Category Archives: New Adult Books

Cherished Mercy

By Tracie Peterson

Mercy Flanagan Survived the Whitman Massacre as a child, and now her heart’s cry is for peace between the native peoples and the white settlers inhabiting Oregon Territory.  Unfortunately, most of the settlers would rather the tribes were removed from the land completely, one way or the other, and tensions are rising.  Mercy has grown tired of Oregon City and feels that she has a larger purpose in life, so when she learns that a family friend is pregnant, she travels south to help.

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The Proving

By Beverly Lewis

Having left the Amish Life for the English World, Amanda Dienner is shocked when she learns that her mother has passed and left her Lancaster County’s most popular Amish bed-and-breakfast.  The catch is she has to run it herself for one year, acting as hostess.  Amanda accepts the terms, but coming home to people she left behind won’t be easy.

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A Legacy of Spies

By John LeCarre

Spymaster Le Carre returns with his greatest creation, George Smiley, though we don’t yet know whether Smiley wil appear in the present (he’d be an old guy) or only in memory.  Here, Smiley’s loyal ally Peter Guillam is yanked out of retirement, with the current government asking pointed questions about the Cold War activities of Smiley, Guillam, and their circle.

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Secrets in Death

By J.D. Robb

Gossip reporter Larinda Mars has been murdered at a way-too-cool Manhatten nightspot called Du Vin, and Lt. Eve Dallas is dismayed to learn that her dislikable victim kept her worst secrets from her column, instead using them for blackmail.  Now Eve has a lot of dirty secrets to sort through, and she’ll discover things she’s really rather not know.

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Proof of Life

By J.A. Jance

Before he retired, J.P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself.  But too much free time doesn’t suit a man used to brushing close to danger.  When his longtime nemesis, Maxwell Cole, dies in what’s officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonsihed to be dragged into the investigation.  Beau leans that just because a long-ago case was solved doesn’t mean it’s over.  Caught up in a situation where old grudges and actions can hold dangerous consequences in the present, Beau is forced to operate outside the familiar world of law enforcement and comes face to face with an implacable enemy who has spent decades hiding in plain sight.

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Stephen Colbert’s Midnight Confessions

By The Staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Based on his popular segment from The Late Show, Stephen Colbert and his team of writers now reveal his most shameful secrets to millions (although, actually, he’d like you to not tell anyone).  Midnight Confessions is an illustrated collection of Stephen Colbert at his most brilliant and irreverent.

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The Right Time

By Danielle Steel

Filled with heartbreak and betrayal, triumph and fulfillment, The Right Time is an intimate, richly rewarding novel about pursuing one’s passion and succeeding beyond one’s wildest dreams.

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Murder Wears Mittens

By Sally Goldenbaum

As autumn washes over coastal Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, the Seaside Knitters anticipate a relaxing off-season.  but when murder shatters the peace, the craftiest bunch in town must unravel a killer’s deadly scheme…

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Need To Know

By Fern Michaels

Through all their missions and adventures, the group of friends who make up the Sisterhood have learned one vital lesson: everybody has a weak spot.  In the case of Yoko Wong’s friend Garland Lee that weak spot was trusting her lawyer, Arthur Forrester.  For years, he’s taken advantage of her faith in him to amass a secret fortune.  And now he’s dragged her into a lawsuit that could cost her home and everything she has left.  The sisterhood know they can’t let that happen.  And all the years of underhanded dealings won’t prepare Arthur Forrester for the type of creative payback that the Sisters have made their specialty.

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Thief’s Mark

By Carla Neggers

A murder in a quiet English village, long-buried secrets and a man’s search for answers about his traumatic past entangle FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan in the latest edge-of-your-seat Sharpe & Donovan mystery.

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