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You may now kill the bride - a novel

"Lauren, Saskia, Dominica, Farah and Tansy have been best friends since grade school. They wonder if that was the last time they all actually liked each other. As adults, their lives have splintered. Farah is engaged and is fast becoming a complete bridezilla. Dominica's a successful divorce attorney with no time for anything but work. Tansy runs a vegan cafe and is preparing for a shotgun marriage to awful Ivan. Lauren has had a total "failure to launch" in her career and love life, consumed by

 
Wives Like Us by Sykes, Plum
Date added:
Mar 18, 2024
Wives Like Us

 
Think Twice by Coben, Harlan
Date added:
Mar 18, 2024
Think Twice

 
Spitting Gold by Lowkis, Carmella
Date added:
Mar 18, 2024
Spitting Gold

 
Set in stone

"When paleontologist Martha Jankowski discovers an intact dinosaur skeleton, she has the opportunity to make a name for herself, but only if she can uncover the full skeleton before another competing dig. As she races against the clock, she meets a man who shares her passion for science and faith-but is he friend or foe?"--

 
Red Sky Mourning by Carr, Jack
Date added:
Mar 18, 2024
Red Sky Mourning

 
A wedding in Lake Como

"A destination wedding in Italy's Lake Como brings three best friends back together to face the secrets of the past in this romantic novel from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst. Best friends Ava, Madison, and Chelsea made a pact to reunite for each other's weddings when their careers sent them in different directions. But after one of them makes a choice that tears the group apart, an upcoming wedding might be their last chance to heal old wounds. Ava is about to marry the man s

 
Very bad company

"A gripping, darkly comic novel from the national bestselling author of Bad Summer People about a team of wealthy and powerful executives on retreat in Miami when one of them goes missing . . . Every year, executives at the trendy tech startup Aurora gather the company's top employees for an exclusive retreat in Miami and this year, Caitlin Levy-Aurora's newest hire-is joining the team as Head of Events. The benefits are outstanding: a seven-figure salary, stock shares, a discretionary bonus, li

 
A storybook wedding

"Watch out for karaoke mishaps that result in a fake engagement...because weddings are forever... When librarian Cecily Jane Allerton and hotshot struggling author Nate Ellis are caught in a compromising position during their MFA program, they decide to get married to keep the haters from destroying their careers. To the horror of Cecily's family, which is a big fan of big white weddings, they elope to City Hall. Now they're back on Block Island, pretending to be a real married couple, and findi

 
The shadow of war - a novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

"From the bestselling author comes the story of rising conflict between the super-powers that gripped the world, a global war that almost happened: The Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1961, the new president John F. Kennedy, inherited an ill-conceived, poorly executed invasion of Cuba that failed miserably and set in motion the events that put the U.S. and the Soviet Union on a collision course that nearly started a war that would have enveloped much of the world. Extensively researched and vividly ima

 
Rednecks

"A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 coal miners against mine owners, state militia, and the United States government in the largest labor uprising in American history. Rednecks is a tour de force, big canvas historical novel that dramatizes the 1920 to 1921 events of the West Virginia Mine Wars-from the Matewan Massacre through the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed conflict on American soil since the Civil War, when some one

 
The red grove - a novel

"When her mother goes missing, a young woman uncovers the secrets beneath her protected community"--

 
 
Oye by Mogollon, Melissa
Date added:
Mar 18, 2024
Oye

 
Never fall again

"Landry Hutton, quiet artist-in-residence of The Haven, came to Gossamer Falls to build a new life and a new home for her and her daughter--with the unexpected help of a handsome former Marine. But when danger threatens them, can Callum Shaw help protectboth their hearts and lives?"--

 
My First Book by Levy, Honor
Date added:
Mar 18, 2024
My First Book

 
Man's best friend

"Ever since her year as a scholarship student among the ultra-wealthy at a Manhattan private school, El knows what it is like to feel rich-to feel chosen. And being not chosen is her current living nightmare: at age thirty, she has given up her dream of becoming a famous actress, she has no passions, no great love, nothing to look forward to. Then El meets a mysterious trust-fund Cambridge grad who holds the keys to the world she has long dreamed of. Bryce may not be particularly good-looking, c

 
Lovers and liars - a novel

"Once upon a time, the Peacock sisters were little girls who combed each other's tangled hair. But decades of secrets have led them to separate lives - and to telling lies, to themselves and to one another. Sylvie is getting married. Again. A librarian and widow who soothes her grief by escaping into books (and shelving them perfectly), Sylvie has caught the attention of an unlikely match: Simon Rampling, a mysterious, wealthy man from Northern England. Sylvie allows herself to imagine a life be

 
Love at first book

"Emily Allen, a librarian on Martha's Vineyard, has always dreamed of a life of travel and adventure. So when her favorite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in the Emerald Isle, Emily jumps at the opportunity. After all, Siobhan's novels got Em through some of the darkest days of her existence. Helping Siobhan write the final book in her acclaimed series - after a ten-year hiatus due to a scorching case of writer's block - is a dream come true for Emily. If only she didn't have to deal w

 
The last time she saw him - a novel

"A young woman is left reeling when a broken engagement is followed by a shocking death - one she must prove was a murder"--

 
Last house - or The age of oil

"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women in the Castle comes a sweeping story of a nation on the rise, and one family's deeply complicated relationship to the resource that built their fortune and fueled their greatest tragedy, perfect forfans of The Dutch House and The Great Circle"--

 
An inconvenient letter

"Complications arise when Marietta's secret love letters are accidentally found by the wrong man. 1828, the London countryside. For years, Marietta Stone has harbored a secret infatuation for the handsome Frederick Finch and has poured out her deepest feelings in a series of passionate love letters that she keeps in a locked drawer. But when Marietta's private letters are accidentally delivered to Frederick's house, she must retrieve them immediately before they fall into the wrong hands. If the

 
Forget me never

 
The Dixon Rule by Kennedy, Elle
Date added:
Mar 18, 2024
The Dixon Rule

 
Blue Ruin by Kunzru, Hari
Date added:
Mar 18, 2024
Blue Ruin

 
The house that horror built

"A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets in the captivating new horror novel from the national bestselling author of Good Girls Don't Die and Horseman. Harry Adams has always loved horror movies, so it's not totally a coincidence that she took the job cleaning house for movie director Javier Castillo. His forbidding graystone Chigago mansion, Bright Horses, is filled from top to bottom with terrifying props and costumes, as we

 
Every time we say goodbye

"In 1955, Vivien Lowry is facing the greatest challenge of her life. Her latest play, the only female-authored play on the London stage that season, has opened in the West End to rapturous applause from the audience. The reviewers, however, are not as impressed as the playgoers and their savage notices not only shut down the play but ruin Lowry's last chance for a dramatic career. With her future in London not looking bright, at the suggestion of her friend, Peggy Guggenheim, Vivien takes a job

 
The blue maiden - a novel

"It's 1825, four generations after Berggrund Island's women stood accused of witchcraft under the eye of their priest, now long dead. In his place is Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild young daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, oppositional, increasingly obsessed with the lore and legend of the island's sinister past and their absent mother, whom their father refuses to speak of. As the girls come of age, and the strictures of the community shift but never wane,

 
Blood on the tide

"As a bloodline vampire, Lizzie has never had a problem taking what she wants, and right now what she wants are the family heirlooms that were stolen from her and a portal home. Too bad even that short list is impossible to accomplish on her own-and her allies have bigger things to worry about. When they rescue a selkie from captivity, it's the perfect solution to her problem. Lizzie needs a guide through Threshold and the selkie needs someone to help her get her skin back. Maeve didn't choose t

 
The Ark and the Dove - the story of Noah's wife

"Only Noah and his family know that God's judgment is coming soon. He and his wife Emzara dedicate themselves to God's command to build an ark. After years of preparing for the end of life as they know it, can they survive what lies ahead or will they simply relive the past they are trying to escape?"--

 
April May June July

 
American Sycamore by Kenney, Charles
Date added:
Mar 18, 2024
American Sycamore

 
You Should Be So Lucky

 
 
Whale fall

"In 1938, a dead whale washes up on the shores of remote Welsh island. For Manod, who has spent her whole life on the island, it feels like both a portent of doom and a symbol of what may lie beyond the island's shores. A young woman living with her father and her sister (to whom she has reluctantly but devotedly become a mother following the death of their own mother years prior), Manod can't shake her welling desire to explore life beyond the beautiful yet blisteringly harsh islands that her h

 
Their Divine Fires by Chen, Wendy
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Their Divine Fires

 
The swindler's daughter

"Miriam left her thieving past behind. But now she's fallen for an outlaw, and the only way to protect those she loves may be to become one herself. Growing up the daughter of a thief and con man taught Miriam how to steal. But it also convinced her that's not the lifestyle she wants. Having escaped that life with her brother, she now values her place on the right side of the law. However, when the new magistrate of Murrwood Village starts taxing the people and stealing their goods, Miriam finds

 
Skin & Bones by Watson, Renee
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Skin & Bones

 
Shanghailanders by Min, Juli
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Shanghailanders

 
Reunion by Juska, Elise
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Reunion

 
The Return of Ellie Black

 
The Proposal Plot by Fuller, Kathleen
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
The Proposal Plot

 
Summers at the Saint

"Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper. . . . Everyone refers to the St. Cecelia as "the Saint." If you grew up coming here, you were "a Saint." If you came from the wrong side of the river, you were "an Ain't." Traci Eddings was one of those outsiders whose family wasn't rich enough or connected enough to vacation here. But she could work here. One fateful summer she did, and married the boss's son. Now, she'

 
The starling and the hatter

"Elise left everything behind. Her family, her livelihood. She's determined to escape the brothers who tormented her and find her own way, but being a peddler and performer at heart, her only prospects are within the festival community. So she sets off to find a new village and transforms herself into the Starling. But when winter approaches and her prospects are bleak, a young hatter invites her to take refuge in his parents' home. Does she dare trust the family she's just met when she fears re

 
Southern man by Iles, Greg, author.
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Southern man

"Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, his old allies gone. But Penn's self-imposed exile comes to an abrupt end when a brawl at a Bienville music festival triggers a shooting--one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie. Before the stunned populace can process the tragedy, an arsonist begins torching antebellum plantation homes in Bienville. When an unknown Black group claims the fires as acts of justice,

 
Sipsworth - a novel

"Over the course of a single week in a small English village, a widowed octogenarian who has spent her last years alone, ready to die, discovers an unexpected reason to live. After living abroad for sixty years, Helen Cartwright returns to the English town where she was born. She buys a nondescript suburban house on Westminster Crescent, a nondescript suburban street, and settles into a repetitive, reclusive existence: "Each day was an impersonation of the one before with only a slight shuffle-a

 
See- loss. see also- love - a novel

"A tender, slyly comical, and shamelessly honest debut novel following a Japanese widow raising her son between worlds with the help of her Jewish mother-in-law, as she wrestles with grief, loss, and-strangest of all, joy. Shortly after her husband Levi'suntimely death, Kyoko decides to raise their young son, Alex, in San Francisco, rather than return to Japan. Her nosy yet loving Jewish mother-in-law, Bubbe, encourages her to find new love and abandon frugality but her own mother wants Kyoko to

 
Red side story

"Civilization has been rebuilt after an unspoken "Something that Happened" five hundred years ago. Society is now color vision-segregated, professions, marriages, and leisure activities all dictated by an individual's visual ability, and everything run bythe shadowy National Color in far-off Emerald City. Out on the fringes of Red Sector West, twenty-year-old Eddie Russett is being bullied into an arranged marriage with the powerful DeMauve family, purples who hope to redden up their progeny's c

 
Pitch Dark by Doiron, Paul
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Pitch Dark

 
Phantom Orbit by Ignatius, David
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Phantom Orbit

 
 
 
People in glass houses

"His name is Joshua Knight. Once a respected explorer, the press now calls him the Tarnished Knight. He took the fall for a disaster in the Underworld that destroyed his career. The devastating event occurred in the newly discovered sector known as GlassHouse-a maze of crystal that is rumored to conceal powerful Alien antiquities. The rest of the Hollister Expedition team disappeared and are presumed dead. Whatever happened down in the tunnels scrambled Josh's psychic senses and his memories, bu

 
One last shot

"From the creator of viral TikTok account Betty's Book List, a debut romance about a supermodel and a photographer with a past marriage pact who meet again ten years later on a photoshoot in Cinque Terre, Italy. From the moment Emerson and Theo met as teenagers, they were inseparable. But just when they finally expressed their feelings to one another, they were torn apart. Now, supermodel Emerson is nearing her twenty-eighth birthday, and she's tired of looking for love in all the wrong places.

 
Loneliness & Company

 
The Library Thief by Shenje, Kuchenga
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
The Library Thief

 
Lavash at first sight

"Sparks fly between two women pitted against each other in this delectable new romantic comedy by Taleen Voskuni, author of Sorry, Bro. Twenty-seven-year-old Nazeli "Ellie" Gregorian enjoys the prestige of her tech marketing job but hates the condescending Patagonia-clad tech bros, her micromanaging boss, and her ex-boyfriend, who she's forced to work with every day. When Ellie's lovingly overbearing parents ask her to attend PakCon-a food packaging conference in Chicago-to help promote their co

 
A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

When Clara's ex-fiance spreads rumors that her family suffers from hereditary insanity, it's all she can do to protect them from society's prejudice. However, that proves to be difficult when her grandfather takes off on a flight of fancy. Thrown together with a vagabond tinker, Clara sets off on a whimsical adventure and finds a love that defies the odds.

 
The lady waiting

"One bright Los Angeles day, a young Polish aemigraee named Viva is driving along the freeway when she's flagged down by a dazzling, disheveled woman in green chiffon. The woman is Bobby Sleeper, a fellow Eastern European and erstwhile art gallerist witha mysterious background and even more mysterious filmmaker husband. Within days the couple hire Viva as their assistant, then enlist her as an accomplice in an improbable scheme involving a long-lost Vermeer masterwork, a multi-million-dollar rew

 
I will ruin you - a novel

"In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher's act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants"--

 
Hunted by Mukherjee, Abir
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Hunted

 
The heist

"Detective Isaac Bell faces an attack on the Federal Reserve in this all-new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler"--

 
Hooked by Larsen, Annette K., author.
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Hooked

"She's free to fly if her past doesn't catch up with her. But what if she's ready to fall for him instead? Cecily doesn't want to grow up--not if growing up means marrying. Having escaped a life of abandonment and mistreatment, she refuses to put her life in the hands of a man ever again. She's happily settled into her life as lady's maid to Princess Marilee when the princess's personal guard, Falstone, expresses a wish to know her better. His kind heart and playful nature pull her in, but while

 
The heirloom - a novel

"Shea Anderson's beloved Nonna had endless rules for a happy, healthy life: avoid owls, never put a hat on a bed, and never, ever accept a marriage proposal that comes with an heirloom ring. Happily ever after is hard enough without bad karma in the mix.Naturally, panic sets in when Shea's boyfriend, John, proposes with an heirloom ring. Yes is her answer, but Nonna's warning sets Shea on a mission to ensure the ring contains forever energy: She will find its previous owners wherever they may be

 
The general's gold by Walker, LynDee
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
The general's gold

 
Fire exit - a novel

"From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. On the far bank, he caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth's life - from the day she came home from thehospital to her early twenties. But there's always been something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community. It's the secret that Elizabeth is his daughter, a secret Charles is no long

 
Ella by Richards, Diane
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Ella

 
Disturbing the dead - a rip through time novel

"Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson. Though inhabiting someone else's body will always be unsettling, even if her employers know that she's not actually housemaid Catriona Mitchell, ever since thenight both of them were attacked in the same dark alley 150 years apart. Mallory likes her job as assistant to undertaker/medical examiner Dr. Duncan Gray, and is developing true friends--and feelings--in this century. So, understanding the Vict

 
The deepest lake

"In this atmospheric thriller set at a luxury memoir-writing workshop on the shores of Lake Atitlaan, Guatemala, a grieving mother goes undercover to investigate her daughter's mysterious death. Rose, the mother of 20-something aspiring writer Jules, haswaited three months for answers about her daughter's death. Why was she swimming alone when she feared the water? Why did she stop texting days before she was last seen? When the official investigation rules the death an accidental drowning, the

 
Dead against her

Sheriff Bree Taggert uncovers the brutal double homicide of an elderly widow and a bitter, corrupt former deputy she forced out of the department, and becomes the main suspect.

 
Cinema love - a novel

"A staggering, tender epic about gay men in rural China and the women who marry them"--

 
Buster - A Dog by Pelecanos, George
Date added:
Mar 14, 2024
Buster - A Dog

 
Daughters of Shandong

"A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story Daughters are the Ang family's curse. In 1948, civilwar ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their lack of an heir. Hai is the eldest of four girls and spends her days looking after her sisters. Headstrong Di, who is just a ye

 
Cloaked in scarlet

"After watching her two closest friends survive mistreatment and degradation, Emeline is determined never to become a victim herself, no matter how small and quiet she may be. She's proven to others that she can take charge as a cook; now she's proving to herself that she can handle any situation. She's trained hard with a sword to become a force to be reckoned with. Her determination to try her skills in a festival competition will require subterfuge, especially when Hunter, a young man from he

 
 
 
 
You know what you did - a novel

"Is someone out to get Annie? Or is she her own worst enemy?"--

 
 
The Widow Spy by Campisi, Megan
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
The Widow Spy

 
While we were burning

"After her best friend's mysterious death, Elizabeth Smith's picture-perfect life in the Memphis suburbs has spiraled out of control-so much so that she hires a personal assistant to keep her on track. Composed and elegant, Brianna is exactly who she needs and slides so neatly into Elizabeth's life, almost like she belonged there from the start. Soon, the assistant Elizabeth hired to distract her from her obsession with her friend's death is the same person working with her to uncover the truth

 
Where There's Smoke by Swinson, Kiki
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Where There's Smoke

 
When I think of you

"In this sweeping second chance romance from debut author Myah Ariel, the unexpected spark of two former flames may force them to choose between their dreams and each other. Kaliya Wilson has paid her dues. But all the years behind the reception desk at aflashy film studio have only pushed her movie-making dreams further out of reach. That is, until a surprise reunion presents an opportunity that could make her career, or break her heart...a second time. It's been seven years since Kaliya's whir

 
Weekends with you - a novel

"For fans of Beth O'Leary and Josie Silver, a heartwarming and romantic debut told over the course of one year in monthly weekend installments, about found family, new love, and the magic of London"--

 
The Wartime Book Club

 
 
Welcome home, Caroline Kline - a novel

"In New York City, newly single Caroline is stumbling her way through the recent implosion of her life. After a surprise breakup leaves her with no job, no apartment, and no backup plan, she's unsure of what to do next. That is, until Caroline's father, Leo, injures himself in a bad fall and asks her to move home to the Jersey Shore suburb she'd always been desperate to escape. But Leo doesn't want his daughter to be his caretaker; he needs her to replace him as third baseman in his local men's

 
Toxic prey

"Lucas Davenport takes on another challenging case in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author"--

 
There's going to be trouble - a novel

"Minnow Hunter has always tried to lead the life her single father, Christopher, modeled - private, quiet, hardworking, apolitical. So she is rocked when a split-second decision makes her the extremely public face of a scandal in the small town where sheteaches. She even loses the support of her father, who stops speaking to her when the media start harassing him too. Overwhelmed, Minnow flees to a teaching position in Paris, hoping distance and time will let her start over. But what if Christop

 
Sweetness in the Skin

 
The summer we started over - a novel

"Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life's challenges and finding new love, in this heartwarming and hopeful novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Eddie Grant is happy with herlife and her work as a personal assistant to Dinah Lavender, one of the most famous and renowned romance authors in the business. But being a spectator to notoriety and glamour isn't as fulfilling as she once thought. Thankfully, Eddie has the p

 
Stag - a novel

"It's 1989 and Amos Fielding, onetime sheriff of Oscar, Iowa, is in his early seventies and grieving the recent loss of his wife, Sara. He packs up his few belongings and heads to a ranch in the far northwest corner of Washington State. The farther he canget from Oscar and his years there as sheriff, the better. Eager to escape painful memories, Fielding throws himself into the daily chores of a gentleman rancher. But there is evil afoot, as dark as any he faced in Oscar"--

 
A spy like me

"An elite team of MI6 agents trained by James Bond must go undercover to unravel a band of violent terrorists in the second thrilling adventure in the acclaimed Double O series by Kim Sherwood"--

 
The Sleepwalkers by Thomas, Scarlett
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
The Sleepwalkers

 
Safe and Sound by McHugh, Laura
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Safe and Sound

 
Rough trade

"In this propulsive follow-up to The Best Bad Things, Alma Rosales (and her alter ego, Jack Camp) is back as a stevedore and part-time opium smuggler"--

 
The spoiled heart

"Nayan Olak keeps seeing Helen Fletcher around town. She's returned with her teenage son to live in the run-down house at the end of the lane, and--though she's strangely guarded--Nayan can't help but be drawn to her. He hasn't risked love since losing his young family in a terrible accident twenty years earlier. In the wake of the tragedy, Nayan's labor union, long a cornerstone of his community, became the center of his life: a way for him to channel his energies into making the world a better

 
Real Americans by Khong, Rachel
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Real Americans

 
The prospects - a novel

"Gene Ionescu, a gay trans man in his third year in the minors with the Beaverton Beavers, is a solid shortstop, but he's no one's idea of a major league prospect. He's just happy to be here, though, getting underpaid six months of the year to play the sport he's loved since childhood-a game that favors underdogs and optimists. He likes to keep his hopes in the day, inning by inning and game by game. But his plans go awry when Luis Estrada-Gene's rival since their college days-gets traded to his

 
Preacher's bloody rampage

When logger Decker Galloway sets his sights--and axes and saws--on a lakeshore village inhabited by Norwegian settlers, Preacher and his friend, the warrior Tall Dog, remind the Norwegians of their Viking ancestry and declare war on Galloways' gang of bloodthirsty gunslingers.

 
Oracle by Heuvelt, Thomas Olde
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Oracle

 
One of Us Knows by Cole, Alyssa
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
One of Us Knows

 
One Last Word by Park, Suzanne
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
One Last Word

 
Negative Space by Linden, Gillian
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Negative Space

 
 
The Mother Act by Reimer, Heidi
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
The Mother Act

 
Midnight Harbor by Bunn, Davis
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Midnight Harbor

 
One final target

"A warrant service in the San Bernardino Mountains goes horribly wrong when an IED blast kills four police officers. Devastated by the loss of her team, the lone survivor, Long Beach sergeant Jodie King, struggles with her guilt and grief, especially as the case remains open with no clear leads or suspects. Weeks after the explosion, Jodie retires from the police department and returns to the mountain bomb site seeking peace and resolution . . . only to find herself in the crosshairs once again.

 
Mania - a novel

"In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb peopleis 'the last great civil rights fight.' Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word ("stupid") and encouraged to report parents who use it at home. A college English instructor, the

 
Lucky by Smiley, Jane
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Lucky

 
Love in Tandem by Kinzer, Becca
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Love in Tandem

 
Long Island - a novel

"Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents, a huge extended family that livesand works, eats and plays together. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teenage children, has no one to rely on in this still-new country. Though her ties to the town in Ireland where she grew up remain stronger than

 
The library of borrowed hearts

"Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s at the local flea market. Deciding it's a sign of her luck turning, she takes it home with her-only to be shocked when her cranky hermit of a neighbor swoops in and offers to buy it for an exorbitant price. Intrigued, Chloe takes a closer look at the book only to find

 
The kiss countdown

"A struggling event planner and a sinfully hot astronaut must decide if their fake relationship is worth a shot at happily-ever-after, in this starry debut. Risk-averse event planner Amerie Price is jobless, newly single, and about to lose her apartment.With no choice but to gamble on her shaky start-up, the last thing she needed was to run into her smug ex and his new, less complicated girlfriend at Amerie's favorite coffee shop. Panicked, she pretends to be dating the annoyingly sexy man she m

 
King of Sloth by Huang, Ana
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
King of Sloth

 
Immortal pleasures

"An ancient Aztec vampire roams the modern world in search of vengeance and love in this seductive dark fantasy"--

 
I'm F-cking Amazing

 
How to End a Love Story

 
Honey by Lodato, Victor
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Honey

 
Indian burial ground

"A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on--just like her beloved Uncle Louie before her--things are finally looking up for Noemi. U

 
The house of broken bricks - a novel

"Set in a West Country farming village, The House of Broken Bricks lays bare the complexities of day-to-day life for a mixed-race family. Jess is a Londoner whose relationship with Richard transports her from a Jamaican diaspora in a city where she easilyblends in into a creaking house on a floodplain where predatory birds hover over fields, eels coil in the river mud, buses run twice a day, neighbors barter honey for cider and no one looks like her. While Jess and Richard settle into the villag

 
Happy medium

"Fake spirit medium Gretchen Acorn is happy to help when her best (read: wealthiest) client hires her to look into the unexplained phenomena preventing the sale of her bridge partner's struggling goat farm. Gretchen may be a complete fraud, but she'd liketo think she's a beneficent one. So if "cleansing" the historic property will help a nice old man get on with his retirement and put some much-needed cash in her pockets at the same time, who's she to say no? Of course, it turns out said bridge

 
The Good Ones Are Taken

 
Ghost Station by Barnes, S. A.
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Ghost Station

 
The Garden by Beams, Clare
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
The Garden

 
A game of lies

"Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they'd ever imagined, and they're trapped. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched on screen, and find out who these people really a

 
The Funeral Cryer by Lu, Wenyan
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
The Funeral Cryer

 
Earls Trip by Holiday, Jenny
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Earls Trip

 
Crow talk - a novel

"Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hope, healing, and unexpected friendship set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest"--

 
Butter - a novel of food and murder

"The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story"--

 
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers - a novel

"Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by a group of eccentric enigmatologists and now finds himself among thelast survivors of a fading institution. When the esteemed crossword compiler and main maternal presence in Clayton's life, Pippa Allsbrook, passes away, she bestows her final puzzle on him: a promise to reveal the mystery of his parentage and pr

 
An enchanting case of spirits

"When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navigating surprising mysteries and spiritual hijinks, in this clever debut from Melissa Holtz. Alyssa Mann isn't adventurous, not since her husband died and she found herself the single mom of a teenage daughter. But there's no way to avoid celebrating the big 4-0, so when her best friends drag her out for drinks and a tarot reading, she throws caution to the wind and decides to see what the spirits h

 
Days of wonder - a novel

"As a teenager, for a moment, Ella Fitchburg found love--yearning, breathless love--that consumed both her and her boyfriend, Jude, as they wandered the streets of New York City together. But her life was unexpectedly upended when she was accused of trying to murder Jude's father, an imperious superior court judge, and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. When she learns she's pregnant shortly after sentencing, she reluctantly decides to give up the child"--

 
Christa comes out of her shell

"After a tumultuous childhood, Christa Liddle has hidden away, both figuratively and literally. Happily studying sea snails in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Christa finds her tranquil existence thrown into chaos when her once-famous father--long thoughtdead after a plane crash--turns out to be alive, well, and ready to make amends. The world goes wild, fascinated by this real-life saga, pinning Christa and her family under the spotlight. As if that weren't enough, her reunion with an old child

 
The British booksellers - a novel of the Forgotten Blitz

"Based on real accounts of Britain's Land Girls and the Forgotten Blitz, The British Booksellers highlights the courageous choices we must make to live, love, and - in the face of all that tests us - fight for what matters most"--

 
A Better World by Langan, Sarah
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
A Better World

 
The Beloved by Ward, J. R.
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
The Beloved

 
The Beautiful People

 
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo
Date added:
Mar 8, 2024
Anna Karenina

 
The alternatives

"The Flattery sisters, four brilliant and very different girls raised in a small town south of Dublin, were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in a tragic accident. Now, in their thirties--each unmarried, each holding a PhD--they are striving to make an impact on an increasingly volatile world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to fancy catering gigs in London's Notting Hill, until one day their oldest sister, a geologist haunted by

 
888 love and the divine burden of numbers

"Young is an American Born Chinese (ABC) growing up in Queens and has been told by his beloved Su Su (uncle) that one has only seven great loves in a lifetime. Young's childhood is marked by an obsessive love of comics, music, and movies. . . as well as aparade of school-yard crushes, tantalizing pen-pal exchanges, and a lasting infatuation with Winona Ryder. But, at the end of 1995, when Young is a sophomore at NYU, he meets Erena-brilliant, charismatic, quick-witted, and crassly funny. They fa

 
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion- Vol. 1

"The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian's. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of novella-length volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life a

 
You'd look better as a ghost

Claire, an aspiring artist and part-time serial killer, realizes someone is watching her-someone who knows about her murderous hobby-and she, while attending a weekly bereavement support group after losing her father, must finish off her blackmailer before they reveal all.

 
Worry by Tanner, Alexandra
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Worry

 
Wedding Issues by Evans, Elle
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Wedding Issues

 
Unsteady by Corinne, Peyton
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Unsteady

 
Tourist Season by Novak, Brenda
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Tourist Season

 
The Titanic Survivors Book Club - a novel

"For weeks after the sinking of the Titanic, Yorick spots his own name among the list of those lost at sea. As an apprentice librarian for the White Star Line, his job was to curate the ship's second-class library. But just as he was about to board to tend to his library throughout the passage, a superior takes his place, leaving Yorick stranded at the dock. The Titanic was not Yorick's first brush with death, but as with every near-miss he manages to escape into the world of books. After he lea

 
The sweet blue distance

"In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory in this captivating epic from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of Where the Light Enters. Carrie Ballentyne's life was upendedin 1845 when she had to leave the only home she'd ever known in the mountains of upstate New York. With her are her widowed mother and younger brother Nathan, but the separation from Bonner, Ballentyne, and Savard relatives weighs heavily. In tim

 
The Stone Home by Kim, Crystal Hana
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
The Stone Home

 
Sleeping Giants by Denfeld, Rene
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Sleeping Giants

 
The Sicilian Inheritance

 
The Pumpkin Spice Cafe

'This is everything I love! Cozy small town romance, fall vibes, coffee house vibes, and grumpy x sunshine trope that was done perfectly!'?????NetGalley Reviewer

 
One by One by Mcfadden, Freida
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
One by One

 
Old flames and new fortunes - a novel

"A steamy, riotous second-chance romance about a magical florist's unexpected reunion with her high school sweetheart . . . while she fake dates his soon-to-be stepbrother"--

 
Sharpe's command

"If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe...and the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he's sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines. For thequiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the center of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French armies march towards the bridge, one from the North and one from the South. If they meet, the British are

 
The rule book - a novel

"College exes break all the rules when they reunite years later in this enemies to lovers, second chance romance, the highly anticipated companion novel to the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet-from the New York Times bestselling author of Practice Makes Perfect. Nora Mackenzie's entire career lies in the hands of famous NFL tight end Derek Pender who also happens to be her extremely hot college ex-boyfriend. Nora didn't end things as gracefully as she could have back then, and now it's come back

 
Perris, California - a novel

"In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law's property, encounters the woman she used to love-leading Tessa to question the very foundations of the life she'sbuilt Abandoned by first her father and then her mother, as a girl Tessa is left to live with her abusive stepfather and stepbrother. She survives by finding reserves of strength in herself, and by the surprising, transformative love of another t

 
The North Line by Riordan, Matt
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
The North Line

 
Maya's Laws of Love

 
Matterhorn by Reich, Christopher
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Matterhorn

 
The Marriage Sabbatical

 
 
Just for the Summer by Jimenez, Abby
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Just for the Summer

 
If the Tide Turns

 
The Husbands by Gramazio, Holly
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
The Husbands

 
The House on Rye Lane

 
 
I cheerfully refuse - a novel

"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire r

 
The house on Biscayne Bay

"With the Great War finally behind them, thousands of civilians and business moguls alike flock to South Florida with their sights set on making a fortune. When wealthy industrialist Robert Barnes and his wife, Anna, build Marbrisa, a glamorous estate onBiscayne Bay, they become the toast of the newly burgeoning society. Anna and Robert appear to have it all, but in a town like Miami, appearances can be deceiving, and one scandal can change everything. Years later following the tragic death of h

 
Habitations by Sundar, Sheila
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Habitations

 
A governess's guide to passion and peril

"Jane Halliwell once dreamed of exploring the world as an acclaimed journalist - but those dreams (and her dowry) died with her father. Now, she works as a governess, safe on England's shores. But when her current employer is murdered, adventure seems tofinally be knocking (rather brutely) at her door. Only the danger is more lethal than she expected . . . for standing outside is the same lord who once broke her tender heart. Lord Adrien Fielding considered Jane a dear companion - but no more, a

 
The good, the bad, and the aunties

"After an ultra-romantic honeymoon across Europe, Meddy Chan and her husband Nathan have landed in Jakarta to spend Chinese New Year with her entire extended family. Chinese New Year, already the biggest celebration of the Lunar calendar, gets even more festive when a former beau of Second Aunt's shows up at the Chan residence bearing extravagant gifts-he's determined to rekindle his romance with Second Aunt and the gifts are his way of announcing his courtship. His grand gesture goes awry howev

 
Forever never

"Under Brick Callan's mile-wide chest beats a loyal heart with a few cracks in it. He's the steadfast, overprotective type. Especially when it comes to the one woman he can never have. It's a long, complicated history punctuated by fights, friendship, family, and an attraction that strains his iron will power. When Remi Ford returns to Mackinac Island in the dead of winter, Brick makes it his mission to find out what put the shadows in those green eyes. Even if it means breaking down the walls h

 
The Duchess by Jordan, Sophie
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
The Duchess

 
Diavola by Thorne, Jennifer
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Diavola

 
Choice by Mukherjee, Neel
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Choice

 
The Book of Thorns by Fox, Hester
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
The Book of Thorns

 
Begin Again by Acton, Helly
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
Begin Again

 
The father she went to find - a novel

"Penny has never met anyone smarter than her. That's par for the course when you're a savant--one of less than one hundred in the world. But despite her photographic memory and super-powered intellect, there's one question Penny doesn't know the answer to: where did her father go when he left her and her mother years ago? On Penny's 21st birthday, she receives a card in the mail from her father, just as she has every year since he left. But this birthday card is different. For the first time eve

 
Don't turn around - a thriller

"The police call him Merkury. He's a killer who chooses his victims seemingly at random. He leaves no evidence behind, and no witnesses. Except for one. When Kate Summerlin was eleven years old, she climbed out her bedroom window on a spring night, looking for a taste of freedom in the small college town where she was living with her parents. But what she found as she wandered in the woods near her house was something else: the body of a beautiful young woman, the first of Merkury's victims. And

 
Day One - a novel

"Marty seems to do no wrong. Trent can't seem to get things right. When they are thrown together by tragedy, they find their futures may be defined by more than just their good intentions. Stonesmere is an English seaside suburb, defined by poignant traditions passed from generation to generation. Marty is a golden girl here, albeit one who quietly chafes against the legacy of her father's accomplishments and the care of her saintly mother - an outsider who became a beloved teacher. Meanwhile, T

 
The corpse in the closet

"First, her disapproving grandmother arrives determined to make Riley take her powers seriously or face the wrath of "the Guild." Then there's the homicide detective who needs her help figuring out who murdered the well-dressed corpse in the walk-in closet. Nick's got his own hands full with a tricky missing person case and his parents who want to know why he didn't tell them about his live-in girlfriend. Then there's the fact that he's still the tiniest bit stressed about Riley almost getting m

 
Cheater

"A shocking murder leaves an affluent retirement community reeling in this riveting high-stakes thriller. Death is not an unfamiliar visitor to Shady Oaks Retirement Village, which provides San Diego's premier elderly support from independent retiree housing to full-time hospice care. But when a resident's body is found brutally stabbed and his apartment ransacked, it's clear there's someone deadly in their community. Detective Katherine "Kit" McKittrick quickly discovers that Shady Oaks is full

 
The blast from the past

"#1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score's suspenseful reluctant psychic Riley Thorn series features hapless Riley and her hot tattooed PI boyfriend Nick Santiago who's determined to keep her safe at all costs. They're are all moved in to their new fixer-upper, finally have their own place, and no new dead bodies for some time. But then a woman from Nick's past shows up and throws a wrench into everything"--

 
American Daughters by Huguley, Piper
Date added:
Mar 4, 2024
American Daughters

 
All we were promised - a novel

"The paths of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia unexpectedly-and dangerously-collide in this dramatic debut novel inspired by the explosive history of a city at war with itself. Philadelphia, 1837. When nineteen-year-old Charlotte escaped from the deteriorating White Oaks plantation four years ago, she'd expected freedom to look completely different from her former life as an enslaved housemaid. Instead, she's locked away playing servant to her white-passing father, hiding th

 
 
 
 
A royal obligation

His throne is on the line, and so is his heart. All he must do is fall in love with the right girl. Prince Barrett never planned to fall in love, but the law requires him to take a wife of royal standing to ascend to the throne. Hoping for a decent match, he invites Lady Charlotte to the palace and attempts to fall in love as his time to marry runs out. But someone else unexpectedly catches his eye and threatens to upend his plans. Jules's passion is for tutoring students, but she never thought

 
Once upon an Effing Time

 
Knowing Amelia by Atkinson, Jen
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Knowing Amelia

 
 
Paper Hearts. by Atkinson, Jen.
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Paper Hearts.

Esther had been dreaming the same dream for weeks. Suddenly, signs of her dream come alive all around her, only the real life version contains the mysterious and kissable Finn. At seventeen Esther told herself she was used to being alone?that she liked it even. Which is maybe why moving in with her uncle and his family, who are practically strangers, feels scarier than the reoccurring dream that won?t stop bothering her. Soon, she?ll be ten hours from the only home she remembers, and the one per

 
My lucky charm

It’s no secret that I love life. And Dr Pepper. But also, I love a challenge. . .So when the coach of the Chicago Comets gives me the opportunity to help their star player, newly traded to their team, acclimate to life in Chicago, I'm all in. It turns out that the player, Grayson Hawke, is the rudest, most off-putting, reclusive guy I’ve ever met. It also turns out that he is the beautiful stranger I kissed on New Year’s Eve.

 
Love & Mercy by Atkinson, Jen.
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Love & Mercy

Mercy Harlem did not need a man to save her. She had built her own business. She had endured the loss of not one parent, but both. She would always be a survivor. But Mercy is struggling to keep her little shop afloat. She may have to swallow her pride, ignore the butterflies in her stomach, and ask Grayson Benson for help. Grayson has a degree, he has skills-he's also out of work. His parents and siblings are clueless to the fact-being fired isn't something he's excited to brag about. As his sa

 
Long after we are gone - a novel

""Don't let the white man take the house." These are the last words King Solomon says to his son before he dies. Now all four Solomon siblings must return to North Carolina to save the Kingdom, their ancestral home and 200 acres of land, from a development company, who has their sights set on turning the valuable waterfront property into a luxury resort. While fighting to save the Kingdom, the siblings must also save themselves from the secrets they've been holding onto. Junior, the oldest son a

 
Kate's War by Henley, Linda Stewart
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Kate's War

 
 
Hidden yellow stars

"Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. ... Young schoolteacher Andraee Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star of David. Andraee is not Jewish, but she feels a maternal connection to her students, who are living in constant fear, and decides to take action. No child should have to suffer under such persecution. But what can one woman do a

 
Final justice by Michaels, Fern.
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Final justice

 
Cinder Luna by Soleil, Marie
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Cinder Luna

 
California Dreaming by Silver, Noa
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
California Dreaming

 
Funny story by Henry, Emily, author.
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Funny story

"A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry, Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. How they met, fell in love, and moved back to his lakesidehometown to begin their life together. Too bad it turned out to be more of a prequel, a complication to Peter's actual love story, the one that ends with him dumping Daphne before their wedding to begin a relationship with his lifelong best frie

 
Dear Kate by Atkinson, Jen.
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Dear Kate

Love letters are a powerful thing--the kind of thing that can change a heart. Kate Benson has everything she's ever wanted. She's a dancer-a successful dancer, at Laurent Academy, in Paris of all places. She even has a boyfriend-well, sort of. So, why isn't she happy? If only Kate could see her family more; she's certain this hopeless pain in her gut would cease. When Kate's dance partner suggests they heal that ache by turning their partnership into more, she's briefly elated. But her heart isn

 
A calamity of souls

"When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call and the only one on the property at the time of death. As far as the state is concerned, it's an open and shut case. Jack Lee, born and raised in Freeman County, knows that every man deserves a solid defense and agrees to be Jerome's lawyer, against everyone's better ju

 
But the girl - a novel

"Shortly after flight MAS370 goes missing, scholarship student Girl boards her own mysterious flight from Australia to London to work on a dissertation on Sylvia Plath. Though she is ambivalent toward academia and harbors ideas about writing a post-colonial novel, if only she could work out just what that means, Girl relishes the freedom that has come with distance from the expectations and judgements of her very tight-knit Malaysian-Australian family. At last Girl has an opportunity to live on

 
Brat - a novel

"From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protagonist grappling with grief, inheritance, and the ghosts of his past"--

 
Angels & Demons by Brown, Dan
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Angels & Demons

From the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Da Vinci Code" comes the explosive thriller that started it all.

 
The Amish quiltmaker's unconventional niece

"Mattie Zook always stands up for what's right-which is why she's been exiled from her Pennsylvania Dutch home to her Aunt Esther's farm. Outraged at local discrimination against the Amish, she's using her rumschpringe to run for town council. Esther canonly hope that sensible local farmer Freeman Sensenig will help Mattie-and keep her from going too far. But Mattie is soon finding her new campaign manager all too appealing . . . Freeman never thought that the standoffish, opinionated Mattie wou

 
Am I 30 Yet? by Atkinson, Jen
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
Am I 30 Yet?

 
All over creation by Ozeki, Ruth L.
Date added:
Feb 29, 2024
All over creation

 
The eyes of the dragon

The Kingdom of Delain is at stake when King Roland is murdered and his son and rightful heir, Peter, is framed for the crime. Plotting against him is the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas. Yet with every plan there are holes--like Thomas's terrible secret. And the determined Prince Peter, who is planning a daring escape from his imprisonment.

 
You've Lost a Lot of Blood

A disturbing new vision of terror from the author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.

 
The Long Walk by King, Stephen
Date added:
Feb 22, 2024
The Long Walk

On the first day of May, 100 teenage boys meet for an event known throughout the country as "The Long Walk." If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying. Reissue.

 
Grove Hollow Metamorphosis- A 1980s Gothic Paranormal Romance Novel

In 1985, Jade Whitney finds herself adjusting to her new life. When she finds a locket connected to a ghost named William, her life takes an unexpected turn as she aids him in his pursuit to crossover, revealing a deep connection between them.

 
Sincerely, the Duke by Grey, Amelia
Date added:
Feb 22, 2024
Sincerely, the Duke

 
Poor things - episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M. D. Scottish public health officer

"In the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Supposedly the product of the fiendish scientist Godwin Baxter, Bella was resurrected for the sole purpose of fulfilling the whims of her benefactor. As his desire turns to obsession, Archibald's motives to free Bella are revealed to be as selfish as Godwin's, who claims her body and soul. But Bella has her own passions to pursue. Passions that take

 
Pansies - a Spires story

Alfie Bell is ... fine. He's got a six-figure salary, a penthouse in Canary Wharf, the car he swore he'd buy when he was eighteen, and a bunch of fancy London friends. It's rough, though, going back to South Shields now that they all know he's a fully paid-up pansy. It's the last place he's expecting to pull. But Fen's gorgeous, with his pink-tipped hair and hipster glasses, full of the sort of courage Alfie's never had. It should be a one-night thing, but Alfie hasn't met anyone like Fen before

 
 
Mistakes we never made

"Emma Townsend can sum up her situationship with hot-as-hell romantic red flag Finn Hughes in one word: almost. They almost dated in high school. They almost hooked up after college. They almost took things too far one magical night. Their whole story isone series of "almosts" and "nearlys," and now they just kind of can't stand each other. Like, at all. But this weekend, one of their mutuals is getting married . . . and Emma and Finn will have to pretend they don't remember how disastrous it wa

 
For real by Hall, Alexis J., author.
Date added:
Feb 22, 2024
For real

"Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the Scene is all played out. Six years from his last relationship, he's pushing forty and tired of going through the motions of submission. Then he meets Toby Finch. Young. Fearless, fierce, and vulnerable. Everything Laurie can't remember being. Toby doesn't know who he wants to be or what he wants to do. But he knows, with all the certainty of youth, that he wants Laurie. He wants him on his knees. He wants to make him hurt, he wants t

 
The cruel dark

Millicent Foxboro is haunted. Not by ghosts, but by the anguish of her past and the uncertainty of her future. After all, even in the progressive year of 1928, most people would balk at hiring a woman who'd spent two months in a mental ward for traumatic amnesia. So when an uncommon assistantship to a reclusive professor of mythology falls into her lap with an ungodly salary attached, her desperation for stability overrides her cautious nature. To Millie's dismay, the widowed Professor Callum Hu

 
Credence

"Tiernan de Haas doesn't care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she's grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was impossible to escapethe loneliness and carve out a life of her own. And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She's always been alone, hasn't she? Jake Van der Berg, her father's stepbrother and her only

 
 
Eruption

 
Camino ghosts by Grisham, John
Date added:
Feb 20, 2024
Camino ghosts

 
The Shadow Lines by Ghosh, Amitav
Date added:
Feb 19, 2024
The Shadow Lines

"A stunning novel" following two families -- one British, one Bengali -- from the New York Times-bestselling author of Sea of Poppies (The New Republic).

 
Mixed signals

"A small-town baker learns to raise her expectations for love with some help from a handsome local teacher in this sunny romantic comedy. Layla Dupree has given up on love. She's waded through all the fish in the sea, each one more disappointing than thelast. Apparently, owning the bakery at Inglewild's most romantic destination does not help one's love life--despite Layla's best efforts. All she wants is a partner who gives her butterflies, not someone who ghosts her at dinner and leaves her wi

 
A love song for Ricki Wilde - a novel

"Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn't one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she's the oppositeof her famous socialite sisters. Where they're long-stemmed roses, she's a dandelion: an adorable bloom that's actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that somewhere, a different, more exciting life await

 
The love remedy

"A stoic private investigator finds himself employed by a devilishly bright apothecary whose business is brimming with tinctures to cure any ailment . . . except perhaps true love. When Lucinda Peterson's recently perfected formula for a salve to treat croup goes missing, she's certain it's only the latest in a line of misfortunes at the hands of a rival apothecary. Outraged and fearing financial ruin, Lucy turns to private investigator Jonathan Thorne for help. She just didn't expect her champi

 
June first

"When the world as you know it has ended, when all that you love has been washed away, where do you find strength? Calder and Eden are free from the stifling grasp of Acadia, but the new world they've stepped into is just as isolating. Each convinced theother died in the flood that decimated their community, they're forced into modern life, hearts broken, futures unclear. After all they sacrificed to be together, a life without one another, forever haunted by grief and memories, seems impossible

 
In a not-so-perfect world - a novel

"A delightful Caribbean-set novel about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course"--

 
Finding Margaret Fuller - a novel

"An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller-America's first feminist and the pioneering journalist who inspired a generation of writers and activists-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post"--

 
Fervor by Lloyd, Toby
Date added:
Feb 19, 2024
Fervor

 
In the weeds

"A grumpy farmer and a no-nonsense social media influencer have another chance at love in this charming romantic comedy. Evelyn St. James isn't the kind of woman you forget. Beckett Porter certainly hasn't. One incredible weekend in Maine, and he's officially a man distracted. He's not unfamiliar with hot and heavy flings, but Evie wove some sort of magic over him during their tumble in the sheets. He can't stop thinking about her laugh. Her hand pressed flat against his chest. Her smiling mouth

 
Flirty little secret

"Guidance counselor Lucy Galindo works hard at being Harview High's Most Likely to Blend In. Between managing her anxiety and depression and having never found her place, Lucy knows she'd crumble at the center of attention. So when she spills boiling teaon the hot new teacher (in front of everyone!), it's a nightmare come to life . . . Aldrich Fletcher is having the worst first day: thanks to a clumsy (and well, beautiful) mystery woman, his pants are soaked; his ex-girlfriend is his new co-work

 
The day of creation

"As Dr. Mallory watches his clinic fail on the parched terrain of central Africa, he dreams of discovering a third Nile that will make the Sahara bloom. When there is a trickle on the local airstrip, and soon a river, the obsessed Mallory claims it as his own creation. Joined by Noon, a silent adolscent girl who as a child ran with the local guerrillas; Professor Sanger, a documentary filmmaker with a fading reputation; and Nora Warrer, the widow of a Rhodesian veterinary surgeon, the remains of

 
Business casual

"Two polar opposites will find out if one night together is enough to get each other out of their systems in the final book in the beloved Lovelight Farms series, publishing as a Berkley original. Nova Porter isn't looking for love, and she certainly hasno explanation for her attraction to buttoned-up, three-piece-suit-wearing, investment banker Charlie Milford. Maybe it's his charm? Or maybe it's his determination to help her fledging business anyway he can. Either way, she's distracted every t

 
Arsene Lupin, gentleman burglar / Gentleman Burglar

A collection of short stories that feature detective and thief Arsaene Lupin.

 
The Air He Breathes

 
American Band by Burkett, Travis
Date added:
Feb 19, 2024
American Band

"Javier Espinoza manages a hungry young rock band without quite enough money to record their debut album. When the slog of playing their hearts out for tiny crowds in Texas border towns gets to be too much, a dangerous idea takes hold of Javier: smuggling migrants across the border for cash. He knows a thing or two about it, after all. He made his own perilous journey from a farm in Coahuila to the US at age eleven, surviving brutal coyotes and dodging authorities. So he and the band find a rams

 
A love song for Ricki Wilde - a novel

"Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn't one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she's the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they're long-stemmed roses, she's a dandelion: an adorable bloom that's actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that somewhere, a different, more exciting life awai

 
The Woman With No Name

 
What Grows in the Dark by Evans, Jaq
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
What Grows in the Dark

 
A Volga tale

"The longest river in Europe, the Volga, divides the continent in two. On one side, mighty mountains, large Russian cities with white stone churches, translucent blue lakes of icy water, a cold wind blowing from the North Sea, and, in the early years of the twentieth century, the winds of momentous change blowing even harder, bringing with them revolution and ideologies that will shape the next two centuries of human history. On the other side, a world that belongs to the past, that is shored up

 
Victim by Boryga, Andrew
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Victim

 
The unquiet bones - a novel

When human remains are found, reopening a decades-old case, a group of friends, highly respected, affluent members of their communities, begins to fracture as homicide detective Jane Munro and forensic anthropologist Dr. Ella Queen get closer to the truthof what happened on an autumn night 47 years ago.

 
 
Trouble by Croucher, Lex
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Trouble

 
The Tower by Carr, Flora
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
The Tower

 
This Could Be Us by Ryan, Kennedy
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
This Could Be Us

 
The Summer Swap by Morgan, Sarah
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
The Summer Swap

 
Thorn tree by Ludington, Max, author.
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Thorn tree

"Now in his late-sixties, Daniel lives in quiet anonymity in a converted guest cottage in the Hollywood Hills. A legendary artist, he's known for one seminal work-Thorn Tree-a hulking, welded, scrap metal sculpture that he built in the Mojave desert in the 1970s. The work emerged from tragedy, but building it kept Daniel alive and catapulted him to brief, reluctant fame in the art world. Daniel is neighbors with Celia, a charismatic but fragile actress. She too experienced youthful fame, hers in

 
The smoke in our eyes

In 1959 Montana, when a fatal car accident shatters his world, 10-year-old Lucas finds himself confronting crime and vengeance, humor and heroism, all against the backdrop of growing up during the Space Race, the brutal racism of segregation and the hopeof a new generation to move us forward.

 
Sandy Wishes by Keim, Judith
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Sandy Wishes

Sometimes, wishes do come true...

 
Salty Kisses by Keim, Judith
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Salty Kisses

 
Play Dirty by Leigh, Lora
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Play Dirty

 
Pelican girls - a novel

"For fans of sweeping historical literature in the vein of Philipp Meyer's The Son or Min Jin Lee's Pachinko, an extraordinary US literary debut set in Paris and colonial New Orleans and based on a true story, about three of the 88 young women-among theman orphan, a madwoman, and an abortionist-who were deported to the Louisiana Territory as brides"--

 
One last shot

"When music star Oaken Fox joins Alaska Air One Rescue for a reality show, he must work with Boo Kingston, a female EMT who isn't impressed with his fame. She needs a trained rescuer - especially if they're going to find a group of lost hikers. But when ablizzard hits and the search goes south, can he become a real hero, or are they headed for tragedy?"--

 
 
Music Stories by Stace, Wesley
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Music Stories

 
Mona of the manor - a novel

"The long-awaited tenth novel in Maupin's beloved and bestselling Tales of the City series, Mona of the Manor follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey--now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in the Cotswolds--and her fabulous butler-slash-adopted-son Wilfred, as they work to help an American visitor who has gotten herself in trouble"--

 
Nothing but the bones

"In McFalls County, local crime boss Gareth Burroughs runs everything on the mountain. And Nelson "Nails" McKenna has been his enforcer since he was a teenager, though his heart's not really in the dirty work. Then one night in a local roadhouse, Nails goes too far, defending a woman, and even Burroughs's reach can't get him out of this one. With a dead body and countless witnesses, Nails and the woman become fugitives on the run, and unlikely partners. But on the road to Jacksonville, where a p

 
Never been better - a novel

"Dee, Misa, and Matt were the "three musketeers" of the psych ward. A year after discharge, Dee is eager to convince everyone that she's finally turning things around. But Matt and Misa are tying the knot in Turks and Caicos, surrounded by guests who haveno idea where they met, and the secrecy isn't sitting well with Dee, who has been hopelessly in love with Matt since before she got kicked out of the hospital. So, when Dee arrives at the swanky resort with her high-voltage sister, Tilley, it's

 
My beloved life - a novel

"Jadunath Kunwar's beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. His mother, while pregnant, nearly dies from a cobra bite. And this is only the first of many challenges in store for Jadu. As his life skates between the mythical and the mundane, Jadu finds meaning in the most unexpected places. He becomes a historian. He has a daughter, Jugnu, who grows up to be a television journalist and then escapes her marriage for a career in the United States. And he sees currents of huge change sweep across I

 
Love, unscripted

"This escapist, summery beach read about a woman who scripted her perfect boyfriend but hates the actor playing him in the on-screen adaptation is perfect for fans of romance, women's fiction, and Hallmark movies"--

 
A long time dead

"Poppy had always loved the night, which is why it wasn't too much of a bother to wake one evening in an unfamiliar home far from London, weak and confused and plagued with a terrible thirst for blood, to learn that she could no longer step out into the day. And while vampirism presented several disadvantages, it more than made up for those in its benefits: immortality, a body that could run at speed for hours without tiring, the thrill of becoming a predator, the thing that pulls rabbits from b

 
Lilith by Rickstad, Eric
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Lilith

 
Like It Never Happened

 
The lady with the dark hair - a novel

"Esther's family has always believed they were descended from a great, though scandalously underappreciated Impressionist-era artist. But when questions arise about her ancestor's greatest work-The Lady with the Dark Hair-her once-solid family history rests on shaky ground as a search for the truth begins"--

 
Kilt Trip by Kiley, Alexandra
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Kilt Trip

 
Island Rule by Flynn, Katie M.
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Island Rule

 
The Inheritance by Goodman, Joanna
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
The Inheritance

 
If the boot fits

"When Samantha Dearing's rancher father hosts a ball to find her a husband, she balks at the prospect of marrying a man not of her own choosing. After a mystery guest saves her brother's life and then disappears, leaving only his boot behind, her search for its owner leads to an ending more enchanting than she imagined"--

 
Keep it in the family

"Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a chilling message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their dream home was once a house of horrors. In the wake of their traumatic discovery, the baby arrives and Mia can't shake her fixation with the monstrous crimes that happen

 
It must be true then - a novel

"Daisy has realized you really can hit rock bottom when you lose your job, your boyfriend, and are estranged from your sister all at once. Seeking to claw her way out from the very definition of a bad year, her plan is to start by simply looking like she's clawing her way out of rock bottom. On Instagram. Obviously. But when she takes a stopgap job as a nanny to help a single father with his two young girls, being immersed in a close-knit, loving family starts to poke holes in her plan. Can maki

 
The inmate

"There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security prison: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But noneof the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates. And they certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke'

 
In the shadow of the Greenbrier - a novel

"Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbrier Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbrier has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family mustgrapple with their place in its shadow . . . and within their own family. In 1942, young mother Sylvia is desperate to escape her stifling marriage, especially when it means co-running Zelner's general store with her husband. When the Greenbrier

 
I am Rome - a novel of Julius Caesar

"The runaway international bestseller - part sweeping historical epic, part legal thriller - following the trial that shaped the life of the young Julius Caesar and gave root to an immortal legacy. Every legend has a beginning. Rome, 77 B.C. Senator Dolabella, known for using violence against anyone who opposes him, is going on trial for corruption and has already hired the best lawyers and even bought the jury. No man dares accept the role of prosecutor - until, against all odds, an unknown twe

 
 
 
Grey Dog by Gish, Elliott
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Grey Dog

 
A Botanical Daughter by Medlock, Noah
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
A Botanical Daughter

 
Happily never after

"Their name? The objectors. Their job? To break off weddings as hired. Their dilemma? They might just be in love with each other. When Sophie Steinbeck finds out just before her wedding that her fiancae has cheated yet again, she desperately wants to callit off. But because her future father-in-law is her dad's cutthroat boss, she doesn't want to be the one to do it. Her savior comes in the form of a professional objector, whose purpose is to show up at weddings and proclaim the words no couple

 
The girls we sent away - a novel

"North Carolina, 1960s. Lorraine has it all-the boyfriend, the good grades, the white picket fence, the ambition to become the first woman astronaut. But when she-the darling girl-next-door-becomes pregnant, she learns that love is conditional and ambition has its limits. In an effort to hide their daughter's secret shame, her parents send her away to a maternity home-a common solution for "wayward" girls during that time period. Lorraine soon realizes that instead of being a safe haven, the hom

 
The funeral ladies of Ellerie County - a novel

"Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for seventy years. Known locally as the "funeral ladies," she and her cohort have worked hard to keep the mourners of Ellerie County fed-it is her firm belief that there is very little a warm casserole and a piece of cherry pie can't fix. But, after falling for an internet scam that puts her home at risk, the proud Larson family matriarch is the one in need of help these days. Iris, Esther's whip-smart Gen Z granddaughte

 
The dredge - a novel

"In Brendan Flaherty's debut novel, two estranged brothers must confront the violence of the past when they find out a pond where they played as children will be dredged, threatening to reveal a long-hidden secret. After some traumatic teenage years in rural Connecticut, Cale and Ambrose Casey had nothing left to say to each other. Cale ran off to Hawaii to sell luxury real estate. Ambrose stayed behind and built up his construction company. Neither thought they'd be in touch again and were glad

 
The dead guy next door

"A nice, normal life. Is that too much to ask? For Riley Thorn it is. Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she's diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they're clairvoyant visions. Just when things can't get worse, a so-hot-it-should-be-illegal private investigator shows up on her doorstep looking for a neighbor...who turns up murdered. Nick Santiago doesn't play well with others. Unless the "others" are of the female persuasion

 
The Chosen. I Have Called You by Name Book one, I have called you by name

"Based on the acclaimed video series The Chosen, the most amazing story ever told--the life of Jesus--gets a fresh, new telling from New York Times bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins. What was it like to encounter Jesus face-to-face? How would he have made you feel, changed your way of thinking about God? Would he have turned your world upside down? Journey to Galilee in the first century. See the difference he made in the lives of those he called to follow him and how they were forever transfo

 
Baby X by Peikoff, Kira
Date added:
Feb 15, 2024
Baby X

 
American spirits

"Three interlocking stories focusing on the residents of a town called Sam Dent, the undercurrent of the Trump movement in America, and a series of local tragedies"--

 
2054 - a novel

"Military fiction that imagines a geopolitical conflict in the year 2054"--

 
The break-up vacation - an MTV beach house novel

"It's the summer after junior year of college, and Grace is looking forward to going to LA with her boyfriend, Josh. When he unexpectedly dumps her, she's left with a hole in her heart and in her summer schedule. Her (very wealthy) best friend, Tiff, along with their new friend, Camille, a French foreign exchange student, come to the rescue and whisk her away to a beach house in Cancun for a week of R&R. Little do Tiff and Camille know, though, that's where Josh is headed, with his maybe-new-gir

 
Spartacus by Fast, Howard
Date added:
Feb 12, 2024
Spartacus

"Spartacus" is a fictionalization of a slave revolt in Rome in 71 BC, well known today because of the 1960 film version. It was originally published by Fast after being turned down by every mainstream publisher of the day. This is a reprinting of the title with a special introduction by the author.

 
I'm not his style by Stockton, Kasey
Date added:
Feb 12, 2024
I'm not his style

 
Folk Around and Find Out

 
Selling out by Keyes, Martha, author.
Date added:
Feb 12, 2024
Selling out

Austin: After years of working my tail off in the music industry, I've finally made it: headlining my own tour across Europe. Sure, it'd be great to sing my own songs instead of the stuff my label gives me, but success requires compromise. It also requires a stellar tour team, which is why I know I have to have Mia Sawyer as one of my backup vocalists when I hear her sing. With thousands of women screaming my name on stage every night, it shouldn't bother me that she doesn't seem to think much o

 
La Petite Mort by Blake, Olivie
Date added:
Feb 12, 2024
La Petite Mort

"After the death of her estranged grandmother, Marisa Marrero finds herself bequeathed a surprising inheritance: a house in the New Orleans French Quarter, left to her with a variety of bizarre conditions attached. Among the surprising consequences of Marisa's acceptance is a friendship with a man called Jack St. Germaine, an alleged alchemist who may or may not be hiding a questionable history, and a series of encounters with Elisabeth Clavier, a vampire known for hunting mortals for sport. As

 
Help for the Haunted by Searles, John
Date added:
Feb 12, 2024
Help for the Haunted

John Searles s Help for the Haunted is an unforgettable story of a most unusual family, their deep secrets, their harrowing tragedy, and ultimately, a daughter s discovery of a dark and unexpected mystery.Sylvie Mason s parents have an unusual occupation helping haunted souls find peace. After receiving a strange phone call one winter s night, they leave the house and are later murdered in an old church in a horrifying act of violence.A year later, Sylvie is living in the care of her older siste

 
Crosshairs

NYC detective Michael Bennett teams up with a former Army Ranger and sniper whose long, unexplained absences from duty causes suspicions during the investigation of a serial killer.

 
Rivers by Smith, Michael Farris
Date added:
Feb 2, 2024
Rivers

 
Familia by Rico, Lauren E., author.
Date added:
Feb 2, 2024
Familia

A fact-checker for a popular magazine, Gabby DiMarco, takes a DNA test and discovers she has a sister in Puerto Rico who has been desperately trying to find her for 25 years, despite her parents saying it is impossible.

 
Summer reading

"When a woman who'd rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making for one hot-summer fling in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay's new rom-com. For Samantha Gale, a summer on Martha's Vineyard at her family'stiny cottage was supposed to be about resurrecting her career as a chef, until she's tasked with chaperoning her half-brother, Tyler. The teenage brainiac is spending his summer at the local library in a robotics competition, and there's no place

 
 
Rules of civility

A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.

 
Women of Good Fortune by Wan, Sophie
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
Women of Good Fortune

 
The Wild Side by Michaels, Fern
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
The Wild Side

 
While the city sleeps

"Dentist Katherine Schneider has always admired police lieutenant Jonathan Birch from afar, but they are brought together when Katherine is the only person who can identify the mastermind behind a string of deadly bombings. With lives on the line, Katherine and Jonathan must hold on to hope--and each other-if they want to survive"--

 
 
Voice of the ancient

"When a nearby city is attacked, Avidan fights for the newly crowned King Saul. When one of his cousins goes missing during the battle, he searches for him and instead stumbles across Keziah--the daughter of a powerful man. Traveling together, they must rely on each other to stay alive and learn to trust the King of Israel to guide their every step"--

 
Up Island Harbor by Stone, Jean
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
Up Island Harbor

 
Up from dust - Martha's story

"Responsible for raising her siblings, Lazarus and Mary, after her mother's untimely death, Martha finds solace in friendship and the beginnings of first love, until adversity strikes again. Many years later, a life-changing encounter with Jesus of Nazareth reawakens Martha's heart, even as she faces an unknown future"--

 
Two dead wives

"A woman with a shocking secret is missing, presumed dead. And her two husbands are suspects in her murder. DCI Clements knows the dark side of human nature and that love can make people do treacherous things...Until a body is found, this sad case remainswide open. Stacie Jones lives a quiet life in a small village, nursed by her father as she recovers from illness, and shielded from any news of the outside world. But their reclusive life is about to be shattered. How are these families linked,

 
The songbird of Hope Hill - a novel

"A young woman longs to know true love after escaping from a hopeless situation at a house of ill repute in this heartwarming novel inspired by historical events-from the bestselling author of A Tapestry of Grace"--

 
She's Not Sorry by Kubica, Mary
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
She's Not Sorry

 
Remember by Kingsbury, Karen.
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
Remember

 
The Reaper Follows

 
Take two, Birdie Maxwell

"Birdie Robinson thought she'd gotten everything she wanted out of life: fame, adoration and an A-list career as Hollywood's most beloved ingenue. But after an on-set feud goes viral, she's forced to go into hiding in the one place where no one would think to find her: her childhood home. Wallowing in her bedroom, she stumbles upon an anonymous love letter from a former boyfriend and decides that a very public reunion with her nameless suitor could turn the wave of public opinion back in her fav

 
 
 
Meadow Falls

Inheriting Meadow Falls, the farm that's been in her Texas family for generations, Angela Marie, saddled with a legacy she never wanted, comes to see this as a precious gift by coming to terms with her past with the help of a handsome veteran she hires asa farmhand.

 
Kingdom of Love- 3 Medieval Romances

Will three medieval women find their castles to be fortresses of love and safety. . .or prisons of despair? If only the walls could talk!

 
Just for the Summer

 
I see London

"Maggie Carpenter is a small-town Southern girl who's never been kissed. She's ready for a change..she accepts a scholarship to the International School in London, where she's suddenly mingling with the privileged offspring of diplomats and world leaders.When Maggie meets Hugh...she finds herself living the life she has always wanted...The only problem? There's someone else...Half French, half Lebanese and impossibly rich, Samir Khouri has made it clear to Maggie that despite their intense attra

 
Good Half Gone by Fisher, Tarryn
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
Good Half Gone

 
The Fake Out by Archer, Stephanie
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
The Fake Out

 
Double Lives by Monroe, Mary
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
Double Lives

 
Daughter of Mine by Miranda, Megan
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
Daughter of Mine

 
Behind the Net by Archer, Stephanie
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
Behind the Net

 
The elusive truth of Lily Temple - a novel

"Lively and charming silent movie actress Lily Temple is everything private investigator Peter Driscoll is not. It makes sense, then, that combining forces would mean more cases solved and secrets revealed. Except for Lily's own - why a legendary missingsapphire is within her possession and on her person at all times"--

 
Darling at the campsite - a novel

Rowan Darling is an adrift thirty-three-year-old record store owner in a run-down block of Philadelphia. Then news of his estranged brother's death forces a return to Maybee, Illinois, the hometown Rowan left in the dust years ago. Rowan's plan? Dart in for the funeral, support his mother, then disappear just as quickly. Things to avoid? Margot Beckett, his childhood sweetheart, and Skid Hall, his former best friend who stole Margot and married her. Together, they've become the town's 'it' coupl

 
A cowboy's fourth of July

Could a cowboy's former crush be his future? Dix Youngblood has loved Allison Burns since he tutored her in high school. Now she's a single mom trying to save her family's Oklahoma ranch...from him. Foreclosing on bad debts is the only way to succeed as a banker. But he can't refuse her request for help. From feeding piglets to posing as Allison's fake boyfriend, Dix is soon pulled into the beautiful rancher's life. Will she reawaken his cowboy heart?

 
A Cow Hunter's Lament and Other Stories- A Western Collection

"Award-winning novelist Larry D. Sweazy's first published short story collection features eleven western stories, including a new short story, "A Cow Hunter's Lament." Three of the stories, "Rattlesnakes and Skunks," "Lost Mountain Pass," and "Shadow of the Crow," are origin stories for Sweazy's series characters Josiah Wolfe, Trusty Dawson, and Sonny Burton. The stories are traditional westerns with a few that have underlying mysteries, as well as two that have supernatural elements, all writte

 
Circle of vengeance

"Twenty-five years ago, a body was discovered in the Turney family's barn. This discovery, and the resulting suspicion that fell on every member as the murder remained unsolved, slowly destroyed the family. Now, the daughter, Jill, a Chicago lawyer, wantsthe case solved and hires cold case private investigator Star Cavanaugh to unravel the mystery. But as Star begins digging up generation-old secrets, the killer resurfaces, determine to make sure all the secrets remain buried, no matter what the

 
The cemetery of untold stories - a novel

"When celebrated writer Alma Cruz inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for manuscript drafts and revisions and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary for their true narratives."--

 
Black wolf

"Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted mind, able to see what others miss, able to solve the crimes that baffle all others. The only thing she fears is herself. Antonia is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes to solve the most devious and dangerous crimes. But she is unwilling to move past the last case, convinced it's related to a personal tragedy, until a series of deadly events pulls her back in. In southern Spain, in the Costa del Sol, a key mafia figure i

 
Becoming Madam Secretary

"Raised on tales of her revolutionary ancestors, Frances Perkins arrives in New York City at the turn of the century, armed with her trusty parasol and an unyielding determination to make a difference. When she's not working with children in the crowded tenements in Hell's Kitchen, Frances throws herself into the social scene in Greenwich Village, befriending an eclectic group of politicians, artists, and activists, including the millionaire socialite Mary Harriman Rumsey, the flirtatious buddin

 
Dark watch by Cussler, Clive.
Date added:
Feb 1, 2024
Dark watch

 
Your shadow half remains

In a post-apocalyptic world where eye contact causes people to spiral into a deadly, violent rage, Riley, when a new neighbor moves in down the road, throws caution to the wind in her desperate need for human contact, and as they grow closer, she can no longer fight her deepest desires.

 
Young lion hunter by Grey, Zane
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Young lion hunter

 
Wolf at the Table by Rapp, Adam
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Wolf at the Table

 
Wild houses

"The riotous, raucous, and deeply resonant debut novel from "one of the best story writers in the English language today" (Financial Times), Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With hisacclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporary Irish literature's most daring stylists. Praised by Oprah Daily as "a doyen of the sentence," and by the Los Angeles

 
 
 
The Visitors

 
The truth about the Devlins

"TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm-except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-workjob with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with proof of embezzlement. It seems impossible coming

 
The swan's nest

"A tender and engrossing historical novel about the unlikely love affair between two great nineteenth-century poets, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett. On a bleak January day in 1845, a poet who had been confined to her room for four years by recurrent illness received a letter from a writer she secretly idolized but had never seen"--

 
 
 
The trail of lost hearts

"Thirty-four-year-old Wren Waters believes that if you pay attention, the universe will send you exactly what you need. But her worldview shatters when the universe delivers two life-altering blows she didn't see coming, and all she wants to do is put thewhole heartbreaking mess behind her. No one is more surprised than Wren when she discovers that geocaching-the outdoor activity of using GPS to look for hidden objects-is the only thing getting her out of bed and out of her head. She decides tha

 
Sylvia's second act - a novel

"Her husband's cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn't going to take it anymore. She's moving back north, to the city of her dreams-with her best friend, Evie, in tow. Think a screwball comedy featuring a sophisticated Thelma and Louise with martinis in hand . . . When sixty-three-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with the floozy of their Boca retirement community, she's shocked and furious . . . at first. By the time her head stops spinning, Sylvia realizes that actu

 
Still see you everywhere

"No man truly fears a woman. Not even one who is her father's daughter. The case was sensational. Kaylee Pierson had confessed from the very beginning, waived all appeals. She had called herself "death," but people called her the devil. Despite the media's chronicling of her tragic circumstances-the childhood spent with a violent father-no one could find sympathy for "the Beautiful Butcher" who had led eighteen men home from bars before viciously slitting their throats. Now, with only twenty-one

 
Smoke Kings

"Nate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are still being killed in the streets...When his little cousin is murdered, Nate shuns the graffiti murals, candlelight vigils, and Twitter hashtags that are commonplace after these senseless deaths. Instead, he leads 3 grief-stricken friends on a mission of retribution, kidnapping the descendants of long-ago perpetrators of hate crimes, confronting the targets with their racist lineages, and forcing them to pay rep

 
One in the chamber

"On Capitol Hill, they work you to death. Cameron Leann is new to Washington, D.C. An Iowa farm boy without a penny to his name, Cam has joined a group of affluent junior staffers working for a powerful cohort of U.S. Senators known as The Gang of Six. Liz Frost, the group's charismatic leader, teases and strings Cam along as he grows increasingly infatuated with her. Heir to a political dynasty, Randy Lancaster pushes Cam to his limits with his penchant for booze, drugs, and meaningless flings.

 
Nearly all the men in Lagos are mad - stories

"A collection of short stories about love and dating in Lagos, Nigeria"--

 
Mother doll by Apekina, Katya
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Mother doll

 
Memory Piece by Ko, Lisa
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Memory Piece

 
The mystery writer - a novel

"Theo Benton decides to move to the United States to finally finish her novel, and she is soon drawn into a literary labyrinth where identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of sales and readership. When her mentor and lover is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. But when the prime suspect turns out to be her older brother, Gus, Theo does what is necessary to protect him-to save him. Then she disappears. But the writer has left a t

 
Midnight on Beacon Street - a novel

"A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller-and love letter to vintage horror movies-in which a teenager must overcome her own anxiety to protect the two children she's babysitting when strangers come knocking at the door. October 1993. One night. Onehouse. One dead body. When single mom Eleanor Mazinski goes out a for a much-needed date night, she leaves her two young children-sweet, innocent six-year-old Ben and precocious, defiant twelve-year-old Mira-in the capable hands of their sitter,

 
Luck and a horse- a western duo

"Found among a group of unpublished works by Frederick Faust, these two Western stories both deal with cowardice. In "Traynor" the title character is believed to be a weak young man, having let Dr. Parker Channing steal his love, Rose Laymon, away from him. When the stage Traynor is driving into Little Snake is robbed and Traynor's best friend and stage guard, Sam Whitney, is killed by the robber, Traynor chases the thief and recovers his dropped Stetson, which is identified as having been sold

 
Love, me - a novel

"Rachel Miller is a lawyer and mother of two who's just as comfortable in a courtroom as she is on the sidelines of a soccer field. Sure, her marriage is on autopilot, her parents are overly involved, and the other suburban moms are just a little bit catty. But if you ask Rachel, life is good. That is until her world is upended when racy photos of her and her high school boyfriend, the famous actor Jack Bellow-along with his love letters to her-are published in a tabloid, unexpectedly thrusting

 
 
 
The Last Verse by Frost, Caroline
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
The Last Verse

 
 
The house of plain truth - a novel

"With news of her father's passing, Pearline abruptly leaves her daughter and grandchildren behind in Brooklyn to return to her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn't prepared for her father's puzzling deathbed wish that she find her siblings--whomshe hasn't seen in 60 years--and discover the secret that tore her family apart"--

 
Headshot by Bullwinkel, Rita
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Headshot

 
The Grief of Goodbye by Field, K. D.
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
The Grief of Goodbye

Can a mother's unwavering determination save her self-destructive daughter before time runs out?

 
How we named the stars - a novel

"When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family's hopes and dreams, and the burden of sharing his late uncle's name. Daniel flounders at first--but then Sam, his roommate, changes everything. As their relationship evolves from brotherly banter to something more intimate, Daniel soon finds himself in love with a man who helps him see himself in a new light. But just as their relationship takes flight, Daniel is pulled a

 
Great expectations - a novel

"I'd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States's first Black pres

 
A Great Country

 
Glorious exploits - a novel

"Set in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Peloponnesian War but told in contemporary Irish dialect, Glorious Exploits follows Lampo and Gelon, best friends since childhood. Thrilled to have survived the Athenians' recent invasion and as shocked by the Syracusan victory as everyone else, these unemployed potters are in a mood to celebrate. Of course, they hate the Athenians. Still, that doesn't mean you can't love the theatre of their great playwright Euripides, does it? Realizing that if the Athenian

 
Fruit of the Dead by Lyon, Rachel
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Fruit of the Dead

 
Finding Sophie - a novel

"Two parents, desperate to find their missing daughter, stand accused of murder. How far will they go to find the truth? Someone is guilty. For the last seventeen years, everything Harry and Zara King have done has been for their crown jewel, Sophie, their one and only daughter. When she goes missing, Harry and Zara will stop at nothing to find her. Someone knows what happened. The police have no leads, and as the weeks pass there's little news. Harry and Zara's suspicion of a neighbor and his i

 
Expiration Dates by Serle, Rebecca
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Expiration Dates

 
The Divorcees by Beaird, Rowan
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
The Divorcees

 
The desert crucible

John Shefford sets out to rescue three people trapped in Surprise Valley, including Fay Larkin, who, unknown to him, has been forced into a polygamous marriage to a mysterious Mormon leader.

 
Comstock Lode by L'Amour, Louis
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Comstock Lode

 
The daybreakers - a novel

"Tyrel Sackett was born into trouble but vowed to justice. After having to kill a man in Tennessee, he hit the trail west with his brother Orrin. Those were the years when decent men and women lived in fear of Indians, rustlers, and killers, but the Sackett brothers worked to make the West a place where people could raise their children in peace. Orrin brought law and order from Santa Fe to Montana, and his brother Tye backed him up every step of the way. Till the day the job was done, Tye Sacke

 
Darling girls

"Get ready for another twisty domestic thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SOULMATE. From the outside, Alicia, Jessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you'd meet on the street any day of the week. Sure, Jessica has a littleOCD and Norah has some anger issues. And Alicia has low self-esteem that manifests itself in surprising ways. But these three have a bond that no one can fully understand. It's a bond that takes them back decades, to when they were girls, and th

 
Chevengur

"Chevengur is a philosophical novel that is also rich in psychological, social, and sensuous detail. Although it was never publishable in the USSR, it now stands as one of the most celebrated of Soviet novels, and along with The Foundation Pit, it is themost ambitious and moving of Andrey Platonov's efforts to take the measure of a world undergoing revolutionary transformation. The full text of Chevengur is here translated into English for the first time by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, whose v

 
The Canopy Keepers

 
Bunyan and Henry - or, the beautiful destiny - a novel

"A large-hearted reimagining of beloved all-American legends, this epic debut novel brings men of myth Paul Bunyan and John Henry alive like never before, teaming up for an adventure quest with deeper interrogations of race, class, and industrialization.When we first meet Paul Bunyan-legendary larger-than-life lumberjack and classic figure from American mythology-he is still just a man, and one down on his luck. With a load of family debts on his broad back, Bunyan is eking out a miserable miner

 
Betty Zane by Grey, Zane.
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Betty Zane

A new edition of Zane Grey's 1903 debut novel, a dramatization of the life of his great aunt, Betty Zane, a heroine of the American frontier during the Revolutionary War era. It is the first of three books by Grey chronicling the Zane family and the American frontier.

 
Bad Animals by Braunstein, Sarah
Date added:
Jan 29, 2024
Bad Animals

 
All the world beside

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England. Cana, Massachusetts: a utopian vision of 18th-century Puritan New England. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community, drawing Christians from across the New World into their fold. One such Christian, physician Arthur Lyman, discovers in the minister's words a love s

 
All our yesterdays - a novel

"Scotland, the 11th Century. Born in a noble household and granddaughter of a forgotten Scottish king, a young girl carries the guilt of her mother's death and the weight of an unknowable prophecy. When she is married, at fifteen, to the Mormaer of Moray,she experiences firsthand the violence of a sadistic husband and a kingdom constantly at war. To survive with her young son in a superstitious realm, she must rely on her own cunning and wit, especially when her husband's downfall inadvertently

 
The Z word

"During a Pride celebration, Wendy notices the beginning of an infection that seems to be turning people into zombies. She and others from the local queer community must team up (despite interpersonal tension) to try and stop the outbreak, discover its source, and survive"--

 
You Like It Darker by King, Stephen
Date added:
Jan 25, 2024
You Like It Darker

 
The Stolen Child by Hood, Ann
Date added:
Jan 25, 2024
The Stolen Child

 
The off limits rule

I have found rock bottom. It's here, moving in with my older brother because I'm too broke to afford to live on my own. It's okay though, because we've always been close and I think I'm going to have fun living with him again. That is until I meet Cooper. Turns out, my brother has very strong opinions on the idea of me dating his best friend and is dead set against it. According to him, Cooper is everything I should stay away from: flirtatious, adventurous, non-committal, and freaking hot. (I ad

 
Winter lost

"In the supernatural realms, there are creatures who belong to winter. I am not one of them. But like the coyote I can become at will, I am adaptable. My name is Mercy Thompson Hauptman, and my mate, Adam, is the werewolf who leads the Columbia Basin Pack, the pack charged with keeping the people who live and work in the Tri-Cities of Washington State safe. It's a hard job, and it doesn't leave much room for side quests--which is why when I needed to travel to Montana to help my brother, I inten

 
James - a novel

"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan.

 
Amish alias by Emma, Ashley, author.
Date added:
Jan 25, 2024
Amish alias

"After Charlotte Cooper's parent die and her abusive ex-fiance threatens her, the only way to protect her younger sister Zoe is by faking their deaths and leaving town. The sisters' only hope of a safe haven lies with their estranged Amish aunt in Unity, Maine, where their mother grew up before she left the Amish. Aunt Esther agrees to shelter the sisters, even though it means risking that a dark secret she has carefully kept for years might be uncovered in the process. Elijah Hochstettler, the

 
Village weavers - a novel

"From award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy comes an extraordinary and enduring story of two families forever joined by country-and by long-held secrets-and two girls with a bond that refuses to be broken. In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendship-until a deathbed revelation ripples through their families and tears them apart. After Franc¸ois Du

 
The Ukraine

"The Ukraine is a collection of 26 pieces that deliberately blur the line between nonfiction and fiction, conjuring the essence of a beloved country through its tastes, smells, and sounds, its small towns and big cities, its people and their compassion and indifference, simplicities and complications. In the title story, Chapeye facetiously plays with the English misuse of the article "the" in reference to Ukraine, capturing a country as perceived from the outside, by foreigners. That pseudo-kit

 
Of Love and Treason by Ogle, Jamie
Date added:
Jan 25, 2024
Of Love and Treason

 
The Morningside by Obreht , Tea
Date added:
Jan 25, 2024
The Morningside

 
The Golden Chance

 
Forget I told you this - a novel

"Forget I Told You This is the story of a queer single mother and aspiring artist who finds herself in the thick of a plot to overthrow Big Data"--

 
Struck dead by Kane, Andrea, author.
Date added:
Jan 25, 2024
Struck dead

"When a tragic hit-and-run takes the life of a hardworking family man, multi-millionaire Christopher Hillington becomes the prime suspect, and the whole city of New York alights with speculation as to what happened. But before the NYPD can establish Hillington's guilt, he himself is brutally murdered in his own home. As he lays dying, he scrawls the name Casey Woods with his own blood, and the Forensic Instincts team is drawn into a complex mystery that has placed its president in the sights of

 
The housemaid is watching

""You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way... I used to clean other people's houses - now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard

 
Found audio - a novel

"Amrapali Anna Singh is an historian and analyst capable of discerning the most cryptic and trivial details from audio recordings. One day, a mysterious man appears at her office in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, having traveled a great distance to bring her threeType IV audio cassettes that bear the stamp of a library in Buenos Aires that may or may not exist. On the cassettes is the deposition of an adventure journalist and his obsessive pursuit of an amorphous, legendary, and puzzling "City of Dreams.

 
 
Driving the tide

"The liberation of occupied France is long overdue, but the magnitude of the operation requires the combined efforts of the resistance groups across Europe. Jeremy Littlefield returns to France to prepare for the Allied invasion, Operation Overlord. An occupied country is a dangerous terrain to navigate, and as Jeremy works with his fiancaee to set the plan in motion, even the smallest mistake can come at a fatal price. At Bletchley Park, Claire Littlefield decodes a troubling message from Germa

 
The diver

"Marta doesn't mean to kill her husband. In fact, she hardly believes that he's dead at all. After a grisly accident leaves her husband drowned at the bottom of Lake Michigan, she begins a frenzied investigation of the afterlife that soon drags in everyone around her, from her mother-in-law to the private detectives parked outside her front door, as she tries to dig herself free of her own deadly mistakes. Meanwhile, Peter is a young paralegal at the firm hired to investigate her role in her hus

 
The curators - a novel

"Violence haunts 1915 Atlanta and so does the golem a group of girls creates"--

 
Annie Bot by Greer, Sierra
Date added:
Jan 25, 2024
Annie Bot

 
Bless your heart

"A crackling mystery-horror novel with big-hearted characters and Southern charm with a bite, Bless Your Heart is a gasp-worthy delight from start to finish from debut author Lindy Ryan. Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill. It's 1999in Southeast Texas and the Evans women, owners of the only funeral parlor in town, are keeping steady with...normal business. The dead die, you bury them. End of story. That's how Ducey Evans has done it for the last eighty years, and her progeny

 
What was Beautiful and Good

A young singer's 'joie de vivre' is disrupted by the outbreak of World War 1.

 
Riding the Tempest by Jackson, Lee
Date added:
Jan 22, 2024
Riding the Tempest

 
A proper scoundrel by Hatch, Esther
Date added:
Jan 22, 2024
A proper scoundrel

 
Only the brave by Steel, Danielle
Date added:
Jan 22, 2024
Only the brave

 
The Mauritius Command

"Jack's assignment: to capture the Indian Ocean islands of Reunion and Mauritius from the French. That campaign forms the narrative thread of this rollicking sea saga. But its substance is more beguiling still." --Elizabeth Peer, Newsweek

 
The haunted reckoning

 
 
The haunted gathering

 
 
Graveyard shift by Dorey, Michelle
Date added:
Jan 22, 2024
Graveyard shift

 
A grave conjuring by Dorey, Michelle
Date added:
Jan 22, 2024
A grave conjuring

 
The 24th hour by Patterson, James
Date added:
Jan 22, 2024
The 24th hour

 
 
Painting Rain by Larsen, Annette K.
Date added:
Jan 18, 2024
Painting Rain

 
Saving Marilee by Larsen, Annette K.
Date added:
Jan 18, 2024
Saving Marilee

Marriage wasn't bliss for Marilee. Instead of finding contentment with the handsome duke, she found betrayal, neglect and fear, a fear that finally lifts when her husband dies, freeing her from his domineering hand. When her charming neighbor intrudes on her quiet life, she must determine whether his interest is genuine, and whether he deserves the fragile bit of trust she has managed to scrape together.

 
The New Couple in 5b by Unger, Lisa
Date added:
Jan 18, 2024
The New Couple in 5b

 
Murder road

"A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases. July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to be a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they s

 
Missing Lily

"Lylin is not used to being alone--much less alone, hurt, and lost. So when she is separated from her guard and forced to abandon her horse, she counts herself lucky to stumble upon a manor house. Still frightened by those who chased her into the night, she keeps her identity a secret, calling herself Lily as she accepts the help of kind servants and the compassion of Lord Fallon. When they fall into an easy friendship, she wonders if her secrecy was too hasty. However, as she gets to know the m

 
The Lost Girls of Paris

 
Lone Oaks Crossing

"Determined to save the family farm from foreclosure, Derby-winning horse trainer Jo Beth Ellis reinvents the property as a healing retreat for horses and makes a deal with her handsome neighbor in hopes of winning a trifecta--a champion horse, a happy family and a forever love"--

 
The Hunter by French, Tana
Date added:
Jan 18, 2024
The Hunter

 
The Great Divide

 
The lost girls of Devon - a novel

"It's been years since Zoe Fairchild has been to the small Devon village of her birth, but the wounds she suffered there still ache. When she learns that her old friend and grandmother's caretaker has gone missing, Zoe and her fifteen-year-old daughter return to England to help. Zoe dreads seeing her estranged mother, who left when Zoe was seven to travel the world. As the four generations of women reunite, the emotional pain of the past is awakened. And to complicate matters further, Zoe must a

 
Keeping Kinley

Kinley is content tending her apple orchard, until a chance meeting with a childhood friend changes her priorities. Spending time with nobility is not socially acceptable, but Rylan rejects the norm. He pursues her with an easygoing charm, though she doesn't dare hope that their relationship will be a reality. When Kinley's livelihood is threatened, any thoughts of a relationship are set aside as she's thrust into Rylan's world, where commoners and nobility don't mix. The Rylan she encounters th

 
Just Ella

I watched in helpless horror as two guards hauled Gavin to his feet and dragged him from the room. My voice was frozen, unable to protest as another guard took hold of my arm, leading me upstairs. From the confines of my room, I stared into the darkness beyond my window, hoping to catch one more glimpse of Gavin. He was gone, and I wondered if he would have been better off if he had never met me.' Ariella was only looking for a distraction, something to break up the monotony of palace life. What

 
Every Single Secret

 
Cole and Laila are just friends - a love story

"Cole and Laila have been inseparable since they could crawl. And they've never thought about each other that way. Except for when they have. Rarely. Once in a while, sure. But seriously . . . hardly ever"--

 
Bye, baby - a novel

"Best friends don't always have the best intentions. On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing. Billie is shaken as she looks down into her own arms to see the baby, remembering - with a jolt of fear - that she is responsible for the kidnapping that has instantly shattered Cassie's world. Once fiercely bonded by their s

 
Brightest Light of Sunshine

"Samuel 'Cal' Callaghan isn't who she had envisioned as her first male friend in... well, forever. With an intimidating build, tattoos everywhere, eight years her senior, and a little sister under his care, the last thing she expected was to warm up to him so easily. As their friendship evolves, Grace can't help but wonder if Cal is exactly who she's been looking for all this time. Cal can't afford to lose sight of his priorities--making sure his tattoo parlor thrives and taking care of his litt

 
Wandering stars

"Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in There There"--

 
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo (Paris, 1844-45), by French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most popular novels ever written. Set in Marseilles, Rome and Paris in the nineteenth century, it tells the story of Edmond Dante`s, a young sailor who is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned in a dungeon for fourteen years. A fellow prisoner tells him where to find treasure buried on a Mediterranean island called Monte Cristo. On Dante`s's escape, he acquires the treasure, gives him

 
Sisters of Belfast - a novel

"Orphaned during the Second World War, Aelish and Isabel McGuire--known as the twins of Belfast--are given over to the austere care of the Sisters of Bethlehem. Though they are each all the other has, the girls are propelled in opposite directions as theygrow up. Rebellious Isabel turns her back on the church and Ireland, traveling to Newfoundland where she pursues a perilous yet independent life. Devout Aelish chooses to remain in Northern Ireland and takes the veil, burying painful truths bene

 
Savor the moment by Roberts, Nora.
Date added:
Jan 15, 2024
Savor the moment

 
The rumor game

"A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in World War II-era Boston. June, 1943. Wartime tensions are running high, and an atmosphere of distrust and unease is dividing friends and neighbors. The two protagonistsof Thomas Mullen's gripping historical thriller find themselves at the center of a dangerous tinderbox, trying to douse the sparks before flames engulf the city. Reporter Anne Lemire writes the Rumor Clinic, a newspaper column that disproves the

 
The Rings of Saturn by Sebald, W. G.
Date added:
Jan 15, 2024
The Rings of Saturn

A fictional account of a walking tour through England's East Anglia, author W.G. Sebald's home for more than 20 years, "The Rings of Saturn" explores Britain's pastoral and imperial history. On the pilgrimage a company of ghosts, like conductors between the past and present, keep the narrator company.

 
Right on cue

"From the beloved author of Just My Type and Lease on Love comes a new romantic comedy in which a former actress-turned-screenwriter finds herself back in the spotlight, only for her romantic lead to be the one man she can't stand"--

 
Piglet - a novel

"When Piglet's fiancae reveals a horrible betrayal two weeks before their wedding day, she decides to proceed with the event, but her life slowly starts unraveling in the lead-up to the big day"--

 
The Partner Plot by Forest, Kristina
Date added:
Jan 15, 2024
The Partner Plot

 
The Painter's Daughters

 
 
Love redesigned

"Julian. If I ever caught on fire, Dahlia Mun~oz would fan the flames with a smile. So, when she returns to Lake Wisteria, I fully intend to avoid the interior designer. At least until my meddling mother exploits my savior complex. The faster I help Dahlia find her creative spark, the sooner she will leave town. But while I was busy getting rid of Dahlia, I overlooked one potential issue. What happens if I want her to stay? Dahlia. People say the devil has many faces, but I know only one. Julian

 
Leave no trace - a national parks thriller

"In a daring, brutal act of terrorism, an explosion rocks and topples the Statue of Liberty. Special Agent Michael Walker of the National Park Service is awakened by his boss with that news and sent to New York as the agent-in-charge. Not long after he lands, he learns two things - one that Gina Delgado of the FBI has been placed in charge of the investigation as the lead of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and two, that threats of a second terrorism attack are already being called into the media.

 
King Nyx by Bakis, Kirsten
Date added:
Jan 15, 2024
King Nyx

 
Hypnotized by Love by Wilson, Sariah
Date added:
Jan 15, 2024
Hypnotized by Love

 
A haunting in the arctic

"A deserted shipwreck off the coast of Iceland holds terrors and dark secrets in this chilling horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches. The year is 1901, and Nicky is attacked, then wakes on board the Ormen, a whaling ship embarked on whatcould be its last voyage. With land still weeks away, it's just her, the freezing ocean, and the crew - and they're all owed something only she can give them... Now, over one hundred years later, the wreck of the Ormen has washed up on the forbid

 
Don't let her stay - an unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist

"Joanne knows how lucky she is. Richard is a wonderful husband, Evie is the most gorgeous baby girl, they live in a beautiful house... Life couldn't be better. Until Richard's twenty-year-old daughter Chloe turns up. Chloe hasn't spoken to her father since the day he married Joanne two years ago. But Chloe wants to make peace. She'll even move in for a few weeks to help Joanne with the new baby. It sounds perfect, but when things happen that make Joanne feel like she's losing her mind, she begi

 
Crippled Jack

From book jacket

 
After Annie by Quindlen, Anna
Date added:
Jan 15, 2024
After Annie

 
Brooklyn

"Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to get what she wants. The question isn't who murdered her; the question is who wouldn't? Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deservesafter leaving a web of lies, heartache, and betrayal behind her. As her life slips away, Brooklyn remembers the events that shaped her into the cold, calculating creature she became. Brooklyn learned the art of hustling from her parents who used

 
The American daughters - a novel

"When Adebimpe is ten, she is sold with her mother, Sanite, to plantation owner John du Marche. He soon renames her Ady but Sanite never lets her daughter forget who she really is - a person who can read and write and understand numbers. Most importantly,Sanite reminds Ady that she must never reveal these abilities to a white person, especially not her true name. Tasked with maintaining du Marche's home in vibrant New Orleans, Ady takes in the city and starts to envision life beyond her dire cir

 
Where They Lie by Coughlan, Claire
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
Where They Lie

 
 
The Turtle House by Churchill, Amanda
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
The Turtle House

 
The Trouble With You

 
Trondheim by James, Cormac
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
Trondheim

 
Waiting for the flood

"From the acclaimed author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL comes a deeply moving romance about losing the life you always thought would be yours...and finding something beautiful in the wreckage of the past. Quietly heartbroken, Edwin Tully lives alone in the househe used to share with the man he once loved. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past. Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin's quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacr

 
Till there was you - a novel

""Witty, warm, and charming...Fans of Emily Henry and Robinne Lee's The Idea of You are going to go crazy for this one!" -Jennifer Close, author of Marrying the Ketchups Culinary student Lexi Berman, 24, has one goal: to make her late mother proud by becoming an executive chef in a Michelin-star restaurant. And she isn't going to let anything-or anyone-get in the way. But when she meets Jake Taylor, a dive bar musician who charms her with show tunes, she makes a rare exception to her no-dating r

 
Thirst - a novel

"Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting yearning that will not let them rest. A breakout, genre-blurring novel from one of the most exciting new voices of Latin America's feminist Gothic. It is the twilight of Europe's bloody bacchanals, of murder and feasting without end. In the nineteenth century, a vampire arrives from Europe to the coast of Buenos Aires and, for the second time in her life, watches as villages transform into a cosmop

 
Table for Two - Fictions

 
Sunburn

It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, fifteen-year-old Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she's always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn't appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend. Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a despera

 
The Still Point by Greenwood, Tammy
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
The Still Point

 
A Step Past Darkness by Kurian, Vera
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
A Step Past Darkness

 
 
 
Ours by Williams, Phillip B.
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
Ours

 
Nowhere Like Home by Shepard, Sara
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
Nowhere Like Home

 
Needful things - a novel

A wonderful new store has opened in Castle Rock, Maine. It's a place where you can get anything your heart desires - sexual pleasure, wealth, power ... but for a nerve-shattering price.

 
Mrs. S by Patrick, K., author.
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
Mrs. S

Taking up the antiquated role of "matron" at an elite English boarding school, a woman is unsure of her role, her accent and her body until she has a passionate, illicit affair with Mrs. S, the headmaster's wife, but as summer fades, a choice must be made.

 
Mrs. Gulliver by Martin, Valerie
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
Mrs. Gulliver

 
Monkey grip - a novel

"Set in Australia in the late 1970s, Monkey Grip follows single mother and writer Nora as she navigates the tumultuous cityscape of Melbourne's bohemian underground, often with her young daughter Gracie in tow. When Nora falls in love with the flighty Javo, she becomes snared in the web of his addiction. And as their tenuous relationship disintegrates, Nora struggles to ween herself off a love that feels impossible to live without."--

 
Leopard's Hunt by Feehan, Christine
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
Leopard's Hunt

 
Late bloomer - a novel

"A sexy, sapphic, opposites-attract romance with Mazey Eddings' signature sparkling voice! Winning the lottery has ruined Opal Devlin's life. After quitting her dead-end job where she'd earned minimum wage and even less respect, she's bombarded by peopleknocking at her door for a handout the second they found out her bank account was overflowing with cash. And Opal can't seem to stop saying yes. With her tender heart thoroughly abused, Opal decides to protect herself by any means necessary, whic

 
Keep your friends close

"Isolated and embroiled in a custody battle, Mary is desperate for a friend. So when she meets the charming and enigmatic Willa at a Brooklyn playground, their connection feels fated. But during a margarita-fueled moms' night out, Mary shares her darkestsecret about her ex, George, and the next morning Willa simply disappears. No calls, no texts, nothing. Two months later, Mary's divorce is almost finalized, and she's trying to build a new life for her son in upstate New York. On her first day i

 
In Want of a Viscount

 
 
Hard Girls by Lennon, J. Robert
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
Hard Girls

 
The Guest by Paris, B. A.
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
The Guest

 
Island witch

"Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her father's craft have turned on thefamily. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise. Now someone-or something-is viciously seizing upon men in the jungle. But instead of enlisting Amara's father's help, the villages have accused him of carry

 
Glitterland

"Ash Winters was once the golden boy of the English literary scene, but mental illness has dragged him into a cycle of self-destruction. A chance meeting with brassy Essex-born Darian Taylor may be the first step Ash needs to rebuild his life--if he's able to let go of the class prejudice and dangerous negative self-image that threatens to drown them both"--

 
A fire so wild - a novel

"With the emotional echoes of Little Fires Everywhere and the lush atmosphere of Disappearing Earth, a riveting debut novel in which a wildfire creeps toward Berkeley, California, igniting tensions as characters from all walks of life confront the injustices growing beneath the city's surface. As a wildfire threatens Berkeley, the city's inhabitants are forced to reckon with the cracks in the lives they've built. Abigail, a wealthy white woman, decides to throw a lavish birthday in a hillside ma

 
End of Story by Finn, A. J.
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
End of Story

 
The Deepest Kill by Black, Lisa
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
The Deepest Kill

 
Country hardball

After more than a decade spent in and out of juvenile detention, halfway houses, and jail, Roy Alison returns to his rural hometown determined to do better, to be better. But what he finds is a working-class community devastated by the economic downturn--a town without anything to hold onto but the past. Staying with his grandmother, Roy discovers a family history of good intentions and bad choices, of making do without much chance of doing better. Around him, families lose their sons to war, hu

 
The chaos agent

"Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. A car accident in Japan. A drowning in Seoul. A home invasion in Boston. Someone is killing the world's leading experts on robotics and artificial intelligence. Is it a tech company trying to eliminate the competition or is it something even more sinister? After all, artificial intelligence may be the deadliest battlefield gamechanger since the creation of g

 
The brothers Karamazov - a novel in four parts and epilogue

When Fyodor Karamazov, a man of immoral character, is murdered one night, his four sons must contend with the criminal investigation and with their own inner questions about justice and the existence of God.

 
All Fours by July, Miranda
Date added:
Jan 11, 2024
All Fours

 
The Atlas Maneuver

"1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust. Present day. Retired Justice Department operative, Cotton

 
The Keeper of Stars by Turner, Buck
Date added:
Jan 8, 2024
The Keeper of Stars

 
Girlfriends by Zhou, Emily, author.
Date added:
Jan 8, 2024
Girlfriends

"In seven light-filled prisms of short stories, Emily Zhou chronicles modern queer life with uncompromising and hilarious lucidity. Attending to the intimacy of Gen Z women's lives, these stories move from the provinces to the metropolis, from chaotic student accommodation to insecure jobs, from parties to dates to the nights after, from haplessness to some kind of power." -- Back cover.

 
The senator's wife

"When professional soccer player, Alex Grey, goes on a vacation to the local South Carolina islands, she isn't anticipating any life-changing events. Just a relaxing weekend to prepare for the upcoming season. But that quickly changes when she finds herself the lone witness to a sailing accident and makes the decision to risk her own life to save a drowning woman--unwittingly coming to the rescue of a U.S. senator's wife, Catharine Cleveland. Despite the vast disparity between their worlds, the

 
The Devil Himself by Farris, Peter
Date added:
Jan 8, 2024
The Devil Himself

Deep in the forest of South Georgia, eighteen-year-old Maya narrowly escapes a vast human trafficking operation managed out of Mexico. Her fate seemed sealed, until Leonard Moye, a lonely eccentric who tolerates no one on his land, takes the young woman under his protection. Both having lived lives that have left deep scars, each consumed by anger, they soon develop a bond that makes them, as a pair, a formidable foe, even for hardened criminals and professional scumbags.

 
 
Berlin by Setton, Bea, author.
Date added:
Jan 8, 2024
Berlin

"A wickedly insightful, darkly funny novel in which a young woman in the grip of an existential malaise moves to a new city for a fresh start but her attempt at reinvention doesn't quite go to plan "Uncommonly funny, cinematically vivid, and refreshingly honest about how we deceive others and ourselves." -Lisa Halliday, bestselling author of Asymmetry When Daphne arrives in Berlin, the last thing she expects is to run into more drama than she left behind. Of course, she knew she'd need to do the

 
Frank Herbert - Unpublished Stories

"Even the author of DUNE--the best-selling science fiction novel of all time--had trouble getting published. At first. Frank Herbert wanted to be a writer, and though today his name is practically synonymous with world-building and epic science fiction, Herbert didn't start out with a particular genre in mind. He wrote mainstream stories, mysteries, thrillers, mens' adventure pieces, humorous slice-of-life tales. And, yes, some science fiction. For the first time, this collection presents 13 com

 
The consequence of Anna - a novel

"The saga of two women–one driven by passion to do the unthinkable, the other plunging into insanity–and a man bound between them. What horrific thing does Anna do? And what is she capable of? Set against the sprawling backdrop of 1930s Australia, Anna May Shahan is a wild child raised on a lush farm by the sea, always barefoot and playing in her neighbor’s secret garden. Her Aboriginal nanny, Yarrajan, teaches her the ways of the land, and Anna grows up to be a quirky, eccentric, and sweet woma

 
A Worthy Opponent by Robert, Katee
Date added:
Jan 4, 2024
A Worthy Opponent

Loosely based on the characters from the book Peter Pan.

 
Shopgirl- A Novella by Martin, Steve
Date added:
Jan 4, 2024
Shopgirl- A Novella

The national bestseller of modern-day love--told with disarming tenderness--is now available in paperback. "A delicate, poignant modern romance about a shy shopgirl".--Richard Corliss, "Time" magazine.

 
The Sea Witch by Robert, Katee
Date added:
Jan 4, 2024
The Sea Witch

 
Little River- The Other Side of Paradise

Two girls go missing on a topical island. Authorities turn a blind eye to the disappearance and the girls parents try to follow the trail through the dark underbelly of human trafficking. Will they find them in time? How far will they go to save them?

 
Out of wedlock

"In "Out of wedlock," Jess Freeman, a facial plastic surgeon who refashions the identities of others, knows little of his own identity. Who are his biological parents and could they be the source of his sudden trances, when he drifts off into visionary worlds, by turns radiant and nightmarish? Reality checks-quick bops on the head-are administered by his nurse during delicate surgeries. But fumbling Jess pulls off a superb makeover of a severely injured patient, with a stunning sequel. Set in Gr

 
Queen Takes Rose by Robert, Katee
Date added:
Jan 4, 2024
Queen Takes Rose

"Once upon a time I made a deal with the devil. It turns out I like playing in the dark. Over the years, I've become someone I'm proud of, someone dangerous. I'll never be as dangerous as Malone, though. She's one of the most feared leaders in Carver City, and her reputation is more than earned. Years ago, we had a single night together and she's ignored me ever since. Imagine my surprise to discover she's scheduled me for the final two weeks of my contract. Maybe I should be afraid. Everyone el

 
Learn My Lesson by Robert, Katee
Date added:
Jan 4, 2024
Learn My Lesson

"A single night with Megaera and I'm willing to do anything to save her from Hades, the man holding her captive, victim to his every whim. A bargain with the devil himself seems a small price to pay in order for Megaera to go free...until I learn that she's exactly where she wants to be. She's Queen to Hades's King. And I'm the fool that walked right into their trap. The same fool who desires them both as much as I hate them. I can't resist Megaera's touch-or stop from being drawn to Hades's dar

 
The Last Goodbye

 
Desperate Measures by Robert, Katee
Date added:
Jan 4, 2024
Desperate Measures

Loosely based on the characters from the animated film Aladdin.

 
Black Label by L'Etoile, James
Date added:
Jan 4, 2024
Black Label

 
The Beast by Robert, Katee
Date added:
Jan 4, 2024
The Beast

 
The day of the Jackal

The Jackal, a killer at the top of his profession, unknown to any secret service in the world, has a contract to kill French president Charles de Gaulle, one of the world's most heavily guarded men. As the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.

 
The Valley of Horses (Revised)

The second book in the great Earth's Children series, "The Valley of Horses" continues the saga of Ayla, recreating with exquisite and accurate detail, a possible prehistoric existence.

 
A not-so-distant love

Lady Charlotte Darrington's path in life is clearly laid out before she will select a suitable husband, marry, and one day inherit her father's Scottish dukedom. But a growing restlessness has her desperate for a bit of freedom before her all-too-certain future closes in. When the opportunity to travel to America arises, Charlotte leaps at the chance and soon finds herself across the Atlantic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her American hosts and their friends couldn't be more welcoming all except

 
I'm not Charlotte Lucas - a novel

"Northern California girl Charlotte "Charlie" Lucas has two great loves: Diet Coke and Pride and Prejudice. But her passion for Regency classics is tempered by a very real fear: Charlie is terrified of having to endure the fate of her namesake-spinsterhood. Despite her best attempts to maintain a modern sensibility, she can't say no when an elderly neighbor asks Charlie to attend a charity ball with her grandson. Blind date or not, Charlie is powerless to resist the allure of a real-life ball. S

 
Fleur-de-lis

"Thirteen years ago, Henri Fortier left a tumultuous life in France to begin anew in England. His adopted country has become home, and his dearest friends, the Gents, are family. Unfortunately, ties to the past still plague him, and he's forced to live in near destitution. Henri secretly publishes his poetry to supplement his meager income, but it is both insufficient and risky. A house party with the Gents promises a welcome distraction until he realizes that one of the guests is none other tha

 
 
Ways and means - a novel

Working for an enigmatic billionaire whose ambitions are far darker than he could've ever imagined, Alistair McCabe, forced to go on the run, bands together with his paramours, an older couple named Mark and Elijah, who are facing their own moral and financial dilemmas, to save each other and themselves.

 
The Stinger Proxy by Crawford, Rick
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
The Stinger Proxy

 
Sons, daughters - a novel

"Ivana Bodroeziac's latest award-winning novel tells a story of being locked in: socially, domestically and intimately, told through three different perspectives, all deeply marked and wounded by the patriarchy in their own way. This is a story of hiddengay and trans relationships, the effects of a near-fatal accident, and an oppressed childhood, where Ivana Bodroeziac tackles the issues addressed in her previous works-issues of otherness, identity and gender, pain and guilt, injustice and viole

 
One Moment by Hunter, Becky
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
One Moment

 
Keep This Off the Record

 
Jaded by Lee, Ela
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
Jaded

 
In Universes by North, Emet
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
In Universes

 
Hunt Them Down by Gervais, Simon
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
Hunt Them Down

 
Rainbow black - a novel

"Lacey Bond has grown up in her parents' hippie New Hampshire daycare, idolizing her blasphemous, ultra-fashionable sister, aEclair, chasing baby squirrels, and contemplating trees. Then the Satanic Panic hits - the moral hysteria that shook the United States by its shoulders in the 80s and 90s. It's the summer of 1990 when Lacey's parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and faced with a torrent of jaw-dropping accusations from dozens of current and former daycare kids. The criminal

 
Like happiness

"A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a young woman's destructive relationship with a legendary writer. It's 2015, and Tatum Vega feels that her life is finally falling into place. Living in sunny Chile with her partner Vera, she spends her days surrounded by art at the museum where she works. She loves this new life, but more than anything, she loves it for helping her forget the decade she spent in New York City; the years she spent orbit

 
The last of what I am

"A haunting and beautifully written novel about a Confederate soldier whose own personal war follows him into the afterlife--until one fateful day when his encounters with a modern-day couple change everything. A ghost in his deserted childhood home in Virginia, Tom Smiley can't forget the bloody war and its meaningless losses, nor can he shed his revulsion for his role in the Confederate defense of slavery. But when a young couple moves in and makes his home their own in the early twenty-first

 
Here we go again

"A queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country"--

 
Help Wanted by Waldman, Adelle
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
Help Wanted

 
The hearing trumpet

The Hearing Trumpet is the story of 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that what her family is saying is that she is to be committed to an institution. But this is an institution where the buildings are shaped like birthday cakes and igloos, where the Winking Abbess and the Queen Bee reign, and where the gateway to the underworld is open. It is also the scene of a mysterious murder. Occult twin to Alice in Wonderland, The Hearing Trumpet is

 
Green dot - a novel

"A darkly hilarious and deeply felt debut novel about a young Australian woman's unruly and indignant love affair with her older coworker"--

 
A Good Happy Girl

 
Extinction by Preston, Douglas
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
Extinction

 
Ellipses by Lawrence, Vanessa
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
Ellipses

 
Cover Story by Lacey, Rachel
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
Cover Story

 
The cypress maze

"Tuscany, 1943. Stranded in war-ravaged Italy, Beatrice's dream of an escapist year teaching English is shattered. Granted shelter at the Villa delle Colombe, she seeks refuge in Francesca and Edoardo's beautiful walled garden, hidden from the outside world, with an elaborate cypress maze at its heart. But Beatrice is not the only one seeking an escape here. Francesca has brought children to the safety of the house, as well as other adults, all of them seeking sanctuary on the estate with its my

 
 
Broughtupsy by Cooke, Christina
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
Broughtupsy

 
At Her Service by Spalding, Amy
Date added:
Jan 2, 2024
At Her Service

 
Archer's voice

After her father is murdered, a young woman falls in love with Archer, a reclusive man who is mute as the result of a childhood accident, as they both try to overcome the trauma of their past and forge a commitment to each other.

 
You're the duke that I want

"Raised by an overprotective mother, bookish romantic Sandrine Oliver craves adventure, but nothing exciting ever happens in her sleepy seaside village. Until a handsome, mysterious stranger arrives and sweeps her off her feet...only to leave suddenly with no explanation. Lord Dane Walker, brother to the Duke of Rydell, is infamous for racing fast carriages and breaking hearts. But when his brother is mortally injured, Dane inherits the responsibilities of the dukedom...In London, Sandrine is as

 
You'll Like Linton

 
Twisted lies by Huang, Ana, author.
Date added:
Dec 27, 2023
Twisted lies

"Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman. He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him. She's the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can't solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can't refuse. Sweet, shy, and introverte

 
That summer magic

In two tales of the Donovan family, Nash Kirkland will have to learn to trust his feelings, while Sebastian Donovan will have to use his extraordinary ability to win the love he is looking for.

 
The temple of Fortuna

"Amara's journey has taken her far; from enslavement in Pompeii's wolf den brothel to her new life as a high-powered courtesan in Rome, but her story is not over yet. While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii. But it is 79 CE, and mighty Mount Vesuvius is about to make itself known"--

 
Skeletons in the closet

"Manchette wrote two novels using the character of private eye Eugene Tarpon, Morgue pleine (Crowded day at the Morgue) and Que d'os! (Skeletons in the Closet!). Tarpon is a French private detective, a former cop responsible for the death of a protester,eaten up by grief, with a wry and weary outlook on the world, who gets mixed up in very tangled cases aa la Raymond Chandler, another of Manchette's favorite writers"--

 
The running man - a novel

A desperate man in need of money enters a game show where the objective is to stay alive for the next thirty days while an elite strike force attempts to kill him.

 
Rejoice by Kingsbury, Karen.
Date added:
Dec 27, 2023
Rejoice

 
Ordinary Soil by Woodard, Alex
Date added:
Dec 27, 2023
Ordinary Soil

 
The moorings of Mackerel Sky

"A novel of coming out, surviving grief, and embracing myth in a Maine lobstering town purportedly founded when a sea captain fell in love with a mermaid 300 years ago. For readers of Madeline Miller, Alix E. Harrow, and Erin Morgenstern"--

 
On the plus side - a novel

"Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That's why she's still a receptionist instead of exploring a career in art, why she lurks but never posts on the forums for her favorite makeover show, On the Plus Side, and why she's crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can't reject you or insist you're too much. This plan is working perfectly until someone secretly nominates Everly for

 
Lovelight farms

"Two best friends fake date to reach their holiday happily ever after in this first romantic comedy in the Lovelight series. A pasture of dead trees. A hostile takeover of the Santa barn by a family of raccoons. And shipments that have mysteriously gone missing. Lovelight Farms is not the magical winter wonderland of Stella Bloom's dreams. In an effort to save the Christmas tree farm she's loved since she was a kid, Stella enters a contest with Instagram-famous influencer Evelyn St. James. With

 
The last close call

Shifting her focus from tracing the family trees of violent criminals to helping adoptees find their biological parents, forensic genealogist Rowan Healy agrees to help Austin detective Jack Bruner find justice for the victims of the West Campus Rapist through her DNA research, which leads them down a dark path.

 
King of greed by Huang, Ana, author.
Date added:
Dec 27, 2023
King of greed

"Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything-a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn't until she's gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory...but by then, it may be too late. Kin

 
The Juliet code

"Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice. To their surprise, their friend, Detective Jack Miracle, is also in the city, investigating a series of art heists starting at the house of eccentric millionaire, Laraby Covington. Drawn into a world of boat races, mysterious houses, and parties of the rich and unusual in Venice, Frederick and Grace learn of the existence of the Juliet paintings, (Renaissance

 
Human sacrifices

"Human Sacrifices is a short story collection by Ecuadorian author Maraia Fernanda Ampuero that explores the horrors of inequality, exploitation, marginalization, and violence against working-class women and children under capitalism"--

 
Flames of wrath

Nearly beaten to death by a group of people she thought were her friends, Alexia Leighton survives, recovers and watches her attackers become victims themselves of mysterious acts of violence, leaving the authorities stumped.

 
The First Death by Elliot, Kendra
Date added:
Dec 27, 2023
The First Death

 
The fearless one

"Demanding a job at the Triple Creek campground in the Colorado Rockies, Jedidiah Stephens is determined to find the truth behind the fire that killed her family but isn't prepared for her attraction to Memphis Osborn, the ruggedly handsome groundskeeper"--

 
Fast Charlie

Charlie Swift, a loyal enforcer for a Central Florida crime boss, goes completely insane when his crew is murdered by a rival gangster.

 
Her hidden Amish child

"When Faith Mast inherits her great aunt's Amish farmhouse, she needs to sell it fast-before someone in the community discovers her daughter's real identity. Accepting Josiah Brenneman's help with repairs is risky but might be the perfect solution. That is, until the man she once loved and left wins the little girl's heart. With secrets still between them, will Faith choose the future she's always wanted...or repeat the past?"--

 
Ear to the ground

When a young seismologist predicts that the "Big One" is about to hit L.A., he's stunned to discover that the priority is not saving the city, but turning seismic news into Hollywood gold. Suddenly everyone is looking to produce the next disaster blockbuster!

 
Dream spinner

In this steamy and emotional contemporary romance from a New York Times bestselling author, two damaged souls must overcome the pain of their pasts to have the love they've always dreamed of. Hattie Yates has finally met the man of her dreams. Yet years of abuse from her demanding father have left her petrified of disappointment. She's already failed to reach her goal of becoming a professional ballerina and she can't handle the terrible consequences of another dream becoming a nightmare. But wh

 
Dream keeper

Pepper Hannigan is determined to keep any romance off the table--and out of her bedroom--while her daughter Juno is still young. Sure, a certain handsome commando is thoughtful, funny, and undeniably hot, but Pepper's had her heart broken before, and shewon't let it happen again. Not to her or her little girl, even if this hero could melt any woman's resolve. Augustus "Auggie" Hero can't deny his attraction to beautiful, warm-hearted Pepper or how much he wants to make a home with her and her l

 
Don't forget to write - a novel

"When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making out with the rabbi's son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter's reputation, it's Philadelphia's strict premier matchmaker. Either that or Marilyn can kiss college goodbye. To Marilyn's surprise, Ada's not the humorless septuagenarian her mother described. Not with that platinum-blonde hair, Hermaes scarf, and Cadillac convertible. She's sharp, straight-talking,

 
Clear by Davies, Carys
Date added:
Dec 27, 2023
Clear

 
The captive duke

"To help his daughter Margaret heal from her mother's death, Christian Severn, Duke of Mercia, invites Gillian, Countess of Windmere, into their lives, and as they spend more and more time together, Margaret's terrible secret threatens to tear them apartforever"--

 
The bloody ground

 
All the quiet places

"The story of what can happen when every adult in a person's life has been affected by colonialism; it tells of the acute separation from culture that can occur even at home in a loved familiar landscape. Its narrative power relies on the unguarded, unsentimental witness provided by Eddie"--

 
The beauty

"Somewhere away from the cities and towns, in the Valley of Rocks, a society of men and boys gather around the fire each night to listen to their history recounted by Nate, the storyteller. Requested most often by the group is the tale of the death of allwomen. They are the last generation. One evening, Nate brings back new secrets from the woods; peculiar mushrooms are growing from the ground where the women's bodies lie buried. These are the first signs of a strange and insidious presence unli

 
The Auburn conference - a novel

"It is 1883 and America is at a crossroads. The Civil War is nearly twenty years in the past, Reconstruction has been crushed in the South, and the Gilded Age is bringing unprecedented prosperity to some, along with radical social and class conflicts. Ata tiny college in upstate New York, an idealistic young professor has managed to convince Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Confederate memoirist Forrest Taylor, and romance novelist Lucy Comsto