Each Friday, Barnes & Noble offers free Nook Book Friday. Here are today’s selections.
Fancy Pants (Only In Gooding Book #1)
When “Big Tim” Creighton spies the mincing fop headed toward Forsaken Ranch, he is appalled. Thankful his boss isn’t around to witness the arrival of his kin, Tim decides he’ll turn “Fancy Pants” Hathwell into a man worthy of respect.
Lady Sydney Hathwell never intended to don men’s attire, but when her uncle mistakenly assumed she was a male, the answer to her problems seemed clear. Her disguise as “Syd” was meant to be temporary…but the arranged marriage she’s fleeing, her uncle’s attitude toward the fairer sex–and her own pride–compel her to continue the guise far longer than she had intended.
When her deception is exposed, will she be forced to abandon her hopes for family…and true love?
The suicide of unhappy true crime writer Julian Wells propels this spellbinding thriller from Edgar-winner Cook (The Quest for Anna Klein). As literary critic Philip Anders tries to piece together his closest friend’s final days, Philip discovers that Julian may have been planning to return to Argentina, where years earlier, on a visit, the pair met a young woman, Marisol, whose subsequent disappearance haunted Julian. It’s obvious that Julian never stopped searching for Marisol, and as Philip follows his trail, he wonders how much Julian really knew and whether guilt for an unknown transgression fueled his lifelong sorrow.

