Recently Purchased - Adult Fiction at Howard County Library

The mannequin house : a Silas Quinn mystery /

Author: Morris, Roger,
ISBN: 9781780290386
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: London, 1914. Called out to investigate the murder of a fashion model employed by the House of Blackley, a prestigious Kensington department store, Detective Inspector Silas Quinn of Scotland Yard's Special Crimes Department is thrown into the bizarre: the chief murder suspect is a monkey. He may be skeptical, but how will Quinn ever get to the truth when faced with the maelstrom of seething jealousy, resentment, forbidden desires and thwarted passion that is the Mannequin House?
Subjects: Murder - Investigation - England - London - Fiction. - London (England) - History - 1800-1950 - Historical fiction. - Mystery fiction.
Call number: M MOR

Sacred games /

Author: Corby, Gary.
ISBN: 9781616952273
Date added: 05/20/2013
Subjects: Nicolaos (Fictitious character : Corby) - Fiction. - Private investigators - Diotima (Legendary character) - Olympic games (Ancient) - Pancratium - Murder - Investigation - Athens (Greece) - Greece - History - Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C. - Mystery fi
Call number: M COR

The Redeemer /

No strings attached /

Author: Angell, Kate.
ISBN: 9780758269201;075826920
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: "As a professional volleyball player, Dune Cates attracts scores of pretty women who flock to his side. But only one has managed to get under his skin Sophie Saunders. Unlike the skimpily-clad beach groupies, Sophie marches to a beat all her own. And though she's afraid of the surf, burns in the sun, has two left feet, that doesn't stop her from trying every daring sport available on the boardwalk. Dune knows Sophie spells trouble, and he should keep his distance, especially since he's a no-strings-attached kind of guy. But he can't ignore an overwhelming instinct to protect her. And with the promise of ice cream sandwiches, merry-go-round rides and dreamy sunsets, it's only a matter of time before Dune gives in to the temptation of Sophie's soft lips."--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Volleyball players - Fiction. - Man-woman relationships - Love stories.
Call number: F ANG

The woman he loved before /

Author: Koomson, Dorothy.
ISBN: 9781455507146
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Subjects: Married people - Fiction. - Wives - Death - Family secrets
Call number: F KOO

Wolf with benefits /

Author: Laurenston, Shelly.
ISBN: 9780758265227;0758265220
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he's been hired to do so, but because it's the right thing to do. And if that means travelling around the country with one complicated She-jackal, dealing with chocolate-eating wild dogs, instigating trouble between his brothers, and having the most amazing sex he's ever had. Well, who said his job didn't have perks? Toni doesn't know how she keeps getting herself into these situations. But even she has to admit there is something about Ricky Lee Reed that she finds kind of interesting. and downright sexy. Now they just have to survive long enough to figure out if what they have is worth fighting for.
Subjects: Shapeshifting - Fiction. - Werewolves - Paranormal romance stories.
Call number: F LAU

When the morning glory blooms /

Author: Ruchti, Cynthia.
ISBN: 9781426735431
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: Three eras. Three women desperate for hope. Three reasons to believe it won't come in time.
Subjects: Unmarried mothers - Fiction. - Women - Historical fiction. - Christian fiction.
Call number: F RUC

When the devil drives /

Author: Brookmyre, Christopher,
ISBN: 9780802120892
Year: 2012
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: "Actress turned private investigator Jasmine Sharp has become accustomed to clients looking for long-lost relatives, so when a woman hires her to find her younger sister Tessa Garrion, Jasmine presumes the case will be relatively straightforward. The assignment takes her back into the world of professional theater, where she is warned off more than once for probing too deeply into the past. Meanwhile, Detective Superintendent and mother-of-two Catherine McLeod is called to the scene of a murder in the Highlands. Following a theatrical outdoor performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Cragruthes Castle, a prominent figure in the Scottish arts community is shot dead during a post-performance photo call. With her initial leads turning out to be red herrings, McLeod struggles to determine the killer's motive. Jasmine soon uncovers Tessa's involvement in a drug-riddled Highlands estate retreat replete with occult rituals, which implicates more than a few people in the upper echelons of Scotland's arts scene. Tessa's disappearance in the summer of 1981 begins to look increasingly like murder, but the guilty will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden. As Jasmine's and McLeod's investigations intertwine, it becomes evident that both cases are far more convoluted and dangerous than anticipated" -- from publisher's web site.
Subjects: Women detectives - Scotland - Glasgow - Fiction. - Private investigators - Missing persons - Investigation - Gangs - Murder for hire - Suspense fiction.
Call number: F BRO

When love calls : a novel /

Author: Seilstad, Lorna.
ISBN: 9780800721817
Date added: 05/20/2013
Subjects: Sisters - Fiction. - Christian fiction. - Love stories.
Call number: F SEI

The week before the wedding /

Author: Kendrick, Beth.
ISBN: 9780451415738
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: After enduring a chaotic childhood, Emily yearns for a drama-free life, complete with a white picket fence. Her dreams are about to come true, but as friends and family arrive in picturesque Valentine, Vermont, for her wedding, an uninvited guest shows up. Ryan is Emily's first husband from a disastrous starter marriage. He's now a successful film producer who just happens to be scouting a resort in Valentine with his adorable retriever in tow. Emily thought she had life and love all figured out, but the next seven days might change her mind-- and her heart.
Subjects: Weddings - Fiction. - Vermont - Love stories.
Call number: F KEN

Take a chance on me : a Christiansen Family novel /

Author: Warren, Susan May,
ISBN: 9781414378411
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: Darek Christiansen is wounded and angry since the tragic death of his wife, Felicity. New assistant county attorney Ivy Madison simply doesntt know any better when she bids on Darek at the charity auction. Nor does she know that when she crafted a plea bargain three years ago to keep Jensen Atwood out of jail and in Deep Haven fulfilling community service, she was releasing the man responsible for Felicity's death. Can they work through their prayers when caught between new love and old grudges?
Subjects: Bachelors - Fiction. - Women lawyers - Christian fiction. - Love stories.
Call number: F WAR

Sweet stuff /

Author: Kauffman, Donna.
ISBN: 9780758266361;0758266367
Year: 2012
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: Cupcake club member Riley Brown, who has found her bliss on Georgia's quiet Sugarberry Island after years of Chicago's city life, sets her sights on Quinn Brannigan, a bad boy author who she craves more than buttercream icing.
Subjects: Cupcakes - Fiction. - Love stories.
Call number: F KAU

Sweet mercy /

Author: Tatlock, Ann.
ISBN: 9780764210464
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: "When Eve discovers her uncle's bootlegging operation, she knows it's against Prohibition law. But can she really condemn the only thing supporting her family?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: United States - History - 1919-1933 - Fiction. - Prohibition - Alcoholic beverage law violations - Family-owned business enterprises - Life change events - Ohio - Historical fiction. - Suspense fiction.
Call number: F TAT

Stress test /

Author: Mabry, Richard L.
ISBN: 9781401687083
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: "Dr. Matt Newman thought he was leaving his life in private practice for a better one in academic medicine. But the kidnappers who attacked him as he left his last shift in the ER have no such plans--they just want him dead."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Physicians - Fiction. - Women lawyers - Kidnapping - Conspiracies
Call number: F MAB

A perfect proposal /

Author: Fforde, Katie.
ISBN: 9781250024299
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: Eagerly visiting New York to escape her suffocating family, young Englishwoman Sophie clashes with her hostess's arrogant grandson, who follows her back to England with an unconventional proposal.
Subjects: British - New York (State) - New York - Fiction. - Rich people - Americans - England - Upper class - Self-realization in women - Young women - Marriage proposals - Love stories.
Call number: F FFO

More than you know /

Author: Rossiter, Nan Parson,
ISBN: 9780758283894;075828389
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: Losing her father on the night she was born could have torn Beryl Graham's family apart. Instead, it knitted them together. Under their mother's steady guidance, Beryl and her older sisters, Isak and Rumer, shared a childhood filled with happiness. But now Mia Graham has passed away after battling Alzheimer's, and her three daughters return to their New Hampshire home to say goodbye. Swept up in memories and funeral preparations, the sisters catch up on each other's lives. Rumer and Isak have both known recent heartache, while Beryl has given up hope of marriage. But surprising revelations abound, especially when they uncover Mia's handwritten memoir. In it are secrets they never guessed at--clandestine romance, passionate dreams, joy and guilt. And as Beryl, Rumer, and Isak face a future without her, they realize it's never too late to heed a mother's lessons--about taking chances, keeping faith, and loving in spite of the risks.
Subjects: Sisters - Fiction. - Mothers and daughters - New Hampshire - Domestic fiction. - Love stories.
Call number: F ROS

The lake house /

Author: Nault, Marci.
ISBN: 9781451686722
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Subjects: Homecoming - Fiction. - Life change events - Neighborhoods - Self-realization - Boston (Mass.) - Domestic fiction. - Love stories.
Call number: F NAU

Jewel of the Pacific /

Author: Chaikin, L. L.,
ISBN: 0802437516;9780802437518
Date added: 05/20/2013
Subjects: Life change events - Fiction. - Blindness - Hawaii - History - 19th century - Love stories. - Historical fiction. - Christian fiction.
Call number: F CHA

The ice cream girls /

Author: Koomson, Dorothy.
ISBN: 9781455507139
Year: 2012
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: As teenagers Poppy Carlisle and Serena Gorringe were the only witnesses to a high-profile murder. Amid heated public debate, the two seemingly glamorous teens were dubbed "The Ice Cream Girls" by the press and were dealt with by the courts-Poppy headed to prison after being convicted for murder and Serena was set free. Years later, after having led very different lives, Poppy is keen to set the record straight about what really happened. The only problem is she has no one to turn to and no clue where to begin her hunt for Serena. MeanwMeanwhile, Serena is married with children and wants no one in her present to find out about her past. Constantly looking over her shoulder, Serena knows she should come clean to her husband, however, she can't seem to find the words. With Poppy determined to salvage what's left of her reputation, Serena may not have a choice in reopening a can of worms that may threaten both their lives...again.
Subjects: Witnesses - Fiction. - Rape victims - Female friendship - Post-traumatic stress disorder - Life change events - Teenage girls - Suspense fiction.
Call number: F KOO

Hot blooded /

Author: Carlson, Amanda.
ISBN: 9780316205214
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: "It hasn't been the best week for Jessica McClain. Her mate has been kidnapped by a Goddess hell-bent on revenge --- but Jessica is playing for keeps. Because she's the only female werewolf in town...it comes with its own set of rules...and powers. Aided by two vamps, two loyal Pack members, and one very reluctant human, Jessica must rescue her man while coming to terms with what being a wolf really means. All in a day's work for a girl. The second novel in the Jessica McClain series is a full on action adventure featuring one angry Goddess and plenty of monsters, demons, and a few newly risen beasties.."--
Subjects: Werewolves - Fiction. - Vampires - Fantasy fiction.
Call number: F CAR

Honey pie /

Author: Kauffman, Donna,
ISBN: 9780758280534;075828053
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: Honey isn't sure how to put down roots when she has nowhere to plant them. But a sexy, softhearted mechanic is determined to help.
Subjects: City and town life - Fiction. - Young women - Bakers - Mechanics (Persons) - Interpersonal attraction - Georgia - Love stories.
Call number: F KAU

The face of the earth : a novel /

Author: Raney, Deborah.
ISBN: 9781416599975;1416599975
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: When Mitchell's wife sets off for home after a conference, he has no idea that his life is about to change forever. When Jill doesn't return, and the police come up empty, Mitch enlists the help of their next-door neighbor, Jill's best friend, Shelley, to help search. As hours turn into days and days into weeks, Mitch and Shelley's friendship grows ever closer... and Mitch wonders how he can honor the vows he made to a woman who has seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth.
Subjects: Missing persons - Fiction. - Man-woman relationships - Christian fiction.
Call number: F RAN

Daughter of Jerusalem /

Author: Wolf, Joan.
ISBN: 9781936034673
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/20/2013
Summary: She was a widow, a businesswoman, an adulteress. In her lifetime, she knew murder, prejudice, and faith. She transformed from a Jewish girl longing for family to one of the closest friends of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God. Her name was Mary Magdalene.
Subjects: Mary Magdalene, - Fiction. - Faith - Redemption - Christian fiction. - Biographical fiction. - Historical fiction.
Call number: F WOL

The tell tale heart : the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe /

Author: Poe, Edgar Allan,
ISBN: 9781447407355
Date added: 05/20/2013
Subjects: Short stories. - Horror fiction.
Call number: F POE

The house on the strand /

Author: Du Maurier, Daphne,
ISBN: 0812217268
Year: 2000
Date added: 05/17/2013
Subjects: Cornwall (England : County) - Fiction. - Time travel - Psychological fiction. - Fantastic fiction.
Call number: F DUM

Gotta let it go /

Author: Lawrence, Deliah.
ISBN: 9781453535196;1453535195;9781453535189
Year: 2010
Date added: 05/17/2013
Subjects: Murder - Maryland - Baltimore - Fiction. - Baltimore (Md.) - Suspense fiction. - Romantic suspense fiction.
Call number: F LAW

We need new names : a novel /

Author: Bulawayo, NoViolet.
ISBN: 9780316230810
Date added: 05/16/2013
Subjects: Girls - Zimbabwe - Fiction. - Political violence - Families - Emigration and immigration - Zimbabweans - United States - Domestic fiction.
Call number: F BUL

Ray of light /

Author: Gray, Shelley Shepard.
ISBN: 9780062204424
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/16/2013
Subjects: Amish - Fiction. - Love stories - Christian fiction.
Call number: F GRA

Someday, someday, maybe : a novel /

Author: Graham, Lauren,
ISBN: 9780345532749
Date added: 05/16/2013
Summary: The hilarious story of a struggling young actress trying to get ahead--and keep it together--in New York City.
Subjects: Actresses - New York (State) - New York - Fiction. - Self-realization in women - Humorous stories. - Love stories.
Call number: F GRA

Magician's end /

Author: Feist, Raymond E.
ISBN: 9780061468438;0061468436
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/16/2013
Summary: Pug, now the greatest magician of all time, must risk everything he has fought for and everything he cherishes in the hope of destroying an evil enemy once and for all. But to achieve peace and save untold millions of lives, he will have to pay the ultimate price.
Subjects: Pug (Fictitious character) - Fiction. - Midkemia (Imaginary place) - Imaginary wars and battles - Wizards - Good and evil - Fantasy fiction.
Call number: F FEI

The sea detective /

Author: Douglas-Home, Mark.
ISBN: 9781905207657
Date added: 05/16/2013
Subjects: Murder - Investigation - Scotland - Fiction. - Oceanographers - Mystery fiction.
Call number: M DOU

A King's trade : an Alan Lewrie naval adventure /

Author: Lambdin, Dewey.
ISBN: 9780312378646
Year: 2006
Date added: 05/16/2013
Summary: The 13th title in Lambdin's popular series finds salacious Royal Navy captain Alan Lewrie in hot water for "liberating" a dozen slaves from their Caribbean plantation and putting them to work on his ship, the HMS Proteus. Facing the prospect of court martial and a civil trial, Lewrie reluctantly agrees when Zachariah Twigg of the Foreign Office suggests a scheme that might save his career: recasting the incorrigible captain as an abolitionist hero.
Subjects: Lewrie, Alan (Fictitious character) - Fiction. - Great Britain - History, Naval - 18th century - Naval convoys - Derelicts - Sea stories. - Historical fiction.
Call number: F LAM

My father's ghost is climbing in the rain /

Author: Pron, Patricio,
ISBN: 9780307700681
Date added: 05/14/2013
Subjects: Father-son relationship - Fiction. - Missing persons - Argentina
Call number: F PRO

King of Cuba : a novel /

A chain of thunder : a novel of the Siege of Vicksburg /

Author: Shaara, Jeff,
ISBN: 9780345527387
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: May, 1863. In the vaunted "Gibraltar of the Confederacy," a siege for the ages will cement the reputation of one Union general -- and all but seal the fate of the rebel cause.
Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction. - Mississippi - Campaigns - Vicksburg (Miss.) - Siege, 1863 - Grant, Ulysses S. - Historical fiction. - War stories.
Call number: F SHA

The caretaker /

Author: Ahmad, A. X.
ISBN: 9781250016843
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: "Ranjit Singh, a former Indian Army Captain trying to escape a shameful past, lives with his family among the migrant workers of Martha's Vineyard, working as a caretaker of the vacation homes of the rich and powerful. Needing a place to stay, Ranjit moves his family into an empty Senator's home. Happily, but illegally ensconced in the house, he tries to forget his brief affair with Anna, the wife of an African-American senator, and focus on providing for his family. But one night, their idyll is shattered when mysterious armed men break into the house, looking for an antique porcelain doll. Forced to flee, Ranjit is pursued and hunted by unknown forces, and becomes drawn into the Senator's shadowy world. To save his family and solve the mystery of the doll, he must join forces with Anna, who has her own dark secrets. As the past and present collide, Ranjit must finally confront the hidden event that destroyed his Army career and forced him to leave India. Tightly plotted, action-packed, smart and surprisingly moving, The Caretaker takes us from the desperate world of migrant workers to the elite African-American community of Martha's Vineyard, and a secret high-altitude war between India and Pakistan. "--
Subjects: Squatters - Fiction. - East Indians - United States - Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) - Political fiction. - Suspense fiction.
Call number: F AHM

The black country /

Author: Grecian, Alex.
ISBN: 9780399159336
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: When members of a prominent coal-mining family go missing, Scotland Yard's Murder Squad teammates Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith, aided by newly arrived forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley, investigate dark secrets and realize that the family's village is slowly sinking into underground mines.
Subjects: Murder - Investigation - England - Fiction. - Detectives - Mystery fiction. - Historical fiction
Call number: M GRE

The blood of heaven /

Author: Wascom, Kent.
ISBN: 9780802121189
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: "The Blood of Heaven is the story of Angel Woolsack, a preacher's son, who flees the hardscrabble life of his itinerant father, falls in with a charismatic highwayman, then settles with his adopted brothers on the rough frontier of West Florida, where American settlers are carving their place out of lands held by the Spaniards and the French. The novel moves from the bordellos of Natchez, where Angel meets his love Red Kate to the Mississippi River plantations, where the brutal system of slave labor is creating fantastic wealth along with terrible suffering, and finally to the back rooms of New Orleans among schemers, dreamers, and would-be revolutionaries plotting to break away from the young United States and create a new country under the leadership of the renegade founding father Aaron Burr" -- from publisher's web site.
Subjects: Southern States - History - 1775-1865 - Fiction. - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - Conspiracies - Historical fiction.
Call number: F WAS

Sleeping in eden : a novel /

Author: Baart, Nicole.
ISBN: 9781439197363
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: "The lives of a middle-aged doctor and a love-struck young woman intersect across time in Sleeping in Eden, Nicole Baart's haunting novel about love, jealousy, and the boundaries between loyalty and truth.On a chilly morning in the Northwest Iowa town of Blackhawk, Dr. Lucas Hudson is filling in for the vacationing coroner on a seemingly open-and-shut suicide case. His own life is crumbling around him, but when he unearths the body of a woman buried in the barn floor beneath the hanging corpse, he realizes this terrible discovery could change everything. Lucas is almost certain the remains belong to Angela Sparks, the missing daughter of the man whose lifeless body dangles from a rope above. When Angela went missing years earlier, he and his wife never really believed she was just another teenage runaway. Fueled by passion, Lucas resolves to uncover the details of Angela's suspected death, to bring some closure to their small community and to his wife. But his obsession may not be able to fix what is broken, and Lucas may be chasing shadows... Years before Lucas ever set foot in Blackhawk, Meg Painter met Dylan Reid. It was the summer before high school and the two quickly became inseparable. Although Jess, Meg's older neighbor, was the safe choice, she couldn't let go of Dylan and the history they shared no matter how hard she tried. Caught in a web of jealousy and deceit that spiraled out of control, Meg's choices in the past ultimately collide with Lucas's investigation in the present, weaving together a taut story of unspoken secrets and the raw, complex passions of innocence lost"--
Subjects: Physicians - Fiction. - Young women - Women - Crimes against - Christian fiction.
Call number: F BAA

Storm front : a Derrick Storm thriller /

Author: Castle, Richard.
ISBN: 9781401324902
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: When, throughout the world, high-level bankers are being tortured and murdered by his old nemesis Gregor Derrick, Derrick Storm is called in by the CIA to figure out who Volkov is working for and why, and, with the help of a beautiful and mysterious foreign agent, uncovers a plot that could destroy the global economy.
Subjects: Murder - Investigation - Fiction. - Mystery fiction.
Call number: M CAS

Lucky bastard /

Author: Coonts, Deborah.
ISBN: 9780765335463
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: "Lucky O'Toole--head of customer relations at The Babylon, premier mega-resort on the Vegas Strip--thinks it's just another night in Las Vegas. Her employer is hosting a big car show, supposed to be a fun event with her honey. But Lucky's day takes a turn for the worse when a beautiful woman with a stiletto heel embedded in her carotid artery is found on the hood of the featured red Ferrari going around on the display. On the personal front, Lucky and the French chef have finally succumbed to their strong attraction. But then Teddie, the love of her life, walks back through the door. Now Lucky must find the murderer while balancing her love life and her wardrobe! "--
Subjects: O'Toole, Lucky (Fictitious character) - Fiction. - Women - Crimes against - Las Vegas (Nev.)
Call number: F COO

Sign of the cross : a Spike Sanguinetti novel /

Author: Mogford, Thomas.
ISBN: 9781620402009
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: "Just as a degree of calm returns to Spike Sanguinetti's life in Gibraltar, he receives the shocking news that his Maltese uncle and aunt are dead after a domestic dispute escalated into a blood-soaked murder-suicide. Accompanied by his aging father, Spike crosses the Mediterranean to Malta for the funerals. It falls to Spike, a lawyer, to act as executor of the wills. The more he looks into his relatives' deaths, however, the more he is faced by a troubling question: what could have prompted a mild-mannered art historian to stab his wife to death, then turn the knife upon himself? After reuniting with an ex-girlfriend, Zahra, now working in Malta as a translator, Spike embarks on a dangerous trail that leads all the way from the island's squalid immigrant tent camps to the ornate palazzos of the legendary Knights of St John. In Malta, the oldest Christian nation in the world, self-interest can masquerade as charity, and what first appears to be worthless can prove valuable beyond price"--
Subjects: Legal stories. - Aunts - Crimes against - Fiction. - Suicide - Malta
Call number: F MOG

Blunt impact /

Author: Black, Lisa,
ISBN: 9780727882523
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: Forensic scientist Theresa MacLean is puzzled by the questionable death of a female construction worker at a Cleveland building site. A witness to the death -- a young girl nicknamed Ghost -- may be able to help. Ghost says the woman was pushed by someone she can only identify as the Shadow Man. Soon Theresa finds herself in a race against time to protect Ghost from an unknown killer before he is able to find the little girl and silence her for good.
Subjects: MacLean, Theresa (Fictitious character) - Fiction. - Women forensic scientists - Ohio - Cleveland - Murder - Investigation - Mystery fiction.
Call number: M BLA

Widow's tears /

Author: Albert, Susan Wittig.
ISBN: 9780425255728
Date added: 05/14/2013
Subjects: Bayles, China (Fictitious character) - Fiction. - Women detectives - Texas - Herbalists - Haunted houses - Psychics - Bank robberies - Mystery fiction.
Call number: M ALB

Touchstone /

Author: Rawn, Melanie.
ISBN: 9780765363473
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: Cayden Silversun is part Elven, part Fae, part human Wizard--and all rebel. His aristocratic mother would have him follow his father to the Royal Court, to make a high society living off the scraps of kings. But Cade lives and breathes for the theater, and he's good--very, very good. He's a tregetour -- a Wizard who is both playwright and magic-wielder. It is Cade's power that creates the magic, but a tregetour is useless without a glisker -- an Elf who can spin the magic out onto the stage, to enchant the audience. And Cade's new glisker, Mikea, is something special, too. They intend to enter the highest reaches of society and power, but not the way Cade's mother thinks they should. They'll be the greatest players of all time, or die trying.
Subjects: Wizards - Fiction. - Fairies - Elves - Dramatists - Theatrical companies - Magic - Social mobility - Fantasy fiction.
Call number: F RAW

Tomorrow there will be apricots : a novel /

Author: Soffer, Jessica.
ISBN: 9780547759265
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: Lorca spends her life poring over cookbooks, making croissants and chocolat chaud, seeking out rare ingredients, all to earn the love of her distracted chef of a mother, who is now packing her off to boarding school. In one last effort to prove herself indispensable, Lorca resolves to track down the recipe for her mother's ideal meal, an obscure Middle Eastern dish called masgouf. Victoria, grappling with her husband's death, has been dreaming of the daughter they gave up forty years ago. An Iraqi Jewish immigrant who used to run a restaurant, she starts teaching cooking lessons; Lorca signs up. Together, they cook, but they also begin to suspect they are connected by more than their love of food. Soon, though, they must reckon with the past, the future, and the truth--whatever it might be.
Subjects: Mothers and daughters - Fiction. - Widows
Call number: F SOF

A spear of summer grass /

Author: Raybourn, Deanna.
ISBN: 9780778314394;0778314391
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: Exiled to Kenya after her latest scandalous exploit, Delilah Drummond, now the mistress of her step-father's crumbling estate, falls into the decadent pleasures of society until she meets Ryder White who becomes her guide to the beauty of this complex world. Set in 1920s British Kenya.
Subjects: Americans - Kenya - Fiction. - Divorced women - Scandals - Self-realization - Paris (France) - Historical fiction. - Love stories.
Call number: F RAY

Shadows on a Cape Cod wedding : an antique print mystery /

Author: Wait, Lea.
ISBN: 9781564745316
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/14/2013
Subjects: Antique dealers - Fiction. - Murder - Investigation - Massachusetts - Cape Cod (Mass.) - Mystery fiction. - Prints - Collectors and collecting - Summer, Maggie (Fictitious character)
Call number: M WAI