Hot HF Releases July, August, September

July

• 7.3.2012 Mistress of Mourning, Karen Harper
• 7.31.2012 The Wild Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Daughters, Mary Hart Perry

August

• 8.7.2012 The Black Isle, Sandi Tan
• 8.7.2012 The Spymaster's Daughter, Jeane Westin
• 8.7.2012 Kingmaker's Daughter, Philippa Gregory
• 8.7.2012 The King's Damsel, Kate Emerson
• 8.14.2012 The Shadow Queen, Rebecca Dean
• 8.14.2012 The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court, Michelle Moran
• 8.21.2012 The Twelve Rooms of the Nile, Enid Shomer

September

• 9.4.2012 I, Jane: In the Court of Henry VIII, Diane Haeger
• 9.4.2012 Hemingway's Girl, Erika Robuck
• 9.18.2012 Winter of the World, Ken Follett
• 9.18.2012 Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan by Robin Maxwell
• 9.18.2012 The Unfaithful Queen, Carolly Erickson

~Lizzie~

Cover Alert: Leslie Carroll and Christine Trent

"Royal Romances" by Leslie Carroll Release Date 11.6.2012

"More breathtaking than any fairy tale, here are seven scandalous, seductive centuries of all-for-love royal desire . . . 

Elegant palaces, dazzling power plays, shimmering jewels, and the grandest of all-or-nothing gambles—nothing can top real-life love among the royalty. Louis XIV defied God and law, permitting his married mistress Madame de Montespan to usurp the role of Queen of France, then secretly wed her successor, Madame de Maintenon. Grigory Potemkin was a worthy equal in Catherine the Great’s bed as well as in Russia’s political arena. Dashing Count Axel von Fersen risked everything to save Marie Antoinette’s life more than once—and may have returned her passion. The unshakable devotion of the beloved late “Queen Mum” helped King George VI triumph over his, and England’s, darkest hours. And the unpretentious, timelessly glamorous—even relatable—union of Prince William and the former Kate Middleton continues to enthrall the world.

Full of marvelous tales, unforgettable scandals, and bedazzled nobles who refused to rule their hearts, this delightfully insightful book is what the sweetest royal dreams are made of..."

"Lady of the Ashes" by Christine Trent Release Date 2.26.2013

"In 1861 London, Violet Morgan is struggling to establish a good reputation for the undertaking business that her husband has largely abandoned. She provides comfort for the grieving, advises them on funeral fashion and etiquette, and arranges funerals.

Unbeknownst to his wife, Graham, who has nursed a hatred of America since his grandfather soldiered for Great Britain in the War of 1812, becomes involved in a scheme to sell arms to the South. Meanwhile, Violet receives the commission of a lifetime: undertaking the funeral for a friend of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. But her position remains precarious, especially when Graham disappears and she begins investigating a series of deaths among the poor. And the closer she gets to the truth, the greater the danger for them both…"~Lizzie~

New Release: Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck

Fresh into stores today, "Hemingway's Girl" by Erika Robuck.

“She remembered when Hemingway had planted a banyan at his house and told her its parasitic roots were like human desire. At the time she’d thought it romantic. She hadn’t understood his warning.”

In Depression-era Key West, Mariella Bennet, the daughter of an American fisherman and a Cuban woman, knows hunger. Her struggle to support her family following her father’s death leads her to a bar and bordello, where she bets on a risky boxing match...and attracts the interest of two men: world-famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, and Gavin Murray, one of the WWI veterans who are laboring to build the Overseas Highway.

When Mariella is hired as a maid by Hemingway’s second wife, Pauline, she enters a rarified world of lavish, celebrity-filled dinner parties and elaborate off-island excursions. As she becomes caught up in the tensions and excesses of the Hemingway household, the attentions of the larger-than-life writer become a dangerous temptation...even as the reliable Gavin Murray draws her back to what matters most. Will she cross an invisible line with the volatile Hemingway, or find a way to claim her own dreams? As a massive hurricane bears down on Key West, Mariella faces some harsh truths...and the possibility of losing everything she loves".

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~Lizzie~