Mailbox Monday

Mailbox Monday is being hosted throughout the month of January by Alyce at  At Home With Books.

This is a feature where we share what books entered our homes in the past week.

 Caveat: MM can cause TBR lists to expand exponentially.

Paperback, 320 pages

Expected publication: February 7th 2012 by NAL Trade

ISBN: 0451237080 (ISBN13: 9780451237088)

From the publisher:
In this stunning debut set in the summer of 1944 in Tuscany, Giovanna Bellini, the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat and vineyard owner, has just turned seventeen and is on the cusp of adulthood. War bears down on her peaceful little village after the Italians sign a separate peace with the Allies—transforming the Germans into an occupying army. But when her brother joins the Resistance, he asks Giovanna to hide a badly wounded fighter who is Jewish. As she nurses him back to health, she falls helplessly in love with the brave and humble Marco, who comes from as ancient and noble an Italian family as she does. They pledge their love, and then must fight a real battle against the Nazis who become more desperate and cruel as the Allies close in on them...

Received from Berkley Nal for review

 

 

Hardcover, 352 pages
Published January 17th 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published December 27th 2011)
ISBN: 0061995568 (ISBN13: 9780061995569)
series: Wedding Cake Mystery #2

From the publisher:Piper Donovan accepts when the owner of Elysium, an exclusive spa and plastic surgery center, offers her an all-expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles to create a dazzling and unique wedding cake. The job also gives Piper the time and distance she needs to sort out her feelings for handsome FBI agent Jack Lombardi.

The ultra-luxurious spa caters to the rich and famous in need of a little “refreshing”—a nip here, a tuck there, a little Botox, a little detox. Nestled in the Hollywood Hills, Elysium seems picture-perfect: the grounds, the staff, even the guests. But no sooner does Piper arrive than a guest is brutally murdered in one of the private bungalows. Someone, it seems, wants to make sure Elysium’s beautiful director, Jillian Abernathy, never gets to walk down the aisle. Piper soon discovers that beneath the glamorous surface of this idyllic oasis lies an ugly truth—and a cold-blooded plan for murder.

Received from Harper Collins for review/giveaway.