In DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES (Texas Justice #1) by Christie Craig (due out August 28th 2018 by Forever), Annie Lakes reconnects with her mother's side of the family only to realize that they are hiding a major secret.

When a child is kidnapped, everyone wants the child to be found and safely brought home. But no one really stops to question if maybe the child is better off with the kidnapper than with the parents. In NOT HER DAUGHTER by Rea Frey (published August 21st 2018 by St. Martin’s Griffin), the readers will find themselves hoping that the kidnapper is never caught because this child is better off with her kidnapper than her parents.

The notorious Doc Holliday continues to make an impact – and take lives – over a hundred and thirty years after his death in THE LONG-LOST LOVE LETTERS OF DOC HOLLIDAY by David Corbett. The novel is due out on August 18th 2018 by Black Opal.

AGAINST THE CLAW by Sheri Randall is the second cozy mystery in the Lobster Shack Mystery series. The novel is due out on July 31st 2018 by St. Martin's Press. The first novel in the Lobster Shack Mystery series, CURSES, BOILED AGAIN came out on January 30th 2018.

MURDER, SHE REPORTED by Peg Cochran is the first in a new historical mystery series set in the late 1930s New York City. The novel is due to be published on July 31st 2018 by Alibi.

Georgie Rannoch is back in the twelfth installment of the Her Royal Spyness Mystery series – FOUR FUNERALS AND MAYBE A WEDDING by Rhys Bowen. The novel is due out on August 7th 2018 by Berkley.

ORCHID & THE WASP, Caoilinn Hughes’ debut contemporary fiction, follows the life of Gael Foess from her childhood up through her early twenties as she bounces back and forth between Ireland, England, and the United States.

Maggie Hope – American-born spy and code-breaker working for the British during World War II – returns in THE PRISONER IN THE CASTLE. The novel is the eighth in the Maggie Hope Mystery series by Susan Elia MacNeal, and it will be published on August 7th 2018 by Bantam.

THE GIRL FROM BLIND RIVER, Gale Massey’s debut mystery novel, is due out July 10th 2018 by Crooked Lane Books.

HOPE NEVER DIES by Andrew Shaffer reunites former-Vice President Joe Biden with his best friend and partner in crime, former-President Barack Obama, in a hilarious and somewhat-suspenseful mystery. The novel is due out on July 10th 2018 by Quirk Books.

ALL-AMERICAN COWBOY (Holiday, Texas #1) is Dylann Crush’s debut romance novel. The novel is due out on July 3rd 2018 by Sourcebooks Casablanca.  

A LADY’S GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE AND MURDER (A Countess of Harleigh Mystery #1) by Dianne Freeman is one of my new favorite historical mystery novels. It is a fun, captivating read from the very first page. The novel is Freeman’s first mystery novel, and it is due to be published on June 26, 2018 by Kensington Publishing Corp.

DANGEROUS by Minerva Spencer is the first in The Outcasts Series. It is a historical (Regency Era) romance novel due out June 26, 2018.

GIRL WITH A GUN is the first novel in the Annie Oakley Mystery Series by Kari Bovee. The historical mystery novel is Kari Bovee’s debut, and it will be published on June 19th 2018 by SparkPress.

SECRETS, LIES, & CRAWFISH PIES by Abby L. Vandiver (published June 12, 2018 by Henery Press) is the first novel in the Romaine Wilder Mystery series. 

CHERRY PIES & DEADLY LIES by Darci Hannah (published June 8, 2018 by Midnight Ink) is the first novel in the Very Cherry Mystery series. Main character Whitney Bloom rushes home to her small hometown of Cherry Cove after a dead body is found at her parents’ Cherry Orchard Inn. The murder took place just days before the annual Cherry Blossom Festival is about to begin, and Whitney’s father is the number one suspect. Whitney pitches in to help her parents handle the festival, do damage control for the Inn, and find the real killer.

HIDDEN, the debut romantic suspense novel by Kelli Clare, will be published by SparkPress on June 5, 2018. Main character, Ellie James, is an art teacher/bartender in a small Connecticut town on the coast. Her life is rather mundane but happy until she comes home from work one night and discovers that her grandmother and sister have been murdered. As if that isn’t shocking enough, Ellie discovers that her grandmother and sister were keeping secrets from her – secrets that trace all the way back to Richard III. These secrets place Ellie’s life in danger, and the sexy but dangerous Will Hastings is the only man who can protect her. The question is whether she can trust him.

Ever since I was a kid, I have been fascinated by Bonnie and Clyde, as well as other gangsters from the Roaring Twenties. I also have a thing for American West gunslingers and outlaws. To be honest, I have a fascination with all of the bad guys and gals of history. I’m not quite sure what that says about me… But I can say that I was very excited when I saw that Jenni L. Walsh had written a two part series about Bonnie Parker.

CONFESSIONS OF A RED HERRING by Dana Dratch will be published May 29, 2018 by Kensington Publishing Corporation. It is the first in the Red Herring Mystery series.

MURDER IN GREENWICH VILLAGE is a new cozy, historical mystery by Liz Freeland. The novel will be published on May 29, 2018 by Kensington Publishing Corporation.