Category Archives: New Adult Books

In The Unlikely Event

By Judy Blume

Three months of chaos forever change three generations of strangers, families, and friends after a three-month stretch of unexplained passenger airplane crashes leave New Jersey in a state of confusion in 1951 and 1952.

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The Fateful Lightning

By Jeff Shaara

Ulysses S. Grant makes the most of his recent promotion by leading the Union army during the final eight months of the Civil War.  William T. Sherman, who now commands the Federal forces gathered in Tennessee, leads a surge that sweeps through Atlanta and northern Georgia.  As Christmas comes, Sherman faces the Confederacy’s last real chance of winning the war: General Joseph E. Johnston.

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The Marriage Season

By Linda Lael Miller

As her best friends are living happily ever after, marriage seems to be a distant dream for Bex.  But when a mysterious stranger comes to town and fate brings them together, her dreams just might become a reality.

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Tail Gait

By Rita Mae Brown

There is nothing like a gathering of old friends to welcome spring to Crozet, Virginia, but a disgruntled spirit from the past brings the joyous festivities to a halt when, in broad daylight, a history professor is shot to death by an unknown killer on a golf course.  A second grisly discovery sends Harry and her feline accomplices deep into the state’s Revolutionary past.

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Make Something Up

By Chuck Palahniuk

When was the last time you shocked yourself with cardiac defibrillators…just for the fun of it?  Witness life’s most twisted moments with 21 previously published and original stories in a collection that also features a special look at Tyler Durden during his pre-“Fight Club” days.

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Secret Brother

By V.C. Andrews

When his grandson dies in the emergency room, an old man takes pity on a confused, homeless young boy who is admitted to the emergency room that same day.  The elderly man takes the boy in and introduces him to his livid granddaughter, but the shadowy truth about the boy’s forgotten past may be far darker than anyone imagined.

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The Ice Twins

By S.K. Tremayne

Angus and Sarah move to a Scottish island to try to regain a normal life after losing their daughter, Lydia, in a tragic accident.  but their world is rocked again when Lydia’s identical twin, Kirstie, claims they’re mourning the wrong sister.

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Born of Defiance

By Sherrilyn Kenyon

As a fatherless Andarion, Outcast Talyn Batur has long had to prove himself to his own judgmental people, a task which proves nearly impossible when his companion’s brother pulls Talyn into a struggle to overthrow the planetary government to which Talyn has long been loyal.

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A Lucky Life Interrupted

By Tom Brokaw

An unexpected multiple myeloma diagnosis draws journalist Tom Brokaw into a year of revelation as Brokaw shares his medical quest to overcome bone marrow cancer and the breaking news he covered for NBC.  Brokaw’s journey is informed by the journal entries Brokaw made over the course of one year.

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The Forgotten Room

By Lincloln Child

“Enigmalogist” Jeremy Logan is used to investigating unexplainable phenomena, but a seaside mansion poses an unexpected challenge when Jeremy uncovers a long-hidden room containing scientific equipment linked to a top-secret project from years past.

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