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Secrets of the tulip sisters
Par Susan Mallery. 2017
Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty routine. But everything changes one sun-washed summer with two dramatic homecomings:…
Griffith Burnett--Tulpen Crossing's prodigal son, who's set his sights on Kelly--and Olivia, her beautiful, wayward, and, as far as Kelly is concerned, unwelcome sister. Tempted by Griffith, annoyed by Olivia, Kelly is overwhelmed by the secrets that were so easy to keep when she was alone. Bestseller. 2017.Spymaster: a thriller (Scot Harvath. #17.)
Par Brad Thor. 2018
Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity…
of a highly placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war. With his mentor out of the game, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must take on the role he has spent his career avoiding. But, as with everything else he does, he intends to rewrite the rules-all of them. In Spymaster, Scot Harvath is more cunning, more dangerous, and deadlier than ever before. Bestseller. 2018.Strange weather: four short novels
Par Joe Hill. 2017
"Snapshot" is the disturbing story of a Silicon Valley adolescent who finds himself threatened by "The Phoenician," a tattooed thug…
who possesses a Polaroid Instant Camera that erases memories, snap by snap. A young man takes to the skies to experience his first parachute jump, and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero’s island of roiling vapour that seems animated by a mind of its own in "Aloft." Short horror stories that deftly expose the darkness that lies just beneath the surface of everyday life. Bestseller. 2017. Uniform title: Novels.Someone to love (Westcott novel. #1.)
Par Mary Balogh. 2016
Anna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath, knowing nothing of the family she came from. Now she discovers…
that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. She is also overjoyed to learn she has siblings. However, they want nothing to do with her or her attempts to share her new wealth. But the new earl's guardian is interested in Anna. Avery Archer, Duke of Netherby, keeps others at a distance. Yet something prompts him to aid Anna in her transition from orphan to lady. As London society and Anna's newfound relatives threaten to overwhelm her, Avery steps in to rescue her and finds himself vulnerable to feelings and desires he has hidden so well for so long. Followed by "Someone to hold". Bestseller. 2016.Sting
Par Sandra Brown. 2016
When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard locked eyes across a run-down bayou bar, something definitely sparked between them. Shaw was…
the kind of tall, dark, and ruthless man who was bad news to women and stunning, elegant Jordie definitely shouldn't have been in a dive like this. Unfortunately, romance wasn't in the air; Shaw Kinnard was there to kill her. As Shaw's partner takes aim at the New Orleans party planner, she's certain her time has come, but Shaw has other plans. The hit man abducts Jordie hoping to get his hands on the thirty million dollars her brother has stolen. Now on the run from the FBI and her brother's crooked boss, they'll have to work together to stay alive, but staying together might be the most dangerous thing they could do. Bestseller. 2016.Still Alice
Par Lisa Genova. 2009
As she turns fifty and begins experiencing odd lapses of memory, Harvard psychology professor Alice Howland gets the life-altering diagnosis…
of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Her lecturing and traveling for work, and her relationships with her scientist husband and grown children, morph along with the disease. Bestseller. 2009.Stone cold (Camel Club. #3.)
Par David Baldacci. 2007
Ex-CIA agent Oliver Stone gathers Camel Club members to help con artist Annabelle Conroy escape an enemy. But Stone soon…
learns he, too, is on a hit list--comprised of those involved in a long-ago assassination. Bestseller. 2007.Stay close
Par Harlan Coben. 2012
Soccer mom Megan hides--and misses--her former stripping career. The cause of Megan’s identity change still torments her ex-boyfriend Ray. Meanwhile,…
detective Broome continues searching for Megan’s long-vanished customer. The three are brought together by a new missing-person case. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012.Squirrel seeks chipmunk: a wicked bestiary
Par David Sedaris. 2010
A collection of sharply observed animal-themed tales. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear…
an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of our own everyday interactions. Includes strong language. 2010.Star gazing
Par Linda Gillard. 2008
Blind since birth, widowed in her twenties, now lonely in her forties, Marianne's passionate nature finds solace and expression in…
music, a love she finds she shares with Keir, a man she encounters on her doorstep one winter's night. Can Marianne trust her feelings for this reclusive stranger who wants to take a blind woman to his island home on Skye, to 'show' her the stars? 2008.State of wonder
Par Ann Patchett. 2011
Vogel Pharmaceutical sends pharmacologist Marina Singh to Amazonian Brazil to locate elusive employee Dr. Annick Swenson, who was once Singh’s…
professor. While investigating the status of Swenson’s fertility-drug research, Singh also hopes to uncover the fate of colleague Anders Eckman, whom Swenson reported dead. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2011.Someone wonderful
Par Barbara Neil. 1995
This is a story of six people: Grace Teape, her orphaned niece, Lily, and young lover, sculptor Johnny Cochrane; Grace's…
brother, photographer Oliver Cary, his journalist wife Melissa and blind son, Sebastian. 1995.Stalker: a novel (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery. #12.)
Par Faye Kellerman. 2000
Detective Peter Decker's outspoken, Ivy League-educated daughter Cindy joins the LAPD, but has trouble fitting in with the blue-collar work…
force. During a rash of serial carjackings, Cindy realizes she is being stalked and suspects the danger comes from within the department. Bestseller. 2000.Something in the water: a novel
Par Catherine Steadman. 2018
If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you? Erin is a documentary filmmaker…
on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water...? Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares? Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. After all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events...? Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave? Wonder no longer. Bestseller. 2018.Son of a trickster (Trickster trilogy. #1.)
Par Eden Robinson. 2017
Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary…
mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer, and now she's dead. Bestseller. 2017.Soul mountain
Par Xingjian Gao, Mabel Lee. 2000
A semi-autobiographical, philosophical novel by the Chinese Nobel laureate. The protagonist, in reprieve from death, wanders through the Chinese landscape…
in search of Lingshan (Soul Mountain), describing his interior and exterior quests. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2000. Uniform title: Ling shan.Sleep
Par Nino Ricci. 2015
David Pace is a man who has it all--a successful career as an academic, a wife blessed with both beauty…
and brains, a young son and a lovely home. But David's brain has begun to misfire. It shuts off when David is meant to be awake--when he's writing, when he's lecturing, when he's driving--but otherwise denies him any rest at all. Popping a variety of pills at an increasingly alarming rate, David struggles to remain alert, but his efforts become less and less effective, leaving his family in tatters and his career on the brink. Then, almost by accident, David finds himself with a loaded gun in his hands, and all of a sudden he feels tantalizingly, gloriously awake. Bestseller. 2015.Sizzling sixteen: Stephanie Plum Novel (Stephanie Plum novel. #16.)
Par Janet Evanovich. 2010
Bail bondsman Stephanie Plum has an unpleasant assignment. A mobster is holding cousin Vinnie, her sleazy boss, for ransom because…
of gambling debts. To save the business, Stephanie, office manager Connie, and clerk Lula must rescue Vinnie and/or come up with the cash to free him. Bestseller. 2010.Silver girl: a novel
Par Elin Hilderbrand. 2011
Although they are estranged, recently widowed Connie helps her childhood friend Meredith after Meredith's husband is arrested for running a…
Ponzi scheme. The two retreat to Connie's Nantucket home, where they cautiously rekindle their friendship and find surprising romances. Bestseller. 2011.Since we fell
Par Dennis Lehane. 2017
Rachel Childs, a former journalist, now lives as a virtual shut-in after an on-air mental breakdown. In all other respects,…
however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel’s marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked into a conspiracy thick with deception, violence, and possibly madness, Rachel must find the strength within herself to conquer unimaginable fears and mind-altering truths. Bestseller. 2017.