FICTION
The Daring Exploits of a Runaway Heiress
Victoria Alexander
Lucy Merryweather has inherited a fortune — and her great-aunt’s list of unfulfilled wishes. What better way to honor her memory than by accomplishing as many of them as possible? And with Lucy’s family an ocean away in New York, nothing stands in her way — if one ignores the private investigator hired to spy on her.
Tail Gait
Rita Mae Brown/Sneaky Pie Brown
When a popular University of Virginia history professor is found murdered, Harry and her furry entourage disregard the confession of a homeless alum and look for clues in the victim’s research about Virginia’s Revolutionary past. By the best-selling author of the Mags Rogers series.
Sweetshop of Dreams
Jenny Colgan
Rosie Hopkins’s life is . . . comfortable. She has a steady nursing job, a nice apartment, and Gerard, her loyal (if a bit boring) boyfriend. And even though she might like to pursue a more rewarding career, and Gerard doesn’t seem to have any plans to propose, Rosie’s not complaining. Things could be worse. Right?
Night Night Sleep Tight
Hallie Ephron
From the award-winning author of There Was an Old Woman comes a riveting tale of domestic noir, infused with old Hollywood folklore and glamour, set in a town rife with egotism and backstabbing and where fame and infamy are often interchangeable
The Fixer
Joseph Finder
Forced to move to the ramshackle home of his youth after a career setback, Rick Hoffman begins a laborious renovation only to make a discovery that threatens his life and challenges everything he thought he knew about his late father. By the New York Times best-selling author of Suspicion.
What I Love About You
Rachel Gibson
Ex-high school cheerleader Natalie Cooper could once shake her pom-poms with the best of them. But she’s paid for all that popularity — her husband’s run off with what’s left of their money and a twenty-year-old bimbo named Tiffany. He’s left Natalie to manage a photo store and to see to some pictures she, well, really shouldn’t.
The Carrier
Sophie Hannah
When her plane is delayed overnight, Gaby Struthers finds herself forced to share a hotel room with a stranger: a terrified young woman named Lauren Cookson – but why is she scared of Gaby in particular? Lauren won’t explain. Instead, she blurts out something about an innocent man going to prison for a murder he didn’t commit, and Gaby soon discovers that Lauren’s presence on her flight can’t be a coincidence. Because the murder victim is Francine Breary, the wife of the only man Gaby has ever truly loved. Tim Breary has confessed to killing his wife and even provided the police with evidence. The only thing he hasn’t given them is a motive: he claims to have no idea why he did it…
The Reluctant Midwife
Patricia Harman
The Great Depression hit West Virginia hard. In Hope River, men have no work and women struggle to feed hungry children. Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she handles most situations, Becky relies on midwife Patience Murphy to help women have their babies. But time and experience have tempered Becky’s cheerfulness, as tragedy has destroyed the spirit of Dr. Isaac Blum. And Becky’s skills and courage will be tested.
Our Souls at Night
Kent Haruf
Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to her neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have long been aware of each other, if not exactly friends; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis’s wife. His daughter, Holly, lives hours away in Colorado Springs; her son, Gene, even farther away in Grand Junction. What Addie has come to ask — since she and Louis have been living alone for so long in houses now empty of family, and the nights are so terribly lonely — is whether he might be willing to spend them with her, in her bed, so they can have someone to talk with.
A Deadly Web
Kay Hooper
After psychic Tasha Solomon suffers a shocking and violent attack, she must trust John Brodie—a member of a secret network devoted to protecting psychics—to help her escape a ruthless enemy.
A Slant of Light
Jeffrey Lent
At the close of the Civil War, weary veteran Malcolm Hopeton returns to his home in western New York State to find his wife and hired man missing and his farm in disrepair. A double murder ensues, the repercussions of which ripple through a community with spiritual roots in the Second Great Awakening. Hopeton has gone from the horrors of war to those far worse, and arrayed around him are a host of people struggling to make sense of his crime.
Teardrop Lane
Emily March
Town physician Rose Anderson hides a well of sadness behind her cheerful and capable professionalism. Heartbreak has only reinforced her belief that marriage and children aren’t in her future. Yet she’s a woman with a pulse — and when brooding artist Hunt Cicero shows up at her office with his young nephew, the sheer physical attraction he ignites in her is both exciting and unsettling.
Cuba Straits
Randy Wayne White
Doc Ford’s old friend, General Juan Garcia, has gone into the lucrative business of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. He is also feasting on profits made by buying historical treasures for pennies on the dollar. He prefers what dealers call HPC items — high-profile collectibles — but when he manages to obtain a collection of letters written by Fidel Castro between 1960-62 to a secret girlfriend, it’s not a matter of money anymore. Garcia has stumbled way out of his depth.
The Sea Garden
Marcia Willett
Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess’s own family fell apart several years ago, so she is grateful for Kate’s friendliness — and her close unit of extended family and friends, who embrace Jess just as warmly.
NON-FICTION
Love in Every Stitch
Lee Gant
As an employee of three different yarn stores, a teacher of countless knitting classes, and a volunteer with at-risk youth, Lee Gant has had the opportunity to gather diverse stories.
Out Came the Sun
Mariel Hemingway
In this searingly honest new memoir, actress and mental health icon Mariel Hemingway shares in candid detail the story of her troubled childhood in a famous family haunted by depression, alcoholism, illness, and suicide. Born just a few months after her grandfather, Ernest Hemingway, shot himself, it was Mariel’s mission as a girl to escape the desperate cycles of severe mental health issues that had plagued generations of her family.
Published on June 20, 2015.
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