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Week of February 22, 2021

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THINGS WE LEAVE UNFINISHED by Rebecca Yarros

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Romance

Told in alternating timelines,ย THE THINGS WE LEAVE UNFINISHEDย examines the risks we take for love, the scars too deep to heal, and the endings we canโ€™t bring ourselves to see coming.

Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia Stanton has to start over after she gave up almost everything in a brutal divorceโ€”the New York house, the friends, and her pride. Now back home at her late great-grandmotherโ€™s estate in Colorado, she finds herself face-to-face with Noah Harrison, the bestselling author of a million books where the cover is always people nearly kissing. Heโ€™s just as arrogant in person as in interviews, and sheโ€™ll be damned if the good-looking writer ofย love storiesย thinks heโ€™s the one to finish her grandmotherโ€™s final novelโ€ฆeven if the publisher swears heโ€™s the perfect fit.

Noah is at the pinnacle of his career. With book and movie deals galore, there isnโ€™t much the โ€œgolden boyโ€ of modern fiction hasnโ€™t accomplished. But he canโ€™t walk away from what might be the best book of the centuryโ€”the one his idol, Scarlett Stanton, left unfinished. Coming up with a fitting ending for the legendary author is one thing, but dealing with her beautiful, stubborn, cynical great-granddaughter, Georgia, is quite another.

But as they read Scarlettโ€™s words in both the manuscript and her box of letters, they start to realize why Scarlett never finished the bookโ€”itโ€™s based on her real-life romance with a World War II pilot, and the ending isnโ€™t a happy one. Georgia knows all too well that love never works out, and while the chemistry and connection between her and Noah is undeniable, sheโ€™s as determined as ever to learn from her great-grandmotherโ€™s mistakesโ€”even if it means destroying Noahโ€™s career.

BEST LAID PLANS by Roan Parrish

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Romance

A man whoโ€™s been moving his whole life finally finds a reason to stay put.

Charlie Matheson has spent his life taking care of things. When his parents died two days before his eighteenth birthday, he took care of his younger brother, even though that meant putting his own dreams on hold. He took care of his fatherโ€™s hardware store, building it into something known several towns over. He took care of the cat he found in the woodsโ€ฆso now he has a cat.

When a stranger with epic tattoos and a glare to match starts coming into Mathesonโ€™s Hardware, buying things seemingly at random and lugging them off in a car so beat-up Charlie feels bad for it, his instinct is to help. When the man comes in for the fifth time in a week, Charlie canโ€™t resist intervening.

Rye Janssen has spent his life breaking things. Promises. His parentsโ€™ hearts. Leases. He isnโ€™t used to people wanting to put things back togetherโ€”not the crumbling house he just inherited, not his future and certainly not him. But the longer he stays in Garnet Run, the more he can see himself belonging there. And the more time he spends with Charlie, the more he can see himself falling asleep in Charlieโ€™s armsโ€ฆand waking up in them.

Is this what it feels like to have a homeโ€”and someone to share it with?

FLOWERS OF DARKNESS by Tatiana De Rosnay

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Women's Fiction/Mystery

From the internationally bestselling author ofย Sarah’s Keyย comes Tatiana de Rosnay’sย Flowers of Darkness, a riveting and emotionally intense novel, set in a near future Paris, where a woman confronts past betrayal and present mystery

Author Clarissa Katsef is struggling to write her next book. Sheโ€™s just snagged a brand new artist residency in an ultra-modern apartment, with a view of all of Paris, a dream for any novelist in search of tranquility. But since moving in, she has had the feeling of being watched. Is there reason to be paranoid? Or is her distraction and discomfort the result of her husbandโ€™s recent shocking betrayal? Or is that her beloved Paris lies altered outside her windows? A city that will never be quite the same, a city with a scar at its center?

Stuck inside, in the midst of a sweltering heat wave, Clarissa enlists her beloved granddaughter in her investigation of the mysterious, high tech building even as she finds herself drawn back into the orbit of her first husband who is still the one who knows her most intimately, who shares the past grief that she has never quite let go.

Staying true to her favorite themesโ€”the imprint of the place, the weight of secretsโ€”de Rosnay weaves an intrigue of thrilling suspense and emotional power.

QUIET IN HER BONES by Nalini Singh

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Suspense

In this gripping thriller set in New Zealand,ย New York Timesย bestselling author Nalini Singh takes you into the twisted world of an exclusive cul-de-sac located on the edge of a sprawling forest.
ย 
My mother vanished ten years ago.
So did a quarter of a million dollars in cash.
Thief. Bitch. Criminal.
Now, she’s back.
Her bones clothed in scarlet silk.
ย 
When socialite Nina Rai disappeared without a trace, everyone wrote it off as another trophy wife tired of her wealthy husband. But now her bones have turned up in the shadowed green of the forest that surrounds her elite neighborhood, a haven of privilege and secrets thatโ€™s housed the same influential families for decades.

The rich live here, along with those whose job it is to make their lives easier. And somebody knows what happened to Nina one rainy night ten years ago. Her son Aarav heard a chilling scream that night, and heโ€™s determined to uncover the ugly truth that lives beneath the moneyed eleganceโ€ฆbutย  no one is ready for the murderous secrets about to crawl out of the dark.

Even the dead arenโ€™t allowed to break the rules in this cul-de-sac.

THE INITIAL INSULT by Mindy McGinnis

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  YA Suspense

An Amazon Best Book of the Month! In the first book of a suspenseful YA duology, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and masterfully delivers a dark, propulsive mystery in alternating points of view that unravels a friendship . . . forevermore. Perfect for fans ofย One of Us Is Lyingย andย Truly Devious!

Tress Montorโ€™s family used to mean somethingโ€”until she didnโ€™t have a family anymore. When her parents disappeared seven years ago while driving her best friend home, Tress lost everything. The entire town shuns her now that she lives with her drunken, one-eyed grandfather at what locals refer to as the โ€œWhite Trash Zoo.โ€

Felicity Turnado has it all: looks, money, and a secret. One misstep could send her tumbling from the top of the social ladder, and sheโ€™s worked hard to make everyone forget that she was with the Montors the night they disappeared. Felicity has buried what she knows so deeply thatย sheย canโ€™t even remember what it is . . . only that she canโ€™t look at Tress without feeling shame and guilt.

But Tress has a plan. A Halloween costume party at an abandoned house provides the ideal situation for Tress to pry the truth from Felicityโ€”brick by brickโ€”as she slowly seals her former best friend into a coal chute. Tress will have her answersโ€”or settle for revenge.

RETURN TO US by Corinne Michaels

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Romance

Fromย New York Timesย Bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes a new second chanceย standaloneย love story.

At eighteen, I walked away from Willow Creek Valley for good.
I was young, scared, and stupid, and it cost me the love of my lifeโ€”Grayson Parkerson.

Fourteen years later, a crash sends me back home to recover.

Back to where we met, fell in love, and planned a future.
The one heโ€™s now living as a single dad to his daughter.
Working at The Park Inn together gives us a chance to reconnect, and seeing him with his little girl makes me long for the days when he was mine. One look in his gorgeous blue-green eyes, and itโ€™s like I never left. One kiss, and my world is upside down. One night together, and I know without a doubt, in his arms is where I belong.

Iโ€™m not the girl I wasโ€”intimidated by his wealthy family and desperate to escape our small town. I can imagine a new life for us here.

But heโ€™s learned to guard his heart, and trust wonโ€™t come easily.

How can I convince him to give first love a second chance?

COWBOY BITES by Lorelei James

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Cookbook/Stories

Saddle up and get ready to ride again with the infamous McKay family!

New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James has whipped up six brand new Rough Riders short stories featuring fan favorite couplesโ€”Cord and AJ, Colby and Channing, Keely and Jack, Colt and India, Carter and Macie, and Boone and Sierra.

These slice of life tales are the perfect accompaniment to USA Today Bestselling author Suzanne Johnsonโ€™s delicious, down home recipesโ€”family fare created to share round the table with love, laughter, and plenty of second helpings.

So kick off your boots, hang up your hat and prepare to stay awhile as youโ€™re entertained and tantalized with Cowboy Bites!

HOLD THE FOREVERS by K.A. Linde

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Romance

A new angsty stand alone romance fromย USA Todayย bestselling author K.A. Linde that will keep you guessing which man is her groom and which one objectsโ€ฆ

Iโ€™m in love with two men.
But I can only marry one.
And today is my wedding day.

The bridesmaids button my wedding dress. They titter excitedly as the music begins. My groom is waiting for me. I walk down the aisle prepared to say I do. All according to plan.

Except for the shout from the back of the room, โ€œI object!โ€

I should have known it couldnโ€™t be that easy. After more than a decade of push and pull, neither of them is going to let me go. Weโ€™re a trio that should have never been. Me and Cole and Ash. One that Iโ€™m to marry and one that Iโ€™m to leave behind.

Now, once and for all, I have to choose: my groom or the man objecting?

But until thenโ€ฆhold the forevers.

KINGDOM OF SHADOW AND LIGHT by Karen Marie Moning

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Urban Fantasy/Romance

MacKayla Lane faces the ultimate threat when war breaks out between the kingdoms of shadow and light, as the #1ย New York Timesย bestselling Fever series races to an explosive revelation.

From the moment MacKayla Lane arrived in Dublin to hunt her sisterโ€™s murderer, sheโ€™s had to fight one dangerous battle after the next: to survive, to secure power, to keep her city safe, to protect the people she loves.

The matter of whoโ€™s good and whoโ€™s evil can be decided by the answer to a single question: Whose side are you on?

Now, as High Queen of the Fae, Mac faces her greatest challenge yet: rulingย the very race she was born to hunt and killโ€”a race that wants her dead yesterday, so they can put a pure-blooded Fae queen on the throne.

But challenges with her subjects are the least of her concerns when an ancient, deadly foe resurfaces, changing not only the rules of the game but the very game itself, initiating a catastrophic sequence of events that have devastating consequences and leave Mac questioning everything sheโ€™s ever learned and everyone sheโ€™s ever loved. Now begins an epic battle between Mortal and Fae, Seelie and Unseelie, would-be kings and would-be queens, with possession of the Unseelie Kingโ€™s virtually unlimited power and the fate of humanity at stake.

From the exquisite, deadly gardens of the High Queenโ€™s court, to long-forgotten truths found in the Sacred Grove of Creation, from the erotic bed of her enigmatic, powerful lover to the darkest, seductive reaches of the Unseelie kingdom, Macโ€™s final journey takes her places no human has been before, and only one human could possibly survive . . .

One whoโ€™s willing to sacrificeย everything.

MAKE SWEET by Kristen Callihan

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Romance

Fromย New York Timesย bestselling author Kristen Callihan comes a charming, emotional romance about redefining dreams and discovering unlikely love along the way.

Life for Emma isnโ€™t good. The world knows her as Princess Anya onย Dark Castle, but then her character gets the axeโ€”literally. The cherry on top is finding her boyfriend in bed with another woman. She needs a break, and sanctuary comes in the form of Rosemont, a gorgeous estate in California promising rest and relaxation.

Then she meets the ownerโ€™s equally gorgeous grandson, exโ€“hockey player and current recluse Lucian Osmond, and she sees her own pain and yearning reflected in his eyes.

Heโ€™s charming when he wants to be but also secretive and gruff, with protective walls as thick as Emmaโ€™s own. Despite a growing attraction, they avoid each other.

But then thereโ€™s an impromptu nighttime skinny-dip, and Lucianโ€™s luscious homemade tarts and cream cakes start arriving at Emmaโ€™s door, tempting her to taste life againโ€ฆ

In trying to stay apart, they only grow closerโ€”and their broken pieces just might fit together and make them whole.

BET THE FARM by Staci Hart

RELEASES February 23

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Romantic Comedy

Olivia Brent has one summer to save the dairy farm she just inherited.

But thereโ€™s one problem, and itโ€™s not her lactose intolerance.

Jake Milovic.

The brooding farmhand has inherited exactly fifty percent of Brent Farm, and heโ€™s so convinced the city girl canโ€™t work the land, he bets she canโ€™t save it in a summer.

Determined to prove him wrong, Olivia accepts what might be the dumbest wager of her life.

His strategy to win seems simple: follow her around, shirtlessly distracting her between bouts of relentless taunting. And itโ€™s effectiveโ€”if his dark eyes and rare smiles arenโ€™t enough to sidetrack her, the sweaty, rolling topography of the manbeastโ€™s body would do the trick.

What they donโ€™t know: theyโ€™ll have to weather more than each other.

Mysterious circumstances throw the farm into disarray, and with the dairy farm in danger, Olivia and Jake have to work together. But when they do, thereโ€™s more to fear than either of them imagined.

Because now their hearts are on the line, and the farm wonโ€™t be the only casualty if they fail.

LOVEBUG by Erin Mallon

RELEASES February 24

AVAILABLE NOW

 •  Romantic Comedy

My name is Mabel, the girl who โ€œwouldnโ€™t hurt a fly.โ€

Of course I wouldnโ€™t.
Iโ€™m an entomologist for goodnessโ€™ sake.
I work in a nature center.
Bugs are my jam.

Itโ€™s the humans in my life who are starting to get me down. Iโ€™m used to them calling me sweet and innocent. I can even handle them calling me naive. But when they lie and keep secrets from me? That’s when my proverbial pincers want to come out.

Trouble is, I’m not the girl who fights back.

Not until a handsome groundskeeper with a dirty mouth and secrets of his own shows up and lights all sorts of fires in me.

In the bug world, the female is always the fiercest. The praying mantis doesnโ€™t worry about being a โ€œgood girl.โ€ Nope, she follows her instincts no matter how crass or crude they may seem to others.

Turns out I could learn a thing or two from her.

Iโ€™m not necessarily looking to tear anyoneโ€™s head off, but after decades of being nice, it’s high time for me to return to nature and unleash my wild side.

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