Ember 12/23/2014. New paperback. Store pick: Set in medieval times, Rachel Hartman explores dragonkind and their relationships with humans in her debut novel, imagining dragons in a new and creative way. Seraphina, half human and half dragon, must use her inner strength to find a way to make the peace between the two species last while still struggling to hold on to her own identity. Recommended for fans of Kristin Cashore's Graceling and Christopher Paolini's Inheritance series. -Melissa O., store employee View More...
Gallery Books 4/25/2023. New paperback. Store pick: The Marsh Queen is a beautifully written, slow paced novel about family and love and hidden secrets with a mystery and lots of tension thrown in. The descriptions of the birds and the Florida marshes help make this an atmospheric novel that you won?t want to miss. -Nancy M., store volunteer View More...
St. Martin's Griffin 11/22/2022. New paperback. Store pick: This book keeps you hanging on trying to determine who you can trust and who to fear. Daily you change your allegiance and become more embroiled in something you cannot understand. What could be more romantic and adventurous than sailing to an atoll from Hawaii on a glamorous trip of a lifetime? When you are young, carefree, and fearless you don't hesitate. Just met your fellow travelers? Not even worth considering. Lux is on the mend from the death of her Mother and feels abandoned and adrift. Meeting Nico and following him to Maui ... View More...
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers 11/7/2023. New paperback. On sale 11/7/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: Ali Hazelwood makes a move to chess for her first YA novel, and it is just as amazing as her adult novels. After staying away from chess for years because of her complicated feelings about her dad, Mallory plays in a charity tournament at the request of her best friend and ends up beating the current world champion, Nolan. Afterwards, she's approached to join a chess club on a fellowship that would allow her to not have to worry about a job to support her family, and after an int... View More...
Berkley 1/3/2023. New paperback. Store pick: Ali Hazelwood is becoming one of my must-read romance authors. This collection of novellas about three friends who met at grad school has everything you expect from her -- great characters and relationships; slow-burn (well, as slow as you can burn in a novella), steamy romance; and, of course, science! Fans will not be disappointed. -Melissa O., store employee View More...
Berkley 6/13/2023. New paperback. On sale 6/13/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: I've been a fan of Hazelwood's STEM-inist, academia romances since her first one, The Love Hypothesis. Each of her books deserves all of the hype. Even if you're not science-minded or in an academic profession, her characters are phenomenal, and you won't feel lost at all. The slow-burn romance between rival physicists Elsie and Jack in this story is everything, and I absolutely love Elsie's individual character growth (and that she has her priorities straight; cheese-buying capability should absolutely be a consi... View More...
Flatiron 6/20/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. On sale 6/20/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: Night Will Find You is one of the most amazing books I have read in a long time. Not only is it a fantastic mystery/thriller with lots of twists and red herrings, but it stars one of the most interesting main characters you will ever encounter. I have a science background, and I have always loved books with what I jokingly call ?believable paranormal elements.? Vivvy Boucher is my perfect protagonist. She is a brilliant Ph.D astrophysicist who is also a psychic (though she tries to hide this ... View More...
William Morrow 9/28/2021. New paperback. Store pick: A Solitude of Wolverines is a heart stopping action packed wilderness survival story, an education about the lives of endangered wolverines, and an introduction to the unforgettable, tough as nails heroine, wildlife biologist Dr. Alex Carter. Alex was living in Boston trying to decide if she and her long time beau, Brad, were really finished when she was almost killed at the dedication of a new wildlife preserve she had helped save from a developer. That very day she got the offer of a job in the Bitterroots of Montana. Alex loved field wor... View More...
St. Martin's Griffin 1/3/2023. New paperback. Co-written by Sarah Pekkanen. Store pick: Just the story of Avery and her unorthodox methods as a therapist (actually now a consultant as she lost her license due to said unorthodox methods) would have been intriguing enough. Add in Marissa and Matthew (the Golden Couple) and all of their secrets and problems and the fact that Avery is being threatened by big pharma to disclose the name of her source because her anonymous tip to the FDA about a trial coverup wasn?t in fact so anonymous and you have a very interesting and suspenseful novel that jus... View More...
Berkley 6/14/2022. New paperback. Store pick: It seems like an oxymoron, but The Final Girl Support group is a delightfully dark and very suspenseful thriller, both funny and really scary. It tells the story of 6 vastly different women ? survivors from horrors we can only imagine ? who as final girls have been in a support group for 16 years. And, then they start dying! The book pays homage to the slasher films of the 80s and 90s and even if you weren?t a fan of them, if you like Mission Impossible type escapes, and thrillers which go in totally unforeseeable directions (several times) then y... View More...
Berkley 5/19/2020. New paperback. Store pick: January is a bestselling romance novelist who is questioning whether romance and happily-ever-afters are even real after having her world turned upside down by her father's death. Gus is a literary writer (and January's college nemesis) who can't seem to get out of a massive case of writer's block. When they end up as neighbors in a small lakeside town, they make a bet: Gus will write a book with a happy ending for a change, and January will write one without. As they get to know each other, secrets and feelings emerge and both have to come to ter... View More...
Berkley 5/3/2022. New paperback. Store pick: Literary agent Nora's life is embodied by the small-town romance trope; you know the one, where the man leaves the city to complete a business deal in a small town but ends up falling in love with a baker or something and dumping his city girlfriend to settle down in the small town. Except Nora is the city girlfriend. Who's been dumped. Multiple times. But Nora loves her life in New York and isn't about to change it for anything. So she's surprised when her sister books a getaway for the two of them to visit the small-town setting of Nora's biggest... View More...
Berkley 4/25/2023. New hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Harriet lives for the one week a year she gets to spend with her best friends from college, which has always included her longtime boyfriend Wyn. Except she and Wyn broke up months ago, and they still haven't told anyone. Now, to keep the peace and make this last vacation as perfect as everyone needs it to be, Harriet and Wyn are pretending to still be together. In fact, there's a lot of pretending going around, and a lot of ways their friend group has changed over the years, even though no one h... View More...
Berkley 5/11/2021. New paperback. A Fiction Addiction Favorite Staff Pick of 2021. Store pick: Poppy and Alex have been best friends since they drove home from college together 11 years ago, and they've made it a point to take a summer trip together every year, even when their lives take different paths and land them in different places. Until two years ago, when everything fell apart. Now Poppy has realized that the last time she was truly happy was the last time she was on vacation with Alex, and she's determined to get that back. Told in two timelines -- the yearly vacations in order since... View More...
Atria Books 5/2/2023. New hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: This enchanting and delightful read had me turning pages as fast as possible to find out the fate of young Flora, evacuated to the British countryside with her sister during WW2, only to later go missing. Patti has written a wonderful ode to the power of story to change lives. -Jill Hendrix, store owner Signed by author. View More...
St. Martin's Press 4/4/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: The Soulmate is about two couples, Pippa and Gabe and Amanda and Max. It is a story of family, mental illness, and what it means to truly love someone. The riveting thriller is told from the viewpoints of the two wives, both in the past and the present. Pippa, who is very much alive, is trying to understand what has happened and what she can do to protect her family. Amanda, who is dead is trying to discover exactly what happened that led to her death. One of the best domestic thrillers I have read in ages, the short... View More...
Ace 10/1/2019. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Dune is my favorite novel of all time. I re-read every 5-10 years and get something new out of it each time. -Jill Hendrix, store owner View More...
G.P. Putnam's Sons 1/10/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Leigh O?Donnell is a disgraced detective on suspension from the NYPD homicide division when she gets a call from her brother to go back to her small Ohio hometown to help him investigate three suspicious drownings. Leigh is a very troubled young women but it takes going back to her hometown after 14 years, having her husband leave her, and nearly getting killed to make her finally realize she is strong enough to face the bad things in her life and deal with them. The mystery was intriguing, I loved the mythical refe... View More...
G.P. Putnam's Sons 1/16/2024. New paperback. On sale 1/16/24. Pre-order today! Store pick: Leigh O?Donnell is a disgraced detective on suspension from the NYPD homicide division when she gets a call from her brother to go back to her small Ohio hometown to help him investigate three suspicious drownings. Leigh is a very troubled young women but it takes going back to her hometown after 14 years, having her husband leave her, and nearly getting killed to make her finally realize she is strong enough to face the bad things in her life and deal with them. The mystery was intriguing, I loved the ... View More...
Joy Revolution 1/3/2023. New paperback. Store pick: Celine and Brad used to be best friends. Until Brad chose the popular group over their friendship. Now they're the opposite of friends, constantly competing and bickering about everything. When they both apply to a scholarship program, though, they're forced to work together, which makes them re-examine their relationship and what they meant to each other, and has them questioning whether they can make it work again...maybe as something more than friends. This is everything you could want from a Talia Hibbert YA -- humor, emotion, swoon-wort... View More...
