ALYSON
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Romantic Fiction (Apr., $14.95) by Leslia Newman is the lesbian author's first collection of love stories. Advertising.
ANCHOR
Reprints: The Age of Grief (May, $12) by Jane Smiley; John Henry Days (May, $14) by Colson Whitehead; Choke (June, $13) by Chuck Palahniuk; Any Way the Wind Blows (July, $12) by E. Lynn Harris.
ANTHEM
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Early Victorian English Literature: An Anthology, edited by Rod Mengham, and Late Victorian English Literature... (both May, $45 each), edited by Caroline Blyth, include criticism along with the work of both greats and unknowns.
ARCADIA BOOKS
A River in May (Apr., $13.95) by Edward Wilson. Murderous gringos let loose on a Third World country.
ARTE PUBLICO PRESS
Never Through Miami (Mar., $12.95) by Roberto Quesada. A Latin American immigrant finds misadventure while storming the urban arts scene.
AVON
May December Souls (Mar., $13.95) by Marissa Monteilh. Stuck in an unsatisfactory relationship, an African-American is drawn to a man 20 years her junior.
For Better, for Worse (May, $14.95) by Carole Matthews is the latest hip, contemporary woman's novel in the English invasion.
The Dominant Blonde (June, $13.95) by Alisa Kwitney. Can Lydia's search for the perfect boyfriend and the ideal hair color be within reach?
BALLANTINE
Dog Handling (May, $12.95) by Clare Naylor. When Liv's fiancé calls off the wedding, her big opportunity awaits.
Reprints: Big Cherry Holler (Apr., $13.95) by Adriana Trigiani; Back When We Were Grownups (May, $14.95) by Anne Tyler; The Fourth Hand (June, $15.95) by John Irving.
BERKLEY
The Seduction (June, $12.95) by Julia Ross. After losing everything in a card game, a viscount must bed a mysterious woman.
Harmony (July, $14) by Jayne Ann Krentz. Two futuristic romances set on the planet Harmony are, for the first time, in one volume.
Reprints: Casual Rex (Mar., $12.95) by Eric Garcia; Out of the Shadows (Apr., $14) by Linda Lael Miller; Honest Illusions (Aug., $TBA) by Nora Roberts.
BERKLEY/SIGNATURE
Caliente!: The Best Erotic Writing in Latin American Literature (June, $13), edited by J.H. Blair, showcases a variety of heated stories.
Reprints: American Fuji (Mar., $14) by Sara Backer; The Hatbox Baby (June, $14) by Carrie Brown; Blue Diary (Aug., $13) by Alice Hoffman.
BET/NEW SPIRIT
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The Prodigal Husband (Apr., $15) by Jacquelin Thomas. Tragedy and betrayal interrupt the seemingly perfect life of Tori and Jake.
BET/SEPIA
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Surviving Mr. Right (Apr., $15) by Teresa McClain-Watson. Obstacles come between three smart women and the right man.
BETHANY HOUSE
Twilight (July, $11.99) by Kristen Heitzmann. Haunted by memories of a tragic accident, a fireman turns to an old girlfriend for help.
Quinlin's Estate (Aug., $11.99) by David Ryan Long. In her fight to save a historic home, a grad student uncovers a town's dark secrets.
BIRLINN
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The Red Door: The Complete English Stories 1949-1976 and The Black Halo: The Complete English Stories 1977-1998 (both Apr., $16 each) by Iain Crichton Smith, edited by Kevin MacNeil, collect 90 of the Scottish author's stories that were never before published in book form.
BLACK SPARROW PRESS
Weep Not, My Wanton: Stories & Poems (Mar., $17) by Maggie Dubris. Based on a paramedic's experiences, New York City is portrayed as a 20th-century version of Dante's Inferno.
MARION BOYARS
Blue of Noon (May, $14.95) by Georges Bataille is set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into fascism.
BRAVA
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Too Much Temptation (Mar., $14) by Lori Foster. A couple's uncomplicated passion leads to more.
Again and Again (May, $15) by Susan Johnson is a historical erotic romance in which a woman who takes shelter in a country inn encounters the man who betrayed her.
BROADMAN & HOLMAN
The Darwin Conspiracy: The Confessions of Sir Max Busby (May, $12.99) by James Scott Bell exposes the inadequacies of the theory of evolution.
BROADWAY BOOKS
Reprints: The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist (May, $14.95) by Dan Jenkins; Mr. Maybe (June, $11.95) by Jane Green.
CITY LIGHTS BOOKS
Death in Troy (June, $11.95) by Bilge Karasu, trans. by Aron Aji. Originally from Turkey, this story follows a boy growing up in a small coastal village. Advertising.
CLEIS PRESS
I Am a Woman (May, $12.95) by Ann Bannon depicts the lesbian bohemia of 1950s Greenwich Village.
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction (June, $24.95), edited by Devon W. Carbado et al., assembles 40 authors, including Alice Walker, E. Lynn Harris and Langston Hughes.
COFFEE HOUSE PRESS
Little Casino (May, $14.95) by Gilbert Sorrentino uncovers sexy and humorous details of Brooklyn life. Advertising.
Some of Her Friends That Year: New and Selected Stories (May, $16.95) by Maxine Chernoff probes the baffling and amusing behavior of middle-agers. Advertising. Author tour.
CUMBERLAND HOUSE
In the Shadow of the Wall (Apr., $16.95), edited by Byron R. Tetrick, gathers alternative history stories by writers from the Vietnam era.
DAFINA
Candy Don't Come in Gray (Aug., $14) by Roslyn Carrington. A woman's illegitimate daughter and surrogate son learn that they are free to choose whom to love.
Reprints: Soulmates Dissipate (Apr., $15) by Mary B. Morrison; The Upper Room (July, $15) by Mary Monroe.
DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
Flotsam and Jetsam (Mar., $13.95) by Aidan Higgins presents short stories by the Irish writer.
Iceland (June, $13.50) by Jim Krusoe. The narrator makes love to a woman he meets while swimming in a pool filled with internal organs.
JOHN DANIEL
Between Man and Woman Keys (May, $12.95) by Rosalind Brackenbury. In these stories, fishermen, Cuban refugees and grifters settle in Key West.
DENLINGER'S
Reprints: Biscuits and Gunfire for Breakfast (Mar., $12.95) by David Dillinger; Jacob's Ladder (Mar., $17.95) by Jules M. Seletz, M.D.
DTP/DELTA
Reprints: Paradise Park (May, $12.95) by Allegra Goodman, 35,000 first printing; Mother Rocket (July, $12.95) by Rita Ciresi, 30,000 first printing.
ECCO
Reprints: The Torturer's Apprentice (Mar., $12.95) by John Biguenet; Faithless: Tales of Transgression (June, $14.95) by Joyce Carol Oates.
FC2
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Soul Resin (Mar., $13.95) by C.W. Cannon is a Southern gothic horror novel with a postmodern bent.
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FEMINIST PRESS
Rape of Sita (July, $14.95) by Lindsey Colleen. An independent woman faces the consequences of her rape in this novel from Africa. Advertising.
FITHIAN PRESS
Bay to Breakers (June, $14.95) by Frank Frost. A 'cast of characters' become involved in the Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco.
FORGE
The Magdalen (Mar., $14.95) by Marita Conlon-McKenna. Pregnant and abandoned, a young Irish girl enters a Dublin convent. Advertising.
Shadows of Blue and Gray (Mar., $24.95) by Ambrose Bierce revisits the horrors of the American Civil War. Advertising.
Reprints: Chemical Pink (Apr., $13.95) by Katie Arnoldi; The Singing Sword (May, $14.95) by Jack Whyte.
FOUR WALLS EIGHT WINDOWS
Reprint: Paper Moon (Apr., $13.95) by Joe David Brown is a 30th-anniversary edition.
GRANTA
Taking It to Heart (Apr., $11.95) by Marie Desplechin. Stories embrace life and love in today's Paris.
GROVE PRESS
Reprints: Crawling at Night (Apr., $12.50) by Nani Power, 25,000 first printing; In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd (May, $12) by Ana Menendez, 35,000 first printing.
HARCOURT/HARVEST
Reprints: Snow Mountain Passage (Apr., $14) by James D. Houston, 75,000 first printing; Slammerkin (May, $14) by Emma Donoghue; Elvis in the Morning (June, $14) by William F. Buckley Jr.
HILL STREET PRESS
Best of the Oxford American: Ten Years of Contemporary Southern Writing (May, $16.95), edited by Marc Smirnoff, anthologizes pieces published in John Grisham's journal. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. 15-city author tour.
HODDER & STOUGHTON
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Triple Alliance (May, $9.95) by Nigel Tranter tells of 17th-century Colonel Stansfield, founder of the woolen mills in Scotland's Haddington.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN/MARINER
Reprints: The Wind Done Gone (Apr., $12) by Alice Randall, 75,000 first printing; Taps (Apr., $13) by Willie Morris, 25,000 first printing; Hotel Honolulu (May, $14) by Paul Theroux, 25,000 first printing; Almost (June, $13) by Elizabeth Benedict, 20,000 first printing.
JOAN OF ARC
The Race of Leaves: A Rebels' Fable (May, $11.95) by A.M. Provinzano satirizes war, social corruption and man's inhumanity to man.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. PRESS
Dream Date (May, $13.95) by Jean McGarry. Surrealistic tales reveal relationships' unconscious desires and fears.
KENSINGTON
Summer Share (May, $14) by Chris Kenry et al. Four novellas celebrate gay fun in the sun.
Party Girls (July, $14) by Roz Bailey introduces three 30-somethings looking for Mr. Right.
Reprints: Tricks of the Trade (June, $14) by Ben Tyler; Someone Killed His Boyfriend (July, $14) by David Stukas.
LEAPFROG PRESS
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Paradise Dance (Aug., $14.95) by Michael Lee. Stories are told in a voice from Boston's working-class outskirts.
LITTLE, BROWN/BACK BAY
Reprints: Demonology (Apr., $13.95) by Rick Moody; The Gospel of Judas (May, $13.95) by Simon Mawer; All the Finest Girls (June, $13.95) by Alexandra Styron.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. PRESS
The Night Travellers (Apr., $17.95) by Elizabeth Spencer. Lovers are torn apart by the Vietnam War. Advertising.
MCBOOKS PRESS
The Hanging Matter ($16.95) and Element of Chance (both Apr., $17.95) by David Donachie are #3 and #4 in the Privateersman Mystery series.
Badge of Glory ($16.95) and The First to Land (both Apr., $15.95) by Douglas Reeman launch the Royal Marines Saga series.
MCCLELLAND & STEWART
The Dominion of Wylie McFadden (July, $14.95) by Scott Gardiner is described as a cross between On the Road and The Call of the Wild.
MARLOWE & COMPANY
Escape: Stories of Getting Away from It All (June, $16.95), edited by Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker, defines the impulse to defy conventional life. 25,000 first printing.
MODERN LIBRARY
Reprint: Fury (Aug., $12.95) by Salman Rushdie.
MTV BOOKS
Crooked (May, $12.95) by Louisa Luna. A young woman struggles to rebuild her life after prison. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
MULTNOMAH
Deirdre: The Fires of Gleannmara Series (Mar., $11.99) by Linda Windsor. In the third book of the series, a Saxon pirate prince captures a devout princess with the key to heavenly and earthly kingdoms.
Halfway to Forever (Apr., $11.99) by Karen Kingsbury. Two couples learn to depend on God every day.
NBM
No Pasaran (July, $14) by Vittorio Giardino is the final volume of a story set during the Spanish Civil War.
THOMAS NELSON
Touch the Face of God (Mar., $14.99) by Robert Vaughan. During the drama of WWII, faith in God was our national security. 45,000 first printing.
NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
Reprint: Liar's Game (May, $13.95) by Eric Jerome Dickey.
NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY/ACCENT
The Matter of Grace (May, $12.95) by Jessica Barksdale Inclan. A dying woman deceives her friends.
NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY/NOIR
A Century of Noir: Thirty-Two Classic Crime Stories (Apr., $15), edited by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, relishes the dark side of life.
NEW YORK REVIEW of BOOKS CLASSICS
The Go-Between (Mar., $14.95) by L.P. Hartley. A lad enters the world of adults with tragic consequences.
Corrigan (June, $14.95) and Great Granny Webster (Aug., $12.95) both by Caroline Blackwood are tales of mystery and emotional havoc.
NORTHWESTERN UNIV. PRESS
His Current Woman (Apr., $15.95) by Jerzy Pilch relates the comic misadventures of a philanderer and the angry lover in his attic.
W.W. NORTON
Reprints: The God of Nightmares (June, $13.95) by Paula Fox; A Dog's Ransom ( $12.95) and Little Tales of Misogyny (both Aug., $11) both by Patricia Highsmith.
PARACLETE PRESS
Blue Hope (Mar., $12.95) by Robert Waldron. Fighting depression, John Highet finds hope in a monastery.
PENGUIN
The Crooked Man (July, $13) by Philip Davison. A freelancer working in British intelligence cleans up a cabinet member's crime of passion. 50,000 first printing. 5-city author tour.
Housewrights (July, $13) by Art Corriveau. A young woman's love for twin brothers divides a small town. 30,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author tour.
Reprints: Cause Celeb (Mar., $13) by Helen Fielding, 100,000 first printing; A Common Life (Apr., $13) by Jan Karon, 1 million first printing; Miss Julia Takes Over (May, $14) by Ann Ross, 100,000 first printing; Year of Wonders (May, $14) by Geraldine Brooks, 100,000 first printing; Ex-Libris (June, $14) by Ross King, 50,000 first printing.
PERENNIAL
In Open Spaces (July, $13.95) by Russell Rowland. A man's death by drowning in eastern Montana triggers a turbulent family story.
Reprints: In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden (Mar., $12.95) by Kathleen Cambor; The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (Apr., $12.95) by Louise Erdrich; Bel Canto (May, $13.95) by Ann Patchett.
PICADOR
Holden's Performance (May, $14) by Murray Bail follows a guileless innocent on his wandering through the cities and landscapes of Australia.
Ways of Dying (Aug., $13) by Zakes Mda is a comic novel of love and strife.
Reprints: The Love Artist (Apr., $13) by Jane Alison; The Collected Stories of Richard Yates (May, $16) by Richard Yates; The Good German (July, $TBA) by Joseph Kanon.
PINEAPPLE PRESS
Tellable Cracker Tales, Vol. 2 (Apr.; $8.95, cloth $14.95) by Annette Bruce provides storytellers with yarns that are mythical, moving and funny.
PLUME
Farm Fatale (Mar., $13) by Wendy Holden. Two city couples go country.
After Hours: A Collection of Erotic Writing by Black Men (Aug., $14), edited by Robert Fleming. Eighteen stories portray the richness of the African-American sexual experience.
Reprints: Miss Garnet's Angel (Mar., $13) by Salley Vickers; A Perfect Arrangement (May, $13) by Suzanne Berne; The Rackets (June, $14) by Thomas Kelly.
POCKET BOOKS
The Autobiography of a Bed (July, $12) by Christina Dodd and Connie Brockway traces how a magnificent bed affected the lovers who slept in it throughout English history.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Reprint: Purple Dots (June, $13) by Jim Lehrer.
RANDOM HOUSE
Reprints: Hollowpoint (Mar., $11.95) by Rob Reuland; Carry Me Across the Water (May, $12.95) by Ethan Canin; A Soldier's Duty (June, $11.95) by Thomas E. Ricks; The Holy Road (July, $13.95) by Michael Blake.
RED DEER PRESS
The Kappa Child (May, $16.95) by Hiromi Goto concerns an immaculate conception, abductions by aliens and amorous cucumbers.
TransLit: Vol. 5 (May, $14.95), edited by Maureen Ranson, assembles writers and translators from Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, the U.S. and Belgium.
FLEMING H. REVELL
Watermelon Days and Firefly Nights: Heartwarming Scenes of Small Town Life (July, $10.99) by Annette Smith is a collection enlivened by the folks who call Ella Louise, Tex., their home sweet home.
RIVERHEAD
Reprint: How to Be Good (May, $13) by Nick Hornby.
ROBERTS RINEHART
Reprint: The Virginian: A Horseman on the Plains (May; $29.95, cloth $150) by Owen Wister is a 100th-anniversary edition.
ST. MARTIN'S/GRIFFIN
Saucer (Mar., $14.95) by Stephen Coonts is a change-of-pace flying saucer adventure. 200,000 first printing.
The Paris Option (June, $15.95) by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds is a new thriller in the Covert-One series. 500,000 first printing.
SCRIBNER
The Linnet's Tale (Apr., $12) by Dale C. Willard is narrated by Waterford Hopstep, a linnet raised by a family of field mice.
Inca: The Puma's Shadow (Aug., $14) by A.B. Daniel. A dying king confers upon the daughter of a princess the mystery of the Inca Gods, and then Pizarro arrives.
Reprints: Man and Boy (May, $12) by Tony Parsons; City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan (July, $15) by Beverly Swerling; Just Say No! (July, $14) by Omar Tyree.
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SHAMBHALA
Cape Random (May, $14.95) by Bernice Morgan recounts the hardships faced by the settlers of Newfoundland.
SOHO PRESS/ASIA 2000
Lipstick and Other Stories (Apr., $10) by Alex Kuo is set in China in the 1940s and deals with repression, state terrorism and dissidence.
SOURCEBOOKS LANDMARK
Red Clay, Blue Cadillac (Apr., $15) by Michael Malone. Each story features a crafty Southern belle. 25,000 first printing.
SPINSTERS INK
The Yellow Cathedral (Apr., $14) by Anita Mason deals with greed, oil reserves and the conflict between the Chiapas Indians and the Mexican government. Ad/promo.
STEERFORTH PRESS
Plainsong (May, $14) by Nancy Huston. Coming upon her deceased grandfather's journal, Paula recreates his life through its fragments.
Twenty-Three Days in the City of Alba (May, $14) by Beppe Fenoglio is a collection based upon the author's adventures in the Italian resistance during WWII.
STORY LINE PRESS
The Baby Tree (Apr., $15.95) by Erin McGraw. Townspeople question the good deeds of Pastor Kate Gussey and her husband, Ned, when her ex-husband shows up in the small community.
SUNSTONE PRESS
He Ain't Dead: A Reed Haddok Western (Apr., $16.95) by Tom Whatley. Bounty hunters underestimate the wily Haddok.
SYRACUSE UNIV. PRESS
Anna in the Afterlife (Apr., $22.95) by Merrill Joan Gerber. Aged and facing death, Anna feels free to comment on what she could not know in her prime.
THUNDER'S MOUTH PRESS
Legend of a Rock Star (May, $13.95) by Dee Dee Ramone follows the former bassist and songwriter for the Ramones on a hellish European tour culminating in the death of bandmate Joey Ramone. Advertising.
TRANSACTION
The Age of Happy Problems (Apr., $24.95) by Herbert Gold employs essays to fictionalize problems faced by eclectic characters in the middle of their years and careers.
TYNDALE HOUSE
They Shall See God (Apr., $11.99) by Athol Dickson depicts a bizarre crime wave in New Orleans's Jewish community.
UNIV. OF MISSOURI PRESS
Night-Blooming Cereus (Apr., $15.95) by K.A. Longstreet. The story collection addresses how imagination seeks to transcend external events.
UNIV. OF TENNESSEE PRESS
Stone Man Mountain (Mar.; $19.95, cloth $45) by Annabel Thomas. Characters attempt to escape their Appalachian heritage, only to be drawn back to their agrarian roots.
VILLARD/STRIVERS ROW
Sittin' in the Front Pew (Apr., $13.95) by Parry 'EbonySatin' Brown. Returning home to bury her beloved, long-widowed father, Glynda begins to wonder if he had something to hide--like another daughter. 7-city author tour.
Promises to Keep (June, $13.95) by Gloria Mallette. A bitter divorce, a custody battle and murder figure in this story of strife and loss within an African-American family.
WARNER
Reprints: Last Refuge of Scoundrels: A Revolutionary Novel (Mar., $14.95) by Paul Lussier; Cane River (Apr., $13.95) by Lalita Tademy; Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (Apr., $12.95) by James Patterson; Kleopatra (Aug., $13.95) by Karen Essex; Hometown Legend (Aug., $13.95) by Jerry B. Jenkins.
WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
Reprints: Good in Bed (Apr., $13) by Jennifer Weiner; Chalktown (June, $14) by Melinda Haynes.
WELCOME RAIN
Reprint: The River Below (May, $15) by François Cheng.
ZONDERVAN
Color the Sidewalk for Me (Mar., $12.99) by Brandilyn Collins. Celia returns home to help nurse her father despite strain between herself and her cold, harsh mother.
Jordan's Star (May, $12.99) by Gilbert Morris. A widow remarries, but her 'dead' husband returns very much alive.
Reprint: Julie (Apr., $12.99) by Catherine Marshall.