New Items from February and March 2020
This list only includes books that were available in February and March 2020. No new books were received during the months of April, May, or June. Fiction Devoted by Dean R. Koontz
A child who has not spoken since his father’s death befriends a dog who understands his wordless communications, which are complicated by the boy’s conviction that an evil is targeting his family. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
Hit list by Stuart Woods
Former New York City cop turned Manhattan law firm rainmaker finds himself in rather hot water in a high-suspense latest entry in the best- selling series. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Chiefs. Read by Tony Roberts. Simultaneous.
Revenge by James Patterson
Investigating the suspicious suicide of a young woman whose family once employed him as a bodyguard, former SAS soldier David Shelley makes unsettling discoveries that are complicated by the victim’s father’s thirst for revenge. Fearless by Fern Michaels
Falling in love with a divorced professor she meets on a singles cruise, widow Anna Campbell accepts his proposal before uncovering disturbing facts about him and his children. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Godmothers series.
Dragonfly : a novel by Leila Meacham
Teamed together to infiltrate Nazi ranks in occupied Paris, five idealistic American spies from diverse backgrounds begin questioning who they can trust when one of their number is killed. By the best- selling author of Roses. 50,000 first printing
Under occupation : a novel by Alan Furst
A historical novel based on the true stories of Polish prisoners in Nazi Germany finds a young member of the French resistance in occupied Paris navigating increasingly dangerous assignments and the machinations of an enigmatic spy. Maps. The numbers game : a novel by Danielle Steel
Setting aside her dreams to raise a family, Eileen reevaluates her sacrifices in the wake of her husband’s affair with a famous actress’s daughter, who discovers that she needs to find herself before committing to someone else.
Crowning design by Leila Meacham
Deborah Standridge finds that her reputation as an architect, as well as her own feelings, are tested by the return of the man she jilted eight years earlier
Roses by Leila Meacham
Having not married in spite of their true feelings, cotton tycoon Mary Toliver and timber magnate Percy Warwick struggle with deceit, secrets and tragedies that challenge their children and grandchildren in their small east Texas community. 75,000 first printing. Aly's house by Leila Meacham
Aly Kingston still retains her girlhood crush on Marshall Wayne, despite his apparent designs on her father's bank
When She Returned by Lucinda Berry
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A long petal of the sea : a novel by Isabel Allende
Sponsored by the poet Pablo Neruda to flee the violence of the Spanish Civil War, a pregnant widow and an army doctor unite in an arranged marriage only to be swept up by the early days of World War II. Simultaneous. Tour. The scent keeper by Erica Bauermeister
A young woman raised on a remote island with a father who identifies the scents of the natural world makes illuminating discoveries about her identity and a mysterious cache of fragrances. By the best-selling author of Joy for Beginners
The lost art of mixing by Erica Bauermeister
A sequel to The School of Essential Ingredients finds restaurant owner Lillian managing an unexpected challenge while sharing her days with a circle of friends and regulars, including ritual-performing accountant Al, heartbroken chef Chloe and unobtrusive giant Finnegan. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.
If Only I Could Tell You: A Novel by Hannah Beckerman
Audrey's family has fallen apart. Her two grown-up daughters, Jess and Lily, are estranged, and her two teenage granddaughters have never been allowed to meet. A secret that echoes back thirty years has splintered the family in two, but is also the one thing keeping them connected. As tensions reach breaking point, the irrevocable choice that one of them made all those years ago is about to surface. After years of secrets and silence, how can one broken family find their way back to each other?A life-affirming novel with a twist that will break your heart and an ending that will put it together again. The school of essential ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
Gathering at Lillian's Restaurant for a weekly cooking class, a young mother struggles with the growing demands of her family, an Italian kitchen designer works to adapt to life in America and a widower mourns the loss of his wife to breast cancer. Reprint. A best-selling novel.
Joy for beginners by Erica Bauermeister
Meeting with her five close friends to celebrate her recovery from cancer, Kate announces that she will take up white-water rafting if each of them will also do something that equally terrifies them, a challenge that results in a tattoo, a bread-baking endeavor and a reconciliation. 35,000 first printing.
Saltwater by Jessica Andrews
Follows the life of Lucy, beginning with her working-class childhood in northern England growing up with her mother—comforting, mysterious and tirelessly devoted—whose lessons in womanhood shape Lucy’s appreciation for desire, her sense of duty as a caretaker and her hunger for a better, maybe reckless life.
The lieutenant's nurse by Sara Ackerman
Stationed in Hawaii in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attacks, Army Corps nurse Eva Cassidy fights for the lives of her patients and falls for an enigmatic intelligence officer while hiding a difficult secret. Original. 50,000 first printing. The wives by Tarryn Fisher
A woman in a voluntarily bigamous marriage befriends one of her husband’s other wives by chance, only to discover that the gentle husband she knows may be abusing his other families. 10,000 first printing.
Golden in death by J. D. Robb
Homicide detective Eve Dallas investigates the springtime murder of a beloved pediatrician by an unknown killer who hid a deadly toxin inside of a small golden egg. By the best-selling author of Connections in Death.
The butterfly girl : a novel by Rene Denfeld
A companion to The Child Finder finds investigator Naomi continuing her search for her years-missing sister in Oregon, where her discoveries about local disappearances are shaped by fleeting memories and her butterfly guides. 100,000 first printing. Alter Ego by Brian Freeman
When a freak accident kills a driver on the remote roads outside Duluth, Jonathan Stride is disturbed to discover that the victim appears to be a ghost, with a false identity and no evidence to suggest who he really was. What's worse, the man has a gun locked in the trunk, and it has recently been fired. It's up to Stride to solve the mystery, but there are those who would stop at nothing to stop him.
The cold nowhere : a Jonathan Stride novel by Brian Freeman
When he finds the daughter of a woman he failed to protect from a violent husband years ago hiding out in his lakeside cottage, Duluth PD Lieutenant Jonathan Stride is driven by guilt and duty to help her
Goodbye to the dead by Brian Freeman
Detective Jonathan Stride's first wife, Cindy, died of cancer eight years ago, but her ghost hangs over Stride's relationship with current lover, and fellow detective, Serena Dial. American dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Selling two favorite books to an unexpectedly erudite drug-cartel boss, a bookstore manager is forced to flee Mexico in the wake of her journalist husband’s tell-all profile and finds her family among thousands of migrants seeking hope in America. Maps. Tour.
The river murders by James Patterson
A bind-up of three suspenseful tales includes the previously released Hidden and Malicious as well as the new thriller, Malevolent, in which private investigator Mitchum desperately hunts the perpetrator of attacks against his loved ones. 250,000 first printing.
Marathon by Brian Freeman
Violence strikes the heart of Duluth when a bomb goes off at a marathon, bringing the FBI to Detective Jonathan Stride's city--was it terrorism, or something more personal? Shall We Dance? by Shelley Shepard Gray
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The Women in Black by Madeleine St John
Written by a superb novelist of contemporary manners, The Women in Black is a fairytale which illuminates the extraordinariness of ordinary lives.
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
Goodbye, Columbus meets the novels of Amy Tan in this American story of class, society and identity that marks the debut of a new voice in fiction
Match-Making in Montana by Pamela M. Kelley
It's been a long, hard year, but single mother Anna is finally putting the past, and her cheating ex-husband behind her and is finally ready to dip her toes in the dating pool again. Her best friend, Isabella, gets the ball rolling by placing a personal ad on her behalf and screening the men who write and forwarding on the few she considers worthy Things really get interesting when Isabella's match-making goes into high gear and she arranges for businessman Zachary Shelton to rent the house next-door to Anna. Isabella instantly recognized newcomer Zachary as Anna's high school sweetheart who promised her forever, then moved away and was never heard from again. He's also very different from the sensitive young man Anna remembered. This Zach is a hardened businessman, cold and detached and only in Beauville temporarily. The attraction is still there for sure, but does she even like this new Zach?
Blue moon by Lee Child
A highly anticipated latest installment in the best-selling series finds Jack Reacher offering aid to an elderly couple only to be confronted by the most dangerous opponents of his career. By the best-selling author of One Shot. Read by Scott Brick. Simultaneous.
When we were Vikings : a novel by Andrew MacDonald
Discovering that her brother has rationalized unethical measures to keep them afloat, rule-driven Zelda follows examples from Viking culture to pursue a legendary life that tests the limits of her courage. A first novel. 100,000 first printing.
Writers & lovers : a novel by Lily King
A follow-up to the award-winning Euphoria follows the story of a former child golf prodigy-turned-unemployed writer whose determination to live a creative life is complicated by her relationships with two very different men. Euphoria : a novel by Lily King
Frustrated by his research efforts and depressed over the death of his brothers, Andre Banson runs into two fellow anthropologists, a married couple, in 1930s New Guinea and begins a tumultuous relationship with them
The girl with the louding voice : a novel by Abi Dar©♭
Adunni, a 14-year-old Nigerian girl who longs for an education, must find a way for her voice to be heard loud and clear in a world where she and other girls like her are taught to believe, through words and deeds, that they are nothing.
The mercies : a novel by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
In Finnmark, Norway, 1617, after 40 fishermen are drowned in the sea, the women of the tiny Arctic town of Vardo must fend for themselves especially when a sinister figure arrives, bringing with him a mighty evil that threatens their very existence. 50,000 first printing. Apeirogon : a novel by Colum McCann
Two fathers, a Palestinian and an Israeli, navigate the physical and emotional checkpoints of their conflicted world before devastating losses compel them to work together to use their grief as a weapon for peace. By the best-selling author of TransAtlantic.
The bay of noon by Shirley Hazzard
A young English girl fleeing her past, Jenny is introduced to the social life of Naples, Italy, where she finds intrigue as well as glamour as she becomes embroiled in the lives of Giocanda, a gifted writer; her lover Gianni, a famous Roman film direcotr; and Justin, a handsome Scotsman. Reprint.
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
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A collection of short fiction sensitively probes the emotions, desires, and inner conflicts of a variety of characters in ten stories that include "The Party," "Weekend," "Harold," "A Place in the Country," "The Worst Moment of the Day," and the title piece. Original. 10,000 first printing.
Stitches in time by Suzanne Woods Fisher
A new teacher in Stoney Ridge takes on the challenge to help find homes for foster children in Lancaster County. Her effort brings hope to two young girls, but complicates her budding romance
Two steps forward by Suzanne Woods Fisher
"Sylvie King, now a widow, desperately needs help on her horse farm. What she doesn't need are complications. Unfortunately, she's just hired a man with plenty of them" The protective one by Shelley Shepard Gray
Reevaluating her priorities in the aftermath of a friend’s passing, Elizabeth ends her parent-approved relationship with a man who seeks to interfere in her unexpected romance with a childhood friend. By the author of The Patient One.
Spilled blood : a novel by Brian Freeman
As two neighboring towns--Barron, the home to a powerful corporation, and St. Croix, the town that suffers from the corporation's pollution--are locked in a feud, a St. Croix girl is accused of killing the daughter of the corporation's president
Other voices, other rooms by Truman Capote
A boy matures amidst the odd characters who live in Skully's Landing The complete stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote
A definitive compendium of all the short fiction of the acclaimed author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's includes such famed pieces as "Children on Their Birthdays" and "A Christmas Memory," as well as such lesser-known tales as "Master Misery" and "Jug of Silver." Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Phantom Limb : A Gripping Psychological Thriller by Lucinda Berry
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Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry
Book Annotation A Nuntucket Affair by Pamela Kelley
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Nora Roberts Land by Ava Miles
Journalist Meredith Hale's ex-husband claimed her Nora Roberts addiction gave her unrealistic expectations about marriage, and she believed him. All dreams of happily ever after--or Nora Roberts Land as her mother calls it--went up in smoke. But when her family asks her to temporarily help their Dare Valley, Colorado newspaper, she decides it's time to change her life and prove her ex wrong. She's determined to find her own small-town Nora Roberts hero, prove that true love exists, and publish a story about her quest.
Her Body Can by Katie Crenshaw
Her body is beautiful--strong, kind and wise. All bodies are lovely no matter their size. A book of poetic declarations of body positivity and self-love for all young girls
How Do You Doodle? : Drawing My Feelings and Emotions by Elise Gravel
Book Annotation I can Do Hard Things, Mindful Affirmations for Kids by Garcia, Gabi
Introduces children to the practice of listening to their quiet voice inside and using mindful affirmations for support when navigating hard situations when they arise
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