Fresh Batch (March 31st - April 6th)

Exclusively titled for Xpresso Reads, Fresh Batch features the hottest releases of this upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

In the Shadow of Blackbirds
Cat Winters 

Publication date: April 2nd 2013
by Amulet Books

In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches as desperate mourners flock to séances and spirit photographers for comfort, but she herself has never believed in ghosts. During her bleakest moment, however, she’s forced to rethink her entire way of looking at life and death, for her first love—a boy who died in battle—returns in spirit form. But what does he want from her?

Featuring haunting archival early-twentieth-century photographs, this is a tense, romantic story set in a past that is eerily like our own time.

Official Book Trailer:

Cat's Website / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

Cat Winters was born and raised in Southern California, near Disneyland, which may explain her love of haunted mansions, bygone eras, and fantasylands. She received degrees in drama and English from the University of California, Irvine, and formerly worked in publishing.

Her debut novel, IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS—a YA ghost tale set during the World War I era—is coming April 2, 2013, from Amulet Books/ABRAMS. She currently lives outside of Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two kids.

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 Other releases this week (Click on title links for Goodreads):

*In no particular order*  *Purchase links are for The Book Depository*

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- Nameless (Tales of Beauty & Madness #1) by Lili St. Crow [Purchase]

- Fractured (Slated #2) by Teri Terry [Purchase]

- White Lines by Jennifer Banash [Purchase]

- Who Was Dracula?: Bram Stoker's Trail of Blood by Jim Steinmeyer [Purchase]

- Walking Disaster (Beautiful #2) by Jamie McGuire [Purchase]

- Rise (Eve #3) by Anna Carey [Purchase]

- Own the Wind (Chaos #1) by Kristen Ashley [Purchase]

- The Collector (Dante Walker #1) by Victoria Scott [Purchase]

- Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) by R.L. LaFevers [Purchase]

- This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith [Purchase]

- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson [Purchase]

- Lush (Delicious #3) by Lauren Dane [Purchase]

- Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight [Purchase]

- Fearless (Mirrorworld #2) by Cornelia Funke [Purchase]

- The Edge of the Earth by Christina Schwarz [Purchase]

- Iron Kin (The Half-Light City #3) by M.J. Scott [Purchase]

- Wrecked by Shiloh Walker [Purchase]

- Blood Trade (Jane Yellowrock #6) by Faith Hunter [Purchase]

- Die for Her (Revenants #2.5) by Amy Plum [Purchase]

- River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay [Purchase]

- Vengeance Bound by Justina Ireland [Purchase]

- My Life After Now by Jessica Verdi [Purchase]

- Nautier and Wilder (Wild Riders #6) by Lora Leigh and Jaci Burton [Purchase]

- Stung by Bethany Wiggins [Purchase]

- Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel (Blossom Street #9) by Debbie Macomber [Purchase]

- Rising Darkness (Game of Shadows #1) by Thea Harrison [Purchase]

- The Sweetest Dark (The Sweetest Dark #1) by Shana Abe [Purchase]

- Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach [Purchase]

- The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After (Bridgertons) by Julia Quinn [Purchase]

- Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge [Purchase]

- Love Irresistibly (FBI / US Attorney #4) by Julie James [Purchase]

- Naturals (The Lost Souls #2) by Tiffany Truitt [Purchase]

- Story's End (Storybound #2) by Marissa Burt [Purchase]

- Spellbinding by Maya Gold [Purchase]

- Hunted (The Guardian Legacy #3) by Ednah Walters [Purchase]

- The Key & The Flame by Claire M. Caterer [Purchase]

- Prophecy Girl (Angel Academy #1) by Cecily White [Purchase]

- Fever (Breathless #2) by Maya Banks [Purchase]

- Only Lycans Need Apply (Broken Heart Vampires #9) by Michele Bardsley [Purchase]

- Light (Gone #6) by Michael Grant [Purchase]

- Prophet of Bones by Ted Kosmatka [Purchase]

- Without a Summer (Glamourist Histories #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal [Purchase]

- The Smart One by Jennifer Close [Purchase]

- If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin [Purchase]

- Allegiance Sworn (The Light Blade #3) by Kylie Griffin [Purchase]

- Crossing the Line (Pushing the Limits #1.5) by Katie McGarry [Purchase]

- Sweet Damage by Rebecca James [Purchase]

- A Corner of White (The Colors of Madeleine #1) by Jaclyn Moriarty [Purchase]

 

- That Time I Joined the Circus by J.J. Howard [Purchase]

- Awakening (Tankborn #2) by Karen Sandler [Purchase]

- Rotten by Michael Northrop [Purchase]

- Money Run (Ashley Arthur #1) by Jack Heath [Purchase]

 

- Sacrifices (Shadow Grail #3) by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill [Purchase]

- The Rising (Darkness Rising #3) by Kelley Armstrong [Purchase]

- Nowhere But Home by Liza Palmer [Purchase]

April is off to an epic start!
What's on your wish list this week?

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