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Traitors knot- Cryssa Bazos SR: July 29th, 2017 FR: Lili de jong- Janet Benton SR: July 6th, 2017 FR: July 16th, 2017 A House Divided-Pearl S Buck SR: March 11th, 2016 FR: N/A Whirlgig- Richard Buxton SR: July 10th, 2017 FR: The Belle of two arbors- Paul Dimond SR: July 25th, 2017 FR: Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet- Jamie Ford SR: July 20th, 2017 FR: July 29th, 2017 The Republic of uzupis- halJi SR: January 4th 2017 FR: Infinity- Tabitha lord SR: June 26th, 2017 FR: July 9th, 2017 The secret of the abbey- Kathleen c. Perrin SR: July 23rd, 2017 FR: A Twisted Vengeance-Candace Robb SR: June 26th, 2017 FR: July 10th, 2017 The Comet Seekers Helen Sedgwick SR: January 17th 2017 FR: Betrayal at Iga- Susan Spann SR: July 18th, 2017 FR: July 23rd, 2017 Appointment with yesterday- Christopher Strata kiss SR: June 26th, 2017 FR: July 6th, 2017 A gentleman in Moscow- amor Towles SR: June 8th, 2017 FR: The Carrion birds- Urban Waite SR: July 10t...

Name of Book: Woman No. 17 Author: Edan Lepucki ISBN: 978-1-101-90425-1 Publisher: Hogarth Publishing Type of book: motherhood, fatherhood, families, complex relationships, mutism, speech, art, filming, drinking, comedy, humor, modern times, California, friendship, acting, secrets parenting, selfishness Year it was published : 2017 Summary : A sinister, sexy noir about art, motherhood, and the intensity of female friendships, set in the posh hills above Los Angeles, from the New York Times bestselling author of California. High in the Hollywood Hills, writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a break from her husband. She’s going to need a hand with her young son if she’s ever going to finish her memoir. In comes S., a magnetic young artist, who will live in the secluded guest house out back, care for Lady’s young toddler son, and keep a watchful eye on her older, teenage, one. S. performs her day job beautifully, quickly drawing the entire family into her orbit, and ...

Name of Book: Horizon Author: Tabitha Lord ISBN: 978-1-940014-79-1 Publisher: Wise Ink Publishing Part of a Series: Horizon Type of book: different worlds, future, science fiction, romance, genocide, empathy, healing, doctor, survival Year it was published: 2016 Summary: WINNER Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards FINALIST Next Generation Indie Book Awards FINALIST National Indie Excellence Awards Caeli Crys isn’t living—she’s surviving. On the run after the genocide of her empathic people, she witnesses a spaceship crash near her hidden camp. When she feels the injured pilot suffering from miles away, she can’t help but risk discovery to save his life. Commander Derek Markham awakens stranded on an uncharted planet. His co-pilot is dead, his ship is in ruins, and he’s only alive because a beautiful young woman is healing him with her mind. As Derek recovers, Caeli shares the horror of her past and her fear for the future. When Derek’s command ship...

Name of Book: Marion Hatley Author : Beth Castrodale ISBN: 978-1-940782-02-7 Publisher :Garland Press Type of book: 1931, family secrets, PTSD, teaching, boats, sea, pirates, sea yarns, stories, convention, romance, forbidden romance, strength, strong female protagonists, entrepreneurship Year it was published: 2017 Summary: To escape a big-city scandal, a Depression-era lingerie seamstress flees to the countryside, where she hopes to live and work in peace. Instead, she finds herself unraveling uncomfortable secrets about herself and those closest to her. In February of 1931, Marion Hatley steps off a train and into the small town of Cooper’s Ford, hoping she’s left her big-city problems behind. She plans to trade the bustling hubbub of a Pittsburgh lingerie shop for the orderly life of a village schoolteacher. More significantly, she believes she’ll be trading her reputation-tainting affair with a married man for the dutiful quiet of tending to her sick aunt. Und...

Traitor's Knot by Cryssa Bazos Publication Date: May 9, 2017 Endeavor Press eBook; 394 Pages Genre: Fiction/Historical England 1650: Civil War has given way to an uneasy peace in the year since Parliament executed King Charles I.Royalist officer James Hart refuses to accept the tyranny of the new government,and to raise funds for the restoration of the king@s son, he takes to the road as a highwayman.Elizabeth Seton has long been shunned for being a traitor@s daughter. In the midst of the new order, she risks her life by sheltering fugitives from Parliament in a garrison town. But her attempts to rebuild her life are threatened, first by her own sense of injustice, then by falling in love with the dashing Hart.The lovers@ loyalty is tested through war, defeat and separation. James must fight his way back to the woman he loves, while Elizabeth will do anything to save him, even if it means sacrificing herself.Traitor@s Knot is a sweeping tale of love and conflic...

Name of Book: Fatal Rivalry Author: Mercedes Rochelle ISBN: 978-0-9973182-3-4 Publisher:   Sergeant Press Part of a Series: The Last Great Saxon Earls Type of book: 1064-1080s, William the Duke of Normandy, the Battle of Stamford Bridge, brotherhood, loyalty, kingdoms, Battle of Hastings, deaths, friendship, family, England, France, fealty, siblings Year it was published: 2017 Summary: In 1066, the rivalry between two brothers brought England to its knees. When Duke William of Normandy landed at Pevensey on September 28, 1066, no one was there to resist him. King Harold Godwineson was in the north, fighting his brother Tostig and a fierce Viking invasion. How could this have happened? Why would Tostig turn traitor to wreak revenge on his brother? The Sons of Godwine were not always enemies. It took a massive Northumbrian uprising to tear them apart, making Tostig an exile and Harold his sworn enemy. And when 1066 came to an end, all the Godwinesons wer...

Name of Book: Waiting for Aegina Author: Effie Kammenou ISBN: 9780692825938 Publisher: Self Published Part of a Series: The Gift Saga Type of book: Greece, 1999-2005, friendship, loyalty, marriage, married life, family, Greece, choices, 9/11, devotion, loyalty Year it was published: 2016 Summary: Book Two in The Gift Saga: The continuation of Evanthia’s Gift … In 1961, five little girls moved into a suburban neighborhood and became inseparable, lifelong friends. They called themselves the ‘Honey Hill Girls,’ named after the street on which they lived. As teenagers they shared one another’s ambitions and dreams, secrets and heartaches. Now, more than thirty years later, they remain devoted and loyal, supporting each other through triumphs and sorrows. Evanthia's Gift follows the life of Sophia Giannakos. In Waiting for Aegina the saga continues from the perspectives of Sophia and her friends as the story drifts back and forth in time, filling in the gaps ...