Tag: March New Releases

Here are some of the books releasing this week.

Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults

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Cincinnati Lee, Curse Breaker – Cincinnati tries to resolve her family’s problems by returning the items her ancestor “rescued.”
Isle of Ever (Older Middle Grade) – First in a new series from Jen Calonita. A young woman needs to find a long-missing island in order to inherit from an unknown relative  which would change life for her and her mother.
Lovely Dark and Deep – Faith becomes a “Red Stripe” at her school for magic, meaning too dangerous for regular classes, leaving her an outcast at the one place that used to feel like home. But she and her fellow Red Stripes are the only ones who can put a stop to the dangerous and dark things happening around the school.

Books for Adults

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The Big Fix (Hardcover) – A tussle at an estate sale with a man at an estate sale leaves a woman on the run with a fixer whose recent “fix” fell apart. This is at the top of my list for this week!
Cover Story (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – In 2005 a lesbian publicist, charged with keeping gay stars in the closet, starts to fall for her latest client who needs to appear straight for a move role.
Essence of Foul Play (Trade Paperback) – First in a new Aroma Wellness mystery series. A woman trying to open her dream spa is instead the prime suspect in a murder case.
A Fortune Most Fatal (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Miss Austen Investigates series. Miss Austen tries to unmask a swindler.
Just Our Luck (Trade Paperback) – Two down on their luck folks fake a relationship after one wins the lottery and the other is caught up in the excitement. This looks great!
The Plot Twist (Trade Paperback) – A rom-com author and a long-time crime novelist, both with writer’s block, try swapping plots to meet their deadlines.
Summer in the City (Trade Paperback) – A struggling screenwriter finds inspiration in her city neighbor, a man she’s hated since their stairwell hook up two years ago. Soon, the two agree to help each other out of a jam, but the partnership doesn’t mean a thaw to their feud.
Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era (Trade Paperback) – A look at the recent history of the Star Trek franchise as it has tried to relaunch after the heyday of the 1990s. I’m looking forward to reading this one!

 

 

Here are some of the books releasing this week.

Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults

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Who Is Carol Burnett?
Embergold – A young woman finds herself “sacrificed” to a dragon, but that’s only the first secret she uncovers. This could be cool – feels a little like Beauty and the Beast or Damsel.
True Life in Uncanny Valley – A young woman applies for a job as a summer nanny to her half-brother in order to get a glimpse of the father she’s never known.

Books for Adults

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Code Word Romance (Trade Paperback) – In order to get out of soul-crushing debt, a young woman agrees to pose as a powerful prime minister who has become the target of assassins.  But her in-room bodyguard is an old flame. Yes, please!
Fake It Like You Mean It (Trade Paperback) – A young woman and the pain-in-the-ass nurse caring for her grandmother go along with a dementia-induced delusion that they are madly in love, certain that her grandmother will forget the ruse in the morning. But she doesn’t, and they have to keep faking it.
A Geek Girl’s Guide to Arsenic (ebook, REISSUE)- This completed series from Julie Anne Lindsey is being REISSUED, and I am here for it. I loved the whole series! Book 2 is out this week.
The Library Game (Hardcover) – Book 4 in the Secret Staircase Mystery series. Tempest is hired to help turn an old home into a public library, but problems keep cropping up – like disappearing dead bodies – and it seems like someone is recreating classic crime novels in real life.
Pomona Afton Can SO Solve a Murder (Hardcover) – An heiress finds her trust fund frozen when her grandmother is killed. If she wants her lifestyle back, she is going to have to investigate a murder. Yes, please!
The Third Rule of Time Travel (Trade Paperback) – A scientist finds a way to time travel that does not allow for any changing or interfering with the timeline, but then finds her own time observations changing her present life.
Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry (Hardcover) – From the author of The Making of Biblical Womanhood. Considers what the rise of the “pastor’s wife” role in traditional evangelicalism cost the Church in terms of female leadership, ordination, etc.. I need to catch up on both of these books!

Here are some of the books releasing this week.

Books for Kids

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Moving Day – A Victorian home is moved to a different part of town while the community watches.
No Huddles for Heloise – Heloise has a problem – penguins huddle for protection and warmth, but Heloise NEEDS her personal space.
Zero! The Number that Almost Wasn’t – A picture book of the history of zero.

Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults

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The Griffin’s Boy – A princess helps a griffin trainer who doesn’t want to be separated from his friend. But when animals start going missing from the king’s menagerie, could the trainer be the culprit?
Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets – First in a new series. Meg is sent to a boarding school following the death of her mother. While it seems like just another strict school at first, Meg and her friends start to discover the school’s secrets.
Serge & Roscoe – A veteran counting down the days to retirement and a rookie are teamed up to help with Search and Rescue during out-of-control wildfires.
History Smashers: Earth Day and the Environment – The latest in this series by Kate Messner.

Books for Adults

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All the Other Mothers Hate Me (Hardcover) – When her son’s bully goes missing after a school trip and her son becomes the prime suspect, a party girl has to get her act together for her son’s sake.
A Drizzle of Magic (e-book) – First in the new Pobyd Perfections Bakery cozy fantasy series, a spin off from The Weary Dragon Inn series. Magical creatures in a seaside town are being threatened even though the end of the recent war was supposed to mean they were finally able to use magic openly.
Fan Service (Trade Paperback) – When a down and out actor seems to have turned into a werewolf, he reaches out to the woman who has made it her life’s work to catalog his old werewolf detective series. Even if she hates him, she’s the only person who might be able to help him figure out what is going on. This sounds amazing!
The Four Queens of Crime (Hardcover) – A new female detective asks the four Queens of Crime – Christie, Sayers, Marsh, and Allingham – to help her solve a real life murder. Yes, please!
Go Luck Yourself (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – Book 2 in the Royals and Romance series following The Nightmare Before Kissmas (♥♥♥½). The “spare” prince of Christmas investigates a theft of joy that seems to have come from St. Patrick’s Day. I love the world building in this holiday royalty series – it’s such a clever idea.
Hard to Get (Trade Paperback) – Book 3 in the Big Love from Galway series. Small town math teacher meets a sexy singer who might help him change his “vanilla” self-perception.
Story of My Life (Trade Paperback) – Something new from Lucy Score!!! First in the Story Lake series. A writer long past her last chance deadline buys a house in a small town on a whim and finds some things she never expected. This too will be a drop everything and read sort of book.
The Usual Family Mayhem (Trade Paperback) – From the author of Moorewood Family Rules. In an effort to save her job, a woman pitches her grandmother’s bakery as an investment opportunity, but her grandmother wants no part of it. Kasey thinks she’s keeping secrets  – and she’s afraid they have something to do with the mysterious deaths around town of abusive men. Sounds like Pies Before Guys, and I am here for it.

 

 

Happy March! February kept a relentless pace for me in my non-book life, so I’m hoping that March is more gentle all the way around. Here are some of the books releasing this week.

Books for Kids

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Will the Pigeon Graduate? – A graduation book starring the Pigeon!
Next Year in the White House – The story of President Obama’s first Seder held at the White House.
Mad Scientist Mom: Saved By the Smell – First in a new chapter book series from Jarrett Lerner about a boy with a Mad Scientist Mom.
Pablo and Splash: Frozen in Time – Graphic novel chapter book starring two time-traveling penguins.

Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults

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Princess Swap: Snow White and the Dragon – Snow White and Sleeping Beauty swap stories in this second book in the Princess Swap series, the only middle grade book on the list this week.
I Am Made of Death – Desperate for money, Thomas takes a job as an interpreter for an heiress who is voluntarily mute after a childhood trauma. Now, Vivienne’s voice is deadly to anyone who hears her, and she is desperate to get her life back. This sounds spooky!
Oathbound – Book 3 in the Legendborn Cycle.
Our Infinite Fates – Remembering all of her past lives and how they have ended – murdered before her 18th birthday – a young woman looks for a way to break the cycle of love and loss she’s trapped in.
Take a Chance on Me – A young woman fleeing a viral video heads to London to stay with her father despite their conflicted relationship, and while there she finds love.
While We’re Young – Can a senior skip day in Philly repair a friendship for three teens who used to be besties?

Books for Adults

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Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave (Hardcover) – Book 5 in the Finlay Donovan series. Finlay’s awful neighbor is moving in when her home is off limits as a crime scene – which is handy when Finlay and Vero need to get close to her to find answers in their latest brush with murder. I need to get caught up on this great series!
Glory Daze (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Glory Broussard Mystery series. Glory has no interest in getting caught up in another murder, especially one that involves her ex and the woman who ruined her marriage. But her daughter asks her to find out what she can about what happened to her father.
Promise Me Sunshine (Trade Paperback) – A young woman struggling after the death of her best friend encounters one person who sees through her mask of “fine” and offers to help her with her “live again” list.
Something Cheeky (Trade Paperback) – Zoe has a chance to see the musical she helped create in college finally come to life.
Tea You at the Altar (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – Book 3 in the Tomes &Tea series. Lesbian pirates are seven days away from their wedding when roadblocks threaten to ruin their HEA.
Welcome to the Honey B&B (Trade Paperback) – A woman and her teenager move home to care for her ailing father and try to turn the family’s old farm house into a B&B to help with money.

Happy March! Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

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For You I Will – A mother’s message to her daughter.
Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets – Penelope’s new pet is a lot to handle. This looks adorable!

 

Books for Older Kids/Teens

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Listen to This – Two teens negotiating friend and family issues meet and find in the other someone who finally sees them and listens to them.
Olivetti – An old family typewriter tries to help a boy whose mother has disappeared by sharing some of the things she would type when she used the typewriter regularly. What a creative concept!

 

Books for Adults

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A Governess’s Guide to Passion and Peril (Trade Paperback) – Book 4 in the Ladies Most Scandalous series. When a governess’s employer is murdered, she teams up with a man who once broke her heart in order to find the killer. I have LOVED this series and can’t wait to read this one!
How to Solve Your Own Murder (Hardcover) – First in the Castle Knoll Files series. A fortune teller once told Annie’s aunt that she would someday be murdered. So her aunt spent her whole life digging up dirt to help her either prevent her own death or at least point a finger at her killer. And now that day has come, and Annie must figure out who killed Frances. This is going to be amazing!
The Last Available (e-book) – An unlikely group of adventurers has been hired to save the world – but they might end up destroying it instead.
Off the Air (Hardcover) – A reporter starts digging into the murder of the last man she interviewed.
Sincerely, the Duke (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 2 in the Say I Do series. A forgotten whim of a marriage proposal brings together two people who might actually have a chance at real love if their secrets don’t keep the two of them apart.

Happy March! Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

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YOU Can Change the World – A compilation book that includes examples from many of the biographies in this series.
Itty Bitty Princess Kitty: The Sweet Shop – Book 13 in this darling chapter book series. Itty tries to figure out why no one is shopping at the new sweet shop.

Books for Teens/Young Adults

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Cancelled – A teen is mistaken for someone in a viral video and that starts to tank all of her plans for the future.
Rules for Rule Breaking – Two high schoolers who want nothing to do with one another must go on a college visit trip together.

Books for Adults

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Expiration Dates (Hardcover) – Daphne has been receiving a paper for 20 years telling her how long each of her romantic relationships will last. But the latest paper has only a name – with no “expiration date.” But she starts to question the reliability of the papers.
Flirty Little Secret (Trade Paperback) – A quiet school counselor with a bold online secret identity connects with a man who comes to @TheMissGuidedCounselor for advice, and then he discovers her true identity – as one of his coworkers.
Floating Hotel (Hardcover) – Imagine the adventures, romance, and intrigue possible on a space-faring luxury hotel!
In a Not So Perfect World (Trade Paperback) – A female game designer has somehow promised the all-male interview board where she’s applied for her dream job that she will stay single to devote herself to her job. But her hot neighbor invites her to go on a trip as his pretend girlfriend. But as feelings grow between them, she feels she might have to let him go to keep her professional dreams alive.
The Love Remedy (Trade Paperback) – An apothecary hires a PI to help protect her business and her products from a rival who keeps stealing from her.
How Great Is Our God: Living a Worship-Led Life in a Me-Driven World (Hardcover Nonfiction) – Worship leader Chris Tomlin looks at the lyrics of his widely sung songs as an example of living a worship-led life.

Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

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Bird Brain – A girl who always wanted a pet ends up petsitting her uncle’s parrot and finds out the bird is more special than she ever would have guessed.
Get Your Hopes Up: 90 Devotions and True Stories for Young World Changers (Nonfiction) – A devotional for middle grade readers.
Not Your Average Jo – A girl is sidelined at her performing arts school for being “too Asian” and her replacement in her band takes credit for her original song. Another student who is working on a documentary about the band leaks the truth. This sounds fantastic!

Books for Adults

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Happily Never After (Trade Paperback) – Two individuals start working as “objectors” at weddings when one party needs to break off the relationship but is not in a position to do so themselves. This sounds amazing!
Have You Heard from God Lately? (ebook, March 15) – Devotional focused on messages from the Bible – from God to the reader.
How to Walk Into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away (Hardcover Nonfiction) – How can you know when it’s time to leave a “room” (situation) you are in? I could have used a book like this many years ago. I’m curious to read what the author recommends.
Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner’s Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life Without Adding Them to Your Personality (Trade Paperback Nonfiction) – A starter guide to building a “crunchier” life.

Happy March! Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

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The Imposter – A little girl’s lost stuffy goes missing and then is found – but something about Mr. Snuggles seems…. off.
Just Try It! – A dad tries to convince his daughter to try some new foods.
No Cats in the Library – A book loving cat tries to find a way into the library. I have already pre-ordered this one. It looks perfect!
Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park (Nonfiction) – A picture book biography of the woman who fought for the creation of a national park preserve the desert.
The Fastest Drummer: Clap Your Hands for Viola Smith (Nonfiction) – A picture book biography of a “pioneering female drummer.”
Duck and Moose: Duck Moves In! AND Moose Blasts Off! – An early reader graphic novel series starring unlikely friends.
The Critter Club: Liz’s Perfect Painting – Book 27 in this early chapter book series. Liz tries to paint the perfect picture while petsitting.

 

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

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Absolute Zeros: Camp Launchpad (Graphic Novel) – First in a new series. Three kids work together to save their space camp from a wealthy rival.
Coyote Lost and Found – A sequel to The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. Coyote is feeling ready to spread her mother’s ashes, but she sold the book where her mother said where she wanted them spread. So Coyote has to track down the book by going back to the places they visited on their first trip – without letting her dad know she lost  the book.
The First State of Being – A boy in 1999, prepping for the looming Y2K crisis encounters a time traveler with a book telling what will happen in the next 20 years, and he’s desperate to get his hands on that book.
Free Period – Two pranksters are forced to join a community action club as punishment, but they discover a cause they actually care about – menstrual products for the kids in their school who need them. I have this one on hold at the library!
Table Titans Club (Graphic Novel) – A new kid at school finds a home in the tabletop gaming club, and then must fight for it and her new friends when the club’s future is put in jeopardy. I have this on hold as well.
The Enigma Girls (Nonfiction) – Middle grade nonfiction from the fabulous Candace Fleming about a secret WWII program using young women to help the war effort.
The No-Girlfriend Rules (LGBTQ+) – In an effort to solidify herself as a “good girlfriend,” Hollis joins a girls tabletop group to learn her boyfriend’s favorite game. (She can’t join his campaign because of the “no girlfriends” rule.) This is on hold at the library, too!
Promchanted – Two quarrelling teens push through a secret door at Disneyland before the prom and find themselves in the middle of Sleeping Beauty’s story – for real. Sounds amazing!
An Unlikely Proposition – Book 2 in the Unexpected Seasons series. Two young women looking to make their own way despite society’s expectations find love in “inappropriate” places. Is there any way for both of them to have the love they want?

 

Books for Adults

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Baby X (Hardcover) – In a future world where clones can be made from stolen DNA, a bio-security guard and her client encounter a woman who says she is carrying the client’s baby. This sounds fascinating!
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Hardcover) – Book 4 in the terrific Finlay Donovan series. Finlay and Vero plan a girls trip to cover their latest investigation when Finlay’s ex and her mother decide to tag along. I love this series and can’t wait to pick up the latest book!
Kilt Trip (Trade Paperback) – Rivals at a Scotland travel agency find common ground when he creates a private tour for her to places that hold special meaning. I am so grateful to have a fantastic local library – this one is on hold too.
Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man (Trade Paperback) – A woman hopes to break an unwanted betrothal by proving her fiancé is a killer – and she wants his brother to help her do just that. But he has his own secrets to protect. This sounds amazing!
Listen for the Lie (Hardcover) – A woman once suspected of her best friend’s murder must open old wounds when a true crime podcast decides to dig into the unsolved case and find a killer.
Take Two Birdie Maxwell (Trade Paperback) – A Hollywood star in need of a career boost finds a letter from an ex who said he wanted her back. But the letter is unsigned. A reporter looking for a career boost as well, goes along on her quest to find the letter writer so he can tell the story – while keeping his own long-time crush on her a secret.
Three Kinds of Lucky (Hardcover) – Book 1 in the Shadow Age series. A woman with a rare talent for working with dangerous magical byproducts is pulled in to help with a research project when something goes awry and sends her, and the professor she was helping, on the run. Yes, please!
Let’s Read the Gospels (Hardcover) – A guided journal from Annie F. Downs to accompany readers who work through the four gospels in a month.

 

It’s the final release week of March 2023 – let’s see some of the new books out this week!

Books for Kids

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We Don’t Lose Our Class Goldfish – Book 3 in the delightful Penelope Rex series. Penelope must face her fear of Walter the class goldfish when she is tasked with caring for him at home for the weekend.
Doggo and Pupper Search for Cozy – Book 3 in the darling Doggo and Pupper early chapter book series. Doggo and Pupper decide to help Cat when their family gets her a new bed and she doesn’t feel cozy in it and misses her old one.

 

Books for Teens/Young Adults

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Chaos & Flame – First in a new duology. She lost her entire family because of House Dragon, and now the man who helped raise her has been captured. She’s determined to repay his kindness by saving him. He loyally serves his brother, the High Prince Regent for House Dragon, but the more erratic his brother becomes, the more he wonders what secrets are being kept from him. They are unlikely allies, but also exactly what each other needs. I am intrigued by this one!
Control – First in the Lockwood Trilogy. A new student with the ability to see the future ignores the rules and saves a girl from murder, but he had no idea what the consequences are when you alter the future. I pre-ordered this the first time I heard about it!
Stars and Smoke – First in a new series by Marie Lu. A young spy has to team up with a pop star – and new spy recruit – to infiltrate a crime syndicate. This is a must read for me!

 

Books for Adults

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Murder in Postscript (Trade Paperback) – First in the Lady of Letters Mystery series. A countess with a secret – her job writing an advice column for the local penny paper – stumbles across a possible murder and decides to investigate.
Once Upon a Buggy (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Amish of Apple Creek series. May feels guilty and responsible for Carl’s accident, so when he returns home, she’s hoping to ask for his forgiveness. But he seems so cold and angry. Carl was hoping to rekindle things with May, but she seems put off by his scars.
Right Girl, Wrong Side (Trade Paperback) – Once upon a time Evita and Ryan had crushed on one another, but their moms, business rivals, refused to let them date. Now, the rival families find their vacation beach house double booked, and reluctantly agreed to share the space.
A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes (Trade Paperback) – Book 3 in the Ladies Most Scandalous series. A duke offers Poppy a fake betrothal to protect her and her sister (who is suspected of murder) and protect him from the matchmakers hounding him.
Yours Truly the Duke (Mass Market Paperback) – First in the Say I Do series. She needs a husband so she has a chance to keep her late sister’s three young children. He needs a wife to keep an inheritance.

 

Here are some of the new books releasing this week!

Books for Teens/Young Adults

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The Future King – Book 2 in the Emry Merlin series after The Other Merlin (which is still on my TBR shelves). Emry and Arthur are as close as ever, but the king has warned Emry away and Arthur has discovered his fiancée has a secret. It doesn’t take much to persuade the friends to make a trip to France so Emry can seek help for her erratic magic. (The cover design has changed dramatically since book 1. The paperback of The Other Merlin is now out and matches this – which will be hardcover – if that matters to you.)

 

Books for Adults

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Ellie Is Cool Now (Trade Paperback) – While she works on a TV show about cool high school kids, Ellie was anything but. So when she goes home to her reunion in order to secure a promotion, it’s not exactly something she’s looking forward to. I *love* reunion stories, so this is definitely on my list for this week!
How I’ll Kill You (Hardcover) – A set of triplet serial killers is in new territory when the youngest actually falls for her mark and decides she wants to keep him rather than kill him. I am super picky when it comes to thrillers – they aren’t always a good fit for me. But the premise of this one is FASCINATING. I might have to give it a try!
The Only Game in Town (Trade Paperback) – When a town’s eccentric benefactor dies, he leaves behind a game of sorts. The winners inherit his fortune. And he’s already set up the teams of competitors, including his grandson and a local who has settled for life in her hometown. This sounds right up my alley!
The Raven Thief (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Secret Staircase Mystery series after the fantastic Under Lock and Skeleton Key. A mock séance designed to playfully expel any trace of the homeowner’s ex is disrupted by the man’s dead body. The only suspects are the folks around the table – including Tempest and her grandfather. I can’t wait to read this sequel!!
Silver Sable Payback (Trade Paperback) – From the Marvel Heroines series. In order to get Dr. von Doom to stop terrorizing Symkaria, Silver Sable agrees to track down a device that will allow him to see the future.
Star Trek: Aliens (Graphic Novel) – Includes three stories: one about Kahless, one about Trill, and one where Quark goes home to Ferenginar.
The Enneagram and Your Marriage (Nonfiction) – A workbook for a 7-week study to strengthen your marriage based on the Enneagram.