Author: Bear, Lauren J. A., author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F BEAR Format: Books Summary: "A powerful and fierce reimagining of the founding of the Roman empire and the legend of Romulus and Remus-and the mother whose sacrifice made it all possible. The twins Romulus and Remus may be known as the mythical founders of Rome, but history is silent in regards to their mother, Rhea Silvia. If she is remembered at all, it is as a preface to her sons' journey, the princess turned priestess-and a victim of rape-condemned to death alongside her children. But that is not the full story. Though born into royalty, when Rhea's family is beset by tragedies and her father loses his kingdom in a treacherous coup, she is sent to the order of the Vestal Virgins, to ensure she will never produce an heir. Except when mortals scheme, gods laugh. Rhea becomes pregnant, and human society turns against her. Alone, ostracized, and facing the gravest punishment, Rhea forges a dangerous deal with the divine to protect what she loves, one that will forever change the trajectory of her life...and her land. All roads may lead to Rome, but they began with Rhea Silvia"--
Author: Dailey, Janet, author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F DAILEY Format: Books Summary: Following her husband's murder, Lila Culhane battles his pregnant mistress for leverage while preparing for a high-stakes reining competition, questioning her ranch manager and lover's loyalty, and dealing with a growing list of suspects in Frank's death. "Lila Culhane's life is in turmoil. As if coping with the murder of her husband isn't enough, now the glamorous young widow has Frank's even younger mistress to contend with. His pregnant mistress. Crystal. But Lila hasn't got time for more heartache. With everyone grasping to profit from Frank's death, including fighting for possession of her beloved ranch, she needs leverage for the battle. As it turns out, Crystal may be carrying just the edge Lila requires: an heir. Crystal offers to let Lila adopt Frank's baby--for a price. Lila is willing to consider it--pending a paternity test"--
Author: Hurston, Zora Neale, author. Plant, Deborah G., 1956- editor. Published: 2025 Call Number: F HURSTON Format: Books Summary: "A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great--not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision"-- "In the 1950s, as a continuation of Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel about one of the most infamous figures in the Bible, Herod the Great. In Hurston’s retelling, Herod is not the wicked ruler of the New Testament who is charged with the "slaughter if the innocents," but a forerunner of Christ-- a beloved king ho enriched Jewish culture and brought prosperity and peace to Judea.From the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery, the historical Herod "appears to have been signaled out and especially endowed to attract the lightning of fate," Hurston writes. An intimate of both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, the Judean king lived during the first century BCE, in a time of war and imperial expansion that was rife with political assassinations and bribery, as the old world gave way to the new. . ."--
Author: Dove, Laurie L., author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F DOVE Format: Books Summary: "To find a missing young woman, the new tribal marshal must also find herself. At rock bottom following her daughter's murder, ex-Chicago detective Carrie Starr has nowhere to go but back to her roots. Starr's father never talked much about the reservation that raised him, but they need a new tribal marshal as much as Starr needs a place to call home. In the last decade, too many young women have disappeared from the rez. Some dead, others just... gone. Now, local college student Chenoa Cloud is missing, and Starr falls into an investigation that leaves her drowning in memories of her daughter-the girl she failed to save. Starr feels lost in this place she thought would welcome her. And when she catches a glimpse of a figure from her father's stories, with the body of a woman and the antlers of a deer, Starr can't shake the feeling that the fearsome spirit is watching her, following her. What she doesn't know is whether Deer Woman is here to guide her or to seek vengeance for the lost daughters that Starr can never bring home"--
Author: Braun-Arnold, Lily, author. Published: 2025 Call Number: Y BRAUNARN Format: Books Summary: In a dystopian world devastated by The Storm, seventeen-year-old Liz finds refuge in her old bookstore, but when Maeve breaks in seeking shelter from another impending storm, the two confront their secrets and inner demons as they fight for their lives. "The world is about to end. Again.Ever since the first Storm wreaked havoc on civilization as we know it, seventeen-year-old Liz Flannery has been holed up in an abandoned bookstore in suburban New Jersey where she used to work, trading books for supplies with the few remaining survivors. It's the one place left that feels safe to her.Until she learns that another earth-shattering Storm is coming ...and everything changes. . ."--
Author: Donovan, Kemper, author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F DONOVAN Format: Books Summary: A successful ghostwriter reluctantly joins the "Get Lit Cruise" hosted by her frenemy Payton Garrett, but the event turns deadly when an attendee is murdered and others fall ill, prompting her to navigate a web of motives and suspects while grappling with her past and chaotic cruise dynamics. "Those who can do, do, Those who can't teach. So goes the adage, but sometimes even a first-rate ghostwriter and successful mystery author needs to make a buck. Even if that means setting foot on a cruise ship, something she vowed she'd never do. To top it off, the 'Get Lit Cruises' is being organized by Payton Garrett, a very popular, best selling author-- and the ghostwriter's long-time frenemy from back in their MFA days. Over the years, Payton has reinvented herself. She gained a wife while ditching her journalist husband-- who is also on board. And she's acquired a rabid following who eagerly snapped up the inventions sent to a select few or her newsletter subscribers. The guests, all female, received personalized instruction from expert in five different writing genres, while basking in Payton's reflected glow. . . "--
Author: Delany, Vicki, 1951- author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F DELANY Format: Books Summary: Gemma Doyle and her friends have packed their bags and headed to London for her sister Pippa's wedding. Waiting for her in the hotel lobby is none other than Gemma's ex-husband, Paul Erikson. Paul has a rare book he wants her to see-calling it "the real deal"-so Gemma agrees to meet him at their old shop, Trafalgar Fine Books, the following day. But when Gemma arrives, accompanied by Grant, a rare book dealer, they find Paul dead in his office. Paul had been down on his luck, but Gemma never expected this. Had he borrowed money from people he shouldn't have? And where is the valuable book he was so anxious for Gemma to see? It's nowhere to be found in the shop. Because of their previous relationship, Gemma feels she owes something to Paul and vows to find his killer. As Gemma and her best friend Jayne Wilson follow Paul's trail of friends, enemies, clients, and ex-lovers through London to Yorkshire, she realizes the puzzle of Paul's last days is more twisted than she originally thought.
Author: Sakhlecha, Trisha, author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F SAKHLECH Format: Books Summary: "A billionaire is primed to announce the succession plan for his company to his family at a lavish reunion, but at least one person won't make it through the week alive. . . Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder. Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion: Raj, the patriarch and a business tycoon, is about to announce to his wife and three surviving children the succession plan for his billion-dollar Delhi-based company. Shalini, the fragile matriarch and protector, is ready to have her husband to herself after years of sacrifice to the family business. Myra, the golden child, owner of the island, and host of the reunion, is, unbeknownst to her family, on the brink of bankruptcy. Aseem, the son and supposed heir, is torn between his love for his wife and duty to his family. Aisha, the youngest, a party girl whose antics are legendary, can't pass up an opportunity to wreak chaos. And then there's Zoe, Aseem's wife, the outsider whose #Instaperfect life is built on a foundation of lies. They've all got secrets that they would die to protect. Who will survive this high-stakes reunion, and who will become a victim of their own greed? One thing is certain: this family gathering will shatter more than just their illusions of unity"--
Author: Harris, Elizabeth, 1983- author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F HARRIS Format: Books Summary: "Ethan and Gabe's marriage is tested when Ethan announces his congressional run as a Republican, while Nicole rekindles a romance with Ethan's sister Kate, a political reporter whose life spirals as family and career collide"-- ""A sharply observed comedy of manners about marriage and family ties stretched thin by politics, How To Sleep at Night is a witty and whip-smart debut reminiscent of Fleishman is in Trouble and Emma Straub, by the New York Times book reporter"-- "Meet Ethan and Gabe. A devoted couple since their early twenties, they have successful careers, an adorable daughter, and a house in the New Jersey suburbs. Sure, they may have slowly drifted to different ends of the political spectrum, but their marriage still has its spark. Then one night Ethan makes a shocking he wants to run for Congress as a Republican-- but only if he has progressive Gabe's blessing. For weeks a slightly queasy Gabe struggles between supporting his husband's dream and maintaining his own lefty ideals. He can feel himself slowly pulled under the tide of Ethan's political ambitions, even as he becomes widely known as a conservative spouse. . ."--
Author: Freeman, Brian, 1963- author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F FREEMAN Format: Books Summary: "The hunt for a trove of secret information forces Bourne to decide who lives and who dies... A hacked database known as the Files has upended the intelligence community. Careers are being destroyed. Dirty deals are showing up on the front page. Assassinations are spreading from Europe to the U.S. The new head of Treadstone sends Jason Bourne on a mission to find out who has the Files and get them back, or destroy them. But Bourne isn't alone in this race. The Chinese want the Files. So do the Russians. And the only woman who may be able to help him is a treacherous spy known as Johanna, Bourne's former lover, who sees the Files as the key to her own vendetta against Treadstone. Bourne has a rule for friends and enemies alike: Trust no one. That rule may be the only thing keeping him alive, because the hunt for the Files soon takes Bourne inside a twisted labyrinth of murder and betrayal, where everyone has a hidden agenda. Including Bourne himself.."--
Author: Mackay, Asia, author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F MACKAY Format: Books Summary: Hazel and Fox, former vigilante killers turned suburban London parents, are adjusting to a quiet life with their baby until Hazel's boredom leads to an impulsive murder, threatening to unravel their carefully constructed family facade. "Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they're murders. Well, they used to be. They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to rid from the world. Then Hazel got pregnant. Now, they're just another mom-and-dad-and-baby. They gave up vigilante justice for life in the suburbs: arranged play dates instead of body disposals, diapers over daggers, mommy conversations instead of the sweet seduction before a kill. Hazel finds her new life terribly dull. And the more she forces herself to play her monotonous, predictable role, the more she begins to feel that murderous itch again.Meanwhile, Fox has really taken to being a father. Always the planner, he loves being five steps ahead of everyone and knowing exactly what’s coming around the bend. . ."--
Author: Perry, Thomas, 1947- author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F PERRY Format: Books Summary: "Los Angeles attorney Charles Warren is helping a young widow find her late husband's missing money when he recognizes a con job that targeted his widowed mother years before, and he quickly becomes entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and criminals surrounding the theft"-- "Charles Warren, Los Angeles attorney, has dedicated his career to aiding people in financial straits. He is particularly skilled at the art of recovering assets that have been embezzled or hidden. In his newest case, helping a beautiful young widow find the missing money from her late husband;s investments accounts, Charlie recognized a familiar scheme -- one that echoes the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before, and that led him, as a teenager, to commit crime of retribution that still weighs on his conscience. Charlie can't get the present case out of his mind, but within hours of starting his investigation, he is followed, shot at, and has his briefcase stolen. It's clear that someone doesn't want him following the trail of missing money but, as Charlie continues to pursue answers, he quickly becomes too entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and career criminals surrounding the theft to escape its deadly snare. . ."--
Author: Rothmiller, Mike, author. Thompson, Douglas (Douglas Henry), author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 973.922 ROTHMILL Format: Books Summary: Drawing on new interviews and previously hidden police and intelligence files, Reckless finally reveals the full corruption of America's Camelot. "John F. Kennedy's life is promoted by sentimental and careless myth-makers as pure legend. But a sinister shadow lies across it. His death was such a shocking event that the vivid memory of his assassination still blinds us to much of what went before. When it is recalled, it is almost always seen through the prism of that single, terrible day in Dallas, obscuring the dark corners of his time and government. For JFK, power was soundbites over policy, the White House a fairytale castle, and the President manifested as a hypersexualised movie star. As with Hollywood, the willing suspension of belief was required. Reality imposes no such limits..." --Amazon.com
Author: Hellis, Lori, 1956- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 364.152 Format: Books Summary: "It all started when Lori Vallow met Chad Daybell at a doomsday prepper event. Their story grew like a wildfire that creates its own weather, and what happened next will shock even the most experienced true crime reader. Clinging to and manipulating one another, Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell believed the return of Jesus Christ was imminent and that God had chosen them to lead the 144,000 and usher in the new millennium. When the people closest to them began dying, it became clear they would stop at nothing to be together and fulfill their mission. When the bodies of Lori's missing children--J.J. and Tylee--were discovered in Chad's backyard, the strange and complex story of their fundamentalist Mormon beliefs were revealed in all their true horror."--Dust jacket.
Author: Baldwin, Dara, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 362.4086 Format: Books Summary: "A searing call out of the systemic racism happening in disability rights and also ableism occurring in other justice movements, told through the story of a Black woman activist and policymaker"-- "For over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the room when significant disability policy decisions are made. Disenfranchisement of people of color and multi-marginalized communities within the disability rights community is not new and has left many inside the community feeling frustrated and erased. In To Be a Problem, Baldwin candidly shares her journey to becoming a disability activist and policymaker in DC while critiquing the disability rights community. She reveals the reality of erasure for many Black people and people of color in the disability movement and argues that, in turn, many white disabled people center themselves within the work without addressing their own white privilege..." --Amazon.com
Author: Meiser, Britnee, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: Y MEISER Format: Books Summary: When Immie and Jack start high school, they wonder if their friendship can endure the changing social dynamics and the realization that they want to be more than friends. "Starting high school brings big changes for Immie and Jack, who've been everything to each other ever since Jack crashed his skateboard into Immie's yard when they were seven years old. All of a sudden, a game-winning goal catapults Jack into star status with the soccer team, and Immie in now meeting new girl friends whose questions are making her wonder about the identity of her father for the first time in her life. . ."--
Author: Badawi, Zeinab, 1959- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 960 Format: Books Summary: This sweeping historical survey traces Africa's rich legacy from prehistory to the present, exploring ancient civilizations, medieval empires and colonialism's impact, while highlighting African voices and perspectives to offer a long-overdue account of the continent's global significance. "For too long, Africa's history has been dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, or simply ignored. Now, Zeinab Badawi sets the record straight. In this fascinating book, Badawi guides us through Africa's spectacular history--from the very origins of our species, through ancient civilizations and medieval empires with remarkable queens and kings, to the miseries of conquest and the elation of independence. Visiting more than thirty African countries to interview countless historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and local storytellers, she unearths buried histories from across the continent and gives Africa its rightful place in our global story. The result is a gripping new account of Africa: an epic, sweeping history of the oldest inhabited continent on the planet, told through the voices of Africans themselves..." --Amazon.com
Author: Bet-David, Patrick, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: Y BETDAVID Format: Books Summary: "When high school dropout Ashur Yonan receives an unexpected invitation to join a shadowy organization known as the Academy, he is plunged into an ancient conspiracy that threatens the entire world." "Ashur Yonan is going nowhere fast: an eighteen-year-old high school dropout living with a mom who doesn't understand him, mourning the death of his father five years earlier and working a dead-end food service job. The only good thing he has going for him is his girlfriend Kiki, but she's leaving soon for college on the East Coast. It's getting harder for Ashur to believe he still has the potential to make something great out of his life. . ."--
Author: Mann, George, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: Y MANN Format: Books Summary: "Over a year has passed since the fall of Starlight Beacon and the start of the Nihil occupation of Republic space, called the Occlusion Zone. Jedi Knight Reath Silas, with the help of a new friend Padawan Amadeo Azzazzo, has been hard at work trying to solve the most formidable challenge faced by both the Republic and the Jedi: how to stop the Force-draining creatures known as the Nameless. Desperate for answers, Reath consults with Azlin Rell, a fallen Jedi who tells Reath that to survive the Nameless, he should embrace his fear--something that would take him perilously close to the dark side. To add to Reath's confusion, his former master Cohmac Vitus suddenly returns to Coruscant with his own theories about the Nameless's origins. Tentatively working as a team once more, the two embark on a quest to find the ruins of an ancient civilization that may hold the key to unlocking the mystery of the Nameless once and for all. But when Reath comes face to face with the very creatures that terrify him most, will he have to embrace his fear to survive?"--Book jacket.
Author: Scher, Amy B., author. Williams, Mark Jason, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 910.8664 SCHER Format: Books Summary: "This first-of-its-kind travel guide explores inclusive destinations around the world for LGBTQIA travelers and their allies"--
