WorthyKids 2/7/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Illustrated by Pablo Pino. Store pick: This book does a really lovely job of explaining and encouraging the values of compassion, kindness, and empathy to young children. It would make a great readaloud at children's church or just with your own family. -Jill Hendrix, store owner View More...
Berkley 2/14/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Stone Cold Fox is a wickedly clever story of a con artist who has decided it is time to settle down and find the rich husband that she knows she deserves. We should hate Bea ? who is definitely not the typical well-liked protagonist. She is a snobbish, conceited, narcissistic con artist, but she is also determined, witty, and smart. Knowing about her horrible childhood makes you root for her even if she isn?t very likeable and hope that she does end up with a nice rich husband and lives happily ever after. It looks like she is... View More...
Henry Holt and Company 2/1/2022. New paperback. Store pick: This powerful novel is about the journey of one woman, Lydia, and her young son as they try to escape to the US from their home in Mexico. Their treacherous journey to get away from an angry drug lord mirrors the stories of other migrants they meet along the way. Jeanine Cummins has written an excellent novel on the difficult paths of the migrants and their reasons for heading north. A real page-turner! -Linda H., store volunteer (seconded by Melissa O., store employee) View More...
Avon 11/15/2022. New paperback. Store pick: Your favorite Gods of the Gates stars are back, this time with Peter and Maria's story front and center! The two co-stars have a rocky beginning, with Maria leaving Peter after a one-night stand, only to run into each other the next day at the casting call. Then they spend six years together filming on a remote Irish island, forming their own little family with the crew -- but not in a romantic relationship. They both have baggage, and they both have to face themselves and each other after filming wraps, but as Olivia Dade's books always are, reader... View More...
Avid Reader Press 11/30/2021. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: It's as if Isaac Asimov based the protagonist of his 1942 novel, Foundation, on Ray Dalio, but Ray wasn't even born until 1949. Ray, the founder of the enormously successful hedge fund, Bridgewater, has applied the same techniques he used so successfully at Bridgewater (compile reams of historical data, develop theories and decision rules, backtest your theories with the help of computers against your historical data, refine and repeat) to understanding the rise and fall of empires and where the US currently stands,... View More...
Avon 1/28/2014. New paperback. A fun historical romance that reminds me of Teresa Medeiros. Perfect for a Valentine's Day read. -Jill Hendrix, store owner. (seconded by Melissa O., store employee) View More...
Marysue Rucci Books 5/9/2023. New paperback. Store pick: Agnes and Polly share a decades long friendship even though they each lead very different lives. At the center of the friendship is a love for Fellowship Point, a family camp in Maine. Both women enjoy the escape that the enclave represents and feel a duty to protect both the environment and the secrets that are held there. Love is a constant theme as Polly marries and grows a family and Agnes becomes an author with a will to protect Fellowship Point from development which she can only achieve with Polly's assistance. In addition, a you... View More...
Simon & Schuster 3/21/2023. New paperback. Store pick: This is the first book I read by Laura Dave, and I was captured from the start. (I have since read her earlier books and enjoyed them also). Laura Dave has crafted together a family filled with the normal angst of step-parenting. Hannah is an accomplished and mature woman who meets Owen by the merest chance. Ensuing is a bi-coastal relationship and marriage, marriage also involves Bailey, Owens teenage daughter whose Mother died when she was young. All of that is enough for several novels, but the anxiety here is from much deeper and far ... View More...
Henry Holt and Company 5/16/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Sasha and Jesse have accepted an invitation to Jules and Miranda's country home for the holidays. The homeowners also invite a third couple, Jesse's best friend, Lou and their very extra girlfriend, Darcy. Darcy epitomizes everything Sasha craves even as she mocks Darcy's flamboyant personality. When Jesse and Darcy collaborate on a questionable livestream performance, the flame of Sasha's jealousy threatens to consume everyone. Don't be fooled into thinking that Dykette is just funny and entertaining. Jenny Fra... View More...
Penguin Books 5/31/2022. New paperback. Store pick: Helena, Leonie, Niamh, and Elle are witches who have been friends since girlhood, though they've grown apart in the years since taking their oath to join Her Majesty's Royal Coven and fighting a magical war. Now, Helena is High Priestess of HMRC; Leonie has started her own more inclusive coven; Niamh is a country vet who doesn't want anything to do with the coven; and Elle does her best to ignore her witch side while being the best wife and mom she can be. Then Theo is dropped into their lives, a prophesied child who heralds the coming of a ... View More...
G.P. Putnam's Sons 11/28/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. On sale 11/28/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: I couldn't resist pulling this one down and giving it a read. I believe I've read all of the Lincoln Rhyme series and this one certainly did not disappoint. Linc's old nemesis The Watchmaker is back and this time in a twisted plot that includes terrorizing the city of New York through a complex plan to sabotage and collapse construction cranes across the city, he has a deeper and more diabolical plot in mind; to eliminate Lincoln Rhyme for good. This tale has more twists and turns... View More...
Berkley 12/6/2022. New paperback. Store pick: Are you even an adult if you haven't thought about quitting your job and joining the renaissance faire? LuLu did just that! A great story about living life on your own terms, doing what you love, and loving others. Great storyline and hot guys in kilts. What's not to love? -Ali W., store employee View More...
Tor Books 11/1/2022. New hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: I listened to the audiobook and I'm so thankful for air pods! I could not stop and had to see what would happen next. The world Susan created I could picture so easily. I felt the anxiety and struggle Winnie went through to prove herself and help her family. The fear of the unknown and the Nightmares, The longing to love someone and be afraid. The ending left me wanting the next book immediately! I have so many theories and cant wait to find out what happens in the next installment. -Ali W., s... View More...
Tor Books 10/17/2023. New paperback. On sale 10/17/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: I listened to the audiobook and I'm so thankful for air pods! I could not stop and had to see what would happen next. The world Susan created I could picture so easily. I felt the anxiety and struggle Winnie went through to prove herself and help her family. The fear of the unknown and the Nightmares, The longing to love someone and be afraid. The ending left me wanting the next book immediately! I have so many theories and cant wait to find out what happens in the next installment. -Ali W., store employee View More...
McElderry Books 2/1/2022. New paperback. Store pick: Bree is still dealing with her mother's death when she goes to UNC Charlotte for an early college program. While there, she discovers a secret society of descendants of Arthur's knights who fight modern-day demons. But even within this magical society, everything is not as it seems, and Bree learns secrets about the order and herself that could put herself and her new friends in danger. Black Girl Magic in all its forms, Deonn seamlessly blends contemporary fantasy with Arthurian lore while also exploring Bree's Black identity. -Melissa O.... View More...
Avon 4/25/2023. New paperback. Store pick: If you are looking for a quirky little story about a dysfunctional family, this is your book. Laugh-out-loud funny at times, occasionally heartfelt, HelenKay Dimon?s novel is a great reprieve for a slow day. The Moorewoods consider vice and deception the family business. Can they ever go legal? When Jillian Moorewood is released from prison, she intends to find out. It doesn?t hurt that she is assigned a hunky bodyguard that wants to help. An entertaining read! -Linda H., store volunteer View More...
Harper Paperbacks 8/2/2022. New paperback. Store pick: An idyllic cottage for the couple in number 9 turns out to be anything but idyllic when two bodies are uncovered in the garden during some remodeling. Rose, the original owner of the cottage is now in her late seventies and living in a care home with dementia. Her granddaughter Saffie, who is expecting her first child, and Saffie?s husband Tom were thrilled when given the cottage by Saffie?s mother Lorna. Little did any of them know that their remodeling would uncover and bring to light many unanswered questions from the past. Why didn?t ... View More...
Harper Paperbacks 1/10/2023. New paperback. Store pick: A twenty year mystery involving 4 teen aged girls who were in a horrific car accident. One was found wounded and had to be cut out of the wreckage. The other three disappeared never to be seen or heard from again. Throw in a young journalist who comes to the small village to produce a podcast for the twenty year anniversary of the incident and a young cop who is an expert on cold case solves and you have an engrossing story about survivor?s guilt, young love, bad love and what a mother will do to be able to stay with her child. I alterna... View More...
