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Titles 2013

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ALONE TOGETHER

BY TEDDY GETTY GASTON In this unflinching, page-turning memoir Teddy Getty Gaston, now

nearly 100 years old, tells the glamorous, often painful, story of her

life with the enigmatic oil tycoon John Paul Getty. He swept her off

her feet, mentored her, married her, fathered her child, and then

abandoned her for the oil fields of Saudi Arabia.

Gaston brings her lively wit and tremendous compassion to bear on

this nuanced portrait of a difficult man. The richest man in the world

at the time, he was unusually stingy. Though he was terrifically

charismatic in person, he was neglectful from a distance, and could

never put his family ahead of his work. Nevertheless, Teddy

remained steadfastly his friend until he died in 1976. This is a

remarkable look at the twentieth century from the vantage point of

one of the century’s most intriguing couples.

ISBN 13: 9780062219718

On sale: 9/1/2013

$16.99

20K

E-Book: 9780062219732

THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT

BY AMY TAN Violet is one of the most celebrated courtesans in Shanghai, a

beautiful and intelligent woman who has honed her ability to

become any man’s fantasy since her start as a “Virgin Courtesan”

at the age of twelve. Half-Chinese and half-American, she moves

effortlessly between the east and the west. But her talents belie her

private struggle to understand who she really is and her search for

a home in the world. Abandoned by her mother, Lucia, and

uncertain of her father’s identity, Violet’s quest to truly love and be

loved will set her on a path fraught with danger and complexity--

and the loss of her own daughter.

Lucia, a willful and wild American woman who was once herself the

proprietress of Shanghai’s most exclusive courtesan house, nurses

her own secret wounds, which she first sustained when, as a

teenager, she fell in love with a Chinese painter and followed him

from San Francisco to Shanghai. Her search for penance and

redemption will bring her to a startling reunion with Flora, Violet’s

daughter, and will undo all that Violet believed she knew about her

mother.

Spanning fifty years and two continents, The Valley of Amazement

sweeps the reader along a deeply moving narrative of family

secrets, the legacies of traumas, and the profound connections

between mothers and daughters, returning readers to the

compelling territory Tan so expertly mapped in The Joy Luck Club.

With her characteristic wisdom, grace, and humor, Tan conjures up

a story of the inheritance of love, its mysteries and senses, its

illusions and truths.

ISBN 13: 9780062107312

On Sale: 11/5/2013

$29.99

750K

E-Book: 9780062107336

AND WHEN SHE WAS GOOD

BY LAURA LIPPMAN A brilliant new stand alone novel from New York Times Bestselling

author Laura Lippman.

She is the first person he will come looking for.

Heloise thought she was safe. The convicted murderer she helped

put behind bars is on death row and she has rebuilt her life in a

small, tightknit, suburban community where the people don’t ask

too many questions about her past. But suddenly the security she’s

worked so hard to establish is gone. Val’s seemingly airtight

conviction is overturned and he’s freed from prison.

Getting revenge on the woman who put him in jail isn’t Val’s only

reason for coming to find her. Because Heloise is hiding a secret.

Val is her former pimp. And the suburban madam is not ready for

all to be revealed.

And that’s not all. There’s another between Heloise and her pimp.

She is also the mother of his son. What lengths won’t Heloise go to

in order to protect her son and the life she’s built for him?

ISBN 13: 9780061706875

On sale: 8/14/2013

$16.99

150K

E-Book: 9780062201614

WE ARE WATER

BY WALLY LAMB As her wedding day approaches, Annie Oh finds herself one

morning staring at a bed covered in Vera Wang wedding dresses,

at the mercy of hopes and fears about the momentous change on

the horizon. This is not Annie’s first walk down the aisle. She has

just emerged from a twenty-seven year marriage to Orion Oh,

which produced three children, twins Andrew and Ariane and

daughter Marisa. Annie has been trying to reach her ex-husband,

as she wants to make sure that he is all right. Orion, a psychologist

with a crippling need to help others, keeps assuring everyone that

he is fine. But how can he be? Annie, a self-taught artist, is about

to marry a woman named Viveca, the sophisticated and seductive

art dealer who understands her work and has helped make her

enormously successful.

The Oh children have different responses to their mother’s

upcoming wedding and her new partner. But when Viveca, who

specializes in outsider art, discovers a painting by Josephus Jones,

a self-taught African American artist of the 1950’s and ‘60’s, in the

Oh family home in Three Rivers, Connecticut, the already difficult

relationship between Orion, Annie, and Viveca becomes even more

fraught. Jones’s canvases, and the story of his prematurely

shortened life, come to play an unexpected role in the life of the Oh

family. On the very day of the wedding, as its members struggle

with their new roles in the reshaped family landscape, secrets are

shared and shocking truths come to light.

A sweeping epic novel from one of America’s most beloved writers,

We Are Water pulls you into the emotional center of each richly

drawn character.

ISBN 13: 9780061941023

On Sale: 10/29/2013

$29.99

500K

E-Book: 9780062199027

THE SUPREME MACARONI COMPANY

BY ADRIANA TRIGIANI For over a hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company in

Greenwich Village has relied on the leather produced by Vechiarelli

& Son in Tuscany. This historic business partnership provides the

twist of fate for Valentine Roncalli, the school teacher turned

shoemaker, to fall in love with Gianluca Vechiarelli, a tanner with a

complex past . . . and a secret.

A piece of surprising news is revealed at The Feast of the Seven

Fishes when Valentine and Gianluca join her extended family on a

fateful Christmas Eve. Now faced with life-altering choices,

Valentine remembers the wise words that inspired her in the early

days of her beloved Angelini Shoe Company: “A person who can

build a pair of shoes can do just about anything.” The proud,

passionate Valentine is going to fight for everything she wants and

savor all she deserves-the bitter and the sweetness of life itself.

Romantic and poignant, told with humor and warmth, and bursting

with a cast of endearing characters, The Supreme Macaroni

Company is a sumptuous feast of delights: a portrait of a woman

and the man she loves, her passion for craftsmanship, and the

sacrifices it takes to build and sustain a family business while

keeping love and laughter at the center of everything.

ISBN 13: 9780062136589

On Sale: 11/5/2013

$25.99

150K

E-Book: 9780062136602

SOMEONE ELSE’S LOVE STORY

BY JOSHILYN JACKSON

Shandi Pierce fell hard for William Ashe almost the first minute she

saw him in a gas station minimart and landed bang in the middle of

a love story - but it wasn’t her own.

It seems like an ordinary hot summer day. Single mom Shandi

Pierce, her three-year-old son Natty, and her best friend Walcott

stop for gas at a Circle K. While Walcott fills the tank, Shandi and

Natty go inside the store for a cold drink. Shandi is in line, eyeing a

hot blond guy, when the door opens and a stumpy man with a

baseball cap pulled low over his forehead walks in. In his hand is a

rusty, old silver pistol.

Minutes later there’s been a shooting, and everyone in the store is

on the floor, taken hostage. All of these strangers are carrying

secrets that will cause their lives to intersect in a most surprising

way.

ISBN 13: 9780062105653

On Sale: 11/19/2013

$26.99

150K

E-Book: 9780062105677

SENSE & SENSIBILITY

BY JOANNA TROLLOPE

When Fanny Dashwood descends on Norland Park with her Polish

nanny and her mood boards, Belle Dashwood’s three daughters—

Elinor, Marianne and Margaret—must face the reality of life without

their father, their home, or their money.

As they come to terms with life without the status of their country

house, or the comfort of an inheritance, Elinor and Marianne are

also confronted by the cold hard realities of a world where

sometimes people’s attitudes can change as drastically as your

circumstances.

With her sparkling wit, Joanna Trollope casts a clever, satirical eye

on the tales of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Reimagining Sense

& Sensibility in a fresh, elegant new light, she spins the novel’s

romance, bonnets and betrothals into a wonderfully witty coming-

of-age story about the stuff that really makes the world go around.

For when it comes to money, some things never change…

ISBN 13: 9780062200464

On sale: 10/29/2013

$25.99

25K

E-Book: 9780062200488

HELP FOR THE HAUNTED

BY JOHN SEARLES It begins with a call in the middle of snowy February evening. Lying

in her bed, young Sylvie Mason overhears her parents on the

phone across the hall. This is not the first late-night call they have

received, since her mother and father have an uncommon

occupation, helping “haunted souls” find peace. And yet, something

in Sylvie senses that this call is different than the rest, especially

when they are lured to the old church on the outskirts of town.

Once there, her parents disappear, one after the other, behind the

church’s red door, leaving Sylvie alone in the car. Not long after,

she drifts off to sleep only to wake to the sound of gunfire.

Nearly a year later, we meet Sylvie again struggling with the loss of

her parents, and living in the care of her older sister, who may be to

blame for what happened the previous winter.

As the story moves back and forth in time, through the years

leading up to the crime and the months following, the ever

inquisitive and tender-hearted Sylvie pursues the mystery, moving

closer to the knowledge of what occurred that night, as she comes

to terms with her family’s past and uncovers secrets that have

haunted them for years.

Capturing the vivid eeriness of Stephen King’s works with the

compelling quirkiness of John Irving’s beloved novels, Help for the

Haunted is that rare story that brings to life a richly imagined and

wholly original world. From the very first page, it takes readers on a

captivating journey, told in the heartbreakingly resonant voice of a

young heroine who is determined to discover the truth about her

family and what went wrong one snowy winter night.

ISBN 13: 9780060779634

On sale: 9/17/2013

$26.99

75K

E-Book: 9780062199430

AFTER HER

BY JOYCE MAYNARD From the New York Times bestselling author of Labor Day and The

Good Daughters comes a new novel of family, friendship, and

suspense.

Rachel and her younger sister, Patty, were always best friends;

even more so following their parents’ bitter divorce. Together, they

roam the backyards and nature trails of their suburban northern

California neighborhood, seeking escape from their small, rundown

house and their sad, lonely mother. They worship their father, the

handsome and charming chief homicide detective for Marin County.

But when someone begins to murder young women on the

mountain behind their house, Detective Torricelli bans them from

playing there and their innocent childhood life is changed forever.

ISBN 13: 9780062257390

On sale: 8/20/2013

$25.99

75K

E-Book: 9780062257413

THE TILTED WORLD BY TOM FRANKLIN &

BETH ANN FENNELLY The year is 1927. As rains swell the Mississippi, the mighty river

threatens to burst its banks and engulf all in its path, including

federal revenue agent Ted Ingersoll and his partner, Ham Johnson.

Arriving in the tiny hamlet of Hobnob, Mississippi, to investigate the

disappearance of two fellow agents on the trail of a local

bootlegger, they unexpectedly find an abandoned baby boy at a

crime scene.

An orphan raised by nuns, Ingersoll is determined to find the infant

a home, a search that leads him to Dixie Clay Holliver. A lonely

woman married too young to a charming and sometimes violent

philanderer, Dixie Clay has lost her only child to illness and is

powerless to resist this second chance at motherhood. From the

moment they meet, Ingersoll and Dixie Clay are drawn to each

other. He has no idea that she’s the best bootlegger in the county

and may be connected to the missing agents. And while he seems

kind and gentle, Dixie Clay knows he is the enemy and must not be

trusted.

Then a deadly new peril arises, endangering them all. A saboteur,

hired by rich New Orleans bankers eager to protect their city, is

planning to dynamite the levee and flood Hobnob, where the river

bends precariously. Now, with time running out, Ingersoll, Ham, and

Dixie Clay must make desperate choices, choices that will radically

transform their lives—if they survive.

ISBN 13: 9780062069184

On sale: 10/1/2013

$25.99

100K

E-Book: 9780062069207

LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND

BY PAULETTE JILES On a hot, dry day a four-year-old girl named Raisa was taken out

into a busy street by her parents and abandoned . . .

The world’s population has exploded, water is scarce and comes at

a premium, people and places have been stripped of their

individuality, and government-controlled radio and television are the

only sources of news and entertainment. As young Raisa is passed

among orphanages and foster families, she is renamed Nadia

Stepan and learns to don new personas as needed. She also

learns to escape into the world of her imagination, a verdant place

of freedom and adventure—things she is able to conjure thanks to

the old, neglected books she read as a child.

When an opportunity presents itself, she risks her life to escape to

the legendary North where, she’s heard, Lighthouse Island may be

found, a long-ago vacation spot where she is certain she will find

her parents. Along the way she meets and falls in love with James

Orotov—a brilliant, wealthy young map maker who is physically

crippled—and together they embark on an odyssey that will change

the course of the world.

ISBN 13: 9780062232502

On sale: 10/8/2013

$26.99

50K

E-Book: 9780062232526

THE WHOLE GOLDEN WORLD

BY KRISTINA RIGGLE

To the outside Dinah and Joe have a perfect family-three lovely

children, a beautiful home, and a café that’s the local teen hang-

out. But their world is rocked when it’s discovered that their oldest

daughter, teenage Morgan, is having an affair with her married

teacher, TJ Hill.

Their town rocks with the scandal. When the case goes to trial, the

family is torn further apart when Morgan sides not with her parents

as a manipulated teenage girl, but with TJ himself--as a woman

who loves a 30-year-old man.

Told from the perspectives of Morgan, Dinah, and TJ’s wife, Rain,

this is an unforgettable story that fully explores the surprising, even

shocking, events that change the lives of two families.

ISBN 13: 9780062206459

On Sale: 11/5/2013

$14.99

50K

E-Book: 9780062206466

THE PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET

BY PAMELA MINGLE With warmth, wit, and infinite charm Pamela Mingle brings to the

page Pride and Prejudice’s reserved and awkward Mary Bennet

and proves that there is always room for another Austin spin-off

when it’s this good.

For most of her life Mary Bennet has been an object of ridicule.

With a notable absence of the social graces, she has been an

embarrassment to her family on more than one occasion. But

lately, Mary has changed. She’s matured and attained a

respectable, if somewhat unpolished, decorum. But her peace and

contentment are shattered when her sister Lydia turns up-very

pregnant and separated from Wickham. Mary and Kitty are bustled

off to stay with Jane and her husband. It is there that Mary meets

Henry Walsh, whose attentions confound her. Unschooled in the

game of love, her heart and her future are at risk. Is she worthy of

love or should she take the safer path? In her journey of self-

acceptance, she discovers the answer.

ISBN 13: 9780062274243

On sale: 11/26/2013

$14.99

40K

E-Book: 9780062274250

THE ABSENCE OF MERCY

BY JOHN BURLEY Just west of the Ohio River, lies the peaceful town of Wintersville.

Safe from the crime and congestion of city life, it is the perfect

place to raise a family . . . or so they thought.

Life as the town medical examiner is relatively unhurried for Dr.

Ben Stevenson. With only a smattering of cases here and there—

car accident victims, death by natural causes—he has plenty of

time to spend with his loving wife and two sons. That is until a

teenager’s body is discovered in the woods and Ben, as the only

coroner in the area, is assigned to the case. But as the increasingly

animalistic attacks continue, the case challenges Ben in ways he

never suspects.

With its eerie portrait of suburban life and nerve-fraying plot twists,

this is psychological suspense at its best—an extraordinary debut

that challenges as much as it thrills.

ISBN 13: 9780062227379

On sale: 11/19/2013

$14.99

25K

E-Book: 9780062227393

SWIMMING IN THE MOON BY PAMELA SCHOENEWALDT Lucia D’Angelo knows her voice will never be as beautiful as her

mother’s. It will never match the soaring range, peaking and

plummeting as surely as the moods of the woman who raised her.

It won’t astonish a crowd or move them to tears…but her words

will.

In 1904, fourteen-year-old Lucia and her mother Theresa are

servants in the Naples home of a grand count and countess. There

in between scrubbing floors and polishing silver, Theresa soothes

their employers with song. Until one terrible moment sends mother

and daughter fleeing the household and Italy.

Bound for the heart of America, they trade in all they know for the

icy lake winds of Cleveland, leaving behind their palazzo for a

bustling boarding house of other immigrant workers. In America,

Lucia can go to school, and Theresa finds the glittering stage of

vaudeville. But as the years pass, the shadow of Theresa’s violent

mood swings threaten to overtake the life they have created, Lucia

finds her own stage, giving voice to the people who have given her

a home, and mother and daughter struggle to maintain their bond,

when roles become irrevocably reversed.

ISBN 13: 9780062202239

On sale: 9/3/2013

$14.99

50K

E-Book: 9780062202246

LEAVING HAVEN

BY KATHLEEN MCCLEARY It is a story only possible with the help of modern medicine.

Georgia is desperate to be pregnant. After her daughter was born,

she experiences a series of miscarriages. Desperate for a baby,

she jumps at the chance when her best friend offers to donate an

egg. She is blissfully happy once she is pregnant with the son she’s

always dreamed of. Until the day she realizes that her husband and

her best friend are having an affair. And she’s carrying their child…

Alice is unhappy with her life. Her husband ignores her and her

daughter is being bullied. She is happy to help her best friend -

donating an egg at this point in her life feels as simple as donating

blood. But as her discontent at home increases, John, her best

friend’s husband becomes a shoulder to lean on. Soon, she’s in

love and they’re having an illicit affair. And she wants nothing more

than to be a mother to the child who is the perfect mix of her DNA

and her lover’s…

When Georgia gives birth, she abandons the baby at the hospital,

only to change her mind the next day when her sister shows up

with him. But that is enough of an opening for Alice. Suddenly,

these former best friends are fighting the battle of their lives. And it

is up to the courts to decide who has more of a claim on the child.

ISBN 13: 9780062106261

On Sale: 10/1/2013

$14.99

75K

E-Book: 9780062106254