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ST. MARTIN'S PAPERBACKS OCTOBER 2017

SPECTACULAR Iris Johansen

No Easy Target

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an explosive thriller featuring fan favorite Margaret Douglas, an animal psychic

When an enemy from her past threatens to return, Margaret Douglas must go on the run. But danger is in hot pursuit, and Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to be stopped. Turning from the hunted to the hunter, Margaret must use everything she has to not only survive, but defeat evil and prove she’s No Easy Target in this high-octane thriller.

KEY SELLING POINTS: • The character Margaret Douglas is a fan favorite, and readers will be excited to have a new book featuring the beloved character. • Iris Johansen is a consistent top-five New York Times, Wall Street Journal, ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 Bookscan, and Publishers Weekly bestseller. With the mass market of ISBN-13: 9781250075918 Silencing Eve she reached #1 on list. EBOOK ISBN: 9781466887220 • Iris Johansen knows how to engage her fans and keep them wanting more. PRICE: $9.99 / $13.99 CAN. Her Facebook fan page has more than 99k fans and is constantly growing. PAGES: 416 SPINE: 191MM H | 4IN W IN, TALL "This first-rate novel of romantic suspense will please Johansen’s many fans RACK and newcomers alike." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Hide Away CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 00/NOVEL “Eve Duncan novels by Johansen are so good that, or not, readers SETTING: SAN DIEGO, THE and fans remain completely engaged.” –Suspense Magazine on Shadow Play CARIBBEAN, MEXICO, THE “Delivering gut-wrenching emotion and spine-tingling suspense is what DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, TRINIDAD, Johansen does best, and when you add in a touch of the supernatural...you get JAMAICA, COLOMBIA the perfect storm of a thriller!” –RT Book Reviews (4 ½ stars) on Your Next ORIGIN: SMP HC (9781250075840, Breath 4/17, $27.99) AUTHOR HOME: ATLANTA, GA ALSO AVAILABLE: Night and Day | 2/17 | 9781250075901 | $8.99 / $12.99 Can. Hide Away | 9/16 | 9781250075895 | $8.99 / $12.99 Can. MARKETING Shadow Play | 5/16 | 9781250075819 | $8.99 / $12.99 Can. Online Promotion Your Next Breath | 9/15 | 9781250069467 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Visit IrisJohansen.com Active on Facebook: /OfficialIrisJohansen 99k likes

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SUPER LEAD

The Scarlet Gospels

A good vs. evil saga that goes straight to in Barker's first novel for adults since 2007.

The Scarlet Gospels, debuted at #9 on the New York Times bestseller list in hard cover, takes readers back many years to the early days of two of Barker's most iconic characters in a battle of good and evil as old as time. The long-beleaguered detective Harry D'Amour, investigator of all supernatural, magical, and malevolent crimes, faces off against his formidable, and intensely evil rival, , the priest of hell. Barker devotees have been waiting for The Scarlet Gospels with bated breath for years, and it's everything they've begged for and more. Bloody, terrifying, and brilliantly complex, fans and newcomers alike will not be disappointed by the epic, visionary tale that is The Scarlet Gospels. Barker's horror will make your worst nightmares seem like bedtime stories. The Gospels are coming. Are you ready? ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 ISBN-13: 9781250136138 KEY SELLING POINTS: EBOOK ISBN: 9781466859555 • The hardcover edition of The Scarlet Gospels debuted at #9 on the New PRICE: $9.99 / $13.99 CAN. York Times bestseller list. Clive Barker is second only to Stephen King in PAGES: 480 this genre. The hardcover also made the Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and SPINE: 191MM H | 4IN W IN, TALL Ingram lists. RACK • The first Pinhead novel, Hellbound Heart, is a classic of the genre, CTN COUNT: 48 spawning eight feature films and selling millions of copies worldwide. The CPDA/CAT: 00/NOVEL Scarlet Gospels is the first book to feature Pinhead since 1986. SETTING: HELL, BETHLEHEM • Weinstein Co. is doing a reboot, Boom! Studios is getting ready to launch a new Hellraiser comic book mini-series, and Game of Thrones ORIGIN: GRIFFIN TP actress Lena Headey will star in the movie adaptation of Jacueline Ess. (9781250056177, 5/16, $16.99) • Visit CliveBarker.info AUTHOR HOME: LOS ANGELES

"The Scarlet Gospels offers the pleasures of a tightly compressed epic. Its MARKETING visionary scenario and detailed account of apocalyptic events are as grand and sweeping as anything the earlier books had to offer...The Scarlet Gospels assumes Visit CliveBarker.info Facebook: Facebook.com/OfficialCliveBarker a prominent place in [Barker's] evolving catalog of mythic imaginings." —The Twitter: Twitter.com/RealCliveBarker Washington Post

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SPOTLIGHT Brenda Novak

Hello Again

From NYT bestseller Brenda Novak comes the next installment of Dr. Evelyn Talbot and her murderous home for psychopaths.

Evelyn Talbot, a psychiatrist at a maximum-security prison in remote Alaska, studies some of the world's worst serial killers. But she’s about to meet her most elusive patient at Hanover House yet: Dr. Lyman Bishop, AKA the Zombie Maker given his fondness for performing icepick lobotomies on his victims. A brilliant cancer researcher, Bishop is either the most cunning psychopath Evelyn has ever encountered—or he is wrongly convicted.

When a new ice-pick fatality occurs, it seems Bishop really was wrongly convicted. Except...Evelyn has a personal connection to the murder victim ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 and that suggests the killer may be someone from her own past: Jasper ISBN-13: 9781250076571 Moore, her high school boyfriend who tortured her and left her for dead EBOOK ISBN: 9781466888012 when she was only sixteen. Jasper murdered three of her friends back PRICE: $7.99 / $10.99 CAN. then—and was never caught. Is he trying to send a message with this copycat crime? Is he coming for her next? The only thing Evelyn knows PAGES: 384 for sure is that if Jasper is on her trail, she might not be able to escape again SPINE: 7IN H | 4IN W IN . . . CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 00/NOVEL KEY SELLING POINTS: RIGHTS: UK: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS • Brenda Novak is a New York Times bestseller and is the ITW Silver Bullet TRANSLATION: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS Award Winner, 4-time Rita nominee, RT Award winner in several categories, SETTING: ALASKA and multiple winner of the Book Buyer's Best, the Bookseller's Best, and the ORIGIN: ORIGINAL National Reader's Choice awards, among others. She is a beloved and AUTHOR HOME: SACRAMENTO, established author with a large fan-base. CALIFORNIA • This is the second novel in a popular new series by Brenda, which follows a female psychiatrist with a troubled past in a small town in Alaska. This is published in mass market, where Brenda has already established a strong MARKETING following. Sexy and suspenseful, it's everything her readers expect from her National Print Publicity and more. Online Publicity • Brenda Novak has an established brand name with lots of connections in Major Online Advertising Campaign the book world and huge online outreach. Social Media Campaign Early Reader Review Campaign Backlist Ebook Promotion Visit BrendaNovak.com ALSO AVAILABLE: Facebook: Facebook.com/BrendaNovakAuthor Her Darkest Nightmare | 8/16 | 9781250076564 | $7.99 / $10.99 Can. Twitter: Twitter.com/BrendaNovak

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LEAD Kerrigan Byrne

The Scot Beds His Wife

The next stunning, captivating historical romance from Kerrigan Byrne!

The notorious Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne, has always used his seductive green eyes and slightly menacing charm to get what he wants— including too many women married to other men. But now, Gavin wants to put his shady past behind him. Step one: to take possession of the estate bordering Inverthorne Keep. The rightful owner of the land has been off in America for years, leaving the property ripe for the taking…until the missing heiress returns to Scotland to claim what is hers.

Tessa Ross has come back with a vengeance—and in a pair of trousers. That’s just one way in which being abroad changed the beautiful lass. As ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 Gavin is about to discover, Tessa has a whole world of dangerous secrets ISBN-13: 9781250122544 from her time spent in the Wild West. . . and if the truth about her travels EBOOK ISBN: 9781250122551 comes out, Tessa will be shunned. A hasty marriage is her only option and PRICE: $7.99 / $10.99 CAN. Gavin, who has taken a shine to her—and her estate—is her best chance. What begins as a scandalous proposition slowly turns into something more PAGES: 368 passionate than either Tessa or Gavin ever expected. Could it be that true SPINE: 7IN H | 4IN W IN love has been waiting at home in the Highlands all along? CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 24/HISTORICAL KEY SELLING POINTS: ROMANCE • Kerrigan Byrne's first novel, The Highwayman, was an instant in-house, RIGHTS: UK: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS reviewer and reader favorite. The book received amazing raves, even TRANSLATION: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS comparing Dorian and Farah to Rochester and Jane in Jane Eyre. Publishers SETTING: VICTORIAN LONDON Weekly said "The romance is raw, edgy and explosive...the path they take ORIGIN: ORIGINAL through adversity makes the triumph of love deeply satisfying." AUTHOR HOME: SPANISH FORK, UT • Kerrigan garnered a starred review from Library Journal, was a Summer Spotlight title, and made the Top 5 of their Best Books of 2015: Romance list. She was also an RT Top Pick and was nominated for RT's Reviewer's MARKETING Choice Best First Historical Romance and they called her "a force in the National Print Publicity genre." National Advertising • Kerrigan Byrne is perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean. NetGalley Outreach Blog Outreach Online Promotion at HeroesandHeartbreakers.com ALSO AVAILABLE: Email Marketing Campaign The Duke | 2/17 | 9781250118240 | $7.99 / $10.99 Can. Early Reader Review Campaign Visit KerriganByrne.com The Highlander | 8/16 | 9781250076076 | $7.99 / $10.99 Can. Facebook: Facebook.com/KerriganByrneAuthor The Hunter | 2/16 | 9781250076069 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Twitter: Twitter.com/Kerrigan_Byrne The Highwayman | 9/15 | 9781250076052 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. 5 ST. MARTIN'S PAPERBACKS NOVEMBER 2008

SPECIAL RELEASE Dan Brown

Digital Fortress

The debut thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code

When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage--not by guns or bombs -- but by a code so complex that if released would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.

KEY SELLING POINTS: ON-SALE DATE: 11/4/2008 ISBN-13: 9780312944926 • Dan Brown is one of the most widely read authors of all time. He is EBOOK ISBN: 9781429902304 releasing his next Robert Langdon thriller Origin on September 26, 2017, which will bring his name, and his backlist, back into the news. PRICE: $9.99 / $11.99 CAN. • A previous mass market edition of Digital Fortress spent more than 52 PAGES: 544 weeks on the New York Times bestseller and extended lists. It has SPINE: 1.330 IN, TALL RACK approximately 6 million copies in print. CTN COUNT: 24 • Digital Fortress is a modern cyber-thriller featuring a brilliant young CPDA/CAT: 00/NOVEL cryptographer in a desperate race to break an ingenious computer code. SETTING: U.S., SPAIN, JAPAN • Dan Brown's Robert Langdon movies continue to be popular. The third ORIGIN: REISSUE (1ST PTNG 11/08) movie, starring Tom Hanks and titled Inferno, was released in 2016. AUTHOR HOME: EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE “In this fast-paced, plausible tale, Brown blurs the line between good and evil enough to delight patriots and paranoids alike.” —Publishers Weekly on Digital Fortress MARKETING Visit DanBrown.com "A master of the breathless, puzzle-driven thriller.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch Author Facebook: Facebook.com/DanBrown Author Twitter: Twitter.com/AuthorDanBrown “What Brown does in a way that appeals to millions of people around the world is tell stories that remind us there’s more to the world than meets the eye.”—The Huffington Post

"One of the most skilled thriller writers on the planet."—Library Journal

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Mary Kay Andrews

Christmas Bliss

From the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Rental comes a novella that celebrates love, the holidays, and antiques

Christmas is coming, but Savannah antique dealer Weezie Foley is doubly distracted—both by her upcoming wedding to her longtime love, chef Daniel Stipanek and also by the fact that her best friend and maid-of-honor BeBe Loudermilk is due to give birth any day—and is still adamantly refusing to marry her live-in-love Harry. Readers have come to love these characters in Mary Kay Andrews' three previous Savannah novels: Savannah Blues, Savannah Breeze, and Blue Christmas. Christmas Bliss offers Andrews's legions of fans the best of many things: familiar characters, a novella for Christmas, and a celebration of Mary Key Andrews's own favorite pastime- antiquing.

KEY SELLING POINTS: ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 ISBN-13: 9781250136190 • In hardcover, Christmas Bliss hit #24 on the New York Times bestseller list. • Mary Kay Andrews has over 125K Facebook likes, and email newsletter EBOOK ISBN: 9781250019738 list of over 20,000 fans, and over 4,500 followers on Twitter and her PRICE: $7.99 / $10.99 CAN. platform continues to grow. PAGES: 304 SPINE: 7IN H | 4IN W IN “Andrews's holiday-themed novel is as warm and funny as usual, and the crazy CTN COUNT: 72 antics of her two protagonists will entertain readers...An essential Christmas read CPDA/CAT: 00/NOVEL for anyone who likes amusing, Southern women's fiction.” —Library Journal SETTING: SAVANNAH, GA ORIGIN: GRIFFIN TP “Delicious...fast and fun.” –Publishers Weekly (9781250019714, 10/13/15, $12.99) AUTHOR HOME: ATLANTA, GA ALSO AVAILABLE: Ladies' Night | 5/17 | 9781250130624 | $8.99 / $12.99 Can. Spring Fever | 3/16 | 9781250081131 | $8.99 / $10.99 Can. MARKETING Summer Rental | 5/15 | 9781250067289 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Online Advertising Blog Outreach Campaign Facebook: Facebook.com/MaryKayAndrewsAuthor Twitter: @mkayandrews Visit MaryKayAndrews.com

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Emma Douglas

A Season of You

Maybe Mr. Totally Wrong could actually be Mr. Completely Right in Cloud bay at Christmastime.

Mina Harper has always been happiest out of the spotlight. And that has only been more true since her husband died in a car accident three years ago. She just wants to live on her island, working search and rescue on the sea she’s always adored.

Five years ago Will Fraser learned that love at first sight might exist but that it doesn’t always mean you get the object of your affections when he first laid eyes on Mina. Eighteen year old Mina was way too young for him and already engaged so he locked his feelings away. Then her husband was killed driving home from a party at the Salt Devil distillery Will owns with his brother Stefan and and he’s barely seen Mina since.

But when Will rescues Mina after a car accident, sparks start to fly and try ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 as she might, Mina can’t fight the attraction. The only question is whether ISBN-13: 9781250111005 the guy she thinks is completely wrong could ever be the next Mr. Right. EBOOK ISBN: 9781250111012 PRICE: $7.99 / $10.99 CAN. KEY SELLING POINTS: PAGES: 304 SPINE: 7IN H | 4IN W IN • A Season of You is the second book in the small-town Cloud Bay series. Small-town readers LOVE Christmas books so this one takes place during CTN COUNT: 72 the merriest season. With Christmas magic, quirky small-town characters, CPDA/CAT: 20/ROMANCE and heartwarming love, readers will eat this up! RIGHTS: UK: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS • We are debuting this series in a back-to-back event. A Season of You, TRANSLATION: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS which is a Christmas book, is preceded by Need You Now (September 2017). SETTING: FICTIONAL TOWN OF Fans will love getting two stories in two months. CLOUD BAY • With heart-of-the-market packages and titles, this series is absolutely ORIGIN: ORIGINAL perfect for fans of Kristan Higgans and Emily March.. AUTHOR HOME: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA ALSO AVAILABLE: Need You Now | 8/17 | 9781250110985 | $7.99 / $10.99 Can.

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Kieran Kramer

Christmas at Two Love Lane

When the spirit of the holiday season is in full force, no one can stop something merry, bright, and unexpected from happening

Stubbornly single Southern belle Macy Frost co-owns Two Love Lane, the premier matchmaking agency in gorgeous Charleston, SC. She is all about finding true love for everyone else, even sworn bachelor Deacon Banks.

Deacon only enlists Macy’s services to get his famous aunt Fran—who’s obsessed with all things Southern—to stop pestering him about finding his own Scarlett O’Hara during his holiday stay in Charleston. Against her better judgment, Macy has a jingle-bell fling with the all-too-willing Deacon.

But could the peppermint cocoa-addicted matchmaker from Charleston and ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 the flirtatious hottie from New York discover that the best gift of all is one ISBN-13: 9781250111043 that doesn’t fit under any tree? EBOOK ISBN: 9781250111050 PRICE: $7.99 / $10.99 CAN. KEY SELLING POINTS: PAGES: 352 • We are launching Kieran Kramer's new Southern small town series with a SPINE: 7IN H | 4IN W IN heartwarming Christmas book! With layered characters, a charming town CTN COUNT: 48 and the magic of Christmas, this is the perfect way to launch a new series. CPDA/CAT: 20/ROMANCE • The Two Love Lane series features three friends working at a SETTING: CHARLESTON, SC matchmaking company. This is the perfect small-town trope and will appeal ORIGIN: ORIGINAL to readers of Susan Wiggs and Emily March. AUTHOR HOME: JOHN'S ISLAND, • Kieran Kramer's first contemporary romance, Sweet Talk Me, received SOUTH CAROLINA rave reviews from RT, Booklist, and a starred Library Journal in her move from historical romance to contemporary romance.

MARKETING ALSO AVAILABLE: National Print Publicity Trouble When You Walked In | 8/15 | 9781250009937 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. National Advertising You're So Fine | 12/14 | 9781250009920 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. NetGalley Outreach Sweet Talk Me | 3/14 | 9781250009913 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Blog Outreach Say Yes to the Duke | 8/13 | 9781250009906 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Online Promotion at HeroesandHeartbreakers.com Email Marketing Campaign Early Reader Review Campaign Facebook.com/KieranKramer1 Twitter.com/KieranKramer Visit kierankramer.com

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Jackie Ashenden

The Wicked Billionaire

This high-concept series brings together the glamour of Park Ave and hot Navy SEALs in this dark, smoldering contemporary romance.

Navy SEAL Sniper Lucas Tate is cold and ruthless. The only loyalty he feels is to his unit and his foster brothers. Which is why when the widow of his teammate is threatened, Lucas makes it his mission to protect her. He assumed she needed his help. He didn’t think she would resist having him as a bodyguard. And he didn’t expect her to shatter his every ounce of self-control.

It’s been 18 months since Grace Riley was made a widow, and she wants is to get on with her life. But Lucas won’t let her out of his sight. She’s not used to being around a man all the time—especially a man like Lucas. But as their close proximity allows their desire to burst into flames, Grace is hunted ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 by deadly forces from her past, and Lucas must protect the beautiful widow ISBN-13: 9781250122810 who owns his soul. EBOOK ISBN: 9781250122827 PRICE: $7.99 / $10.99 CAN. KEY SELLING POINTS: PAGES: 352 • This is the second book in a brand-new high-concept series from Jackie SPINE: 7IN H | 4IN W IN Ashenden featuring red-hot billionaire SEALs set against the glamour of CPDA/CAT: 20/ROMANCE Park Ave. RIGHTS: UK: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS • Jackie has received rave reviews, including a starred Publishers Weekly TRANSLATION: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS review. • Edgy, stunningly sexy contemporary romance in the tradition of Sylvia SETTING: NEW YORK CITY Day and Maya Banks is hot, and Jackie Ashenden delivers a read that will be ORIGIN: ORIGINAL sure to delight fans of the genre! AUTHOR HOME: NEW ZEALAND

"Utterly captivating...with searing sensuality...Ashenden has once again MARKETING provided series fans with a book to savor and remember.” - RT Book Reviews Top Pick on In Bed with the Billionaire National Print Publicity National Advertising Early Reader Review Campaign Blog Outreach ALSO AVAILABLE: NetGalley Outreach The Dangerous Billionaire | 5/17 | 9781250122797 | $7.99 / $10.99 Can. Email Marketing Campaign Online Promotion at HeroesandHeartbreakers.com In Bed With the Billionaire | 11/16 | 9781250077868 | $7.99 / $10.99 Can. Facebook: Facebook.com/Jackie.ashenden Kidnapped by the Billionaire | 3/16 | 9781250077851 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Twitter: Twitter.com/JackieAshenden You Are Mine | 10/15 | 9781250051783 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Visit jackieashenden.com

10 ST. MARTIN'S TRUE CRIME OCTOBER 2017

TRUE CRIME LIBRARY John Glatt

My Sweet Angel

New York Times bestseller, John Glatt, tells the true story of Lacey Spears, the mommy blogger who poisoned her own son.

Mommy blogger Lacey Spears made headlines when she was charged with the murder of her five-year-old son, Garnett. Prosecutors alleged that she had poisoned him with high concentrations of salt through his stomach tube. How could a mother do such a thing to her own son? This is the shocking true story.

To the outside world Lacey had seemed like a loving, concerned mother, regularly posting updates on social media about her son’s harrowing medical problems. But in reality, Lacey was a text book case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. From the time he was an infant, Lacey deliberately ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 made Garnett sick to elicit sympathy from medical professionals as well as ISBN-13: 9781250136343 her hundreds of followers on Facebook, Twitter, and her own blog. When a EBOOK ISBN: 9781466882034 Westchester County jury found her guilty of killing Garnett in April 2015, PRICE: $7.99 / $10.99 CAN. she was sentenced to twenty years to life in prison. My Sweet Angel is the definitive definitive account—featuring interviews with Lacey’s family, the PAGES: 416 investigators who broke the case, even Lacey herself—of extraordinary case SPINE: 7IN H | 4IN W IN that shocked the world. CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 60/TRUE CRIME LIBRARY KEY SELLING POINTS: SETTING: CLEVELAND, OHIO • This case was covered by all major news outlets nationwide and ORIGIN: SMP HC (9781250071132, internationally, from People magazine to The Guradian to ABC, CBS, and 10/16, $27.99) FOX News. It was the subject of an hour-long special on Discovery ID, and AUTHOR HOME: NEW YORK, NY a CBS 48 Hours primetime special. • True crime stories involving medicine and mothers sell, the most recent example with The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber. Perfect for readers who MARKETING made that book a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal New in Paperback Mentions bestseller in 2013. • John Glatt is a New York Times bestselling author. He has been covering true crime for decades, and his books are gripping reads that offer incisive reporting and deeply personal stories.

ALSO AVAILABLE: The Lost Girls | 5/16 | 9781250092113 | $7.99 / $10.99 Can. The Prince of Paradise | 7/14 | 9780312549206 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Lost and Found | 9/10 | 9780312388270 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Secrets in the Cellar | 3/09 | 9780312947866 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. 11 ST. MARTIN'S PAPERBACKS JANUARY 1995

VALUE PROMOTION Ralph Compton

The Dodge City Trail

At last, a reissue of one of the greatest Western series of all time

Dodge City was a businessman's dream. And a cattle drive north-with thousands of unbranded longhorns and a remuda of stolen Mexican horses-was a dream of Texans like Dan Ember, who'd come home from the war to find a rich man's hired guns living on his land. Now Dan and his neighbors would risk everything on a drive across the Llano. Along the way, two bands of killers would fight over them, the gunslinger Clay Allison would join up with them, and Quanah Parker's Comanches would try to thwart them-in a bold adventure fueled by the courage to face death, the pride to keep going, and the knowledge that now, there was no turning back.

ON-SALE DATE: 8/31/2010 KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN-13: 9780312953805 • There are over 1 million copies of the Trail Drive series in print, and fans EBOOK ISBN: 9781429903134 will be thrilled to see the first book in the series re-released. PRICE: $7.99 / $10.99 CAN. • Ralph Compton is perfect for readers of Max Brand, Luke Short, and PAGES: 352 Louis L'Amour. • The Dodge City Trail brings a violent and magnificent time to life in an SPINE: 0.720 IN extraordinary book based on history-blazing trail drives. CTN COUNT: 72 • Hot off the heels of our successful 2-in-1 Matt Braun series we are CPDA/CAT: 40/WESTERN continuing a Ralph Compton Western rerelease program. SETTING: TEXAS ORIGIN: REISSUE (1ST PTNG 1/95) Praise for Ralph Compton: AUTHOR HOME: N/A "Lovers of Louis L'Amour type westerns will welcome a new paperback series written by Ralph Compton."--Nashville Banner "Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore." --Publishers Weekly

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Lisa Kleypas

Tempt Me at Twilight

From the blockbuster New York Times bestselling author, the third title in the beloved regency romance series The Hathaways

Poppy Hathaway loves her unconventional family, though she longs for normalcy. Then fate leads to a meeting with Harry Rutledge, an enigmatic hotel owner and inventor with wealth, power, and a dangerous hidden life. When their flirtation compromises her own reputation, Poppy shocks everyone by accepting his proposal—only to find that her new husband offers his passion, but not his trust. Harry was willing to do anything to win Poppy—except to open his heart. All his life, he has held the world at arm's length…but the beguiling Poppy demands to be his wife in every way that matters. Still, as desire grows between them, an enemy lurks in the shadows. If Harry wants to keep Poppy by his side, he must forge a true union of body and soul, once and for all.

ON-SALE DATE: 10/3/2017 KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN-13: 9781250143884 • We are releasing all five titles in the Hathaways series —one per month— EBOOK ISBN: 9781429983495 as a $5.99 Value Promotion series starting with Mine Til Midnight. PRICE: $5.99 / $8.50 CAN. • Tempt Me at Twilight was a blockbuster bestseller, spending 5 weeks on the PAGES: 384 New York Times mass market bestseller list, reaching #2. It also spent 5 SPINE: 7IN H | 4IN W IN weeks on the USA Today bestseller list and 3 weeks on the Publishers Weekly CTN COUNT: 48 bestseller list. CPDA/CAT: 24/HISTORICAL • Lisa Kleypas has an amazing online presence that only continues to grow. ROMANCE She currently has over 88,000 fans on Facebook and over 23,000 Twitter followers. SETTING: REGENCY ENGLAND • Visit lisakleypas.com ORIGIN: REISSUE (1ST PTNG 9/09) AUTHOR HOME: BELLINGHAM, WA “Has plenty to keep readers turning the pages: Wit, suspense, secrets to learn and, of course, lots of love and passion…”—The Monitor on SEDUCE ME AT SUNRISE

“Each member of the family is a delight to meet, and the depths of emotions and love they have for each other is shown magnificently...a spectacular story that continues the saga of the Hathaway family.”—Romance Reviews on SEDUCE ME AT SUNRISE

13 Index

Andrews, Mary Kay; Christmas Bliss: A Novel...... 7 Ashenden, Jackie; The Wicked Billionaire: A Billionaire SEAL Romance...... 10 Barker, Clive; The Scarlet Gospels...... 3 Brown, Dan; Digital Fortress: A Thriller...... 6 Byrne, Kerrigan; The Scot Beds His Wife...... 5 Christmas at Two Love Lane; Kieran Kramer...... 9 Christmas Bliss: A Novel; Mary Kay Andrews...... 7 Compton, Ralph; The Dodge City Trail...... 12 Digital Fortress: A Thriller; Dan Brown...... 6 Dodge City Trail, The; Ralph Compton...... 12 Douglas, Emma; A Season of You: A Cloud Bay Christmas. . . 8 Glatt, John; My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood...... 11 Hello Again; Brenda Novak...... 4 Johansen, Iris; No Easy Target: A Novel...... 2 Kleypas, Lisa; Tempt Me at Twilight...... 13 Kramer, Kieran; Christmas at Two Love Lane...... 9 My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood; John Glatt...... 11 No Easy Target: A Novel; Iris Johansen...... 2 Novak, Brenda; Hello Again...... 4 Scarlet Gospels, The; Clive Barker...... 3 Scot Beds His Wife, The; Kerrigan Byrne...... 5 Season of You, A: A Cloud Bay Christmas; Emma Douglas ...... 8 Tempt Me at Twilight; Lisa Kleypas...... 13 Wicked Billionaire, The: A Billionaire SEAL Romance; Jackie Ashenden...... 10