FICTION
Taking a job at the studio where David O. Selznick is filming Gone with the Wind, Julie Crawford becomes an assistant to Carole Lombard, a rising actress from Julie’s hometown who embarks on a scandalous affair with Clark Gable.
The S
hocking Secret of a Guest at the Wedding by Victoria Alexander
Jackson Channing travels to England to meet the family whose existence he has just discovered and enters into a fake engagement with Lady Theodosia Winslow, a family friend, that both of them come to wish was real.
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
A tale set 10 years after the events in Garden Spells finds Claire’s happy contentment shattered by her father’s revelations, which challenge everything she ever believed about herself.
Joining a San Antonio task force to arrest known offenders with outstanding warrants, FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid makes a horrifying discovery involving two kidnappers and a crime lord who compel her to work outside the law.
Love Gently Falling by Melody Carlson
After her mother falls ill, a Hollywood hairstylist heads home to Chicago to help run her mother’s struggling salon, where she reconnects romantically with an old classmate who works for the janitorial company that cleans the shop.
Sunflower Lane by Jill Gregory
While spending the summer in Lonesome Way, Montana, where she hopes to make a home for her orphaned young nieces and nephew, Annabelle Harper doesn’t have time for romance until rugged Wes McPhee and his fear of commitment walk back into her life.
While Sister Anselm considers parallels between a hit-and-run targeting a pregnant former cult member and a similar case from years earlier, Ali Reynolds investigates threats against an aging in-law.
Shame and the Captives by Thomas Keneally
A tale inspired by true events follows the experiences of a World War II prisoner’s wife who befriends an Italian anarchist in the hopes of alleviating her husband’s suffering, only to be swept up in a violent prison break.
The Marriage Charm by Linda Lael Miller
After a group of women in Bliss County make a pact to all find husbands, jewelry designer Melody Nolan tries to determine whether or not police chief Spence Hogan, a notorious charmer, is marriage material.
Now in a single body and with only a ship and a troublesome crew, Breq is sent to Atheok Station to protect the sister of Lieutenant Awn.
The Girls of Mischief Bay by Susan Mallory
Three very different women find family through friendship–including Nicole, who faces a difficult choice involving her dependent husband; Shannon, who must choose between love and career; and Pam, whose marriage is tested by an unexpected change.
The Forgers by Bradford Morrow
When reclusive rare-book collector Adam Diehl is found dead in his home, Adam’s sister Meghan and her lover Will, a convicted literary forger, begin receiving threatening letters from someone who knows secrets about Adam’s death and Will’s past.
The Girl Next Door by Ruth Rendell
When bones are discovered in a tin box inside the tunnel a group of long-time friends played in as children, they reunite to recall their adventures in the tunnel for the detective investigating the case.
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
After his wife Rosie announces that she is pregnant, Don Tillman sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father while helping his best friend Gene, who is living with them, reconcile with his wife Claudia.
NONFICTION
Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life by Eric Metaxas
Shares compelling case studies that support theories about the plausibility of miracles to discuss what they are, why they happen, and how they can be understood.
Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema by Anne Helen Petersen
Presents a collection of dramatic clashes and controversies from Hollywood’s Golden Age, featuring such notorious personalities as Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Jean Harlow, and James Dean.
Published on April 1, 2015.
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