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ENCHANTRESS OF NUMBERS AN AMERICAN FAMILY A NOVEL OF ADA LOVELACE A MEMOIR OF HOPE AND SACRIFICE Jennifer Chiaverini Khizr Khan NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR A wonderful chance for your book group A sure hit with historical fiction readers members to speak about their families and those who love a strong, smart and immigrant experiences and to talk about enigmatic female character. Ada is a what the American dream is for them. A forgotten historical figure who deserves very timely book for discussion of today’s to be reintroduced. events in a personal way.

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THE LATE BLOOMERS’ CLUB ANATOMY OF A MIRACLE Louise Miller Jonathan Miles An uplifting book about siblings, a rural This book encourages a discussion about New England town, a lost dog and cake. faith, science, mystery, and the meaning This book will give you a great reason to of life. Beautifully drawn characters and have cake at your discussion group and rich prose will draw readers in and create who wouldn’t like that? Recipes included. lots of discussion.

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YOU DON’T OWN ME An Under Suspicion Novel Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS EDITOR’S CHOICE #1 TITLE “A flawless storyteller.” —The Washington Post Book World “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke are back with their fifth enthralling mystery in the bestselling Under Suspicion series. In You Don’t Own Me, television producer Laurie Moran will stop at nothing to solve the murder of a celebrity doctor — and soon finds herself in grave danger as a mysterious stalker plots his next move.

| 978-1-4328-5874-2 | $38.99 U.S. Mystery | Releases 11/7/2018 | Available in Basic 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

VENDETTA BATHED IN PRAYER An Eve Duncan Novel FATHER TIM’S PRAYERS, SERMONS, AND Iris Johansen REFLECTIONS COLLECTED FROM THE BELOVED MITFORD SERIES #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Jan Karon EDITOR’S CHOICE #4 TITLE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR With his dying breath Carl Venable, EDITOR’S CHOICE #4 TITLE head of the CIA task force on terrorism, gives Jude Brandon a mandate: keep Millions of readers have fallen in love his daughter, Rachel, safe at any cost. But Rachel has with Jan Karon’s Mitford series. Now they a shocking past of her own. In this gripping, fast-paced will have the chance to walk with Father Tim through thriller one thing is clear: everyone has a vendetta, and a collection of prayers, sermons, and inspirational no one will rest until they get their revenge. passages from the novels as well as an original essay from Jan Karon.

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THE RAIN WATCHER A WELL-BEHAVED WOMAN Tatiana de Rosnay A Novel of the Vanderbilts NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Therese Anne Fowler EDITOR’S CHOICE #5 TITLE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR “. . . an emotional tour de force and a thoughtful, “Expect high demand from fans of the author’s deliberate examination of personal tragedy and Z and those who enjoy stories of the rich and the possibility of redemption.” famous.” — Library Journal ― Publishers Weekly A riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Linden Malegarde returns to Paris as the whole Malegarde Vanderbilt and her family in Gilded-Age New York. With family gathers for their father’s 70th birthday. Each is on a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, Fowler paints a edge, afraid one wrong move will shatter the delicate world of enormous wealth and desperate poverty, social harmony. Their hidden fears and secrets slowly unravel as ambition and social scorn, friendship and betrayal, and a the City of Light undergoes a stunning natural disaster. remarkable woman.

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4 Call 1.800.223.1244 Ext 4 Fax 1.800.558.4676 DESPERATE MEASURES A Stone Barrington Novel Stuart Woods #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR EDITOR’S CHOICE #1 TITLE “[An] irresistible, luxury-soaked soap opera.” — Publishers Weekly Back from a European jaunt, Stone Barrington finds an ideal candidate to meet some of his professional — and personal — needs. But before long, he’s put to the task of protecting his new hire when New York City is rocked by a series of disturbing crimes . . . and it looks as if she might be the next target.

| 978-1-4328-5527-7 | $38.99 U.S. Thriller | Releases 11/7/2018 | Available in Basic 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

THE COLLECTOR’S APPRENTICE THE CHRISTMAS STAR B. A. Shapiro Donna VanLiere NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR “. . . readers will be swept away by this thoroughly “A magical story of second chances that will stay rewarding novel.” — Publishers Weekly with readers long after the ornaments have been In the summer of 1922, nineteen-year-old put away.” — Bookpage on The Christmas Hope Paulien Mertens is broke, disowned, and Thirty-two-year-old Amy Denison alone in Paris. Her family believes she volunteers at Glory’s Place, an after school stole millions in a con game perpetrated by her then- program. There she meets precocious seven-year-old fiancé, George Everard. So she creates a new identity Maddie, who has spent her childhood in foster care. and sets out to recover her father’s art collection, prove Unbeknownst to Amy, Maddie is a mini-matchmaker, her innocence — and exact revenge on George. with her eye on just the right man for Amy at Grandon Elementary School, where she is a student. | 978-1-4328-5870-4 | $33.99 U.S. | 978-1-4328-5791-2 | $33.99 U.S. Historical Fiction | Releases 11/7/2018 General Fiction | Releases 11/7/2018 Available in Basic 5, 6, 7 & 8. Available in Basic 6, 7 & 8.

FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE THE SAPPHIRE WIDOW Ingrid Rojas Contreras Dinah Jefferies LIBRARYREADS AND INDIE NEXT PICK “Jefferies once again weaves an intriguing tale “A riveting, powerful, and fascinating first novel.” of mystery and romance set in an exotic — starred, Publishers Weekly location . . .” — Library Journal This mesmerizing debut set in Colombia From the internationally bestselling author at the height of Pablo Escobar’s violent of The Tea Planter’s Wife comes a sweeping, reign is about a sheltered young girl and breathtaking story of love and betrayal set a teenage maid whose unlikely friendship threatens to in 1935 Ceylon. Louisa Reeve, the daughter of a British undo them both. Inspired by the author’s own life, Fruit gem trader, and her husband Elliot, a charming, thrill- of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but seeking businessman, seem to have it all. Except what inextricably linked, coming-of-age stories. they long for: a child. After Elliott’s sudden death, Louisa is left alone to solve the mystery he left behind.

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HEADS YOU WIN Jeffrey Archer #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR EDITOR’S CHOICE #5 TITLE “Archer continues his storytelling magic to create characters of spellbinding substance.” ― Publishers Weekly on The Clifton Chronicles Leningrad, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child. It’s clear he’s destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB, he and his mother will have to leave Russia to survive. At the docks, should they choose a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander tosses a coin to decide his future . . .

| 978-1-4328-5898-8 | $37.99 U.S. Historical Fiction | Releases 11/7/2018 | Available in Core 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8.

NINE PERFECT STRANGERS ELEVATION Liane Moriarty Stephen King #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR EDITOR’S CHOICE #2 TITLE EDITOR’S CHOICE #3 TITLE “Moriarty’s prose turns from funny through The latest from master storyteller King poignant to frightening in an artful snap.” is an extraordinarily eerie and moving — starred, Publishers Weekly story about a man whose mysterious Nine people gather at a remote health affliction brings a small town in Maine resort. Amidst the luxury and pampering, mindfulness together. An antidote to our divisive culture, Elevation is and meditation, they know it might involve some real as gloriously joyful (with a twinge of deep sadness) as work. But none could have imagined how challenging “It’s a Wonderful Life.” their stay is going to be.

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THE FOX AN IRISH COUNTRY COTTAGE Frederick Forsyth An Irish Country Novel #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Patrick Taylor EDITOR’S CHOICE #6 TITLE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Former chief of British Secret Intelligence The Christmas holidays have barely Adrian Weston gets a call in the passed before a fire engulfs the humble night from the Prime Minister: the thatched cottage of the Donnally Pentagon, NSA, and CIA were hacked family, and they escape unharmed with simultaneously. When the culprit is revealed to be a nothing but the clothes on their back. As a new decade brilliant British teenager with no agenda, Weston has approaches, sectarianism may divide Ulster — but an idea: If he can do this to us, what can he do to our peace reigns in Ballybucklebo, and neighbors look enemies? after neighbors.

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RESCUED RUSH An Andy Carpenter Mystery Lisa Patton David Rosenfelt “You are in for a treat as astute, hilarious, and When a truck carrying over seventy true grit author Lisa Patton takes you on a dogs from the South to the northeast hayride through sorority life in the American turns up with a murdered driver, south. Written with humor, reverence and enough treachery to make it real.” defense lawyer Andy Carpenter can’t — Adriana Trigiani, help but get involved. He’s eager New York Times bestselling author to help the dogs, many of whom come to Tara Foundation to await adoption. It’s the accused Set in modern day Oxford, Mississippi, on the Ole Miss murderer he has a problem defending. It’s his wife’s campus, bestselling author Lisa Patton’s Rush is a story tall, good-looking, ex-Marine ex-fiancé. about women ― on both ends of the social ladder ― discovering their voices and their empowerment.

978-1-4328-5692-2 | $33.99 U.S. 978-1-4328-5861-2 | $31.99 U.S. Mystery | Releases 11/7/2018 General Fiction | Releases 11/7/2018 Available in Core 5, 6, 7 & 8. Available in Core 6, 7 & 8.

BROKEN PLACES A SIN SUCH AS THIS A Chicago Mystery Ellen Hopkins Tracy Clark #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR “Distinctive, vividly written characters lift this “Hopkins keeps this stew of jealousy, betrayal, promising debut. Readers will be eager for the suspicion, and lust interesting . . . Readers who sequel.” — starred, Publishers Weekly enjoyed Love Lies Beneath will want the sequel.” — Booklist After taking a bullet because of a colleague’s incompetence, former Beautiful, wealthy Tara Lattimore’s Chicago cop Cass Raines has found the world of private story continues. For years, Tara suffered from the sins investigation a less stressful way to eke out a living in of others. She committed a few of her own. Now she the Windy City. But when Cass stumbles across the dead wonders if the misdeeds of her past are about to catch body of a respected member of the community, it’s up to up with her — and derail her current marriage and her to prove a murderer is on the loose. her sanity. 978-1-4328-5808-7 | $30.99 U.S. 978-1-4328-5862-9 | $30.99 U.S. Mystery | Releases 11/7/2018 General Fiction | Releases 11/7/2018 Available in Core 7 & 8. Available in Core 8.

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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG The Baxter Family Karen Kingsbury #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR EDITOR’S CHOICE #3 TITLE From beloved author Karen Kingsbury comes a classic story about second chances, featuring a young father who finds his world turned upside down on the eve of his divorce. When We Were Young will restore your faith in true love, and the power of a miracle to overcome all obstacles.

| 978-1-4328-5810-0 | $37.99 U.S. Christian Fiction | Releases 11/7/2018 | Available in Wheeler Hardcover 3, 4 & 5.

NOT QUITE OVER YOU A SEASON TO CELEBRATE Happily Inc. Fern Michaels, Kate Pearce, Donna Susan Mallery Kauffman, and Priscilla Oliveras #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORS EDITOR’S CHOICE #7 TITLE AN OFFICIAL MILITARY SPOUSE “[A] truly unforgettable read!” BOOK CLUB PICK — RT Book Reviews on Second Chance Girl Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Ever since banker Drew Lovato was Fern Michaels and three more bestselling, dumb enough to let Silver Tesdal go, she’s kept him at acclaimed, and award-winning romance writers as they a distance. When the bank turns her down for a loan, help to make it a merry Christmas with four stories of the Drew sees a double opportunity — he can finance her special ways the holidays warm our hearts . . . brilliant, unique idea to rock Happily Inc’s wedding industry and win back her trust.

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WHISKEY WHEN WE’RE DRY WHISTLE IN THE DARK John Larison Emma Healey “This latest from Larison has the resonance of a #1 INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR high lonesome ballad.” — Library Journal “An absorbing view of a family . . . ” Spring, 1885. Orphaned and alone on — starred, Booklist her family’s homestead, seventeen-year- Emma Healey follows her Costa First old Jessilyn Harney disguises herself as Novel Award winner Elizabeth Is Missing a boy and sets off to find her outlaw with this wry, poignant, and masterfully brother and bring home. Told in Jess’s wholly original drawn story that explores the bonds and duress of and unforgettable voice, this is an epic as expansive as family life, the pain of mental illness, and the fraught yet America itself. enduring connection between mothers and daughters.

978-1-4328-5786-8 | $34.99 U.S. 978-1-4328-5863-6 | $31.99 NCR General Fiction | Releases 11/7/2018 General Fiction | Releases 11/7/2018 Available in Wheeler Hardcover 4 & 5. Available in Wheeler Hardcover 5.

8 Call 1.800.223.1244 Ext 4 Fax 1.800.558.4676 THE COLORS OF ALL THE CATTLE The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR EDITOR’S CHOICE #7 TITLE “Longtime fans of the series will feel as if they’ve come home again.” — starred, Booklist on The House of Unexpected Sisters When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the City Council, Mma Ramotswe is at first unsure. But when she learns about the proposed construction of the flashy Big Fun Hotel next to a graveyard, she allows herself to be persuaded.

| 978-1-4328-5787-5 | $37.99 U.S. Mystery | Releases 11/7/2018 | Available in Wheeler Hardcover 3, 4 & 5.

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NORTHLAND A 4,000-MILE JOURNEY ALONG AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN BORDER Porter Fox “Richly populated . . . this is highly entertaining and informative travel literature.” — starred, Kirkus Reviews America’s northern border is the world’s longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans. After three years exploring 4,000 miles of the border, travel writer Porter Fox blends a deeply reported and beautifully written history of the region with a riveting account of his travels.

978-1-4328-5748-6 | $31.99 U.S. Nonfiction/Travel | Releases 11/21/2018 | Available in Nonfiction 3.

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A GIRL’S GUIDE TO MISSILES AND THEN WE DANCED GROWING UP IN AMERICA’S A VOYAGE INTO THE GROOVE SECRET DESERT Henry Alford Karen Piper “Packed with countless laugh-out-loud anecdotes “[Piper] offers an incredible view of a little-known and insightful examinations of human community, from WWII all the way through 9/11, interaction and culture, Alford’s latest will charm and examines how her family navigated life in a and intrigue . . .” — starred, Publishers Weekly town built for war.” — Booklist From acclaimed comic stylist and A poignant and fearlessly honest look at growing up professional hobbyist Henry Alford comes a hilarious on one of the most secretive weapons installations on journey through the world of dance that will inform, earth. entertain and leave readers tapping their toes.

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ARE YOU SLEEPING This inventive and compulsively readable debut thriller Kathleen Barber plunges the reader into the world of media frenzy. . . . “[An] inventive debut . . .” A quick paced and taut novel with lots of delicious — starred, Publishers Weekly twists and turns.” Serial meets In a Dark, Dark Wood in — Selector Melanie Taylor Coombs, this twisty psychological thriller about a Adult Services Supervisor/Librarian at megahit podcast that reopens a murder McArthur Library in Biddeford, Maine case — and threatens to unravel the carefully constructed life of the victim’s daughter.

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Against the backdrop of the raging Great War, this is a THE WINTER SOLDIER gripping love story and a flawlessly rendered historical Daniel Mason novel. Daniel Mason’s lyrical prose proves again that he NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR is a masterful storyteller. ” From the gilded ballrooms of Imperial Vienna to the frozen forests of the — Selector Melanie Taylor Coombs Eastern Front comes a sweeping, unforgettable love story of a young doctor and nurse at a remote field hospital in the First World War.

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— Selector Bill Kelly, Adult Programming Manager | 978-1-4328-5750-9 | $33.99 U.S. for the Cuyahoga County Public Library Nonfiction/History | Releases 11/7/2018

THE ROAD TO DAWN Brock’s towering achievement brings to vivid life a JOSIAH HENSON AND THE STORY largely forgotten yet pivotal figure in American history. THAT SPARKED THE CIVIL WAR Henson’s life is fascinating — an audience with Queen Jared A. Brock Victoria and a guest of President Hayes at the White “A captivating biography of superb scholarship.” House — but it is his indomitable spirit and strength of — starred, Library Journal character that make this story inspiring and memorable. Harriet Beecher Stowe was so moved by Henson’s story The incredible story of the real-life slave and hero of the abolitionist movement that he served as the basis for the character she would who inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin. call Uncle Tom. Highly recommended for book clubs.” 978-1-4328-5848-3 | $30.99 U.S. — Selector Bill Kelly Nonfiction/History | Releases 11/7/2018

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MISS KOPP JUST WON’T QUIT BECOMING BELLE A Kopp Sisters Novel Nuala O’Connor Amy Stewart “O’Connor offers a stunning historical INDIE NEXT PICK reimagining.” — starred, Library Journal While transporting a woman to an insane In 1887, Isabel Bilton is the eldest of asylum, Constance Kopp, New Jersey’s three daughters of a middle-class military first female deputy sheriff, discovers family, growing up in a small garrison something troubling about her story. town. By 1891 she is the Countess of Then another inmate bound for the asylum tries to Clancarty, and a member of the Irish aristocracy. Based escape. In both cases, Constance instinctively seeks on a true story, Becoming Belle recounts the four years justice. But it’s a high-stakes election year. in between.

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THE LATECOMERS BONE ON BONE Helen Klein Ross A Bell Elkins Novel Cover “A compelling and moving story that asks many Julia Keller Image Not questions about family, love, and justice . . .” NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Available — starred, Library Journal on What Was Mine “Keller’s prose is so pure that her exploration of In 1908, sixteen-year-old Bridey runs away the desperate scourge of drugs and poverty . . . from her small town in Ireland with her is a joy to read.” — starred, Kirkus Reviews sweetheart Thom. But Thom dies of ship Pulitzer Prize-winner Keller’s beloved fever, leaving Bridey alone and pregnant in a strange series heroine Bell Elkins is back in Acker’s Gap and in new world. The Latecomers spans a century of American the white-hot center of a complicated and deadly case life and reminds us that we can never truly leave the — even as she comes to terms with one last, devastating past behind. secret of her own.

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BLACK AND WHITE BALL LITTLE COMFORT An Amos Walker Novel A Hester Thursby Mystery Loren D. Estleman Edwin Hill Detroit hit man Peter Macklin forces “. . . a standout.” — starred, Publishers Weekly private eye Amos Walker to furnish Edwin Hill introduces an unforgettable protection for his estranged wife while sleuth — Harvard librarian Hester Macklin tracks down the party who has Thursby — and a missing persons case threatened to kill her. that uncovers a trail of vicious murder . . .

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BURIED IN BOOKS PAIRING A DECEPTION A Bibliophile Mystery A Sommelier Mystery Kate Carlisle Nadine Nettmann NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR “A fast, sophisticated ride with just enough twists “Carlisle does a great job of evoking life in San and turns to keep readers guessing.” Francisco through a delightful cast of quirky ― RT Book Reviews (4 stars) characters.” — Library Journal Katie Stillwell hopes to balance studying Book-restorer Brooklyn Wainwright lost for her Advanced Sommelier exam with touch with her college roommates years ago after they attending a wine and food festival in Santa Barbara. had a falling-out over a boyfriend. When both show up The weekend is off to a great start ― until an attendee at her bridal shower and gift her rare books, Brooklyn is is murdered and suspicion falls on Master Sommelier touched. Until one of them is found murdered. Hudson Wiley.

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OH MY STARS A VINEYARD CHRISTMAS Sally Kilpatrick A Vineyard Novel Ellery, Tennessee’s Drive Thru Nativity Jean Stone in the Dollar General parking lot is a bit Writer Annie Sutton is finally living on unconventional. And Ivy Long is no Virgin Martha’s Vineyard, settling in for her first Mary. But when a real baby is left in the winter nor’easter. But the blizzard leaves manger, her life is about to change. something unexpected on her porch: a baby girl in a basket.

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ARCHENEMIES The Renegades Series Marissa Meyer #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Nova and Adrian (aka Insomnia and Sketch) fought the battle of their lives against the Anarchist known as the Detonator. It was a short-lived victory. The Anarchists have a secret weapon, one that Nova believes will protect her. The Renegades have a strategy for overpowering them, but Nova and Adrian understand that it could mean the end of Gatlon City — and the world — as they know it. 978-1-4328-5938-1 | $24.99 U.S. Young Adult Adventure | Releases 11/7/2018 | Available in Literacy Bridge 2.

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THE OUTSIDE CHILD Tiffany L. Warren Chenille’s dreams came true when she married NFL star Brayden Carpenter. Until their son is born with a crippling heart ailment. When tragedy strikes, Brayden seeks comfort anywhere but home . . .

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ADOBE MOON CHASM CREEK Wyatt Earp: An American Odyssey • Book 1 A NOVEL OF THE WEST Mark Warren Patricia Grady Cox Among other things Wyatt Earp was a “Engaging narrative . . .” — Kirkus Reviews farmer, stage driver, railroad wrangler, Two strangers seek help from a woman constable, accused horse thief, brothel on a farm near Chasm Creek, and the bouncer, gambler, and lawman in the friendship that grows between them raw American West. Warren lays out the becomes the catalyst for events that will course of his life and the legend to come. change their lives forever. 978-1-4104-9897-7 | $28.99 U.S. 978-1-4328-5753-0 | $27.99 U.S. Historical Fiction | Releases 11/21/2018 Western | Releases 11/21/2018 Available in Western 3 & 4. Available in Western 4.

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