Sultry books for summer

Has it been hot enough for you? If not, check out some of our brand new romance novels. Some are RITA award winners.


Among the Wonderful by Stacy Carlson sounds intriguing. A giantess and a taxidermist inhabit P.T. Barnum's museum in Manhattan in the 1840s.


In The Submission by Amy Waldman, the winner of a 9/11 memorial design contest turns out to be a Muslim American. Library Journal says, "This is an insightful, courageous, heartbreaking work that should be read, discussed, then read again."

More new books below.

Campion, Alexander. Crime Fraiche. Kensington Publishing Corporation. 7/1/2011. Mystery

Carlson, Stacy. Among the Wonderful. Steerforth Press. 8/2/2011.

Carlyle, Liz. The Bride Wore Scarlet. Avon Books. 7/26/2011. Romance

Castle, Jayne. Canyons of Night: Book Three of the Looking Glass Trilogy. Jove Books. 8/30/2011. Romance

Chen, Guanzhong. The Fat Years. Nan A. Talese. 1/10/2012.

Colfer, Eoin. Plugged. Overlook Press. 9/1/2011. Mystery

Collins, Max Allan. Bye Bye, Baby. Forge. 8/16/2011. Mystery

Datlow, Ellen. Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy. St. Martin's Griffin. 7/5/2011. Fantasy

Everson, Eva Marie. Chasing Sunsets: A Cedar Key Novel. Fleming H. Revell Company. 6/1/2011.

Hatvany, Amy. Best Kept Secret. Washington Square Press. 6/7/2011.

Hill, Donna. Heat Wave. Dafina Books. 7/1/2011. Romance

Kane, Andrea. The Girl Who Disappeared Twice. Mira Books. 5/31/2011.

Knight, Angela. Burning Up. Berkley Sensations. 8/3/2010. Romance

Mann, Catherine. Cover Me. Sourcebooks Casablanca. 7/1/2011. Romance

McOmber, Adam. This New & Poisonous Air. BOA Editions. 6/21/2011.

Roberts, Nora. The Next Always: Book One of the Inn Boonsboro Trilogy. Berkley Publishing Group. 11/1/2011. Romance

Roper, Gayle G. Shadows on the Sand: A Seaside Mystery. Multnomah Publishers. 7/19/2011.

Seilstad, Lorna. A Great Catch. Fleming H. Revell Company. 5/1/2011. Romance

Spiegelman, Peter. Thick as Thieves. Knopf Publishing Group. 7/26/2011.

Strobel, Lee. Ambition. Zondervan. 5/17/2011.

Thomas Nelson Publishers. Fairer Than Morning. Thomas Nelson Publishers. 5/10/2011.

Waldman, Amy. The Submission. Farrar Straus Giroux. 8/16/2011.

Warner, Kaki. Pieces of Sky. Berkley Publishing Group. 1/5/2010. Romance