Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered:
FICTION
Barefoot Season
Susan Mallery
Returning home to Blackberry Island to claim her inheritance and recover from her tour of duty, young Army vet Michelle Sanderson, to save her family’s Inn, must form a tentative truce with single mother Carly Williams, whose shocking betrayal years earlier destroyed their friendship.
Beginner’s Goodbye
Anne Tyler
Sharing a happy marriage with the plain and outspoken Dorothy, Aaron, a physically disabled man who spent his youth avoiding a controlling sister, is devastated by his wife’s sudden death and moves through the grieving process with the help of her apparition.
Betrayal
Danielle Steel
Her life shattered by her boyfriend’s infidelity, movie director Tallie Jones also discovers that one of her closest associates has been stealing from her for years, and partners with a dashing FBI agent to identify a hidden enemy.
Big Cat Nap
Rita Mae Brown
When a series of inexplicable car accidents are attributed to driver error, Harry Harristeen knows that something is amiss and together with her intrepid team of feline, canine, and equine helpers, she begins to investigate.
Book of Madness and Cures
Regina O’Melveny
Sixteenth-century Renaissance woman and renowned physician Gabriella Mondini searches across Europe for her missing father, without whom she can no longer continue to treat her Venetian patients, who need her desperately.
Clawback
Cooper, Mike
Hired by a powerful financier to quickly and quietly address pressing monetary troubles, black ops veteran Silas Cade demands compensation for a deal gone bad from a hedge fund manager whose subsequent murder is traced to the serial killings of several out-of-luck investment bankers.
Come Home
Lisa Scottoline
Rebalancing her life and career after a painful divorce, pediatrician Jill learns that her ex has died from an alleged overdose that her former stepdaughter believes was actually murder, a situation that forces Jill to choose between her duty to past circumstances and her future happiness.
Death Comes Silently
Carolyn Hart
Unable to volunteer at a book signing by a popular local writer, Annie Darling arrives after the event and discovers her fellow volunteer, Gretchen Burkholt, murdered after having left numerous voicemails about some scandalous news she wanted to share.
Dorchester Terrace
Anne Perry
When evidence of a mole within the Special Branch is discovered, Thomas Pitt realizes that he cannot trust anyone; while his boss, Victor Narrawy, learns that Charlotte’s aunt’s friend might have unearthed war-provoking secrets.
Games
Ted Kosmatka
Set in a future where genetically engineered monsters represent competing nations during the Games, a gladiator designed by U.S. Games Committee head Dr. Silas Williams shows signs of hyper-intelligence and violent tendencies that threaten more than athletic opponents.
Good Father
Noah Hawley
Establishing a specialty in diagnosing otherwise abandoned patients with conflicting symptoms, Chief of Rheumatology Paul Allen is placed in the impossible position of having to unlock the mind of his 20-year-old son, who has attempted to assassinate a presidential candidate.
Guilty Wives
James Patterson & David Ellis
The vacation of a lifetime in Monte Carlo turns into a hellish nightmare when best friends Abbie, Winnie, Serena and Bryah are arrested aboard an unfamiliar yacht and accused of an unthinkable crime.
Gypped
Carol Higgins Clark
Vacationing in California while her new husband, Jack, attends a business conference, private investigator Regan Reilly checks out a vegan family friend’s concerns about an unscrupulous investment manager and uncovers a vast scam extending throughout the California coast.
Just Down the Road
Jodi Thomas
A vulnerable little boy brings together Tinch Turner, a wild rancher who gave up on living after his wife died, and the beautiful new doctor in town, Addison Spencer, while Reagan Truman finds comfort in the makeshift family she’s made in Harmony after the death of her beloved uncle.
Land More Kind Than Home
Wiley Cash
Growing up in a small North Carolina town, Jess Hall is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see, which has catastrophic repercussions.
Mudwoman
Joyce Carol Oates
The first woman president of a prestigious Ivy League university, Meredith Meukirchen, grappling with her own morality, must take hold of her self-identity when both personal and professional challenges send her on a collision course with the girl she once was and the life she left behind.
Partial History of Lost Causes
Jennifer Dubois
Abandoning her life when her father succumbs to Huntington’s disease, Massachusetts native Irina discovers an unanswered letter from her father to an internationally renowned chess champion and political dissident, whom she decides to visit in Russia.
Range of Ghosts
Elizabeth Bear
Going into exile after barely escaping a war waged by his cousin and brother, Temur, the grandson and heir of the Great Khan, teams up against an enemy cult with former princess Samarkar, who after a series of bitter betrayals has pursued a life of magical study.
Sacre Bleu
Christopher Moore
Baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec vow to discover the truth behind the untimely death of their friend Vincent van Gogh, which leads them on a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late 19th century Paris.
Sidney Sheldon’s Angel of the Dark
Tilly Bagshawe
When three killings, nearly identical to his father’s, take place across the globe, Matt Daley discovers that the evidence points to a woman the police call the Angel of Death who targets elderly millionaires and is always one step ahead of the law.
Simple Spring
Rosalind Lauer
As Sadie King participates in the Amish rumspringa tradition outside of her community, she discovers different ways to express her musical talents and unexpectedly falls in love with Mike Trueherz, a non-Amish youth.
Teeny Bit of Trouble
Michael Lee West
A follow-up to Gone with a Handsomer Man finds Charleston pastry chef Teeny Templeton witnessing a murder that reveals that her boyfriend Coop O’Malley may be the father of the victim’s 10-year-old daughter.
Unnatural Acts
Stuart Woods
Hired by a hedge-fund billionaire whose son has gone missing, Stone Barrington and Holly Barker launch what they believe will be an open-and-shut investigation only to uncover links to one of the most wanted and dangerous men in the world.
Unseen
Heather Graham
When San Antonio becomes a dumping ground for the battered bodies of young women, Texas Ranger Logan Raintree must use his powerful ability to commune with the dead and lead a brand-new group of elite paranormal investigators to solve this disturbing case.
Vanishers
Heidi Julavits
A power struggle between a leading student at an elite institute for psychics and her jealous legendary mentor culminates in the student being forced to relive her mother’s suicide during a brutal psychic attack.
What Doesn’t Kill You
Iris Johansen
Trading information on the streets to survive after being abandoned at the age of 4, Catherine Ling is instructed by assassin and master poisoner Hu Chang before being recruited by the CIA and pitted against a rogue operative in a race to obtain a brutally deadly poison.
Woodrose Mountain
Raeanne Thayne
Seeking a quieter life in Hope’s Crossing, physical therapist Evie Blanchard puts her plans put on hold when single dad Brodie Thorne convinces her to help his injured daughter, Taryn, and finds it hard to keep an emotional distance from Brodie and Taryn.
NONFICTION
7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane
Matthew Hutson
Demonstrates how selective cognitive biases that adjust how people see and experience the world are essential to survival and can enable a sense of rational purpose and free will.
Before They’re Gone: A Family’s Year-Long Quest to Explore America’s Most Endangered National Parks
Michael Lanza
A family set out to visit the climate-threatened wild places in the United States, including the Grand Canyon, the North Cascades, and Joshua Tree National Park, in order to experience the natural wonders before they disappear.
Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life
Ira Byock
A palliative care doctor argues that end-of-life practices have become a national crisis in America and outlines a plan for optimal end-of-life care that involves the contributions of compassionate doctors and nurses.
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Rachel Maddow
Explains how the focus on national security is actually compromising national stability, tracing the historical events and contributing factors that have promoted a deeply militarized American culture.
Fatigue Solution: Increase Your Energy in Eight Easy Steps
Eva Cwynar & Sharyn Kolberg
Outlines eight steps for women to follow to identify and understand the sources of their fatigue and to increase and maintain energy and vitality, focusing on such aspects of wellness as improving sleep and boosting metabolism.
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World
Hugh Brewster
Presents an account of the experiences of the historical ship’s wealthy and famous passengers and their world, drawing on original research to place their lives within an arc of the Titanic’s dramatic demise, explaining how their stories reflect key tenets of the Edwardian era.
Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World’s Wild Places
Bernie Krause
A musician and naturalist describes how the noise of humans is drowning out the sounds of nature and paints a picture of the relationship and connection between natural sounds and music that is becoming increasingly difficult to hear.
Heaven Is Here: An Incredible Story of Hope, Triumph, and Everyday Joy
Stephanie Nielson & Amy Hackworth
Details how the author survived a horrific plane crash that left her with third degree burns over eighty percent of her body and learned to embrace the power of love, motherhood, community, faith, and the simple joys of everyday life.
Imagine: How Creativity Works
Jonah Lehrer
An examination of the new science of creativity explains how it involves distinct thought processes that can be tapped by anyone, revealing the practices of successful companies and creative individuals while considering how to use scientific principles to increase creativity.
Indomitable Investor: Why a Few Succeed in the Stock Market When Everyone Else Fails
Steven M. Sears
Shows investors how to improve returns and avoid losses using disciplines deployed by the people who almost always do exactly the opposite of what Wall Street says to do.
Mama’s Boy Myth: Why Keeping Our Sons Close Makes Them Stronger
Kate Stone Lombardi
A reexamination of the mother-son relationship challenges the “mama’s boy” taboo, exploring the societal pressures for mothers to push away their boys while considering how men with close bonds to their mothers can show higher levels of emotional intelligence.
Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family
Liza Mundy
Analyzes a growing trend in higher-earning working women to predict that more households will be supported by women within a generation, discussing how the dynamic will impact relationships.
Shiloh 1862
Winston Groom
Offers a detailed account of the Battle of Shiloh, a turning point when both the Union and the Confederacy realized the grand scale of the conflict, the large number of casualties to be expected, and that the war would not end quickly.
Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life’s Greatest Challenges
Deepak Chopra
Demonstrates how to navigate life challenges in four common areas including relationships, success, health, and personal growth, providing compassionate recommendations for achieving balance and handling conflicts.
Published on April 18, 2012.
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