Romantic suspense writer Eason presents Too Close to Home, the first installment in her "Women of Justice" series.

After a body is found in a dumpster behind the Bi-Lo grocery store, homicide detective Connor Wolfe finds himself facing a crime that is not easily solved. The more clues the investigative team uncovers, the further away it seems the answers are, so computer forensics expert Samantha Cash is called in to help solve the case.

Not sure exactly what they are up against, Connor and Samantha find themselves more and more drawn into the case, while trying to balance the personal mysteries and puzzles in their own lives-and they both know that only God has the answers.

Readers who like faced-paced mysteries will enjoy this dynamic and suspenseful novel.
-Heidi L. Ippolito

Too Close to Home
Lynette Eason
Revell (Baker Publishing Group)
softcover, 352 pages, $14.99
978-0-800-73369-8
April

Here Burns My Candle
Liz Curtis Higgs
WaterBrook Press
softcover, 480 pages, $14.99
978-1-400-07001-5
March 16
Higgs returns to Scotland and to historical fiction with Here Burns My Candle, a romantic drama set in the mid-18th century and a retelling of the Old Testament story of Naomi and Ruth.

The Right Call
Kathy Herman
David C. Cook
softcover, 400 pages, $14.99
978-1-434-76784-4
March
The Right Call is the much-anticipated final chapter of the "Sophie Trace Trilogy" by suspense novelist Herman.

In A Distant Melody, debut novelist Sarah Sundin mixes history, romance and a lesson on waiting on God for His perfect will to be fulfilled.

Sundin brings World War II-era England alive with romance. Allie, who is betrothed to Baxter in an arranged marriage goes off for the week to her college friend's wedding. Meeting a fighter pilot who shows her what love is all about, she begins to forget about her fiancé. Throwing caution to the wind, Allie finds the courage to follow her heart. As Walter honors his commitment to serve his country, Allie strives for love at all costs.

A Distant Melody is the first in the fictional "Wings of Glory" series centering on the three Novak brothers and the U.S. Eighth Air Force stationed in England during World War II. It's a great escape for readers, a romantic story filled with inspiration, love and adventure.
-Andrealynn Boyd

A Distant Melody
Sarah Sundin
Revell (Baker Publishing Group)
softcover, 432 pages, $14.99
978-0-800-73421-3
(March 1)

Using an example to make his point, he said that if a writer sent a "blank book" with a title, author's name and payment to a vanity publisher, it would be published. Why? "Because it's a business transaction," he said. Jenkins didn't elaborate on the finer points that differ from company to company in the self-publishing world.