the true meaning of friendship in this fast-paced adventure.

 

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Title: Raggleroot (Flin’s Destiny #3)

Author: Erik Olsen

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: January 8, 2013

ISBN: 978-1462110117

Size: 304 pages, 5.5 x 8.3, hardcover

Genre: Middle Grade/YA Fantasy

Flin’s Destiny Series: Cobble Cavern (bk 1), Garden of the Lost Souls (bk 3)


A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

The conclusion of the Wheel of Time series.

The Wheel of Time turns,
and Ages come and pass.
What was, what will be,
and what is,
may yet fall under the Shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

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Title: A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time #14)

Author: Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson*

Publisher: Tor Books

Release Date: January 8, 2013

ISBN: 978-0765325952

Size: 912 pages, hardcover

Genre: Fantasy

Wheel of Time Series: The Eye of the World (bk 1), The Great Hunt (bk 2), The Dragon Reborn (bk 3), The Shadow Rising (bk 4), The Fires of Heaven (bk 5), Lord of Chaos (bk 6), A Crown of Swords (bk 7), The Path of Daggers (bk 8), Winter’s Heart (bk 9), Crossroads of Twilight (bk 10), Knife of Dreams (bk 11), *The Gathering Storm (bk 12), *Towers of Midnight (bk 13). A New Spring (prequel).

*Brandon Sanderson co-authored the last three books in this series after the death of Robert Jordan. Brandon Sanderson is LDS; Robert Jordan is not.

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Drops of Gold by Sarah M. Eden

When her father dies and leaves her completely destitute, Marion can think of only one thing to do—make a new life for herself.

Commencing a life of duplicity, Marion transforms herself into Mary Wood, governess. In possession of a forged letter of recommendation and cloaked in the anonymity of her new identity, she enters a life of self-imposed servitude as teacher and caretaker of young Miss Caroline Jonquil of Farland Meadows.

Her idyllic daydream vision of life at the Meadows is dashed when she finds a child desperately in need of hope, and a cold and sorrowful home haunted by the past. With her characteristic sunny disposition, Marion casts her spell upon the household and slowly brings to life the long-forgotten joy of those within.

Layton Jonquil is a man tormented by the lies surrounding the death of his late wife, but he cannot deny his growing attraction for the beautiful governess whose goodness and optimism have touched his dormant heart. Their connection grows ever stronger, and despite the impropriety of harboring feelings for a servant, Layton’s heart whispers that this is the woman he’s destined to love.

But when Layton’s fears about the past become too much to bear and the falsehoods in which they are entangled threaten to shatter his and Marion’s blossoming attachment, will true love conquer all?

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Title: Drops of Gold

Author: Sarah M. Eden

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: January 2013

ISBN: 978-1608615698

Size: 192 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Regency Romance

The Jonquil Brothers Series: Friends and Foes (bk 1)


Coming Home by Annette Lyon

Five women became fast friends when their husbands were deployed to Afghanistan. But as they welcome the soldiers home, what should be a joyful time soon becomes painful.

Kim, who had a baby while her husband was away, knows how to be a mother but has forgotten how to be a wife. Nora, accustomed to taking care of herself during the long years of her husband’s absence, resents having to forfeit her independence. Jess’s already troubled marriage turns dangerous, while Brenda struggles to manage her husband’s psychological trauma. And Marianne faces her crushing loss, compounded with worry over wayward children.

Each woman must draw upon her bond of friendship and faith to find the strength, courage, and insight needed to move forward, proving that even the hardest of trials cannot break this loyal band of sisters.

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Title: Coming Home (Band of Sisters #2)

Author: Annette Lyon

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: January 2, 2013

ISBN: 978-1621083191

Size: 238 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: General Women’s

Series: Band of Sisters (bk 1)


Heart of the Ocean by Heather B. Moore

A dark secret . . . a grieving ghost . . . a handsome stranger . . . What more could Eliza Robinson want? Except for maybe her life.

In Heather B. Moore’s enthralling 1840’s historical romance, Heart of the Ocean, Eliza Robinson has turned down the very pretentious Mr. Thomas Beesley’s marriage proposal. As a business partner of Eliza’s father, Thomas quickly discredits the family and brings disgrace to the Robinson name.

While her father scrambles to restore his good name in New York City, Eliza flees to the remote Puritan town of Maybrook to stay with her Aunt Maeve. Although relieved to be away from all- things-male and unforgiving gossip columns, odd things start to happen to Eliza, and she is plagued by a ghostly voice. Her aunt’s explanation? That Eliza is being haunted by a woman who died of a broken heart twenty years ago.

After Aunt Maeve is tragically killed, Eliza’s life is put in danger as she tries to uncover the mystery of her aunt’s death. She encounters Jonathan Porter in Maybrook, whose presence in the town seems suspicious, yet she finds herself drawn to him. When she discovers that Jonathan’s dark secrets may be the link between the dead woman who haunts her and her aunt’s murderer, Eliza realizes that Jonathan is the one man she should never trust.

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Title: Heart of the Ocean

Author: Heather B. Moore

Publisher: Mirror Press

Release Date: January 2, 2013

ASIN: B00AVMIK8Q

Size: ebook

Genre: Historical Romance


A Perfect Fit by Heather Tullis

Cami DiCarlo doesn’t agree with her father that her life has been stuck in a rut, so she is not happy when he forces her hand into heading up guest services at his newest five-star hotel. The fact that he unveils the existence of five half-sisters at the same time, and insists that they live together while they launch the new resort only makes things worse.

When she meets Vince, the sweet, sexy landscaper her father would never have approved of, Cami can’t say no. If only she could be sure she was on the right track—and that they will be able to stop the person who is trying to destroy everything she and her sisters are working to build.

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Title: A Perfect Fit (DiCarlo Brides, Book 1)

Author: Heather Tullis

Publisher: Jelly Bean Press

Release Date: December 25, 2012

ASIN: B00ATC7HOG

Size: 208 pages, ebook

Genre: Romance


Nobody’s Damsel by E.M. Tippetts

The sequel to Someone Else’s Fairy Tale.

Chloe has finished her masters degree and taken a job as a forensic scientist back in her home town of Albuquerque, New Mexico, only the press will not leave her alone. They follow her to crime scenes and report on her every move, eager to show that her marriage to Hollywood A-lister, Jason Vanderholt, is on the brink of collapse. Millions of fans who dream of their own celebrity romance with him want this more than anything. This scrutiny comes at a particularly bad time as Chloe’s first case is a crime against a child roughly the same age that Chloe was when she survived a homicide attempt. Now that she sees the case from an adult’s perspective, she realizes it’s much harder than she ever dreamed.

It’s even worse for Jason, who is two steps removed from the crime. He must watch and try to support his wife as she battles with past demons and tries to keep up with a nameless suspect who evades identification and capture. Never has Jason been more frustrated with his job, its frivolities, and its lack of connection to the real world. When he storms off the set of his latest movie, the press goes wild with conjecture. Perhaps he never was anything more than a pretty face after all.

Together, Chloe and Jason must find their way past all the popping flashbulbs and through the dark maze of the criminal investigation to discover whether they can balance their professional goals with the demands of a celebrity marriage. The odds are entirely against them.

 

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Title: Nobody’s Damsel (book 2)

Author: E.M. Tippetts

Publisher: CreateSpace (self)

Release Date: December 5, 2012

ISBN: 978-1481147637

Size: 228 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Series: Someone Else’s Fairytale (bk 1)