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THE TYPEWRITER GIRL
ATLEE, ALISON
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
In Victorian London, there’s only so far an unmarried woman can go, and Betsey Dobson has relied on her wits
and cunning to take herself as far as she can—to a position as a typewriter girl. But still, Betsey yearns for
something more…so when she’s offered a position as the excursions manager at a seaside resort, she knows
this is her chance for security, for independence, for an identity forged by her own work and not a man’s opinion.
Underqualified for the job and on the wrong side of the aristocratic resort owner, Betsey struggles to prove
herself and looks to the one person who can support her new venture: Mr. Jones, the ambitious Welshman
building the resort’s pleasure fair. As she and Mr. Jones grow ever closer, Betsey begins to dream that she might
finally have found her place in the world—but when her past returns to haunt her, she must fight for what she’s
worked so hard…or risk losing everything.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 50,000
GALLERY 384 PAGES
9781451673258
$17.00 TP Original
JANUARY 2013
THE UNFAITHFUL QUEEN
ERICKSON, CAROLLY
A novel of Henry VIII's sixth wife.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 75,000
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS 304 PAGES
9780312596910
$29.99 HC
SEPTEMBER 2012
THE UNFINISHED GARDEN
WHITE, BARBARA CLAY
James Nealy needs to create a garden James Nealy is haunted by irrational fears and inescapable compulsions.
A successful software developer, he's thrown himself into a new goal-to finally conquer the noise in his mind.
And he has a plan. He'll confront his darkest fears and build something beautiful: a garden. When he meets Tilly
Silverberg, he knows she holds the key...even if she doesn't think so. After her husband's death, gardening
became Tilly's livelihood and her salvation. Her thriving North Carolina business and her young son, Isaac, are
the excuses she needs to hide from the world. So when oddly attractive, incredibly tenacious James arrives on
her doorstep, demanding she take him on as a client, her answer is a flat no. When a family emergency lures
Tilly back to England, she's secretly glad. With Isaac in tow, she retreats to her childhood village, which has
always stayed obligingly the same. Until now. Her best friend is keeping secrets. Her mother is plotting. Her first
love is unexpectedly, temptingly available. And then James appears on her doorstep. Away from home, James
and Tilly begin to forge an unlikely bond, tenuous at first but taking root every day. And as they work to build a
garden together, something begins to blossom between them-despite all the reasons against it.
FICTION
HARLEQUIN MIRA 400 PAGES
9780778314127
$17.95 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2012
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