Naomi Alderman et al. Morrow, $28.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-313605-2
In this disappointing anthology of authorized pastiches featuring Agatha Christie’s Jane Marple, some contributors fail to play fair with readers by not sharing the clues the elderly amateur sleuth relies on, and almost none of the tales effectively
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Alyssa Cole. Kensington, $15 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-4967-0744-4
Opening a series set in the Civil War era, Cole (Mixed Signals) hits all the right notes in this smartly written espionage romance brimming with vivid characterization, heartfelt dialogue, and sensual sweetness. Ellen “Elle” Burns, a sassy...
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Alyssa Cole. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-268554-4
A delightful premise enlivens this opener of Cole’s Reluctant Royals series. Naledi Smith, a New Yorker and epidemiology grad student, is busy with her lab work, her numerous jobs, her lazy boss, and her drunken best friend. She has no time to...
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Alyssa Cole. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-268556-8
In Cole’s rollicking second Reluctant Royals contemporary (after A Princess in Theory), Portia Hobbs leaves New York for Scotland and a sword-making apprenticeship, determined to recreate herself and her life. However, “Project New Portia” takes a...
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Alyssa Cole. Kensington, $15.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-4967-0748-2
Cole completes the Loyal League trilogy with a hopeful look at interracial romance during the Civil War. Daniel Cumberland, a detective for the pro-Union Loyal League, has recently been reliberated after he was kidnapped back into slavery. He wants...
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Alyssa Cole. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-268558-2
Fan favorite Prince Johan von Braustein takes center stage in Cole’s delicious third and final Reluctant Royals contemporary. A vote that could end the Liechtienbourg monarchy is looming, but Johan escapes the political pressure and travels to...
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Alyssa Cole. Morrow, $16.99 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-06298-265-0
At the start of this outstanding thriller from Cole (A Prince on Paper), Sydney Green decides, as a distraction from her elderly mother’s illness and other personal woes, to take a walking tour of Gifford Place, her historically Black Brooklyn...
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Alyssa Cole. Avon, $7.99 Mass Market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-293396-6
Cole (A Princess on Paper) launches the Runaway Royals series with this thoroughly modern firecracker of a romance about a “trial marriage” between near opposites. No one expects a love match to grow from the hasty pairing between King Sanyu II of...
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Alyssa Cole. Avon, $7.99 mass market (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-293400-0
Leaving behind the angstier drama of How to Catch a Queen, Cole juggles the conventions of romantic comedy, fairy tale, and social satire in her heartwarming second Runaway Royals romance. When Makeda Hicks loses her job and her girlfriend in one...
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