Welcome to our mid-July email update full of hand-picked Summer Reading selections, exclusive Pre-Publication Opening Extracts, amazing free to enter prize draws (including a week's rental of a cottage in Devon worth £1,800!) and all that's new and exciting in the book world. Read on and enjoy…

Not Off the Press (yet) – Pre-Publication Recommendations

We like to keep you one step ahead of the game, so we've put together a list of books we think will head the hit parade when they're published. Sneak a peek here and don't miss: Emma Hannigan's The Summer Guest, a lovely, warm, Irish family saga of three generations of women coming together during one magical summer. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy. And out right now is a new eBook short story called The Wedding Weekend featuring characters from The Summer Guest and it is 99p (or less). Incredibly good value escapism while you wait for the new book. Or the first in a hugely enjoyable fantasy adventure, Dreamwalker, from the crime writer J. D. Oswald that features Sir Benfro a dragon in a world where dragons walk upright but have also been hunted nearly to extinction by the men who fear them. A bit odd but well worth getting into.

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Everyone has their own special place to read their favourite books. For your chance to WIN a £50 Lovereading voucher, simply 'Like' our facebook page and comment with your favourite place to read! 4 runners up will also WIN a Lovereading canvas book bag (which you can also buy if you can't wait).

Ever kind to you hudlers and KOBO'ers (and lots of other eReaders for that matter) there's a brand new bunch of our favourite eBooks for you to download and go. Click here for more. But don't forget to look in the 'Other Formats' box as almost every book will be available physically and digitally.

Feeling Summer-E?  - eBooks of the Month

Don't miss our Literary Debut of the Summer

The Spring of Kasper Meier by Ben Fergusson is a compassionate mystery set in the desolate darkness of post-war Berlin. Perfect for fans of Restless by William Boyd. Sarah Broadhurst called it 'A highly impressive literary thriller' and it was equally loved by our Reader Reviewers who described it as 'A thrilling tale of danger, blackmail and secrets', 'a heartbreaking novel' and 'totally absorbing I couldn't put it down'. If you try one new book this month, make it this one.

Short Story collections from Salt

If you want to read but are a bit pushed for time – or just fancy a different pace then we recommend you dip into our Short Story collections. New this month are two superlative collections from the small but perfectly formed publisher, Salt - The Best British Short Stories 2014 and The Best British Fantasy 2014 – enjoy. Salt is also the publisher of one of our Pre-Publication titles this month, He Wants by Alison Moore. This is her second novel and you may remember her haunting and award-winning debut The Lighthouse which was shortlisted for the Man Booker.

Reading Group Recommendations for July

Looking for your next Reading Group read? We've a special section just for you. With featured Books of the Month, great ideas and free extracts to help you choose, your next group-read is just a click away. PLUS there are discounts when you order 5 or more books. Now that's a talking point! Our top tip this month is: The Art of Baking Blind by Sarah Vaughan – Changing society, relationships, motherhood, marriage … and marzipan. A deliciously inventive, compassionate and unique read.

Maxim's July Selections

He's done it again. The peerless Maxim Jakubowski has trawled through books from all over the globe and chosen some great reads for us. With settings as diverse as the American underbelly, magical reality, Amsterdam's canals, the narrow streets of Lisbon, the Pacific Islands, London, Belfast and Liverpool's seedy side, there is something to whet the whistle of the driest of tastes. His Book of the Month is The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. A superlative debut novel, sublime and soul-touching historical fiction - a transporting and delightful read. …and his "Highly Recommended", Young God by Katherine Faw Morris, is unapologetically bleak, brutal, mind-blowing and brilliant. This is one of those books that keeps you awake at night!

Top Talent Spotter - Galley Beggar Press

And just added into our Summer Reading category are two titles from an award-winning publisher with a real eye for talent, Galley Beggar Press, whose book A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride recently won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (ex Orange). It has been joined by the sublime and captivating The White Goddess: An Encounter by Simon Gough which tells the story of the extraordinary events surrounding his relationship with his great-uncle, the famous poet, Robert Graves. It's fiction but it's also true! P.S. Fans of Paranormal Romance (or just great storytelling) shouldn't miss the amazing reviews for the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah E. Harkness or the video we have of the author reading from the final book in the trilogy, The Book of Life. To be in with a chance to win a signed first edition click here to visit our Facebook community. P.P.S. We also have cinema tickets and some exclusive Mary Berry tea towels as prizes this month. Just visit our 'Free Prize Draws' category to find out more and enter. And do make sure you enter the Free Prize Draw to have a chance of winning a week's 'staycation' in a luxury cottage in Devon, courtesy of Helpful Holidays.