COTT Survey: What Summer Book Would You Read First?

Summer’s the perfect time to spend a day by the shore, an afternoon on a lake or several
hours in a hammock with a good book. The June releases featured are brand new
and offer a great variety in selection. They include a boy’s book, contemporary
and historical romance, western mystery, and romantic suspense. The presses are
small and traditional. Find your favorite summer reading spot to enjoy these
books. Then use the voting box below to let us know which you’re likely to read
first. 

Three boys have their hands full
with a raging river, a crusty prospector, his gold mine, a gang of claim-jumping
outlaw bikers, and a desperate river escape on their makeshift wooden raft.
Think that’s the worst that could happen…well it isn’t.

Jobless and down to her last dime, Ellie Moore disguises herself as
Lavinia Stewart, a middle-aged widow, to land a position with the Pinkerton
Detective Agency. In her wildest dreams, she never imagined having to add a
second character to her repertoire in the form of Lavinia’s dazzling niece,
Jessie . . . or considered the problem of losing her heart to Steven Pierce, who
has no idea that the woman he’s falling in love with doesn’t
exist.

With her father’s death, Anna
Newfield loses everything—her home, her inheritance, and her future; she had
nothing left but her faith. Major Edmond Grenville longs to rescue her, but
loving her means going against his family’s rigid control and perhaps losing his
entire future.

Amid murder, mystery and mayhem, Deputy Chief Ryan
Fitzgerald and Free-lance journalist Meghan Henry must set aside their personal
hurts in order to work together, risking their lives to solve a murder, catch a
killer and rescue a baby before it’s too late. And in the process discover that
the biggest, most rewarding risk of all is love.

Filipa Beltran is tired of living
out her parents’ dreams, while Nathan Cross would give anything to make his late
father proud. When a childhood friendship blossoms into romance, can this couple
find common ground as they search for contentment in their God-given
gifts?