Edited by Michael A. Ventrella and Jonathan Maberry. Diversion, $16.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-62681-840-8
When an author writes a story featuring Sherlock Holmes as a “bio-synthed, augmented, 7 percent human, upgraded, unmortal, consulting extrapoloid,” as David Gerrold does in “The Fabulous Marble,” he sets the bar pretty high. Unfortunately, Gerrold...
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Heidi McLaughlin. Loveswept, $4.99 e-book (224p) ISBN 978-0-425-28526-8
The first book in McLaughlin’s (Home Run) new series, an amusing retake of Pretty Woman, entertains with blistering physical desire and witty banter amid high-stakes personal conflicts. Macey Webster is a struggling single mom in Spokane, Wash., and
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Heidi McLaughlin. Forever, $14.99 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-4555-9823-6
McLaughlin’s second Boys of Summer contemporary sports romance (after Home Run) is as irresistible as an ice pop on a hot day. Told completely from the point of view of the hero, Major League Baseball player Ethan Davenport, it allows a frank...
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Heidi McLaughlin. Forever, $14.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-4555-9827-4
McLaughlin knocks it out of the park with her second Boys of Summer sports contemporary (after Third Base). Ainsley Burke, raised by a single mother who’s always warned her daughter about the danger of falling for an athlete, has sworn not to date...
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Heidi McLaughlin. Forever, $14.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4555-9831-1
Readers who don’t object to the premise of McLaughlin’s third Boys of Summer baseball contemporary (after Home Run) will enjoy its handling of thorny legal and ethical conflicts. The Boston Renegades are shocked when left fielder Travis Kidd, who’s...
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Heidi McLaughlin. Montlake, $12.95 Trade Paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-5420-2736-6
Lifelong friends get a chance at love in McLaughlin’s heartfelt second Cape Harbor romance (after After All). Seattle attorney Rennie Wallace returns to her home town of Cape Harbor, Wash., to visit her best friend. While there, she reunites with...
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Heidi McLaughlin. Montlake, $16.99 trade paper (392p) ISBN 978-1-66251-351-0
Bestseller McLaughlin (The Lobster Trap) tugs on readers’ heartstrings with this sick lit romance about the importance of seizing the moment. When San Francisco loan officer Palmer Sinclair, who grew up in an orphanage and has always relied on no...
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