Week of February 1, 2021
The cozy comforts of an English village bookstore open up a world of new possibilities for Evie Starling in this charming new romantic comedy fromΒ New York TimesΒ bestselling author Samantha Young.
At thirty-three-years old Evangeline Starlingβs life in Chicago is missing that special something. And when sheβs passed over for promotion at work, Evie realizes she needs to make a change. Some time away to regain perspective might be just the thing. In a burst of impulsivity, she plans a holiday in a quaint English village. The holiday package comes with a temporary position at Much Ado About Books, the bookstore located beneath her rental apartment. Thereβs no better dream vacation for the bookish Evie, a life-long Shakespeare lover.
Not only is Evie swept up in running the delightful store as soon as she arrives, sheβs drawn into the lives, loves and drama of the friendly villagers. Including Roane Robson, the charismatic and sexy farmer who tempts Evie every day with his friendly flirtations. Evie is determined to keep him at bay because a holiday romance can only end in heartbreak, right? But Evie canβt deny their connection and longs to trust in her handsome farmer that their whirlwind romance could turn in to the forever kind of love.
“Getting the job done” for one single mom takes on a whole new meaning inΒ Finlay Donovan is Killing It, a deliciously witty adult debutβthe first in a brilliant new series from YA Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano.
Finlay Donovan is killing it . . . except, sheβs really not. Sheβs a stressed-out single-mom of two and struggling novelist, Finlayβs life is in chaos: the new book she promised her literary agent isnβt written, her ex-husband fired the nanny without telling her, and this morning she had to send her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an incident with scissors.
When Finlay is overheard discussing the plot of her new suspense novel with her agent over lunch, sheβs mistaken for a contract killer, and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet . . . Soon, Finlay discovers that crime in real life is a lot more difficult than its fictional counterpart, as she becomes tangled in a real-life murder investigation.
Fast-paced, deliciously witty, and wholeheartedly authentic in depicting the frustrations and triumphs of motherhood in all its messiness, hilarity, and heartfelt moments,Β Finlay Donovan Is Killing ItΒ is the first in a brilliant new series from award-winning author Elle Cosimano.
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For seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown.
So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world, Sean “Mercury” Ellis. Merc gives them everything: parties, perks, wild nights — plus hours and hours in the recording studio. Even the painful sacrifices and the lies the girls have to tell are all worth it.
Until they’re not.
Denver begins to realize that she’s trapped in Merc’s world, struggling to hold on to her own voice. As the dream turns into a nightmare, she must make a choice: lose her big break, or get broken.
Inspired by true events,Β MutedΒ is a fearless exploration of the dark side of the music industry, the business of exploitation, how a girl’s dreams can be used against her — and what it takes to fight back.
From the number-one bestselling author ofΒ The NightingaleΒ andΒ The Great AloneΒ comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them.
βMy land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.β
Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a womanβs only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows.
By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsaβs tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive.
In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsaβlike so many of her neighborsβmust make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family.
The Four WindsΒ a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through itβthe harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity,Β The Four WindsΒ is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.
When Clara Delany walks into the Aces High Motorcycle Clubβs hangout, sheβs hit rock bottom. Sheβs hiding her car from the repo man, she has less than two dollars in her bank account and the only employment she can get is delivering messages for a criminal.
All because of a man. Therefore, sheβs sworn off them.
And then she meets West βBuckβ Hardy, president of the Aces High MC.
Buck also meets her, and the minute he does, he makes it clear (to everyone but Clara) that theyβre starting something. Since Clara doesnβt get that message, she decides to leave Buck and sort out her life in order to come back to him clean.
Sheβs not gone but hours before life hits Clara with another blow. Which means Buck and his boys have to ride in and save the day. After that, Buck makes no bones about where they stand.
But does he?
Welcome to the first novel in the Wild West MC series which will tell the stories of the brothers of the Aces High MC, the Resurrection MC and the Chaos MCβ¦and the women who love them.
He was my childhood bully.
And my new boss.
After the death of her husband, Daisy Casillas is lost, desperately trying to repair the wreckage that has now become her life. In need of a job and money to stay afloat, her best friend suggests a position no one in New York is willing to take.
Callan Reedβs executive assistant.
The man is a tyrant.
Incredibly rude.
Notoriously arrogant.
Strikingly handsome.
And as fate would have it, her former childhood best friend.
Daisy promised herself sheβd never speak to the man again after the destruction of their friendship years ago, but sheβs desperate. Desperate enough to withstand his cold glares, to follow his impossible tasks to a T, and endure his ridiculous demands.
The hate and animosity they have for each other is real. The barbs they shoot at each other in the office are effective and all too spiteful. But Daisy is willing to risk it all, even if it means another shattered heart.
What ensues between them is a chain of events that unravels the secrets in Daisyβs already imperfect life. While struggling to rebuild everything that has crashed around her, Daisy finds herself falling into old habits with Callan. Only this time, she hopes her heart will survive the wreckage.
If thereβs nothing left of the organ, thereβs no heart left to break, right?
The Seasons of Callan Reed is a full-length second chance office romance with a guaranteed HEA.
A fun, sexy, charming, friends-to-lovers romance byΒ USA TODAYΒ Bestselling author Claudia Burgoa Β
Iβve been best friends with Beacon since we were kids. We shared everything, even our first kiss.
Now that weβre adults, Beaconβs been cockblocking me on my quest to find Mr. Right. No matter how hard I try to find love, heβs always getting in the way.
My shy, awkward exterior doesnβt help. After all, Beaconβs the cool one, not meβI play the cello at Carnegie Hall, and Heβs a heartthrob.
The famous frontman of the band famous Too Far From Grace. Every woman wants him, every guy…either wants to be like him or wants him too.
I decide to play devilβs advocate, and hire Beacon to teach me the dating ropes. Maybe if we work together, we can find me a guy we both approve of.
Except, moving to Bakerβs Creek to work on this experiment isnβt working the way I planned. Seems like heβs doing everything to convince me that I donβt need a man, after all, I have him.
From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller M.J. Rose comes a provocative and moving story of a young female architect in post-World War II Manhattan, who stumbles upon a hidden treasure and begins a journey to discovering her motherβs life during the fall of the Romanovs.
Sophia Moon had always been reticent about her life in Russia and when she dies, suspiciously, on a wintry New York evening, Isobelle despairs that her motherβs secrets have died with her. But while renovating the apartment they shared, Isobelle discovers something among her motherβs effectsβa stunning silver tiara, stripped of its jewels.
Isobelleβs research into the tiaraβs provenance draws her closer to her motherβs pastβincluding the story of what became of her father back in Russia, a man she has never known. The facts elude her until she meets a young jeweler, who wants to help her but is conflicted by his loyalty to the Midas Society, a covert international organization whose mission is to return lost and stolen antiques, jewels, and artwork to their original owners.
Told in alternating points of view, the stories of the two young women unfurl as each struggles to find their way during two separate wars. In 1915, young Sofiya Petrovitch, favorite of the royal household and best friend of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, tends to wounded soldiers in a makeshift hospital within the grounds of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and finds the love of her life. In 1948 New York, Isobelle Moon works to break through the rampant sexism of the age as one of very few women working in a male-dominated profession and discovers far more about love and family than she ever hoped for.
In M.J. Roseβs deftly constructed narrative, the secrets of Sofiyaβs early life are revealed incrementally, even as Isobelle herself works to solve the mystery of the historic Romanov tiara (which is based on an actual Romanov artifact that is, to this day, still missing)βand how it is that her mother came to possess it. The two strands play off each other in finely-tuned counterpoint, building to a series of surprising and deeply satisfying revelations.
FromΒ USA TodayΒ Bestselling Author Devney Perry writing as Willa Nash comes aΒ small town Montana romance.
As Calamityβs newest resident, Everly Christian thought life in small-town Montana would be dull and tameβand she needs a little mundane after the last few chaotic years. But one night, boredom drives her to the local bar, where she finds herself sitting beside a handsome and mysterious artist.
The man is anything but dull and tame, especially in the bedroom, and when she steps out of his shower and overhears his conversation, life gets interesting again.
Reese Huxley needs a wife.
And why shouldnβt Everly be the bride?
Sheβs got her reasons for agreeing to the hasty nuptialsβreasons sheβs keeping to herself. As long as she can stop herself from falling in love with her husband, sheβll make it out of this sham marriage in one piece. But Everly has a weakness for wayward men, and the more Hux pushes her away, the more she realizes this bluff is anything but a lie.
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