Author: Rothenberg, Jess, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: Y ROTHENBE Format: Books Summary: Ana, a half-android, half-human employee of a futuristic fantasy theme park, the Kingdom, faces a charge of murder in a tale told through flashbacks and court transcripts.
Author: Parker, Kate T., author. Published: 2019 Call Number: 779.25 Format: Books Summary: Against the backdrop of a growing national conversation about how to raise sons to become good people, Kate T. Parker is leading the way by turning her lens on boys. Author of the bestselling book about girls, Strong Is the New Pretty, she now shows the true heart of a boy in 200 compelling photographs.
Author: Houser, Jody, author. Martino, Stefano, 1970- penciller. Champagne, Keith, inker. Affe, Lauren, colourist. Piekos, Nate, letterer. Published: 2019 Call Number: Y HOUSER V.1 Format: Books Summary: "When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in that world with him"--
Author: Gray, Shelley Shepard, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F GRAY Format: Large print Summary: When Andy's baby sister Trish gets stranded at the family cabin during a massive blizzard, he calls upon his best friends-the Magnificent Eight-to go to his sister's rescue. Andy knows that several members of the Eight will drop everything to help, and they're the perfect solution because the Amish aren't hindered by stalled cars-they can travel just fine in their buggies. But when Logan, Trish's secret crush, is the first to volunteer to save her, she can't help but worry that, despite the freezing temperatures, being alone with Logan might mean that things heat up pretty fast.
Author: Wiseman, Beth, 1962- author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F WISEMAN Format: Large print Summary: "The first novel in the new Amish Journeys series by bestselling author Beth Wiseman. Mary Hershberger lives a happy life in an Amish community in Indiana with her parents and sister. Levi Shetler lives forty miles away in a crowded and unorganized home that is part of a much stricter community. When the two met as children, Mary learned a secret about Levi: he is a musical prodigy, but his talent must remain unused and unheard in his community. Eight years later, circumstances and a mutual love of music bring Mary and Levi together. Mary loves to sing, and Levi's abilities on the piano are astounding. But the Amish rule states that the use of instruments and songs not approved in their songbook is forbidden. The pair must determine whether their talents are God-given gifts to be embraced or temptations luring them into the Englisch world. All the while, Mary and Levi are falling in love, but their love struggles to withstand their very different upbringings. Their love of music brings them together, but it could also be what tears them apart. As they face a compromise or a parting of the ways, a tragic accident shakes their decision. Both Mary and Levi must reconcile what they love with what their hearts say is right"--
Author: Jennings, Regina (Regina Lea), author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F JENNINGS Format: Large print Summary: Hattie Walker dreams of becoming a painter, while her parents want her to settle down. As a compromise, they give her two months to head to Denver and place her works in an exhibition or give up the dream forever. Her journey is derailed when a gunman attacks her stagecoach, leaving her to be rescued by a group of Arapaho . . . but she's too terrified to recognize them as friendly. Confirmed bachelor Lieutenant Jack Hennessey has long worked with the tribe and is tasked with trying to convince them that the mission school at Fort Reno can help their children. When a message arrives about a recovered survivor, Jack heads out to take her home--and plead his case once more. He's stunned to run into Hattie Walker, the girl who shattered his heart--but quickly realizes he has a chance to impress her. When his plan gets tangled through translation, Jack and Hattie end up in a mess that puts her dreams in peril--and tests Jack's resolve to remain single.
Author: Fisher, Suzanne Woods, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F FISHER Format: Large print Summary: "When her father buys an island off the coast of Maine with the hope of breathing new life into it, Camden Grayson thinks he's lost his mind. An unexpected event sends Cam to his rescue, and she discovers the island has its own way of living and loving" --
Author: O'Hare, Annette, author. Published: 2019 2018 Call Number: LP F OHARE Format: Large print Summary: When Sarah McKinney's father dies tragically, she takes over the cattle ranch on the Texas gulf coast. Amid the turmoil, Sarah finds herself distracted by her uncle's young law apprentice. Will he make it to Bolivar Point Lighthouse where Sarah has take refuge from a great storm?
Author: Logan, Kylie, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F LOGAN Format: Large print Summary: First in a new series from national bestselling author Kylie Logan, The Scent of Murder is a riveting mystery following Jazz Ramsey as she trains cadaver dogs. The way Jazz Ramsey figures it, life is pretty good. She's thirty-five years old and owns her own home in one of Cleveland's most diverse, artsy, and interesting neighborhoods. She has a job she likes as an administrative assistant at an all-girls school, and a volunteer interest she's passionate about--Jazz is a cadaver dog handler. Jazz is working with Luther, a cadaver dog in training. Luther is still learning cadaver work, so Jazz is putting him through his paces at an abandoned building that will soon be turned into pricey condos. When Luther signals a find, Jazz is stunned to see the body of a young woman who is dressed in black and wearing the kind of make-up and jewelry that Jazz used to see on the Goth kids back in high school. She's even more shocked when she realizes that beneath the tattoos and the piercings and all that pale make up is a familiar face. The lead detective on the case is an old lover, and the murdered woman is an old student. Jazz finds herself sucked into the case, obsessed with learning the truth.
Author: Cabot, Amanda, 1948- author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F CABOT Format: Large print Summary: When a Texas Ranger comes to town on a mission to capture his brother's killers, he finds more than he expected--including a young midwife who may hold the key to the justice he seeks. When her husband is murdered and her baby stillborn, there is nothing left for Thea Michener in Ladreville. She accepts a position as Cimarron Creek's midwife. When a Texas Ranger turns up on her doorstep with an abandoned baby, she can't turn him away. Ranger Jackson Guthrie has been looking for Thea. He's convinced her husband was part of the gang that killed his brother. And he'll need Thea's help if he's to find the justice he seeks. -- adapted from back cover
Author: Macallister, Greer, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F MACALLIS Format: Large print Summary: "She's only a number now. When Charlotte Smith's wealthy parents commit her beloved sister Phoebe to the infamous Goldengrove Asylum, Charlotte knows there's more to the story than madness. She risks everything and follows her sister inside, surrendering her real identity as a privileged young lady of San Francisco society to become a nameless inmate, Woman 99. The longer she stays, the more she realizes that many of the women of Goldengrove aren't insane, merely inconvenient and that her search for the truth threatens to dig up secrets that some very powerful people would do anything to kep. A historical thriller rich in detail, deception, and revelation, Woman 99 honors the fierce women of the past, born into a world that denied them power but underestimated their strength."--
Author: Sands, Lynsay, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F SANDS Format: Large print Summary: "Lady Evina Maclean has heard much about Rory Buchanan's skill as a healer. What she hasn't heard is how good the brawny Highlander looks bathing in a waterfall. But Evina can't afford the distraction, for her ailing father urgently needs care. Only when she's rendered Buchanan unconscious and dragged him back to her family's castle does the truth emerge--it's not Rory she's kidnapped but his brother Conran"--
Author: Clark, Tracy P., 1961- author. Published: 2019 Call Number: CLA Format: Books Summary: "Cassandra Raines, the former Chicago cop turned private investigator, looks into a suspicious death as a favor to a friend--and makes some powerful enemies... Tim Ayers, scion of a wealthy Chicago family, has been found dead, floating in Lake Michigan near his luxury boat. Cass reluctantly begins digging only to discover that Tim Ayers was terminally ill. Given the large quantities of alcohol and drugs found in his body, Ayers' death appears to be either an accident or suicide. But there are too many unanswered questions and unexplained coincidences. Why would anyone kill a dying man? Working her connections on both sides of the law, Cass tries to point the police in the right direction. But violence is escalating around her, and Cass's persistence has already attracted unwanted attention, uncovering sinister secrets that Cass may end up taking to her grave"--
Author: Shupe, Joanna, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: PB SHUPE Format: Books Summary: In serving the wealthy power brokers of New York society, Frank Tripp has finally gained the respectability and security his own upbringing lacked. There's no issue he cannot fix...except for one: the beautiful and reckless daughter of an important client who doesn't seem to understand the word danger. Excitement lay just below Forty-Second Street and Mamie Greene is determined to explore all of it-while playing a modern-day Robin Hood along the way. What she doesn't need is her father's lawyer dogging her every step and threatening her efforts to help struggling families in the tenements. However, she doesn't count on Frank's persistence...or the sparks that fly between them.
Author: Macomber, Debbie, author. Container of (work): Macomber, Debbie. Caroline's child. Container of (work): Macomber, Debbie. Dr. Texas. Published: 2019 1998 Call Number: PB MACOMBER Format: Books Summary: Two novels set in Promise, Texas. In "Caroline's Child," Caroline Daniels has never revealed who the father of her five-year-old daughter is, and in "Dr. Texas," Cal Patterson resents physician Jane Dickinson because she reminds him of the fiancée who left him.
Author: Johnson, Melonie, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: PB JOHNSON Format: Books Summary: English professor Bonnie Blythe expects her life to play out like her favorite novels, especially now that her long-term boyfriend has finally proposed. So when a shocking discovery leads Bonnie to end her engagement, she decides to close the book on love. But the plot thickens when a brand-new character enters the scene--and quickens Bonnie's heart. With his brilliant blue eyes, sexy accent, and irresistible charm, Theo Wharton is like a romantic hero straight out of a Jane Austen novel. When fate places Bonnie in England for a summer--conveniently close to Theo--she realizes a hot friends-with-benefits fling is exactly what she needs to start a fresh chapter. Just as Bonnie begins to believe she's falling in love, an eye-opening revelation into Theo's life makes Bonnie feel like she's wandered into one of her favorite books. Will Bonnie have the courage to risk her heart and turn the page with the dashing Brit to find her true happy ending after all?
Author: Tolsma, Liz, 1966- author. Stone, Alison, author Published: 2019 2018 Call Number: PB AMISH Format: Books Summary: Amish widow's new love: "Naomi Miller can't believe Elam Yoder's back in their community after all the pain he caused! Still, the young Amish widow must reunite with her disgraced first love to raise money for her infant son's surgery. Elam's remorse seems sincere, as does his commitment to helping Naomi and her baby. Elam's looking for forgiveness--and a new life with Naomi and her bobbeli by his side"--Amazon.com. Plain Outsider, by Alison Stone: Growing up Amish, Deputy Becky Spoth never fathomed she'd become the target of a relentless stalker. She left her Amish community to serve the people of her small hometown--not to become someone's prey. Newcomer deputy Harrison James is the only one who believes she's in harm's way. Now her future is in the hands of this handsome stranger.
Author: Maberry, Jonathan, author. Robinson, Alan, 1978- artist. Turini, Marco, artist. Published: 2019 Call Number: Y MABERRY Format: Books Summary: V-Wars is set in a world transformed by a global pandemic caused by a millennial-old virus that, once triggered, affects individuals differently depending on their DNA resulting in vampires as unique as their cultures. But, the response from unaffected humans will lead to all-out war.
Author: Alexander, Victoria, author. Published: 2019 2018 Call Number: LP F ALEXANDE Format: Large print Summary: "Harry Armstrong has spent years in Egypt, recovering relics and disregarding rules. Now he's back in England with a new title and a new purpose: penning his exploits. But his efforts are overshadowed by London's favorite writer about Egypt--a woman they call The Queen of the Desert, of all things. Worse, her stories--serialized in newspapers and reprinted in books--are complete rubbish. Miss Sidney Honeywell didn't set out to deceive anyone. It's not her fault readers assumed her Tales of a Lady Adventurer in Egypt were real! Admitting her inadvertent deception now would destroy her reputation and her livelihood. But when the Earl of Brenton challenges her to travel to Egypt to prove her expertise, accompanied by his dashing, arrogant nephew, what choice does she have but to pack her bags? With the matchmaking founders of the Lady Travelers Society in tow, Harry is determined to expose Sidney's secret. But the truth might not be as great a revelation as discovering that love can strike even the most stubborn of hearts"--
Author: Neggers, Carla, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F NEGGERS Format: Books Summary: New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers has captivated readers with Knights Bridge--a scenic New England town where families and friends experience joy and face challenges together. With its world of inns, old houses, wonderful, quirky characters, romance and adventure, it's a town you won't want to leave. Adrienne Portale has never settled in one place for long, but takes a job as innkeeper in tiny Knights Bridge, Massachusetts, to spend some time getting to know the father she only recently found. When three small boys get lost in the wilderness that borders the inn, Adam Sloan leads the search. His family ties to the town go back generations. Adrienne sees the bond that people in a small town have as they band together to find the missing children. Adam is impressed with her calm strength, but he's sure she won't find what she's looking for in his quiet hometown. Despite their differences, Adam and Adrienne discover they have more in common than they'd expected. They love to explore old stone walls and bridges, and she adores his dog. As summer bleeds into the gorgeous New England fall, the attraction between them grows, and they must decide where--and who--makes a place home.
