New Releases – May 5, 2015

Posted May 5, 2015 by Carole in New Releases / 0 Comments

  May 5, 2015  
It’s
Tuesday!  That means it is time to make a little bit of room on the
bookshelves, load up your ereader, or make your way to your local
library.  In other words – It is time to get your hands on a new book!

Here are just a few books that have just been released that you may want to grab soon:

Undertow by Michael Buckley
Sixteen-year-old Lyric
Walker’s life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of
30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her
beach in Coney Island. The world’s initial wonder and awe over the Alpha
quickly turns ugly and paranoid and violent, and Lyric’s small town
transforms into a military zone with humans on one side and Alpha on the
other. When Lyric is recruited to help the crown prince, a boy named
Fathom, assimilate, she begins to fall for him. But their love is a
dangerous one, and there are forces on both sides working to keep them
apart. Only, what if the Alpha are not actually the enemy? What if they
are in fact humanity’s only hope of survival? Because the real enemy is
coming. And it’s more terrifying than anything the world has ever seen.

Action, suspense, and romance whirlpool dangerously in this cinematic saga, a blend of District 9 and The Outsiders.



A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A thrilling, seductive new series from New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas, blending Beauty and the Beast with faerie lore.

When
nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a
beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a
treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre
discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the
lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.

As she
dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy
hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning
she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an
ancient, wicked shadow grows over the faerie lands, and Feyre must find a
way to stop it . . . or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.

Perfect
for fans of Kristin Cashore and George R. R. Martin, this first book in
a sexy and action-packed new series is impossible to put down!



Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
Peyton, Sydney’s
charismatic older brother, has always been the star of the family,
receiving the lion’s share of their parents’ attention
and—lately—concern. When Peyton’s increasingly reckless behavior
culminates in an accident, a drunk driving conviction, and a jail
sentence, Sydney is cast adrift, searching for her place in the family
and the world. When everyone else is so worried about Peyton, is she the
only one concerned about the victim of the accident?

Enter the
Chathams, a warm, chaotic family who run a pizza parlor, play bluegrass
on weekends, and pitch in to care for their mother, who has multiple
sclerosis. Here Sydney experiences unquestioning acceptance. And here
she meets Mac, gentle, watchful, and protective, who makes Sydney feel
seen, really seen, for the first time.

The uber-popular Sarah
Dessen explores her signature themes of family, self-discovery, and
change in her twelfth novel, sure to delight her legions of fans.



Day Shift by Charlaine Harris
In Midnight Crossroad, Charlaine Harris “capture[d] the same magic as the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, and [took] it to another level” (Houston Press). Now the #1 New York Times
bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels returns to the
one-traffic-light town you see only when you’re on the way to someplace
else…

There is no such thing as bad publicity, except
in Midnight, Texas, where the residents like to keep to themselves. Even
in a town full of secretive people, Olivia Charity is an enigma. She
lives with the vampire Lemuel, but no one knows what she does; they only
know that she’s beautiful and dangerous.

Psychic Manfred
Bernardo finds out just how dangerous when he goes on a working weekend
to Dallas and sees Olivia there with a couple who are both found dead
the next day. To make matters worse, one of Manfred’s regular—and very
wealthy—clients dies during a reading.

Manfred returns from
Dallas embroiled in scandal and hounded by the press. He turns to Olivia
for help; somehow he knows that the mysterious Olivia can get things
back to normal. As normal as things get in Midnight…





Crazy for the Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson
The New York Times bestselling
author of the Wild About You series delivers the first in a brand-new
series that takes readers on the wild ride that comes with loving a
cowboy.… 

When Vince Durant left Bickford, Texas, he
was a rowdy cowboy just looking for a good time. He also left unfinished
business. He hadn’t captured the Ghost, a wild stallion that roams the
hills, and he never convinced Georgina Bickford to go out with him.
Georgie might be a lost cause, but the Ghost has been calling his name
ever since….

When Vince returns to Bickford, he finds his old
stomping ground a shell of what it used to be, and Georgie still wants
nothing to do with him. To her, he’ll always be the womanizing cowboy
she knew seven years ago.

And when Vince comes up with a plan
that might restore Bickford to its former glory, Georgie wonders if the
rough-and-tough cowboy has truly changed. As they get closer, Georgie
will have to decide whether to resist Vince’s charm or to attempt to
tame the wild stallion who’s stolen her heart.