AMISTAD
A Taste of Honey (May, $14.95) by Darren Coleman intermingles the lives of four disconnected people in a deadly, lust-filled game of deceit.
ANNICK PRESS
Generals Die in Bed (Mar., $9.95) by Charles Yale Harrison. Originally published in 1930, this stark novel recounts WWI trench warfare from a soldier's viewpoint.
APHRODISIA
Sexy Beast II (Apr., $12.95) by Kate Douglas et al. introduces three men who really understand animal passion.
Wolf Tales IV (July, $12.95) by Kate Douglas brings back a paranormal world where desire rules.
ARTE PBLICO PRESS
Migrations and Other Stories (Mar., $14.95) by Lisa Hernández assembles 11 stories that balance a Mexican past with a Mexican-American future.
ATRIA
Turndown Tales for Travelers (June, $15) by Ted Bell et al. collects nine short stories that the Ritz-Carlton group will place in many of its hotels across the country. Ad/promo.
Crazy Hot (Aug., $15) by Noire deals with Hood, a 20-year-old gangsta from the Brooklyn projects, and his love for Jacqui. Ad/promo.
ATRIA/STREBOR BOOKS
The Other Side of Through (Mar., $14) by Marsha D. Jenkins-Sanders. Katlyn's marriage is tested when her husband scores with a hit song.
There's Always a Reason (Mar., $14) by William Fredrick Cooper. The African-America hero of Six Days in January returns to heartbreak and the loss of his job, but another woman teaches him the true meaning of love.
By the Rivers of Babylon (Apr., $14) by Cindy Brown Austin is a supernatural suspense thriller of urban streets, biblical revelation and spiritual fantasy.
AVON/INSPIRE
Defiant Heart (May, $12.95) by Tracey Bateman. An indentured servant and her two young siblings escape to join a wagon train heading for the frontier. 100,000 first printing.
Wedding Bell Blues (July, $12.95) by Linda Windsor. Alexandra Butler must face the return of her rebellious ex-husband while planning her sister's wedding.
BALLANTINE
The Lavender Hour (Apr., $13.95) by Anne D. LeClaire. Seeking renewal, Jessie volunteers at a hospice.
Damsel Under Stress (May, $12.95) by Shanna Swendson returns with Katie Chandler, whose fairy godmother is a bad matchmaker.
One Night at the Call Center (May, $13.95) by Chetan Bhagat features 20-something friends working at a call center in India when God gets on the phone. Ad/promo.
The Last Nightingale (June, $12.95) by Anthony Flacco. In the chaotic wake of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a serial killer tracks 12-year-old orphan Shane, the final member of the Nightingale clan. Ad/promo.
BERKLEY
The Russian Concubine (Aug., $15) by Kate Furnivall follows star-crossed lovers through war-ravaged China in 1928.
Through Thick and Thin (Aug., $14) by Alison Pace. Two sisters with differing sensibilities embark on a weight-loss quest together.
BERKLEY HEAT
The Vampire Queen's Servant (July, $14) by Joey W. Hill. The paranormal goes erotic in this romance about a vampire's male minion.
BERKLEY JAM
The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even (Apr., $9.99) by Julie Kenner. A teen vampire has a thirst for revenge—and a desire to become mortal again.
Revenge of the Homecoming Queen (July, $9.99) by Stephanie Hale. A teenager learns that there's more to life than handbags and tiaras.
BERKLEY SENSATION
Hell on Heels (June, $14) by Julie Kenner et al. links three novellas about sexy daughters of Satan.
Lucinda, Darkly (Aug., $14) by Sunny. Vampire Lucinda reigns in magical Monere.
BETHANY HOUSE
Courting Trouble (June; $13.99, cloth $19.99) by Deeanne Gist. In the late 19th century, a woman goes after her Texas town's most eligible bachelor. 91,500 first printing.
A Lady of High Regard (July; $13.99, cloth $19.99) by Tracie Peterson launches the Ladies of Liberty series, which takes place in 19th-century Philadelphia. 89,500 first printing.
BLACK CAT
Flight (Apr., $13) by Sherman Alexie. An orphaned Indian boy travels in time, searching for his true identity. 100,000 first printing. 25-city author tour.
BLACK SPARROW BOOKS
Jamie Is My Heart's Desire (Mar., $17.95) by Alfred Chester. Assorted individuals learn about love from Jamie, a sometimes visible corpse.
MARION BOYARS
Swords of Ice (June, $14.95) by . A would-be entrepreneur rescues from the scrap heap a red Volvo, which he believes will lead him to big money.
BRAVA
The Great Scot (Mar., $14) by Donna Kauffman. Erin McCregor, the impish producer of an American reality show, targets eligible bachelor Dylan Chisholm.
Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind (Apr., $14) by Karen Kelley. A traveler from an all-woman planet visits Earth to sample human-style passion.
BROADWAY BOOKS
The Book of Jane (June, $12.95) by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt retells the story of Job, chick-lit style.
BROADWAY/HARLEM MOON
Gold Diggers (Apr., $12.95) by Tracie Howard charts how Lauren, Paulette, Gillian and Reese climb their separate ways to social status, Hollywood and self-discovery.
Weapons of Mass Seduction (May, $12.95) by Lori Bryant-Woolridge. With her biological clock ticking, a New York executive travels cross-country to study seduction.
CARROLL GRAF
The Judgment of Paris (May, $14.95) by Gore Vidal. This reissued novel, with a new introduction by the author, combines classic Greek mythology and a coming-of-age narrative.
CITADEL UNDERGROUND
Johnny Got His Gun (July, $15.95) by Dalton Trumbo. Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan provides a new foreword to relaunch the imprint with this classic war novel.
CLEIS PRESS
Jia: A Novel of North Korea (Apr., $14.95) by Hyejin Kim. Set in present-day North Korea, the story chronicles an orphaned young woman's oppression and exile.
COFFEE HOUSE PRESS
The Last Communist Virgin (Apr., $14.95) by Wang Ping. This collection of short fiction examines clashes of ancient and modern culture in contemporary China and among the Chinese in America.
CORAL PRESS
Meet the Annas (June, $14.95) by Robert Dunn concerns a wildly popular fictional girl group of the 1960s known as the Annas, whose lead singer dies mysteriously. Ad/promo. Author tour.
COWLEY PUBLICATIONS
Battered Soles (Mar., $14.95) by Paul Nicholas Mason resembles a comic Canterbury Tales, relocating the narrative to tiny Lakefield, Ontario, during a one-day pilgrimage to St. John's Anglican Church. $20,000 ad/promo.
CURBSTONE PRESS
Closed for Repairs (May, $13) by Nancy Alonso is a comic-absurdist drama set in Cuba today.
DAFINA
Thug Matrimony (Apr., $15) by Wahida Clark. Angel envisions a new life out of the ghetto until her wedding explodes in violence.
Sinful (Apr., $15) by Victor McGlothin. Chandelle Hitchins's craving for material goods threatens her marriage until she receives a second chance.
DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
As You Were Saying: American Writers Respond to Their French Contemporaries (Apr., $9.50), edited by Fabrice Rozié et al, synthesizes an unusual collaboration: stories begun by French writers are completed by American counterparts.
DELTA
Beg Me (June, $13) by Lisa Lawrence. Teresa Knight travels the globe to unravel two murders separated by 40 years and thousands of miles. 35,000 first printing.
Under the Rose: An Ivy League Novel (July, $10) by Diana Peterfreund involves a cloak-and-dagger conspiracy that extends from Eli U. to the White House. 45,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
DIAL
The Big Beautiful (Apr., $14) by Pamela Duncan. On her wedding day, an inebriated Cassandra Moon gets stuck in the sky roof of a limousine. 40,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
DOWNTOWN PRESS
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy (June, $14) by Elise Juska. A crossword puzzle writer realizes she has become indistinguishable from her kitchen—and takes off.
Home for Wayward Super-Models (July, $14) by Pamela Satran is illustrated with line drawings and top-10 lists as a beauty from Wisconsin is discovered during a graduation trip to the Big Apple.
DUFOUR EDITIONS
Alina (Mar., $15.95) by Jason Johnson watches three urban misfits pass time in post-ceasefire Belfast.
FARRAR, STRAUS GIROUX
Who Is Lou Sciortino? A Novel About Murder, the Movies, and Mafia Family Values (May, $13) by Ottavio Cappellani, trans. by Howard Curtis, romps from L.A. to Sicily as the mob clashes over movies. Ad/promo.
Varieties of Disturbance (May, $13) by Lydia Davis. Among the subjects in the author's fourth collection are the five senses, fourth-graders, good taste and tropical storms.
5 SPOT
Frenemies (June, $13.99) by Megan Crane. As her life goes awry, a young woman must deal with her friends becoming "frenemies." Ad/promo. 4-city author tour.
GALLAUDET UNIV. PRESS
When I Am Dead: The Writings of George M. Teegarden (Mar., $29.95), edited by Raymond Luczak, assembles the diverse output of the late deaf teacher. A Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies.
GROVE PRESS/MCSWEENEYS
Here They Come (May, $13) by Yannick Murphy depicts 1970s New York as viewed by a child.
HARLEQUIN/HQN
The Twilight Lord (May, $13.95) by Bertrice Small. The half-faerie Domina of Terah is abducted while visiting her subjects in the New Outlands.
Catch a Mate (June, $13.95) by Gena Showalter. Women hire Jillian Greene to flirt with their husbands to learn whether their mates will flirt back.
HARPER PAPERBACKS
Promise Not to Tell (Apr., $13.95) by Jennifer McMahon. A woman returns to her hometown to care for her mother just as a murder brings a strange coincidence. 30,000 first printing.
HARVEST HOUSE
Cassidy (July, $12.99) by Lori Wick starts the author's Big Sky Dreams trilogy, set in 19th-century Montana.
INTERLINK
Endings (Mar., $12.95) by 'Abd al-Rahman Munif, trans. by Roger Allen. An ancient Arab desert village struggles with modernity.
KIMANI PRESS
You Only Get Better (Mar., $14.95) by Connie Briscoe et al. This anthology centers on three 40-something women who realize that life, among other things, improves with age.
Fields of Fire (Apr., $14.95) by Linda Hudson-Smith chronicles the spiritual journey of a Houston, Tex., firefighter and his wife.
KOBOCA PUBLISHING
The Voice (May, $14.95) by Robert Yehling. After a rock legend recruits her to sing on a reunion tour, his daughter emerges as a superstar. Author tour.
KUNATI (dist. by IPG)
Whale Song (Mar., $12.95) by Cheryl Kaye Tardif addresses the "right to die" controversy in this coming-of-age novel. 25,000 first printing. $55,000 ad/promo. Author tour.
LITTLE BROWN/BACK BAY
Tiare in Bloom (June, $12.99) by Célestine Vaite. As this trilogy set on Tahiti concludes, a baby girl is left on the doorstep of Materena and her husband. Ad/promo.
MACMILLAN CARIBBEAN (dist. by Interlink)
Chutney Power (Mar., $9.95) by Willi Chen collects darkly comic stories about lives on the poverty line in rural East India.
MIRA
The Kommandant's Girl (Mar., $13.95) by Pam Jenoff tests the loyalties of a Jewish woman in the Polish resistance during WWII.
Touching Stars (July, $13.95) by Emilie Richards. Just as Gayle Fortman thinks that she has built a good life for herself and her sons in the Shenandoah Valley, old wounds reopen.
MOYER BELL
The New Year (Mar., $14.95) by Pearl S. Buck, first published in 1968, confronts the difficulties of adoption and the perceived stigma of children of color. Ad/promo.
NAL
Sudden Pleasures (June, $14) by Bertrice Small is the third entry in her contemporary erotic series.
Royal Harlot: A Novel of the Countess of Castlemaine and King Charles (July, $14) by Susan Holloway Scott is based on the life of Barbara Villiers, mistress of Charles II.
NAL ACCENT
Between the Tides (June, $14) by Patti Callahan Henry concerns self-discovery in South Carolina's low country.
A Thousand Voices (July, $13.95) by Lisa Wingate concludes the Tending Roses series.
NAL HEAT
Voyeur (May, $14) by Lacey Alexander. A writer in a funk fulfills her secret fantasy with an online partner.
NAL JAM
Summer of Love: The Principles of Love (Mar., $9.99) by Emily Franklin. Love Bukowski takes a job in her aunt's cafe on Martha's Vineyard in the fifth book of the series.
Pretty on the Outside: Fame Unlimited (May, $9.99) by Liane Bonin. The second book in the series finds a teen torn between her Korean-American family and a celebrity friend.
NAL SIGNET ECLIPSE
Dragon Lovers (Mar., $14) by Jo Beverly et al. collects four novellas combining fantasy and romance.
Unmasqued: An Erotic Novel of the Phantom of the Opera (Aug., $14) by Colette Gale retells the famous story to reveal the true nature of Eric's power over Christine.
NEW DIRECTIONS
Facing the Bridge (May, $14.95) by Yoko Tawada, trans. by Margaret Mitsutani, is an avant-garde collection of three stories about floating between cultures, identities and the imagination.
The Assistant (July, $16.95) by Robert Walser, trans. by Susan Bernofsky, imagines the inner life of an inventor's helper.
NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS CLASSICS
White Walls: The Collected Stories (Apr., $16.95) by Tatyana Tolstaya adds new stories to two previously published collections.
NORTHWESTERN UNIV. PRESS
New Short Fiction from Cuba (May, $21.95), edited by Jacqueline Loss and Ester Whitfield, reflects cultural complexity in a time of critical change.
W.W. NORTON
Imposture (May, $13.95) by Benjamin Markovits. In 19th-century London, a love affair turns on a case of mistaken identity.
OAK TREE PRESS
Field of Destiny (May, $14.95) by Patricia Sheehy. A woman dies tragically and is reborn into a life of secrets and lies.
PELICAN
Louisiana in Words (Mar., $19.95), edited by Joshua Clark, puts together submissions by Louisiana residents from all over the state to create a mosaic of life, minute by minute.
PENGUIN
Astrid and Veronika (Mar., $14) by Linda Olsson. A young New Zealand woman recovering from a tragedy moves to a Swedish village, where an older neighbor offers comfort.
Piercing (Apr., $13) by Ryu Murakami, trans. by Ralph McCarthy. Child abuse is a key element in this psychothriller.
PICADOR
Falling Boy (Mar., $13) by Alison McGhee. A mysterious accident paralyzes 16-year-old Joseph, and two friends try to determine what really happened.
PLEXUS PUBLISHING
The Philadelphian (Mar.; $15.95, cloth $22.95) by Richard Powell reissues a 50th-anniversary edition of the 1957 bestseller on the social mores of Philadelphia's Main Line.
POCKET BOOKS
Midnight Brunch (May, $14) by Martha Acosta. With Latina flair, Milagro de los Santos, the sassy heroine of Happy Hour at Casa Dracula, returns.
Everybody Say Amen (May, $14) by ReShonda Tate Billingsley brings back the Jackson family in a sequel to Let the Church Say Amen.
POCKET BOOKS/ G-UNIT BOOKS
Blow (June, $12) by K'Wan. Young men growing up in Harlem sell weed and cause other mischief.
RANDOM HOUSE
MacGregor Tells the World (June, $12.95) by Elizabeth McKenzie captures a young man's impossible and heroic first love.
RAYO
X-Rated Bloodsuckers (Mar., $13.95) by Mario Acevedo. In this second entry in the vampire series, Felix Gomex investigates the L.A. murder of a young surgeon turned porn star.
RED DRESS INK
Girl Most Likely To (Mar., $13.95) by Poonam Sharma features a 27-year-old Indian-American investment banker in New York City.
Wednesday Night Witches (Aug., $13.95) by Lee Nichols. On a Maine island, three women become fast friends, as each believes she has found the man of her dreams.
REVELL
Clear Blue Sky (Aug., $12.99) by F.P. Lione. Two New York City cops start their usual beat—on September 11, 2001.
SS/HOWARD BOOKS
Desperate Pastors' Wives (Mar., $12.99) by Ginger Kolbaba and Christy Scannell. Four pastors' wives lean on one another for support.
SARABANDE BOOKS
California Transit: Stories and a Novella (Apr., $15.95) by Diane Lefer explores the Southern California landscape of dislocation and assimilation.
SERPENTS TAIL (dist. by Consortium)
From May to December (Aug., $14.95) by Pat MacEnulty. Four women meet in a Florida prison, where they mount a grant-funded drama production.
SOFT SKULL PRESS
The City in Crimson and Cloak (June, $14.95) by Asli Erdogan. It is the last day of her life for a young woman in Rio de Janeiro.
STEEPLE HILL
The Elevator (July, $13.95) by Angela Hunt. As a hurricane approaches, three women with secrets about the same man are trapped in a high-rise office building's elevator.
ST. MARTINS/GRIFFIN
Bobbie Faye's Very (Very, Very, Very) Bad Day (May, $13.95) by Toni McGee Causey is a caper mystery starring a kick-ass Louisiana contraband queen. 75,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author tour.
SUNSTONE PRESS
Whispering Smith (June, $24.95) by Allen P. Bristow recounts the fictional exploits of a real-life Wild West railroad detective.
TILBURY HOUSE
Not Your Average Bear and Other Maine Stories (May, $15) by Jerry Stelmok offers a set of tales, each with a twist.
TOUCHSTONE
The Second Mrs. Darcy (Mar., $14) by Elizabeth Aston. Widow Octavia Darcy inherits a fortune and envisions a life of independence for herself.
The Gypsy Madonna (Mar., $15) by Santa Montefiore. When his mother dies in New York, Misha is astonished to find that she owned an uncatalogued Titian.
TYNDALE HOUSE
Solemnly Swear (Apr., $12.99) by Nancy Moser is an inspirational novel about jury members who have differing views of justice during a murder trial.
Sunrise (Apr., $13.99) by Karen Kingsbury launches a series that includes some of the characters from the Firstborn series.
UNIV. OF ALABAMA/ FICTION COLLECTIVE TWO
Like Blood in Water: Five Mininovels (Mar., $17.95) by Yuriy Tarnawsky. In these surrealistic tales, waking life gives way to dreams.
UNIV. OF ARKANSAS PRESS
The Death of a Confederate Colonel: Eight Stories and a Novella (Apr., $14.95) by Pat Carr portrays women, children and slaves left behind in Arkansas during the Civil War.
UNIV. OF ILLINOIS PRESS
O Street (Mar., $17.95) by Corrina Wycoff. Linked stories tell of a young woman raised in poverty by a schizophrenic single mother who self-medicates with heroin.
UNIV. OF NOTRE DAME PRESS
Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly (Apr., $20) by Susan Muaddi Darraj weaves together the lives of four Arab-American women.
VIBE STREET LIT
Snow (Mar., $9.95) by Kenji Jasper. A good kid gone wrong longs to find his way back to the place he needs.
WARNER BOOKS
True to the Game (May, $14.99) by Teri Woods is an originally self-published "street lit" tale of drugs, money and difficult choices. Ad/promo.
WESTBOW PRESS
Not Safe, but Good, Vol. II (July, $14.99) by Bret Lott is the second volume of contemporary stories with a clear Christian perspective.
ZEBRA
Believe in Me (Mar., $13) by Jessica Inclan. Felix and Sayblee set a trap for a dark sorcerer in the final volume of a paranormal trilogy.
