WHO'S ON TOP: FICTION

TOP 5 FICTION:

HARDCOVER:

1. THE INVENTION OF WINGS, by Sue Monk Kidd

2. THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt

3. FIRST LOVE, by James Patterson and Emily Raymond

4. THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom

5. SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham

SPOTLIGHT:

FIRST LOVE

James Patterson and Emily Raymond

An extraordinary portrait of true love that will move anyone who has a first love story of their own. Axi Moore is a "good girl": She studies hard, stays out of the spotlight, and doesn't tell anyone how all she really wants is to run away from it all. The only person she can tell is her best friend, Robinson--who she also happens to be madly in love with.

When Axi spontaneously invites Robinson to come with her on an impulsive cross-country road trip, she breaks the rules for the first time in her life. But the adventure quickly turns from carefree to out of control after the teens find themselves on the run from the police. And when Robinson suddenly collapses, Axi has to face the truth that this trip might be his last.

A remarkably moving tale very personal to James Patterson's own past, FIRST LOVE is testament to the power of first love--and how it can change the rest of your life.

PAPERBACK TRADE:

1. LIFE AFTER LIFE, by Kate Atkinson

2. ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline

3. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E. L. James

4. A WEEK IN WINTER, by Maeve Binchy

5. DARK PLACES, by Gillian Flynn

SPOTLIGHT:

A WEEK IN WINTER

Maeve Binchy

Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. When Chicky Starr decides to take an old, decaying mansion set high on the cliffs overlooking the windswept Atlantic Ocean and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, everyone thinks she is crazy. Helped by Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the house) and Orla, her niece (a whiz at business), Chicky is finally ready to welcome the first guests to Stone House’s big warm kitchen, log fires, and understated elegant bedrooms. John, the American movie star, thinks he has arrived incognito; Winnie and Lillian are forced into taking a holiday together; Nicola and Henry, husband and wife, have been shaken by seeing too much death practicing medicine; Anders hates his father’s business, but has a real talent for music; Miss Nell Howe, a retired schoolteacher, criticizes everything and leaves a day early, much to everyone’s relief; the Walls are disappointed to have won this second-prize holiday in a contest where first prize was Paris; and Freda, the librarian, is afraid of her own psychic visions.

PAPERBACK MASS-MARKET:  

1. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin

2. BIG SKY SECRETS, by Linda Lael Miller

3. GUILT, by Jonathan Kellerman

4. ENDER'S GAME, by Orson Scott Card

5. BLINDSIDED, by Fern Michaels

SPOTLIGHT:

BIG SKY SECRETS

Linda Lael Miller

Self-made tycoon Landry Sutton heads to Hangman Bend's Ranch to sell his land to his brother Zane. Though he's got cowboy in his blood, Landry plans to return to city life before the dust even settles on his boots. Of course, he didn't count on falling for Big Sky Country…or Ria Manning.

Ria's starting to settle into country life herself…until she has a close encounter of the terrifying kind with a buffalo. Turns out the peeping monster belongs to the cowboy next door—and he has her running even more scared than his bison. She wants a home where the buffalo don't roam, and the men don't either. Could Landry's homecoming be her heart's undoing?

E-BOOK:

1. THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt

2. SCANDALOUS BRIDES, by Annette Blair and Others

3. SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham

4. THE ROSIE PROJECT, by Graeme Simsion

5. THE HUSBAND'S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty

SPOTLIGHT:

SCANDALOUS BRIDES

Annette Blair and Others

UNFORGETTABLE ROGUE by Annette Blair. Beauty and the Beast trade places. After being reported dead, handsome as sin Bryceson Wakefield, Duke of Hawksworth, returns home scarred and beaten by war, only to find his hoyden of a wife blossomed into a beauty and set to wed another. Can Beauty seduce her unforgettable Beast? Will the beast ever consider himself worthy?

A LADY BY CHANCE by Cheryl Bolen. Manipulated into a marriage of convenience, Anna and Charles, the Marquess of Haverstock, question each other's loyalties. But there's no question that Anna's silken touch has bewitched the powerful lord who has become her husband, and no question that she craves every moment in his arms.

SALT BRIDE by Lucinda Brant. The Earl of Salt Hendon and squire's daughter Jane Despard share a secret past of mistrust, heartache, and misery. Forced into a marriage neither wants, Jane believes love conquers all; Salt will take some convincing. Can the newlyweds overcome past prejudices and sinister opposition to fall in love all over again?

SCANDALOUS VIRTUE by Brenda Hiatt. First impressions can be most deceiving! Nessa, Lady Haughton, has been trained all her life to be a model of English propriety and virtue. Notorious rakehell and war hero Jack Ashecroft must renounce his wild ways and establish himself as a respectable member of Society. When Jack and Nessa meet, each thinks the other is exactly the ticket to the changes they are seeking; then the sparks fly!