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Easy (Books for Little Children) ...................3
Juvenile .................................................... 3-4
Graphic Novels ........................................ 4-5
Young Adult .................................................5
Best Sellers ............................................. 5-12
General Fiction..................................... 12-14
Science Fiction and Fantasy ..................... 15
Romance .............................................. 16-17
Christian Romance ............................. .18-20
Western ............................................... 20-22
Mystery ................................................ 22-23
Non-Fiction for All Ages ....................... 23-25
Biography .................................................. 25
Seasonal ................................................... 26
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E SCA The Great Pie Robbery. Scarry, Richard.
Something is wrong at Ma Dog's bakery. Thieves have
stolen her pies! Detectives Sam Cat and Dudley Pig
follow the clues to find the robbers in a fast-paced
adventure. Hurry, there's no time to waste! These
fearless crooks must be stopped!
E SHA How to Train Your Dragon 2. Shaw, Natalie.
Hiccup and Toothless are back for more adventures in
Berk! Fans of the original How to train your dragon film
will love this exciting retelling of the magical sequel.
Easy
E ARN Dirty Gert. Arnold, Tedd.
Gert loves dirt. She plays in it and even tastes it. One
day, Gert is delighted to discover that she is becoming a
tree. Through rhythmic, rhyming text and illustrations
that tickle the funny bone, Dirty Gert celebrates
individuality and unconditional love.
E AYL Cock-a-doodle-doo, Creak, Pop-pop,Moo.
Aylesworth, Jim.
Rhyming text divulges the many sounds heard on a farm,
from a rooster's morning crow to an owl's goodnight call.
E WON Guardians of the Galaxy. Wong, Clarissa.
In this book you will meet the superheroes of the galaxy.
Animated, talking picture books,
including fun learning tools!
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E CHI A Children’s Treasury of Nursery Rhymes.
The cat, the fiddle, and many other beloved nursery
rhyme characters are waiting for you inside!
E GOO Mister Bud Wears the Cone. Goodrich, Carter.
Mister Bud and Zorro learned how to get along in Say
Hello to Zorro! They made it through Zorro’s new
wardrobe in Zorro Gets an Outfit. But how will they
handle Mister Bud’s latest predicament? Because he has
to wear...the cone.
E HOM Racing for Good (level 2). Homburg, Ruth.
Lightning McQueen races to raise money for a good
cause in this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader.
E JOR A Cake to Bake (level 2). Jordan, Apple.
Merida, Rapunzel, Aurora, and the other Disney
princesses bake delicious cakes, cookies, and other
sweet treats.
E MAN Sleepover Fun! Man-Kong, Mary.
Barbie and her sisters have a slumber party, in this
storybook with glow-in-the-dark pages.
Juvenile
J BAU Little Dog, Lost. Bauer, Marion Dane.
A boy, a dog, and an old man are lonely before the boy
plans a rally, the dog looks for a boy, and all the
townspeople run to the old man's aid when lightning
strikes his home and something miraculous happens.
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J CAL Ready, Set, Dogs!. Calmenson, Stephanie.
Best friends and dog lovers Kate and Lucie live in
apartments where dogs are not allowed, but a pair of
unusual necklaces they find in a thrift store allow them
to become dogs whenever they wish.
J CLA What We Found in the Sofa and Saved the World.
Clark, Henry.
Finding a rare zucchini-colored crayon leads twelve-yearold River Monroe and his friends on an adventure with
their eccentric neighbor to save Earth from invading
interstellar storm troopers.
J COO Little Lucy Goes to School (level 3). Cooper, Ilene.
When Mom and Lucy the beagle go to school to deliver
Bobby's forgotten lunch, Lucy gets loose.
J COOS Ghost Hawk. Cooper, Susan.
At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little
Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white
man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk
dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how
his world changes.
J EAR A Wishbone Come True. Earhart, Kristin.
When a mysterious pet store comes to town, Lexi
suddenly has reason to hope. There's something special
about the animals at Power's Pets!
J ENG Mountain Dog. Engle, Margarita.
With his Tió and a search-and-rescue dog named Gabe
by his side, he learns how to track wild animals, is
welcomed to the Cowboy Church, and makes new
friends at the Mountain School. Most importantly
though, it is through Gabe that Tony discovers
unconditional love for the first time, in Mountain Dog by
Margarita Engle.
J SHE Driftwood. Sherrad, Valerie.
Adam's summer is off to a disappointing start. His socalled "best friend" has bailed on him, choosing to stay
behind to care for a sick dog, instead of joining Adam
and his family at the seaside campground as planned.
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Graphic Novels
J ARC Summer Daze (Archie).
Schools out for the summer in Riverdale, and the fun is
just beginning! Join Archie and the gang as they spend
their long awaited summer vacation getting summer
jobs, driving to the beach and driving their parents crazy!
J BRU The Little Prince: The Planet of Cublix. Bruneau,
Clotilde.
The Little Prince and Fox travel to the rocky Planet of the
Cublix and learn that an angry blacksmith has covered
the planet with a heavy, smothering fog. Can the Little
Prince save the Cublix?
Y CAR Through the Woods. Carroll, Emily.
Five mysterious, Spine-tingling stories follow journeys
into the eerie abyss. Come take a walk in the woods,
and see what awaits you there!
Y FLY New Crusaders Legacy. Flynn, Ian.
In one of history's greatest battles against the forces of
evil, The Mighty Crusaders did the impossible: they won.
Now, for the first time ever, witness their heroic battle
for the fate of the world like never before in this unique
graphic novel collection from Red Circle Comics!
J NUH My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Nuhfer,
Heather.
Explains many facts about spiders, including their
physical characteristics, how they catch and kill their
prey, how they spin webs, and how they produce their
young.
J PAR Archie: A Rock ‘N’ Roll Romance. Parent, Dan.
The classic love triangle of Archie, Betty & Veronica gets
rocked like never before when Valerie, from Josie and
the Pussycats moves into town!
J RIO The Lightening Thief. Riordan, Rick.
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and
Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to
a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his
new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the
gods.
Y ALB Crewel. Albin, Gennifer.
Gifted with the unusual ability to embroider the very
fabric of life, sixteen-year-old Adelice is summoned by
Manipulation Services to become a Spinster, a move that
will separate her from her beloved family and home
forever.
J SAK The Adventures of Nilson Groundthumper and
Hermy. Sakai, Stan.
The complete adventures of wandering swordsman
samurai rabbit Nilson Groundthumper and his
companion Hermy as they face thieves, wizards, and
monsters throughout Medieval Europe.
Y BLA Girl of Nightmares. Blake, Kendare.
Months after Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell and
sacrificed herself for seventeen-year-old ghost hunter
Cas Lowood, persistent visions of Anna being tortured
cause Cas to decide to save her as she once saved him.
Y CAS The Prince & the Guard. Cass, Kierra.
The Prince and The Guard both offer captivating views
into the hearts and minds of the two men fighting to win
America Singer's love. This collection also features
exclusive bonus content, including a sneak peek at The
One, the eagerly anticipated third novel in the Selection
series.
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Young Adult
Y ADO Heaven. Adornetto, Alexandra.
Bethany, an angel sent to Earth, and her mortal
boyfriend, Xavier, defy Heavenly law and marry leading
to a confrontation with the Sevens, rogue angels bent on
keeping Beth and Xavier apart, destroying Gabriel and
Ivy, and darkening angelic power in the heavens.
Best Sellers
G ALTS OME The Omega Project. Alten, Steve.
On the brink of a disaster that could end all life on earth,
tech genius Robert Eisenbraun joins a team of scientists
on a mission to Jupiter’s moon to mine a rare ore that
would provide for Earth’s long-term energy needs. But as
they train for the journey, trouble erupts, and
Eisenbraun is put into cold sleep against his will.
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G ARCJ BEST Best Kept Secret. Archer, Jeffrey.
It all comes to a head when a new villain is uncovered, a
face from the past with grudges against both Harry and
Giles Fisher, who tortured Harry at school and later took
credit for Giles' heroics during the war. Fisher teams up
with Giles' now ex-wife to wreak havoc on Giles' latest
election as well as meddle with affairs inside
Barringtons.
G BALD FORG The Forgotten. Baldacci, David.
After he receives a posthumous note from his aunt
hinting that things are horribly amiss in her Florida Gulf
Coast town, Army Special Agent John Puller uncovers a
shocking conspiracy.
G BALD ONES One Summer. Baldacci, David.
A moving family drama about learning to love again after
heartbreak and loss. Baldacci writes as beautifully and
insightfully about the pathways of the human heart as he
does about the corridors of power.
G BECG AGEN Agenda 21. Beck, Glenn.
When the government comes for her mother, Emmeline
embarks on a plan to save her family and expose the
truth behind the objectives of the United Nations'
agenda 21.
G BECG EYEM The Eye of Moloch. Beck, Glenn.
The last battle for freedom is under way. An unlikely
band of ordinary Americans is ready to make its last
stand in defense of self-rule, freedom, and liberty.
G BONL BLOO Blood of War. Bond, Larry.
While U.S. Army Major Zeus Murphy leads a covert
Vietnamese counterattack against China , SEAL
Lieutenant Ric Kerfer is sent by the president to destroy
a Vietnamese doomsday weapon capable of destroying
Southeast Asia.
G BONL SHAT Shattered Trident. Bond, Larry.
While trailing a Chinese nuclear attack sub, Jerry
Mitchell, the captain of USS North Dakota, is shocked to
see the sub torpedo a Vietnamese merchant ship. This
act of aggression is the opening of a war that blindsides
the USA and embroils all nations in the western Pacific,
bound together in the Littoral Alliance. Attempting to
buy the president time to resolve the crisis
diplomatically, Mitchell’s submarine squadron is ordered
to interfere with attacks by both sides.
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G BOXC HIGH The Highway. Box, C.J.
When two sisters set out across a remote stretch of
Montana road to visit their friend, little do they know it
will be the last time anyone might ever hear from them.
The girls and their car simply vanish.
G BREA DEAD Dead Heat. Brennan, Allison.
Assigned to San Antonio’s Violent Crimes unit, Lucy
Kincaid joins the task force Operation Heatwave, a
sweep of known offenders with outstanding warrants.
But when Lucy's team tries to bust two brothers, George
and Jaime Sanchez, for jumping bail, she walks into a
hotbed of pure evil.
G BREA STOL Stolen. Brennan, Allison.
Nothing is more important to private investigator Sean
Rogan than his relationship with FBI trainee Lucy Kincaid.
But when his past catches up with him, Sean faces an
ultimatum: clear his name and help the FBI take down a
rogue agent, or go to prison and lose everything he holds
dear.
G BRIS CODE Code White. Britz-Cunningham, Scott.
Preparing to implant a revolutionary mini-computer into
the brain of a blind boy that will enable him to see,
brilliant young neurosurgeon Ali O'Day finds her efforts
sabotaged by a bomber who is demanding Ali herself as
a ransom.
G BROS LOWS Low Pressure. Brown, Sandra.
Bellamy Lyston was only 12 years old when her older
sister Susan was killed. Now, 18 years later, she has
written a sensational, bestselling novel based on Susan's
murder.
G CHIL NEVE Never Go Back. Child, Lee.
Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way
from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in
northeastern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the
headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. The old
stone building is the closest thing to a home he ever had.
G CLAC GYPP Gypped. Clark, Carol Higgins.
PI Regan Reilly and her husband Jack, head of the NYPD
Major Case Squad, are in LA where Jack is attending a
business conference. What they uncover is a scam
extending up and down the coast of California.
G CLAM DADD Daddy’s Gone A Hunting. Clark, Mary
Higgins.
When the family-owned furniture firm, including the
mansion where priceless antiques are kept, explodes
into flames in the middle of the night, Kate Connelly
must escape to save her life. But the suspicious
circumstances point to her involvement.
G CLAT THRE Threat Vector. Clancy, Tom.
As China plans to invade Taiwan, and launches a cyber
attack on the U.S., President Jack Ryan, his son, and the
team at the Campus have to act fast if they are going to
stop the increasingly rogue nation.
G COOS PIRA Pirate Alley. Coonts, Stephen.
A luxurious vacation cruise to the exotic locales of the
Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden turns into a nightmare for
passengers and crew when their ship is suddenly
attacked and captured by a band of bloodthirsty Somali
pirates.
G CUSC STRI The Striker. Cussler, Clive.
After witnessing a terrible coal mining accident,
Detective Isaac Bell hunts for the high-level saboteurs he
believes are responsible.
G CUSC TOMB The Tombs. Cussler, Clive.
Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are
intrigued when an archaeologist friend requests their
help excavating a top secret historical site. What they
find will set them on a hunt for a prize greater than they
could ever imagine.
G CORD GOOD Good as Gone. Corleone, Douglas.
A former U.S. Marshal, haunted by the unsolved
disappearance of his daughter, reluctantly investigates a
terrifying international child abduction case.
G CORP BONE The Bone Bed. Cornwell, Patricia.
In Alberta, Canada, an eminent paleontologist
disappears from a dinosaur dig site, and at the
Cambridge Forensic Centre, Kay Scarpetta receives a
grisly communication that gives her a dreadful reason to
suspect this may become her next case.
G COUJ TIME Time To Kill. Coughlin, Jack.
When the Sphinx is blown up by terrorists who also
launch attacks on an Iranian soccer team and a vessel in
the Red Sea, Kyle Swanson and his Trident team uncover
an extremist plot to provoke war between Egypt and Iran
to upset the balance of international power.
G CRIM MICR Micro. Chrichton, Michael.
In a locked office building in Honolulu, three men are
found dead, with no sign of struggle except for ultra-fine,
razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. In the lush rain
forests of Oahu, seven brilliant graduate students,
recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up
company, are thrust into a hostile wilderness that
reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn.
G DEMN PANT The Panther. DeMille, Nelson.
Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife,
FBI agent Kate Mayfield have been posted overseas to
Sana'a, Yemen - one of the most dangerous places in the
Middle East. While there, they will be working with a
small team to track down one of the masterminds
behind the USS Cole bombing: a high-ranking Al Qaeda
operative known as The Panther.
G DORB GRID Gridlock. Dorgan, Byron L.
In rural North Dakota, a lineman is electrocuted, and the
local cop sent to investigate is shot to death. As rolling
electrical blackouts begin to shut down major US cities,
the war for energy domination begins.
G EVAJ HUSB The Husband List. Evanovich, Janet.
Pressured by her mother to marry a proper gentleman,
Caroline Maxwell reluctantly considers Lord Bremerton
while harboring a secret longing for adventure and
passion with her brother's world-traveling friend, Jack,
whose new money and lack of title render him an
unsuitable candidate in her mother's eyes.
G EVAJ NOTO Notorious Nineteen. Evanovich, Janet.
After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her
cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally
lands an assignment that could put her chequebook back
in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling
millions from Trenton’s premier assisted-living facility,
has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an
emergency appendectomy.
G EVAJ TAKE Takedown Twenty. Evanovich, Janet.
Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than
to mess with family. But when powerful mobster
Salvatore "Uncle Sunny" Sunucchi goes on the lam in
Trenton, it's up to Stephanie to find him.
G GARJ SWEE Sweet Talk. Garwood, Julie.
IRS agent Olivia MacKenzie is the target of some very
rich and ruthless people. Now she needs the help of FBI
agent Grayson Kincaid to fight a deadly game of
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corruption. But she’s also fighting an intense attraction
to Grayson that could be even more dangerous.
form friendships that will help them each triumph over
their problems.
G GEAM SEAR A Searing Wind. Gear, Michael W.
Black Shell, an exile banished by his people for
cowardice, prepares to lead a small band of warriors to
kill the Kristianos, while explorer Hernando de Soto tricks
the ancient Nations into slavery through his lies and
ambition for gold.
G HOAT 9TH The 9th Girl. Hoag, Tami.
Minneapolis investigators Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska find
themselves in pursuit of a serial killer whose latest victim
is a bullied adolescent who desperately sought a normal
life.
G GERT LAST Last to Die. Gerritsen, Tess.
For the second time in his short life, fourteen-year-old
Teddy Clock has survived a massacre. Orphaned once
more when his foster family is murdered, the
traumatized teenager has nowhere to turn until the
Boston PD puts Detective Jane Rizzoli on the case.
G GIFE HEAR Heart of the Matter. Giffin, Emily.
A story of three people caught in an untenable triangle,
each questioning everything they once believed about
love and loyalty.
G GRAH CURS The Cursed. Graham, Heather.
Hannah O'Brien runs a B & B and has always had a
special ability to see a pair of resident ghosts. But when
a man is murdered in the alley behind her place, she's
dismayed when his spirit appears, too, asking for help.
G GRIJ BLOO Blood Money. Grippando, James.
A nation is obsessed with a hot nightclub waitress
accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter. The
shocking verdict creates an immediate uproar. But when
an innocent, young woman ends up dead in a riot, there
may be something bigger at work.
G GRIJ RACK The Racketeer. Grisham, John.
Judge Raymond Fawcett is the fifth federal judge to be
murdered. His body is found in his lakeside cabin
alongside his young secretary. Nearby is a state-of-theart safe-opened and emptied. The FBI needs answers,
and to find them, they'll have to rely on Malcolm
Bannister, a former attorney and current resident of a
federal prison in Maryland.
G HARB SHOE Shoe Addicts Anonymous. Harbison,
Beth.
Helene Zaharis' politician husband keeps her on a tight
leash. Lorna Rafferty is up to her eyeballs in debt. Sandra
Vanderslice pays her shoe bills by working as a phonesex operator. And Jocelyn Bowen is a nanny. On Tuesday
nights, they meet to trade shoes and, in the process,
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G HOWL SHAD Shadow Woman. Howard, Linda.
Lizette Henry, possessing unusual detection skills but
struggling with a memory disorder, accepts help from
the mysterious and seductive Xavier, a stranger who
triggers disturbing images of an unspeakable crime of
which Lizette may or may not be the perpetrator.
G HUND TERR Terror Red. Hunt. David.
Colonel David Gibson is a recently retired Special
Operations Officer. Together with political consultant
Christina Marchetti, he must take down a terrorist
organization bent on hijacking planes, blowing up cities,
and more. If they can't stop this conspiracy, America
could well be plunged into World War III. But can they
stop them in time?
G HURG TELL Tell No Lies. Hurwitz, Gregg.
Daniel Brasher left a high-paying job as a money
manager to marry his community-organizer wife and do
the work he loves, leading group counseling sessions
with recently paroled ex-cons. Daniel with no clue what
he’s supposed to have done or to what action he must
confess must somehow appease, or outwit, a seemingly
unstoppable killer.
G JANJ SECO Second Watch. Jance, J.A.
When a series of dreams take him back to his days in
Vietnam, reminding him of people and events he hasn't
thought about in years, J. P. Beaumont, recovering from
knee replacement surgery, is plunged into one of the
most mind-blowing mysteries he has ever faced.
G JOHI HUNT Hunting Eve. Johansen, Iris.
A second installment in a new Eve Duncan story arc
trilogy finds the stakes raised higher as the forensic
sculptor battles her captor and discovers brutally
dangerous truths about why she has been targeted.
G JANJ DEAD Deadly Stakes. Jance, J.A.
Contacted to investigate the gruesome murder of a golddigging divorcee on behalf of the woman accused of the
crime, police academy-trained former reporter Ali
Reynolds is simultaneously drawn into another case that
could be related to hers and must stop a dangerous killer
from striking again.
G JOHI SILE Silencing Eve. Johansen, Iris.
Eve appears to have been killed, that's what everyone
attending her funeral thinks, at least. But not even some
of her top-brass colleagues know for sure whether her
death is a hoax. A way to ensnare her brutal captor, Jim
Doane, once or for all. But even if Eve really is still alive,
how much longer can this charade continue before she
falls into even greater danger?
G KELF BEAS The Beast. Kellerman, Faye.
Peter Decker's latest case with the LAPD is the most
bizarre of his storied career. When the elderly, eccentric
billionaire Hobart Penny is found dead in his apartment,
the cops think that his pet Bengal tiger must have turned
against him. But as Decker and his colleagues, Detectives
Marge Dunn and Scott Oliver, dig into the victim's life,
they discover that Penny had all kinds of exotic and kinky
tastes.
G KELJ GUIL Guilt. Kellerman, Jonathan.
When he is consulted on a cold case involving the
discovery of infant remains at a neglected Tudor
mansion, psychologist Alex Delaware, tracing the long
history of past residents, is led down a bloody path
littered with unspeakable cruelty.
G KENS STYX Styxx. Kenyon, Sherrilyn.
Traces the story of the Dark-Hunter leader's powerful
twin, who risks his life to prove his loyalty only to fall in
love with a reluctant Atlantean goddess who resolves to
pay back the debt she owes him at any cost.
G KINS UNDE Under the Dome. King, Stephen.
The small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is faced with a
big dilemma when it is mysteriously sealed off by an
invisible and completely impenetrable force field.
R KLEL CRYS Crystal Cove. Kleypas, Lisa.
As the proprietor of a successful boutique hotel, Justine
Hoffman has the life she has always wanted. But there is
still something missing: love. A spell was cast on Justine
when she was born, with the result that she will never
find her soul mate.
R KLEL RAIN Rainshadow Road. Kleypas, Lisa.
Lucy Marinn is stunned and blindsided when her fiancé
Kevin leaves her. His new lover is Lucy's own sister.
Facing the severe disapproval of Lucy's parents, Kevin
asks his friend, Sam Nolan to "romance" Lucy and
hopefully loosen her up and get her over her anger.
Complications ensue when Sam and Lucy begin to fall in
love.
G KOOD DEEP Deeply Odd. Koontz, Dean.
Odd Thomas journeys through California and Nevada
after a vision about the murders of three children,
befriending a series of eccentric helpers who become
allies in a battle against a sociopath and a network of
killers.
G KOST GOLD Golden Dawn. Kostigen, Thomas M.
For centuries, the Golden Dawn, an ancient sect of
Zoroastrians, has guarded an ancient secret: the identity
of a true leader fated to appear before the End Times.
Now the President of Iran is exploiting the Golden
Dawn's prophecy for his own evil gains - and soon he'll
have nuclear weapons behind him.
R KREJ DREA Dream Eyes. Krenz, Jayne Ann.
The death of her friend and mentor, Evelyn Ballinger,
brings psychic counsellor Gwen Frazier back to the small
town of Wilby, Oregon, and brings back memories she
would rather forget.
G LESJ OPHE The Ophelia Cut. Lescroart, John.
Defense attorney Dismas Hardy returns to defend a close
friend against murder charges in New York Times
bestselling author John Lescroart's most suspenseful and
intricately plotted novel to date.
G LUSE BOUR The Bourne Retribution. Lustbader, Eric
Van.
Bourne's friend Eli Yadin, head of Mossad, learns that
Ouyang Jidan, a senior member of China's Politburo, and
a major Mexican drug lord may have been trafficking in
something far more deadly than drugs.
R MACD INNR The Inn at Rose Harbor. Macomber,
Debbie.
A heartwarming new series based in the Pacific
Northwest town of Cedar Cove, where a charming cast of
characters finds love, forgiveness, and renewal behind
the doors of the cozy Rose Harbor Inn.
G MARP SLEI Sleight of Hand. Margolin, Phillip.
Charles Benedict - magnetic criminal defence lawyer,
amateur illusionist, and professional hit man and Private
Investigator Dana Cutler are on a collision course set in
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motion by Benedict's greatest sleight of hand yet:
framing a millionaire for the murder of his much younger
wife.
G MICF BLIN Blindsided. Michaels, Fern.
Myra Rutledge isn't ready to mothball the Sisterhood
just yet. When Maggie Spitzer, former editor-in-chief of
the Post and an honorary member of the Sisterhood,
arrives with a new mission in mind, the Vigilantes are
soon gathering in their war room once more.
G MICF KISS Kiss and Tell. Michaels, Fern.
Even the sisterhood has been content to let their gold
shields gather a little dust while they enjoy their friends
and family. But when a string of anonymous emails
arrives at Pinewood, suggesting shady dealings at a local
assisted-living facility, Myra Rutledge and her best friend
Annie de Silva are more than ready to out-hustle a
monster con-artist at his own game.
G ONEK PEOP People of the Black Sun. O’Neal,
Kathleen.
In this, the final chapter in the Iroquois saga,
Dekanawida is determined to bring the five Iroquois
nations together, beginning with his own people, the
Standing Stone nation.
G PALM POLI Political Suicide. Palmer, Michael.
Supervising an unrepentant alcoholic doctor who has
been implicated in the death of a powerful
Congressman, Dr. Lou Welcome uncovers a wealth of
incriminating facts, including the doctor's alleged affair
with the victim's wife, before stumbling on a high-level
conspiracy that places Lou's life at risk.
G PARR WOND Wonderland. Parker, Robert B.
Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years,
yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private
eye for a favour until now. A developer is trying to buy
up Henry's condo on Revere Beach with a push from
local thugs. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon
Sixkill, are on the trail of a mysterious woman, a
megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and a shady plan to
turn a chunk of land north of Boston into a sprawling
casino.
G PATJ NYPD NYPD Red. Patterson, James.
NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting
the interests of Manhattan's wealthiest and most
powerful citizens. When a world-famous movie producer
is poisoned on the first day of a Manhattan film festival
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called Hollywood on the Hudson, they are the first ones
called. Then an actor is killed on the set of a film.
G PATJ PRIVA Private Berlin. Patterson,
The Berlin office of the world's most renowned
investigation firm looks into the disappearance of an
agent, Chris Schneider, whose last case involved an
unfaithful billionaire, a cheating soccer player and a
seedy nightclub owner.
G PATJ SECO Second Honeymoon. Patterson, James.
FBI agent John O'Hara and Special Agent Sarah Brubaker
hunt an ingenious pair of serial killers whose victims all
have one chilling thing in common they're newlyweds.
G PATJ ZOO ZOO. Patterson, James.
All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire
cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the
escalating events with an increasing sense of dread.
G PICJ TENT The Tenth Circle. Picoult, Jodi.
14-year-old Trixie Stone is in love for the first time. She’s
also the light of her father, Daniel’s life. A straight-A
student, a pretty, popular freshman in high school and a
girl who’s always seen her father as a hero. That is, until
her world is turned upside down with a single act of
violence.
G PRES TWOG Two Graves. Preston & Child.
Special Agent Pendergast assists NYPD Lieutenant
D'Agosta in the investigation of a number of killings that
ultimately prove to be messages from his wife's
kidnappers.
G PRES WHIT White Fire. Preston & Child.
Special Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive
Colorado ski resort to rescue his protege, Corrie
Swanson, from serious trouble with the law when he
uncovers a mysterious connection between long-dead
miners and a fabled, long-lost Sherlock Holmes story,
one that might just offer the key to an outbreak of
modern day killings involving a deadly arsonist.
G REIK BONE Bones of the Lost. Reichs, Kathy.
The latest from Kathy Reichs finds Tempe Brennan
investigating the connections between a long-dead
business man, the smuggling of mummified dogs from
Peru, and the death of a teenage girl killed in a hit and
run.
G REIK BONES Bones Are Forever. Reichs, Kathy.
A woman calling herself Amy Roberts checks into a
Montreal hospital complaining of uncontrolled bleeding.
Doctors see evidence of a recent birth, but before they
can act, Roberts disappears. Dispatched to the address
she gave at the hospital, police discover bloody towels
outside in a dumpster. Fearing the worst, they call
Temperance Brennan to investigate. In a run-down
apartment Tempe makes a ghastly discovery: the
decomposing bodies of three infants.
G ROBH CURS The Curse. Robbins, Harold.
Madison Dupre accepts an offer from a mysterious Dr.
Kaseem to investigate the Heart of Egypt scarab stolen
from King Tut's tomb, but her travels are hindered by an
Egyptian antiquities expert, a seized passport, and the
doctor himself.
R ROBN LAST The Last Boyfriend. Roberts, Nora.
Working alongside his mother and brother restoring a
historic hotel in Boonsboro, Maryland, Owen
Montgomery falls for a childhood friend.
G SANJ SHOC Shock Wave. Sanford, John.
When protests about a superstore chain's plans to build
a location in a Minnesota river town escalate into
bombing attacks at the construction site and the
company's headquarters, Virgil Flowers races against
time to find and stop the bomber.
G SANJ SILK Silken Prey. Sanford, John.
All hell has broken loose in the capital. An influential
state senator has been caught with something very, very
nasty on his office computer. The governor can't believe
it’s the senator's way too smart for that, even if he is
from the other party. Something's not right.
G SAVM TIME A Time for War. Savage, Michael.
Discovering that the U.S. is being targeted by a secret
and lethal conspiracy, disgraced television host Jack
Hatfield taps the expertise of an idealistic staffer from
the Office of Naval Intelligence to expose an imminent
biochemical attack.
R ROBN NEXT The Next Always. Roberts, Nora.
Nora Roberts introduces you to the Montgomery
brothers Beckett, Ryder, and Owen as they bring an
intimate bed-and-breakfast to life in their hometown.
G SCOL THIN Think Twice. Scottoline, Lisa.
Bennie Rosato must answer after her twin sister Alice
drugs her and leaves her for dead, buried underground
in a remote field. As Alice slips easily into Bennie's life,
she never counts on the fact that Bennie is tougher than
she seems and will escape.
R ROBN PERF The Perfect Hope. Roberts, Nora.
The Montgomery brothers have been the talk of
Boonsboro, ever since they decided to renovate the old
Inn into an intimate and handsome new Bed and
Breakfast. Beckett and Owen have both found love in the
process, but what of Ryder, the third Montgomery
brother?
G SLAK UNSE Unseen. Slaughter, Karin.
Sent to Macon for an undercover mission to infiltrate a
drug and prostitution ring, Georgia Bureau of
Investigation Agent Will Trent hides the facts about his
latest assignment from his girlfriend, Sara Linton, when
the stakes prove higher than any he has yet
encountered.
G ROLJ EYEG The Eye of God. Rollins, James.
Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force set out to
discover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire, to a
mystery going back to the birth of Christianity, and to a
weapon hidden for centuries that holds the fate of
humanity.
G SMIM INQU The Inquisitor. Smith, Mark Allen.
A spectacular thriller about a professional torturer who
has a strict code, a mysterious past, and a dangerous
conviction that he can save the life of an innocent child.
G ROLJ INNO Innocent Blood. Rollins, James.
Though archaeologist Erin Granger survived her last
ordeal with the Saguines, the danger has only just begun.
An attack outside Stanford University thrusts Erin back
into the fold of the Sanguines. As the threat of
Armageddon looms, she must unite with an ancient evil
to halt the plans of a man determined to see the world
end, a man known only as Iscariot.
G STAL SIXT The Sixth Station. Stasi, Linda.
Some say Demiel ben Yusef is the world’s most
dangerous terrorist, personally responsible for bombings
and riots that have claimed the lives of thousands.
Others insist he is a man of peace, a miracle worker, and
possibly even the Son of God. His trial in New York City
for crimes against humanity attracts scores of protestors,
as well as media and religious leaders from around the
world.
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G STED FIRS First Sight. Steel, Danielle.
Running a successful fashion empire in Paris and New
York that hides the pain of a failed marriage, Timmie O
endures a sequence of meaningless relationships before
a surprise bout of appendicitis places her under the care
of alluring but married French doctor, Jean-Charles
Vernier.
G STEO AMER An American Spy. Steinhauer, Olen.
When the CIA's Department of Tourism is dismantled by
an elaborate Chinese intelligence scheme that has
caused numerous agent deaths, survivor Milo Weaver is
placed at risk by his former boss, Alan Drummond, who
uses one of Milo's aliases to exact revenge.
General Fiction
G ANTA GUIL Guilty Gucci. Antoinette, Ashley.
Gucci, leader of the Red Bottom Bandits, gets caught in a
botched robbery while the other members of the band
escape, and, faced with a charge of murder, she must
decide if she is going to save herself by agreeing to
testify against them.
G BASJ CUTT Cut to the Bone. Bass, Jefferson.
Jefferson Bass’s Cut to the Bone, the long-awaited
prequel to his New York Times bestselling mystery series,
turns the clock back to reveal the Body Farm's creation
and Dr. Bill Brockton's deadly duel with a serial killer.
G THOB HIDD Hidden Order. Thor, Brad.
When a string of high-profile kidnappings in Washington,
D.C., escalate upon the discovery that the victims are
being murdered, an eventual ransom demand triggers
terror throughout the country and covert
counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is summoned
to put an end to the crisis.
G BILR HOLY Holy Rollers. Billingsley, ReShonda Tate.
Lifelong friends Coco, Nita, and Tia are fed up with their
bad luck in love. Masquerading as God-fearing
churchgoers, the three women don their Sunday best
and attend a local conference for ministers, hoping to
find reliable, responsible men.
G WHIS LINE Line of Fire. White, Stephen.
Alan is finally beginning to feel settled but that is about
to change. Authorities have reopened their investigation
into the suicide death of a woman that Alan and his
equally culpable friend Sam caused. Now the trail that
leads back to them, once cold, has turned white-hot.
G BITR INTO Into the Wilderness. Bittner, Rosanne.
In the Allegheny Mountains of eighteenth-century
Pennsylvania, young Jessica Matthews falls in love with
long hunter Noah Barnes, after he rescues her from an
Iroquois attack near her parents' cabin, but their growing
romance is jeopardized when Noah is forced to leave to
take care of business in V.
G WHYJ RENE The Renegade. Whyte, Jack.
The year 1284 is a period of seeming peace in Scotland.
In the decade that follows, King Alexander dies without
an heir, and Scotland falls into chaos. The potential for
civil war brings a growing threat of invasion from
England as Edward I, young Bruce's hero and feudal
patron, develops an obsession with adding Scotland, like
Wales, to England's Crown by conquest.
G BURJ CADI Cadillac Jukebox. Burke, James Lee.
A Louisiana farmer is jailed for the murder, 30 years
earlier of a black civil rights leader. The farmer claims he
is innocent and asks Dave Robicheaux, the sheriff's
deputy, to help him prove it. Not easy, as it suits a lot of
people to have the case closed.
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G CHAH SUMM Summer Friends. Chamberlin, Holly.
Returning to Ogunquit, Maine, for an extended visit,
successful businesswoman Maggie Weldon reunites with
her best friend growing up, native Mainer Delphine
Crandall, and together they reflect on their choices and
compromises, the girls they were and the women
they've become.
G CUSC ZERO Zero Hour. Cussler, Clive.
It is called zero-point energy, and it really exists a state
of energy contained in all matter everywhere and thus
all but unlimited. Nobody has ever found a way to tap
into it until one scientist succeeds.
G HAWR TANG The Tangled Bridge. Hawk, Rhodi.
Psychologist Madeleine LeBlanc is desperate to escape
the madness that has followed her family for a century.
She's struggling to adjust to her new-found power and to
stick to the pact that protects her sanity.
G DELG FALL The Fall. Del Toro, Guillermo.
Last week the vampiric virus invaded Manhattan. This
week-- the world! Eph and his small team set out to stop
these bloodthirsty monster while his now blood-crazed
ex-wife is stalking the city, looking for their young son.
G HAML AFFL Affliction. Hamilton, Laurell K.
Anita Blake makes her living off of zombies but these
aren't the kind she knows so well. These creatures hunt
in daylight, and are as fast and strong as vampires. If
they bite you, you become just like them. And round and
round it goes Where will it stop? Even Anita Blake
doesn't know.
G DIAD STRE Street Dreams. De’Nesha, Diamond.
On these Dirty South streets, revenge is sweet
opportunity. Now the women who help rule the hood
are out to take ultimate control.
G FAUC SINS Sins of the Father. Faust, Christa.
In 2008, Peter Bishop is estranged from his father and
running shady operations in Southeast Asia. His latest
scam lands him in a life-or-death situation involving
weird events beyond the ken of modern science. On the
run, he finds himself pursued by strange
specters of his past… and his future.
G GARJ HOTS Hotshot. Garwood, Julie.
Peyton Lockhart and her sisters have just inherited
Bishop’s Cove, a charming oceanfront resort. But it
comes with a condition: They must run the resort for one
year and show a profit only then will they own it.
G GAYA STAY Stay With Me. Gaylin, Alison.
Unable to recall the night of her sister Clea's mysterious
disappearance 28 years earlier despite having a perfect
memory, Brenna Spector finds her obsession with finding
the truth hitting too close to home when her own
teenage daughter goes missing.
G GRAH DEAD Dead By Dusk. Graham, Heather.
An Italian getaway was just the cure Stephanie Cahill
needed to recover from a painful past. But the picture
perfect Bella Vista has been hiding dark secrets of its
own. Thought to be eternally damned, a long-dormant
vampire has been unleashed by an archeological dig. As
the ancient seaside village plunges into terror, the rising
body count feels like it’s closing in on them, twisting
what should have been a dream destination into
something deadly and forever.
G HARC PHOE The Phoenix. Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia.
It is 1931 and the world is still reeling from the aftermath
of the Wall Street Crash. Polly Morland has returned to
Morland Place, saving it from financial ruin. Her plans to
change things are met with resistance, however, and she
must prove her mettle in a man's world.
G HITC PLAY Playing the Hand Your Dealt. Hickman,
Trice.
Emily Snow plays by the rules and always does the right
thing. But her quiet life changes when her mother dies,
leaving her grief-stricken. With coaxing from her best
friend, Samantha Baldwin, Emily decides to move from
Atlanta to Washington D.C to start a new life.
G HOOE CERT A Certain Freedom. Hood, Evelyn.
After the death of his wife, Hamilton Forsyth scandalizes
the small Ayrshire town of Saltcoats by departing for
pastures unknown. His three adult children are left
reeling with shock and with the family ironmongery shop
to run.
G HOOE LOOK Looking After Your Own. Hood, Evelyn.
The lives and personalities of all the tenants living the
Paisley tenement building in 1941 couldn't be more
different, but they are all interconnected. All of the
tenants are concerned with the threat of the war going
on around them, but little do they realize that the most
immediate danger comes from within, in the shape of
the depressed Lena.
G HOOE STAY Staying On. Hood, Evelyn.
When an accident forces the formidable Celia Scott to
stay with her sister to recuperate, Angus and Jennet
Scott decide to show their grandmother that they are
more than capable of looking after Westervoe Farm for
themselves.
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G HOOE SPAR A Sparkle of Salt. Hood, Evelyn.
When James Lowrie returns to the Scottish fishing village
of Buckie at the end of World War One, it can only
reignite the embers of old feuds between him, his
brother Innes and their sister Bethany.
G ICET MIRR Mirror Image. ICE-T (musician) & Jorge
Hinojosa.
Former gang leader Crush Casey returns to New York's
underworld after a twenty-year sentence in Attica and
endeavors to use his power to clean up the city's streets,
only to be confronted by a dangerous Armenian
gangster.
G LUDR HOLC The Holcroft Covenant. Ludlum, Robert.
Noel Holcroft is shown a thirty-year-old document,
drawn up by his father and other Third Reich high
officials--a document which, upon Noel's signature, will
supposedly release eight hundred million dollars to
descendants of Holocaust victims.
G LUDR ICAR The Icarus Agenda. Ludlum, Robert.
Colorado Congressman Evan Kendrick is trying to live out
his term quietly when a political mole reveals his
deepest secret: Kendrick was the anonymous hero who
freed the hostages held by Arab terrorists in the
American embassy in Masqat, and then silently
disappeared. Now, brought into the light, Kendrick is a
target, pursued by the terrorists he once outwitted
G PEND JUST Justice Run. Pendleton, Don.
With Europe in economic turmoil, a small fascist group
led by a powerful German industrialist plans to bring the
continent under one leader. But first they must weaken
the U.S. so it can't interfere. In Bolan's search for a
missing federal agent, he finds himself in a bloody
firefight at the heavily guarded estate of an international
arms dealer.
G PETE CRUS Crushed Ice. Pete, Eric.
When a job goes tragically wrong, Truth North, a
smooth-talking master of disguise and an assassin for the
right price, goes up against a faceless enemy who is out
to expose his real identity and kill him.
G RUSL CELL Cell 8. Roslund & Hellstrom.
A cheap crooner by the name of John Schwarz earns his
keep on a ferry between Sweden and Finland singing
evergreens for drunken passengers. One night, he loses
his temper with a man harassing women in the crowd,
beating him unconscious. As drunken brawls are
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commonplace on the Baltic cruising ferries, no one raises
an eyebrow. But Detective Ewert Grens is concerned by
the details of the case report, Grens can't help but think
someone capable of such violence must have a history of
it.
G SHEH MONT The Montauk Monster. Shea, Hunter.
On a hot summer night in Montauk, the bodies of two
local bar patrons are discovered in the dunes, torn to
shreds, their identities unrecognisable. In another part of
town, a woman's backyard is invaded by four terrifying
creatures that defy description. With every sunset, the
terror rises again.
G TAYP IRIS An Irish Country Courtship. Taylor, Patrick.
After less than a year in Ballybucklebo, Barry Laverty is
settling into the village, and with only a few more
months to go before he becomes a full partner in Dr.
O'Reilly's medical practice, Barry's looking forward to
becoming a fixture in the community. But an unexpected
romantic reversal gives him second thoughts.
G TOYS TOWE The Tower. Toyne, Simon
FBI Agent J. J. Shepherd must find the missing director of
a NASA Control Center as strange events erupt around
the globe, while Liv Adamson, pregnant and close to
term, desperately searches for the final secrets of the
prophecy.
G TURJ HARD Hard Kill. Turner, J.B.
An American diplomat goes missing and ex-Special
Forces operative Jon Reznick joins a top secret team, led
by FBI Assistant Director Martha Meyerstein, to help
track him down.
G YOUT WARR The Warriors. Young, Tom.
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson’s newest assignment
is a welcome change of pace. Manas Air Base in
Kyrgyzstan is a major stopover for planes in and out of
Afghanistan, but his new job as safety officer is a pretty
laid-back way to spend the next year. Or so he thought.
G WILK PEOP The People VS. Cashmere. Williams,
Karen.
Williams pens an emotionally gripping novel that follows
the plight of two orphaned sisters who are thrown into a
world of drugs, violence, and sex, in a struggle to survive.
and the program was shut down. Now, a large asteroid is
on a collision course with Earth and the best hope is the
lost nanites.
S WHIS PIRA Pirates of the Timestream. White, Steve.
Jason and his companions travel to the seventeenth
century to encounter the real pirates of the Caribbean
including a beautiful she-pirate who turns out to be
Transhumanist renegade! To Jason's horror, he also
learns that the Teloi aliens who were the grim reality
behind the pagan pantheons of antiquity.
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S BENJ BANI Banishing in the Dark. Bennett, Jen.
While investigating the mystery surrounding her own
birth, Arcadia Bell, along with her lover Lon, must
reverse the evil spell her parents cast during her
conception to stop her murderous mother from taking
permanent possession of her body.
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S HENB WITC Witches in Red. Hendee, Barb.
Witches Celine and Amelie are sent by their patron
Prince Anton to an isolated silver mining community in
the far north where they must use their abilities to find
out why the men are being turned into massive mad
wolves that slaughter anyone in sight.
S KEYG DAWN Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Keyes,
Greg.
A prequel novel to the movie Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes that bridges the gap between the events of the
box-office smash Rise of the Planet of the Apes and the
much-anticipated sequel, as well as offering fans the full
story that leads into the action on screen.
S NEIC FRID Friday Night Bites. Neill, Chloe.
New vampire Merit acts as a liaison between humans
and bloodsuckers in an effort to keep the more unsavory
aspects of the vampire lifestyle out of the media, but
finds that not everyone wants peace between the two
races.
S NIVL GOLI The Goliath Stone. Niven, Larry.
Twenty-five years earlier, Doctor Toby Glyer and William
Connors made a revolutionary breakthrough in
nanotechnology. However, a nanite mission went awry
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R DAYS SEVE Seven Years To Sin. Day, Sylvia.
Seven years ago, on the eve of her wedding, Lady Jessica
Sheffield witnessed a scene so scandalous she could not
erase it from her memory. Shocked, yet strangely
titillated, she nevertheless walked down the aisle into a
life serene yet unremarkable. But what she kept hidden
fueled wildly imaginative and very illicit dreams.
Romance
R BEVJ DANG Dangerous Joy. Beverley, Jo.
A desperate charade evolves into an illicit liaison of
scandalous passion and forbidden love for a rebellious
heiress hiding a terrible secret.
R BLAT ALLI All I Want is You. Blake, Toni.
Christy Knight grew up in Destiny, Ohio, but lately she
feels that her future lies elsewhere. Her parents are gone
and the beautiful jewelry she creates doesn't pay the
bills. Maybe it's time for Christy to grow up and find a
guy who's smart, sexy, and solvent. Her rugged
handyman neighbor fits the first two categories, but he's
all wrong for her.
R BUSS RAPT Rapture Becomes Her. Busbee, Shirlee.
Emily Townsend is secretly leading a ring of smugglers to
save her village and what's left of her family fortune
from her wastrel cousin. After her crew rescues an
injured stranger from the sea, she finds her lucrative
pastime in jeopardy due to this dashing stranger who
needs her help.
R COUC NIGH Night Fire. Coulter, Catherine.
18-year old Arielle Leslie is sold by her wicked halfbrother to an ugly old reprobate who abuses her, and
when he dies, she's left with worthless property and the
man's equally evil bastard son. Fleeing her miserable
past, Arielle sets out to board a ship to America but
meets Burke Drummond, a soldier hero who'd met her
three years ago before she wed, and has loved her ever
since. Remembering the innocent, carefree girl Arielle
used to be, Burke abducts her, vowing he'll teach her to
love him as he loves her.
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R DAYS STRA The Stranger I Married. Day, Sylvia.
Vowing never to let love enter into their marriage,
Isabel, Lady Pelham, and Gerard, Marquess of Grayson,
have an open marriage, until a shocking turn of events
forever changes Gerard who is now determined to win
Isabel's heart.
R EDEC ILLB I’ll Be Slaying You. Eden, Cynthia.
Sandra "Dee" Daniels is a vampire's worst nightmare.
Sure, she couldn't get up to five-six in the highest heels
money can but not that she ever wears heels. But the
monsters in her past and the stake in her boot are
enough to keep most bloodsuckers interested in staying
undead out of Baton Rouge.
R ELLC MARR Marriage Matters. Ellingsen, Cynthia.
Newly-engaged graduate student Chloe must deal with
her true feelings about her best friend after she becomes
engaged to someone else while her own mother is
tempted by an employee and her Grandma June
meddles in everyone's business.
R GARD UNDE Under a Texas Sky. Garlock, Dorothy.
Growing up poor and largely abandoned on the streets
of 1920s Chicago, Anna Finnegan has struggled her
entire life. Now years later she's about to start shooting
her first movie. Arriving on location in Redstone, Texas,
in 1932, Anna steps off the train and collides into Dalton
Barnes. It doesn't take long, though, for Anna and Dalton
to discover fireworks of a different sort between them.
R HEAL ROGU A Rogue in Texas. Heath, Lorraine.
Grayson Rhodes was a maverick who had left London's
suffocating upper class world to earn his own fortune. So
he seized the chance to work Abbie Westland's land, and
from the moment he first saw Abbie, he was determined
to use his arms to work the farm by day and to soothe
her through the nights in his strong embrace.
R HILS SWEE Sweeter Savage Love. Hill, Sandra.
Dr. Harriet Ginoza knows the rough and ruthless man of
her dreams is everything she should despise, a
quintessential male chauvinist, yet time after time, she
finds herself lost in visions of a dangerously handsome
rogue straight out of a historical romance. Harriet never
believed that her dream lover would cause her any
trouble, but when a twist of fate casts her back to the
Old South she meets him in the flesh!
R LAUS MAST The Masterful Mr. Montague. Laurens,
Stephanie.
Montague has devoted his life to managing the wealth of
London’s elite, but at a huge cost, a family of his own.
Then the enticing Miss Violet Matcham seeks his help,
and in the puzzle she presents him, he finds an intriguing
new challenge professionally and personally.
R LONJ BETW Between the Devil and Eversea. Long,
Julie Anne.
The moment orphaned American heiress Titania 'Tansy'
Danforth arrives on English shores she cuts a swath
through Sussex, enslaving hearts and stealing beaux. She
knows she's destined for a spectacular titled marriage,
but the only man who fascinates her couldn't be more
infamous or less interested.
R MACK TROU The Trouble with Harry. MacAlister,
Katie.
Answering an advertisement for a wife, Plum may have
found the man of her dreams in her new husband Harry,
a titled aristocrat and former spy, whose dangerous past
and mischievous brood of children make her life
delightfully chaotic.
R MARK MIDN Midnight Rider. Martin, Kat.
As soon as the tall, handsome Spaniard leaned down
from his stallion to offer her a rose, Caralee McConnell
knew California held danger. But all too quickly she was
forced to deny the heat Ramon de la Guerra had
sparked. In a moment of rage and revenge, he stole
Caralee away to his mountain lair.
R MATK SPOO Spoonin’. Matthews, Kimberly T.
In this powerful and poignant tale, Matthews introduces
a couple whose marriage is falling apart, and follows
their struggle to forgive each other as they attempt to
repair their damaged relationship.
R MAXC WEDD The Wedding Wager. Maxwell, Cathy.
Looking to restore her family stables, Mary Gates heads
for London to find a wealthy husband, only to find
herself falling for her handsome neighbor and chief rival,
Tye Barlow, who appears to be determined to thwart her
quest to marry for money.
R MILL BRID The Bridegroom. Miller, Linda Lael.
Undercover agent Gideon Yarbro is renowned for
stopping outlaws almost before they commit a crime.
But now he must stop a wedding - despite the bride's
resistance. Lydia Fairmont will lose everything if she
doesn't honor her betrothal to a heartless banker. Unless
she marries someone else instead whether it's a love
match or not.
R MURJ ILLB I’ll Be Your Everything. Murray, J.J.
Tired of being taken advantage of by her boss Corinne,
Shari Nance, posing as Corinne, takes on a major account
to prove who's the real talent and goes up against a rival
agency's top executive, who just so happens to be
Corrine's boyfriend.
R QUIA MYST The Mystery Woman. Quick, Amanda.
Targeted by a disabled former spy for the Crown who
wrongly believes she is blackmailing his sister, Beatrice
Lockwood offers her assistance in tracking down the real
culprit and eventually falls for the spy only to find herself
hunted by a mad scientist who would resurrect a dead
lover.
R ROSJ LEGE Legends Lake. Ross, Joann.
In the exclusive world of horse racing, Alec MacKenna is
known as a hardheaded trainer who cares more for an
animal's welfare than the financial bottom line. After a
public altercation with a callous owner leaves his career
on the brink of ruin, Alec's only chance for redemption is
Legends Lake, a thoroughbred with Triple Crown
potential and a dangerous problem that could end both
of their careers.
R WALS DEEP Deeper Than Need. Walker, Shiloh.
Starting over in Madison, Indiana with her son, single
mother Trinity Ewing, determined to put her old life
behind her, is drawn to handyman Noah Benningfield
when, while fixing up her house, terrible secrets are
exposed and mysteries resurface.
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in social status kept Rouan from pursuing a courtship
with the lady his heart wouldn't let him forget.
R GRIW LONE Lone Star Heiress. Griggs, Winnie.
Plucky Ivy Feagan is headed to Turnabout, Texas, to
claim an inheritance, not a widower's heart. That all
changes when strapping schoolteacher Mitch Parker
rescues her in the wilderness. Straight-laced Mitch has
never met a woman like Ivy - beautiful, adventurous and
good-hearted but he already lost love once and doesn't
dare try again.
Christian Romance
R ALFM FORG Forgotten Past. Alford, Mary.
Faith McKenzie was the only survivor of a brutal home
invasion. Viciously attacked and left for dead, Faith can't
remember anything about that night including the
identity of the killer. Desperate to feel safe, Faith puts
her trust in the handsome P.I. Yet a killer is dead set on
ensuring that Faith's memory never returns.
R HALD GENT The Gentleman’s Bride Search. Hale,
Deborah.
If Jasper Chase won't trouble himself to find a new
governess, Evangeline Fairfax must find her employer a
wife. That way, his children will be well cared for once
she leaves to start a charity school. Jasper reluctantly
agrees to a matchmaking house party with one condition
that Evangeline give him lessons in courtship.
ALE A Beauty So Rare. Alexander, Tamera.
Eleanor's practical plans for the new home for Civil War
widows and orphans at Belmont Mansion, in Nashville,
conflict with architect Marcus artistic vision. Will they
ever manage to find common ground?
R HANI SECO Second Chance Summer. Hannon, Irene.
When Rachel Shaw and Jack Fletcher meet on a sunny
Georgia beach, it seems like the perfect start to a
romance. There's just one problem, neither one is the
least bit interested in falling in love. Yet as they repair
the house, Rachel and Fletch realize they might be able
to build a second chance at a great love.
R ARMC ONEM One More Last Chance. Armstrong,
Cathleen.
Cathleen Armstrong invites you back to Last Chance for a
heartwarming, romantic story of two people navigating
the twists and turns of life in a small town.
HAT The Heart’s Pursuit. Hatcher, Robin Lee.
A jilted bride desperate to save her family from ruin. A
bounty hunter seeking vengeance for a ravaged past. An
arduous trek toward justice or redemption.
R CAPC SECO Second Chance Cinderella. Capshaw,
Carla.
Heartbroken when her childhood love never returned,
Rose Smith soon learned she had even greater worriesshe carried his child. Ten years later as a housemaid in
London, she encounters Samuel Blackstone. The kind
youth she adored has turned bitter with success. Feeling
out of place in Sam's high-society world, Rose fears what
he may do when he learns of their son.
EAK A Lady’s Honor. Eakes, Laurie Alice.
In order to avoid a forced marriage to a dangerous man,
Elizabeth Trelawney flees London. An unexpected
stranger arrives to help her, and as they elude her
pursuers across Cornwall in the night, Elizabeth realizes
her rescuer, Rouan Curnow, is familiar. Their differences
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R JOHC GROO Groom by Design. Johnson, Christine.
Dressmaker Ruth Fox gave up her dream of a husband
and children long ago. Her family's floundering dress
shop, her ailing father and her two younger sisters
require Ruth's full attention. Though the handsome new
stranger in town is intriguing, Ruth is certain he wouldn't
look twice at a plain spinster of twenty-six.
R JOYE LOVE Love, Honor or Stray. Joy, E.N.
Now that Deborah has finally let go of the past that
haunted her for so many years, is she ready to grab hold
of love? The handsome Lynox Chase certainly hopes so,
as he tries everything to win Deborah's heart.
R KINL HERO A Hero in the Making. Kingery, Laurie.
Nate Bohannan won't let anything stand in the way of
his grand plans in California. Even if it means traveling
there with unreliable huckster Robert Salali. But after a
destructive bender in Simpson Creek, Texas, the
unscrupulous Salali runs out, leaving Nate to carry the
blame and the debt. He can fix broken furniture but can
anything fix the despair in café owner Ella Justiss's eyes?
R KINL PREA The Preacher’s Bride Claim. Kingery,
Laurie.
For the Thornton brothers, the Oklahoma Land Rush is
the perfect opportunity to finally put down some roots.
A new start, a new community what more could
preacher Elijah Thornton need? Not a wife not after the
pain of losing his fiancé. But something draws him to the
pretty nurse whose eyes are clouded by trouble. Only by
claiming her own homestead can Alice Hawthorne avoid
an unwanted marriage.
R KIRK HORS The Horseman’s Frontier Family. Kirst,
Karen.
Everything Gideon Thornton has worked for is in
jeopardy, all because of one stubborn woman. Evelyn
Montgomery insists that Gideon's new claim from the
Oklahoma Land Rush legally belongs to her. A truth that
may mean the end of her claim...and the start of a future
big enough to encompass both their dreams.
R MANL SMAL Small-Town Homecoming. Manley, Lissa.
Ten years ago, Curt Graham left his hometown in
disgrace. Now Curt returns to Moonlight Cove for a fresh
start and to reestablish family ties. The pretty owner of
the inn where he's staying is exactly the kind of woman
he needs. Now if only he could convince Jenna he would
make her a wonderful husband.
R MANB SING Single Dad Cowboy. Minton, Brenda.
Determined to start over, Harmony Cross returns to
Dawson, Oklahoma. She needs time and space not
complications. Especially not in the form of the charming
Dylan Cooper. Can this unlikely hero give her a perfect
forever?
R MEND FLOO Flood Zone. Mentink, Dana.
Mia Sandoval's friend is murdered under mysterious
circumstances-and the single mother is a suspect. Her
only ally is a man she isn't sure she can trust. Search and
rescue worker Dallas Black has a past as harrowing as
Mia's own, and the police are suspicious of them both.
With no choice but to work with secretive Dallas, Mia
discovers he is as complicated as the murder they are
forced to investigate to clear her name.
R MCCS PROT Protective Instincts. McCoy, Shirlee.
After losing her family, and then nearly her life when she
was held hostage in Africa, grieving widow Raina Lowery
only wants to put the past behind her. Instead, she is
finding her son's toys in the woods and dodging a
gunman's bullets. Raina is trapped in a real-life
nightmare until Jackson Miller reappears.
R MILE HANN Hannah’s Courtship. Miller, Emma.
Amish widow Hannah Yoder never intended to marry
again, yet when her friendship with veterinarian Albert
Hartman begins to bloom into something more, Hannah
wonders if she's finally ready for new love. Albert waited
his whole life to find the right woman, only to realize
Hannah was there all along, but there's more than their
friendship to consider.
R NELJ FAMI Family on the Range. Nelson, Jessica.
A quiet ranch in the Oregon desert gives Mary O'Roarke
the solace she craves after a painful childhood.
Concealing her growing feelings for her boss,
government agent Lou Riley, is a small price to pay. Then
an abandoned little girl is placed in Mary's care,
awakening dreams she's all but forgotten.
R PLEA LAWM The Lawman’s Oklahoma’s Sweetheart.
Pleiter, Allie.
When Katrine Brinkerhoff's cabin is attacked, only sheriff
Clint Thornton's heroism saves her. She owes Clint her
life and her help catching the men responsible. All she
has to do is trust in Clint's plan to protect her family. But
she can't let herself care too deeply, not when her past
carries secrets that would drive him away.
R RAWN SOLD The Soldier’s Secrets. Rawlings, Naomi.
Divided Loyalties Brigitte Dubois will do anything to keep
her family safe. When she is blackmailed by her fatherin-law, his quest for revenge leaves her no choice. To
protect her children, she must spy on the man who may
have killed her husband. But Jean Paul Belanger is
nothing like she expected.
R REEE CAUG Caught in the Crosshairs. Rees, Elisabeth.
Recruited for a top secret mission, elite sniper Sergeant
Cara Hanson is determined to prove herself-as a female
sharpshooter-to her commanding officer. But when the
assignment goes horribly wrong, Captain Dean
McGovern takes their team into hiding in a remote
Wyoming cabin. Both fiercely protective, Cara and Dean
work overtime to figure out who's leaving notes and
taking shots at them.
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R RICC WARR The Warrior’s Vow. Rich, Christina.
Swept away from her home and into the desert, Abigail
is as much a prisoner as she is a princess. A ruthlessly
ambitious captain of the palace guard intends to force
her into marriage and rule Judah through her.
R SPRK BACH The Bachelor Next Door. Springer,
Kathryn.
Dedicating all his time to the family business isn't easy
for Brendan Kane, but he owes his foster parents bigtime for taking him and his brothers in. So, when
Brendan's mother hires Lily Michaels to redecorate the
family home it doesn't matter to Brendan that Lily is
beautiful, funny, and smart. He has no time for
distractions. Can Lily show him there's more to life and
that it includes a future together?
R YBAK UNEX Their Unexpected Love. Y’Barbo,
Kathleen.
Widowed contractor Logan Burkett runs a skate park
ministry for troubled teens and thinks a place to be
themselves is the answer. But when disaster strikes,
Logan finds himself feeling very protective of the
beautiful planner and surprised to discover they share
one very special thing in common…love.
R STOA CRIT Critical Diagnosis. Stone, Alison.
Researcher Dr. Lily McAllister has dedicated her life to
finding a cure for a family disease and now, steps away
from a promising new treatment, Lily is attacked. Only
the training of army physician James O'Reilly can save
her.
R URBA SMOK Smoky Mountain Investigation. Urban,
Annslee.
A mysterious caller taunts journalist Kylie Harper with
details about a decade old death, leading her to a new
trail of murder. Who is this deranged person and what
does he want from her? Kylie's former love Nick Bentley
must put everything on the line to save Kylie before she
becomes the next victim of a madman.
R WINB FORE Forever a Family. Winn, Bonnie K.
Ever since the loss of his father, widow Olivia Gray's son
has been acting out. When he's assigned community
service at Zeke Harrison's ranch, the boy takes to the
farm animals and to Zeke. As a kid who hid his own
troubles behind bad behavior, Zeke seems to understand
her child better than anyone. Still, she needs to keep an
eye on her son which means staying close to the
handsome veterinarian.
R WOOC WHEN When the Heart Cries. Woodsmall,
Cindy.
Despite being raised in a traditional Old Order Amish
family, seventeen-year-old Hannah Lapp desires to break
with custom, forgo baptism into the faith, and marry
outside the cloistered community.
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Western
W BLAM DEAD Dead Reckoning. Blakely, Mike.
After a botched confidence scam, swindler Dee Hassard
begins a killing spree that covers half of the Colorado
Territory. His first victim is the brother of rustler-turnedpreacher Carrol Moncrief. Now Carrol must fall back on
his former outlaw savvy to track the murderer down.
W BRAM DIST Distant Land. Braun, Matt.
Three Brannock brothers once came west. Now, one of
them survives, and Clint Brannock feels the weight of
responsibility as he does his job as a U.S. deputy
marshal.
W COMR TUCK Tucker’s Reckoning. Compton, Ralph.
Ever since he lost his wife and daughter, Samuel Tucker
has wandered, drunk and bereft of a reason to go on.
Now, far from his native Texas in Oregon's Rogue River
region, Tucker secretly watches as two men gun down a
third. After they leave, he takes the dead man's pistol
and makes it to the next town.
W EVAT ARAP Longarm and the Arapaho Hellcats
(#419). Evans, Tabor.
When bank robbers make off with a bride after killing
her groom, Longarm vows to see justice done.
W EVAT LEDG Longarm With a Six-Gun (#4). Evans,
Tabor.
LONGARM AND THE HIGH-GRADERS - Somebody's
stealing the high-grade ore from the Murietta Mining
Company, and it's up to Longarm to get it back.
LONGARM AND THE NESTERS - At Jayhawk Junction,
Kansas, a quarrel bursts into a full-scale range war
between cowmen and "nesters" - the foreign farmers
fencing in the wild prairie.
W GREZ WILD Wildfire and The Heritage of the Desert.
Grey, Zane.
WILDFIRE - Horse hunter Lin Sloan never wanted
anything more than the wild stallion he called Wildfire.
Lucy Bostil found the horse and the unconscious man
who had roped him. She saved both their lives, taking
Sloan’s heart in the process. Now another man wants
Lucy and the horse and will kill to get them.
HERITAGE OF THE DESERT - John Hare is dying in the
desert until he is discovered and saved by the generous
rancher, August Naab. As Hare gets back to health on
Naab’s ranch, he's irresistibly attracted to Naab’s
adopted daughter, Mescal. But Mescal is being pursued
by a man who is not to be trusted.
W JOHW MASS Massacre Canyon. Johnstone, William W.
When Luke Jensen is taken prisoner by the notorious
Kroll gang, his brother Smoke Jensen must come to his
rescue.
W JOHW MACC MacCallister: The Eagles Legacy - Kill
Crazy. Johnstone, William W.
Duff MacCallister brings his own brand of justice to the
new American frontier in this fourth, blockbuster tale in
the popular spin-off of the perennial bestselling 'Eagles'
series.
W JOHW TIME A Time to Slaughter. Johnstone, William W.
Shawn O'Brien sets out to rescue the school teacher
hired to teach the children of Dromore, both family and
employees. She's taken by a man from her past, actually
a hired man, and is to be sold to Arab slavers in Mexico.
W KELE RANG Ranger’s Trail and Texas Vendetta.
Kelton, Elmer.
RANGER'S TRAIL - Spring of 1874: Ranger companies are
being reorganized and David "Rusty" Shannon is the
most sought-after veteran. But he has a new goal to
marry Josie Monahan but tragedy changes Rusty’s plans.
TEXAS VENDETTA - Young Andy Pickard is in the midst of
a bloody vendetta. Pickard and Farley Brackett, a former
Confederate soldier, must deliver prisoner Jayce Landon
to the sheriff of a neighbouring county for killing a man
named Ned Hopper. But the Landon and Hopper families
are in a blood feud: the Landons to free Jayce, the
Hoppers to kill him.
W KNOR IRON Ironhorse. Knott, Robert.
Newly appointed as Territorial Marshals, Virgil Cole and
Everett Hitch are traveling by train on a mission to escort
Mexican prisoners to the border. But when the Governor
of Texas climbs aboard with his wife, daughters, and
$500,000 in tow, the journey becomes a lot more
complicated.
W LAML COLL The Collected Short Stories of Louis
L’Amour (vol. 1). L’Amour, Louis.
This volume features 35 action-packed Frontier Stories.
It kicks off a series of nine books that will not only bring
all of L'Amour's Western short fiction to his millions of
readers, it will also include a two-part volume of
Adventure Stories and a two-part volume of Crime
Stories, as well.
W LOGJ HIGH Slocum and the High Country Manhunt
(#413). Logan, Jake.
Bismarck, North Dakota, is no place to be in the middle
of winter. So when a young beauty bedecked in jewels
shows up in the local saloon looking for a card game,
Slocum can’t help but be intrigued. Especially when she
turns out to be the worst poker player he’s ever seen.
The woman is Ginny Garfield, daughter of Gilbert G.
Garfield of the Garfield Coal, Trains, and Shipping
dynasty, and she’s hard on the trail of the man who
killed her brother.
W LOGJ REBE Slocum and the Rebel Canyon Raiders
(#423). Logan, Jake.
A wanted man with no horse, a gun with only two
bullets, and no hat to cover his head, John Slocum hopes
with every passing day that he'll be forgotten by the law.
After escaping a close call with a lion and a rattlesnake,
Slocum falls in with a different kind of varmint, a den of
outcast Southern rebels.
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W LOGJ THRE Slocum and the Three Fugitives (#418).
Logan, Jake.
Running a local saloon that is targeted by trouble,
Slocum confronts a local rancher who is endeavoring to
take over everything in town by killing off his enemies.
W ROBD TOWN Town Tamers. Robbins, David.
A band of rowdy and violent cow-hands from the Circle K
ranch have been terrorizing the small town: drinking,
smashing windows, and even shooting up innocent
citizens. With the townsfolk terrorized, Ludlow is on its
way to being totally under the gang’s control unless
someone does something about it.
W SHAJ BOUN Bounty Hunt (The Trailsman #377).
Sharpe, Jon.
In the Rocky Mountain town of Meridian, Skye Fargo
receives an offer from a woman to find a local outlaw
who’s terrorizing the territory. The outlaw is Cord
Blasingame, and he’s her husband. So while the
Trailsman will be doing all the shooting, his beautiful
client will be playing an even more perilous part as bait
for the brutal Blasingame!
W SHAJ NEVA Nevada Viper’s Nest (The Trailsman
#386). Sharpe, Jon.
Skye Fargo may have bent the law from time to time, but
when a self-appointed pack of Carson City vigilantes aim
to stretch his neck for murder, he knows it’s time to light
out of town.
W SHAJ NIGH Night Terror (The Trailsman #391).
Sharpe, John.
In the wilds of Arkansas swamp country, someone or
something is on a killing spree. And the only things left
behind are the victim’s heads. Fargo would rather just
pass through and not get too involved. But there are
some acts of savagery that cannot be ignored. And the
Trailsman is about to face off against a killer unlike any
he’s ever met.
W THOR BLAC The Black Hills. Thompson, Rod.
In this historically accurate Western epic from debut
author Rod Thompson, a young farm boy comes of age in
a frontier crucible of death, vengeance, and beauty.
Mystery
M BARL NOTK Not the Killing Type. Barrett, Lorna.
A local election becomes complicated when a candidate
is murdered and bookshop owner Tricia Miles must clear
her sister's name and find the real killer in the seventh
installment of the New York Times best-selling mystery
series.
M BEAM SOME Something Borrowed,Someone Dead.
Gloria French had a nasty habit of borrowing things and
not giving them back, just small things, a teapot here, a
set of silverware there. So it's quite the shock when she
is found dead, murdered by a poisoned bottle of
elderberry wine. Afraid the murder will be a blight on the
small town, Parish councillor, Jerry Tarrant, hires private
detective Agatha Raisin to track down the murderer.
M BLAI CATS The Cat Sitter’s Cradle. Blaize & John
Clement.
Spotting an exotic bird far from its indigenous habitat,
pet sitter Dixie Hemingway uncovers sinister forces
behind the bird's displacement before a client is
murdered and a new friend goes missing with her baby.
M DOUC CATA Cat in an Alien X-Ray. Douglas, Carole
Nelson.
Cat in an Alien X-Ray takes the Las Vegas gang on a
science-fictional roller-coaster ride, as Midnight Louie,
feline PI, and company encounter UFO enthusiasts,
conspiracy nuts who are too bizarre even for tin foil hat
therapy.
M FLUJ DEAD Dead Giveaway. Fluke, Joanne.
Ellen Wingate thinks she’s hit the jackpot when she
learns the millions she’s inherited come with a superexclusive condo in the mountains outside of Las Vegas.
But leaving Minnesota for paradise turns out to be the
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ultimate nightmare. Trapped with her neighbors in a
freakish winter avalanche, a chilling discovery at the
bottom of an indoor pool signals a frightening turn of
events.
M HARC DEAD Dead Ever After. Harris, Charlaine.
When a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, Sookie will
learn that what passes for the truth is only a convenient
lie. What passes for justice is more spilled blood. And
what passes for love is never enough.
M HOWD EVEN Evening Bags and Executions. Howell,
Dorothy.
Hayley Randolph, newly single fashionista and occasional
sleuth, has landed a job planning events for big-deal
Hollywood clients. But her new boss sets her up for
disaster by putting her in charge of a complicated
Beatles-themed charity bash.
M LAUV DEAD Deadly Forecast. Laurie, Victoria.
Abby Cooper must keep FBI agent Dutch Rivers safe from
harm after she has a frightening premonition of his
murder and her spirit guides alert her to approaching
danger.
M SEFM CLOS Close Knit Killer. Sefton, Maggie.
When an acquaintance turns up murdered outside the
intended classroom space for her yarn shop, Kelly Flynn
unravels a long list of suspects.
Non-Fiction for All
Ages
332.0240082 Well-Heeled. Scorgie, Lesley-Anne.
A financial guide for young woman that discusses how to
get out and stay out of debt, save more money, and be
financially smart in relationships.
35 easy ways to transform your
shoes! (page 25)
362.196 BUR Hard Lumps: A Memoir. Burns, NancyGail.
Textbooks describe cancer as a malignant tumor or
growth, caused when cells multiply uncontrollably.
Researchers give no mention to the consumption of
healthy thoughts, and the birth of destructive, negative
feelings. Nancy- Gail Burns corrals those thoughts and
feelings and illustrates that in the end, good things can
be found in just about anything.
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J 590.2 ONE 125 True Stories of Amazing Pets.
Inspiring tales of animal friendship and four-legged
heroes, plus crazy animal antics.
J 595.44 LLE Spiders-Deadly Predators (level 4).
Llewllyn, Claire.
Explains many facts about spiders, including their
physical characteristics, how they catch and kill their
prey, how they spin webs, and how they produce their
young.
613.265 CLA Rawlicious at Home. Crawford, Angus.
From the owners of the Rawlicious raw food restaurants,
comes an inspiring, easy-to-follow cookbook. Learn
about the numerous benefits of raw food and how to
make healthy, simple and delicious raw meals at home.
Over 100 raw recipes that are also vegan and gluten free.
635 MIL Indoor Kitchen Gardening. Millard, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Millard teaches you how to grow microgreens,
sprouts, herbs, mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers, and
more all inside your own home, where you won't have to
worry about seasonal changes or weather conditions.
636.807 CIN The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee. Cinotto,
Laurie.
This photo-heavy, breezy yet informative guide book for
middle-grade readers and up comes from the hugely
popular Itty Bitty Kitty Committee website. It's full of
useful information about kittens as well as funny stories
about the many kitties the Itty Bitty Kitty Committee has
fostered over the years.
641.302 ADL Sweet Debbie’s Organic Treats. Adler,
Debbie.
Provides an array of recipes for muffins, brownies,
cookies, cupcakes, and breads, including salted caramel
apple muffins, cosmic chocolate chip cookies, and
irresistible red velvet cupcakes.
641.5 MOR Epic Meal Time. Morenstein, Harley.
JACKASS meets MAN VS. FOOD in this awe-inspiring and
hilarious guide to extreme, artery-hostile cooking - based
on the wildly popular YouTube cooking show.
641.5 RAI Man Made Meals. Raichlen, Steven.
Steven Raichlen really knows the pleasure men get from
cooking, the joy they take in having the skills, the need
to show off a little bit. This cooking bible has everything
a man needs to achieve confidence and competence in
the kitchen.
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641.555 SOU 5 Ingredient Weekend Meals. Southern
Living.
With 5 simple ingredients anyone can have a homecooked supper on the table in 30 minutes or less!
Cooking with just a handful of ingredients makes cooking
quick and fuss free and leaves more time for sharing
activities with the family.
641.56 LEG Permaculture Kitchen. Legge, Carl.
Includes vegetarian recipes, and vegetarian and vegan
alternatives to meat dishes. This title explains how to
make tasty meals, driven by seasonal, foraged, homegrown, local, fresh, free range produce, including meat
and sustainably caught fish.
641.5636 REE Decadent Gluten-Free Vegan Baking.
Reed, Cara.
Baking delicious, one-of-a-kind desserts is one thing, but
when those desserts put the exclamation point on
healthy by being gluten-free and vegan, now that's
something everybody can enjoy. The author shares over
100 easy gluten-free vegan recipes, using tasty
substitutions such as almond milk, soy butter, coconut
oil and nut-based cream.
641.5951 TSE Sweet Mandarin Cookbook. Tse, Lisa.
Helen and Lisa Tse have been cooking original family
recipes that have been handed down through the
generations all their lives. In Sweet Mandarin they share
their knowledge, favorite recipes and cooking tips.
641.66 VAN Haute Dogs. Kraayenburg, Van.
Haute Dogs gives the classic cookout staple a fresh and
tasty twist, with recipes inspired by everything from
south-of-the-border BBQ to Japanese fusion to modern
food-cart cuisine.
641.86 TAS Cake Mix Creations. Taste of Home.
Bake a delicious treat every time starting with a cake
mix, a few extra ingredients, and great ideas from the
readers and test kitchen experts at Taste of Home, the
#1 cooking magazine in North America.
650.142 BOL Guide to Rethinking Resumes. Bolles,
Richaed N.
A guide to writing resumes for the twenty-first century
provides tips, frequently asked questions, and keywords
in order to ensure an interview.
745.5 HUM The Ultimate Duct Tape Book. Hum, Liz.
From picture frames and wallets to prom dresses and
tuxedos, duct tape crafts' popularity continues to surge.
This book has projects for boys and girls as well as teens
and adults. Everyone will find inspiration inside to create
something out of duct tape.
745.5 SMI Makery. Smith, Kate.
This beautiful craft book is a contemporary collection of
more than 30 must-make projects that ooze style and
personality. Kate's smart ideas are complemented with
friendly instructions and handy tips to guide you, so that
you achieve great results every time.
J 745.5 LID Pimp Your Pumps. Liddle, Charlotte.
Are you bored with your boots, sick of your sneakers,
and embarrassed by your boring black pumps? If you
can't afford to buy personalized sports footwear or
sparkly party shoes, don't despair, you can do it yourself!
Charlotte Liddle will show you how, with 35 ways to
make your feet more fun.
745.5941 OWN Handmade Gift Cards. Owen, Cheryl.
Here is the ultimate book of greetings cards to make,
perfect for the complete beginner as well as more
advanced crafters looking for new inspiration and
techniques to add style and individuality to their own
hand-crafted card designs.
746.432 CHR New American Knits. Christoffers, Amy.
Practical and stylish pieces for daily life! New American
Knits offers garments that are casual but polished,
equally appropriate whether running errands, at the
office, or socializing with friends.
746.432 GUN Knitted Mitts & Mittens. Gunderson,
Amy.
Stylish and utilitarian, these creative designs will keep
you warm and looking good, no matter the occasion.
746.432 HUF Fun and Fantastical Hats To Knit. Huff,
Mary Scott.
Twenty patterns for knitting whimsical hats for both
children and adults, including hats featuring a gargoyle
hat, an Alice in Wonderland-inspired top hat, and an
Architeuthis hat with tentacles.
746.434 RED Reversible Color Crochet. Reddig,
Laurinda.
Learn about this new method along with 28 reversible
squares suitable for afghans or other items, make one of
the 10 projects that use them, or find inspiration to
design your own!
746.44041 MON Tangle Stitches for Quilters. Monk,
Jane.
You will learn how to create tangle patterns on paper
and then how to create the same patterns in thread, the
key difference being that Zentangle patterns on paper
are 'one stroke at a time' while quilting patterns are
most efficiently achieved in one continuous line.
Zentangle-inspired quilting projects include materials,
how to mark and prepare fabric, tricks and tools.
746.46 FON Make + Love Quilts. Fons, Mary Katherine.
Inspiring designs and practical advice from quilting
celebrity Mary Fons. These quilts may take time to finish,
but can be completed by any quilter who has passion for
sewing no matter what her skill level.
Biography
J 629.45 DOW Postcards From Space: The Chris Hadfield
Story. Dowm, Heather.
A picture book featuring a simplified edition of the
biography of Chris Hadfield, former commander of the
International Space Station. Appropriate for young
children, this book encompasses the theme of dreaming
big and also showcases some of NASA's best
photography.
J 959.7043 SKR Last Airlift: A Vietamese Orphan’s
Rescue from War. Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk.
The story of the last Canadian airlift rescue operation
that left Saigon and arrived in Toronto on April 13, 1975.
Son Thi Anh Tuyet was one of the 57 babies and children
on that flight. Based on personal interviews and
enhanced with archival photographs.
J 968.065 DEN Nelson Mandela:No Easy Walk to
Freedom. Denenberg, Barry.
This powerful biography provides an in-depth look at
Nelson Mandela who grew up in a rural village in South
Africa under racist apartheid rule and a regime he
ultimately helped overthrow.
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A glittered
guide for
whimsical
crafting!
Seasonal
BB HO Guess Who? Ho, Jannie.
Are you a mummy or a super hero? Try on six different
masks with this silly new board book with eye holes!
BB KAR My Pumpkin. Karr, Lily.
A group of monsters visits the pumpkin patch to pick out
a perfect pumpkin for a Halloween jack-o-lantern.
641.86 FLU Lake Eden Cookbook. Fluke, Joanne.
The Swenson clan is gathering for the annual cookie
exchange at The Cookie Jar and you're invited! The
recipes in this book include luncheon favorites as well as
baked goods of all kinds-- some never before published!
Get ready to warm up the kitchen, and bring these
irresistible flavors into your very own home!
745.5941 BRO Glitterville’s Handmade Christmas.
Brown, Stephen.
Christmas is as bursting as a mantle-hung stocking with
twenty new whimsical, winter-wonderful craft projects
that will fill your home with cheer. Hundreds of
beautiful, easy-to-follow, step-by-step full-color photos
and how-to’s make the crafting fun and the results
foolproof.
745.5941646 NIC Halloween Handbook. Nicksin, Carole.
Make this the most spooktactular Halloween ever!
Decorate the house with creepy crafts, make a fangtastic costume, then whip up some devilishly delicious
treats all from the pages of All you magazine.
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J 745.59412 ABA Craft it Up: Christmas Around the
World. Abadee, Libby.
Christmas is a time of giving and spreading joy among
friends and family, and this book presents a magical and
inspirational way to help you do just that. Bring
Christmas from around the world into your home with
these beautiful treasures.
746.434 CHR Christmas Ornaments to Crochet.
Christopher, Barbara.
Create snowflakes, wreaths, stars, and other charming
Christmas ornaments with this excellent guide. Easy-tofollow instructions explain how to make over 50
attractive decorations that can be worked up quickly.
G JONB WINT Winter Wonderland. Jones, Belinda.
The irresistably gorgeous new novel from Belinda Jones
will completely melt your heart!
G MICF SECR Secret Santa. Michaels, Fern.
Christmas is the time for miracles, mayhem and holiday
romance in these wonderful stories from four of today’s
most beloved authors.
M WEBP ELVI Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse.
Webb, Peggy.
Someone's ringing slay bells and Callie, her bodacious
Cousin Lovie, and Elvis the basset hound who believes
he's the King reincarnated must go on the hunt for a
killer who's anything but jolly.
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