Author: Cook, Emma, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F COOK
Format: Books
Summary: "Everyone has heard about the case of Eva Reid. Ever since she was born, she's felt no pain: she can get a paper cut, break a limb and even give birth without feeling a single thing. Her story has long captivated the minds of reporters and researchers-including Dr. Nate Reid, Eva's husband and acclaimed scientist, renowned for his work in the Pain Laboratory. Also among them is Anna Tate, a ruthless journalist with a dark past of her own. When Eva is suddenly found dead inside her home, it raises a flurry of questions about the last night of her life--and who might've been involved. Anna finds herself growing increasingly obsessed with Eva's case: her protected, painless existence, her promising career as a psychotherapist, and especially her toxic relationship with the alluring Dr. Reid, whom Eva met and married as his former patient. But what other secrets could they be hiding? When Dr. Reid embarks on the process of writing a book about Eva, an opportunity arises for Anna to work on it alongside him. As she slowly inserts herself into their home to uncover what's fact and what's fiction, shocking discoveries await her--and not everyone may come out unscathed..."--
Author: Bowen, Rhys, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F BOWEN
Format: Large print
Summary: It's late 1936, and King Edward is in turmoil, having fallen in love with the scandalously divorced and even more scandalously American Wallis Simpson. He wants to marry her but knows that doing so will jeopardise his crown. Edward confides in his dear friend Darcy, Georgie's husband, and the couple agree to hide Wallis in their home while Edward figures out what to do. But unbeknownst to Georgie and Darcy, Sir Hubert, the owner of the estate, has given a film crew permission to shoot a motion picture about Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn on the grounds. Trying to keep Mrs. Simpson hidden while raising a new-born baby seems like it couldn't be any more stressful for the Rannochs, until one of the stars of the film is found murdered on set. Georgie must solve the murder for king and country before scandal threatens to envelop them all.
Author: Stone, Emily, 1989- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F STONE
Format: Books
Summary: "When an unexpected inheritance forces two total opposites to work together, Lexie must decide if Theo is going to push her out-or pull her in for the kiss of a lifetime-in this heartwarming holiday novel from the author of Always, in December and One Last Gift"-- "When Lexie learns of her father’s death, she doesn’t know how to feel; they’ve barely spoken in the last ten years. And she’s even more confused when she discovers he’s left her half of his holiday travel company, a successful niche business specializing in trips that explore the holiday traditions of cultures all over the world.Meanwhile, the other half of the company has been left to her father’s handsome but bad-tempered young executive, Theo. And the will stipulates that the two of them must find a way to run the company together for a year before they decide its fate.Lexie intends to leave once the year is over, even though, as a wanderer herself, she finds the company’s mission more compelling than she first thought. And a work trip to sizzling Spain reveals a chemistry between Lexie and Theo that is impossible to deny. . ."--
Author: Kozinn, Allan, author. Sinclair, Adrian, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: B MCCARTNE
Format: Books
Summary: The follow up to The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1, the most complete work on the life and work of Paul McCartney ever published. Volume 2 continues to paint the portrait of one of the world's greatest musicians, his work post-Beatles, and his life through to the 21st century and into present day. "By 1974 the Beatles were a distant memory, and Paul McCartney had already gone on to release a solo album and form a new band, Wings. By the end of the decade Wings would be the bestselling band of the 1970s. The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 2 begins in 1974 at the height of Wings popularity and the beginning of McCartney's next chapter. Picking up immediately after The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1, authors Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair have brought the same exhaustive research ethos to Volume 2 that made the first volume a critical success. Arguably the most authoritative text on the life of Paul McCartney, Volume 2 follows McCartney the man, establishing himself as a musician beyond Beatlemania and his legacy throughout the 20th century through the present day." --Amazon.com
Author: Asher, Lauren, 1995- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F ASHER
Format: Books
Summary: Rafael: "Ellie Sinclair is a hopeless romantic who writes love songs. I'm a struggling workaholic who could inspire a hundred breakup albums. On paper, we have nothing in common except for my son. For eight months, I avoid her until our summer trip. Fourteen days. Two islands. And one nanny I shouldn't be attracted to. Spending time with Ellie is expected, but enjoying her company? That isn't part of our travel plans. After my divorce, I swore to protect my heart at all costs. Even if it means breaking hers in the process." ... Ellie: "What's worse than working for a grumpy single dad? Admitting that I once had a secret crush on him in high school. Thankfully, Rafael Lopez and I have changed since we graduated from Wisteria High. He is a billionaire with a company to run and a child to take care of. I'm an unemployed songwriter he hired to watch his son and teach music. We coexist without any issues until a vacation changes everything. Lines blur and old feelings for Rafael return with a vengeance as I face a new dilemma. Being his son's nanny is one thing, but wishing for more? Sounds like a heartbreak song waiting to be written."
Author: Lawrence, Mark, 1966- author.
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: F LAWRENCE
Format: Books
Summary: "Two strangers find themselves connected by a mysterious and vast library, which contains many wonders and even more secrets, in the powerfully moving first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of Red Sister and Prince of Thorns. On a used-up world where civilisations have risen and retreated in an endless tide, leaving a dusty wasteland in their wake, there is one constant: an ancient library, the repository of all knowledge and art. It also contains a multitude of lives, including those of Evar and Livira.."--
Author: Grey, Emma, author.
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: LP F GREY
Format: Large print
Summary: You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years after losing her young husband Cameron, she's grieving, solo parenting, working like mad at her university fundraising job, always dropping the ball - and yet clinging to her sense of humour. Lurching from one comedic crisis to the next, she also navigates an overbearing mom and a Tinder-obsessed best friend who's determined to matchmake Kate with her hot new neighbour. When an in-flight problem leaves Kate and her boss, Hugh, stranded for a weekend on the east coast of Australia, she finally has a chance, away from her son, to really process her grief and see what's right in front of her. Can she let go of the love of her life and risk her heart a second time? When it becomes clear that Hugh is hiding a secret, Kate turns to the trail of scribbled notes she once used to hold her life together. The first note captured her heart. Will the last note set it free?
Author: Rekulak, Jason, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F REKULAK
Format: Large print
Summary: "Frank Szatowski is shocked when his daughter, Maggie, calls him for the first time in three years. He's even more surprised when she invites him to her wedding. Frank arrives to find that the wedding is at a private estate very much out of his league. It seems Maggie failed to mention she's marrying Aidan Gardner, the son of a billionaire. Feeling out of place, Frank focuses on reconnecting with Maggie and getting to know her new family. But Aidan is withdrawn and evasive; Maggie doesn't seem to have time for him; and the locals are disturbingly hostile to the Gardners. Frank needs to know more about this family, but if he pushes too hard, he could lose Maggie forever"--
Author: Johansen, Iris, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F JOHANSEN
Format: Large print
Summary: Kira Drake has come to Paris with her highly trained Golden Retriever, Mack, to investigate the horrific bombing of a museum in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. What she doesn't know is that one powerful man has a special reason to find the person responsible. Jack Harlan has all the money in the world, but it can't bring his brother back. His sibling was murdered during the theft of a scientific discovery that could have made the world a better place. Now, after a four-year search, Harlan learns that the Paris bombing was the work of the same twisted man. Kira and her dog are in demand by law enforcement agencies all over the world, but Harlan convinces her to continue the investigation for his own purposes, wherever it may lead on the globe. So against her better judgment, Kira finds herself on the hunt and placing her trust in Harlan--for what she hopes is justice... when what he may be seeking is vengeance--
Author: Michaels, Fern, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F MICHAELS
Format: Large print
Summary: "While Cullen Bodman focuses on their family's antiques restoration business, his sister Luna's next-door Namaste Café brings in new clientele. As a thank you, Cullen retrieves Luna's childhood dresser from storage and refinishes it. A delighted Luna rummages through the drawers and discovers mementos of her friend Brendan. But a flurry of emails leads to a very brief death notice: Born. Died. Nothing else. Beyond Luna's sadness is her uncanny intuition that something is off, a feeling that intensifies when she glimpses a person who seems to be Brendan. Is her old friend really alive? And if so, who faked his death, and why?"--
Author: Wood, Daisy, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F WOOD
Format: Books
Summary: "Windsor, 1940: Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England... Philadelphia, Present day: Looking through her grandmother's papers, Lacey Jones comes across a mysterious letter stamped with the Windsor Castle crest. But how did it come to be in her family's possession? And so begins a journey that will take Lacey deep into the heart of the oldest inhabited castle in the world, and change her life forever"--
Author: Poston, Ashley, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F POSTON
Format: Large print
Summary: Eileen Merriweather loves a good love story. The fictional kind, anyway. After all, imaginary men don't break your heart. That's why she's so excited for her annual book club retreat - instead, when her car breaks down en route, Eileen finds herself in Eloraton. A town where every meet is cute, the rain always comes in the afternoon, and the bookshop is always curated with impeccable taste. It feels too good to be true because Eloraton is the setting of her favourite romance series. And Eileen is sure she must be here to bring the town its storybook ending. But there's one character she can't place. The grumpy bookshop owner with mint-green eyes, and an irritatingly sexy mouth. He does not want Eileen to finish this story, but how else can she find her happily-ever-after?
Author: McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F MCCALLSM
Format: Large print
Summary: "Mma Ramotswe never allows an act of injustice to pass unanswered. She is, after all, head of Botswana's premier detective agency, but that doesn't mean she can't use the help of Mma Makutsi and Mma Potokwane. Meanwhile, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has found himself in complicated circumstances of his own, requiring not a little of Mma Ramotswe's time and expertise. In the end, as each of these predicaments comes untangled, Mma Ramotswe draws on her goodwill and generosity to bring important truths to light: of friendship, honesty, and love"--
Author: Presley, Lisa Marie, 1968-2023, author. Keough, Riley, 1989- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP B PRESLEY
Format: Books
Summary: In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long-gestating memoir. A month later, Lisa Marie was dead, and the world would never know her story in her own words, never know the passionate, joyful, caring and complicated woman that Riley loved and grieved. Riley got the tapes that her mother had recorded for the book, laid in her bed, and listened as Lisa Marie told story after story about smashing golf carts together in the yards of Graceland, about the unconditional love she felt from her father, about being upstairs, just the two of them. About getting dragged screaming out of the bathroom as she ran towards his body on the floor. About living in Los Angeles with her mother, getting sent to school after school, always kicked out, always in trouble. About her singular, lifelong relationship with Danny Keough, about being married to Michael Jackson, what they shared in common. About motherhood. About deep addiction. About ever-present grief. Riley knew she had to fulfil her mother's wish to reveal these memories, incandescent and painful, to the world. To make her mother known.
Author: McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- author.
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: LP F MCCALLSM
Format: Large print
Summary: "Botswana's premier detective agency is as busy as ever, with no shortage of sensitive situations requiring Mma Ramotswe's keen eye and discerning input. Through it all, Mma Ramotswe will demonstrate that there are solutions to all manner of difficulties, to be discovered as long as one is led by kindness, grace, and logic and can rely on the wise counsel of friends and loved ones. Sometimes, she reminds us, the best solution to life's problems can be found with a bit of good humor, generosity of spirit, and a steaming cup of red bush tea"--
Author: Mancusi, Mari, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: Y MANCUSI
Format: Books
Summary: Sally has mostly loved her creepy hometown of Halloween Town. But lately, she can't help but want something more. In a place full of the frightening, you'd think living in the shadows wouldn't feel so . . . isolating. She knows she could do so much more if she wasn't always stuck in the lab of her creator, Dr. Finkelstein. Soon Sally is surprised to learn that the Pumpkin King, Jack, is longing for a change of his own. Determined to find a solution for them both, Sally follows a vision that could be the key to changing their fates. But the more time Sally spends in the strange, jolly land of Christmas Town, the more suspicious she grows of the seemingly idyllic winter wonderland. What is lurking behind those dancing sugar plums? And what exactly does it mean to be put on the Naughty List? Will Sally be able to save the best of both towns--before it's too late?
Author: Blackburne, Anne, author. Clipston, Amy, author. Lillard, Amy, author. Steele, Mindy, author. Container of (work): Blackburne, Anne. Lucy's Christmas sunbeam.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F LANCASTE
Format: Large print
Summary: Christmas Is Simply a Time for Love Enjoy a simple Amish Christmas in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, that is sweetened by second chances, trimmed in love, and wrapped in faith. Lucy's Christmas Sunbeam by Anne Blackburne: When her parents suddenly died, Lucy stepped into the mother role for her infant sister with Down's Syndrome. But Lucy's boyfriend wasn't interested in a readymade family. Living in the dawdi house on her brother's farm, Lucy is happy with life--until she literally runs into the hardware store owner and desire for romance returns. A Bird-in-Hand Christmas by Amy Clipston: After learning her boyfriend, Wyatt, was seeing someone else, Makayla moved across state and married. Recently widowed, she visits her parents for Christmas, only to find that Wyatt is still single and working for her father. When her five-year-old son instantly bonds with Wyatt, Makayla starts to hope for a second chance at love. Christmas Lily by Amy Lillard: Seven-year-old Jacob Bontrager is working hard to help his lonely widower father find love again. He believes his pretty new teacher who has just moved to the community is perfect, but none of his matchmaking works until a snowstorm strands Lily Kate Troyer at the Bontrager farm. Could God and nature be on Jacob's side? Leaving Lancaster by Mindy Steele: The Wicky sisters didn't expect their father to sell their thriving deer farm with plans to move them to Kentucky. Always obedient Louise fears for her growing jam business. Beth cannot wait to start a new adventure while her twin, Leah, is running out of time for a happy-ever-after. They have only one Christmas left in Lancaster. Can God deliver a Christmas miracle for all three?
Author: Walker, Megan, 1990- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F WALKER
Format: Large print
Summary: The last thing Anna Lane wants to do is spend a week in Brighton with Graham Everett, who is hoping to make a financial investment with her father, but then she discovers a hidden warmth in her one-time rival in this enemies-to-lovers romance. "When a romantic entanglement leaves her humiliated and reeling, Anna Lane wants nothing more than for her father to whisk her away from the gossip of the ton. Unfortunately, he has obligations elsewhere, leaving her stuck in London.Graham Everett's financial security depends on an investment with Mr. Lane, his long-time friend and business partner. He'll do just about anything to secure it for his family, even if it means fighting spoiled, embittered Anna for her father's attention. Luckily, Mr. Lane concocts a plan that will give everyone what they want, with one stipulation: Anna must accompany Graham to Brighton in her father's stead and make a decision to invest-- or not-- based on a thorough report. . ."--
Author: Maniscalco, Kerri, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F MANISCAL
Format: Books
Summary: "Gabriel Axton--infamous as the Prince of Gluttony, the self-proclaimed rake of rakes--has always lived for indulgence: in delicious food, in tantalizing women, and most of all, in the thrill of the hunt, where his love of danger can take over. But when his favorite adventure takes a deadly turn, he realizes something is very wrong in his demon court. With the clock ticking, he must turn to the only one who might uncover the truth: a journalist he has spent a decade avoiding"--
Author: Kiser, Stephanie, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: B KISER
Format: Books
Summary: "After a dysfunctional childhood as one of four kids born to teenage parents and raised "white trash" in poor Rhode Island, Stephanie Kiser finds herself a 22-year-old first-generation college grad drowning in student loan debt. To stay afloat, she surrenders her career-track PR job for a position as nanny to New York City's toddler elite. The span of seven years takes Stephanie on a journey from working alongside a stay-at-home mom in her ten-million dollar Park Ave apartment, to a "no discipline" family, to the Kushner's, world-class doctors and finally, to a position with a young couple, both high-powered lawyers, with three small kids. Interwoven with Stephanie's time in the glamourous world of the 1% (in the unglamourous role of domestic help) is the narrative of her own upbringing, the contrasts illuminating both the effects of privilege and the grit of self-sufficiency"--
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