Author: Benoit, Deborah J., author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F BENOIT Format: Books Summary: "A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one of the plots on opening day. After life threw Maggie Walker a few curveballs, she's happy to be back in the small, Berkshires town where she spent so much time as a child. Marlowe holds many memories for her, and now it also offers a fresh start. Maggie has always loved gardening, so it's only natural to sign on to help Violet Bloom set up a community garden. When opening day arrives, Violet is nowhere to be found, and the gardeners are restless. Things go from bad to worse when Maggie finds a boot buried in one of the plots ... and there's a body attached to it. Suddenly, the police are looking for a killer and they keep asking questions about Violet. Maggie doesn't believe her friend could do this, and she's going to dig up the dirt needed to prove it. The Gardener's Plot takes readers to the heart of the Berkshires and introduces amateur sleuth Maggie Walker in Deborah J. Benoit's Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut."--
Author: Armentrout, Jennifer L., author. Published: 2024 2013 Call Number: F ARMENTRO Format: Books Summary: Despite unspoken feelings and a dangerous secret, lifelong best friends Sydney and Kyler must navigate their undeniable attraction while stranded at a posh ski resort. "For twenty-one-year-old Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn't anything new. They'd been best friends ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie. Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The big problem with that? Kyler puts the 'man' in man-whore. He's never stayed with a girl longer than a few nights, and with it being their last year in college, Syd doesn't want to risk their friendship by declaring her love. Kyler has always put Syd on a pedestal that was too high for him to reach. To him, she's perfect and she's everything. But the feelings he has for her, he's always hidden away or focused on any other female. After all, Kyler will always be the poor boy from the wrong side of tracks, and Syd will always be the one girl he can never have." --Amazon.com
Author: Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F OATES Format: Books Summary: "These new, recent, and reformulated stories by Joyce Carol Oates, collected here for the first time, showcase a wide range of crime fiction and psychological suspense. A young, insecure woman finds her relationship changing as she grows more and more dependent on a man who likes to take her on long walks beside a dangerously roaring creek. Another woman, nervous around men, not quite knowing how to act when paid a compliment, becomes flustered when a doctor suggests they go out for coffee, or possibly a drink. She finally decides that she will join him when he suggests they meet at his home. A man is so forgetful that his wife panics and yells into his phone, asking where their daughter has gone. A young man is curious to see why sirens have filled the night and the police arrest him, beginning an unimaginable nightmare. A woman resents that a colleague has achieved greater success and thinks she ought to do something about it. It is impossible to know where a story by the creative genius of Joyce Carol Oates will end and what frightening paths will lead to that end"--
Author: Murakami, Haruki, 1949- author. Gabriel, Philip, 1953- translator. Published: 2024 Call Number: F MURAKAMI Format: Books Summary: "The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a town his readers will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and where our shadows become untethered from our selves. A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers"--
Author: Evanovich, Janet, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F EVANOVIC Format: Books Summary: She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone.While Stephanie stalls for time, she buries herself in her work as a bounty hunter, tracking down an unusually varied assortment of fugitives from justice. There’s Eugene Fleck, a seemingly sweet online influencer who might also be YouTube star Robin Hoodie, masked hero to the homeless, who hijacks delivery trucks and distributes their contents to the needy. She’s also on the trail of Bruno Jug, a wealthy and connected man in the wholesale produce business who is rumored to traffic young girls alongside lettuce and tomatoes. Most terrifying of all is Zoran—a laundromat manager by day and self-proclaimed vampire by night with a taste for the blood of pretty girls. When he shows up on Stephanie’s doorstep, it’s not for the meatloaf dinner.With timely assists from her stalwart supporters Lula, Connie, and Grandma Mazur, Stephanie uses every trick in the book to reel in these men. But only she can decide what to do about the two men she actually loves. She can’t hold Ranger and Morelli at bay for long, and she’s keeping a secret from them that is the biggest bombshell of all. Now or never, she’s got to make the decision of a lifetime.
Author: Ward, J. R., 1969- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F WARD Format: Books Summary: "Another sexy, high-stakes holiday spinoff installment of the New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series.Nothing warms a cold heart like true love, and in this newest Black Dagger Brotherhood winter book, a fighter who has never been a savior finds himself falling in love—and trying to rescue—a male who’s lost all hope.With the BDB training center reopening, and the Brothers looking to add more soldiers in the war against the Lessening Society, fan favorite Callum decides to find his purpose in fighting. Apex knows what suffering the male has survived, and he joins the program just to make sure Callum doesn’t get himself killed. As the two hit the streets, and the danger gets real, Callum must decide whether he can open himself up to love or if he will give in to his inner darkness and spiral down into an abyss of hatred and death...forever" --
Author: Steel, Danielle, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: LP F STEEL Format: Large print Summary: "In this inspiring novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, the life of a Parisian woman changes in a heartbeat when she’s trapped by wildfires in Napa Valley. Born to a French mother and American father, graceful Dahlia de Beaumont has been sole owner and CEO of the venerable family perfume business based in Paris since her early twenties, following the death of her parents. For twenty-five years, after losing her young skier husband in an avalanche, her life has centered on running Lambert Perfumes and being a devoted single mother to her four now-adult children: indecisive Charles, volatile Alexa, kind-hearted business visionary Delphine, and dreamy artist Emma. Now fifty-six, she has an “arrangement” with a married French man but has been questioning that relationship. Dahlia comes to San Francisco on a routine business trip to check on her stores in the States. But shortly after her arrival, brush fires ignite in Napa Valley. Watching the sweeping devastation on the news, Dahlia is moved to help. But doing so will bring unforeseen consequences that endanger not only her life, but her entire future. Forced to remain in San Francisco in the aftermath, she will make unexpected connections while also fighting to protect all she has worked for. What Dahlia learns will provide a new perspective of her life, forever changing what really matters to her and what comes next for her journey. With this uplifting novel, Danielle Steel beautifully dramatizes how life’s unforeseen challenges can sow the seeds for growth and a fresh chance at love—if one is willing to take the risk --
Author: Blacke, Olivia, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F BLACKE Format: Books Summary: Cordelia Graves, a ghost, must enlist the help of her apartment's current tenant in order to solve the murder of their across-the-hall neighbor.
Author: Dye, Ginny, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: PB DYE Format: Books Summary: "As the country changes and shifts, everyone is challenged to do what it takes to walk toward freedom. Carrie and Janie battle fear and worry as Anthony and Matthew deal with the horror of a brutal massacre in Colfax, Louisiana. Moses takes Felicia and Frances to San Francisco, where Felicia makes a decision that will dictate the direction of her life. The plantation is invaded. Annie becomes an angel to ten more orphans in need of a home. Rose befriends a traumatized little girl, setting an extraordinary outcome into motion. Jeremy, Marietta and the twins venture south again, bringing news of an exciting endeavor. Warren Hobbs decides to return to Virginia, but first has to deal with a tragedy in Oregon. When everyone simply wants a life of peace, they learn the lessons that will keep them walking toward the freedom they long for"--Back cover.
Author: Winters, Demi, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F WINTERS Format: Books Summary: Fleeing a death sentence from the Queen of Íseldur, Silla Nordvig joins the Bloodaxe Crew in a bid to survive the treacherous Road of Bones, where she must navigate dangers, win over the Crew's brooding leader, and evade a relentless assassin while heading towards safety in Kopa. "Silla Nordvig is running for her life. The Queen of Iseldur has sent warriors to bring Silla to Sunnavik, where death awaits her. When her father is killed, his last words set Silla on a perilous quest: travel the treacherous Road to the Bones--a thousand-mile stretch haunted by war bands, creatures of darkness, and a mysterious murderer-- and go to Kopa, where a shield-house awaits her. After barely surviving the first stretch of road, a desperate Silla sneaks into a supply wagon belonging to the notorious Bloodaxe Crew. To make it to Kopa, she must win over Axe Eyes, the brooding leader of the Crew, while avoiding the Wolf, his distractingly handsome right-man. All the while, the queen's ruthless assassin hunts Silla obsessively. . ."--
Author: Dacko, Ryan, author. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: F DACKO Format: Books Summary: "As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Jaws, the first summer blockbuster, author and host of the podcast The Jaws Obsession Ryan Dacko has written the definitive prequel novel to the movie Jaws, telling the story of Quint. Beginning with him adrift in the Philippine Sea after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and after the end of the war following him first to San Fransisco and then to Amity Island, we read of how and when he acquires his many scars, of how he comes to own his boat The Orca and how he develops his technique for hunting sharks as seen in the movie. Along the way we meet figures from history such as Charles McVay, captain of the doomed Indianapolis, and characters from the movie Jaws such as Larry Vaughan, the slippery Mayor of Amity Island, Ichthyologist Matt Hooper and Quint’s mate Herschel Salvatore. This novel, the result of extensive research by the author, expands the Jaws universe, and adds crucial backstory that enhances the experience of watching what many still consider to be the greatest movie ever made. It is a story of overcoming odds, survivor's guilt, PTSD, one man’s quest for justice, and lots of sharks"--Back cover.
Author: Collette, Abby, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: PB COLLETTE Format: Books Summary: "Keaton and Koby are twins who were separated as children, but now they've reconnected and opened Books & Biscuits in the pleasant Pacific Northwest town of Timber Lake. Business is booming, but even so, trouble always seems to come their way. Mama Zola, Koby's devoted foster mom, has taken up residence in Timber Lake. She and Pete, one of the bookstore's quirky employees, decide to bring a peach cobbler over to her church's potluck. When someone is found dead after sampling the cobbler, Mama Zola and Pete are soon under suspicious for the murder. Luckily, Koby and Keaton are ready to sling out a side of justice"--Back cover.
Author: Toma, Jordan, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: B TOMA Format: Books Summary: "Jordan Toma is a motivational speaker, financial advisor and a real estate investor "But it hasn't always been this easy" My life has been a roller-coaster with this "Learning Disability" and I let it control my confidence and outlook on life for the first 18 years. I let it define me - it became a permanent label stuck to my shirt every day. I will give you an idea of what I mean. You know when you are attending a conference and they give you a name tag to pin to your shirt? As far as I was concerned I had a permanent name tag. But mine said "You're not as smart as everyone else. You can't do this". This happened to me because of my experience in school and it grew roots into everything I did. I would feel helpless in class. I struggled to understand why I couldn't just pick up information like everyone else. I remember sitting in class telling myself I am going to try really hard to understand everything in class today just like everyone else and be a normal student, but I just couldn't grasp it! I was made fun of because sometimes I had to have special lessons. Other students, even so called "friends" called me dumb. I let this problem control me until I graduated in 2008. I was accepted into a life changing program called The Step Ahead. I remember moving in filled with fear and anxiety. I went into the bathroom looked at myself in the mirror and promised myself I was going to change. I knew I couldn't let this label last forever. After that I started building a foundation of confidence and belief in myself brick by brick. It has brought me to where I am today. This journey has just started for me but now I believe it's time to help young students that can relate to my story. My objective is to create the foundations of the belief, the confidence, the work ethic and everything that you need to become the best you can be now and not let anything ever get in your way"--
Author: America's Test Kitchen (Firm), author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 641.587 AMERICAS Format: Books Summary: Invigorate weeknight dinners with wholesome recipes prepared in the Instant Pop multi-cooker that can steam rice, poach fish, pressure cook barley and perfectly sear chicken breasts in recipes like Smoky Turkey Meatball Soup with Kale and Butternut Squash Risotto.
Author: Dye, Ginny, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: PB DYE Format: Books Summary: "America continues the struggle to become a country for everyone ... When chaos swirls through America, can hope be renewed by dawn? Moses and Rose are pulled into drama erupting in South Carolina. When it spills over to the plantation, will their family grow? Racial tensions boil over into violence and murder during the Philadelphia elections. Carrie, Janie and Florence join hands with the clinic to work together once more. Peter's trip to a journalism conference lands him in the midst of one of America's greatest tragedies. Matthew and Harold have a front row seat as a corrupt politician is brought down. Flu grips the plantation, pushing Carrie and Janie to their limits. The holidays are especially joyful as another marriage is celebrated and they find reasons for renewed hope. When everyone just wants a simple, clear future, each person finds they must hold on to the hope that each dawn brings."
Author: Rummans, Angela, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 641.5636 RUMMANS Format: Books Summary: "Over 100 of your favorite comfort meals made entirely from plants. Written by an untrained chef for the untrained chef"-- Back cover.
Author: Dye, Ginny, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: PB DYE Format: Books Summary: Another chapter in the lives of Carrie, Janie, Elizabeth, Florence, Silas, Rose, Marietta, Abby and Thomas as they work to rebuild their lives in Virginia during the United States' Reconstruction. The newly formed Bregdan Medical Clinic faces a challenge no one anticipated; and Carrie, Janie and Elizabeth are forced to make unimaginable choices.
Author: Dye, Ginny, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: PB DYE Format: Books Summary: Another chapter in the lives of Carrie, Janie, Rose and Moses, Florence Robinson, and Felicia as they work to rebuild their lives in Virginia during the United States' Reconstruction.
Author: Dye, Ginny, author. Published: 2018 Call Number: PB DYE Format: Books Summary: Follows the Bregdan family as they deal with racism and violence in post-Civil War Virginia.
Author: Trenow, Liz, author. Published: 2017 Call Number: F TRENOW Format: Books Summary: London, 1760. When Anna Butterfield's mother dies, she's sent to live with her uncle, a silk merchant in London, to make a good match and provide for her father and sister. There, she meets Henri, a French immigrant and apprentice hoping to become a master weaver. But Henri, born into a lower class, becomes embroiled in the silk riots that break out as weavers protest for a fair wage.With her family's security at stake-- and her reputation on the line-- will Anna be able to pursue her dreams?
