Books Coming Out in February
Books Coming Out in February
Books Coming Out February 1 and 2:
Edible Plants: A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America by Jimmy Fike
For over a decade, artist Jimmy Fike traveled across the continental United States in an epic effort to photograph wild edible flora. Edible Plants is the culmination of that journey, featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selectively colorized to highlight the comestible part of the plant.
The Fashion Orphans by Randy Susan Meyers and M.J. Rose
Estranged half-sisters Gabrielle Winslow and Lulu Quattro have only two things in common: mounds of debt and coils of unresolved enmity toward Bette Bradford, their controlling and imperious recently deceased mother. The two sisters arrive for the reading of their mother’s will, expecting to divide a sizable inheritance, pay off their debts, and then again turn their backs on each other. But to their shock, what they have been left is their mother’s secret walk-in closet jammed with high-end current and vintage designer clothes and accessories— most from Chanel.
The Family She Never Met by Caridad Piñeiro
An emotional and intense women's fiction multigenerational story that explores the resilience of three Cuban American women and the price they've all paid for their family.
What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris
In the vein of Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones and Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees, a coming-of-age novel told by almost-eleven-year-old Kenyatta Bernice (KB), as she and her sister try to make sense of their new life with their estranged grandfather in the wake of their father's death and their mother's disappearance.
The Immortal by Gena Showalter
When merciless assassin Halo Phaninon accepts the Herculean task of killing 12 of mythology’s fiercest monsters in twenty-four hours, he doesn’t anticipate any problems—until he realizes he’s stuck in a time loop where he must relive the day of slaughter over and over again. Ophelia, a dangerously beautiful harpy warrior is the only other being who retains her memory in the loop, and Halo is having a harder and harder time killing her…
Ophelia has always been the disappointment of her family—a harpy warrior with no kills or powers to speak of—but when she finds herself stuck in a time loop where Halo murders her every night, something awakens within her. Every night she’s murdered, but every morning she rises to spar with a ruthless warlord who is increasingly determined to save her...and lure her to his bed.
A Game of Fear By Charles Todd
In this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge is faced with his most perplexing case yet: a murder in Essex with no body, and a killer who can only be a ghost.
Strange Fire by Joel Burcat
In Strange Fire, the frackers have invaded Pennsylvania and round-the-clock operations conducted by Yukon Oil and Gas at their snake-ridden Campbell pad may have poisoned a residential well and threaten a town’s water supply. Who is contaminating water wells in Bradford County, Pa.? Why are contractors disappearing? Mike Jacobs, a 29-year old impassioned environmental lawyer with Pennsylvania’s Dept. of Environmental Protection, is back in this romantically-charged environmental legal thriller about fracking and drilling for natural gas. DEP says the drilling did not cause the contamination. The neighbors have sued the agency and Mike must defend the state. Because of the unique nature of the case, Mike finds himself on what he considers the “wrong” side, defending DEP’s position in support of the drilling company. Mike begins to suspect the neighbors are right and must get to the truth of the matter while he can do so. Mike works closely with DEP’s geologist, Missy Shelton, who becomes more than merely his co-worker. As their feelings for each other grow, danger lurks for both of them.
Books Coming out February 8:
Behind the Lie by Emilya Naymark
A transplant to the upstate New York hamlet of Sylvan, all Laney wants is a peaceful life for herself and her son. But things rarely remain calm in Laney’s life—and when her neighborhood summer block party explodes in shocking violence and ends with the disappearance of her friend and another woman, she’ll need all her skills as a PI to solve a mystery that reaches far beyond her small town.
Cold by Mariko Tamaki
A boy, a murder, a girl, a secret. From award-winning author Mariko Tamaki comes Cold, a haunting YA novel about a shocking crime in a quiet town and four students who knew too much and said too little.
Abandoned In Death by J.D. Robb
Homicide detective Eve Dallas must untangle a twisted family history while a hostage’s life hangs in the balance.
The woman’s body was found in the early morning, on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong—like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes, decades out of date. The fatal wound hidden beneath a ribbon around her neck. And the note: Bad Mommy, written in crayon as if by a child.
Eve Dallas turns to the department’s top profiler, who confirms what seems obvious to Eve: They’re dealing with a killer whose childhood involved some sort of trauma—a situation Eve is all too familiar with herself. Yet the clues suggest a perpetrator who’d be roughly sixty years old, and there are no records of old crimes with a similar MO. What was the trigger that apparently reopened such an old wound and sent someone over the edge?
When Eve discovers that other young women—who physically resemble the first victim—have vanished, the clock starts ticking louder. But to solve this case she will need to find her way into a hidden place of dim light and concrete, into the distant past, and into the cold depths of a shattered mind.
The Night She Went Missing by Kristen Bird
Month after she disappeared, a high school senior is found floating in the town’s harbor, alive but unconscious. Where has Emily been, and how did she get into the water? In Kristen Bird’s “gripping” (Publishers Weekly) debut The Night She Went Missing, three friends-to-frenemies mothers in a close-knit, wealthy Texas community decide to investigate after the police hit a dead end. While each woman has secrets to protect, they’ll all be forced to look at their own children – or each other’s – to uncover the truth.
Hidden Agendas by D. Marshall Craig, M.D.
When busy trauma surgeon Dr. Kyle Chandler goes to a medical symposium in London, he agrees to two innocent meetings for his friend Ian Griffin, who runs a private investigation firm. During his time in England, Dr. Chandler stumbles on a mysterious system of illegal smuggling to the United States. How could the smuggling of products in bulk wine carriers have anything to do with the shipping of French antiques? As Kyle continues his investigation, he soon realizes he faces a powerful, complex network involving organized crime. At the same time, escalating threats to him reveal the truth-and the truth nearly costs him his life.
The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Books coming out on February 15:
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
A RIVER ENCHANTED is Rebecca Ross's adult fantasy debut, and the first in a duology. House of Earth and Blood meets The Witch's Heart in this immersive fantasy thriller brimming with folk magic and political intrigue, peopled with vivid characters and a slow-burn romance. Set on the magical Isle of Cadence, a grumpy bard and his childhood rival team up to discover why girls are going missing from their clan.
An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Raybourn
In AN IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSTOR, Veronica and her love interest, Stoker, are called upon to identify someone that Veronica knew long ago -- and who was previously presumed to be dead. Could this man truly be back from the dead? Or is he a devious impostor, determined to claim a vast fortune? The mystery only becomes more twisted as a quest to uncover the truth ensues.
Cultures of Belonging: Building Inclusive Organizations that Last by Alida Miranda-Wolff
Bypass the faulty processes and communication styles that make change impossible in so many other organizations; access these practical tools and ideas for increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in your company. Overcome any limiting work environment and build all new processes and communication priorities that allow your employees to be a part of something greater than themselves while your organization learns to value and embrace the unique experiences and perspective that each employee brings to the company.
Where I Can't Follow by Ashley Blooms
Maren Walker told herself she wouldn't need to sell pills for long, that it was only means to an end. But that end seems to be stretching as far away as the other side of Blackdamp County, Kentucky. There's always another bill for Granny's doctor, another problem with the car, another reason she's getting nowhere. She dreams of walking through her little door to leave it all behind. The doors have appeared to the people in her mountain town for as long as anyone can remember, though no one knows where they lead. All anyone knows is that if you go, you'll never come back. Maren's mother left through her door when Maren was nine, and her shadow has followed Maren ever since. When she faces the possibility of escaping her struggles for good, Maren must choose just what kind of future she wants to build.
CRISPR'd by Judy Foreman
In her debut novel, CRISPR’d: A Medical Thriller, Judy Foreman uses her decades of writing medical columns and science stories for The Boston Globe to take readers on a wild, all-too-plausible-ride into the future. CRISPR’d follows Samantha “Sammie” Fuller, a crackerjack reporter for one of Boston’s biggest newspapers. What starts out as an idea for a Mother’s Day piece turns into a shocking web of medical subterfuge Sammie never could have predicted. While interviewing a grieving mother who has lost her baby to a mysterious condition, Sammie becomes driven to tell her whole story, unexpectedly finding more families struggling to help their babies survive rare diseases. She soon realizes they all share the same doctor: Dr. Saul Kramer. With the help of her molecular biologist husband at MIT, Sammie uncovers the shocking fact that Kramer has been using CRISPR on embryos at his IVF clinic without his patients’ knowledge. When Sammie breaks the story, Dr. Kramer is swept up in a trial that captures the entire world’s attention.
Books Coming out on February 22:
Reconciliation, Healing, and Hope: Sermons from Washington Cathedral, editor Jan Naylor Cope
Edited by Jan Naylor Cope, Provost of Washington National Cathedral, and with a foreword by Jon Meacham, this is a collection of powerful sermons given during the midst of the pandemic. Now compiled into one volume, the sermons of Cathedral clergy and guest preachers such as Jon Meacham, Kelly Brown Douglas, and Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry share inspiring words as they explore topics such as hope, faith during times of distress, love, grief, and the presence of God.
Extasia by Claire Legrand
Her name is unimportant.
All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints of Haven. The elders will mark her and place the red hood on her head. With her sisters, she will stand against the evil power that lives beneath the black mountain—an evil which has already killed nine of her village’s men.
She will tell no one of the white-eyed beasts that follow her. Or the faceless gray women tall as houses. Or the girls she saw kissing in the elm grove.
Today she will be a saint of Haven. She will rid her family of her mother’s shame at last and save her people from destruction. She is not afraid. Are you?
This searing and lyrically written novel by the critically acclaimed author of Sawkill Girls beckons readers to follow its fierce heroine into a world filled with secrets and blood—where the truth is buried in lies and a devastating power waits, seething, for someone brave enough to use it.
The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney
Atlanta author Robert Gwaltney's fantastic debut novel, THE CICADA TREE, is a classic Southern gothic tale of obsession and manipulation, all set against a sweltering summer in 1950s Georgia. Following Analeise Newell, a young piano prodigy from Providence, Georgia, the book unfurls as a brooding, mystical narrative centered around Analiese's growing fascination with an old-money family - and the summer in which that fascination morphs into obsession. At the heart of the story is the meeting between young Analeise and Cordelia Mayfield, the matriarch of the Mistletoe Plantation, during the midst of a cicada cycle. Possessed with an otherworldly beauty, Cordelia (along with her daughter, Marlissa) captivates young Analeise - until a whispered secret and a shocking act of violence leads to decisions and consequences that reverberate through a lifetime. Lyrical and infused with the cadence and magic of small-town Southern life, THE CICADA TREE is the debut of an exciting new voice in fiction.
Scorpica by G.R. Macallister
A centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single girl being born in this sweeping epic fantasy that’s perfect for fans of Robin Hobb and Circe.
Five hundred years of peace between queendoms shatters when girls inexplicably stop being born. As the Drought of Girls stretches across a generation, it sets off a cascade of political and personal consequences across all five queendoms of the known world, throwing long-standing alliances into disarray as each queendom begins to turn on each other—and new threats to each nation rise from within.
