Category Archives: New Adult Books

Let Us Dream

by Pope Francis

In this revelatory, uplifting, and practical book, the preeminent spiritual leader explains why we must–and how we can–make the world safer, fairer, and healthier for all people now. 

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The Beirut Protocol

by Joel C. Rosenberg

Marcus Ryker finds himself in the most dangerous situation he has ever faced–captured, brutalized, and dragged deep behind enemy lines.  Should he wait to be rescued?  Or try to escape?  How?  And what if his colleagues are too wounded to run?  This is the CIA’s most valuable operative as you have never seen him before. 

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Surviving Savannah

by Patti Calahan

it was called “The Titanic of the South.”   The luxury steamship sank in 1838 with Savannah’s elite on board; through time, their fates were forgotten–until the wreck was found, and now their story is finally being told.  

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The Little French Book Shop

by Jennifer Dupee

When Larisa Pearl returns to her small seaside himetown in Massachusetts to manage her beloved great aunt’s estate, she’s a bit of an emotional mess.  She’s just lost her job and her boyfriend and she is struggling to cope with her mother’s failing health.  When she passes by the window of The Little French Bridal shop, a beautiful ivory satin wedding gown catches her eye…Now, to the delight of everyone in town, Larisa is planning her wedding.  She has her dress, made floral arrangements, and set the date.  The only thing missing is the groom.

 

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Small Magic

by Terry Brooks

Here are heroes fighting new battles and struggling to conquer the ghosts of the past.  Here are quests both small and far reaching; heroism both intimate and vast.  This collection of eleven tales is a must-have addition to the Terry Brooks canon. 

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Klara and The Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

The story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside.  She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. 

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Haunted Hibiscus

by Laura Childs

Queen-of-teas Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier Drayton are attending a fund raiser at the Bouchard Mansion-now gussied up as a literary and historically themed haunted house for Halloween-when the body of a young author signing at the event is seen dangling from a tower window.  Theodosia gets involved when her detective boyfriend is shot in hot pursuit of a suspect. 

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The Affair

by Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel explores a high-profile affair that reverberates throughout an entire family, from the wounded wife to her husband–torn between two women–to the wife’s close-knit sisters and mother. 

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Band of Sisters

by Lauren Willig

A group of young women from Smith College risk their lives in France at the height of WWI in this sweeping novel based on a true story. 

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The Soul of A Woman

by Isabel Allende

What feeds the soul, to have peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over our bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. 

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