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CRASH AND BURNThe Sisterhood SeriesFern Michaels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

WIND RIVER RANCHER The Wind River Valley SeriesLindsay McKenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

KILL WITHOUT SHAMEThe ARES Security SeriesAlexandra Ivy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

TITUS RETURNSThe Wells Landing SeriesAmy Lillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

IN YOUR ARMS A For Your Love NovelShannyn Schroeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

CALDER PROMISEThe Calder SeriesJanet Dailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

HIGHLAND SINNER The Murrays SeriesHannah Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

THAT DARKNESS A Gardiner and Renner ThrillerLisa Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

ICED UNDER The Maine Clambake Mystery SeriesBarbara Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

CUSTOM BAKED MURDER The Pawsitively Organic Mystery SeriesLiz Mugavero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

BELL, BOOK AND CANDLEMASThe Wiccan Wheel Mystery SeriesJennifer David Hesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

DEARLY DEPARTEDThe Amy’s Travel Mystery SeriesHy Conrad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

IF YOUR WIFE ONLY KNEW The Love & Revenge SeriesCydney Rax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

INSERT GROOM HEREThe Unconventional Brides Romance SeriesK.M. Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

FIELD OF FIREThe Jericho Quinn Thriller SeriesMarc Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

CLOSE TO THE BROKEN HEARTEDThe Alvin, Alabama SeriesMichael Hiebert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

MURDERED INNOCENTSCorey Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

TEXAS JOHN SLAUGHTER William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone . . . . . . . . . .25

PREACHER’S HELL STORM

The First Mountain Man William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone . . . . . . . . . .26

THE CARTEL 5Ashley & Jaquavis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

THE SYNDICATEBrick & Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

THE BANKS SISTERS 2Nikki Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

GRAND OPENINGCarl Weber, Eric Pete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

DR. FEELGOODChristian Keyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

SINGLE LADIESBlake Karrington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

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CRASH AND BURN

The Sisterhood Series

Fern Michaels

KEY SELLING POINTS

• #1 Bookscan bestseller Eyes Only (Zebra MM, 1/15) spent six weeksboth on the New York Times andUSA Today bestseller lists.

• Point Blank (Zebra MM, 1/16),debuted at #1 on the New York Times eBook bestseller list and

#3 on the print list!

• Fern Michaels is one of thebiggest, most trusted names inpublishing, with more than 71consecutive New York Times and USA Today bestsellers.

• Michaels’ novels have been translated into over 20 languages.

• Fern Michaels is a huge sellerfor book clubs such as TheLiterary Guild and Doubleday.

• Crash and Burn is the 27thinstallment in Fern’s SisterhoodSeries, which is going stronger

than ever.

The women of the Sisterhood are united by their mission to help those unable to helpthemselves. But now they’ve encountered opponents who share a unique bond of their own.The law firm of Queen, King, Bishop & Rook—the Chessmen—has been a formidableforce in Washington, D.C. for decades. And Sisterhood member Nikki Quinn’s new casehas made her their prime target.

Nikki has agreed to represent Livinia Lambert as she files for divorce from her domineering,greedy husband, Wilson “Buzz” Lambert. Buzz, currently Speaker of the House, fears thescandal will scupper his presidential plans, and intends to make life extremely difficult forLivinia—with the Chessmen’s help. The Chessmen may play dirty, but the Sisterhood play smart. For too long, the Chessmen have believed themselves above the law they pretend to

serve, but there’s no statute of limitations on the Sisterhood’s particular brand of justice—ortheir loyalty.

praise for fern michaels and her sisterhood novels“The Sisterhood is back, and they don’t take any prisoners in this latest caper…Charactersare well-rounded and truly come alive.”—RT Book Reviews , 4.5 Stars on Point Blank

“Delectable…Revenge that’s creatively swift and sweet, Michaels-style.”

—Publishers Weekly on Hokus Pokus

“Readers who grow weary of seeing the bad guys get away with their crimes will enjoy

seeing what happens when well-funded, very angry women take the law into their ownhands.”—Booklist on Weekend Warriors

“A darkly wicked thriller of revenge…a page turner.”

—Parkersburg News & Sentinel on Gotcha!

“Fun-loving…creative punishment…Readers looking for an updated Charlie’s Angels in‘wild women’ mode will be most satisfied.”—Publishers Weekly on Lethal Justice

The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound byfriendship and a quest for justice. Armed with vast resources, top-notchexpertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right…#1 New York Timesbestselling author Fern Michaels’ beloved Sisterhood returns for another globe-trotting mission of justice and female empowerment!

Category: Fiction

ISBN 13: 978-1-4201-4065-1Price: $7.99/$9.99 • Rights: World

Pages: 368 • Spine: 29/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Summerville, SC (outside Charleston)

eBook: 978-1-4201-4066-8

Sales History:zebra mass market

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In Plain Sight 7/15 (978-1-4201-3592-3)

Eyes Only 1/15 (978-1-4201-3591-6)

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MARKETING PLANS

• Advance reading copies in print and digital

• National print and online advertising in the US and Canada

• Digital campaign, including promotion through both Kensington and author’s social media platforms,newsletter subscribers, and fan groups

• Early reader and consumer reviewer promotion via GoodReads, NetGalley, etc.

• Shareable reader content and digital assets

• Promotion on KensingtonBooks.com, StrongWomenRead.com, and FernMichaels.com

Fern Michaels is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of the Sisterhood, Men of the Sisterhood, and Godmothersseries, as well as dozens of other novels and novellas. There are overseventy-five million copies of her books in print. Fern Michaels hasbuilt and funded several large day-care centers in her hometown, andis a passionate animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across thecountry with special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in SouthCarolina with her four dogs and a resident ghost named MaryMargaret. Visit her website at fernmichaels.com. M

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WIND RIVER RANCHER

The Wind River Valley Series

Lindsay McKenna

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Kensington is publishing the first three installments in the WindRiver Valley series within a sixmonth period, a rapid releaseschedule that will allow us to buildmomentum and provide anextended promotional campaign.

• With more than 175 titles to hercredit and approximately 23million books sold in 33 countriesworldwide, award-winning authorLindsay McKenna has had a

highly distinguished career. Shehas received six RT Book Reviews awards (including best militaryromance author) and an RT Book Reviews Career AchievementAward.

• Lindsay McKenna is also thepseudonym of award-winningauthor Eileen Nauman.

• Blending three popularsub-genres of contemporary,military and Western romance,

McKenna’s new series willstand out from the pack.

Not so long ago, Reese Lockhart was commanding a company of Marines. Now his life isspiraling out of control. The Bar C ranch outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming may be his lastchance to save himself…

Shaylene Crawford, an Afghanistan veteran herself, knows all too well the demons of PTSD—that’s why she’s determined to turn her family’s cattle ranch into a place where wounded warriors can work, find a home, and rebuild their souls. Her embittered fathernearly drank the place away, but with help from a small crew of vets—including thenewest arrival, the quietly compelling Reese Lockhart—she intends to hold on to her visionfor the ranch. And when someone tries to destroy Shaylene’s dream, Reese will do whatever

it takes to defend her…

praise for lindsay mckenna “Gritty, heart-wrenching…unflinching descriptions of flashbacks, panic attacks, andnightmares are riveting…McKenna does a beautiful job of illustrating difficult topicsthrough the development of well-formed, sympathetic characters.”

—Publishers Weekly , Starred Review for Wolf Haven

“Raw and heartfelt…Using high tension and steady pacing, McKenna is adept atexpressing growing, tender love in the midst of high–stakes danger.”

—RT Book Reviews , 4.5 Stars for Running Fire

“Intense…fast-paced romantic suspense that renders a beautiful love story, start to

finish…McKenna’s writing is flawless, and her story line fully absorbing.”—Library Journal on Taking Fire

“A gritty, action-packed and dark story…Down Range is engrossing, extremely emotionaland memorable.”—USAToday.com on Down Range

“Dazzling…a rip-roaring contemporary military romance with heart and heat.”

—Publishers Weekly , Starred Review for Running Fire.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, U.S. Navy veteranand genre pioneer Lindsay McKenna brings readers the second book fromthe Wind River Valley series. With her signature military heroes anda Western romance setting, this distinguished author’s finest talentscombine for an engrossing series about searching for the true meaningof love and freedom within the wild expanse of the American West.

Category: Contemporary Romance

ISBN 13: 978-1-4201-4176-4Price: $7.99/$8.99

Rights: World English

Pages: 384 • Spine: 15/16 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence: Cottonwood, AZ

eBook: 978-1-4201-4177-1


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MARKETING PLANS

• Print and digital ARCs

• Extended promotional campaign sustained across first three releases in series

• Print, online and podcast advertising• Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups, and feature coverage

• Select events and author appearances

• Newsletter and email marketing through both Kensington andauthor’s social media platforms, newsletter subscribers, and fan groups

• Comprehensive blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach

• Feature title in the monthly Romance eNewsletter

• Social media advertising and promotions, including shareable reader content and digital assets

• Promotion on kensingtonbooks.com and lindsaymckenna.com

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author LindsayMcKenna is a pioneer of the romance genre, with over 175 titles toher credit and nearly 23 million books sold across 33 countries.She was an originator of the military romance with her 1993 novel,Captive of Fate, and was the first bestselling women’s fiction authorto publish a novel as digital-only in 1999. A U.S. Navy veteran,Lindsay McKenna served her country as a meteorologist, and she isdedicated to honoring our military men and women. As an originatorof the military adventure romance genre, she is known as “TheTop Gun of Women’s Military Fiction.” Please visit her online atLindsayMcKenna.com.

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KILL WITHOUT SHAME

The ARES Security Series

Alexandra Ivy

KEY SELLING POINTS

• This is the second book in the ARES Security Series byAlexandra Ivy.

• Military heroes are in hot demandfrom romance fans and Ivy’ssignature blend of complexcharacters, action and sizzlingchemistry will surely make

this series stand out.

• Ivy’s books have been translatedinto eight languages and areoften selected for the Rhapsody,Doubleday, and Book of theMonth clubs.

• Ivy commands an impressivefan base across many romancegenres from Regency toparanormal and now romanticsuspense. Her fans nevermiss a release!

Lucas St. Clair’s prestigious family had a political future neatly planned out for him—onethat didn’t include his high school sweetheart, Mia Ramon. Under their pressure, Lucas gaveher up. But since surviving captivity, he’s a changed man—and a crucial member of ARESSecurity. When he discovers a dead man clutching a picture of Mia that bears a threatening message, his fiercest protective instincts kick in, and he knows he must go to her.

Mia has never forgiven Lucas for breaking her heart, and she’s convinced her feelings for himare in the past. But it’s soon clear that isn’t true for either of them. Now, determined to solvethe crime and keep Mia safe, with his ARES buddies backing him up, Lucas will have toreconstruct the murder victim’s last days—and follow a lethal trail that leads right back tothe fate of the woman he still loves…

praise for KILL WITHOUT MERCY“A measured, honest love story…Powerfully romantic.”—The Washington Post

“In the first of Ivy’s Ares Security series…as [in] Maya Banks’ KGI series, this is in thesame vein of fiction about ex-military, private-security groups and will appeal to the sameaudience.”—Booklist

“The always outstanding Ivy kicks off a new series…Vivid characterizations and plentyof edgy suspense should make this romantic thriller an auto-buy!”

—RT Book Reviews , 4.5 Stars Top Pick

“Prolific Ivy introduces an intimidatingly hot set of protagonists for her new contemporary romantic thriller series…allowing the reader to indulge in the men’s aggressive sexuality.”

—Publishers Weekly

New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Ivy’s new romantic suspenseseries is back! Five brave military heroes have survived the hell of a Talibanprison to return home—and take on civilian missions like no one else can.They’re the men of ARES Security. Highly skilled, intimidating, invincible,and one by one, tested again and again…

Category: Romantic Suspense


Pages: 352 • Spine: 27/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Ewing, MO

eBook: 978-1-4201-3758-3


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MARKETING PLANS

• Advanced reading copies in print and digital

• National print and online advertising

• Podcast advertising• Publicity outreach for reviews, roundups and feature coverage

• Extensive blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach

• Early review promotions through Goodreads, NetGalley and Kensington kLovers program

• Social media advertising

• Promotion through both Kensington social media platforms and newsletters

Alexandra Ivy graduated from Truman University with a degreein theatre before deciding she preferred to bring her characters to lifeon paper rather than stage. She currently lives in Missouri with herextraordinarily patient husband and teenage son. To stay updated onher many series, or to chat with other readers, please visit her websiteat alexandraivy.com.

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TITUS RETURNS

The Wells Landing Series

Amy Lillard

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Amy Lillard won a Carol Award in2013 for her novel, Saving Gideon .

• Large print rights have sold forLorie’s Heart , Courting Emily , andCaroline’s Secret .

• Tension between the Amish and the “English” is a very popular theme in Amish fiction. Lillardalways addresses this tension insurprising and innovative wayswhich showcases her deepknowledge of Amish culture.

MARKETING PLANS

• Advanced reading copiesin print and digital

• Print and online advertising

• Featured in Kensington’s Bouquetmarketing program and outreach

to Christian readers

• Early reviewer promotions through Goodreads, NetGalley &

Kensington kLovers program• Publicity outreach for reviews,

roundups and feature coverage

• Email marketing and promotion


• Promotion viakensingtonbooks.comand amywritesromance.com

Titus Lambert returns to Wells Landing after spending five years in the state penitentiary forvehicular manslaughter. Two of his friends were killed in the accident—one English, one Amish—and another was severely injured. Coming home is hard for Titus. He no longerbelongs in any of the worlds he’s lived in. In an attempt to make good on his remorse for thefamily of his deceased Amish friend, Titus starts to help the family rebuild their farm.

Abbie King wants nothing to do with Titus. He’s the reason her brother is dead now. Butthe more he stays around and helps on the farm, the more she realizes there is much more toTitus than meets the eye. But Titus hasn’t joined the church. For now they can only bepartners as they begin a business raising camels for milk.

Mandy Yoder Esh had loved Titus once upon a time. But when Titus went to prison Mandy

married another. Now she feels unsatisfied with her marriage and longs for a diff erent timeand place. She hopes that Titus will rekindle their long ago romance and leave with her forthe English world.

As Titus works to rebuild his life, he longs for the better days when he loved Mandy aboveall else. Despite those yearnings, he needs Abbie’s forgiveness to heal his soul and her love tomake him complete.

praise for amy lillard’s wells landing series“Lillard’s evocative prose, well-drawn protagonists, and detailed settings result in aninspirational story of romance, faith, and trust. Caroline’s search for forgiveness andhappiness will appeal to fans of Wanda Brunstetter and Beverly Lewis.”

—Library Journal on Caroline’s Secret “A beautifully written romance…fast paced and believable. Lillard writes stories readerscan relate to.”—RT Book Reviews , 4 Stars for Just Plain Sadie

“[A] gentle romantic meander…Readers will enjoy following Lorie’s adventures.”

—Publishers Weekly on Lorie’s Heart

Amy Lillard is an award-winning writer who loves reading romance novels fromcontemporary to Amish. These two genres met in her first book, 2012’s Saving Gideon.Please visit her online at AmyWritesRomance.com.

Carol Award-winning author Amy Lillard returns to Wells Landing,Oklahoma, the home of an old order, close-knit Amish community wherethere’s always hope for a new beginning—and a second chance. Whenone young man returns home after five years in prison, instead ofshunning him, the community unites to help him get his life back ontrack to show him how the Grace of God means forgiveness…

Category: Inspirational Romance


Pages: 352 • Spine: 27/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Oklahoma City, OK

eBook: 978-1-4201-3976-1


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IN YOUR ARMS

A For Your Love Novel

Shannyn Schroeder

KEY SELLING POINTS

• The For Your Love novels allfeature members of the O’Malleyclan, a tight-knit Irish-Americanfamily that readers first met inCatch Your Breath (Lyrical, 7/14).

• Contemporary romances setaround siblings are a very popular

trend. Shannyn Schroederprovides a fresh spin on this ideasetting her series not in a small

town but in urban Chicago, whichgives the series a young, hip vibe

and allows the series to explore the complex issues that arise frombig city living.

• Kensington also publishesSchroeder’s New Adult novellaseries, Hot & Nerdy.

A KNIGHT IN SHINING LEATHER…

Sean O’Malley has never tried to hide who he is. He shows it in the motorcycle thrumming between the legs of his tight jeans...the shaggy hair that falls in his gorgeous eyes...the wickedgleam in his smile when he asks Emma out for a drink. Sean is a rebel, a bad boy, and a tonof fun: exactly the kind of guy she’s sworn off forever.

Emma isn’t just the prim kindergarten teacher she appears to be. And somehow Sean cantell. As soon as he pulls up to her overheated car he knows that a fast bike and a cold beer willfix her rotten day better than compliments or a bubble bath. Her straitlaced exterior and her wild heart light him up. But Emma wants to escape her past and settle down—and if herdesk jockey dates don’t understand where she comes from, at least she doesn’t worry aboutthem bringing her back.

One weekend of intense connection can’t change the paths Sean and Emma have chosen.But with a little space to be themselves together, maybe the rest of the world can wait...

praise for shannyn schroeder “Schroeder knows how to make readers care about her characters.”—Library Journal

Shannyn Schroeder is a former high school and middle school English teacher. She holds a BA in English and MAs in Special Education and Gifted Education. She currently works asan editor for an education company and juggles writing around her kids’ schedules. In herspare time, Shannyn loves to bake and watches far too much TV, especially cop shows. Shestarted her first book on a dare from her husband and has never looked back. She came toreading romance later than many, but lives for the happy ending, and writes contemporary

romance because she enjoys the adventure of new love. Readers can visit Shannyn online atshannynschroeder.com and follow her on Twitter @SSchroeder_.

Rising star Shannyn Schroeder breaks onto the Zebra print list with a new contemporary romance series! Set in Chicago around a boisterous Irishclan, In Your Arms, the second novel in the For Your Love series, is a littlegritty, a little messy, and a lot steamy!



Pages: 320 • Spine: 25/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Des Plaines, IL (near Chicago)

eBook: 978-1-4201-3952-5

Sales History:zebra mass marketUnder Your Skin7/16 (978-1-4201-3949-5)

MARKETING PLANS

• Advanced reading copies in print and digital


• Early reviewer promotions throughGoodreads, NetGalley & KensingtonkLovers program

• Blog tour and ongoing blogger outreach

• Publicity outreach for reviews, roundupsand feature coverage

• Feature in Zebra Shout marketing campaign

• Feature title in the monthly RomanceeNewsletter

• Social media advertising and promotions

• Promotion on kensingtonbooks.com andshannynschroeder.com

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CALDER PROMISE

The Calder Series

Janet Dailey

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Janet Dailey is a New York Times bestselling author with instantname recognition and a built-infan base.

• Her legion of fans will rejoiceat the chance to revisit theseheartwarming classics that madeJanet Dailey a household name.

• Janet Dailey has written more than 100 novels and become oneof the top-selling female authors in

the world, with 300 million copiesof her books sold in 19 languagesin 98 countries.

• The success of the reissues ofDebbie Macomber’s books point

to a strong readership for reissuesfrom the megastars of romance.

MARKETING PLANS


• Feature title in the monthlyRomance eNewsletter

• Target new reader reviews through Goodreads, NetGalley,and Kensington kLovers

• Social media advertisingand promotion

• Promotion onkensingtonbooks.comand janetdailey.com

Young and beautiful, Laura Calder isn’t content to live on a Montana ranch. And a trip toEurope with her “Aunt” Tara brings her into contact with the sophisticated world she’scraved…and with the two men who will lay claim to her heart. Boone Rutledge is the sonof a Texas billionaire and used to getting what he wants. He wants Laura…and so doesSebastian Dunshill, Earl of Crawford, a suave Londoner with a few secrets he can’t share.

Caught up in a whirlwind courtship with both men that will take her from the nightclubsof Rome to the manor houses of England, across the dusty flatlands of Texas and finally home to the Triple C Ranch, Laura is determined to make her choice on her own terms. ButCalder pride will lead Laura into a danger for which her sheltered background has neverprepared her…and to a man who is a threat to the family she loves more than she knows…

praise for janet dailey andher bestselling calder novels“Dailey’s detailed settings and intriguing characters will immediately pull readers into her novel.”—RT Book Reviews , 4 Stars

“The passion, spirit and strength readers expect from a Calder story—and a Calder hero—shine through.”—Publishers Weekly on Lone Calder Star

“Dailey confirms her place as a top megaseller.”—Kirkus Reviews on Calder Pride

“A page-turner.”—Publishers Weekly

“Dailey proves herself to be a master.”—Library Journal

Janet Dailey ’s first book was published in 1976. Since then she has written more than 100novels and become one of the top-selling female authors in the world, with 300 millioncopies of her books sold in nineteen languages in ninety-eight countries. She is known forher strong, decisive characters, her extraordinary ability to recreate a time and a place, andher unerring courage to confront important, controversial issues in her stories. You can learnmore about Janet Dailey and her books at JanetDailey.com.

The Calder series is synonymous with everything readers have come tolove in Janet Dailey’s novels: romance, adventure, and the sweeping epicromance of the American West. Now this classic series is available at a new low price, introducing an entirely new generation to the magic of Dailey’s work.


ISBN 13: 978-1-4201-4181-8 (r )Price: $5.99/$6.99

Rights: US,CAN,OM

Pages: 352

Spine: 27/32

Pack: 48

Publishing History:kensington hardcover 7/04 (978-0-7582-0440-0)kensington mass market5/05 (978-0-8217-7541-7)


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Texas True 4/15 (978-1-4201-3374-5)

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HIGHLAND SINNER

The Murrays Series

Hannah Howell

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Hannah Howell has been therecipient of RT Book Reviews ’Career Achievement Award forHistorical Storyteller of the year.She is a two-time Golden LeafAward winner, and a RomanceWriters of America RITA AwardFinalist.

• Highland Avenger, also inHowell’s The Murrays Series,was named an Amazon BestBook of the Year.

• Hannah Howell is well–knownfor her pioneering spirit in theScottish historical romance andher distinctive voice and prosestyle. She creates one-of-a-kindenduring characters that readersflock to and why the MurrayFamily saga is still going strong!

• Due to the resurgence inpopularity of Scottish heroes

thanks to Outlander , thissub-genre of historical romance

is more in demand than ever.Howell’s knack for creating a widerange of winning, interconnectedcharacters and family dynamicsexpertly tap into this fan base.

Sir Tormand Murray is certainly a rogue, but a callous killer? Never. Yet he cannot explain

how he came to wake up next to the butchered body of one of his former lovers. Someone isprepared to kill again and again until Tormand is found guilty and hanged. And his only hope of discovering the culprit lies with Morainn Ross, a reclusive, sensual beauty gifted withsecond sight.

Branded a witch, Morainn has never met a man who accepted her strange talent, muchless one who could so easily enflame her passion. There’s no resisting Tormand’s ruggedmasculinity—and no escaping the enemy who grows more twisted every day. And evenas logic decrees that a lasting union is impossible, Morainn knows her destiny is boundforever with the knight who has claimed her, body and soul.

praise for the murrays series by hannah howell

“Hannah Howell is a master of Highland Romance.”—Romancing the Book “Howell is a master at painting the Highlands in its stark beauty, and the race to safety isexhilarating.”—Publishers Weekly on Highland Avenger

“No one can create such feelings for the Highlands like this grand mistress of the genre.”

—RT Book Reviews on Highland Guard

Hannah Howell is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of acclaimedhistorical romances. Howell, twice awarded the Golden Leaf Award, has been a Romance Writers of America RITA Award Finalist, received RT Book Reviews ’ Career Achievement Award for Historical Storyteller of the Year, and has had her books on Amazon’s Top 10Romances of the Year list. She lives in West Newbury, Massachusetts with her family. Visit

her website at hannahhowell.com.

New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell returns to the stark majesty of medieval Scotland and the realm of the unforgettable Murray clan, as a seductive knight and a mysterious young woman unite to stop a murderous enemy in this beautifully repackaged edition.

Category: Historical Romance

ISBN 13: 978-1-4201-4264-8 (r )Price: $7.99/$8.99 • Rights: World

Pages: 384 • Spine: 15/16 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence: West Newbury, MA

eBook: 978-1-4201-0798-2

Publishing History:zebra mass market12/08 (978-0-8217-8001-5)

MARKETING PLANS


• Target new reader reviews through Goodreads, NetGalley,and Kensington kLovers

• Publicity outreach for reviews,roundups, and feature coverage

• Feature title in the monthlyRomance eNewsletter

• Comprehensive blog tour andongoing blogger outreach

• Social media advertising and promotions

• Promotion on kensingtonbooks.comand hannahhowell.com


A Taste of Fire 4/16 (978-1-4201-3568-8)

Conqueror’s Kiss 11/15 (978-1-4201-3442-1)

Beauty and the Beast 1/15 (978-1-4201-3569-5)

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THAT DARKNESS

A Gardiner and Renner Thriller

Lisa Black

KEY SELLING POINTS

• The author is a trained, currentlyworking forensic scientist.

• The forensic science described in the book is much more realistic than anything on CSI .

• Lisa Black is a New York Times bestselling author for her novelEvidence of Murder .

• This is the first book in theGardiner and Renner series.

As a forensic investigator for the Cleveland Police Department, Maggie Gardiner has seenher share of Jane Does. The latest is an unidentified female in her early teens, discovered in a local cemetery. More shocking than the girl’s injuries—for Maggie at least—is the fact thatno one has reported her missing. She and the detectives assigned to the case (including hercop ex-husband) are determined to follow every lead, run down every scrap of evidence. Butthe monster they seek is watching every move, closer to them than they could possibly imagine.

Jack Renner is a killer. He doesn’t murder because he enjoys it, or because he believes himself omnipotent, or for any reason other than to make the world a safer place. When he followsthe trail of this Jane Doe to a locked room in a small apartment where eighteen teenaged girlsare anything but safe, he knows something must be done. But his pursuit of their captortakes an unexpected turn.

Maggie Gardiner finds another body waiting for her in the autopsy room—and a host of questions that will challenge everything she believes about justice, morality, and the truenature of evil…

praise for TH T D RKNESS by lisa black “Black, a former forensics investigator, skillfully portrays the stark realities of homicidecases…A great choice for readers of psychological suspense, forensic investigations, andmystery.”—Library Journal

“Don’t expect your typical detective story…The surprise ending is sure to keep readerscoming back for more.”—Booklist

“Black is one of the best writers of the world of forensics, and her latest introduces

Maggie Gardiner, who works for the Cleveland Police Department. Her relentless pursuit of answers in a dark world of violence is both inspiring and riveting. Readers who enjoy insight into a world from an expert in the field should look no further than Black.

Although Cornwell is better known, Black deserves more attention for her skillful writing –and hopefully this will be her breakout book.”—RT Book Reviews , 4 Stars

“A crime thriller with a sharp psychological edge…Lisa Black, through her incrediblecharacters and narration, shows the delicate balance between law and justice and how hardit is to know which side is the right one.”—Suspense Magazine

“Lisa Black writes with immediacy and unmatched authenticity”

—Jeff Lindsay, New York Times bestselling author of Dexter is Delicious

In this tour de force of psychological suspense, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Black draws from her experience as a forensic investigator tocreate two of the most fascinating characters in crime fiction: a killer witha unique sense of justice and a woman in a lifelong relationship with death…

Category: Fiction


Pages: 336 • Spine: 13/16 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Cape Coral, FL (near Fort Myers, FL)

eBook: 978-1-4201-0189-8

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MARKETING PLANS

• Cross marketing with Unpunished (Kensington HC, 2/17)

• Extensive National print and online advertising

• Multilayered social media campaign including sharable images and dedicated hashtags• Email marketing to reach consumers directly and raise author awareness

• Feature title in the Mystery/Thriller eNewsletter

• Giveaway opportunities leading up to the book’s release

• Feature title on kensingtonbooks.com and lisa-black.com

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Black is the author of seven

novels in the Theresa MacLean mystery series and two novels writtenas Elizabeth Becka. As a forensic scientist at the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office, she analyzed gunshot residue on hands andclothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many otherforms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes. Now she is a latentprint examiner and CSI for the Cape Coral Police Department inFlorida, working mostly with fingerprints and crime scenes. Lisahas lectured at writers’ conventions and appeared on panels, and isa member of Sisters In Crime, Mystery Writers of America, andInternational Thriller Writers. As a forensic specialist, she is amember of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists, theInternational Association for Identification, the International

Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts and is a Certified LatentPrint Examiner. She has testified in court as an expert witnessover 65 times. Her books have been translated into six languages. Shelives near Fort Myers, Florida. Visit her on Facebook, Twitter, orat lisa-black.com. ©

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ICED UNDER

The Maine Clambake Mystery Series

Barbara Ross

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Ross’ books will appeal to fansof Joanne Fluke and Diane MottDavidson, as well as Lee Hollis’Hayley Powell mysteries that areset in Bar Harbor, Maine.

• Ross blogs with a group of MaineCrime Writers including KaitlynDunnett, Sarah Graves, JuliaSpencer-Fleming, and Paul Doironat mainecrimewriters.com.

• Features recipes for traditionalMaine favorites.

• Clammed Up was nominatedfor an Agatha Award for BestContemporary Novel.

MARKETING PLANS

• Advanced reading copies inprint and digital


• Publicity outreach for reviews

• Promotion in Killer

Cozies eNewsletter• NetGalley placement and email

campaign for early online reviews


• Promotion onKensingtonBooks.comand HobbyReads.com

The snow is deep in Maine’s Busman’s Harbor and the mighty rivers are covered in ice.

Snowden Family Clambake Company proprietor Julia Snowden and her mother, Jacqueline,are hunkered down for the winter when a mysterious package arrives—heating up February with an unexpected case of murder…

Inside the mystery package is an enormous black diamond necklace that once belonged to Julia’s great-grandmother and disappeared in the 1920s. Who could have sent it—and why? Julia’s search for clues takes her on a perilous journey through her mother’s troubled family history, from a squabble over the family fortune in “frozen water” to the recent unexplaineddeath of Jacqueline’s long-lost cousin Hugh—who’d been missing and presumed drownedfor more than forty years. To protect her mother’s inheritance, Julia must fend off a smallarmy of feuding relatives, solve the mystery surrounding Hugh’s demise, and get back homebefore the next blizzard buries them all…

praise for the maine clambake mystery series“Deftly plotted with an intriguing cast of characters.”—Suspense Magazine on Fogged Inn

“This cozy series continues to stand out with its exceptional plotting, intriguing storylines,and authentic detailing of the lobstering life.”—RT Book Reviews 4.5 Stars on Musseled Out

“The action starts early in the second Maine Clambake Mystery. With quick pacing andplenty of red herrings, Ross leads readers on a thrilling ride to track down a killer. Recipesincluded!”—RT Book Reviews , 4.5 Stars on Boiled Over

“Readers can enjoy both figuring out the mystery and taking an armchair visit to coastalMaine.”—Library Journal on Clammed Up

“If you enjoy culinary cozy mysteries don’t hesitate to add Clammed Up and Boiled Over on your summer reading list.”—CozyMysteryBookReview.net

Barbara Ross is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries. The first book in the series,Clammed Up was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel, the RT Book Reviews , Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Amateur Sleuth, and was a finalist forthe Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She is co-editor/co-publisher of Level BestBooks, which produces anthologies of crime stories by New England authors.

Building on the acclaim of the first four books in Barbara Ross’ MaineClambake Mystery series, Julia Snowden, busy running her family’sclambake business in Busman’s Harbor, Maine, returns to investigateanother case of murder!

Category: Mystery

ISBN 13: 978-1-4967-0039-1Price: $7.99/$8.99


Pages: 304 • Spine: 3/4 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Somerville, MA

eBook: 978-1-4967-0040-7

Sales History:kensington mass market

Fogged Inn3/16 (978-1-4967-0037-7)

Musseled Out 5/15 (978-0-7582-8689-5)

Boiled Over 5/14 (978-0-7582-8687-1)

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CUSTOM BAKED MURDER

The Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series

Liz Mugavero

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Will appeal to readers who enjoyBlaize Clement’s Dixie Hemingwayand Sofie Kelly’s Magical Catsseries (Signet).

• A cozy mystery that not onlyfulfills fans’ whodunit cravings,but also offers information onkeeping pets healthy, and recipesfor gourmet pet treats, as well asorganic nutritional tips for owners.

• Large print rights for Kneadingto Die have been sold toThorndike Press.

• Kneading to Die (2013), the firstbook in Mugavero’s series, wasan Agatha Award nominee.

MARKETING PLANS

• Advance reading copies in printand digital


• Publicity outreach for reviews,

roundups, and feature coverage• Feature title in bimonthly

Killer Cozies eNewsletter andhobbyreads.com

• NetGalley placement, blog tour,and email campaign for earlyonline reviews and buzz


Stan Connor is celebrating two huge milestones—the opening of her very own pet patisserie

and cafe in Frog Ledge, and a huge step in her relationship with sexy pub owner JakeMcGee, who just moved in with her. She’s beyond excited about both.

In between painting, baking and business planning, she’s also coping with her mother’sengagement to Frog Ledge Mayor Tony Falco. But the nuptials aren’t off to the best start when Falco’s executive coach, the ambitious Eleanor Chang, is found dead in his bathroom with her mother’s diamond stuff ed down her throat. Which causes a lot of problems betweenTony and Stan’s mom.

Suspects abound, but this time they go way beyond Frog Ledge—all the way back to Stan’spast. Eleanor had been part of Stan’s corporate America days, and possibly the reason she was fired. Which brings back a lot of unpleasant memories to invade Stan’s perfect new life. With Jessie Pasquale’s help, Stan has to dig through the growing pool of possible perps tofigure out which one had finally decided to stop Chang’s climb up the corporate ladder.

praise for agatha nominated author liz mugavero“Good dialog and quirky characters.”—Library Journal on Kneading to Die

“Dynamic plot lines, engaging characters (human and otherwise), romantic intrigue, andan appealing setting all conspire to make this one a surefire winner.”

—Examiner.com on The Icing on the Corpse

“Serves up a corpse in a corn maze…good intentions stir up secrets.”

—The Washington Post on A Biscuit, a Casket

“Fine first novel…Animal lovers and cozy readers, rejoice!”—Mystery Scene on Kneading to Die

Liz Mugavero is a journalist and corporate communications consultant when she’s not writing mystery fiction. She’s an animal lover from the Boston area, whose canine and felinerescues demand the best organic food and treats around. Her short stories have beenpublished in the UK and Australia.

The “Pawsitively Organic” Gourmet Pet Food Mysteries are set in aNew England storybook town and feature former corporate PR big shot and current gourmet pet food chef Kristan “Stan” Connor and herMaine coon cat Nutty!

Category: Mystery

ISBN 13: 978-1-4967-0019-3Price: $7.99/$8.99



Author’s Residence:Boston, MA

eBook: 978-1-4967-0020-9


Murder Most Finicky 1/16 (978-1-4967-0017-9)

The Icing on the Corpse 4/15 (978-0-7582-8482-2)

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BELL, BOOK AND CANDLEMAS

The Wiccan Wheel Mystery Series

Jennifer David Hesse

KEY SELLING POINTS

• This is the second book in thenew, three-book Wiccan Wheelseries. Each book will feature adifferent Wiccan holiday. Thisbook is centered on Candlemas,a holiday in early February.

• This series is rooted in the realworld with a heroine who is aprofessional and a practicingWiccan. While there are lots ofwitchcraft cozy series, there arefew that explore the real-world

religion and rituals of Wicca.

MARKETING PLANS

• Advance reading copies inprint and digital


• Feature in bimonthly KillerCozies cozy eNewsletter

• Blog Tour

• Early reviewer promotions

through Goodreads, Netgalley &cozy mystery blogs

• Social media advertisingand promotions

• Promotion onKensingtonBooks.comand HobbyReads.com

A new year has barely begun and Edindale, Illinois family law attorney Keli Milanni already has

her hands full at work. But her private practice—as a Wiccan—may cause her worlds to collide…The Wiccan holiday of Candlemas is right around the corner, but when vandals target New Age gift shop Moonstone Treasures, the mood is far from festive. Frightening threats andaccusations of witchcraft aimed at the owner have some Wiccan patrons calling it a hatecrime. And when things escalate to murder, the community turns to Keli…

As a friend and customer, Keli wants to help. But there’s one problem: she’s fiercelyprivate about her religion. How can she stop the harassment, not to mention catch a killer, while keeping her faith hidden from her colleagues, clients, and her promising—and longawaited—new boyfriend? At a time meant to banish darkness, will Keli have to choosebetween risking the spotlight and keeping her beliefs locked in the proverbial broom closet?Or will she call on her deepest convictions to conjure the perfect path?

Jennifer David Hesse is an environmental attorney by day and author by night. Born andraised in Central Illinois, Jennifer now makes her home in Chicago with her husband,guitarist Scott Hesse, and their daughter, Sage. When she’s not writing, Jennifer enjoys yoga,hiking, and movie night with her family. Please visit her at JenniferDavidHesse.com.

Bell, Book, and Candlemas , the second book in the new Wiccan WheelMystery Series, puts a twist on the holiday-themed mysteries that cozy readers love by featuring intriguing Wiccan holidays.

Category: Mystery


Pages: 352 • Spine: 27/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Chicago, IL

eBook: 978-1-4967-0495-5


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DEARLY DEPARTED

The Amy’s Travel Mystery Series

Hy Conrad

KEY SELLING POINTS

• With a high-profile author anda unique hook, this is a perfectaddition to the Kensington CozyMystery program.

• Like the protagonists of LauraLevine’s Jaine Austen mysteryseries and Leslie Meier’s LucyStone mystery series, Amy Abelis a heroine readers will instantlyconnect to and root for.

• Hy Conrad was nominated for three Edgar Awards from theMystery Writers of America forBest TV Series for his workon Monk .

• Will include teaser to Hy Conrad’snewest, Death on the Patagonian Express (Kensington HC, 1/17).

MARKETING PLANS

• Cross marketing with Death on the Patagonian Express (KensingtonHC, 1/17)

• Online advertising


• Cross promotion on author’swebsite and social media profiles

Paisley MacGregor, a maid to the rich, made a dying request to send all of her wealthy

employers on a first-class wake to spread her ashes around the world. Amy has her suspicionsabout these “mourners,”especially when one has a life-threatening “accident”at the first stopin Paris. And when a mysterious American stranger tagging along with the group has histicket punched in the shadow of the Taj Mahal, Amy suspects there’s a killer on her tour.

Digging for clues isn’t easy, especially when another mourner has a dangerous encounter with a Hawaiian volcano. Back in the States, Fanny and Amy start to piece together a secret worth killing for, but someone is hot on their trail, and ready to send them on a one-way trip—to the morgue!

praise for amy’s travel mystery series“Fast paced with an appealing international flair…A delightful new series.”

—Booklist , Starred Review on Toured to Death“Smart, snappy dialog and fun, likable characters keep this series debut moving right along.”—Library Journal , Starred Review on Toured to Death

“This intrepid gang will have you cheering them on at the many twists Conrad throwstheir way.”—Bookpage on Toured to Death

“Intriguing…A fastpaced plot and vivid travel descriptions.”—Publishers Weekly

Hy Conrad was the co-executive producer of the hit television series Monk , which receivedthree Edgar nominations from the Mystery Writers of America for “Best TV Series.” Theauthor of hundreds of short stories and ten books of short whodunits have been sold aroundthe world in fourteen languages, he’s also the author of the novels, Mr. Monk Helps Himself

and Mr. Monk Gets On Board . Hy splits his time between Key West, Vermont, and New York City. Readers can visit his website at hyconrad.com.

The second book in the acclaimed traveling murder mystery seriesfeaturing Fanny and Amy Abel, the dynamic mother-and-daughterowners of a New York travel agency, is full of charm, wit, doses ofhumor, and smart sleuthing.

Category: Mystery


Pages: 352 • Spine: 27/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residences:New York, NY/Key West, FL

eBook: 978-1-61773-683-4

Publishing History:kensington hardcover 2/16 (978-1-61773-682-7)

Sales History:kensington mass marketToured to Death1/16 (978-1-61773-680-3)

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Something’s wrong with her perfect marriage, but Kiara Eason isn’t sure what. Her

ambitious husband, Rashad, is the last person who’d ever cheat—and she never imaginedshe’d stray. Still, why is she confiding so much in her handsome co-worker, Eddison? And why is she wondering what would happen if she put her marriage to the ultimate test—secretly setting Rashad up with a younger woman to see if he’s tempted?…

When Kiara decides to test Rashad for real, her world turns upside down. Not only doeshe take the bait—it turns out he’s had a mistress on the side for years. Now, betrayed andfurious, Kiara will take all the sizzling erotic satisfaction Eddison can give—and forever flipthe script on Rashad’s infidelity. But secrets cut both ways, and Kiara soon finds that theonly road to winning this game could lead to losing it all…

praise for IF YOUR WIFE ONLY KNEW

“Secrets, scandal, betrayal and revenge—there are no clean hands in the first book of thissaga. Every one of the characters has a false sense of entitlement, and they are so, so wrong.

A wild ride, this story is engrossing, and I can’t wait for the sequels.”

—RT Book Reviews , 4 Stars

“A good fit for soap opera fans.”—Library Journal

“Rax brings humor to extreme and painful situations; keeping readers glued to the page.”

—Booklist

Cydney Rax became obsessed with becoming a writer after reading Terry McMillan’sDisappearing Acts . Her author dreams were realized through her eyebrow-raising debutnovel, My Daughter’s Boyfriend. Her novels include My Husband’s Girlfriend, Scandalous

Betrayal, Brothers & Wives, and My Sister’s Ex (cited by Essence ® as one of 2009’s best reads).She has also contributed to the anthologies Crush and Reckless . Born and raised in Detroit,Cydney graduated from Cass Technical High School and earned an undergraduate degreefrom Eastern Michigan University. She resides in Houston. Visit her at cydneyrax.com.

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IF YOUR WIFE ONLY KNEW

The Love & Revenge Series

Cydney Rax

KEY SELLING POINTS

• If Your Wife Only Knew is thefirst book in an explosive new

three-book series.

• Kensington has had great successin repackaging Cydney Rax’sbacklist mass market titles fromRandom House, but this is our firstoriginal title.

• Cydney Rax, founder ofBook-Remarks.com, is awell-established authorwith a great following.

• Dafina has secured the massmarket rights to five Cydney Rax

titles in total and will bepublishing them every six months.

• Cydney Rax’s My Sister’s Exwas one of Essence ® magazine’sBest Reads of 2009.

MARKETING PLANS

• Cross marketing with Revengeof the Mistress (Dafina TP, 2/17)


• Email marketing throughKensington eNewsletter andauthor lists

• Promotion onkensingtonbooks.comand cydneyrax.com

Now available in mass market , this scandal-filled series by Cydney Rax delivers a sexy tale of a doubting wife, a seductive challenge, and explosiveconsequences no one will ever see coming…

Category: Fiction


Pages: 352 • Spine: 27/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Houston, TX

eBook: 978-1-4967-0135-0

Publishing History:dafina trade paperback1/16 (9781-4967-0134-3)

Sales History:dafina mass market

Brothers & Wives 8/16 (978-1-61773-422-9)

My Sister’s Ex 10/15 (978-1-61773-421-2)

My Husband’s Girlfriend 7/13 (978-0-7582-8024-4)

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The Unconventional Brides Series

K.M. Jackson

KEY SELLING POINTS

• K.M. Jackson debuts on theDafina list with a three-bookseries all centered aroundweddings.

• We will publish a new book in theseries every four months, To Me I Wed (5/17) and Betting Vow (9/17).

• Like The Bachelorette , Insert Groom Here features a soon to-bebride on a reality television showwho gets publicly jilted, but sheis determined to have thewedding—she just needs to finda groom.

MARKETING PLANS

• Advance print and digitalreading copies


• Email marketing throughKensington eNewsletter andauthor lists


• Promotion onkensingtonbooks.comand kwana.com

Tired white lace, rote promises, same-old ceremonies—some brides have no time for

that. They’ll break the rules, turn tradition into straight-up scandal—and improvise asmuch as it takes to turn their wildest wedding dreams into real love…

Eva Ward has won a lavish wedding on the nation’s hottest morning show and can’t wait tokick off her happily-ever-after in style. Too bad her fiancé backs out on-air —and cameraman Aidan Walker makes sure her private meltdown goes viral, down to the last couch-kicking moment. The only way Eva can save face and keep her perfect nuptial plans on track is tostar in a new “find-a-groom”reality segment. But finding Mr. Right in one month meansignoring her handsome new producer—none other than Aidan himself—and getting theirinstant, exasperating attraction out of her system.

Eva soon finds there’s a lot more to Aidan than freewheeling charm. But one glimpse of hiscaring side can’t make up for off -camera politics, Aidan’s own secrets—or Eva’s fear thatthey’re too diff erent to ever trust each other. So it’s time for her to flip this script, write twistsno one will see coming—and risk her heart to get the real thing …

praise for k.m. jackson“K.M. Jackson’s sharp and sassy storytelling is guaranteed to delight.”

—Farrah Rochon, USA Today bestselling author on Insert Groom Here

“Funny, completely modern, emotional and heart–wrenching at times.”

—RT Book Reviews on Bounce

“With a sensitive touch and an expert hand, Jackson leads the reader into a world that matches our own.”—USAToday.com on Bounce

K.M. Jackson, a former fashion designer, is a writer of contemporary women’s fiction andromance. A native New Yorker, her love of New York always shines through in her vibrantstories. She won the New Jersey Romance writers Golden Leaf for best novel with strong romantic elements for Bounce . A longtime member of Romance Writers of America, K.M. Jackson also won the New York Chapter’s Golden Apple Award for Author of the Yearin 2014. She resides in the New York suburbs with her husband, twins and her precociousterrier named Jack who always keeps her on her toes. More about her work can be found onher website at kwana.com, or follow her on Twitter @kwanawrites.

For fans of Farrah Rochon, award-winning author K.M. Jackson debutson the Dafina list with Insert Groom Here the first in a three-bookcontemporary romance series, linked together by a wedding theme.



Pages: 368 • Spine: 29/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence: Ardsley, NY

eBook: 978-1-4967-0569-3

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FIELD OF FIRE

The Jericho Quinn Thriller Series

Marc Cameron

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Marc Cameron became a New York Times bestseller with Brute Force (Pinnacle, 1/16).

• Day Zero (Pinnacle, 2/15) wasnamed a finalist for the ITWAwards in the Best PaperbackOriginal category. Brute Force (Pinnacle, 1/16) was a 2016 BarryAward nominee.

• Marc Cameron, like bestsellingauthors Vince Flynn, Brad Thor,and Tom Clancy, is a Washington,D.C. insider with access to someof the most classified info on

the current state of domestic terrorism and espionage, as wellas cutting-edge technology, givinghis novels authority and realism.Cameron’s plots, conflicts, andshady characters (both in and outof Washington, D.C.) could be

pulled right off the front pages ofThe Washington Post .

• Cameron is officially retiredfrom the U.S. Marshals Serviceand is now free to help promotehis thrillers with signings,appearances, and interviews.

ATTACK ON AMERICA The first target is Dallas, Texas. A deadly nerve gas called New Archangel is unleashed uponthe City of Angels, claiming innocent lives, spreading nationwide panic, and fueling globalfears of another attack. In the icy reaches of rural Alaska, special agent Jericho Quinn isenlisted to hunt down the man who created the bioweapon—a brilliant Russian scientist who is trying to defect and hiding in the Alaskan wilderness. But time is running out. Thescientist is beginning to lose his mind to dementia. If Quinn doesn’t find him before theRussians do, the entire western seaboard and beyond will feel the wrath of New Archangel—and darkness will fall upon the earth.

praise for marc cameron and his agent jerichoquinn series“AWESOME.”—Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Quinn, with his part Apache ancestry, fluency in Arabic and Mandarin Chinese, andmilitary skills, makes a formidable warrior readers will want to see more of.”

—Publishers Weekly on National Security

“Fascinating characters with action off -the-charts. Masterful.”

—Steve Berry on National Security

“An action-packed novel with a thrill on every page and enough plot twists to keep youup turning pages far into the night.”—Suspense Magazine on State of Emergency

“A gifted storyteller…[Cameron] has a way of taking his audience on a thrillingadventure.”—Stars and Stripes Magazine on Brute Force

“It’s hard to believe that this is only Cameron’s third novel, as his prose compels you tokeep turning the pages, a skill that often only comes with experience.”

—Mystery Scene on State of Emergency

In the bestselling traditions of Tom Clancy, Brad Thor, and Brad Taylor,national bestselling author, Marc Cameron, is back with Jericho Quinn inField of Fire , his most gripping and timely political thriller to date.

Category: Fiction


Pages: 448 • Spine: 1 3/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence: Anchorage, Alaska

eBook: 978-0-7860-3893-0

Sales History:pinnacle mass market

Brute Force 1/16 (978-0-7860-3529-8)

Day Zero2/15 (978-0-7860-3527-4)

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• Advance reading copies in print and digital


• Publicity outreach for reviewers and feature coverage• Author appearances by request

• Promotion at 2017 SHOT Show as well as mystery and thriller conventions

• Feature title in the Mystery/Thriller eNewsletter

• Social media advertising and promotion

• Feature title on kensingtonbooks.com and marccameronbooks.com

A native of Texas, Marc Cameron has spent over twenty-nine years

in law enforcement. His assignments have taken him from rural Alaska to Manhattan, from Canada to Mexico and points in between. A second degree black belt in jujitsu, he often teaches defensive tacticsto other law enforcement agencies and civilian groups. Cameronpresently lives in the Alaska with his wife and his BMW motorcycle.

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CLOSE TO THE BROKEN HEARTED

An Alvin, Alabama Novel

Michael Hiebert

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Close to the Broken Hearted will also appeal to fans of JohnHart (St. Martin’s), GillianFlynn (Crown/Broadway) andJenna McMahon (Harper/William Morrow).

• Hiebert won the prestigiousSurrey International Writer’sConference Storyteller’s Award

twice in a row. This award issponsored each year by New York Times bestseller Diana Gabaldonand bestseller Jack Whyte.

• Dream with Little Angels was taken as a selection of theMystery Guild, Doubleday BookClub, Literary Guild and Bookof the Month Club 2!

• Audio rights for the series havesold to Blackstone Audio!

At twenty-two, Sylvie Carson has known a lifetime’s worth of trouble. When she was a child,her baby brother was shot to death by a man named Preacher Eli. Orphaned by her teens,Sylvie is now raising her own baby with no partner in sight. That’s why Leah Teal, Alvin, Alabama’s only detective, tries to stay patient when Sylvie calls the station day and night,always with some new false alarm. But now Preacher Eli is out of prison, moving back totown—and Sylvie’s panic is mounting.

As far as the law goes, the old man has paid his dues—though Leah’s twelve-year-old son, Abe, strongly disagrees. Between that and his relentless curiosity about the daddy he hardly knew, Abe’s imagination is running in all directions lately. While Leah struggles with how

much to tell him, she’s also concerned about Sylvie. Something tells her the girl might be a target after all. It’s a hunch that will be tested soon enough, as secrets and lies from bothsides collide…

praise for michael hiebert’s alvin, alabama novels“Michael Hiebert has a Southern soul…There’s something mesmerizing about Hiebert’sstorytelling voice, low-pitched and lightly musical.”

—The New York Times Book Review on Dream with Little Angels

“A third person voice that not only invites but warmly welcomes readers into the smalltown of Alvin…Hiebert does a masterful job at building suspense.”

—Publishers Weekly on Close to the Broken Hearted“The scenes are so well written that the reader will feel the sun beating on the sidewalksof Alvin, and shake in their boots when the past collides with the present. Don’t expect Mayberry, people; this is a very good, sometimes emotional, mystery that will stay with

you long after it’s over.”—Suspense Magazine on Close to the Broken Hearted

Now available in mass market, this riveting novel from the author ofthe acclaimed Dream with Little Angels, a killer’s release is the catalyst for shocking revelations in a small Southern town…

Category: Fiction


Pages: 416 • Spine: 25/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

eBook: 978-0-7860-3973-9

Publishing History:kesington trade paperback 7/14 (978-0-7582-9426-5)

Sales History:kensington trade paperbackDream With Little Angels7/13 (978-0-7582-8575-1)

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• Featured in the Kensington mystery eNewsletter

• Social media advertising and promotions, including shareable images and giveaways• Promotions on reader platforms such as Goodreads

• Multilayered social media campaign and online advertising

Michael Hiebert is a two-time winner of the prestigious Surrey

International Writer’s Conference Storyteller’s Award and has beenpublished in The Best American Mystery Series, edited by Joyce CarolOates. His first novel, Dream with Little Angels was published tomuch critical acclaim. Michael was born and raised and still lives inBritish Columbia, Canada. Visit him at michaelhiebert.com.

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MURDERED INNOCENTS

Corey Mitchell

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Bestselling Author: CoreyMitchell hit the Los AngelesTimes bestseller’s list withDead and Buried .

• National Sporlight: The TexasYogurt Shop murders receivedwidespread media coverage foryears, including spots on48 Hours and America’s Most Wanted .

• The theme of teens killing teens ispopular among true-crime fans.

• Includes 16 pages of hauntingphotos.

MARKETING PLANS

• Online advertising

• Feature in Mystery/ThrillereNewsletter


• Promotion on

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THE YOGURT SHOP MASSACREOn a December night in Austin, Texas, teenagers Jennifer Harbison and Eliza Thomasclosed up the yogurt store where they worked. The girls were joined by Jennifer’s youngersister, Sarah, and her friend Amy Ayers.

Less than an hour later, all four girls were dead—tragic victims of an apparent fire. Untilit was discovered that the girls had been bound and gagged, sexually assaulted, and shotexecution-style.

With no physical evidence or eyewitnesses, Austin police faced one of their toughest casesever. Nearly eight years passed before four young men were charged with the crime, andauthorities learned how a planned robbery exploded into a drug-and-sex-fueled spree of

brutality. But the road to justice was packed with shocking twists…

praise for corey mitchell“No one faces evil head-on like Corey Mitchell.”—Gregg Olsen

“Corey Mitchell empathized with crime victims in a unique and personal way. Thatempathy is evident in every true crime book he wrote.”—Suzy Spencer

Corey Mitchell wrote several bestselling true crime books including Hollywood Death Scenes ,Dead and Buried , Evil Eyes , Savage Son, Strangler, and Pure Murder . He was also the founderof the #1 true crime blog, In Cold Blog, and a contributing editor for MetalSucks , the #1 website for heavy metal news. He co-founded Austin’s Housecore Horror Film Festival and

co-authored Philip H. Anselmo’s Mouth for War: Pantera and Beyond .

Repackaged and reissued, Murdered Innocents, tells the story of fourinnocent girls who were murdered in a yogurt shop in Austin, Texasin 1991. After years of prolonged investigation, the shockingdrug-and-sex-fueled incident comes to light in bestselling authorCorey Mitchell’s riveting book.

Category: True Crime


Pages: 432 • Spine: 1 1/32 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence: Austin, TX

eBook: 978-0-7860-3783-4

Publishing History:pinnacle mass market1/09 (978-0-7860-2150-5)2/05 (978-0-7860-1675-4)


Savage Son6/10 (978-0-7860-2013-3)

Pure Murder 6/08 (978-0-7860-1851-2)

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TEXAS JOHN SLAUGHTER

The Texas John Slaughter Series

William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone

KEY SELLING POINTS

• The New York Times bestsellingauthor of more than 300 books,Johnstone is known as “thegreatest Western writer of the21st century.”

• On any given day, almost halfof the fifty top Westerns onBookscan are Johnstone titles.In the last three years, virtuallyevery one of his Westerns havebeen Publishers Weekly massmarket bestsellers.

• In 2015, the Johnstones spenta total of 52 weeks on thePublishers Weekly bestseller list.They had more mass marketbestsellers in 2014 than any authorfrom any publisher.

MARKETING PLANS

• National print and onlineadvertising campaign

• Email marketing and promotion

through both Kensington andauthor’s social media platforms,newsletters, and fan groups

• Promotion in Lawless andLegendary Western eNewsletter

• Shareable reader content

It’s been barely a decade since the notorious gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Rustlers andoutlaws still terrorize the land, and the good citizens of Tombstone are at the end of theirropes. Enter Texas John Slaughter—the new sheriff of Cochise County and the toughestlawman west of the Rio Grande. With a backbone of steel to match the iron law of his badge,Texas John is determined to bring peace to this parched desert hell even if it kills him. Which it just might. When word gets out about an untapped vein of silver in the DragoonMountains, every man in town heads for the hills. The streets of Tombstone are an easytarget for raiders, looters—and one gang of outlaws foolish enough to kidnap Slaughter’syoung, pretty wife.

praise for the novels of william w. johnstone

with j.a. johnstone“Johnstone is a masterful storyteller, creating a tale that is fanciful and funny, exciting andsurprisingly convincing. This is great fun.”

—Publishers Weekly on Butch Cassidy The Lost Years

“A cracking good story with compelling characters and a tense plot that unfolds atbreakneck speed.”—True West Magazine on Butch Cassidy The Lost Years

New York Times and USA Today bestseller William W. Johnstone has written over 300books. He’s an author whose writing abilities span a wide range of genres, most notably Western and suspense. His books include: The First Mountain Man, The Last Mountain Man, Eagles, Preacher, Savage Texas, Matt Jensen, Winchester, Luke Jensen, and The Kerrigans .

Visit his website at williamjohnstone.net. J.A. Johnstone debuted as a solo author with The Loner , J.A. works in collaboration with William W. Johnstone and has authored The First Mountain Man, Blood Bond, Sidewinders, Matt Jensen, The Family Jensen, Eagles, and the thrillers Stand Your Ground and Tyranny .

Civil War soldier. Trail driver. Cattleman. Texas Ranger. The story of John Horton Slaughter is the story of the American West itself. Now New York Times bestselling authors William and J.A. Johnstone bring thislegendary figure to life—in the blazing saga of the first sheriff in U.S.history who could tame a town like Tombstone, Arizona.

Category: Western


Pages: 336 • Spine: 13/16 • Pack: 48

Author’s Residence:Murfreesboro, TN

eBook: 978-0-7860-3367-6

Publishing History:pinnacle mass market4/14 (978-0-7860-3366-9)


Preacher’s Bloodbath1/16 (978-0-7860-3559-5)

Bloodshed of the Mountain Man12/15 (978-0-7860-3140-5)

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PREACHER’S HELL STORM

The First Mountain Man

William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Preacher-The First MountainMan series currently has 21 titlesand more than 1,000,000 copiesin print!

• Johnstone is the New York Times bestselling author of more than300 books and is being called the“greatest Western writer of the21st century.”

• On any given day, almost halfof the fifty top Westerns onBookscan are Johnstone titles.In the last three years, virtuallyevery one of his Westerns havebeen Publishers Weekly massmarket bestsellers.

MARKETING PLANS

• National print and onlineadvertising campaign

• Email marketing and promotion through both Kensington andauthor’s social media platforms,

newsletters, and fan groups• Promotion in bimonthly

Lawless and LegendaryWestern eNewsletter

• Shareable reader contentand digital assets

For the sake of the son he never knew, Preacher goes on the warpath.

Long ago, the legendary trapper known as Preacher took shelter with the Abaroska Indians,and fell in love with a girl called Bird in the Tree. Twenty years later, he rescues a womanand her son from ambush by the hated Blackfoot. The woman is Birdie, and the valiantyoung warrior is Hawk That Soars—Preacher’s son. Now the greatest fighter in the Rocky Mountains is about to go to war, to protect a family he never knew he had.

Led by the vicious warlord Tall Bull, the Blackfoot are trying to wipe out the Abaroska.Unable to match Tall Bull’s numbers, Preacher and his son launch a guerilla war that willstain the Rocky Mountain snow with Blackfoot blood.

praise for the novels of william w. johnstone with j.a. johnstone“Johnstone is a masterful storyteller, creating a tale that is fanciful and funny, exciting andsurprisingly convincing. This is great fun.”

—Publishers Weekly on Butch Cassidy The Lost Years

“A cracking good story with compelling characters and a tense plot that unfolds atbreakneck speed.”—True West Magazine on Butch Cassidy The Lost Years

New York Times and USA Today bestseller William W. Johnstone has written over 300books. He’s an author whose writing abilities span a wide range of genres, most notably Western and suspense. His books include: The First Mountain Man, The Last Mountain Man, Eagles, Preacher, Savage Texas, Matt Jensen, Winchester, Luke Jensen, and The Kerrigans .Visit his website at williamjohnstone.net.

J.A. Johnstone debuted as a solo author with The Loner , J.A. works in collaboration with William W. Johnstone and has authored The First Mountain Man, Blood Bond, Sidewinders, Matt Jensen, The Family Jensen, Eagles, and the thrillers Stand Your Ground and Tyranny .

The First Mountain Man is one of Johnstone’s most iconic andenduring series with a fiercely dedicated fanbase: the rugged mountainman, Preacher, is the embodiment of Johnstone’s brand, and the American Frontier.

Category: Western



Author’s Residence:Murfreesboro, TN

eBook: 978-0-7860-4001-8


Preacher’s Bloodbath1/16 (978-0-7860-3559-5)

Preacher’s Slaughter 1/15 (978-0-7860-3557-1)

Preacher’s Blood Hunt 1/14 (978-0-7860-3340-9)

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THE CARTEL 5

La Bella Mafia

Ashley & JaQuavis

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Ashley & JaQuavis havedeveloped quite a following ofloyal readers. They are knownas the Dynamic Duo amongfans of street lit.

MARKETING PLANS

• Advertising and promotionon urbanbooks.net andbrothersbooks.net

• Urban Books street promotion

• Co-op available

When a Boeing 747 drops out of the sky with the men of The Cartel aboard, the women of

the family have to step into their own. With the federal government on their heels and thefamily on the brink of destruction, a female dynasty is born.

After the government’s case is thwarted, the ladies plan to take the family legit. They head west to establish a new endeavor, but with new territory comes new problems. The Carterfamily name doesn’t ring as loud as it did in Miami. It’s a new set of gangsters, a new setof rules, as the Cartel finds problems with an Arabic millionaire. Even as the new Cartelstruggles to go legit, trouble always finds a way into the family’s circle. Larceny, deceit, andmurder are all in the cards.

Ashley & JaQuavis are New York Times bestsellers with an extensive list of bestsellingnovels under their belts. They reside in Michigan, and are working on future novels for

Urban Books.

From New York Times bestselling authors Ashley and JaQuavis, thedynamic duo of street lit,The Cartel 5 is a page-turning thriller thatpromises to deliver. This mafia family tries to go corporate, but the streets won’t let them. This is the rise of the female Cartel…La Bella Mafia.

Category: Fiction



Author’s Residence:Detroit, MI

Publishing History:urban books trade paperback 12/14 (978-1-60162-567-0)

Sales History:urban books mass marketThe Cartel 4: Diamods Are Forever 2/14 (978-1-60162-622-6)

The Cartel 3: The Last Chapter 2/14 (978-1-60162-621-9)

The Cartel 2: Tale of Murda Mamas2/14 (978-1-60162-620-2)

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THE SYNDICATE

Carl Weber Presents

Brick & Storm

MARKETING PLANS

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They were just kids when Claudette McPhearson took them all in. Eight of them all

together, all diff erent races and ethnicities, but she loves them as her own. One woman hastaught them how to love, trust, and respect one another. Claudette is their light at the endof a long, troublesome tunnel, and she shines so bright.

Then, one dreadful day, it all comes to a crashing halt. Claudette is walking to the bus stopfrom the juvenile correction center where she volunteers her time, and she is gunned down ina seemingly random drive-by shooting. In the blink of an eye, Claudette’s kids are without a parent once again, and their lives will never be the same.

They now own a house, and a $500,000 insurance policy is to be split between eight kids.However, they soon discover that they have also inherited enemies no one knew existed inClaudette’s world.

Uncle Snap was well aware of those enemies, and after one of the children happens upon a lockbox with keys, codes, and monetary figures, Uncle Snap presents them with a videoMama has left, revealing the truth about her nefarious activities. A secret bunker underneaththe house opens their eyes. It is filled with money, drugs, and specific directions fromClaudette, who built an empire from the ground up. “The Syndicate” is what Uncle Snapcalls it, and since Claudette is dead, it is up to the kids to keep it going.

The Syndicate is a criminal enterprise that tra ffics millions of dollars of drugs throughoutthe United States. From the Port of Miami to the border of Canada, The Syndicate is aforce to be reckoned with. Unbeknownst to them, Claudette has been training every oneof them for this moment. She honed in on each of their skills to develop them to the fullest.Now one of them must step up to become the leader, so they can take over the Syndicate

and run this city.

Filled with sex, lies, love, and lust, Brick and Storm’s works are sure to keep you gamed.Their hit stories, Hood Misfits 1-4 , show that E.N.G.A isn’t just a phrase, but it’s life.From Atlanta, Brick & Storm have lived many of the stories they share. They spend theirtime working in the community, and hope to continue to share their stories and creatememorable characters.

In Brick & Storm’s new series, a foster family finds that their mother’smurder was no accident. As her secrets unravel from beyond the grave,one of the siblings must step up to become the leader, so they can takeover the Syndicate and run this city.

Category: Fiction



Author’s Residence: Atlanta, GA


Sales History:urban books mass marketCarl Weber Presents:Hood Misfits Volume 2 8/15 (978-1-62286-946-6)

Carl Weber Presents:Hood Misfits Volume 16/15 (978-1-66686-946-6)

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THE BANKS SISTERS 2

Nikki Turner

MARKETING PLANS

• Advertising on urbanbooks.netand brothersbooks.net


• Co-op available

Meet the Banks sisters—Simone, Bunny, Tallhya, and Ginger. They feel like they are finally

in the clear in connection with the recent bank robberies—until their mother shows updemanding her share at gunpoint. She threatens to snitch them out if they don’t comecorrect. The situation becomes a bloody mess, and now, two sisters must band together tocover up the unthinkable actions of one of their own.

As if that isn’t enough, Pastor Cassius Street hits them with another major blow. He refusesto sign over the deed to their Me-Ma’s home, as they had hoped. Luckily, Ginger has morethan enough tricks to provide the pastor with a dilemma of his own.

As the hunt for the bank robbers continues, Simone worries about being caught by the manshe loves. He’s the head detective on the case, and with the recent dead bodies washing up atthe riverbank around town, he’s closer than he thinks to solving the case.

Bunny is dealing with the loss of her everything, Spoe. She vows to get her revenge by any means necessary on everyone who played a role in his untimely demise. Will she be able toconvince her sisters to have her back once again?

Tallhya is still hurting because of her husband’s betrayal, and she feels like she’s close tolosing her mind. Can any of her sisters pull her out of her downward spiral, or will theycompletely shut her out?

How will these sisters deal with their own mountain of problems, get back the only homethey know, and get their lives back on track? Only time will tell…as long as they stay onestep ahead of the circumstances they unwittingly create.

Nikki Turner is the author of The New York Times bestseller Black Widow, the #1 Essence ®

bestseller Forever a Hustler’s Wife, and the Essence ® bestsellers A Hustler’s Wife, The Glamorous Life, and Riding Dirty on I-95 .

New York Times bestselling author Nikki Turner returns to the highly successful Banks Sisters trilogy with The Banks Sisters 2 which will make your head spin with all its dramatic twists, turns, and deadly surprises.

Category: Fiction



Author’s Residence:Hallandale, FL


Sales History:urban books mass market

The Banks Sisters 9/15 (978-1-62286-947-3)

A Project Chick 3/15 (978-1-62286-905-3)

A Hustler’s Wife 8/14 (978-1-60162-619-6)

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