New Adult Fiction Books
New arrivals added to our Adult Fiction Collection in the last 7 days
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| Last chance for justice - a Bloomfield novel by Macias, Kathi, 1948- |
"Lynn Myers is still reeling from losing her husband of thirty-five years when word comes that her only sibling, an older brother, has also died. With no one else to settle the estate, she must return to her small hometown of Bloomfield to mind his affairs. Rachel, Lynn's daughter, has just finished Bible college and with no post-graduation commitments comes along to sort through her uncle's huge old home right next to the local cemetery. It isn't long before Rachel has two local men seriousl |
May 14, 2013 |
| A delicate truth by Le CarreÌ, John, 1931- |
2008. A counter-terrorist operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted on the British crown colony of Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, a private defense contractor who is also his bosom friend, and a shady American CIA operative of the evangelical far-right. So delicate is the operation that even the Minister's personal private secretary, Toby Bell, is not cleared for it. Cornwall, UK, 2011. A d |
May 14, 2013 |
| Dear Lucy by Sarkissian, Julie. |
Lucy is a young woman with an uncommon voice and an unusual way of looking at the world. She doesn't understand why her mother has sent her to live with old Mister and Missus on their farm, but she knows she must never leave or her mother won't be able to find her again. Also living at the farm is a pregnant teenager named Samantha who tells conflicting stories about her past and quickly becomes Lucy's only friend. When Samantha gives birth and her baby disappears, Lucy arms herself with Samanth |
May 14, 2013 |
| Changing lanes by Long, Kathleen (Kathleen S.) |
Abby Halladay has the perfect life in Paris (New Jersey, that is). Then her fiance´ Fred runs away to Paris (France, that is), her column is canned, and her dream home is diagnosed with termites. Forced to move back in with her parents and drive her dad's cab, Abby slowly but surely must begin to let go of her dreams of perfection and embrace the messy, imperfect life she thought she never wanted. |
May 14, 2013 |
| The other typist by Rindell, Suzanne. |
Working as a typist for the NYC Police Department in 1923, Rose Baker documents confessions of harrowing crimes and struggles with changing gender roles while clinging to her Victorian ideals and searching for nurturing companionship before becoming obsessed with a glamorous newcomer and her world of bobbed hair, smoking and speakeasies. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Once upon a prince by Hauck, Rachel, 1960- |
When a jilted girlfriend meets a reluctant crown prince, they discover the power of God's love to heal hearts and change a nation. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Murder as a fine art by Morrell, David, 1943- |
"Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir, 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater', is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier...Desperate to clearl his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined Scotland Yard detectives." --inside front cover. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Mirror Image by Ice-T (Musician) |
"Presents the story of former gang leader Crush Casey, who after a 20-year sentence in Attica returns to New York's underworld and endeavors to use his power to clean up the city's streets only to be confronted by a dangerous Armenian gangster."--publisher. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Mama's child by Lester, Joan Steinau, 1940- |
"A novel about deeply entrenched conflicts between a white mother and her biracial daughter"-- |
May 14, 2013 |
| The Magic of Saida by Vassanji, M. G. |
Driven by an old regret from his life as a successful doctor and family man, Kamal Punja journeys to his mother's native Africa to keep a childhood promise and confronts his unresolved mixed racial identity. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Long live the king by Weldon, Fay. |
A second installment in the trilogy by the award-winning author of the original Upstairs Downstairs follows the restoration of the Dilberne fortune and manor at the turn of the 20th century, when Lord Robert and Lady Isobel assist coronation plans for Edward VII, anticipate the birth of a grandchild and debate the future of an orphaned niece. |
May 14, 2013 |
| The kings and queens of roam by Wallace, Daniel, 1959- |
When their parents die an untimely death, a blind, naive younger sister becomes wholly dependent on her bitter and conniving older sister, who overprotectively imparts stories of a brutal and dangerous world until the younger sister makes a surprising choice.--publisher. |
May 14, 2013 |
| The jezebel by Walker, Saskia. |
On the run from her powerful benefactor whose unscrupulous interest in her magic has forced her to flee, Margaret Taskill has never needed a hero more. So in order to gain passage from England to her homeland in Scotland, she plans to win over a rugged sea captain with the only currency she has: her virginity. Maisie submits to Captain Roderick Cameron's raw sexuality in search of protection, their initial attraction growing into unbridled desire and unleashing devastating powers within her. Bu |
May 14, 2013 |
| A house divided by Roby, Kimberla Lawson. |
After an argument sends their son's girlfriend into early labor, Reverend Curtis Black and his wife experience a rift between them that may send her into the arms of another man. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Hearts of shadow by Brady, Kira. |
"Grace Mercer's unmatched wraith-killing ability made her the unofficial defender of a city shattered by supernatural catastrophe. So there's no way she'll allow the new regent of Seattle's most powerful dragon-shifter clan to "protect" her from a vicious evil stalking the ruined streets or keep her from the freedom she's risked everything to earn. Leif's science-honed instincts tell him Grace is the key to keeping shifters and humans safe, but helping this wary fighter channel her untapped powe |
May 14, 2013 |
| Red moon - a novel by Percy, Benjamin. |
On the eve of the emergence of a new and unrecognizable world that will challenge the existence of humanity, a group of people begin to notice they are different from everyone else. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Pirate Alley by Coonts, Stephen, 1946- |
A luxurious vacation cruise to the exotic locales of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden turns into a nightmare for passengers and crew when their ship is suddenly attacked and captured by a band of bloodthirsty Somali pirates. An initial rescue mission ends in failure; the decks are covered in blood. Unless they are paid a ransom of $200 million dollars within seven days, the pirates threaten to execute all their hostages. But information gleaned from a captured Al Qaeda operative indicates that t |
May 14, 2013 |
| The outsider by Culver, Chris. |
Detective Ash Rashid has finished law school and is ready to swap his badge for a courtroom as a prosecutor, but when it seems the rest of the Indianapolis police force might ignore rather than investigate a murdered mother, he finds himself entagled in a mix of politics, crime and street justice. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Sandalwood death = (Tanxiang xing) - a novel by Mo, Yan, 1955- |
Sun Meiniang interacts with the three men in her life during the Boxer Rebellion, including Sun Bing, her father and a leader of the rebellion, who is destined to come to a cruel end. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Haven's wake by Randolph, Ladette. |
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May 14, 2013 |