By Amber Dusick Harlequin, $16.95, 214 pages Amber Dusick has a way with storytelling. She freely admits that her drawings are crappy—the word is right in the title of her well-loved blog and new book of the same name, Parenting: Illustrated …
By Anthony Browne Candlewick, $16.99, 32 pages How many chimpanzees do you see? How many gibbons? Lemurs? Baboons? Practice counting from one to ten with Anthony Browne’s beautifully illustrated new book One Gorilla. Ten distinct kinds of primates are featured in …
By Tim Pratt Paizo Publishing, LLC., $9.99, 400 pages Rodrick is a rogue in every sense of the word: he is smart, witty, charming, and above all self-serving. Together with his magical talking sword, called Hrym, Rodrick spends his days …
By Deanna Raybourn Harlequin MIRA, $15.95, 384 pages Delilah Drummond is a 1920s socialite, the talk of the town in whatever town she happens to currently live in, whether it’s Paris or New Orleans. But when her most recent husband …
By Mercedes Lackey DAW, $25.95, 330 pages It seems as if life is great for Herald Trainee Mags. He has his Companion, Dallen, and his classes, and kirball training is about to start again. His best friends, Bear and Lena, are in …
By Cade Courtley Gallery Books, $19.99, 344 pages Cade Courtley spent years as a Navy SEAL, using his intensive training to do various important covert activities. Now he’s putting his knowledge and experience to work for everyone; his new book literally gives …
By Dave Gross, James L. Sutter (editor) Paizo Publishing, LLC., $9.99, 398 pages Count Varian Jeggare and his bodyguard Radovan have entered the elven forests of Kyonin on a mission to get Varian’s beloved Red Carriage fixed by the only …
By Liana Krissoff Stewart, Tabori and Chang, $24.95, 272 pages Brown rice, whole-wheat flour, and oatmeal. Maybe corn? Is quinoa a grain? If those are the only whole grains you can think of, get ready to have your mind blown! Liana Krissoff …
By Michael Austin Prometheus Books, $19.00, 253 pages Over the years, different political factions have tried to claim the Founding Fathers as their own, saying that their views align perfectly with those of the men who founded America, and clearly anyone who …
By Laura Markham Perigee Trade Once we become parents ourselves, nearly everyone is determined to be the best mom or dad they can be. For many, this includes a personal resolution to do things “differently” than their own parents did; …
By Thomas Emson Thomas Dunne Books, 14.99, 373 pages Jake Lawton, former soldier, now a bouncer at the nightclub Religion, knows trouble when he sees it. And he knows something is up when the club’s owners let in a known drug dealer who …
By Susan Piver (editor) Shambhala, $16.95, 119 pages There’s something about being pregnant, about growing another life inside your own body, that inspires many women to really get in touch with themselves. We eat healthier, give up bad habits, try to maintain …
By Kari Sperring DAW, $7.99, 481 pages As a girl, Aude, who lives with her wealthy uncle in Silver City, had a vision of what she calls her Shining Place, a place she still hopes to find someday. But after a trip …
By Liane Merciel Paizo Publishing, $9.99, 384 pages Nidal is a rather gloomy nation, where the shadowcallers of the dark god Zon-Kuthon excel in the arts of torture and can summon demons to do their bidding. Isiem is taken from his home …
By Shobhan Bantwal Kensington Publishing, $15.00, 303 pages Meena has the successful career she’s worked hard for. And yet, as an unmarried Indian woman in her early thirties, she’s feeling pressure from her family to find an eligible husband. So when …
