New Releases

What a great week! On April 30th we celebrate the birthday of three new books: The Eternity Cure, Rumor Central and The Witches of Ruidoso. May 1st brings two more to celebrate: A Match Made in Heaven (re-released) and Deadly Drive. Do any of them intrigue you?

eternity By Julie Kagawa
Harlequin Teen

Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and the Fringe, and a vampire prince who wants her dead yet may become her wary ally.

Even as Allie faces shocking revelations and heartbreak like she’s never known, a new strain of the Red Lung virus that decimated humanity is rising to threaten human and vampire alike. — Image via Amazon.com and summary via Goodreads.com

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By ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Kensington

The teen reality show “Miami Divas” made media sensations out of Miami’s richest in-crowd – and Maya Morgan is one of them. Now, Maya’s been offered her very own show and she’ll do whatever it takes to step up the fame – and that includes spilling some secrets her friends wish were left buried. But as Maya gives up the goods, someone will do anything to shut her up. Between back-stabbing lies and hard truths, this gossip girl has only one chance to make things right…before it’s too late. — Cover image and summary via the author’s website.

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By Jon Sandoval
Arte Publico Press

Young Elijah was sitting on the porch of the Ruidoso Store when fourteen-year-old Beth Delilah and her father climbed down from the stage coach. Blond with lovely pale skin, big blue eyes and “dressed from boot to bonnet in black” in mourning for her mother, she was the prettiest, most exotic thing he had ever seen. And when she bent over to pick up a horned toad, which she then held right up to her face in complete fascination, Elijah learned that it’s possible to feel jealous of an amphibian.

In the last years of the nineteenth century, in the western territory that would become New Mexico, the two young people become constant companions. They roam the ancient country of mysterious terrain, where the mountain looms and reminds them of their insignificance, and observe the eccentric characters in the village: Mr. Blackwater, known as “No Leg Dancer” by the Apaches because of the leg he lost in the War Between the States and his penchant for blowing reveille on his bugle each morning; their friend, Two Feather, the Mescalero Apache boy who takes Beth Delilah to meet his wise old grandfather who sees mysterious things; and Señora Roja, who everyone believes is a bruja, or witch, and who they know to be vile and evil.

Elijah has horrible nightmares involving Señora Roja, death and torture. And when the witch enslaves a girl named Rosa, the pair must try to rescue her from her grim fate. Together, Elijah and Beth Delilah come of age in a land of mountains and ravens, where good and evil vie for the souls of white men and Indians alike. — Cover image and summary via the publisher’s website.

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By: Trina Robbins (Author) & Yuko Ota (Illustrator)
Lerner Publishing Group

Life isn’t exactly paradise for aspiring artist Morning Glory Conroy. Anxious about an upcoming comics festival and worried about her best friend Julia’s deteriorating home life, Glory has enough to juggle without also being swept off her feet by the guy Julia likes. Gabriel is the answer to every girl’s prayers: sweet, full of wonder at the world, and divinely handsome. But does he count as a real boyfriend if his overbearing guardian forbids even kissing? Not to mention the added complication of his mischievous cousin Luci trailing Glory’s every move just to cause trouble. Glory is in for a startling revelation when she discovers Gabriel’s true identity—and learns that their romance has distracted him from an important mission. Will it take a miracle to sort out this mess, or can Glory move heaven and earth to help the people she loves? — Cover image and summary via Netgalley.

Drive By Justine Fontes
Darby Creek

Everything can change in an instant. Rob Ramirez thinks he’s in love. Gabi Montoya is beautiful, smart, and maybe a little wild. But when Rob and Gabi skip school with two friends, the group makes a terrible mistake. Rob and his friends end up in a deadly accident, and suddenly Rob’s world has changed. The girl of his dreams is even blaming him for what happened. Will Rob be able to deal with the pain? — Cover image and summary via NetGalley.

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