Last collection of books

Smitten at First Sight

2011, Marie Astor

Twenty-two-year-old Maggie Robin has been dating the irresistibly good-looking Jeffrey Preston for a year. But when Jeffrey proposes marriage to her a week after her college graduation, Maggie finds herself wondering if she wants to spend the rest of her life married to a workaholic TV show producer

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

2017, Stephen Fry

Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and comedian Stephen Fry. Fry transforms the adventures of Zeus and the Olympians into emotionally resonant and deeply funny stories, without losing any of their original wonder.This stunning book features cla

The Faithful Spy

2006, Alex Berenson

John Wells is the only American CIA agent ever to penetrate al Qaeda. Since before the attacks in 2001, Wells has been hiding in the mountains of Pakistan, biding his time, building his cover." "Now, on the orders of Omar Khadri - the malicious mastermind plotting more al Qaeda strikes on America -

Antigone

1960, Jean Anouilh

Antigone was originally produced in Paris in 1942, when France was occupied and part of Hitler's Europe. The play depicts an authoritarian regime which mirrors the predicament of the French people of the time. Based on Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy, Antigone which was first performed in Athens in

Diplomat of Uram

2020, Richard R. Matthews

Diplomat of Uram, winner of the Fantasy Critics Award in 2020, tells the story of Rann: a farmer who must use his intelligence and his newly acquired fighting skills to solve a complicated conspiracy in foreign lands. The novel has been praised by the specialized critics for its fresh and innovative

Spinning Silver

2018, Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver draws readers deeper into a glittering realm of fantasy, where the boundary between wonder and terror is thinner than a breath, and safety can be stolen as quickly as a kiss.Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has

Elantris

2006, Brandon Sanderson

Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten year

The Sea Keeper's Daughters

2015, Lisa Wingate

Wingate's third Carolina book follows the highly reviewed, The Prayer Box and The Story Keeper as well as related three novellas.From modern-day Roanoke Island to the sweeping backdrop of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains and Roosevelt’s WPA folklore writers, past and present intertwine to creat

My Name Is Red

2002, Orhan Pamuk

At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, My Name Is Red is a transporting tale set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth-century Istanbul, from one of the most prominent contemporary Turkish writers.The Sultan has co

Atlantis Found

2004, Clive Cussler

Dirk Pitt discovers Atlantis, in a breathtaking novel from the grand master of adventure fiction.September l858: An Antarctic whaler stumbles upon an aged wreck, its grisly frozen crew guarding crates of odd antiquities--and a skull carved from black obsidian.March 200l: A team of anthropologists ga

Stolen Songbird

2020, Danielle L. Jensen

A girl destined for the stage. A prince cursed to darkness. A bond that will unleash magic caged for centuries.Centuries ago, the Isle of Light was ruled by cruel creatures with dangerous magic until a witch bound them to their underground city. But a prophesy has spoken of a union with a human girl

Korean War: A History From Beginning to End

2017, Hourly History

The Korean War, which began in 1950 and ended in 1953, is not considered one of the major wars of the twentieth century. However, in reality, it was profoundly impactful on global history. As an early crisis of the Cold War, it set important precedents for how conflicts would be handled during this

The Next Wife

2021, Kaira Rouda

There is no limit to the lies, suspicion, and secrets that can poison the perfect marriage in this twisting novel of suspense by USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda.Kate Nelson had it all. A flourishing company founded with her husband, John; a happy marriage; and a daughter, Ashlyn. The pictur

He Belongs to Me

2013, Theresa Rizzo

He Belongs to Me is a second chance romance. It's a tale of betrayal and deception and of a young mother's determination to recover what belongs to her.Forced to leave her baby and tricked into relinquishing her parental rights, four years later Catherine Boyd is back and she'll do anything to rega

Night Swim

2012, Jessica Keener

"Sixteen-year-old Sarah Kunitz lives in a posh, suburban world of 1970 Boston. From the outside, her parents' lifestyle appears enviable - a world defined by cocktail parties, expensive cars, and live-in maids to care for their children - but inside their five-bedroom house, all is not well for the

The Pull of the Moon

2004, Elizabeth Berg

Dear Martin, I'm sorry the note I left you was so abrupt. I just wanted you to know I was safe...I won't be back for a while. I'm on a trip. I needed all of a sudden to go, without saying where, because I don't know where. I know this is not like me. I know that. But please believe me, I am safe and

The Second Korean War

2018, Ted Halstead

"This book was like Tom Clancy reincarnated. Ted Halstead really knows how to write a thriller. Can't wait for more!"Two Russian agents discover a missing nuclear weapon was hidden in an American city by North Korea. Another nuclear weapon nears Seoul in a tunnel built by North Koreans. And North Ko

Warlight

2018, Michael Ondaatje

In a narrative as mysterious as memory itself - at once both shadowed and luminous - Warlight is a vivid, thrilling novel of violence and love, intrigue and desire. It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently a

Steelheart

2013, Brandon Sanderson

Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his will.Nobody fights the Epics...

Hush Little Baby

2013, Suzanne Redfearn

If I stay, he will kill me. If I leave, he'll destroy Addie and Drew.Jillian Kane appears to have it all - a successful career, a gorgeous home, a loving husband, and two wonderful children. The reality behind closed doors is something else entirely. For nine years, she has hid the bruises and the t

Liliana

2014, Neva Squires-Rodriguez

Book 1 of the Liliana seriesBoom!That deafening sound changed Liliana’s life forever.Her mother sits dead besides her, shot to death on the streets of Chicago.Within weeks, Liliana is sent to live with a father she doesn’t know in Colombia - a foreign land filled with challenges for Liliana. While w

The Other Side

2013, Faraaz Kazi

"A slow rasping sound made me turn. I jumped back, the cell phone leaving my hands and smashing against the concrete floor. Someone was seated on the chair, rocking back and forth. Through the fallen light, I could see those hands placed on the arms of the chair, two gruesome wrinkled limbs with ugl

Hotblooded

2012, Erin Nicholas

Her mama always said the women in their family were hotblooded… And it’s been causing Brooke Donovan trouble her whole life. But it wasn’t until her mother took on the most powerful man in Honey Creek, Texas, that Brooke truly realized the daughter of the town whore didn’t stand a chance. When she

The Fallen Snow

2012, John J. Kelley

A gripping tale of self-exploration and atonement, emotionally complex and brimming with grit.In the fall of 1918 infantry sniper Joshua Hunter saves an ambushed patrol in the Bois le Prêtre forest of Lorraine . . . and then vanishes. Pulled from the rubble of an enemy bunker days later, he receives

The Red Speck

2012, S. Conde

Sophia awakens to find herself on a deserted beach, with no memory of how she arrived nor any idea how to get home. She doesn't yet realize she's landed in an esoteric world populated by ghosts from her past, a fallen angel with a slow Southern drawl and a quick temper, as well as a beautiful woman

Evertaster

2012, Adam Glendon Sidwell

| Age 9 and up | Grade 4 and up "Wonderfully talented writing; funny." -- Orson Scott Card, NYT Bestselling Author of Ender's Game ." Sidwell is a talented comedian, and that is certainly reflected in his writing. The characters are quirky and likable." - Deseret News"One of the most original, well

Snowblind

2015, Ragnar Jónasson

Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors – accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik – with a past that he’s unable to leave behind. When a

Noah's Wife

2011, T.K. Thorne

ForeWord Review's BOOK OF THE YEAR for Historical Fiction (2009).Noah built an ark, but this story has never been told! Noah's wife is Na'amah, a brilliant young girl with a form of autism (now known as Aspergers). Na'amah wishes only to be a shepherdess on her beloved hills in ancient Turkey--a des

Veterans of the Psychic Wars

2024, Wayne Gerard Trotman

THOUGHT IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN YOU THINK...Present-day Schoolteacher Roman Doyle - 25, is married; and his wife is pregnant. He remains unaware he is Prince Armon Sakara, heir of the Emperor of a distant galaxy. That is, until he encounters Chi-Ro Jin, a veteran of the Psychic Wars.Chi-Ro’s mission

The Harem

2014, Thomas Sweeney

The Harem is a dramatic romance novel testing cultural boundaries through the innocent eyes of Susan Winthrop. Getting the dream internship of her life, Susan quickly discovers there is much more involved than she ever bargained for or could have possibly imagined.Susan Winthrop, a shy, self-conscio

Out of the Box Awakening

2013, Jennifer Theriot

**2016 Reader's Favorite Award Winner in Women's Fiction****2017 Texas Association of Authors 1st Place: Romance Series**Olivia Petersen thought her life ended the day her husband walked out. Little did she know, it had only just begun. A good woman, mother, and wife, she's got it made. She didn't e

Choices 86,400 a day

2011, Lauren Alexander

All of us make choices every second . . . 86,400 times a day. CHOICES 86,400 a day is a provocative and novel exploration of engagement in a particular moment in time. CHOICES challenges the reader to do something counterintuitive and revolutionary in today’s outcome-oriented Intend the choices you

The Well and the Mine

2008, Gin Phillips

Barnes Noble Discover Great New Writers"After she threw the baby in, nobody believed me for the longest time. But I kept hearing the splash." So begins The Well and the Mine, a magnificent debut novel set in 1930s Alabama. The place is Carbon Hill, a small coal-mining community, in the midst of the

The Year of Fog

2007, Michelle Richmond

Life changes in an instant. On a foggy beach. In the seconds when Abby Mason—photographer, fiancée soon-to-be-stepmother—looks into her camera and commits her greatest error. Heartbreaking, uplifting, and beautifully told, here is the riveting tale of a family torn apart, of the search for the truth

The Painted Veil

2006, W. Somerset Maugham

Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful, but love-starved Kitty Fane.When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but e

The Complete Fairy Tales

1996, Hans Christian Andersen

This book contains the complete Andersen's fairy tales and stories hardcopy format.Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that he himse

The Wheel of Darkness

2007, Douglas Preston

At a remote monastery in Tibet, a rare and dangerous artifact mysteriously disappears. Aloysius Pendergast agrees to take up the search that leads him and Constance to the maiden voyage of the Britannia--and to an Atlantic crossing fraught with terror.

All Systems Red

2017, Martha Wells

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. But in a society where contracts ar

Callasandra Fractured

2018, Stephanie Douglas

What if you awoke to find yourself in an entirely different world where your very existence threatened not only your life but the lives of everyone around you – what would you be willing to do to survive? In Callasandra Fractured, the story is about a sixteen-year-old girl named Cassi who, when disa

The Chinaberry Tree

2011, Lauren Alexander

Snapshot images breathe life into the family its inherent power cohabiting with its inherent vulnerability. The family is powerful for the same reasons it is vulnerable. There are deadlines for nurturing and restoring relationships, and, with its intricate makeup, it takes the entire family to save

Small as a Mustard Seed

2024, Shelli Johnson

Small as a Mustard Seed is "a real page turner, a gripping tale of a family blown apart by tragedy. Yet, ultimately, the novel is redeeming as well, told through the viewpoint of a heroine who will both break and mend your heart." (Sue William Silverman, author of Love Sick)As the daughter of a Kore

Jude the Obscure

2006, Thomas Hardy

Jude Fawley's hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy Arabella, who later abandons him. Moving to the town of Christminster where he finds work as a stonemason, Jude meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, freethinking 'New Wom

The Sandman

2018, Lars Kepler

The #1 internationally best-selling thriller from the author of The Hypnotist tells the chilling story of a manipulative serial killer and the two brilliant police agents who must try to beat him at his own game.Late one night, outside Stockholm, Mikael Kohler-Frost is found wandering. Thirteen year

Survive the Night

2021, Riley Sager

Charlie Jordan is being driven across the country by a serial killer. Maybe.Behind the wheel is Josh Baxter, a stranger Charlie met by the college ride share board, who also has a good reason for leaving university in the middle of term. On the road they share their stories, carefully avoiding the s

Belgravia

2016, Julian Fellowes

FROM THE CREATOR OF DOWNTON ABBEY The New York Times bestselling novel about scandalous secrets and star-crossed lovers On the evening of 15 June 1815, the great and the good of British society have gathered in Brussels at what is to become one of the most tragic parties in history - the Duchess of

Olivia

2000, Ian Falconer

Have fun with Olivia... dressing up, singing songs, building sand castles, napping (maybe), dancing, painting on walls and - whew! - going to sleep at last.

Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait

2021, Mohamad Jebara

"An accessible biography of Muhammad, Islam’s founding prophet, tracing his development from orphan to political leader and providing insights into his personal life and tastes." —New York Times Book Review"A fresh telling of a familiar story...The result is a biography that reads like a novel."—Was

Love from Mars

2016, J.P. Cawood

Six people have been chosen to colonize Mars, including the charismatic and noble Ryan Clarke. Emma, a headstrong reporter, meets Ryan at the Martian Six press conference. Despite the fact that he has a one-way ticket to another planet, they can’t resist their undeniable connection. When their secre

No Ordinary Life

2016, Suzanne Redfearn

Suzanne Redfearn delivers another gripping page-turner in her latest novel, a story about a young mother's fight to protect her children from the dangerous world of Hollywood. Faye Martin never expected her husband to abandon her and her three children . . . or that she'd have to struggle every day

All the Winters After

2016, Seré Prince Halverson

Alaska doesn't forgive mistakesThat's what Kachemak Winkel's mother used to tell him. A lot of mistakes were made that awful day twenty years ago, when she died in a plane crash with Kache's father and brother — and Kache still feels responsible. He fled Alaska for good, but now his aunt Snag insist

Just One Day

2013, Gayle Forman

A breathtaking journey toward self-discovery and true love, from the author of If I Stay.When sheltered American good girl Allyson "LuLu" Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England, there's an undeniable spark. After just one d

White Feathers

2014, Susan Lanigan

Two lives in danger - her lover's and her sister's. But she must choose only one.In 1913, young Irish emigrant Eva Downey is trapped in London with a remote father and hostile stepmother. When she is awarded a legacy from an old suffragette to attend a finishing school in Kent, she jumps at the chan

Darshan

2013, Amrit Chima

In 1911 rural India, Baba Singh Toor commits a shocking act of violence to avenge a crippling loss, setting a secret in motion that will haunt—and claim—the Toors for generations.Hardened by a crime for which he was never caught, Baba’s past casts shadows over his sons, even as the era of British Co

Dead Underground

2013, Jaideep Bhoosreddy

Set in 2026, this adrenaline pumping spy fiction thriller revolves around a spy by the alias Alec Mercer and the world-renowned researcher in particle physics Dr. Élénoré Bassét as they take on the world, dominated by international corporations, corrupt governments and loyal but ignorant soldiers.Th

I Am Her...

2012, Sarah Ann Walker

A sometimes funny, tragically graphic, compelling tale of a woman suffering...***WARNING- GRAPHIC CONTENT and THEMES ***She has no name of her own. She is every name everyone has ever called her. She is nameless. She has a good job, a beautiful home and a wonderful husband. She is everything she was

Can I Get an Amen?

2012, Sarah Healy

When the last thing you want is the one thing you need, you've got to have a little faith....Growing up, Ellen Carlisle was a She went to Jesus camp, downed stale Nilla Wafers at Sunday school, and never, ever played with Ouija boards. Now, years later, when infertility prevents her from giving her

Wild Land

2011, Kathryn Hogan

Growing up in civilized Lila, Elizabeth's only knowledge of the Wild Land is what she's heard in ghost stories around the fire. But when she arrives as part of a colonizing mission, she finds that she's been here before. She remembers growing up here, getting married, wishing for a family, and havin

Lessons in the Journey

2011, Patrick K. Dawson

Readers Favorite Bronze Medal Winner - If you like fiction and non-fiction like Tuesday’s with Morrie, The Shack, The Notebook, Eat Pray Love, or Message in a Bottle, and if you like a novel that leads to a little soul searching or deep, book club-style discussions, then you will like Lessons in the

Even Sunflowers Cast Shadows

2010, Douglas Armstrong

Emma Starkey is a spunky little girl trying hard to be charitable and virtuous in this award-winning novel. But her calculated attempts have a way of backfiring with tumultuous consequences in this poignant story of small-town life in 1920s Kansas. As Emma's cranky grandmother observes, "Even sunflo

The Boy I Love

2005, Marion Husband

A tangled web of love and betrayal develops when war hero Paul returns from the trenches. He finds himself torn between desire and duty, his lover Adam awaits but so too does Margot, the pregnant fiancée of his dead brother. Set in a time when homosexuality was still illegal, Paul has to decide wher