FICTION/FIRST & COLLECTIONS
AKASHIC
Since You Ask (May, $14.95) by Louise Wareham. A young woman struggles to overcome her sexual compulsion. Author publicity.
ALYSON
Someone You Know (Apr., $13.95) by Gary Zebrun. A married man is stalked by a psychopath who knows about his secret gay life. Advertising.
Half-Life (May, $13.95) by Aaron Krach. Los Angeles teens anticipate their last days of high school. Advertising.
AMISTAD
Before I Let Go (June, $14.95) by Darren Coleman. Three male African-American friends search for love and sex. 50,000 first printing.
ARSENAL PULP PRESS
Desilicious: Sexy, Subversive, South Asian (Apr., $16.95), edited by Masala Trois Collective, confronts stereotypes about South Asian sexuality.
AVON
Temporary Insanity (June, $13.95) by Carroll Leslie. Alice copes with the dual trials of office temp work and dating in New York City.
BALLANTINE/STRIVERS ROW
Lemon City (Aug., $12.95) by Elaine Brown. Hijinks enliven a small Virginia town. Author publicity.
BALLANTINE/XYZ
Loose Lips (June, $12.95) by Claire Berlinski peeks inside the top-secret world of CIA trainees. Advertising.
Playing James (June, $12.95) by Sarah Mason. A rookie crime reporter takes on love, loot and a detective. Advertising.
BROADWAY/HARLEM MOON
Cosmopolitan Girls (Mar., $11.95) by Charlotte Burley and Lyah Beth LeFlore refashions Sex and the City—like stories.
CARROLL & GRAF
Buddha Da (Apr., $14) by Anne Donovan. A happy Irish family's lives change when one member becomes a Buddhist.
COACH HOUSE BOOKS
Your Secrets Sleep with Us (Apr., $14.95) by Darren O'Donnell invents a parallel-universe Toronto where U.S. refugees stream into Canada and foment chaos.
COFFEE HOUSE PRESS
Desire (May, $14) by Lindsay Ahl features the ivory trade, smallpox and rock 'n' roll in a psychological novel set in Africa. Advertising. 9-city author tour.
DARK ALLEY
Dark Places (June, $13.95) by Jonathan Evans. A backpacking adventurer in Nepal encounters the body of a murdered hiker. 30,000 first printing.
DELL/DELTA
Summer of the Big Bachi (Mar., $12) by Naomi Hirahara recaptures the Japanese-American experience following WWII. 25,000 first printing.Advertising. Author publicity.
The Sun Road (Mar., $12) by Hannah MacDonald. Years of secrets in London take their toll on Beth and her mother. 25,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
DENLINGER'S(editor@thebookden.com)
Dress Blues (May, $10.95) by Suzi Walls. An ornery young redneck is sent to fight in Vietnam, a country that leaves an indelible mark on his mind.
LEISURE
American Idle (Aug., $12.95) by Alesia Holliday. A young woman navigates the pitfalls of love and life while working on a reality TV show. Ad/promo.
NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
What a Girl Wants (Mar., $12.95) by Liz Maverick takes a ride through the ups and downs of 20-something life.
Love and Meatballs (Aug., $12.95) by Susan Volland features a 30-something heroine and her big restaurant-owning family.
NAL/ACCENT
Digging Out (Mar., $12.95) by Katherine Leiner captures a Welsh family's loss, reconciliation and healing love.
Losing the Moon (May, $12.95) by Patti Callahan Henry. A wife and mother still cherishes the memory of her first love... a college boyfriend who abruptly disappeared.
OAK TREE PRESS
A New Leaf (June, $12.95) by Elaine Cantrell. Kyle paid his debt to society but complicates his life when he falls for his new boss's daughter.
PLUME
The Piano Teacher (Mar., $13) by Lynn York. Miss Wilma's life in a small Southern town is upended by the return of her prodigal daughter and by murder. Ad/promo. 12-city author tour.
POCKET BOOKS
All the Women I've Loved (Apr., $13) by Byron Harmon looks at the male fear of commitment.
POCKET/DOWNTOWN PRESS
Clearing the Aisle (May, $13) by Karen Schwartz. Two college sweethearts second-guess family and friends when they decide to become partners.
Going Topless (June, $13) by Megan McAndrew. When Ross Wright's daughters, stepdaughters and third wife gather for his memorial, the discovery of money causes all of them to re-examine their relationship to him and each other.
RANDOM HOUSE
The View from Stalin's Head (Mar., $12.95) by Aaron Hamburger. Ten stories follow Americans and Europeans in post—Cold War Prague. Ad/promo.
ST. MARTIN'S/GRIFFIN
An Egg on Three Sticks (May, $12.95) by Jackie Moyer Fischer. Abby takes a journey that is both comic and heartbreaking. Advertising.
Sock (July, $12.95) by Penn Jillette. A sock monkey is the primary character in this novel by half of the Penn and Teller magic team. Advertising.
SERPENT'S TAIL
The Naked Pioneer Girl (June, $14) by Mikhail Kononov paints a satirical picture of Russia under Stalin.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
Grosse Pointe Girl: Tales from a Suburban Adolescence (June, $12) by Sarah Grace McCandless. Christine Norrie illustrates this story of a new girl in town who has to prove her hipness. 50,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
S&S/TOUCHSTONE
A Secret Word (Apr., $13) by Jennifer Paddock spans 15 years in the lives of three friends, two of whom move from their native Arkansas to New York City. Ad/promo. 10-city author tour.
Object of Virtue (July, $14) by Nicholas B. Nicholson. Descended from a noble Russian family, Sasha works in a Manhattan auction house where he encounters a purloined Fabergé figurine.
SOURCEBOOKS LANDMARK
Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife (May, $16) by Linda Berdoll is a sexy sequel to Pride and Prejudice. 30,000 first printing.
SPUYTENDUYVIL (spuytenduyvil@lycos.com)
Jackpot (Apr., $13) by Tsipi Keller. A woman on holiday in the Caribbean develops a gambling problem that leads her into prostitution.
SUNSTONE PRESS
Yellow Bear Lodge (Mar., $18.95) by Bryant C. Blewett and Ellen Marshall is a romantic novel set on a Montana dude ranch.
WARNER
Star Craving Mad (May, $12.95) by Elise Abrams Miller relates the misadventures of a celebrity-obsessed private school teacher in Manhattan. Advertising. Author publicity.
Shameless (June, $14) by Paul Burston. Deserted by his boyfriend, a 32-year-old man decides to live the wild youth he never had.
English as a Second Language (Aug., $12.95) by Megan Crane. A young New York woman swaps her corporate job for a year of grad school in England. Advertising.
