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The winner was revealed here!
This is a new hardcover that was just published by William Morrow on April 1. If you’re interested in this book, sign up for the giveaway by posting a comment. A winner will be drawn on Monday, May 5. Restricted to the U.S. and Canada.

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Isn’t this a cute cover?! I just love it. Keeper and Kid by Edward Hardy is about a single dad trying to be a father to a 3 year-old child he never even knew he had. It’s about the shock one gets with a child when one realizes your life will never be [...]

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway is a moving story based on fact. It chronicles the few days in Sarajevo during 1992 when the real “Cellist of Sarajevo,” Vedran Smailovic, played his cello for 22 days in the exact spot where 22 people had been killed while waiting in line for bread.
In the [...]

Eugene is a mover in New York City whose favorite author is Constance Eakins.  While doing a job one day, he runs into a biographer of Eakins who also happens to have a beautiful daughter, Sonia.  Everyone else in the world believes Eakins is dead — that he just disappeared in Italy quite a few [...]

Thanks so much, everyone, for visiting the site and entering the drawing. There were quite a few entrants, and we wish there were more books to give away. Stay tuned as we might have another contest next month.
The winners (chosen using random.org):
Heather from Book Addiction
Mrs S from 50 Book Challenge
Trish from Trish’s Reading [...]

Arthur: How can you tell a cannibal?
Vivi: Well, they’re the only ones left, silly.
Arthur: No, before they’ve eaten the others.
Vivi: Oh, that. They’ve just got a look about them.
I received this arc from the Barnes and Noble First Look Book Club. It is so wonderful to be [...]

This second book by Marisa de los Santos is about friendship and family, and we see the highs and lows of both in the characters’ lives in this novel.
Cornelia and her doctor husband Teo move in to the ‘perfect’ neighborhood, but the women who live there are very slow to accept former city-dweller Cornelia. In [...]

Hear Marisa de los Santos speak about Belong to Me.

The winners have been announced here.

Welcome to Novels Now! We hope you enjoyed looking around the site. We will be featuring reviews of new and upcoming book titles for you to consider for your ever-growing tbr piles, so come back often.
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Winter Haven, by Christian author Athol Dickson, is a mystery-suspense novel set on an island off the coast of Maine. Vera Gamble comes to the community of Winter Haven after receiving news that her missing brother’s body has finally been found after 13 years. After learning of some strange circumstances about the condition [...]

It is almost always easier to learn about history through historical fiction or current world events through memoirs, and this book is no exception. Daoud Hari gives us a harrowing account of his experiences translating for various media outlets in the Darfur region. The violence in Darfur, especially toward women and children, is unspeakable. Though [...]

Sitting Practice by Caroline Adderson tells the story of Ross and Iliana, a newlywed couple, and how they deal with the aftermath of a car accident that leaves Iliana paralyzed. Ross is a film caterer who has had multiple ex-girlfriends, but he is absolutely in love with Iliana at the time of their marriage, much [...]

The House at Riverton is a strong debut novel by Kate Morton. Already a bestseller in the U.K., it is slated for release in the U.S. in April of 2008.Grace Bradley, a 98 year old former servant of the Hartford family, recounts in a series of flashbacks the events surrounding the house and the family [...]

Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell is a fictional story about Agnes, a middle-aged woman from Cleveland, who finally gets the courage and means to travel on her own. Her choice is Cairo, and while there she meets up with Winston Churchill, Gertrude Bell, and T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) while they are [...]