Act fast for free Julia Spencer-Fleming ebooks

St. Martin’s Minotaur is offering readers the first two books in Julia Spencer-Fleming’s Adirondack-set Russ Van Alstyne and Rev. Clare Fergusson series in celebration of the new release I Shall Not Want. Click here to register for your free pdf copies of In the Bleak Midwinter and A Fountain Filled with Blood. But you’d better hurry– this offer expires tonight at midnight. (via GalleyCat)

Ready for the Sex and the City movie?

The reviews have started rolling in for the Sex and the City film, due out May 30. The Daily News has a nice, spoiler-free review: “‘Sex And The City: The Movie’ proves that a great reunion is possible.” If you can’t wait until then, there are always the “Sex and the City” tv series dvds to borrow, and a short list of fiction that echoes the adventures of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda to get you in the mood.

Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell (ROM BUS)

4 Blondes by Candace Bushnell (ROM BUS)

Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club by Maggie Marr (FIC MAR)

South Beach Chicas Catch Their Man by Caridad Pineiro (ROM SCO)

Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham (ROM WIC)

Wednesday Night Witches by Lee Nichols (ROM NIC)

He’s Got to Go by Sheila O’Flanagan (ROM O’FL)

Happy Hour at Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta (ROM ACO)

Wanderlust by Chris Dyer (FIC DYE)

The Friendship Test by Elizabeth Noble (FIC NOB)

The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble (FIC NOB)

New book: The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky

This month’s book is The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky. In it, Deborah Monroe and her daughter Grace are driving home one rainy night when they strike a pedestrian with the car. Deborah takes responsibility for driving, even though it was Grace who was behind the wheel. But when the police investigation becomes more than a simple open-and-shut case, the secret between Deborah and Grace threatens to tear the family apart.

Related links:

Barbara Delinsky’s website

Watch the book trailer