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In The Killing Song (Gallery, $15) 
by P. J. Parrish, Matt Owens is a Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist, but at thirty-five, he’s adrift, more inclined to hit the bottle alone than the Miami Beach club scene. Yet when his beloved younger sister Mandy comes to visit, Matt wants to show her a new world. It’s the trip of her dreams, but the nightmare begins when Mandy disappears from a crowded dance floor. When her lifeless body is found, one clue — a grisly rock song downloaded onto her iPod — may be the calling card of a serial killer. Shattered with grief and guilt, Matt begins a lonely journey to find Mandy’s killer. Only one person believes in his quest—Eve Bellamont, a dedicated French detective whose own five-year obsession to find the phantom killer has left her an outcast in her own department. Together, they race to decipher the “killing songs” that the madman leaves with each victim and stop him before another beautiful young woman dies. 6:30pm
A stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired orthopedic surgeon with dementia, Turn of Mind (Grove/Atlantic, $24) has already received worldwide attention. With unmatched patience and a pulsating intensity, Alice LaPlante brings us deep into a brilliant woman’s deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse. As the book opens, Dr. Jennifer White’s best friend, Amanda, has been killed, and four fingers surgically removed from her hand. Dr. White is the prime suspect and she herself doesn’t know whether she did it. Told in White’s own voice, fractured and eloquent, a picture emerges of the surprisingly intimate, complex alliance between these life-long friends —two proud, forceful women who were at times each other’s most formidable adversaries. As the investigation into the murder deepens and White’s relationships with her live-in caretaker and two grown children intensify, a chilling question lingers: Is White’s shattered memory preventing her from revealing the truth or helping her to hide it? Presented in collaboration with the Friends of the Miami Book Fair. 8pm
Coral Gables Gallery Night: Sharon Wylie: The Tapestry of India — This color photo exhibit documents Wylie’s excusiron to India in November 2010. The trip took her to the East-Central region of India where she traveled mainly in the two areas of Orissa and Chhattisgarh. She was accompanied by Nevada Wier of National Geographic. They traveled for three weeks through a diversity of landscapes visiting various Indian tribes. “The area is a blend of ancient, medieval, and modern, but most Indian villages seem almost fixed in time.” Wylie is the recipient of the first prize in the annual Miami Herald travel photo contest (2009) with a picture she took in China. There were 3,500 entries. 7-10pm
Meet the Highland Knaves, an infamous clan of outcast Scots who live for justice, lust for freedom, and long for lovers bold enough to tame them. Torn from a pampered life of luxury and thrust into the midst of a Scottish revolution, Serena Marsh is shocked to meet the brutish man who has been assigned to protect her from the rebels trying to kill her—Malcolm Slayter, the most rugged, most dangerous, and most undeniably attractive man she’s ever encountered. Malcolm has no loyalties, no country, and no sense of propriety. Hired by her father, Malcolm agrees to protect the lovely lass for a fee. But when Serena challenges Malcolm’s authority—and engages him in a risky flirtation—all bets are off. When the battle heats up, it’s anyone’s guess as to who’s seducing whom. Find out who’ll surrender first in Michelle Marcos’ Secrets to Seducing a Scot (St. Martin’s Paperbacks, $7.99) . 8pm
Live Music in the Courtyard: Federico Britos, 7pm-midnight
Gallery Night: 7-10pm
Cocktails with Candace: Join Candace Bushnell for chatting and cocktailing at this special event at Margarita Grille for her sequel to The Carrie Diaries — Summer and the City(Balzar + Bray, $18.99) – which reveals the irresistible story of Carrie met Samantha and Miranda. Summer is a magical time in New York City and Carrie is in love with all of it—the crazy characters in her neighborhood, the vintage-clothing boutiques, the wild parties, and the glamorous man who has swept her off her feet. Best of all, she’s finally in a real writing class, taking her first steps toward fulfilling her dream. This sequel brings surprising revelations as Carrie learns to navigate her way around the Big Apple, going from being a country “sparrow”—as Samantha Jones dubs her— to the person she always wanted to be. But as it becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile her past with her future, Carrie realizes that making it in New York is much more complicated than she ever imagined. Click here to purchase your tickets. 4pm
Yoani Sánchez is an unusual dissident: no street protests, no attacks on big políticos, no calls for revolution. Rather, she produces a simple diary about what it means to live under the Castro regime in Cuba: the chronic hunger and the difficulty of shopping; the art of repairing ancient appliances; the struggles of living under a propaganda machine that pushes deep into public and private life. For these simple acts of truth-telling her life is one of constant threat. But she continues on, refusing to be silenced — a living response to all who have ceased to believe in a future for Cuba. She shares this all in Havana Real: One Woman’s Fight to Tell the Trust About Cuba Today (Melville House, $16.95) . Because she has not been allowed to leave Cuba to promote and discuss her book, she instead has relied upon follow writers and friends to speak on her behalf. Books & Books is proud to host Ted Henken — a professor of Black and Hispanic Studies at Baruch College in New York and friend of Yoani – to lead the conversation about this remarkable writer, which will include special guests Carlos Alberto Montaner and fellow blogger Ernesto Morales Licea who now lives in the U.S. 5pm
In Precious Objects (Scribner, $24) ,twenty-six-year-old journalist Alicia Oltuski, the daughter and granddaughter of diamond dealers, seamlessly blends family narrative with literary reportage to reveal the fascinating secrets of the diamond industry and its madcap characters: an Elvis-impersonating dealer, a duo of diamond-detective brothers, and her own eccentric father. With insight and drama, Oltuski outlines her family’s diamond-paved move from communist Siberia to a displaced persons camp in post–World War II Germany to New York’s diamond district, exploring the connections among Jews and the industry, the gem and its lore, and the exotic citizens of this secluded world. Entertaining and illuminating, Precious Objects offers an insider’s look at the history, business, and society behind one of the world’s most coveted natural resources, providing an unforgettable backstage pass to an extraordinary and timeless show. 4pm
Parenting counselor Elahe Mehrel brings her workshop – Crossing the Invisible to Our Children’s World – to Books & Books. Mehrel believes that by becoming aware of parenting effects, mothers and fathers can guide their children to grow into confident individuals with positive beliefs about themselves and others. Children raised with empathy have the ability to extend that quality in all their relationships. Join us for this free workshop, when Mehrel will introduce an interactive practice for parents to communicate with their children. She’ll train participants in the mirroring and validation skills, which improve parent-child relationships and positively impact the self-esteem of kids at any age. Parents will feel the effects of the “plasticity of the brain,” that even the most rigid dynamics can change. Enjoy this hands-on practice to better the quality of the “space” between you and your child. Founder of the Art of Parenting, Mehrel is certified by the renowned International Living Values Program, as well as the American Guidance Institute: STEP, Guardian Ad Leitem, Family Central’s Conscious Discipline, and TIKKUN: Art of Building Relationships. Free and open to the public. Parents only, please. There will be no child-care provided. 7pm
In many ways the world has never seen a First Lady like Michelle Obama. From the precedent of her race to the singularity of her style, she has been the object of immense fascination. What she says, what she does, and not least, what she wears, is scrutinized around the world. Writing at the crossroads of politics and fashion, Kate Betts explains why Michelle Obama’s style matters, and how she has helped liberate a generation of women from the false idea that style and substance are mutually exclusive. Following the transformation of Mrs. Obama from her early days on the campaign trail to her first state dinner at the White House, Betts, a longtime fashion journalist and former editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar, reminds us that while style can be expressed in what you wear, it is inextricably bound up in who you are and what you believe in. With two hundred color photographs, original designer sketches, and historical images, Everyday Icon (Clarkson Potter, $35) is not only a lavish tour of our First Lady’s style statements, but also a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of how she created her image and, more important, what that image says about American style today. 8pm
Note: This event is in Spanish. En El Apóstol Rebelde (CreateSpace, $19.50) , Mauricio Puerta cuestiona las diferentes inconsistencias del nuevo testamento, esas que todos hemos querido cuestionar, pero que no lo hemos hecho por temor a nuestras creencias o educación temprana. Descubra, con sustento histórico, la verdadera interpretación del mensaje traído hace mas de 2,000 años. Se deben interpretar las escrituras literalmente, o al acomodo del momento y de quién las interpreta? Habrá un verdadero mensaje de amor basado en castigos? O se tratará de un proceso de evolución como seres humanos? Acompañe al autor a escuchar de viva voz y cuestionando esa enseñanza acomodada y copiada de otras culturas más antiguas ira descifrando el mensaje del Maestro, de una manera como jamás lo había escuchado. 8pm
The Shooting Salvationist (Steerforth, $27) chronicles what may be the most famous story you have never heard of. In the 1920’s, the Reverend J. Frank Norris railed against vice and conspiracies he saw everywhere to a congregation of more than 10,000 at First Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, the largest congregation in America, the first “megachurch.” Norris controlled a radio station, a tabloid newspaper and a valuable tract of land in downtown Fort Worth. Constantly at odds with the oil boomtown’s civic leaders, he aggressively defended his activism, observing, “John the Baptist was into politics.” Norris was a national figure poised to become the leading fundamentalist in America. This changed, however, in a moment of violence one sweltering Saturday in July when he shot and killed an unarmed man in his church office. Norris’ murder trial was front-page news from coast to coast. The Shooting Salvationist by David Stokes leads to a courtroom drama pitting some of the most powerful lawyers of the era against each other with the life of a wildly popular, and equally loathed, religious leader hanging in the balance. 8pm
Readers’ Circle Lunch: What Are You Reading? Tell us at this special luncheon where books are the main course – along with the delicious food from the Café at Books & Books by Chef Allen. Come with an appetite for book talk. Share your favorites – or least favorites – with fellow book lovers, including some local lights, both writers and readers. What’s on your bedside table? What’s on your to-read list? Whatever your preference – fiction or biography, mysteries or current affairs, memoir or science – join us. Meet people with similar reading tastes, and those who can open up whole new genres for you. Think of it as a Novel Networker, a Readers’ Retreat, a Book Social. Plus we’ll have some free advanced copies of books to share with you. RSVP REQUIRED: The luncheon costs $25 a person. Space is limited. Please click here or email marketing@booksandbooks.com to reserve your space today. Noon.
Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler has written fiction about far ranging topics including hell, extraterrestrials, and the Vietnam War. Now he has turned his attention to a new topic — the complexities of a male-female relationship —and delivers a beautifully told story of love, loss, and redemption. Set in contemporary New Orleans but working its way back in time, A Small Hotel (Grove Press, $24) chronicles the relationship between Michael and Kelly Hayes, who have decided to separate after twenty years of marriage. Butler masterfully weaves scenes of the present with memories from both the viewpoint of Michael and Kelly — scenes that span twenty years, taking the reader back to critical moments in the couple’s relationship and showing two people deeply in love but also struggling with their own insecurities and inabilities to express this love. An intelligent, deeply moving, and remarkably written portrait of a relationship that reads as a cross between a romance novel and a literary page turner, A Small Hotel is a masterful story that will remind readers once again why Robert Olen Butler has been called the “best living American writer” (Jeff Guinn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram). Presented in collaboration with the Friends of the Miami Book Fair. 8pm
Note: This event is in Spanish. Esta noche nos complace presentar la novela Agonía en la isla del periodista nicaragüense Douglas Carcache. Carcache es jefe de información del diario La Prensa, en Managua. Ser periodista en Cuba no es fácil. Querer ejercer el periodismo fuera de los canales oficiales menos todavía. Pero a eso aspira el protagonista de esta novela: «… Es mi historia, quiero contarla yo…» A su alrededor, las esperanzas de los cubanos se derriten como trocitos de hielo bajo el sol tropical. La novela capta imágenes palpitantes de la realidad contemporánea en la isla. 8pm. 8pm
Live Music in the Courtyard: Sam Savage Quartet, 7pm-midnight
Live Music in the Courtyard: 8pm-midnight
Join us for Family Game Night at Books & Books – and bring the whole family, kids and grownups alike. Miami native and award-winning game inventor Eric Poses will host a fun-filled family game night with his latest creation, The Greatest Day Ever Game ($21.99) — an exciting and original matching game that kids (ages 5 and older)… and parents… will love. “Imagine a day full of laughter and play. If you play your cards right, today could be your day!” Hang out with 20 amazing friends, indulge in 20 spectacular presents and cruise around the world’s coolest neighborhood in this exciting and unforgettable matching game that brings to life The Greatest Day Ever for any kid. Free and open to the public. 6pm
Theory & Practice of Agrarian Urbanism (The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment $20) by renowned U.S. urbanist Andrés Duany details a type of community plan and management that enables a comprehensive interaction of agriculture with modern society. Agrarian Urbanism may not be for everyone, but it is one of the more beneficial methods to develop and dwell on the land. The book argues that because of its mitigating effect on climate change, a neo-agrarian way of life should be made available to as many as possible. If the food-growing machine that is the traditional village were reorganized, it could be made viable again. Historically, most villages were based on food production and distribution as the principal economic and social activity, but today most agricultural landscapes adjacent to towns are valued for additional reasons and protected by government policy to keep them economically viable. As the outline of the 21st century becomes clear, villages are again emerging as practical and desirable. But they will proliferate only if their design and management is handled in a thoroughly modern way to make the lifestyle appealing to more people. 8pm
Before that first bell rings on the new school year, teachers come feel the love with our Wonders of Teaching – Teacher Appreciation Night. No matter how eager you are to get back in the classroom after a well-deserved summer break, we know that first early-morning wakeup can be tough. So, we want you to know how much we appreciate you before 2011-12 gets into full swing. We’ll toast you – with actual bubbly! — and all you do day in and day out to meet the individual needs of students. We’ll offer some resources and materials – free stuff! – to help you create vibrant, nurturing learning environments. It’s a chance to mix and mingle with your fellow educators, talk about your ideas for the new school year. As part of our continuing Wonders of Teaching series with Art for Learning, A4L Director of School Programs Janet Evans will lead us in an interactive classroom activity – so much fun it’ll feel like a party game – and let you know how you can join the fun with Arts for Learning and experience how art can be used in the classroom to motivate and teach. Sarah Nasif from Random House publishing will share the teaching guides and other online resources Random House offers. And find out what the hot new titles are for your students. Learn about the possibilities for educational sales and author school visits from Laura Deutsch and Debra Linn of Books & Books. Plus get your Educator Discount – everyday, always – off all purchases. 6pm
Have you joined the Facebook Nation yet? A little unsure of just how to begin? Or if you have started, are you getting the most out of your social network? Well, wonder no longer. With their kind demeanor and easy-to-understand way of explaining, Luis and Jorge Saladrigas – founders of Media57 – New Media Solutions – will guide you into the wonderful world of social networking with the Facing Facebook Workshop. Learn how you can expand your world and enrich your friendships in a few easy keystrokes. Find out some inside tips for making the most of your online experience. What’s Twitter – and why should I give a tweet? What’s the etiquette for taking Facebook into my business life? How many “friends” are enough? Do I have to know the lingo to post? Luis and Jorge will take put friendly faces on the Facebook experience and social networking universe for newcomers. Free and open to the public. 8pm
Book Club Mixer: Miami’s renowned bookseller and author Raquel Roque gives us the definitive book of Cuban cuisine: encyclopedic in its range, but intimate and accessible in tone with more than five hundred recipes for classic, home-style dishes—from black bean soup to pork empanadas, from ropa vieja to black beans and croquetas, from tostones to arroz con pollo, from churros to café con leche—as well as the vividly told stories behind the recipes. Based on the author’s family recipes, this is real Cuban cooking presented with today’s busy cooks in mind. Whether you are an experienced cook or a novice, a lover of Cuban cuisine or just discovering it, The Cuban Kitchen (Knopf, $19.95) will become an essential part of your kitchen library. 6pm
Don Roy Doyle is back in town. Tough and quick-witted, he’s fresh out of prison, where he served three years for a diamond swindle. Now he’s back to collect his share of the proceeds, but the money has vanished. A local family dynasty, which has controlled the island’s politics for generations, a cop with a grudge, the FBI, and the Russian mob all have a stake in the action. They’re convinced Cuba is on the verge of “opening up”, and they all want Doyle gone. In this tightly knit town, who can be trusted? And how long can Doyle stay alive? Setup On Front Street by Mike Dennis takes you inside the world of Key West noir, a world tucked way back in the shadows, where the tourists never go. 8pm
What’s in a name? In our “look at me” era, everyone’s a brand. Privacy now seems a quaint relic, and self-effacement is a thing of the past. Yet, as Nom de Plume (Harper, $24.99) reminds us, this was not always the case. Exploring the fascinating stories of more than a dozen authorial impostors across several centuries and cultures, Carmela Ciuraru plumbs the creative process and the darker, often crippling aspects of fame. Biographies have chronicled the lives of pseudonymous authors such as Mark Twain, Isak Dinesen, and George Eliot, but never before have the stories behind many noms de plume been collected into a single volume. These are narratives of secrecy, obsession, modesty, scandal, defiance, and shame: Only through the protective guise of Lewis Carroll could a shy, half-deaf Victorian mathematician at Oxford feel free to let his imagination run wild. A wide-ranging examination of pseudonyms both familiar and obscure, Nom de Plume is part detective story, part expose, part literary history, and an absorbing psychological meditation on identity and creativity. 7pm
We’re having a Cuban Kitchen Party to celebrate the publication of our own Raquel Roque!
Music, anecdotes, dominos, guayaberas and of course, recipes from yesterday and today!
What is Cuban cuisine? A delectable intermingling of Spanish, Portuguese, Arabian, Chinese, and African culinary traditions—a true melting pot of all the influences that combine in Cuban culture. Now, Raquel Roque gives us the definitive book of Cuban cuisine: encyclopedic in its range, but intimate and accessible in tone with more than five hundred recipes for classic, home-style dishes—from black bean soup to pork empanadas, from ropa vieja to black beans and croquetas, from tostones to arroz con pollo, from churros to café con leche—as well as the vividly told stories behind the recipes. Based on the author’s family recipes, this is real Cuban cooking presented with today’s busy cooks in mind. Whether you are an experienced cook or a novice, a lover of Cuban cuisine or just discovering it, The Cuban Kitchen (Knopf, $19.95) will become an essential part of your kitchen library. 8pm
Live Music in the Courtyard: 7pm-midnight
Story Time Special: It’s story time at Books & Books with very special guest Andi Green and her friend Wince! Meet Wince, The Monster of Worry, and his number one nemesis, the WorryBug. In this engaging follow-up to The Monster Who Couldn’t decide, Andi Green has created a whimsical adventure that brings another emotion to life. Join Wince as he discovers the secret to keeping his worries from getting monstrous. Using unique drawings and clever rhymes, Don’t Feed the WorryBug ($14.99) carries an insightful message that readers of all ages will enjoy. 10am
Join us for the second in a series of four, free community forums sponsored by the ACLU of Florida with panelists: Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner, Former State Representative; Dan Gelber, Former State Senator and Attorney General candidate Cynthia Stafford, State Representative (D), District 109 to be moderated by Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the War on Drugs. For decades, the ACLU has opposed the campaign’s misguided and destructive policies. After 40 years and $1 trillion spent, the War on Drugs has failed to meet any of its declared goals. With this forum, we ask the community to rethink the approach to drug policy that has existed for the past 40 years and erase some of the harmful public policies. After extensive study, the ACLU has concluded that the War on Drugs has not only failed to reduce illegal drug use but also may be the policy most responsible for the rapid erosion of our due process and privacy rights in recent decades. These erosions include the warrantless drug testing of workers and students; the civil forfeiture of people’s homes, cars, and assets; the racially discriminatory drug-courier profiles; and the unconstitutional searches of people’s homes, as well as the explosion of the prison population and the race-based policies that have filled our prisons. Our panelists are well equipped to discuss the War on Drugs, which violates the fundamental rights of privacy and personal autonomy that are guaranteed by our Constitution and perpetuates the racism already deeply embedded in our society. The War on Drugs has also become another significant vehicle for perpetuating race discrimination in the United States. Throughout the state, the ACLU of Florida is working on a public education campaign about the negative impact of the War on Drugs – and is leading efforts to mitigate its worst effects on our local communities. 5pm
Game On! Join us for Grownup Game Night hosted by local game inventor Eric Poses. Bring your friends for a night of hilarious game play with two party games that will revolutionize your social calendar! And you’ll be able to focus on the fun as Eric walks you through his bestselling Loaded Questions game ($24.95) — more than 1,000,000 sold — and his latest creation, Awkward Family Photos, based on the hit website and book. 8pm
Live Music in the Courtyard: Debbie Orta Duo8pm-midnight
Story Time Special: It’s story time at Books & Books with very special guest Andi Green and her friend Wince! Meet Wince, The Monster of Worry, and his number one nemesis, the WorryBug. In this engaging follow-up to The Monster Who Couldn’t decide, Andi Green has created a whimsical adventure that brings another emotion to life. Join Wince as he discovers the secret to keeping his worries from getting monstrous. Using unique drawings and clever rhymes, Don’t Feed the WorryBug carries an insightful message that readers of all ages will enjoy. 12:30pm
Who is Bernie Madoff, and how did he pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history? These questions have fascinated people ever since the news broke about the respected New York financier who swindled his friends, relatives, and other investors out of $65 billion through a fraud that lasted for decades. Many have speculated about what might have happened or what must have happened, but no reporter has been able to get the full story –until now. In The Wizard of Lies (Times Books, $30) , Diana B. Henriques — who has led The New York Times’ coverage of the Madoff scandal since the day the story broke — has written the definitive book on the man and his scheme, drawing on unprecedented access and more than one hundred interviews with people at all levels and on all sides of the crime, including Madoff’s first interviews for publication since his arrest. 5pm
En Toda la verdad, la autora Eleonor Hernandez, “recoge los momentos más fuertes de mi vida y también los más felices. Sobre todo lo más que me motivó a escribirlo fue lo que nos tocó vivir en el mundo de las drogas. Un mundo donde si la familia no se une y se aferra a Dios con uñas y dientes, se derrumba todo. 8pm
Live Music in the Courtyard: Capricho, 7-midnight
When Christina Haag was growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was just one of the boys in her circle of prep school friends, a skinny kid who lived with his mother and sister on Fifth Avenue and who happened to have a Secret Service detail following him at a discreet distance at all times. A decade later, after they had both graduated from Brown University and were living in New York City, Christina and John were cast in an off-Broadway play together. It was then that John confessed his long-standing crush on her, and they embarked on a five-year love affair. Glamorous and often in the public eye, but also passionate and deeply intimate, their relationship was transformative for both of them. With exquisite prose, Haag paints a portrait of a young man with an enormous capacity for love, and an adventurous spirit that drove him to live life to its fullest in Come to the Edge (Spiegel & Grau, $25) . Rarely has a love story been told so beautifully. 5pm
If you’re a comedian and the world’s fate is in your hands, it’s no laughing matter. Die Laughing, a humorously dark sci-fi adventure by Louis K. Lowy, is set in the 1950s with flying saucers, communist paranoia, and live television. Beamed aboard an alien spaceship, Las Vegas funny man Sam E. Lakeside is forced to participate in a plan to rob the earth of its oil. When the shape-shifting aliens – who take on the form of Trixie Norton, Nat King Cole and others they’ve seen on TV – and their leader, a power-hungry mobster, murder Sam’s best friend and manager, Sam vows revenge. He recruits a blacklisted comic book writer and the mobster’s girlfriend, and drags them cross-country to thwart the aliens. Their journey takes them to New York City and the Steve Allen Show, where the key to the alien’s conquest lies. Sam, embroiled in an escalating tangle of violence, love, and lies, is forced to choose between what he wants most in the world – to be a star – or the planet’s survival. 7pm
As Faith Reynolds enters her freshman year of college, she is a complete nervous wreck. With her best friend Derek suddenly pulling out the romance card and her dark, mysterious classmate staring her down at every turn, Faith somehow feels stuck in the middle without dating either one. And fortune may or may not be with her when a devilishly sexy stranger offers her a welcome escape. Boys, romance, classes, and annoying roommates are all within the realm of the expected for a college frosh; trying to solve the mysterious murders of young college coeds near campus is not. Faith is well aware of the strange currents in the air, particularly when she sets off static sparks with everything she touches. Before long, she finds herself entrenched in the deep-seeded battle between werewolves and vampires. The war has reached the tipping point, and Faith has the power to determine where the scales fall. But the most important question may be with whom does her loyalty lie? Deliciously suspenseful and immediately addictive, Blood on the Moon (Running Press, $9.95) by local debut author Jennifer Knight features a headstrong heroine and all of the thrills, chills, and otherworldly boys with deadly charm that a human could ask for. 6pm