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25%OFFSTANDINGORDERCORE I 96 hardcover titles each year for about 2,520.RISING TIGERA THRILLERThe Scot Harvath SeriesBrad ThorNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOREDITOR'S CHOICE #5 TITLEAn unprecedented, potentially nationending threat has materialized on theworld stage. Though the United Stateshas long been aware of the growingrisk, the clock has now run out. With the stakes higherthan they have ever been, it is time to unleash ScotHarvath. As America’s top spy, Harvath has the skills andexperience necessary to handle any situation, but thisassignment feels different and appears doomed fromthe start. With democracy itself hanging in the balance,Harvath will risk everything to untangle the explosive plotand bring every last bad actor to justice. ISBN: 9781432899639 37.99 U.SThriller Releases 8/3/2022Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.A Ravenswood NovelMary BaloghNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOREDITOR'S CHOICE #7 TITLEAs a child, Devlin Ware thought hisfamily stood for all that was right andgood in the world. But at twenty-two, hediscovered his world was an illusion, andwhen Devlin called his family to accountfor it, he was exiled as a traitor. But now his father is dead,the Ware family is broken, and as the heir he is being calledhome. It’s only when Gwyneth Rhys holds out her handto help him that he is able make the difficult journey andtry to piece together his fractured family. It is Gwyneth’sloyalty, patience, and love that he needs. But is Devlin’s warhardened heart even capable of offering her love in return? ISBN: 9781432897178 36.99 U.S.Regency Romance Releases 8/3/2022Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.AURA OF NIGHTTHE BODYGUARDHeather GrahamNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORKREWE OF HUNTERSNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORAll Megan Law wants is to burythe memory of her kidnapping andmove on. When her publisher asksher to spin her experience into thenext bestseller, Megan agrees onlybecause it might help keep otherwomen safe. Then a gruesome package arrives — areminder that the nightmare isn’t over. FBI investigatorRagnar Johnson knows there's more to the Embracerkillings, and he needs Megan's help. Even with theirrocky past behind them, working together isn’t going tobe easy. But when things take a deadly turn, Megan andRagnar discover a connection they'll have to use becausesomething is trying to tear them apart forever. ISBN: 9781432896430 36.99 U.S.Romantic Suspense Releases 8/3/2022Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.6REMEMBER LOVECall 1.800.223.1244 Ext 4 Fax 1.800.558.4676Katherine CenterHannah Brooks is an ExecutiveProtection Agent (aka “bodyguard”), andshe just got hired to protect superstaractor Jack Stapleton from his stalker.When Jack’s mom gets sick, he comeshome to the family’s Texas ranch to helpout. Only one catch: He doesn’t wanthis family to know about his stalker. Or the bodyguardthing. So Hannah finds herself pretending to be Jack’sgirlfriend as a cover. But the more time she spends withJack, the more real it all starts to seem. And there lies theheartbreak. Because it’s easy for Hannah to protect Jack.But protecting her own, long-neglected heart? That’s thehardest thing she’s ever done. ISBN: 9798885780186 35.99 U.S.Women's Fiction Releases 8/3/2022Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

25%OFFSTANDINGORDERCORE I 96 hardcover titles each year for about 2,520.MY SUMMER DARLINGSTHE HACIENDA“[A] dark tale of psychological suspense thatwill keep readers involved until it ends with afinal twist.” — BooklistLIBRARY READS PICKMay CobbJen Hansen, Kittie Spears, and CynthiaNichols are approaching forty andthey stay sane by drinking wine inthe afternoons, dishing about otherwomen in the neighborhood, andbonding over the heartache of their own encroachingmiddle age. Then Will Harding comes to town, movinginto one of the neighborhood’s grandest homes. As Willgrows closer with each of the women, their fascinationtwists into obsession, threatening their friendships andtheir families. When he abruptly pulls away, each womanscrambles to discover the source of his affection. Butwhat they’ll uncover is far more sinister and deadly thanany of them could have ever imagined.ISBN: 9781432896256 34.99 U.S.Thriller Releases 8/3/2022 Available in Core 5, 6, 7 & 8.Isabel Cañas“Debut gothic thrills appropriately billed forfans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothicand Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the SerialKiller.” — Library JournalWhen Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes,Beatriz ignores the rumors surroundinghis first wife’s demise, choosing insteadto seize the security that his estate in the countrysideprovides. But Hacienda San Isidro is not the sanctuary sheimagined. Something is wrong with the hacienda. Desperatefor help, she clings to the young priest, Padre Andrés, as anally. No ordinary priest, Andrés will have to rely on his skillsas a witch to fight off the malevolent presence hauntingthe hacienda and protect the woman for whom he feels apowerful, forbidden attraction. But even he might not beenough to battle the darkness. Far from a refuge, San Isidromay be Beatriz’s doom.ISBN: 9781432896249 32.99 U.S.General Fiction Releases 8/3/2022Available in Core 6, 7 & 8.THE LAST MILETHANK YOU, MR. NIXONKat MartinGish JenBlood Ties, The Logans Book 2NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR“This smart, sexy thrill ride will hook readerswho like their romance with a side ofdanger.” — Publishers WeeklyWhen Abigail Holland awakes to thesound of an intruder, she knows theblack shrouded figure is after themap she inherited from her grandfather. Whoever heis, the man is willing to kill for the location of a treasureKing Farrell hunted for more than ten years. With akiller pursuing her, Abby decides to take up the searchherself. She’ll need help, and there’s no one better thanrenowned explorer and treasure hunter Gage Logan.When Abby shows him a genuine gold ingot she foundwith the map, his curiosity is piqued. Before long they’reheading into the Superstition Mountains, straight intothe dark heart of danger.ISBN: 9781432899950 31.99 U.S.Thriller Releases 8/3/2022 Available in Core 7 & 8.STORIES“Political and economic relations betweenChina and the United States are major news,but Jen takes it to the micro level in her vibrantshort stories about characters who are varyingdegrees of Chinese and American.”— starred, Kirkus ReviewsBeginning with a letter penned by a Chinese girl in heavento “poor Mr. Nixon” in hell, Gish Jen embarks on a fictionaljourney through U.S.–China relations. Opal Chen reuniteswith her sisters after forty years; Lulu Koo wonders whyAmericans “like to walk around in the woods with themosquitoes”; Hong Kong parents go to extreme lengthsto re-establish contact with their daughter in New York;and Betty Koo, brought up on “no politics, just makemoney,” must reassess her mother’s philosophy. Theseeleven stories trace the ways in which humans make andare made by history, capturing an extraordinary era in anextraordinary way.ISBN: 9798885780179 31.99 U.S.General Fiction Releases 8/3/2022 Available in Core 8.gale.printorders@cengage.com gale.com/thorndike7

25%OFFSTANDINGORDERWHEELER HARDCOVER I 60 hardcover titles each year for about 1,633.ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNESACRIFICEJASON BOURNEBrian FreemanNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIESEDITOR'S CHOICE #6 TITLEJason Bourne has faced many killersbefore, but none as dangerous or ascruelly inventive as the assassin whocalls himself Lennon. Bourne believesthe assassin has a new employer called the Pyramid.The only clue to the group’s agenda is a young Germanwoman murdered in Washington on her way to a covertmeeting. But the woman’s entire identity turns out to bea lie, and news reports of her death have been strangelytwisted and suppressed. Bourne will need to use everybit of his tradecraft and his genius for mayhem to exposethis web of lies and murder. ISBN: 9781432896010 37.99 U.S.Thriller Releases 8/3/2022Available in Wheeler Hardcover 3, 4 & 5.Megan MirandaNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOREDITOR'S CHOICE #8 TITLE“The story moves at a feverish, unfalteringpace, keeping readers just as perplexed as thecharacters.” — Publishers WeeklyTen years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into ajob she loves, managing The Passage Inn,a resort nestled in the North Carolinatown of Cutter’s Pass. Cutter’s Pass is best known for itsoutdoor offerings and its mysterious history. The string ofdisappearances that has haunted the town is once againthrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West,who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of thevanishing trail, then disappears himself. When Abby findsincriminating evidence that may bring them closer to thetruth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about hercoworkers, neighbors, and even those closest to her. ISBN: 9781432899646 36.99 U.S.Thriller Releases 8/3/2022Available in Wheeler Hardcover 3, 4 & 5.THE RETREATMRS. ENGLANDNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR“Halls does a nice job highlighting theimbalance of power determined by gender andclass, and the deceit that follows psychologicalmanipulation of daughters, mothers, andwives.” — Publishers WeeklySarah PearseAn eco-wellness retreat has openedon an island off the English coast,promising rest and relaxation — butthe island has a dark past. Oncethe playground of a serial killer, it’srumored to be cursed. Detective ElinWarner is called to the retreat whena young woman’s body is found in what seems to be atragic fall. But the victim wasn’t a guest — she wasn’tmeant to be on the island at all. When a guest drowns ina diving incident the following day, Elin starts to suspectthere’s nothing accidental about these deaths. Butwhy would someone target the guests, and who else isin danger? Elin must find the killer before the island’shistory starts to repeat itself. ISBN: 9781432896034 36.99 U.S.Thriller Releases 8/3/2022Available in Wheeler Hardcover 4 & 5.8THE LAST TO VANISHCall 1.800.223.1244 Ext 4 Fax 1.800.558.4676Stacey HallsWest Yorkshire, 1904. When RubyMay takes a nanny position lookingafter the children of Charles and LilianEngland, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs. Butit becomes clear something is not quite right about Mrs.England. Distant and withdrawn, Lilian shows little interestin her children or husband and is far from the angel ofthe house Ruby was expecting. As Charles welcomes Rubyinto the family, a series of strange events forces her toquestion everything she thought she knew. Ostracized bythe servants, Ruby must face her own demons to preventhistory from repeating itself. After all, there's no such thingas the perfect family — she should know.ISBN: 9781432896331 32.99 U.S.Historical Fiction Releases 8/3/2022Available in Wheeler Hardcover 5.

25%OFFSTANDINGORDERHISTORICAL FICTION I 24 hardcover titles each year for about 625.THE SCHOOL OF MIRRORSA NOVELEva Stachniak“Stachniak . smoothly integrates [thecharacters'] stories with those of historicalmembers of the royal family . Overall,Stachniak successfully immerses readers in atumultuous era of French history.”— Publishers WeeklyDuring the reign of Louis XV, teenage girls from allover France are trained as potential courtesans for theKing. When the time is right, each girl is smuggled intothe palace of Versailles. Veronique quickly becomes afavorite of the King. But when she discovers her lover’strue identity, she is whisked away, sent to give birth to adaughter in secret. The King’s daughter by Veronique —Marie-Louise — has never known her mother, let aloneher father. Eventually Veronique comes back into herdaughter’s life, bringing with her the secret of MarieLouise’s birth. But it’s a volatile time in France and thosewith royal relatives must mind their step very carefully.THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTERAudrey BlakeNora Beady, the only female student ata prestigious medical school in Bologna,is a rarity. In the 19th century, womenare expected to remain at home, soher ambitions to become a surgeonoffend the men around her. Everythingchanges when she allies herself withMagdalena Morenco, the sole femaledoctor on staff. The two women develop new techniquesto improve the Cesarean section. Facing resistance on allsides, Nora is shaken when she meets a patient who willdie without the surgery. If the procedure is successful,her work could change the world. But a failure could costprecious lives, Nora's career, and the role women will beallowed to play in medicine.ISBN: 9798885781558 34.99 U.S.Historical Fiction Releases 8/17/2022ISBN: 9798885781701 34.99 NCRHistorical Fiction Releases 8/17/202225%OFFSTANDINGORDERBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR I 24 hardcover titles each year for about 612.EASY BEAUTYTASHAChloé Cooper JonesBrian MortonINDIE NEXT PICK“This is a charming and sad memoir,reminding readers of life’s inevitabilities, thebeauty of the journey, and the lesson to holdon to those close to them with a fierceness.”— Library JournalA MEMOIR“[In her] dazzling debut Chloé Cooper Joneschallenges society’s rules of attraction withrazor-sharp wit and intellect . [and] makesa brilliant case for the beauty of complexity.”— starred, Publishers WeeklyBorn with a congenital condition called sacral agenesis,which affects her stature and gait, Chloé Cooper Jones’pain is physical. But there is also the pain of beingdismissed as “less than.” The way she has been seen ornot seen has informed her lens on the world. But afterbecoming a mother, something in her shifts, and Jonessets off across the globe, reclaiming the spaces she’dbeen denied and denied herself. Jones weaves memory,observation, experience, and aesthetic philosophy toprobe the myths underlying our standards of beautyand desirability and interrogates her own complicity inupholding those myths.ISBN: 9798885781336 34.99 U.S.Biography Releases 8/3/2022A SON'S MEMOIRTasha Morton is a whirlwind of amother, intrusive, chaotic, devoted, andirrepressible. Her son Brian has kept her at a distance,but when her health begins to fail, he knows it’s timeto assume responsibility for her care. Her refusal toaccept her own fragility leads to a series of outbursts andaltercations that are sometimes frightening, sometimeswildly comic, and sometimes both. Tasha is an explorationof what sons learn from their mothers, a look at the taskof caring for an elderly parent, and a meditation on thebusiness of trying to honor ourselves without forsakingour parents, and our parents without forsaking ourselves.ISBN: 9798885780940 33.99 U.S.Biography Releases 8/3/2022gale.printorders@cengage.com gale.com/thorndike9

25%OFFSTANDINGORDERNONFICTION I 36 hardcover titles each year for about 920.LESSONS FROM THE EDGEA MEMOIRMarie YovanovitchNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Captivating a compelling memoir of diplomatic service behind the old Iron Curtain.” — Kirkus ReviewsMarie Yovanovitch was at the height of her diplomatic career when she was targeted bya smear campaign. When Yovanovitch was abruptly recalled from her post and Ukraine’sdemocratically elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, found himself set upon by DonaldTrump, it became clear just how dangerously close to the edge America itself had strayed.Through it all, Yovanovitch advocated for the Ukrainian people while advancing U.S. interestsand staying true to herself. She has reclaimed her narrative with this dramatic saga of onewoman’s role at the vanguard of American foreign policy during a time of upheaval.ISBN: 9798885781718 35.99 U.S.History/Nonfiction Releases 8/17/2022 Available in Nonfiction 2 & 3.FREEZING ORDERA TRUE STORY OF MONEY LAUNDERING, MURDER, AND SURVIVING VLADIMIR PUTIN'S WRATHBill BrowderNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR“Revealing and damning, exposing Putin and his minions as little more than greedy international criminals. Atimely book combining mystifying financial shenanigans with a fast-paced crime saga.” — Kirkus ReviewsWhen Bill Browder’s lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death, Browder made it hismission to go after his killers. The first step was to uncover who was behind the tax refundscheme Magnitsky was killed over. As Browder tracked the money, he discovered that VladimirPutin was a beneficiary of the crime. Putin hired process servers to chase Browder andenlisted lawyers and politicians in America to bring him down. Freezing Order is a morality taleabout how one man can take on one of the most ruthless villains in the world — and win.ISBN: 9798885781633 33.99 U.S.Biography Releases 8/17/2022 Available in Nonfiction 2 & 3.THE DUCHESS COUNTESSTHE WOMAN WHO SCANDALIZED EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LONDONCatherine Ostler“Elizabeth Chudleigh was a glamorous celebrity in eighteenth-century Europe Her life bordered on thesurreal, and this scrupulously documented biography packs in period details, historical context, and lots ofjuicy gossip. Determined Bridgerton fans will not be disappointed.” — Library JournalAs maid of honor to the Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Chudleigh enjoyed a luxurious life.She would later inspire William Thackeray when he was writing Vanity Fair, providing theinspiration for the alluring Becky Sharp. But Elizabeth’s real story is more complex thananything out of fiction. A clandestine wedding to the young heir to an earldom, a secondmarriage to a duke, and an electrifying appearance at a masquerade ball — it’s no wonderElizabeth’s eventual trial was a sensation. Charged with bigamy, Elizabeth refused to submitto public humiliation and retired quietly.ISBN: 9798885781565 32.99 U.S.History/Historical Releases 8/17/2022 Available in Nonfiction 3.10 Call 1.800.223.1244 Ext 4 Fax 1.800.558.4676

25%OFFSTANDINGORDER36 hardcover titles each year forTHRILLER, ADVENTURE, AND SUSPENSE I about 946.THE CLUBA NOVELEllery LloydNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK“Lloyd . . . makes the reader care about even unappealing characters, and the payoff is completely satisfying.”— starred, Publishers WeeklyThe Home Group is a glamorous collection of celebrity members’ clubs dotted across theglobe, where the rich and famous can party hard, far from the prying eyes of fans and themedia. The most spectacular of all is Island Home, and its three-day launch party is the mostcoveted A-list invite of the decade. But behind the scenes, the ambitious and expensive projecthas pushed the Home Group’s CEO and his team to their limits. As te

OFF ORDER. 6 18002231244 4 18005584676 25% STANDING CORE I 96 hardcover titles each year for about 2,520. OFF ORDER RISING TIGER A THRILLER The Scot Harvath Series Brad Thor NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR EDITOR'S CHOICE #5 TITLE An unprecedented, potentially nation-ending threat has materialized on the