The Summer My Life Began & City of Spirits: Coming Attractions

By Maryann Yin 

Here are some handpicked titles from our New Books section. Want to include your book? Just read our Facebook Your New or Upcoming Book post. Don’t forget to include your title’s exact release date and a link.

The Great Peace by Ryan George Kittleman: “A small American city is under siege. A group of starving artists – led by a reclusive, sweatpants-wearing billionaire – is determined to overthrow the government by any means necessary. With little hope for peace, a neurotic young gadabout, fresh off a failed suicide attempt, takes it upon himself to save his hometown from ruin.” (May 2012)

City of Spirits by Eric Wilde: “It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and French Quarter sleuth Wyatt Thomas is dealing with a new client and a very old curse. Wyatt Thomas returns in City of Spirits, the sequel to Eric Wilder’s popular hard-boiled mystery Big Easy. Get ready for a ride!” (May 2012)

The Summer My Life Began by Shannon Greenland: “A fabulous romance with a very unexpected guy…The opportunity to explore her love of cooking…The freedom to be whomever she wants…This is what seventeen-year-old Em gets when she goes to spend a month at her aunt’s island resort. It’s a dream come true—and exactly the break Em needed from her strict family and their high expectations of her. But when Em uncovers a long-buried secret about her family, everything changes. And suddenly, Em finds herself making some big choices about her future—choices she never dreamed she’d have the chance to make…” (May 2012)