Notable New Releases for the Week of March 31, 2014

New in fiction this week, Room author Emma Donoghue is back with a new novel, as are Catherine McKenzie and Julia Glass; there’s new historical fiction from Barbara Taylor Bradford and Jude Morgan, as well. In mystery, Nevada Barr, Donna Leon, and Susan Wittig Albert all have series additions; Emily Brightwell also has a collection of Mrs. Jeffries stories, and Donald Bain’s Jessica Fletcher returns in the forty-first Murder, She Wrote book. In sci-fi and fantasy there’s new work from E.E. Knight, C.J. Cherryh, and Lynn Flewelling, among others. Romance has the latest in J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series, as well as new books from Stefanie Sloane, Juliana Stone, Jennifer Ashley, and Jo Beverley. The was far more than I could cover in young adult this week, but a few notables are novels from Danielle Paige, Bethany Crandell, Deb Caletti, and Beth Kephart. New adult has novels from Tish Thawer, J.S. Cooper, Abbi Glines, and more. And in nonfiction Under the Tuscan Sun author Frances Mayes is back with a memoir of her life growing up in the south. Last but not least, many new-to-paperback releases this week, including Mary Roach’s Gulp, Edward Rutherfurd’s Paris, and Lynn Cullen’s Mrs. Poe. Enjoy!

Frog Music by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown and Company, 4/1)
Hidden by Catherine McKenzie (Lake Union Publishing, 4/1)
Solsbury Hill by SUsan M. Wyler (Riverhead, 4/1)
And the Dark Sacred Night by Julia Glass (Pantheon, 4/1)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 4/1)
Cavendon Hall by Barbara Taylor Bradford (St. Martin’s Press, 4/1)
Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman (Knopf, 4/1)
The Secret Life of William Shakespeare by Jude Morgan (St. Martin’s Press, 4/1)
The Frangipani Hotel by Violet Kupersmith (Spiegel & Grau, 4/1)
Off Course by Michelle Huneven (Sarah Crichton Books, 4/1)
For Such a Time by Kate Breslin (Bethany House Publishers, 4/1)
Into the Trees by Robert Williams (Faber & Faber, 4/3)

Destroyer Angel (Anna Pigeon #17) by Nevada Barr (Minotaur Books, 4/1)
Bloom and Doom by Beverly Allen (Berkley, 4/1)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster, 4/1)
By Its Cover (Commissario Brunetti #23) by Donna Leon (Atlantic Monthly Press, 4/1) * giveaway
Mrs. Jeffries Pleads the Fifth by Emily Brightwell (Berkley, 4/1)
Warriors (Alexander Hawke #8) by Ted Bell (William Morrow & Company, 4/1)
Aloha, Betrayed (Murder, She Wrote #41) by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain (NAL, 4/1)
Death Come Quickly (China Bayles #22) by Susan Wittig Albert (Berkley, 4/1)
The Cold Nowhere (Jonathan Stride #6) by Brian Freeman (Quercus, 4/1)
Sugar and Iced (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #6) by Jenn McKinlay (Berkley, 4/1)
The Whole Cat and Caboodle (Second Chance Cat Mystery #1) by Sofie Ryan (Signey, 4/1)
Waiting for Wednesday (Frieda Klein #3) by Nicci French (Pamela Dorman Books, 4/3)

Baltic Gambit (Vampire Earth #11) by E.E. Knight (Roc, 4/1)
Shards of Time (Nightrunner #7) by Lynn Flewelling (Del Rey, 4/1)
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (Tor Books, 4/1)
Peacemaker (Foreigner #15) by C.J. Cherryh (DAW, 4/1)
The Sentinel (The Sundering #5) by Troy Denning (Wizards of the Coast, 4/1)
Stone Cold (Broken Magic #2) by Devon Monk (Roc, 4/1)
Reign of Ash (Ascendant Kingdoms #2) by Gail Z. Martin (Orbit, 4/1) * giveaway
Games Creatures Play edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner (Ace, 4/1)

The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood #12) by J.R. Ward (NAL, 4/1)
Turned (The Belladonna Agency #1) by Virna DePaul (Bantam, 4/1)
The Wicked Widow Meets Her Match (Regency Rogues #6) by Stefanie Sloane (Ballantine Books, 4/1)
Needing Me, Wanting You (Triple M #3) by C.M. Stunich (Sarian Royal, 4/3)
Misunderstood (Death Dwellers MC #2) by Kathryn Kelly (Kathryn Kelly, 4/4)
Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom (The Renegade Royals #2) by Vanessa Kelly (Zebra, 4/1)
The Day He Kissed Her (Bad Boys of Crystal Lake #3) by Juliana Stone (Sourcebooks Casablanca, 4/1)
Beached (Aegira Chronicles #2) by Ros Baxter (Escape Publishing, 4/1)
Wild Wolf (Shifters Unbound #6) by Jennifer Ashley (Berkley, 4/1)
Betting the Rainbow (Harmony #7) by Jodi Thomas (Berkley, 4/1)
A Shocking Delight (Company of Rogues #15) by Jo Beverely (Signet, 4/1)
Lucy’s Wish (Bluebell #1) by Mona Hanna (Mona Hanna, 4/5) * giveaway

First Impression by Pauline Creeden (AltWit Press, 3/31)
Illusion (Chronicles of Nick #5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin’s Griffin, 4/1)
Salvage by Alexandra Duncan (Greenwillow, 4/1)
Stolen Songbird (The Malediction Trilogy #1) by Danielle L. Jensen (Strange Chemistry, 4/1)
Sekret (Sekret #1) by Lindsay Smith (Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan Children’s, 4/1) * giveaway
Going Over by Beth Kephart (Chronicle Books, 4/1)
This Side of Salvation by Jeri Smith-Ready (Simon Pulse, 4/1)
Learning Not to Drown by Anna Shinoda (Atheneum BYR, 4/1)
The Last Forever by Deb Caletti (Simon Pulse, 4/1)
Summer on the Short Bus by Bethany Crandell (Running Press Kids, 4/1)
The Summer I Wasn’t Me by Jessica Verdi (Sourcebooks Fire, 4/1)
Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die #1) by Danielle Paige (HarperTeen, 4/1)

Raven’s Breath by Tish Thawer (Tish Thawer, 3/31)
Finding My Prince Charming by J.S. Cooper (J.S. Cooper, 3/31)
Bad for You (Sea Breeze #7) by Abbi Glines (Simon Pulse, 4/1)
Torn (Connections #2) by Kim Karr (NAL, 4/1) * giveaway
Broken Dreams (Broken #2) by Kelly Elliott (Kelly Elliott, 4/1)
Breaking Alexandria by K.A. Robinson (K.A. Robinson, 4/1)
Weak Without Him (Weakness #2) by Lyra Parish (Lyra Parish, 4/2) * giveaway
Picture Perfect (Limelight #2) by Elisabeth Grace (Elisabeth Grace, 4/3) * giveaway

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company, 3/31)
Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism by Ron Suskind (Kingswell, 4/1)
The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba by Julia Cooke (Seal Press, 4/1)
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir by Frances Mayes (Crown, 4/1)
The Hiltons: A Family Dynasty by J. Randy Taraborrelli (Grand Central Publishing, 4/1)
Wonder Woman Unbound… by Tim Hanley (Chicago Review Press, 4/1)
The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison (Graywolf Press, 4/1)
John Wayne: The Life and Legend by Scott Eyman (Simon & Schuster, 4/1) * giveaway

Starting Now (Blossom Street #9) by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine Books, 4/1)
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach (W. W. Norton & Company, 4/1)
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts (Berkley, 4/1)
The World Will Follow Joy… by Alice Walker (The New Press, 4/1)
The Last Original Wife by Dorothea Benton Frank (William Morrow & Company, 4/1)
The White Princess (The Cousins’ War #5)* giveaway
Paris by Edward Rutherfurd (Ballantine Books, 4/1)
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Back Bay Books, 4/1)
Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen (Gallery Books, 4/1)
Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots by Jessica Soffer (Mariner Books, 4/1)
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams (Berkley, 4/1)
River of Stars (Under Heaven #2) by Guy Gavriel Kay (NAL, 4/1)