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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 ONE LAST BREATH Lisa Jackson; Nancy Bush 4 A DEVIL OF A DUKE The Decadent Dukes Society Series Madeline Hunter

M AY 2018 24 FORSAKEN A Unit 51 Novel Michael McBride 26 EVIL EYES Corey Mitchell

6 MAID FOR LOVE A Gansett Island Novel Marie Force

27 THE CHUCKWAGON TRAIL A Chuckwagon Trail Western William W. Johnstone; J.A. Johnstone

8 LADY ROGUE The Royal Rewards Series Theresa Romain

28 NO JUSTICE IN HELL A John Hawk Western Charles G. West

9 RETURN TO WHISPERING PINES The Langtry Sisters Series Scarlett Dunn

29 RIDE THE SAVAGE LAND Those Jensen Boys! William W. Johnstone; J.A. Johnstone

10 DON’T CALL ME CUPCAKE The Holloway Girls Series Tara Sheets

30 THE LAST KINGS The Last Kings C. N. Philips

11 WHEN BRUCE MET CYN Lori Foster

31 CAN’T STOP Clifford “Spud” Johnson

12 YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE TARA The Maxwell Sisters Series Leah Marie Brown

32 HE USED TO LOVE ME Dorothy Brown-Newton

13 THE UNYIELDING The Call of Crows Series Shelly Laurenston 14 MURDER IN THE LOCKED LIBRARY A Book Retreat Mystery Ellery Adams 16 DEATH OF A COOKBOOK AUTHOR A Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery Lee Hollis 17 BLEEDING TARTS A Pie Town Mystery Kirsten Weiss 18 MURDER MOST FERMENTED A Rose Avenue Wine Club Mystery Christine E. Blum 19 EXPIRATION DATE A Cook-Off Mystery Devon Delaney 20 MOTHER’S DAY, MUFFINS, AND MURDER An Ellie Avery Mystery Sara Rosett 21 STRATEGIC SEDUCTION Cheris Hodges 22 THE BOSS The Justice Hustlers Series Aya de León 23 THE LAST TO DIE Beverly Barton

33 NO PERFECT AFFAIR Charamaine Galloway

ONE LAST BREATH Lisa Jackson; Nancy Bush She’s a runaway bride…running for her life. New York Times bestselling authors Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush join together to create a gripping novel of murder, greed, and revenge… Rory Abernathy’s wedding to Liam Bastian turned into a bloodbath. She fled after stabbing a masked intruder, just before a gunman opened fire on the wedding party. Five years on, Rory still has no idea who was behind the attacks. Fearful she and her daughter remain targets, she’s made a new life far from Liam and the wealthy, powerful Bastians. But even in remote Point Roberts, Washington, she can’t hide from the past. Liam tracks Rory down, stunned to learn they have a child. Did someone in Rory’s family try to kill him for his portion of the Bastian estate? As they gradually overcome distrust in search of the truth, Rory knows one thing for certain: someone is watching her… Time has passed, but the killer’s need for vengeance hasn’t. And as a nightmare stirs to life again, Rory will find that this time, there’s nowhere left to run…

Praise for Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush “Superb…a masterpiece of romantic suspense with enough twists and turns to keep the reader eagerly anticipating the breathtaking conclusion.”

—Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW, on Something Wicked Category: Romantic Suspense ISBN13: 978-1-4201-3613-5 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 384 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Pack: 48 Spine Size: 15/16 Authors’ Residences: Lake Oswego, OR eBook ISBN: 978-1-4201-3614-2 SALES HISTORY Zebra Mass Market Ominous 8/17 (978-1-4201-3788-0) Wicked Ways 12/14 (978-1-4201-1849-0) Sinister 12/13 (978-1-4201-2578-8)

“Sure to give you chills…will hook you and hold onto you until the very last page.”

—RT Book Reviews on Something Wicked “Jackson and Bush craftily combine suspense with the paranormal…a deftly plotted and enticing read.”

—Publishers Weekly on Wicked Lies “Definitely one you don’t want to read alone at night.”

—Library Journal on Wicked Lies “Chilling…swift pacing and an intriguing plot make this a first-rate supernatural thriller.”

—Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW, on Wicked Game

PUBLISHING HISTORY Kensington Hardcover 3/18 (978-1-4967-0786-4)

Previous Novels by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush

8/17 (978-1-4201-3788-0)

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12/14 (978-1-4201-1849-0)

12/13 (978-1-4201-2578-8)

KEY SELLING POINTS • One Last Breath is a standalone and is not connected to the Colony Series, the previous collaboration from the “Sisters of Suspense.” • Wicked Lies and Wicked Game—previous collaborations between Lisa and Nancy—both spent four weeks on the printed New York Times bestseller list, with Wicked Lies going as high as #13, and Wicked Game going as high as #8. • Jackson and Bush also co-authored Sinister with Rosalind Noonan (2013), which was a USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Top10 New York Times bestseller. The three authors teamed up again for Ominous in Summer 2017, which was a New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and IndieBound bestseller.

MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print, online, and podcast advertising campaigns • Direct mail campaign • Internet radio advertising on streaming networks • Advance buzz campaign and pre-pub advertising • Publicity outreach for feature and review coverage • Email marketing and eNewsletter promotions • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Cross-promotion with other 2018 Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush releases • Books on the Subway partnership

Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 95 novels, including You Will Pay, After She’s Gone, Deserves to Die, You Don’t Want to Know, Running Scared, and Shiver. She is also the co-author of the Colony Series, written with her sister and bestselling author Nancy Bush, as well as the collaborative novels Sinister and Ominous, written with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan. There are over 30 million copies of her novels in print and her writing has been translated into 19 languages. She lives with her family and three rambunctious dogs in the Pacific Northwest. Readers can visit her website at lisajackson.com and find her on Facebook. © Shelby Kohler Photography

Nancy Bush is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Dangerous Behavior, The Killing Game, You Don’t Know Me, Nowhere Safe, Nowhere to Hide, Nowhere to Run, Hush, Blind Spot, Unseen, Wicked Ways, Something Wicked, Wicked Game, and Wicked Lies in the Colony series co-written with her sister, bestselling author Lisa Jackson. She is also the co-author of Ominous and Sinister, written with Lisa Jackson and New York Times bestselling author Rosalind Noonan. Nancy lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest. Readers can visit her website at nancybush.net. © Kimberly Burler Photography

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A DEVIL OF A DUKE The Decadent Dukes Society Series Madeline Hunter From New York Times bestselling author Madeline Hunter comes the latest sexy Regency era tale of three untamable dukes and the strong women who ignite their decadent desires…as one duke follows his lady down a very dangerous rabbit hole into the criminal world hidden beneath London’s fancy veneer. He May Be A Devil… He’s infamous, debaucherous, and known all over town for his complete disregard for scandal, and positively irresistible seductions. Gabriel St. James, Duke of Langford, is obscenely wealthy, jaw-droppingly handsome, and used to getting exactly what he wants. Until his attention is utterly captured by a woman who refuses to tell him her name, but can’t help surrendering to his touch… But She’s No Angel Either… Amanda Waverly is living two lives—one respectable existence as secretary to an upstanding lady, and one far more dangerous battle of wits—and willpower—with the devilish Duke. Langford may be the most tempting man she’s ever met, but Amanda’s got her hands full trying to escape the world of high society crime into which she was born. And if he figures out who she really is, their sizzling passion will suddenly boil over into a much higher stakes affair… Category: Historical Romance ISBN13: 978-1-4201-4392-8 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 304 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 3/4 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Pittsburgh, PA eBook ISBN: 978-1-4201-4393-5 SALES HISTORY Zebra Mass Market The Most Dangerous Duke in London 6/17 (978-1-4201-4390-4)

Praise for The Most Dangerous Duke in London “The writing is lively and the characters fun…A thoroughly enjoyable read.”

—Kirkus Reviews “This is a historical romance to savor, and readers will root for the pair of lovers and the justice they seek.”

—Bookpage, Top Pick “Hunter…spins the intrigues of an enterprising bastard son and a resourceful artist to delightful effect in this excellent launch.”

—Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW “The latest historical romance series that you won’t be able to put down is from New York Times bestselling author Madeline Hunter. With witty humor and inventive storytelling, you’ll whip through the first one so fast, you’ll need to Amazon Prime another one to your cabana.”

—Martha Stewart Weddings

Also by Madeline Hunter

6/17 (978-1-4201-4390-4)

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KEY SELLING POINTS • Madeline Hunter is a New York Times bestselling author and historical romance legend known for her witty, unforgettable voice and her inventive storytelling. • There are over six million copies of her books in print and of her 30 novels, 29 have been USA Today bestsellers. She also has been translated into 13 languages. • Hunter is a two-time RITA Award winner and has received seven nominations for her work. • Madeline writes the “Romance Unlaced” column for USA Today, which appears twice a month and exposes her on a regular basis to a widening base of mainstream and romance fans. • “Dukes” continue to be catnip to Regency readers, and this trilogy features a “Duke’s Club” in Regency London. • Hunter has an active online platform with 12,000 Facebook fans and 8,000 Twitter followers. • French translation world rights for The Most Dangerous Duke in London have been sold to J’ai Lu. • Norwegian rights for The Most Dangerous Duke in London have been sold to Schibsted/Bladkompaniet. • Italian rights for the first three books in the Decadent Dukes Society series have been sold to Harper Italia.

MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print, online, podcast, and trade advertising • Pandora radio advertising • Special mailings to targeted bookstores • Early reviewer promotions through Goodreads, NetGalley, and Kensington’s kLovers program • Advance buzz campaign and pre-pub advertising • Blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Email marketing and eNewsletter promotions • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Author appearances and promotions at select conventions • Special mailings to select bookstores

Madeline Hunter is a New York Times bestselling author of 30 nationally bestselling historical romances, with more than six million copies in print. A member of RWA’s Honor Roll, she has won the RITA Award twice and been a finalist seven times. Her books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly and have been translated into thirteen languages. She has a Ph.D in art history, which she has taught at the university level. Madeline also writes the “Romance Unlaced” column for USAToday.com’s Happy Ever After site. Please visit her online at madelinehunter.com, on Facebook or on Twitter. © Studio 8


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MAID FOR LOVE A Gansett Island Novel Marie Force New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Force debuts in Zebra with the first book in her fan-favorite Gansett Island series, published for the first time in mass market! Single mom Maddie Chester is determined to leave her hometown of Gansett Island. For visitors, it’s a place for forgetting worries and relaxing in the sun, but for Maddie it holds only bad memories and ugly rumors. Yet no sooner than she’s decided to leave Gansett behind, she’s knocked off her bike en route to her housekeeping job at McCarthy’s Gansett Island Hotel—by none other than Gansett’s “favorite son,” Mac McCarthy. Mac has returned to the Rhode Island beach town to help his father prepare to sell the family marina—and has no intention of sticking around a minute longer than necessary. But when he realizes he’s badly injured Maddie, he knows he has to do the right thing. When Mac decides to help her heal and care for her young son, he discovers he just may be “maid” for love…

Praise for Marie Force and her novels “With the McCarthys of Gansett Island, Marie Force makes you believe in the power of true love and happily ever after. Over and over again.”

—Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author of the Serendipity series Category: Contemporary Romance ISBN13: 978-1-4201-4687-5 U.S./Canadian Price: $5.99/$6.99 Rights: World English Pages: 320 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 25/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Portsmouth, RI

“Force excels at creating characters readers can identify with and care about.”

—Booklist “Force fills her stories with family, love and laughter.”

—Romance Junkies “It’s clear that Force makes a habit of creating irresistible characters and dramatic situations… You’ll want to stay on Gansett Island too!”

—USAToday.com

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KEY SELLING POINTS • Marie Force is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, having sold over 5.5 million copies! • The Gansett Island series is an ongoing series at 16 books and counting and has sold nearly three million copies, proving that fans cannot get enough of this series. • This is the first time the series will be published in mass market at a $5.99 price point to attract new readers! • Beach towns are a popular setting among contemporary romance readers and Marie’s vivid portrayal of the scenery and people of Gansett Island draws in readers. • Marie’s series will be released on an accelerated publishing schedule, the first three books at one per month during the summer, allowing for an extended marketing and publicity campaign and cross-promotion. • Marie is active on social media and does incredible reader outreach. She has her own reader-con each year that takes readers to the real-life inspiration for Gansett Island—Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island, a place near and dear to Marie’s heart. • Increasingly, readers are drawn to brand name authors they trust and Marie Force is a true brand name in romance who is beloved by legions of fans.

MARKETING PLANS • Print and online advertising • Email marketing and features via Romance eNewsletter and Kensington’s kLovers • Select author appearances • Summer reads promotions • Series sell sheet • Giveaways and promotions in summer resort towns • Transit advertising on ferries and busses • Books on the Subway partnership • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Extended campaign and cross-promotion with Fool for Love (Zebra MM, 6/18) and Ready for Love (Zebra MM, 7/18) • Feature in Kensington’s Fresh Voices and New Series programs

Marie Force is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 contemporary romances, including the Gansett Island Series, which has sold nearly Three million books, and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books, which has sold 1.5 million books. In addition, she is the author of the Butler, Vermont Series, the Green Mountain Series and the erotic romance Quantum Series, written under the slightly modified name of M.S. Force. Altogether, her books have sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwide! Her goals in life are simple—to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can, and to never be on a flight that makes the news. Please visit her online at marieforce.com. © Pamela Sardinha


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LADY ROGUE The Royal Rewards Series Theresa Romain Praised for her witty, adventurous historical romances, fan-favorite bestselling author Theresa Romain delivers the third in her Royal Rewards series, a delightful combination of proper Regency characters engaging in perfectly improper behavior as they flaunt the Ton and commit larceny right beneath the eyes of the law. As far as London’s high society knows, Lady Isabel Morrow is above reproach. But the truth is rarely so simple. Though the young widow’s passionate fling with dashing Bow Street Runner Callum Jenks ended amicably months ago, she now needs his expertise. It seems Isabel’s late husband, a respected art dealer, was peddling forgeries. If those misdeeds are revealed, the marriage prospects of his younger cousin—now Isabel’s ward—will be ruined. For the second time, Isabel has upended Callum’s well-ordered world. He’s resolved to help her secretly replace the forgeries with the real masterpieces, as a…friend. A proper sort of friend doesn’t burn with desire, of course, or steal kisses on twilight errands. Or draw a willing lady into one passionate encounter after another. Isabel’s scheme is testing Callum’s heart as well as his loyalties. But with pleasure so intoxicating, the real crime would be to resist…

Praise for Theresa Romain Category: Historical Romance ISBN13: 978-1-4201-4543-4 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 368 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Pack: 48 Spine Size: 29/32 Author’s Residence: Witchita, KS eBook ISBN: 978-1-4201-4544-1 SALES HISTORY Zebra Mass Market Passion Favors the Bold 3/17 (978-1-4201-3867-2) Fortune Favors the Wicked 4/16 (978-1-4201-3865-8) Season For Desire 10/14/2017 (978-1-4201-3245-8)

“Rapier-sharp wit, dynamic characters, humor and action combine masterfully in this second Royal Rewards installment. Romain keeps her fans enthralled with a suspenseful story peppered with laugh-out-loud scenes and heated sexual tension. Loyal fans will treasure this keeper.”

—RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars, Top Pick, on Passion Favors the Bold “Thoroughly enjoyable…It’s just a beautifully written story about two people falling in love.”

—All About Romance on Passion Favors the Bold “Romain launches her new Royal Rewards series on a high note with this richly rewarding Regency tale, in which she brilliantly demonstrates her flair for creating one-of-a-kind protagonists who are not cut from the conventional bolt of romance-hero-and-heroine cloth.”

—Booklist, STARRED REVIEW, on Fortune Favors the Wicked Theresa Romain is the bestselling author of historical romances, including the Matchmaker trilogy, the Holiday Pleasures series, the Royal Rewards series, and the Romance of the Turf trilogy. Praised as “one of the rising stars of Regency historical romance” (Booklist), she has received a starred review from Booklist and was a 2016 RITA® finalist. A member of Romance Writers of America® and its Regency specialty chapter, The Beau Monde, Theresa is hard at work on her next novel from her home in the Midwest.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Will appeal to readers of Suzanne Enoch, Sabrina Jeffries, and Stephanie Laurens, who also write witty, skillfully researched, clever Regency romances. • Author maintains a lively blog and website and cross-promotes frequently with other Regency authors. • Regency romances with a hint of adventure and lots humor are a huge hit with romance readers and Theresa Romain’s brand of wit, charm, and light-hearted adventurous plot lines and vivid characters capture the demands of this audience completely. • Increasingly readers are drawn to Regency romance that includes characters operating outside the norm of upper-class circles. Lady Rogue’s plotlines involving art forgeries, art theft and Bow Street Runners are sure to prove enticing to readers. • Theresa’s previous Royal Rewards books, Fortune Favors the Wicked and Passion Favors the Bold, received terrific reviews. • Theresa Romain is also published by Sourcebooks Casablanca.

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MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Early reviewer promotions through Goodreads, NetGalley, and Kensington’s kLovers program • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach • Email and eNewsletter marketing • Social media advertising and promotion

RETURN TO WHISPERING PINES The Langtry Sisters Series Scarlett Dunn In Scarlett Dunn’s second installment of her heartfelt inspirational Langrty Sisters series, three sisters return home to beautiful, enigmatic Whispering Pines, Colorado, and discover the men who’ll claim their love. Adelaide Langtry may not be as beautiful as her sisters, but she has determination to spare. She’ll need it if she’s to succeed as a schoolteacher in her old hometown and care for the three abandoned siblings she brought from Boston. In Whispering Pines, Addie hopes to establish an orphanage, but she must also contend with her past, including her outlaw brother, Frank. Orphaned as a boy, Sheriff Jack Roper understands the turmoil faced by Addie’s young charges. Though he tells himself he has all the responsibility he needs, the handsome lawman is quickly charmed by the children, and by the spirited, generous woman intent on helping them. Still, he has his own duty—to capture Frank Langtry and bring him to justice. When the children’s safety is endangered, Addie and Jack realize how much they’ve come to care for them, and each other. Keeping their ready-made family together is the greatest challenge they’ve known—but it could also be the greatest blessing…

Praise for Scarlett Dunn “Dunn in a talented author who has brought new and refreshing ideas to the historical romance genre.” Category: Romance ISBN13: 978-1-4201-4450-5 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 352 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 27/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Shelbyville, KY eBook ISBN: 978-1-4201-4451-2 SALES HISTORY Zebra Mass Market Whispering Pines 8/17 (978-1-4201-4448-2) Christmas at Dove Creek 11/16 (978-1-4201-4223-5) Last Promise 11/16 (978-1-4201-3893-1)

—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars, on Last Promise “Promise is a brave, resilient heroine of faith…[in] Dunn’s subtly inspirational Western romance.”

—Booklist, STARRED REVIEW, Top 10 Inspirational Fiction, on Finding Promise “This one swept me off my feet…I didn’t want it to end.”

—First for Women on Last Promise “Dunn intersperses enough action and love in this faith-filled inspirational to soften the hardest of hearts.”

—Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW, on Christmas at Dove Creek Scarlett Dunn lives in Kentucky surrounded by all manner of wildlife, and enjoys long “God walks” where most inspiration strikes. Possessing an adventurous spirit, and a love of history, particularly the pioneers of the West, she has a special place in her heart for all cowboys, past and present. Readers can visit her website scarlettdunn.com.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Set in the 1870s in Colorado, Return to Whispering Pines will appeal to fans of inspirational historical romance. It will also appeal to fans of Western historical romance and those who enjoy “sweeter” stories by authors such as Jodi Thomas and Kaki Warner. • Booklist named Finding Promise (Zebra MM, 1/16) a Top 10 Inspirational Fiction Novel of the Year. • With the inspirational market dominated by Amish fiction, this historical Western series provides an alternative for readers looking for something different for an inspirational read while still retaining the appeal for the Christian market.

MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Kensington Bouquet marketing campaign and outreach to Christian readers • Early reviewer promotions through Goodreads, NetGalley, and Kensington’s kLovers program • Email marketing and eNewsletter promotions • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach • Cross-promotion with Christmas in Whispering Pines (Zebra MM, 10/18)


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DON’T CALL ME CUPCAKE The Holloway Girls Series Tara Sheets Gifted baker/cupcake shop owner Emma Holloway, who can infuse emotions into her delicious treats, and her sassy cousin Juliette must whip up the perfect spell to win their town’s annual summer festival contract and make her handsome rival, Hunter Kane, leave forever. This whimsical cupcake-themed romance is the delicious debut of award-winning author Tara Sheets! Most families have a favorite recipe or two, handed down through generations. The Holloway women are not part of most families. Emma Holloway, like her grandmother before her, bakes wishes into her delicious cupcakes, granting the recipient comfort, sweet dreams, or any number of good things. It’s a strange gift, but it brings only happiness. Until gorgeous, sweet-talking newcomer Hunter Kane strolls into her shop, Fairy Cakes—and Emma mistakenly sells him not one, but three Sweet Success cupcakes. Hunter, it turns out, is opening a fancy new restaurant and bakery right on the waterfront and is now Emma’s competition. To make matters worse, the town committee has decided to split the upcoming summer festival contract between the two, forcing Emma to work with her charming nemesis. However, she can’t afford to split her profits. The solution: create a recipe that will make Hunter leave town permanently.

Category: Contemporary Romance ISBN13: 978-1-4201-4626-4 U.S./Canadian Price: $4.99/$5.99 Rights: World English Pages: 304 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Pack: 48 Spine Size: 3/4 Author’s Residence: Issaquah, WA eBook ISBN: 978-1-4201-4627-1

The Holloway charms are powerful. But there are other kinds of magic in the world—like red-hot first kisses, secret glances, and the feeling that comes with falling truly, madly, inconveniently in love… Tara Sheets is an award-winning author, a lover of fairytales and a staunch believer in happily ever after. She enjoys writing women’s fiction and lighthearted romance with a splash of magic.Tara holds a BA in Communications and is a graduate of the University of Washington’s Popular Fiction Writing Program. Don’t Call Me Cupcake won the 2016 Golden Heart® sponsored by Romance Writers of America. Tara now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her book-loving family and a book-eating dog named Merlin. Please visit her online at tarasheets.com.

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MARKETING PLANS

• Winner of RWA’s 2016 Golden Heart® Award, Don’t Call Me Cupcake is the first in a smartly written, charming new romance series featuring a cupcake shop in the Pacific Northwest and an adorable heroine who knows how to put a little magic into her baking. •D on’t Call Me Cupcake will be followed in October 2018 by Don’t Touch My Petunia, and in February 2019 by Don’t Give Me Butterflies. •W hile it does have a touch of paranormal magic in it, Don’t Call Me Cupcake is a lighthearted romance with a small-town, contemporary setting. It’s perfect for rom-com fans and will draw comparisons to You’ve Got Mail. •T ara Sheets is an active member of RWA. She lives in the Pacific Northwest where this series is set.

• Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Early reviewer promotions through Goodreads, NetGalley, and Kensington’s kLovers program • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach to romance reviewers • Outreach to local bookstores and libraries for in-person events • Author appearances and promotions at select conventions • Featured in Kensington’s Fresh Voices and New Series marketing campaigns • Email marketing and eNewsletter promotions • Social media advertising and promotions • Cross-promotion with Don’t Touch My Petunia (Zebra Shout MM, 10/18)

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Zebra Shout Mass Market | MAY 2018

WHEN BRUCE MET CYN Lori Foster You first met Bruce Kelly in New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster’s steamy novel, The Secret Life of Bryan. Now, Bruce comes into his own—and a whole lot of trouble— when he falls for a woman who is nothing like he is, but she’s everything he wants… Bruce Kelly has spent most of his life helping people who are down on their luck, guiding them toward making better lives. He understands that everyone makes mistakes, even if he’s never actually done anything but color inside the lines. Nobody’s perfect, but Bruce is about to meet a woman who’s perfect for him, even though she’s everything he’s not. He’s determined to show her he can be trusted. If that means being an absolute gentleman at all times, so be it. No matter how many cold showers it takes… Cyn Potter is a survivor, with a sassy, gallows wit and a fierce independent streak to show for it. She’s used to men wanting only one thing, and she’s done with big bad wolves in sheep’s clothing. But Bruce is different. Totally hands off. Sometimes she sees a hint of fire in his eyes, but he treats her with the respect she’s always wanted. Yet, truthfully, he’s a guy worth letting down a few defenses for…along with a few other things. Maybe somebody needs to help Bruce discover just how perfect being imperfect can be…

Repackage Reissue

Praise for Lori Foster “A Lori Foster book is like a glass of good champagne—sexy and sparkling!”

—Jayne Ann Krentz Category: Romance ISBN13: 978-1-4201-4642-4 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 352 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 27/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Columbus, OH eBook ISBN: 978-1-4201-2183-4 SALES HISTORY Zebra Mass Market Repack/Reissue Murphy’s Law 5/17 (978-1-4201-3968-6) Jude’s Law 11/16 (978-1-4201-3966-2) Too Much Temptation 10/16 (978-1-4201-4143-6) PUBLISHING HISTORY Zebra Mass Market 7/4 (978-0-8217-7513-4)

“Filled with Foster’s trademark wit, humor, and sensuality.”

—Booklist on Jaime “Foster outwrites most of her peers…”

—Library Journal “Lori Foster is a funny, steamy, guaranteed good read! Say YES! to Lori Foster.”

—Elizabeth Lowell “Smart, sexy, engaging characters. The pages sizzle!”

—Christine Feehan Lori Foster is a USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and New York Times bestselling author. She has received the RT Book Reviews’ Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy and for Contemporary Romance; Amazon’s top-selling romance title for Too Much Temptation; Amazon’s Top Ten editors’ picks in romance for Causing Havoc; the BGI group’s “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance for The Secret Life of Bryan, “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” for Jude’s Law, “Bestselling Romantic Suspense” for Back in Black; and Amazon’s #1 Editors’ Pick in Romance for Servant: The Acceptance. Lori has been featured as a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle, and the USA Today “Quick Cross” puzzle. As well as writing a variety of romances in all lengths for multiple publishers, Lori has a successful urban fantasy series under the name L. L. Foster. Visit Lori at her website LoriFoster.com.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Lori Foster is a Publishers Weekly, New York Times, and USA Today bestselling author whose popularity as a brand-name author is only growing. • Lori Foster is one of the hottest names in contemporary romance. She has twice received the RT Book Reviews’ Career Achievement Award. • Lori Foster does a fantastic job with reader outreach and hosts her own Reader’s Weekend each year.

MARKETING PLANS • Online advertising • Social media advertising, promotions and giveaways • Email marketing • Target new reader reviews via platforms such as Goodreads, NetGalley, and Kensington’s kLovers

MAY 2018 | Zebra Mass Market Repackage Reissue

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YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE TARA The Maxwell Sisters Series Leah Marie Brown After losing her lavish lifestyle, spoiled Southern Belle Tara Butler finds herself pulled into a thinly-veiled matchmaking scheme between ex-soldier and childhood friend Aidan O’Mara, and smooth-talking, handsome businessman Rafe Langston in order to inherit herbeloved aunt’s rambling Irish home in the second installment of award-winning author Leah Marie Brown’s new contemporary romance series. Tara Butler was born under a lucky star, enjoying a life of leisure in beautiful, historic Charleston, South Carolina. But luck, and family fortunes, have a way of running out. Suddenly Tara is left with only one place to turn—her late aunt’s country home in north-west Ireland. The catch: to claim her inheritance Tara must agree to live in Castle Tásúildun for three months. With two other potential heirs. And choose one to be co-owner of the estate. Tara sees right through her aunt’s matchmaking scheme, and she’s not willing to share Castle Tásúildun with anyone. If charm doesn’t get rid of her rivals, she’ll find some other way to drive Aidan Gallagher and Rhys Burroughes away. But as God is her witness, both men are infernally stubborn. Aidan, once her carefree childhood friend, is now an army veteran desperate for the peace the castle offers. Rhys, a smooth-talking businessman, plans to preserve the ramshackle property by transforming it into a luxury hotel. Tara, for the first time, is realizing that frankly, she does give a damn—about others’ happiness as well as her own. But is she ready to open her home—not to mention her heart—to the possibility of an epic adventure? Category: Contemporary Romance ISBN13: 978-1-5161-0114-6 U.S./Canadian Price: $4.99/$5.99 Rights: World Pages: 352 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 27/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Santa Rosa Beach, FL eBook ISBN: 978-1-5161-0117-7 SALES HISTORY Lyrical Press Mass Market Dreaming of Manderley 1/18 (978-1-5161-0113-9)

Praise for Dreaming of Manderley “Humor, heat, and a sexy Frenchman…Brown’s nod to Daphne du Maurier’s classic is a winner!”

—#1 New York Times bestseller Helen Hardt “Poignant, character-driven storytelling at its finest.”

—Renee Ryan, Daphne du Maurier Award-Winning Author Leah Marie Brown has worked as a journalist and photographer. An avid traveler, she has had adventures and mishaps from Paris to Tokyo. She doesn’t buy cheesy tee-shirts or useless bric-a-brac, but prefers friendships and memories as souvenirs from her travels. She lives a bike ride away from the white sand beaches of Florida’s Emerald Coast with her husband, children, and pampered poodles. She is hard at work on her next novel, but loves to hear from readers. Please visit her website at leahmariebrown.com. You can also visit her blogs leahmariebrownhistoricals.blogspot.com and leahmariebrown.blogspot.com, and follow her on Twitter @18thCFrance and @leahmariebrown.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Leah Marie Brown’s fun, chatty style is a perfect match for Kensington’s contemporary romance list. • The book is perfect for fans of Irish history and beautiful rural settings. • Essentially, it is a riches-to-rag-to-riches story for fans of romantic love triangles. • Leah Marie Brown will be one of the authors featured in Fern Michaels’ Christmas anthology Winter Wishes (Zebra MM, 11/17). • Besides working as a reporter for a Pulitzer Prize—winning newspaper, a television broadcaster and a photographer, the author also wrote the award-winning historical novel, Silence in the Mist (Eternal Press, 7/11).

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MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Lyrical Press Mass Market marketing campaign • Early reviewer promotions through Goodreads, NetGalley, and Kensington’s kLovers program • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach to romance reviewers • Email and eNewsletter promotion • Targeted outreach to Gone with the Wind fans and readers interested in Ireland • Social media advertising and promotion • Outreach to fans of Leah Marie Brown’s It Girls series of contemporary romances • Cross-promotion between Lyrical Mass Market and Zebra Shout programs

THE UNYIELDING The Call of Crows Series Shelly Laurenston New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelly Laurenston capitalizes on her trademark humor and kick ass attitude in this third installment of the Call of Crows series, which features a band of tough-as-nails female warriors resurrected from the dead and the alpha males who aren’t afraid to give them a taste of their own medicine. As USAToday.com puts it, “Laurenston has a gift with words and humor.” Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has big problems. The human Viking Clans of earth are in danger of being obliterated—along with the rest of the world—and the only one who may be able to save them is a super pain-in-the-ass Crow. Most people annoy Stieg, but this is the one woman he really can’t stand… Erin Amsel loves being a Crow! Why wouldn’t she when the other Viking Clans are so hilariously arrogant and humorless? She’s not about to let all that come to an end! She just didn’t expect to be shoulder to shoulder in battle with Stieg. Then again, he’s so easy to torment—and also kind of cute. With the future of the world riding on them, Stieg knows he’ll have to put aside his desperate need to kiss the smirk right off Erin’s face. Wait. What? He didn’t mean that—did he? No! They have one goal: To conquer the idiots. Because nothing bugs Stieg more than when idiots win. If only he can keep himself from suddenly acting like one… Category: Paranormal Romance ISBN13: 978-1-61773-515-8 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World English Pages: 400 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 31/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: El Segundo, CA eBook ISBN: 978-1-61773-514-1 SALES HISTORY Kensington Mass Market The Undoing 2/17 (978-1-61773-511-0) The Unleashing 3/16 (978-1-61773-507-3) PUBLISHING HISTORY Kensington Trade Paperback 4/17 (978-1-61773-513-4)

Praise for Shelly Laurenston’s Call of Crows Series “Laurenston’s trademark blend of action, earthy humor, magic, and romance is on full display. Her characters enjoy profane language, screwball comedy, and lusty bedroom antics at every opportunity, while advancing a fast-paced, satisfying, and often deadly serious story.”

—Publishers Weekly on The Unleashing “No one does the weird and wacky better than Laurenston!”

—RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars, Top Pick, on The Unyielding “Seriously Fun.”

—Smart Bitches, Trashy Books on The Unyielding Shelly Laurenston is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Pride, Call of Crows, and The Honey Badgers series, as well as winner of the RT Book Reviews Readers’ Choice Award for her 2016 novel, The Undoing. When she’s not writing about sexy wolf, honey badger, lion, and other fang-filled predators, she’s writing about sexy dragons as G.A. Aiken, the acclaimed and bestselling author of the Dragon Kin series. Originally from Long Island, she now lives on the West Coast and spends most of her time writing and making sure her rescued Pit Bull doesn’t love everyone into a coma. Please visit her online at ShellyLaurenston.com.

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• Following up on the success of her bestselling Pride series, Shelly Laurenston’s Call of Crows series focuses on a new group of heroines with all the tough-talking attitude, humor and heat that have made her a fan favorite. • Laurenston’s Pride series has sold over half a million eBooks. • Shelly is also the author G.A. Aiken, creator of the Dragon Kin series. • In addition to the central romance, the Call of Crows series focuses on the bond of female friendship between the Crows, which readers have been responding to with great enthusiasm. • Shelly Laurenston is a titan of paranormal romance who commands an army of fans. • Shelly Laurenston won the 2016 RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award for Paranormal Worldbuilding.

• Print, online, and social media advertising • Online content and shareable graphics • Email and eNewsletter marketing • Social media advertising and promotion • Publicity outreach for new reader reviews on retailer sites and Goodreads via NetGalley • Cross-promotion with Hot and Badgered (Kensington TP, 4/18)

MAY 2018 | Kensington Mass Market

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MURDER IN THE LOCKED LIBRARY A Book Retreat Mystery Ellery Adams Jane Steward, owner of the Storyton Hall book lover’s resort, must pause her plan to build a luxurious, relaxing spa named in honor of Walt Whitman. Now she will don her detective hat to uncover a hidden killer when a guest meets an untimely end upon unearthing unusual bones and the remnants of a very old book, in the fourth installment of New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams’ Book Retreat Mystery series. With her twins, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, back in school, Jane Steward can finally focus on her work again—managing Storyton Hall, and breaking ground on the resort’s latest attraction: a luxurious, relaxing spa named in honor of Walt Whitman. But when the earth is dug up to start laying the spa’s foundation, something else comes to the surface—a collection of unusual bones and the ragged remnants of a very old book. The attendees of the Rare Book Conference are eager to assist Jane with this unexpected historical mystery—until a visitor meets an untimely end in the Henry James Library. As the questions—and suspects—start stacking up, Jane will have to uncover a killer before more unhappy endings ensue…

Praise for Murder in the Mystery Suite “[A] very original debut mystery by an experienced author…[A] suspenseful and compelling read.” Category: Mystery ISBN13: 978-1-4967-1563-0 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World English Pages: 304 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 3/4 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Chapel Hill, NC eBook ISBN: 978-1-4967-1564-7

—Kings River Life Magazine “[A] clever plot, a likable and intrepid heroine, and a strong sense of place.”

—Richmond Times-Dispatch “Adams makes Storyton Hall come to life…Readers will relish the way Ellery Adams weaves together books, mystery, and fantasy.”

—Fresh Fiction “Book lovers are going to come for a visit and never want to leave…One fabulous story.”

—Escape with Dollycas into a Good Book “Adams has a new hit series on her hands…If you love cozy mysteries and books, this is the perfect series for you.”

—Girl Lost in a Book “Adams has skillfully crafted a fantastical world for bibliophiles. as well as a puzzling cozy mystery…[A] fabulous start to a new series.”

—Book of Secrets

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KEY SELLING POINTS • This is the fourth book in Ellery Adams’ bestselling Book Retreat Mystery series, which was previously published by Berkley. • The first Book Retreat Mystery, Murder in the Mystery Suite (Berkley 8/14) was a #11 New York Times bestseller. • Kensington is launching Ellery Adams’ brand-new Secret, Book & Scone Society Mysteries series in hardcover in November 2017. • Bibliophiles will love the quirky references to literary luminaries throughout the book. • A mystery within a mystery, readers will follow the story’s heroine as she puts her book smarts to test for a historical mystery unlike any other!

MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Author appearances and promotions at select conventions • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach to outlets covering mysteries • Offer bibliophile themed giveaways to bloggers • Connect with local North Carolina media regarding review opportunities • Email marketing and features via Killer Cozies eNewsletter and HobbyReads.com • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Pitch stories to outlets that cover cozy mysteries • Early reviewer promotions through NetGalley and Goodreads • Cross-promotion with The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Kensington TP, 8/18)

Ellery Adams has written over 30 mystery novels and can’t imagine spending a day away from the keyboard. Ms. Adams, a native New Yorker, has had a lifelong love affair with stories, food, rescue animals, and large bodies of water. When not working on her next novel, she bakes, gardens, spoils her three cats, and spends far too much time on Pinterest. She lives with her husband and two children (a.k.a. the Trolls) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina For more information, please visit elleryadamsmysteries.com. © Julie Renee Photography


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DEATH OF A COOKBOOK AUTHOR A Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery Lee Hollis Hayley Powell, a small town food and wine columnist who finds herself on the wrong side of a deadline when murder turns up on the menu, is back for another case of sleuthing! While she will be cooking alongside top chefs at a cookbook author’s party, a killer plans to ruin her appetite… When Hayley’s idol, cookbook author and TV personality Penelope Janice, invites her to participate in a Fourth of July celebrity cook-off at her seaside estate in Seal Harbor, Maine, Hayley couldn’t be more flattered. She just hopes she can measure up. With a who’s who of famous chefs whipping up their signature dishes, this holiday weekend has all the ingredients for a once-in-a-lifetime culinary experience. Instead, Hayley gets food poisoning her first night and thinks she overhears two people cooking up a murder plot. The next morning, a body is found at the bottom of a cliff. Tragic accident or foul play? To solve a real cliffhanger, Hayley will need to uncover some simmering secrets—before a killer boils over again…

Praise for Lee Hollis and the Hayley Powell Mystery Series “Entertaining, this series is pure fun…Even at the end, the twists keep coming. Delicious recipes also included.” Category: Mystery ISBN13: 978-1-4967-1384-1 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 320 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 25/32 Pack: 48 Authors’ Residences: Palm Springs, CA (Copp); NC (Simason) eBook ISBN: 978-1-4967-1385-8 SALES HISTORY Kensington Mass Market Death of a Lobster Lover 7/17 (978-1-4967-0256-2) Death of a Pumpkin Carver 9/16 (978-1-4967-0254-8) Death of a Bacon Heiress 4/16 (978-1-4967-0252-4)

—RT Book Reviews on Death of a Lobster Lover “Well-written…the story will keep any reader’s attention. After reading just one and meeting these hysterical characters there is no doubt that you’ll go back.”

—Suspense Magazine on Death of a Pumpkin Carver “A snappy pace, fun characters and a clever plot. A tasty entrée for the culinary cozy crowd.”

—Library Journal on Death of a Country Fried Redneck Lee Hollis is the pen name for a brother and sister writing team. Rick Copp is a veteran film and television writer/producer and also the author of two other mystery novel series. He lives in Palm Springs, California. Holly Simason is an award-winning food and cocktails columnist living in North Carolina. You may visit their website at LeeHollisMysteries.com.

KEY SELLING POINTS • This is the 10th installment in the popular Hayley Powell Mystery series, which appeals to fans of food mysteries as well as small town cozies with eccentric characters. • In August 2018, Kensington will launch a new hardcover cozy mystery series by Lee Hollis, which will be published in addition to future Hayley Powell installments. • Includes seven delectable recipes from Hayley’s kitchen! • Audio rights have sold for the first six books in the series. • Lee Hollis’ books regularly hit the Barnes & Noble bestseller lists.

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MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Social media advertising, promotion, and giveaways • Email marketing and features via Killer Cozies eNewsletter and HobbyReads.com • Early reviewer promotions through NetGalley and Goodreads • Regional events

BLEEDING TARTS A Pie Town Mystery Kirsten Weiss This baker and sleuth better keep her eyes on the pies! Mix murder with a handful of suspects and a pinch of possible motives, and you have the perfect recipe for a delicious culinary cozy mystery! When small-town pie-shop owner Valentine Harris discovers a dead body, the enterprising baker and her amateur sleuthing club must find the killer in the second book in Kirsten Weiss’ Pie Town Mystery series. Old West ghost towns are as American as apple pie, so what better place to sponsor a pie-eating contest than the Bar X, a fake ghost town available for exclusive private events on the edge of Silicon Valley. Valentine Harris is providing the pies, hoping to boost business for her struggling Pie Town shop and become a regular supplier for Bar X, but no sooner does she arrive in town than a stray bullet explodes the cherry pie in her hands. Val finds out that the delicious dessert is not the only victim when she discovers the Bar X bartender shot dead in an alley. Egged on by her flaky friend and piecrust specialist, Charlene, Val aims to draw out the shooter. But solving a real murder in a fake ghost town won’t be easy as pie. And if Val doesn’t watch her back, her pies won’t be the only thing filled full of lead… Kirsten Weiss writes genre-blending novels: urban fantasy/mystery, steampunk/suspense, and cozy mysteries. The mix just makes things more fun! Kirsten has never met a dessert she didn’t like, and her guilty pleasures are watching Ghost Whisperer reruns and drinking red wine. She lives in San Mateo, California and can be found online at kirstenweiss.com. Category: Mystery ISBN13: 978-1-4967-0897-7 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 320 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 25/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: San Mateo, CA eBook ISBN: 978-1-4967-0900-4 SALES HISTORY Kensington Mass Market The Quiche and the Dead 11/17 (978-1-4967-0896-0)

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• This is the second installment in Weiss’ new series featuring a small town pie shop. Food-based mysteries are one of the most popular themes for cozy mystery readers and the Pie Town Mystery series will appeal to fans of Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen, Laura Bradford’s Emergency Dessert Squad, Jenn McKinlay’s Cupcake Bakery, and Ellery Adams’ Charmed Pie Shoppe. • Kirsten is an experienced author, having first gained a fan base with The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mysteries (Midnight Ink) and the Riga Hayworth Paranormal Mysteries (self-published). • Everybody loves pie, and this delectable story includes original recipes for readers to enjoy.

• Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Author appearances and promotions at select conventions • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach to outlets covering mystery books and baking • Regional media outreach in Northern California • Email marketing and features via Killer Cozies eNewsletter and HobbyReads.com • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Early reviewer promotions through NetGalley and Goodreads • Cross-promotion with The Quiche and the Dead (Kensington MM, 11/17)


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MURDER MOST FERMENTED A Rose Avenue Wine Club Mystery Christine E. Blum When former New Yorker Annie “Halsey” Hall unearths the body of an elderly woman while aerating her new SoCal vineyard, she must team up with the women of the Rose Avenue Wine Club–accompanied by her enthusiastic yellow Lab, Bardot–to pour over a list of suspects and find the killer in Christine E. Blum’s second installment in the Rose Avenue Wine Club Mystery series! When New York transplant Annie “Halsey” Hall starts digging for her tiny SoCal dream vineyard off Rose Avenue, the last thing she expects to unearth is an elderly woman. Between decanting chardonnays and rosés, Halsey and the women of the Wine Club pour over the list of suspects. Could the old woman have bottlenecked her great grandson’s latest scheme? Was it a case of super sour grapes with the local historical society? Or did a devious developer close a killer deal? Christine E. Blum, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, was raised in the major cities of Europe including Paris, Brussels, and London. She currently lives in Southern California with a famous yellow Lab, known as “Bardot the Diving Dog.” Readers can visit Christine’s website at christineeblum.com.

Category: Mystery ISBN13: 978-1-4967-1212-7 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 256 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 5/8 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Los Angeles, CA eBook ISBN: 978-1-4967-1213-4 SALES HISTORY Kensington Mass Market Full Bodied Murder 12/17 (978-1-4967-1210-3)

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Rose Avenue Wine Club series offers triple threat appeal—wine, humor, and dogs. • Each book includes wine tips at the end of each book, as well as a breakdown of the wines that were sipped during the unfolding of the novel. • Christine E. Blum’s yellow Lab, Bardot, named after the French film star, Brigitte Bardot, is a social media superstar. She’s known on the web as “Bardot the Diving Dog.” Bardot has appeared on the Animal Planet show, Who Let the Dogs Out, and was featured in the New York Times bestseller Underwater Dogs. She also has a Facebook fan page, and a website bardotthedivingdog.com.

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MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Partnerships and outreach to oenophile outlets, wine blogs, etc. • Blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach to outlets covering mysteries • Offer wine themed giveaways to bloggers • Email marketing and features via Killer Cozies eNewsletter and HobbyReads.com • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Cross-promotion with Full Bodied Murder (Kensington MM, 12/17)

EXPIRATION DATE A Cook-Off Mystery Devon Delaney Inspired by her own experiences in the world of competitive cooking, Pillsbury Bakeoff alum Devon Delaney debuts with the first in a new cozy mystery series featuring recently divorced 30-something Sherry Frazzelle, whose passion for cooking competitions sets her on the trail of a murderer—with the help of her Jack Russell terrier, Chutney. After a short-lived marriage, Sherry Frazzelle is living the single life to the fullest in her little Connecticut town, accompanied by her Jack Russell terrier, Chutney. Her new passion is competitive cooking, but these competitions bring out the best and worst in their participants. If the components get too heated, too spicy, or too overdone, murder may be the only thing served up and that isn’t easy to swallow… With contestants from Maine to California and a ten-thousand-dollar prize at stake, Sherry’s latest competition, hosted by the CEO of an organic food company, is sure to be heated. But she’s more than ready to step up to the stove. After all, she did win the award for Most Creative Cupcake back in high-school. Today, she’s hoping her flavorful pork tenderloin will sway the judges. Instead, it seems someone’s decided to slay one of the judges… After Chef Birns falls face first into the Seafood Flatbread Pizza, Sherry’s dish is deemed suspicious. Now she’ll have to stir through a stew of rule-breaking, corruption, and gossip to get herself off the chopping block, and find out who turned this food fight fatal… Category: Mystery ISBN13: 978-1-4967-1443-5 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 304 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 3/4 Pack:48 Author’s Residence: Westport, CT eBook ISBN: 978-1-4967-1444-2

Devon Delaney is a wife, mother of three, accomplished cooking contester, recent empty nester, and lifelong resident of the Northeast. She has been handsomely rewarded for her recipe innovation over the last twenty-plus years, including a full kitchen of major appliances, top cash prizes, and four trips to Disney World. She has also won the Grand Prize in a national writing contest for her “foodie” poem “Ode to Pork Passion.”

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• With two decades of experience in the world of competitive cooking, Devon Delaney was inspired to write this series by her experiences in competitions such as the Pillsbury Bake-Off and Chopped. Readers will love getting a look at the inner workings of a cooking competition, where success is not unlike writing a great book–it depends on a catchy title, a solid theme and content creativity that is all constructed within a beginning, middle, and glorious ending. • The popularity of TV food competitions prove the marketplace is sizzling for this subject matter. • Expiration Date will appeal to fans of culinary mysteries as well as Pies & Peril by Janel Gradowski and the Chili Cook-Off Mystery series by Kylie Logan. • Delaney belongs to a number of groups that will provide a broad base for marketing and exposure of her books, including Cooking Contest Central, United Stated Tennis Association, Piping Rock Country Club and Silvermine Arts League.

• Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Featured author at Kensington’s CozyClub: New England 2018 event • Regional events • Outreach to competitive cooking organizations • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Feature in Kensington’s Fresh Voices and New Series marketing campaigns • Email marketing and features via Killer Cozies eNewsletter and HobbyReads.com • Early reviewer promotions through NetGalley and Goodreads • Cross-promotion with Final Roasting Place (Kensington MM, 10/18)


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MOTHER’S DAY, MUFFINS, AND MURDER An Ellie Avery Mystery Sara Rosett In the bestselling tradition of cozy mysteries by Denise Swanson, M. C. Beaton, and Hank Phillippi Ryan, Sara Rosett has captured her readers’ hearts with her savvy sleuth Ellie Avery—military wife, stay-at-home mom, and organizing expert. Savvy sleuthing, organizing tips, and rival organizer drama add up to a page-turning read. As a regular volunteer at North Dawkins Elementary, Ellie would never miss the annual Mother’s Day breakfast—even if she has to tolerate the likes of Gabrielle Matheson. The rivals aren’t exactly sworn enemies, although Ellie still thinks there’s only room for one professional organizer in their small Georgia town. But when Ellie sees Gabrielle in the hallway, she’s a mess. It looks like Gabrielle’s seen a ghost—or, as she explains, a dead body inside the supply closet. But before Ellie can get help the body vanishes…only to mysteriously reappear later at the school. Little is known about the victim, a secretive snoop with a nosy nature and a penchant for keeping quiet about her own past. Ellie will leave no desk unturned to protect her kids and expose the cunning criminal’s identity. Because if she doesn’t, the killer may chalk up another textbook case of murder…

Praise for The Ellie Avery Mystery Series Category: Mystery ISBN13: 978-1-61773-151-8 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 320 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 25/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Houston, TX eBook ISBN: 978-1-61773-152-5 SALES HISTORY Kensington Mass Market Marriage, Monsters-in-Law and Murder 3/17 (978-1-61773-148-8) Moving is Murder 6/16 (978-1-4967-0528-0) Milkshakes, Mermaids, and Murder 10/13 (978-0-7582-6922-5) PUBLISHING HISTORY Kensington Hardcover 4/17 (978-1-61773-151-8)

“Sometimes, a story with an average person solving a mystery can result in a character becoming annoying with incessant questions and amateur sleuthing that leads nowhere. But Rosett’s latest Ellie Avery mystery is less about solving a mystery and more about finding out the truth. The story becomes more about a woman trying to protect her family, and that’s a message most of us can relate to.”

—RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars, on Milkshakes, Mermaids, & Murder “A winning mystery…a rumor of hidden money, secret letters from a famous recluse, a fire, a threatening message, and a crazed gunman add to the cozy mischief.”

—Publishers Weekly on Mimosas, Mischief, and Murder “Hyperorganized Ellie is an engaging heroine, always ready with tips for ordering your life.”

—Kirkus Reviews on Magnolias, Moonlight, and Murder Sara Rosett, born and raised in Amarillo, Texas, is the wife of an Air Force pilot. She and her husband live in Houston, Texas, with their two children and dog. Sara is the author of nine previous Ellie Avery mysteries. Her writing has also appeared in Chicken Soup for the Military Wife’s Soul. Sara is a member of Sisters in Crime, Girlfriends Book Club blog, and the Deadly Divas, who are four nice women who happen to write about murder. Please visit her website sararosett.com, or connect with Sara on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Goodreads.

KEY SELLING POINTS • The tenth book in the Ellie Avery Mystery (originally the Mom Zone Mystery series) comes just in time for Mother’s Day and makes a great gift for cozy mystery-loving moms! • Rosett and fellow mystery writers Laura Bradford, Denise Swanson, Marcia Talley, and Heather Webber (collectively “The Deadly Divas”) have created thedeadlydivas.com, and travel together to promote their books. • Mistletoe, Merriment, and Murder by Sara Rosett was a Finalist in the Thriller/Mystery category of the 2013 Military Writer’s Society of America Book Awards. It was under consideration for a Bronze, Silver, or Gold award. • All books in series include heroine Ellie Avery’s tips on organizing.

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MARKETING PLANS • Online advertising • Mother’s Day promotions and publicity outreach • Email marketing and feature in Kensington eNewsletters • Social media advertising and promotions

STRATEGIC SEDUCTION Cheris Hodges For fans of Brenda Jackson, Cheris Hodges dazzles with memorable romance and sizzling heat in her latest novel featuring two headstrong characters–the heir of a hotel empire and a PR pro–who come together for business and pleasure… Alicia Michaels needs a major career reboot, so she has no time for romance. But starting over in Atlanta is an uphill battle for the cautious PR rep—especially after she teams up with wealthy Richmond Crawford on a make-or-break project. For one thing, the risk-taking entrepreneur is nothing like the staid businessman he used to be. For another, she and Richmond can’t see eye-to-eye on anything—except that the reckless attraction between them is sizzling, off-the-charts trouble… Playing by the rules got Richmond betrayal from his rich family—and shattering heartbreak. He’s got to prove he can be his own man, so keeping things strictly-business with Alicia is the smart play. Still, even their conflicts only make Richmond want more of her honesty and courage. But a shocking revelation will endanger everything they’re fighting to build. And making things right could be the final deal breaker…

Praise for Cheris Hodges “Hodges (Love After War) infuses this contemporary with complex and vivid love, friendship, and loyalty…The nonstop intrigue, romance, and smart dialogue will keep readers enthralled.”

—Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW, Rumor Has It “Once again, she delivers a winner for a great romantic read.” Category: Contemporary Romance ISBN13: 978-1-4967-0930-1 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 384 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 15/16 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Charlotte, NC eBook ISBN: 978-1-4967-0931-8 SALES HISTORY Dafina Mass Market Deadly Rumors 11/17 (978-1-4967-0928-8) His Sexy Bad Habit 3/16 (978-1-4967-0700-0) I Heard a Rumor 12/15 (978-1-61773-381-9)

—USAToday.com on I Heard A Rumor “Another fun, dramatic Southern romance from a rising star author that will satisfy readers, especially fans of Kimberla Lawson Roby.”

—Booklist on I Heard A Rumor “Hodges…knows what romance readers want.”

—Library Journal on I Heard A Rumor Cheris Hodges is the author of over 20 romance novels and always looks for love stories in the most unusual places. The 1999 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University is a freelance journalist and winner of the NC Press Association’s community journalism award. She lives in North Carolina and can be found online at CherisHodges.net.

KEY SELLING POINTS • Cheris Hodges’ fresh, modern stories about men and women in love appeal to women’s fiction readers and fans of authors such as Brenda Jackson. Her edgy characters also appeal to readers of urban fiction. • Cheris Hodges was named Romance Author of the Year at the 2016 AAMBC Literary Awards. • Rumor Has It, the first book in Hodges’ Rumor series, was shortlisted for the prestigious ALA Reading List. • Publishers Weekly named Deadly Rumors a Top 10 Romance Pick for Fall 2017. • Familiar characters from No Other Lover Will Do, Love After War, and His Sexy Bad Habit will appear in this book.

MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Email and eNewsletter marketing • Early reviewer promotions through Goodreads, NetGalley, and Kensington’s kLovers program • Select author events • Social media advertising and promotions


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THE BOSS The Justice Hustlers Series Aya de León Aya de León’s Justice Hustlers series has been described as “a rallying cry” (The Washington Post) and praised for its “poetic and savvy descriptions of women’s inner and external challenges that are reminiscent of Sister Souljah’s or Ntozake Shange’s work” (Bitch Magazine). Now available in mass market, Aya de León’s second novel features a former escort turned head of a women’s health clinic who is about to show the local mob who’s the real boss. Tyesha Couvillier will never forget the rip-offs and brutal treatment she endured as a sex worker. So as the new director of the groundbreaking Lower East Side Women’s Health Clinic, she’ll take on the Ukranian mob and corrupt strip club bosses to stop local exotic dancers from being pressured into selling sex. And if she and her crew can pull off an elaborate heist, the evidence they steal could upend this vicious game—and give exploited women a chance at justice… But suddenly Tyesha’s traumatic past and high-drama family are back on the scene—and turning up the heat to explosive. With a notorious celebrity ex-lover out to win back her heart, and a drug kingpin from her Chicago past in the mix, crucial scams go dead-wrong, and buried secrets bring wrenching betrayal. Now this fiercely compassionate beauty must gamble on tricks she never dared to protect those she loves—and survive to carry on the fight.

Praise for The Boss Category: Fiction ISBN13: 978-1-4967-0476-4 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 352 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 27/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Berkeley, CA eBook ISBN: 978-1-4967-0475-7 SALES HISTORY Dafina Mass Market Uptown Thief 4/17 (978-1-4967-0472-6) PUBLISHING HISTORY Dafina Trade Paperback 6/17 (978-1-4967-0474-0)

“This well-written and enjoyable installment in de León’s unique, feminist, urban crime fiction series, Justice Hustlers (Uptown Thief, 2016), infuses satisfying power in both plot and character. Readers will embrace this heist story with heart and its hero Tyesha, a smart yet fallible professional and champion for struggling women. León, who is also a poet, social commentator, and head of the Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley, is a crime writer to watch.”

—Booklist, STARRED REVIEW “The trilogy offers poetic and savvy descriptions of women’s inner and external challenges that are reminiscent of sister Souljah’s or Ntozake Shange’s work”

—Bitch Magazine, BitchReads Book of the Month “Sexy. Scandalous. Suspenseful. Book two in de Leon’s Justice Hustlers series is an honest and authentic standalone read that quickly captures the reader’s attention. The street-smart heroine heroically takes on pimps, mobsters, drug pins and bad boy rappers.”

—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars Aya De León teaches creative writing in UC Berkeley’s African American Studies Department. Her work has been acclaimed in the Village Voice, the Washington Post, and American Theatre magazine. Her writing has been featured in Guernica, Essence®, Ebony, The Huffington Post, xoJane and Bitch Magazine. She is an alumna of Cave Canem and VONA. Visit her online at ayadelon.com, on Twitter @AyadeLeon, or on Facebook.

KEY SELLING POINTS • A sexy, smart urban fiction novel featuring a well-rounded multicultural cast of characters, Aya de León’s second novel follows the success of Uptown Thief. • León, who is also a poet, social commentator, and head of the Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley, is an awesome self-promoter and networker. She has toured extensively as a spoken word poet and she’s long married the arts with social justice activism in her work. She’s been featured on Def Poetry, Essence®, xojane.com, Writer’s Digest, Women’s Day, Bitch Magazine, and HuffPostLive. • Like the dramedy Orange is the New Black, Aya de León’s novel features smart, likeable main and secondary characters that are on the wrong side of the law, a multicultural cast of characters, and an edgy, soapy storyline that has wide appeal. • Uptown Thief won first place in urban fiction for the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards and was an International Latino Book Awards nominee.

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MARKETING PLANS • Online advertising • Email and eNewsletter marketing • Outreach to African American book clubs • Social media advertising and promotions • Cross-promotion with The Accidental Mistress (Dafina TP, 6/18)

THE LAST TO DIE Beverly Barton New York Times bestselling author Beverly Barton’s Cherokee Point trilogy is repackaged and republished for those readers who might have missed it the first time around! Cherokee Pointe, Tennessee, has seen murder before, but nothing like what has claimed the life of Jamie Upton, heir to the Upton fortune. The crime is so vicious, so personal and filled with hatred, the authorities are certain it had to be someone he knew…someone hiding an unimaginable sadistic streak behind a friendly façade. The number one suspect is Jamie’s former lover, Jazzy Talbot. The girl from the wrong side of the tracks has always been Cherokee Point’s favorite target for gossip and worse. Jazzy knows she didn’t kill Jamie…just as she knows she’s being watched, stalked like prey… And then the killer strikes again…and again…with the same chilling signature. With no one to believe her innocence except enigmatic drifter Caleb McCord, Jazzy plunges into a small town’s long-buried secrets and shocking family sins, each startling truth bringing her dangerously close to a killer determined to make Jazzy the last to die…

Praise for Beverly Barton’s The Fifth Victim Repackage Reissue

Category: Romantic Suspense ISBN13: 978-0-7860-4103-9 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 416 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 1 Pack: 48 eBook ISBN: 978-0-7860-4107-7 SALES HISTORY Pinnacle Mass Market The Fifth Victim 3/18 (978-0-7860-4104-6) Close Enough to Kill 8/17 (978-0-7860-4101-5) Zebra Mass Market Don’t Cry 6/16 (978-1-4201-4436-9)

“This visceral tale fits firmly in the thriller genre, but shades of romance and the paranormal keep it from being just a slasher story…Barton turns her narrative lens on the community and its peculiar inhabitants, transforming this thriller into an insightful exploration of a small town…[with] tension and foreboding twisted throughout.”

—Publishers Weekly “[A] chilling romantic thriller…Barton’s graphic descriptions of murder and sex are gritty and not for the faint of heart, but they do work well within the context of the crimes, and her characters are so well drawn and so realistic that readers will be thrilled to know they’ll be back in at least two more installments.”

—Booklist Beverly Barton was an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty novels, including Silent Killer, Cold Hearted, The Murder Game and Close Enough to Kill. Readers can visit her website at beverlybarton.com.

PUBLISHING HISTORY Zebra Mass Market 1/09 (978-1-4201-0647-3) 1/04 (978-0-8217-7216-4)

KEY SELLING POINTS • Originally published in 2004, The Last to Die was both a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. • The Last to Die will appeal to fans of Lisa Jackson, Mary Burton, Carla Neggers, Allison Brennan and all lovers of romantic suspense, especially those who enjoy “harder edged” suspense. • Beverly Barton wrote over 70 novels during her lifetime and was the recipient of many awards, including two RWA National Reader’s Choice Awards, the Maggie Award and the RT Book Reviews’ Career Achievement Award.

MARKETING PLANS • Print and online advertising • Social media advertising and promotions • Email marketing

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FORSAKEN A Unit 51 Novel Michael McBride From bestselling and award-winning horror author, Michael McBride, comes a taut and plausible tale of the search for life beyond earth—and the answers we didn’t want to find out. IT HAS SURVIVED At a research station in Antarctica, scientists discovered a strange and ancient organism. They thought they could study it, classify it, control it. They couldn’t. IT HAS THRIVED Six months ago, a secret paramilitary team called Unit 51 was sent to the station. They thought the creature was dead, the nightmare was over. It wasn’t. IT HAS EVOLVED In a Mexican temple, archeologists uncover the remains of a half-human hybrid. They believe it is related to the creature in Antarctica, a dark thing of legend that is still alive—and still evolving. They believe it needs a new host to feed, to mutate, to multiply. They’re right. And they’re next. And the human race might just be headed for extinction…

Praise for Michael McBride Category: Fiction ISBN13: 978-0-7860-4160-2 U.S./Canadian Price: $9.99/$10.99 Rights: US,CAN,OM Pages: 400 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 7 1/2 Spine Size: 31/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Westminster, CO eBook ISBN: 978-0-7860-4161-9

“A fast-paced and frightening ride. Highly recommended for fans of creature horror and the thrillers of Michael Crichton.”

—The Horror Review on Predatory Instinct “McBride writes with the perfect mixture of suspense and horror that keeps the reader on edge.”

—Examiner.com

SALES HISTORY Pinnacle Mass Market Subhuman 11/17 (978-0-7860-4158-9)

Also By Michael McBride

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KEY SELLING POINTS • Michael McBride is an Amazon bestseller and an award-winning author. • Michael has received a multitude of positive quotes from sources as varied as The Midwest Book Review, The Examiner, The Horror Review, as well as great quotes from other authors. • Forsaken will appeal to fans of James Rollins, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Michael Crichton, and Jeremy Robinson due to its plausible handling of speculative subject matter and breakneck pacing. • As a medical imaging healthcare provider, Michael McBride brings a unique perspective to his stories reminiscent of the works of Michael Crichton, Robin Cook, and Michael Palmer. • According to a 2012 National Geographic poll, 77% of Americans believe that aliens have visited the earth. • TV franchises such as Ancient Aliens (one of the History Channel’s highest rated shows) The X-Files, and Stargate, demonstrate there is a market for scientific tales of aliens interacting with mankind.

MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Email marketing and eNewsletter promotions • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • Select author appearances • Promotions at horror conventions and NYC Comic Con • Early reviewer promotions through Goodreads and NetGalley

Michael McBride was born in Colorado and still resides in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. He hates the snow, but loves the Avalanche. He works with medical radiation, yet somehow managed to produce five children, none of whom, miraculously, have tails, third eyes, or other random mutations. He writes fiction that runs the gamut from thriller (Remains) to horror to science fiction (Vector Borne, Snowblind)…and loves every minute of it. He is a two-time winner of the DarkFuse Readers’ Choice Award. You can visit him at author. michaelmcbride.net. © Danielle McBride

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EVIL EYES Corey Mitchell Repackaged and reissued, Evil Eyes delves into the story of Coral Eugene Watts, a man who might have killed more than Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy combined, with special attention to his ruthless slaying of three woman, and the two that got away. In Houston, Texas, on a Sunday morning in spring, Coral Eugene Watts trapped two young women in their apartment. Only hours before, he’d killed another woman by drowning her in her bathtub. As Watts attempted to do the same to 20-year-old Lori Lister, her roommate managed a daring escape, leading to Watts’ arrest. Watts confessed to thirteen murders, but with no direct evidence, he managed to plea bargain his sentence down to 60 years for burglary. Through the untiring efforts of investigators and the mother of one of his victims, Watts was finally convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, where he remained the prime suspect in dozens of other slayings. Experts theorized that Watts may have slain more than Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy…combined! Bestselling author Corey Mitchell takes us inside the twisted mind of “The Sunday Morning Slasher” and tells the chilling story of how he almost got away with murder.

Repackage Reissue

Category: True Crime ISBN13: 978-0-7860-4264-7 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 432 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 1 1/32 Pack: 48 eBook ISBN: 978-0-7860-3780-3 SALES HISTORY Pinnacle Mass Market Strangler 2/18 (978-0-7860-1850-5) Savage Son 10/17 (978-0-7860-3994-4) Murdered Innocents 1/17 (978-0-7860-3992)

Praise for Corey Mitchell “Corey Mitchell’s life experiences made him a writer who could empathize with crime victims in a way unique and personal way. That empathy is evident in every true crime book he wrote and is what makes his books heartfelt, compelling reads to this very day.”

—Suzy Spencer, New York Times bestselling author of Wasted “No one faces evil head on like Corey Mitchell. Strangler is his best book yet—horrific, shocking, and utterly disturbing.”

—Gregg Olsen, New York Times bestselling author Corey Mitchell wrote several bestselling true crime books including Hollywood Death Scenes, Dead and Buried, Evil Eyes, Savage Son, Strangler, Murdered Innocence, and Pure Murder. He was also the founder of the #1 true crime blog, In Cold Blog, and a contributing editor for MetalSucks, the #1 website for heavy metal news. He co-founded Austin’s Housecore Horror Film Festival and co-authored Philip H. Anselmo’s Mouth for War: Pantera and Beyond. He died suddenly in 2014 at age of 47.

PUBLISHING HISTORY Pinnacle Mass Market 4/06 (978-0-7860-1676-1)

KEY SELLING POINTS • Corey Mitchell hit the Los Angeles Times bestseller’s list with Dead and Buried (Pinnacle MM, 9/09). • Mitchell was a blogger for the Discovery Channel’s Hollywood True Crime Blog, part of the new Investigation Discovery channel. • Corey Mitchell appeared in four out of seven episodes of the TVLand network program Myths and Legends, a show that attempted to confirm or dispel infamous Hollywood rumors. He spoke on about 15-20 cases including Charles Manson and The Monkees, James Dean’s cursed car, and KISS’ blood-soaked comic book.

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MARKETING PLANS • Online advertising • Feature in Mystery/Thriller eNewsletter • Social media advertising and promotions • Cross-promotion with Strangler (Pinnacle MM, 2/18) and Dead and Buried (Pinnacle MM, 9/18)

THE CHUCKWAGON TRAIL A Chuckwagon Trail Western William W. Johnstone; J.A. Johnstone National bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone spin a breakneck tale with the first in a new series featuring a heroic chuckwagon cook who knows just what to do when cowboys get hungry—for revenge… Framed for murder, Dewey “Mac” McKenzie is running for his life. Though Mac’s never even made a pot of coffee, he talks his way onto a cattle drive heading west—as a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he has a natural talent for turning salt pork and dried beans into culinary gold. He’s as good with a pot and pan as he is with a gun—which comes in handy on a dangerous trail drive beset with rustlers, hostile Indians, ornery weather, and deadly stampedes. Mac can hold his own with any cowboy twice his age. At least until the real showdown begins… Trail hand, Deke Northrup, is one mean spit in the eye. Before long, he’s made enemies of all his men. When Mac learns that Northrup is planning to double-cross the herd’s owner, he stands up to the trail boss and his henchman. He might be outgunned and outnumbered, but Mac’s ready to serve up some blazing frontier justice—with a healthy helping of vengeance…

Johnstone Country. Frontier Spirit Lives Here.

Category: Western ISBN13: 978-0-7860-4044-5 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 304 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 3/4 Pack: 48 Authors’ Residences: Murfreesboro, TN eBook ISBN: 978-0-7860-4077-3 SALES HISTORY Pinnacle Mass Market Pitchfork Pass 4/18 (978-0-7860-4010-0) Stalking Death 4/18 (978-0-7860-4006-3) Legend of Perley Gates 3/18 (978-0-7860-4217-3)

William W. Johnstone is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over three hundred novels of Western adventure, military action, chilling suspense, and survival. The son of a minister and a teacher, he left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as “the Greatest Western writer of the 21st century.” Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net. J.A. Johnstone learned to write from the master himself, Uncle William W. Johnstone, who began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts or researching his massive American Western History library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts. J.A. worked hard—and learned. “Every day with Bill was an adventure story in itself. Bill taught me all he could about the art of storytelling. ‘Keep the historical facts accurate,’ he would say. ‘Remember the readers, and as your grandfather once told me, be the best Johnstone you can be.” J.A. Johnstone has co-written numerous bestselling series with William W. Johnstone including The First Mountain Man, The Brothers O’Brien, and Preacher, The First Mountain Man.

KEY SELLING POINTS • In every Western there’s a cook, but he was always a secondary character – until now, when the Johnstones bring chuckwagon cook Mac McKenzie front and center for his own series. • Johnstone is the author of over 35 Western series, and The Chuckwagon Trail is the first in one of three new series launching in 2018. • Johnstone has had more books on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list than any other author for the past three years in a row, beating out Nora Roberts and James Patterson. His 16 bestsellers in 2016 spent 64 weeks on the list and in 2015 he had 18 titles spend 52 weeks on the list. • On any given day, almost half of the fifty top Westerns on Bookscan are by Johnstone. • There are over 30 million copies of Johnstone’s novels in print.

MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Kensington New Series marketing • Email marketing and eNewsletter promotions • Cross-promotion via yearlong Johnstone campaign • Cross-promotion with Book Two of the Chuckwagon Trail series, Die By the Gun #2 (Pinnacle MM ,12/18)

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NO JUSTICE IN HELL A John Hawk Western Charles G. West From acclaimed storyteller Charles G. West comes a thrilling new chapter in the saga of John Hawk, an army scout with a tracker’s eye, a cowboy’s grit—and his own brand of justice… Three desperate women. One deranged killer. No way in hell is John Hawk going to sit back and let the innocent get slaughtered. He first meets the three lovely ladies as they’re fleeing in a wagon—alone—through Blackfoot country. What’s their rush? They’re being pursued by a wanted outlaw who wants them dead. Their only chance is to reach the Last Chance Saloon in Helena—and John Hawk is their last hope… Hawk can track down a low-life like nobody’s business. But this time he has to stay two steps ahead, keeping the ladies safe and sound until they get to the saloon. There’s just one problem: the outlaw got there first. He’s the notorious Zach Dubose. He’s waiting for Hawk and his girls. And he’s ordering them a round vengeance with a bullet chaser—and death on arrival…

Praise for Charles G. West “Rarely has an author painted the great American West in strokes so bold, vivid, and true.”

—Ralph Compton Category: Western ISBN13: 978-0-7860-4202-9 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World English Pages: 304 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 3/4 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Ocala, FL eBook ISBN: 978-0-7860-4203-6

Charles G. West is the author of more than forty action-packed Westerns. He currently resides in Ocala, Florida, with his wife, Ronda. Visit him at charlesgwest.com.

SALES HISTORY Pinnacle Mass Market Hell Hath No Fury 11/17 (978-0-7860-4200-5)

KEY SELLING POINTS • West’s most recent books have been coauthored with Ralph Compton, who is probably the bestselling current Western author after Johnstone. • These books have introduced West’s name to tens of thousands of readers who will be looking for more books by him. • Second book in a new series.

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MARKETING PLANS • Advance reading copies • Print and online advertising • Podcast advertising • Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage • NetGalley placement and email campaign for early online reviews • Social media advertising and promotions including shareable images, contests, and cross-promotion with similar titles • Email and eNewsletter marketing

RIDE THE SAVAGE LAND Those Jensen Boys! William W. Johnstone; J.A. Johnstone Those Jensen boys, Ace and Chance, know how to ride the savage land. But when they agree to lead a wagon full of women across Texas, they’re just asking for trouble— times five… A prostitute. A virgin. A tomboy. A woman on the run. And a bank robber’s girlfriend. These five brides-to-be are ready to get hitched in San Angelo, Texas—and it’s Ace and Chance’s job to get them to the church on time. But this is no easy walk down the aisle. It’s one hard journey that could get them all killed… One of the brides has a crazy ex-husband gunning for her. Another has a secret stash of $50,000, stolen by her outlaw boyfriend. He’s not letting go—of her or the money. Then there’s a creepy, woman-hungry clan of backwoodsmen who want the brides for themselves, not to mention a fierce, deadly band of Comanche kidnappers. But Ace and Chance swear they’ll protect these ladies—till death do they part…

Johnstone Country. Frontier Spirit Lives Here. William W. Johnstone is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over three hundred novels of Western adventure, military action, chilling suspense, and survival. The son of a minister and a teacher, he left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as “the Greatest Western writer of the 21st century.” Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net. Category: Western ISBN13: 978-0-7860-4034-6 U.S./Canadian Price: $7.99/$8.99 Rights: World Pages: 304 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Pack: 48 Spine Size: 3/4 Authors’ Residences: Murfreesboro, TN eBook ISBN: 978-0-7860-4035-3

J.A. Johnstone learned to write from the master himself, Uncle William W. Johnstone, who began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts or researching his massive American Western History library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts. J.A. worked hard—and learned. “Every day with Bill was an adventure story in itself. Bill taught me all he could about the art of storytelling. ‘Keep the historical facts accurate,’ he would say. ‘Remember the readers, and as your grandfather once told me, be the best Johnstone you can be.” J.A. Johnstone has co-written numerous bestselling series with William W. Johnstone including The First Mountain Man, The Brothers O’Brien, and Preacher, The First Mountain Man.

SALES HISTORY Pinnacle Mass Market Twelve Dead Men 5/17 (978-0-7860-4032-2) Rimfire 5/16 (978-0-7860-3575-5) Those Jensen Boys! 5/15 (978-0-7860-3573-1)

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Jensen family saga has captivated readers for nearly three decades. • This is the fourth installment in the USA Today, Publishers Weekly and WalMart bestselling Those Jensen Boys! series, featuring Smoke Jensen’s long-lost nephews, Ace and Chance, a pair of young-gun twins as reckless and wild as the frontier itself. • William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America, and a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 300 books and over 30 million copies sold. • Johnstone has had more books on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list than any other author for the past three years in a row, beating out Nora Roberts and James Patterson. His 16 bestsellers in 2016 spent 64 weeks on the list and in 2015 he had 18 titles spend 52 weeks on the list.

MARKETING PLANS • Print and online advertising • Social media campaign including advertising, giveaways, bonus content, and shareable images • Email marketing and eNewsletter promotions • Cross-promotion via yearlong Johnstone campaign

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THE LAST KINGS The Last Kings C. N. Philips C. N. Phillips is the protégé of New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette. Ride with her as she tells the greatest story street fiction has ever seen. A city full of lies, deceit, and cold‑blooded murder, Detroit plays widow to drug cartel after drug cartel, and The Last Kings are the latest to take over the throne. It seems that nothing can crumble their empire, but when an unexpected series of events take place and blood is shed, everything spirals out of control. Can Sadie and Mocha survive the game as the head women in charge, or will disloyalty and treachery threaten to end them for good? C. N. Phillips was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She fell in love with books at the age of seven, but kept her writing a secret. It wasn’t until she became a single mother that she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an author. The Last Kings is her first novel.

Category: Fiction ISBN13: 978‑1‑62286‑659‑5 U.S./Canadian Price: $6.99/$7.99 Rights: World Pages: 304 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 3/4 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Omaha, NE PUBLISHING HISTORY Urban Trade Paperback 9/16 (978‑1‑62286‑780‑6)

KEY SELLING POINTS • The Last Kings is suitable for all clients.

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MARKETING PLANS • Facebook marketing • Advertising on Urbanbooks.net • Promotion and giveaways on Goodreads.com • Co‑op available

CAN’T STOP Clifford “Spud” Johnson One man will do everything in his power to take revenge… Jason Gaines, better known as Hot Shot, has just buried his mother, father, and little brother after a home invasion. Now the only thing on his mind is finding the people responsible and punishing them severely for taking all that he cared for in this world. Before he can take action, he has to get his money right, and that means turning up his hustle. So, it’s off to Dallas, Texas to get money from the streets. He has the connects to give him everything from drugs to weapons. His hustle has to remain on point so he can then redirect his focus on finding the people who murdered his family. Texas is his first stop, but it damn sure won’t be his last. He’s on a mission, and he Can’t Stop! Raised in Inglewood, California, Clifford “Spud” Johnson had numerous encounters with drugs, mayhem, and ultimately, the California Youth Authority. These experiences gave Clifford a template for street life. The hustle of welfare-dependent families sculpted by the day to day hood life that he experienced provides the imagery he displays in his work.

Category: Fiction ISBN13: 978‑1‑62286‑660‑1 U.S./Canadian Price: $6.99/$7.99 Rights: World Pages: 304 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 26/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Oklahoma City, OK SALES HISTORY Urban Trade Paperback Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Oklahoma City 6/16 (978‑1‑62286‑979‑4) Gangsta Twist 3 6/15 (978‑1‑62286‑907‑7) A Gangsta Twist Saga 6/14 (978‑1‑60162‑599‑1) She Don’t Play Fair 7/13 (978‑1‑60162‑554‑0) PUBLISHING HISTORY Urban Trade Paperback 7/17 (978‑1‑62286‑558‑1)

KEY SELLING POINTS • Clifford “Spud” Johnson wows the readers with a surprising twist in Can’t Stop. It will keep the readers engaged to the end. • Can’t Stop is suitable for all clients.

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HE USED TO LOVE ME Dorothy Brown‑Newton He Used to Love Me is filled with sex, love, and pain. Sometimes family and friends can be your worst enemy. When 27‑year‑old Jakiyah Smith left New York after a failed relationship, she had no plans of returning, but the death of her sister has forced her to come back. Now Jakiyah must help to care for her sister’s child, but she soon finds herself surrounded by drama. German, the man she thought she would be with forever, is still with the woman he left her for. To make matters worse, Jakiyah’s mother is the side‑piece’s newest friend. As Jakiyah struggles to come to terms with what has happened to her sister, she must also figure out whom she can trust. She learns that not all smiling faces are friendly, and now she’s second‑guessing the people she would have laid her life down for. Jakiyah’s life has quickly spiraled out of control, and she regrets her decision to move back home. Dorothy Brown-Newton grew up in Queens, New York, and at the tender age of nine, she knew that she wanted to be an author. She attended LaGuardia Community College and then went on to work for the Department of Social Services for ten years before relocating with her family to North Carolina. Dorothy recently decided to be a stay at home mom to focus on her children and her craft. When she’s not writing, her time is spent between reading and spending time with her family.

Category: Fiction ISBN13: 978‑1‑945855‑24‑5 U.S./Canadian Price: $6.99/$7.99 Rights: World Pages: 384 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 23/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: North Carolina SALES HISTORY CreateSpace Trade Paperback Kissed By Karma 8/16 (978‑1‑5232‑9073‑4) Schemin’ From the Sideline 2/16 (978‑1‑5229‑5353‑1) Bonded by Love: The Heart Never Lies 10/15 (978‑1‑51775‑304‑7) PUBLISHING HISTORY Urban Trade Paperback He Used to Love Me 12/17 (978‑1‑62286‑548‑2) CreateSpace Trade Paperback He Used To Love Me 4/16 (978-1-5308-8457-5)

KEY SELLING POINTS • He Used to Love Me was previously a self‑published title that is no longer available. • Trade paperback released in December 2017 • It is suitable for all clients.

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NO PERFECT AFFAIR Charmaine Galloway Come take a roller coaster ride with these women and experience their drama, their deceit, and a little bit of their naughtiness as they each try to handle lust and lies of the most wicked kind. Melody, Asia, and Sasha are three successful women working in the careers they’ve always wanted. They excel in life, they excel in their chosen professions, but in their relationships, they fail miserably! From scandalous affairs and drug‑induced sex‑capades to secret pregnancies and murder in the first degree, these cousins have the personal drama on lock. But when backstabbing and betrayal infiltrates their relationship with one another, the once tight trio quickly finds that blood is nowhere near as thick as water. Charmaine Galloway resides in Toledo, Ohio with her two children. Writing has been her passion and a positive emotional outlet since middle school. Charmaine has a Bachelor of arts degree in family life education, and an associate’s degree in early childhood education. Ms. Galloway is passionate about writing reality-based stories featuring imperfect people. She hopes to enlighten, inspire, and touch the hearts of her readers. You can reach her at charmainegalloway.com.

Category: Fiction ISBN13: 978‑1‑945855‑25‑2 U.S./Canadian Price: $6.99/$7.99 Rights: World Pages: 384 Trim Size: 4 1/8 x 6 3/4 Spine Size: 23/32 Pack: 48 Author’s Residence: Toledo, OH SALES HISTORY Charming Gal Publications Trade Paperback Lost Daughters 6/16 (978‑0‑6926‑3180‑5) No Perfect Affair 2 1/16 (978‑0‑6926‑3188‑1) Jordan’s Confessions 6/14 (978‑0‑6924‑7585‑0) PUBLISHING HISTORY Urban Trade Paperback No Perfect Affair 12/17 (978‑1‑62286‑612‑0) Charming Gal Publications Trade Paperback No Perfect Affair 7/15 (978‑0‑6924‑9870‑5)

KEY SELLING POINTS • No Perfect Affair by Charmaine Galloway was previously self‑published under the same name. • We are releasing the trade version in December 2017. • It is appropriate for all Urban Books clients.


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