Atlantic Ave Magazine April 2019

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entertainment | gotta read By lisa marie
I Want You Back
by Lorelei James
Released April 2nd
New York Times bestselling author Lorelei
James kicks-off her Want You Series
with a Lund family cousin hot enough to
melt the ice and mend a broken heart.
Former NHL star Jaxson Lund has returned
to the Twin Cities, but he’s at loose
ends, unsure if he belongs at Lund Industries,
or where he stands with Lucy, his exgirlfriend
and mother of his daughter, Mimi.
Despite the signs she’d like to leave him in
the penalty box, the attraction burning between
them reinforces his determination to
prove that he deserves a second chance.
Lucy Quade is in a good place with a
steady job, a nice apartment, and a well-adjusted
daughter, which is why she’s hesitant
when Jax insists on co-parenting. It’s not
that Lucy doesn’t trust Jax...she’s just unconvinced
he can handle multiple responsibilities
when he’s been singularly focused on
playing hockey. But when issues arise with
Mimi, Lucy’s shocked at how levelheaded
and paternal he acts, giving her a glimpse
of the Jax she used to know, the sexy, sweet
man she fell for years ago.
Once Lucy lets her guard down, Jax goes
all in to show her how good they are together,
but will their past remain too large
an obstacle to ever overcome?
When We Left Cuba
by Chanel Cleeton
Released April 9th
In 1960s Florida, a young Cuban exile will
risk her life--and heart--to take back her
country in this exhilarating historical novel
from the author of Next Year in Havana.
Beautiful. Daring. Deadly.
The Cuban Revolution took everything
from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez--her family,
her people, her country. Recruited by the
CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro’s inner circle
and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage,
Beatriz is consumed by her quest
for revenge and her desire to reclaim the life
she lost.
As the Cold War swells like a hurricane
over the shores of the Florida Strait, Beatriz
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is caught between the clash of Cuban American
politics and the perils of a forbidden
affair with a powerful man driven by ambitions
of his own. When the ever-changing
tides of history threaten everything she has
fought for, she must make a choice between
her past and future--but the wrong move
could cost Beatriz everything--not just the
island she loves, but also the man who has
stolen her heart...
The Book of Dreams
by Nina George
Released April 9th
Henri Skinner is a hardened ex-war reporter
on the run from his past. On
his way to see his son, Sam, for the first
time in years, Henri steps into the road
without looking and collides with oncoming
traffic. He is rushed to a nearby hospital
where he floats, comatose, between
dreams, reliving the fairytales of his childhood
and the secrets that made him run
away in the first place.
After the accident, Sam—a thirteen-year
old synesthete with an IQ of 144 and an
appetite for science fiction—waits by his
father’s bedside every day. There he meets
Eddie Tomlin, a woman forced to confront
her love for Henri after all these years, and
twelve-year old Madelyn Zeidler, a coma
patient like Henri and the sole survivor of
a traffic accident that killed her family. As
these four very different individuals fight—
for hope, for patience, for life—they are
bound together inextricably, facing the ravages
of loss and first love side by side.
A revelatory, urgently human story that
examines what we consider serious and
painful alongside light and whimsy, The Book
of Dreams is a tender meditation on memory,
liminality, and empathy, asking with grace
and gravitas what we will truly find meaningful
in our lives once we are gone.
Before She Was
Found
by Heather Gudenkauf
Released April 16th
gripping thriller about three young girlfriends,
a dark obsession and a chilling
A
crime that shakes up a quiet Iowa town,
from the New York Times bestselling author
of The Weight of Silence.
For twelve-year-old Cora Landry and her
friends Violet and Jordyn, it was supposed
to be an ordinary sleepover—movies and
Ouija and talking about boys. But when they
decide to sneak out to go to the abandoned
rail yard on the outskirts of town, little do
they know that their innocent games will
have dangerous consequences.
Later that night, Cora Landry is discovered
on the tracks, bloody and clinging to
life, her friends nowhere to be found. Soon
their small rural town is thrust into a maelstrom.
Who would want to hurt a young girl
like Cora—and why? In an investigation that
leaves no stone unturned, everyone is a suspect
and no one can be trusted—not even
those closest to Cora.
Before She Was Found is a timely and gripping
thriller about friendship and betrayal,
about the power of social pressure and the
price of needing to fit in. It is about the great
lengths a parent will go to protect their child
and keep them safe—even if that means
burying the truth, no matter the cost.
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