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CORE25% Standing Order Discount & Free Shipping! 96 hardcover titles each year for about 2,496.IN ew York TimesI# 1 New York Times E ditor’s Choice #2 Title E ditor’s Choice #2 TitleBestselling AuthorBestselling AuthorSimultaneous Publicationwith Berkley’sStandard Print EditionSimultaneous Publicationwith Bantam’sStandard Print EditionTHE SUNSHINE SISTERSTHE SILENT CORNERJane GreenDean Koontz“All women will recognize somethingof themselves in one of the Sunshinesisters. Jane Green’s best yet.” — Jojo Moyes, New York Timesbestselling author of Me Before You“Koontz writes fiction perfectly suitedto the mood of America . . . thatacknowledge the reality and tenacity of evil but also the powerof good . . .” — Publishers WeeklyRonni Sunshine left London for Hollywood to becomea star of the silver screen. At home, she was a narcissistic,disinterested mother who alienated her three daughters.But now the Sunshine sisters are together again, calledhome by Ronni, who has learned that she has a seriousdisease and needs her daughters to fulfill her final wishes.“I very much need to be dead.” These are the chilling wordsleft behind by a man who had everything to live for — buttook his own life. His widow, Jane Hawk, does what all hergrief, fear, and fury demands: find the truth, no matterwhat. And she becomes the most-wanted fugitive inAmerica.978-1-4328-3892-8 n 38.99 U.S.Women’s Fiction n Releases 6/7/2017Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.978-1-4328-3951-2 n 37.99 U.S.Thriller n Releases 6/7/2017Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.IN ew York TimesIN ew York TimesBestselling AuthorBestselling Author E ditor’s Choice #6 TitleSimultaneous Publicationwith Harlequin’sStandard Print EditionSimultaneous Publicationwith Harlequin’sStandard Print EditionDYING BREATHRISE AND SHINE,BENEDICT STONEPhaedra Patrick“In her delightful second novel, Patrickonce again imbues objects with magic . . .” — Publishers WeeklySML In the quiet village of Noon Sun, Benedict StonehasMLsettled into a complacent and predictable routine.Business at his jewelry shop has dried up; his marriage ison the rocks. His life is in desperate need of a jump start.And then a surprise arrives at his door in the form ofGemma, the daughter of his estranged brother, Charlie.978-1-4104-9815-1 n 37.99 U.S.General Fiction n Releases 6/7/2017Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.Krewe of HuntersHeather Graham“Graham is a master at world buildingand her latest is a thrilling, dark, anddeadly tale of romantic suspense.”— starred, Booklist on Haunted DestinySML As a teenager, Vickie Preston survived an attackbya serial killer. That was the first time she saw a ghost.MLNow someone is kidnapping Boston women and buryingthem alive, cruelly leaving a clue about their location.Vickie’s name is mentioned in one of the notes. But she hasanother lead: the spirit of one of the victims is appearing inher dreams.978-1-4104-9813-7 n 36.99 U.S.Paranormal Romance n Releases 6/7/2017Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.gale.printorders@cengage.comngale.com/thorndike7

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rDiscount& FreeShipping!60 hardcovertitleseachyearyearfor about 1,623.StandingOrderDiscount& FreeShipping!24 hardcovertitleseachfor about 567.Rebecca’s SelectionsStories for women about women. Their relationships withfamily and friends, about how they overcome obstaclesin their lives and discover the value of loving themselves.Selections consist of clean, wholesome reads and contain nographic sex or violence. These titles are selected by Booklisteditor Rebecca Vnuk, an expert in the Women’s Fiction genreand former librarian.Rebecca’s thoughts . . .Rebecca’s thoughts . . .Something a little differentfor our list: women’s fictionwith a dash of suspense, andmore than a passing nod toJodi Picoult’s “ripped-from-theheadlines” style. A perfect pageturner for summer vacation!This is a lovely, literary look attwo sisters struggling to cometo terms with the death of theirmother and the decline of theirfather’s health. Readerswill enjoy how the story unfoldsvia flashbacks and long-lostletters.ALMOST MISSED YOUJessica Strawser“Fans of smart women’s fiction mixed with a fast-paced plotshould not miss this.” — Library JournalViolet and Finn were “meant to be,” said everyone,always. Three years married, they have a wonderful littleboy. So no one is more surprised than Violet when Finndisappears and takes their son with him. Caitlin and Finnhave long been best friends. But when Finn shows up onher doorstep demanding that she hide them, Caitlin facesan impossible choice.978-1-4104-9935-6 n 31.99 U.S.Women’s Fiction n Releases 6/21/2017 I ndie Next PickSWIMMING LESSONSClaire Fuller“Fuller proves to be a master of temporal space, taking readersthrough flashbacks and epistolary chapters at a pace timed tocreate wonder and suspense.” — starred, BooklistIngrid Coleman writes letters to her husband, Gil,about the truth of their marriage, and hides them in thethousands of books he has collected. After writing herfinal letter, Ingrid disappears. Scandalous and whipsmart, Swimming Lessons holds the Coleman family up tothe light, exposing the mysterious truths of a passionateand troubled marriage.978-1-4328-3866-9 n 30.99 NCRWomen’s Fiction n Releases 6/21/2017gale.printorders@cengage.comCall 1.800.223.1244 Ext 4 Faxgale.com/thorndike1.800.558.4676nn11

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