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Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.

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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


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She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


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Beautiful Sacrifice
by Elizabeth Lowell
"Will the end of the world really occur on 12/21/2012,as foretold by Maya legend?"
Posted May 7, 2012

When four ancient Maya artifacts disappear after being confiscated during a drug raid, archeologist Lina Taylor finds herself joining forces with former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Hunter Johnston to locate the priceless objects. As the two evade sinister forces also looking to acquire the artifacts, a sexual tension develops Read more...


Save Me
by Lisa Scottoline
"A poignant thriller examining the powerful relationship between a mother and her child."
Posted May 7, 2012

Rose McKenna has no idea how much her life will change when she becomes a lunchroom volunteer at her daughter's elementary school. Just as she's stepping in to protect her shy daughter from a bully, an explosion rips through the cafeteria. The decisions she makes in the aftermath Read more...


The Black Stiletto: Black & White
by Raymond Benson
"Judy Cooper's spellbinding second diary of 1959 continues her Black Stiletto saga in great style."
Posted May 7, 2012

Martin Talbot has recently learned that his mother was the infamous Black Stiletto in New York City during the late 1950s/early 1960s. Judy is now in a special home suffering from Alzheimer's, so she's unable to communicate with Martin about what he's found in a hidden Read more...


The Columbus Affair
by Steve Berry
"An exciting paradigm of historical imagination coupled with thrilling adventure."
Posted April 3, 2012

Renowned investigative journalist Tom Sagan's reputation and life is in shambles after one of his cutting-edge reports was exposed as a fraud. He knows he was setup, but there is no way he can prove it. Just as Tom is prepared to end it all, a mysterious stranger Read more...


Spilled Blood
by Brian Freeman
"A long-time feud between two towns turns deadly -- in more ways than one."
Posted April 3, 2012

The affluent residents of Barron, Minnesota, thrive because of a large, yet very secretive, scientific research facility located in the town along the Spirit River. But the downriver residents of St. Croix are not so fortunate, even to the point of blaming the waste runoff from upriver of causing an Read more...


Catch Me
by Lisa Gardner
"Detective and new mother D.D. Warren is shocked with the latest cases she must deal with."
Posted February 15, 2012

Convinced that she will be murdered in four days, on the same date as her two closest friends were the past two years, Charlene Rosalind Carter Grant wants Boston detective D. D. Warren to handle the investigation into her death. Even though D. D. thinks the woman is crazy, she Read more...


Ashes to Dust
by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
"A darkly atmospheric psychological suspense set in Iceland."
Posted February 2, 2012

As if the burial of an entire Icelandic village by a volcanic eruption in 1979 was not gruesome enough, now more recently deceased bodies have been found in one of the basements. There's no way they were victims of the ash and dust from the volcano, so how did Read more...


The Hope Vendetta
by Scott Mariani
"A fast-paced arcane thriller that will captivate readers with its plot and characterization."
Posted February 2, 2012

Following the murder of his wife, ex-SAS operative Ben Hope blames himself and is contemplating suicide. When he can't go through with it, he decides to return Oxford and his theology studies. Soon after arriving, he's approached by one of his old professors and friend, Tom Bradbury Read more...


The Icon Thief
by Alec Nevala-Lee
"An edgy and complex arcane thriller."
Posted February 2, 2012

Working as a buyer for the Reynard Art Fund, an art investment company, Maddy Blume is set to bid on a painting of a headless nude woman by surrealist painter Marcel Duchamp at Sotheby's auction house in New York. But bids on the painting quickly skyrocket and she loses Read more...


The Lost Goddess
by Tom Knox
"An enthralling and exotic thriller full of gothic horror and ancient secrets."
Posted February 2, 2012

While digging in the caves of France, archaeologist Julia Kerrigan discovers something beyond explanation -- an ancient skull with a clear-cut hole in the forehead. When she tells her mentor about the find, he becomes nervous but dismisses it as nothing unusual. Not long after, he is murdered, and Julia Read more...


The Eden Prophecy
by Graham Brown
"A perfect combination of thrilling intrigue, fast action-adventure and historical science."
Posted February 2, 2012

Ex-CIA agent and former mercenary Hawker goes into full battle mode when an old friend who asked for his help is murdered after being ruthlessly tortured. When the dead scientist's fingerprints are found on a letter carrying a deadly virus that was opened by a UN diplomat, Hawker Read more...


The Jaguar
by T. Jefferson Parker
"Charlie Hood must do whatever it takes to save the life of the woman he loves."
Posted February 1, 2012

Crooked LA deputy Bradley Jones and his pregnant wife, the charismatic songwriter Erin McKenna, are brutally attacked in their home -- and Erin is kidnapped by Benjamin Armenta, head of a powerful drug cartel. He tells Jones the ransom is $1 million to get his wife back or she'll be Read more...


Cell 8
by Börge Hellström, Anders Roslund
"A socially conscious crime thriller concerning capital punishment."
Posted February 1, 2012

At the age of 17, John Frey sat on death row in an Ohio prison, convicted of killing his girlfriend. But the thirst for vengeance by the girl's father goes unsatisfied when Frey dies of a heart condition before he can be executed. Fast-forward several years to Sweden Read more...


Red Mist
by Patricia Cornwell
"Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta newest quest is not only professional, but personal, as well."
Posted February 1, 2012

Determined to find out exactly what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, who was murdered six months ago, Kay is tricked into leaving Cambridge, Mass., and going to the Georgia Prison for Women near Savannah. Kay is there to see inmate Kathleen Lawler, who molested Jack as a Read more...


Operation Midnight
by Justine Davis
"First book in Cutter's Code promises a great romantic suspense series."
Posted February 1, 2012

The last thing Hayley Cole expects as she walks in the woods with her dog Cutter is to see armed men forcing her reclusive neighbor into a helicopter that's landed in the clearing near his cabin. Once she's spotted, Hayley and Cutter are abducted as well. But Hayley Read more...


The Devil's Elixir
by Raymond Khoury
"The investigative team of Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin are again in hot pursuit of the impossible."
Posted December 18, 2011

FBI agent Sean Reilly and his lover, archaeologist Tess Chaykin, find themselves in an entirely different situation than their previous adventures. It seems there's an ancient herb from the jungles of Central America that is so powerful, it causes a unique psychedelic experience the likes of which could change Read more...


The Burning Edge
by Rick Mofina
"An eyewitness to murder soon becomes the killers' next target."
Posted December 18, 2011

On her way home after selling the cabin her late-husband loved, Lisa Palmer stops for gas -- and becomes a key witness to murder as four bikers rob an armored car, killing the guards, as well as the off-duty FBI agent who is right beside her. Even though Lisa Read more...


The Secret Crown
by Chris Kuzneski
"The elite, ex-military duo of Payne and Jones is again seeking facts about long-buried treasure."
Posted December 18, 2011

A former military colleague of Jonathan Payne and David Jones has discovered what he thinks is a Nazi bunker filled with crates of unknown treasures in Bavaria. Since Payne and Jones have past experience with historical lost treasures, he contacts them for assistance. But they soon learn it is not Read more...


1222
by Anne Holt
"A suspenseful locked-room mystery kicks off the debut of this new Norway-set detective series."
Posted December 18, 2011

During a snowstorm near a tunnel high in the Norwegian mountains, a train crashes killing the driver and stranding close to 300 passengers. Luckily, there is an isolated train station with a large hotel complex nearby, Finse 1222, where the survivors and the injured are taken for shelter. But things Read more...


Too Much Stuff
by Don Bruns
"Another quirky, funny and harrowing adventure for the bumbling PIs of More or Less Investigations."
Posted December 18, 2011

This time around, James Lessor and Skip Moore, the bumbling PIs of More or Less Investigations, have been employed by Mary Trueblood to search for lost gold in the Florida Keys. Mary believes that her great-grandfather, Matthew Kriegel, stole a shipment of gold valued at over a million dollars Read more...


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