Monday, June 11, 2012

Mailbox Monday - White Horse and Louisa and the Missing Heiress



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Title: White Horse
Author: Alex Adams
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books (April 17, 2012)
Format: Paperback; Pgs 320
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Thrillers
Source: Simon and Schuster
Series: First in a Series

Overview

The world has ended, but her journey has just begun.

Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning cages and floors at Pope Pharmaceuticals when the president of the United States announces that human beings are no longer a viable species. When Zoe realizes that everyone she loves is disappearing, she starts running. Scared and alone in a shockingly changed world, she embarks on a remarkable journey of survival and redemption. Along the way, Zoe comes to see that humans are defined not by their genetic code, but rather by their actions and choices. White Horse offers hope for a broken world, where love can lead to the most unexpected places.




Title: Louisa and the Missing Heiress
Author: Anna MacLean
Publisher: Obisidian (June 7, 2011)
Format: Paperback; Pgs 319
Genre: Mystery
Source: Paperbackswap
Series: Louisa May Alcott Mystery #1

Overview

Long before she will achieve fame as the author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott is writing stories of a more dark and mysterious nature. But nothing prepares her for the role of amateur detective she assumes when the body of her dear friend, wealthy newlywed Dorothy Wortham, is found floating in Boston's harbor.

It's well known that Dorothy's family didn't approve of her husband, a confirmed fortune hunter, but Louisa suspects that some deeper secret lies behind her friend's tragic murder...

4 comments:

Mary (Bookfan) said...

White Horse looks interesting!

Bellezza said...

I love Louisa May Alcott's writing, so this book about her looks interesting. I have seen a few novels written about her 'lately', and it's good to know she's not forgotten.

BurtonReview said...

OMG How come I have not heard of the Louisa book yet?!

Anonymous said...

Both these books look really good.

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