Hachette Books 4/18/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Illustrated by Jennifer Harney. Store pick: A really fun book for dads to read to their young sons (or dino-loving daughters). -Jill Hendrix, store owner View More...
Katherine Tegen Books 2/15/2022. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Signed bookplate laid in. Illustrated by Gracey Zhang. Store pick: Nigel has big dreams but he's embarrassed to share them with the world. Luckily his teacher and parents help him conquer his fears and fly. This is an absolutely beautiful story by a debut SC author. -Jill Hendrix, store owner Signed by author. View More...
St. Martin's Griffin 9/6/2022. New paperback. Signed bookplate laid in. Store pick: Lizzie struggles to manage her ADHD, and it shows. What she doesn't have a problem with, though, is managing her romantic relationships, mostly because she doesn't have them. One night is plenty to scratch any itches she has. And that works perfectly for Rake (yes, he's heard all the romance jokes), who is also not interested in relationships and is about to return home to Australia anyway. But after two nights, they both can't stop thinking about each other...and then Lizzie finds out she's pregnant, and Rake... View More...
St. Martin's Griffin 4/4/2023. New paperback. Store pick: Indira is a successful psychiatrist who is determined to prove that she has her life together by working on her relationship with her boyfriend...who she walks in on having relations with someone else. So she goes to stay with her brother, who's in the midst of planning his wedding, and runs into her childhood nemesis Jude. Jude is an emergency doctor who's struggling with PTSD from the trauma he's experienced while traveling to countries with humanitarian crises to treat emergencies. And he's equally as displeased that he and Indira a... View More...
Wednesday Books 8/15/2023. New paperback. On sale 8/15/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: Tilly and Oliver first meet on an international flight, and their first impression is not great on either side. So it seems like the worst luck when Oliver shows up at Tilly's sister's place to start work as an intern with Tilly...and they'll be spending the summer traveling together. Working together. Staying in hotel rooms together. Tilly struggles with her ADHD, as always, but Oliver's autism allows him to understand her in ways no one else has, and the two grow close. Readers of Eddings's adult romance... View More...
Atria Books 9/12/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. On sale 9/12/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: Fans of Adam Grant and Brene Brown will love this book by the psychologist who pioneered the idea of psychological safety as she explains how to become more resilient and prepared for our faster-changing world by learning the science of failing well. -Jill Hendrix, store owner View More...
Celadon Books 6/13/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. On sale 6/13/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: A wealthy couple are discovered dead in their upscale home. Was it murder? Murder-suicide? Something else? M.T. Edvardsson introduces us to an extensive cast of intricately developed characters who take us on a journey to ultimately discover the truth. Each of these characters are passionately and deeply developed and all are compelling and believable. They are complex and relatable for the humanity that Edvardsson has constructed for them, while at the same time leaving a nagging impres... View More...
Montlake 8/16/2022. New paperback. Store pick: This is a great installment in the Mercy Kilpatrick series. When a boy no one knowns walks inn the diner and announces his Mother and infant child are missing, Mercy becomes involved and is focusing on the missing mother and child and also navigating how to protect the remaining children. Treasure hunters are a different type, daring, risk averse, always sure they will prevail. Now town is over run with them and Truman hardly has time to focus on one issue before another arises. Then he is faced with a murder and this changes the tolerance for th... View More...
MIRA 2/21/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Sometime we tell lies to protect those we love. Sometimes we tell lies to make ourselves look better. There are intentional lies and lies of omission, but they are still lies and will often come back to ruin your relationships or your life. Her five year struggle with infertility is bad enough for Olivia Bender, and then the murder happens. The lies are revealed, distrust and suspicion abound. There are lots of plot lines, lots of characters, and lots and lots of lies in this riveting new thriller from J. T. Ellison But the penul... View More...
Abrams Books for Young Readers 11/8/2022. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Illustrated by Elly MacKay. Store pick: This is a really gorgeously illustrated picture book about that wonderful quiet time early in the morning when it feels like you're the only ones in the world awake. -Jill Hendrix, store owner View More...
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers 5/16/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Illustrated by Bob Shea. Store pick: I don't want to give away the superpower, but if you know how I spend my weekends then you'll understand why this story resonates with me. Kids should love the stinky humor and Bob's delightful illustrations. -Jill Hendrix, store owner View More...
Rock Point 9/6/2022. New hardcover. /No jacket. Store pick: For anyone who has ever watched a Studio Ghibli film, and any genre of Anime, you will know that passion for food is one of the essentials of this art. For many of us, the response to the beautifully drawn dishes and the sense of awe and euphoria that over takes the characters is: HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS AMAZING FOOD?!?!?!? Well, thanks to Nadine Estero that question has finally been answered. The Anime Chef Cookbook is filled with delicious recipes that are easy to follow and created delicious dishes. In addition to the details of how ... View More...
Kensington 1/23/2024. New paperback. On sale 1/23/24. Pre-order today! Store pick: In When the Jessamine Grows, Donna Everhart takes a complicated issue?neutrality during the Civil War?and gives an empathetic portrait of a family that tries to maintain it. Joetta McBride doesn?t care about the war, she just wants her family to continue growing their own food and minding their own business. Joetta soon finds that not getting involved carries its own risks, such as the alienation of her sons and neighbors. As her own husband and son go to war, she learns to do what she can to survive. But Joett... View More...
HarperCollins 9/20/2022. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: When Anisa?s grandmother sends her a new kurta from Pakistan, she cannot wait to wear it to school. When Anisa?s arrives to school wearing her kurta it gives her teacher a great idea, their class will celebrate International Day! Each student will bring a food or activity that celebrates the country that their family comes from or the state in which they lived. A seemingly easy task turns out to be more difficult than you would think, and a misunderstanding amongst friends threatens to ruin the day. A great early reader ... View More...
Pocket 9/26/2023. New paperback. On sale 9/26/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: Greenwich Park is a fabulous debut novel. The book starts off with a letter to Helen from someone in prison wanting her to know the truth. So, you know from the beginning that something bad is going to happen, but you don?t know who wrote the letter. Told from 3 POV ? Helen who hopes to finally be bringing a baby to term after many miscarriages, Serena who is Helen?s college friend and now married to her brother Rory and Kate, Helen?s child hood friend who is her brother Charlies on again and off again girlfriend -... View More...
William Morrow 4/11/2023. New paperback. Store pick: Juliette Fay, how could you do this to me? Get me so emotionally invested your novel, The Half of It, that I think about Helen and Cal, the main characters, constantly? It didn?t help that like Helen and Cal, I also came of age in the early 80s. Their chance meeting 40 years later gives them an opportunity to correct some things from the past and decide if they want to go in another direction. But how those adult children can interfere! Add grandkids to the mix to make a fine family drama and love story that was hard for me to put down. And... View More...
Scholastic Inc. 4/30/2019. New paperback. Author is local and we can get books personalized for you. Store pick: Crabby is...well...crabby. He's bored. Nothing makes him happy. He doesn't even *want* to be happy. But that doesn't stop his friend Plankton from trying to cheer him up (and getting frustrated when it doesn't work). Fenske's entertaining but simple text and bright illustrations will build confidence in beginning readers who aren't quite ready for chapter books yet. -Melissa O., store employee Signed by author. View More...
G.P. Putnam's Sons 9/5/2023. New paperback. On sale 9/5/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: This debut novel explores friendship, secrets and family relationships in a small Texas town. Mary Alice and Ellie first become friends as next-door neighbors and mothers to sons, Michael and Kenny. Their friendship, though, is tested by loss and change brought about by retirement, new romance and family secrets. The sudden appearance of Mary Alice's sister, Katherine, threatens to upend all of the carefully crafted stories that have protected her life up until now. The Old Place is a warm and wry glimpse... View More...
Minotaur Books 3/7/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Alex Finley has written more of an action packed, Mission Impossible type thriller, than his previous books but I enjoyed it just as much, and his surprise at the end didn?t disappoint. Twenty-five years ago, a group of teenagers lived at Savior house ? a supposed safe haven for orphans. In order to be safe and survive the horrible things that were going on there they did something terrible and have carried that secret with them ever since. Now one of them is dead and several of the others have discovered that their supp... View More...
St. Martin's Griffin 10/31/2023. New paperback. On sale 10/31/23. Pre-order today! Store pick: Imogen's mom has a habit of making predictions that generally come true in some way -- like the one when she was a child that predicted that Imogen would never come first at anything. And with many years of anecdotal evidence, that seems to be holding true. Imogen has never won a competition or contest, and she has a string of exes who broke up with her when they chose someone else. Now Eliot -- one of her best friends, who she's been in love with since they were kids, who went to prom and hooked up... View More...
