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KATE FORSYTH THE CRIMSON THREAD
In Crete during World War II, Alenka, a young woman who fights with the resistance against the brutal Nazi occupation, finds herself caught between her traitor of a brother and the man she loves, an undercover agent working for the Allies. May 1941. German paratroopers launch a blitzkrieg from the air against Crete. They are met with fierce defiance, the Greeks fighting back with daggers, pitchforks, and kitchen knives. During the bloody eleven-day battle, Alenka, a young Greek woman, saves the lives of two Australian soldiers. Jack and Teddy are childhood friends who joined up together to see the world. Both men fall in love with Alenka. They are forced to retreat with the tattered remains of the Allied forces over the towering White Mountains. Both are among the seven thousand Allied soldiers left behind in the desperate evacuation from Crete’s storm-lashed southern coast. Alenka hides Jack and Teddy at great risk to herself. Her brother Axel is a Nazi sympathiser and collaborator and spies on her movements. As Crete suffers under the Nazi jackboot, Alenka is drawn into an intense triangle of conflicting emotions with Jack and Teddy. Their friendship suffers under the strain of months of hiding and their rivalry for her love. Together, they join the resistance and fight to free the island, but all three will find themselves tested to their limits. Alenka must choose whom to trust and whom to love and, in the end, whom to save.
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KATE FORSYTH is an Australian writer and prizewinning author of more than thirty books, including novels for adults and children. She won five Aurealis Awards in a single year for her
Chain of Charms series. KateForsyth.com.au @KateForsyth @KateForsythauthor @Kate_Forsyth_
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AVAILABLE 7/5/22
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Looking for the missing half of herself, a woman goes on one last ride with the motorcycle club that raised her, and gets more than she bargained for.
—BOOKLIST
ON SECRETS OF THE CASA ROSADA
After the tragic death of her parents when she was just four years old, Raqi is sent to live with her uncle Dodge in Escondido, California. Taking after her Mexican father, Raqi immediately faces hostility from the members of Dodge’s all-white, 1 percenter motorcycle club, the Lawless, and from her uncle himself. As soon as she can, she leaves the violence and bigotry behind and doesn’t look back. Years later, Raqi is a successful partner at a law firm in Los Angeles when she gets a call from Billy, the leader of the Lawless. Dodge is dead, and Billy wants her to go on the Grieving Ride, a special ride taken for all deceased members. There is no way Raqi would ever attend, except for one thing: Billy promises to give her the address of her Mexican grandfather. Learning for the first time that she has other family and desperate to connect, she agrees. But this will be no ordinary Grieving Ride.
ALEX TEMBLADOR is a Mixed Latinx award-winning author whose debut novel, Secrets of the Casa Rosada, received numerous industry accolades including Kirkus Reviews’ Best of YA Books 2018 and the 2019 NACCS Tejas Foco Young Adult Fiction Award. She is a contributor to Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America and Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology, and a travel, arts, and culture writer with pieces appearing in Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, and Architectural Digest, among many other publications. She lives near Dallas, Texas. Visit her website at AlexTemblador.com.
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JULY 12, 2022
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By Minette Walters
A sweeping historical adventure set during one of the most turbulent periods of British history— featuring a heroine you’ll never forget ...
— Elizabeth Buchan, New York Times bestselling author
— S. W. Perry, bestselling author of the Jackdaw Mysteries
Dorset, 1642.
When bloody civil war breaks out between the king and Parliament, families and communities across England are riven by different allegiances.
A rare few choose neutrality.
One such is Jayne Swift, a Dorset physician from a Royalist family, who offers her services to both sides in the con ict. Through her dedication to treating the sick and wounded, regardless of belief, Jayne becomes a witness to the brutality of war and the devastation it wreaks.
The Swift and the Harrier is a sweeping tale of adventure and loss, sacri ce and love, with a unique and unforgettable heroine at its heart.
MINETTE WALTERS is one of the world’s bestselling crime writers and has sold over twenty- ve million copies of her books worldwide. She has won the CWA John Creasey Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and two CWA Gold Daggers. The Swift and the Harrier is her third historical novel. She lives in Dorset with her husband.
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“Graham wields a deftly sexy and convincing pen.”
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
on Ghost Walk by Heather Graham
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
MUSIC AND MURDER MYSTERY SERIES
EDITED BY DON BRUNS
A COLLECTION OF NEW MYSTERY STORIES BY: HEATHER GRAHAM, ANDREW CHILD, JOHN GILSTRAP, REED FARREL COLEMAN, AMANDA FLOWER, DON BRUNS, JENNIFER DORNBUSH, AND RICK BLEIWEISS
ALSO INCLUDES A NEW JACK REACHER STORY BY ANDREW CHILD
A dangerous drifter, a hired gun, a grisly corpse—you never know who you’ll run into at the Hotel California.
Eight deliciously talented mystery authors have lent their skills of crafting murder and suspense to this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these eight provocative tales is designed to entertain and mystify— and maybe even chill you to your core. Get lost in the wild imaginations of such New York Times bestselling writers as Andrew Child, Heather Graham, Reed Farrel Coleman, and John Gilstrap, plus authors Rick Bleiweiss, Jennifer Dornbush, Amanda Flower, and Don Bruns. From the titular tale “Hotel California” to a new, original Jack Reacher adventure, these stories have a little something for every mystery lover. Go ahead. Check in, enjoy some room service, and stay until the very last tantalizing page. Just don’t forget to search the closet or behind the curtains.
DON BRUNS is a musician, advertising executive, and award-winning novelist. He is the author of Jamaica Blue, Barbados Heat, and South Beach Shakedown, which also feature entertainment journalist Mick Sever. A former road musician, he has performed with Ricky Nelson, Ray Charles, and others. He divides his time between Ohio and South Florida.
