Fay is excited to spend the summer in small-town Juniper with her cousin Celia, but soon becomes alarmed by her uncle's scary temper, and learns of the grudge he holds against the Dearing family. To avoid the tension at home, Celia escapes with her boyfriend, leaving Fay feeling lost and alone with only Malcolm Dearing offering any kind of support. Torn between her family's expectations and her heart, will Fay decide the risk is worth it?

 In 1965, before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the ban on mixed marriages was unconstitutional, many states considered it a crime to marry "outside your race". Less than 1% of Americans chose to commit that crime; this is the story of how Bell came to defy that ridiculous law.

Bloomington’s own Meg Cabot spent many happy hours here at the Monroe County Public Library before becoming a #1 New York Times best-selling author. This first adult installment of her Princess Diaries series follows Princess Mia and her Prince Charming as they plan their fairy tale wedding--but a few poisoned apples could turn this happily-ever-after into a royal nightmare.

Tombs is a beautifully written examination of the human condition of life, love, and death, through the prism of a dystopian apocalypse full of ghouls and legends.