Kindle Genre Watch: New in Romance & Western Fiction

Spend less time searching for new fiction and more time reading it as I watch for newly-released genre fiction in the Kindle Store so you don't have to. Outstanding new releases in romance and western fiction include:

Romance


The Unquiet by J. D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan and Mary Kay McComas. Jove, 2011. Print length: 416 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (7 reviews). Kindle edition $7.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"Five New York Times bestselling authors - five superlative stories. From J.D. Robb: Eve and Rourke return to investigate a series of murders connected to a brilliant young surgeon. From Mary Blayney: A shopkeeper's solitude is complicated by a magic coin, a daring rogue, and dreams of her late husband, who whispers but one word...wish. From Patricia Gaffney: A lonely woman and a hotline psychic turn their astonishing connection to the other side into an unexpected romance. From Ruth Ryan Langan: The shattered soul of an angry spirit imprisoned in a Scottish manor house could be a young widow's only salvation. From Mary Kay McComas: A young ghost eases his brother's pain and guilt by inviting him into the dreams of an imaginative author of children's books." - Publisher.

Only His by Susan Mallery. HQN Books, 2011. Print length: 352 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (17 reviews). Kindle edition $5.59. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is book six in Mallery's Fools Gold series which began with Chasing Perfect.

"Wedding bells are ringing in Fool's Gold, but not for Nevada Hendrix. Her triplet sisters are engaged, and even her mother has a more active love life than she does. Determined to make a fresh start, she applies for her dream job, only to discover that her new boss is her first love. Maybe she could overlook the fact that they've seen each other naked, but she'll never forget the way he broke her heart. Tucker Janack agrees to Nevada's 'business only' ground rules. After all, love is a trap that the construction millionaire has avoided his whole life. But when great business partners turn out to be so much more, every rule gets broken. Will either of them be willing to try again...or will their past get in the way?" - Publisher.

Seduction of a Highland Lass by Maya Banks. Ballantine Books, 2011. Print length: 352 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (18 reviews). Kindle edition $7.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is book two in the McCabe Trilogy following In Bed with a Highlander.

"Fiercely loyal to his elder brother, Alaric McCabe leads his clan in the fight for their birthright. Now he is prepared to wed for duty, as well. But on his way to claim the hand of Rionna McDonald, daughter of a neighboring chieftain, he is ambushed and left for dead. Miraculously, his life is saved by the soft touch of a Highland angel, a courageous beauty who will put to the test his fealty to his clan, his honor, and his deepest desires. An outcast from her own clan, Keeley McDonald was betrayed by those she loved and trusted. When the wounded warrior falls from his horse, she is drawn to his strong, lean body. The wicked glint in his green eyes ignites a passion that will follow them back to Alaric’s keep..." - Publisher.

Heartwishes by Jude Deveraux. Atria Books, 2011. Print length: 368 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (13 reviews). Kindle edition $12.99. Text-to-Speech: Disabled. This is book six in the author's Edilean series that began with Scarlet Nights.

"Gemma Ranford wants the job of cataloging the documents of one of Edilean’s oldest families, the Fraziers, so much that she is ready to do battle to get it. Fascinated with history, and desperately trying to finish her dissertation, she’s confident that the papers will yield new information to invigorate her research. What she doesn’t expect to find are repeated references to the Heartwishes Stone, a magical talisman said to grant wishes to anyone named Frazier. Something that powerful could put the entire family in danger if it fell into the wrong hands - but like most people, Gemma writes it off as pure legend. Yet as she spends more time with the family, she realizes that the most secret wishes of each of the Fraziers are slowly coming true - and that in the meantime, she’s falling hopelessly in love with the eldest son, Colin. The trouble is, she’s not the only one who has noticed that the stone’s powers have been awakened, and an international thief is also on the hunt..." - author's web site.

Westerns


Crossfire by J. A. Johnstone. Pinnacle Books, 2011. Print length: 332 p. Amazon customer rating: none yet. Kindle edition $4.79. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is book nine in the Loner series that began with the publication of The Loner in 2009.

"Conrad Browning is The Loner, a man on a mission, crossing the country - and crossing a lot of bad men - to rescue his kidnapped young twins. The trail has led him all the way to San Francisco’s perilous red light-district, where a crime lord is the proud father of newly adopted twins. The Loner knows his children when he sees them. But they’re hostage to a brutal, violent mob feud. Then, just when he needs it most, The Loner is no longer alone: he is joined by his own father, Frank Morgan - the most notorious gunman in the West. A family’s pain. A woman’s betrayal. A city exploding in violence... The Loner has come to the right place to save his children. But will they get out of Frisco alive?" - Publisher.

The Guns of Retribution by Icy Sedgwick. Pulp Press, 2011. Print length: Amazon customer rating: Kindle edition $2.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"The search for a murderous outlaw has brought the long roving Gray O’Donnell near to his hometown of Retribution, Arizona. Bounty hunters ain’t popular but old fashioned manners, kindness to regular folk and a face for the ladies make Gray an exception round these parts; and a six gun’ll take care of the rest. Anyway, Gray has a job to do elsewhere. But, the odious Jasper Roberts has made himself Sheriff of Retribution and he has a score to settle with Gray. Jasper ain’t gonna let morals or the law get in the way of a good hanging and the townsfolk are cowed by their villainous lawman. Can you really mess with a man’s momma and get away with it?" - Publisher.

Dos Gringos by Frederick R. Andresen. BookBaby, 2011. Print length: 170 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (8 reviews). Kindle edition $4.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"During the Mexican Revolution, a penniless Norwegian and a drifting Irishman meet in an El Paso bar and are hired by a Pittsburg con-man to fix a gold mine in Mexico with parts, which they learn too late, purposely don’t fit. The Norwegian is focused on fixing the mine and needs the money to propose to his sweetheart in El Paso. The Irishman is focused on the local women, is fresh from Ireland’s bloody Easter Uprising, and needs to redeem a painful guilt and find a new life. They both are at gunpoint to perform or not perform. Complicating their mission is a mysterious black-suited man selling guns to both sides in the Mexican war, part of Germany’s intrigue to keep America out of World War I..." - Publisher.

Homebrecito's War by W. Michael Farmer. Treble Heart Books, 2011. Print length: 352 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (7 reviews). Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"It is historical fact that Albert Fountain - Indian fighter, lawman, well-known territorial political figure, newspaper publisher, respected attorney - and his eight-year-old son, Henry, vanished on a cold winter’s day in the desert near White Sands, New Mexico Territory, in 1896. They were never found. Believed murdered with his father, eight-year-old Henry Fountain survived to make bloody war on the murderers. Yellow Boy, his Apache mentor, called him Hombrecito, 'Little Man.' Hombrecito: Half Anglo, half Mexican, all Apache. Hombrecito’s War is a richly imagined myth of survival and revenge in the border southwest at the turn of the last century." - Publisher.
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