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New Adult Fiction Books 2/1/2023 |
The following books are new to the shelves at Kendall Young Library. To reserve an item, click on the image or title to be taken to the library's catalog. (Detailed instructions at the end of the newsletter.) |
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Tom Clancy target acquired
by Don Bentley
Taking on a cushy assignment in Israel at the request of Ding Chavez, Jack Ryan Jr. finds himself the target of trained killers after helps a woman and her young son, forcing him to use all his skills to protect the life of the child.
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Devil's delight : an Agatha Raisin mystery
by M. C. Beaton
Agatha investigates after a naked man bursts out of the woods claiming to have seen a dead body near a sight supposedly once used for sacrifices in the latest addition to the series following Down the Hatch. 75,000 first printing.
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The choice
by Nora Roberts
When the enemys witches, traitorous and power-mad, appear to her in a dream, practicing black magick and sacrificing the innocent, Breen, united with Keegan and all of Talamh, must save those in need of rescue and, with every weapon she has, confront the darkness once and for all.One million first printing.
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The Warsaw orphan
by Kelly Rimmer
Set during World War II in Poland, this novel, based on real-life heroes, follows Emilia over the course of the war, her involvement with the Resistance, and her love for a young man imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto whos passion leads him to fight in the Warsaw Uprising. Original. 150,000 first printing.
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Voice of fear
by Heather Graham
When a botched undercover mission is semi-salvaged by criminal psychologist Patrick Law, FBI agent Jordan Wallace, who was close to cracking a human trafficking case, must partner with this man whose innate ability to get inside a criminals head may be the only thing keeping them alive. 10,000 first printing.
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Riverbend reunion
by Carolyn Brown
When four best friends, reuniting after 20 years, decide to renovate an abandoned church in the middle of three dry counties into a bar, which causes a ruckus, they, with a renewed bond, hard work and the promise of romance, refuse to back down. Original.
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An Amish homecoming
by Rosalind Lauer
When her widowed English uncle brings his troubled teenage daughters back to their mother’s Amish community, Essie Lapp finds her world turned upside down as cultures clash and hearts collide. Original.
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The fastest way to fall
by Denise Williams
While writing about a hot new body-positive fitness app that includes personal coaching, Britta Colby starts working out in person with Wes Lawson and they soon have a hard time maintaining a professional distance, which could cost them everything. Original.
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Calder grit
by Janet Dailey
Trying to calm tensions, an ambitious, young mill owner agrees to marry the daughter of a homesteading family in 1909 Montana after his spoiled half-brother took advantage of her, in the second novel of the series following The Calder Range.
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The house in the pines : a novel
by Ana Reyes
Seven years after the mysterious death of her best friend, Aubrey, Maya comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman dies in front of the same man Aubrey did, leading her back to a New England cabin to finally uncover a truth that could save her. 60,000 first printing.
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The girls in the stilt house : a novel
by Kelly Mustian
"Ada promised herself she would never go back to the Trace, to her unbearable life on the swamp, and to her harsh father in Mississippi. But now, after running away to Baton Rouge and briefly knowing a different kind of life, she finds herself with nowhere to go but back home. And she knows there will be a price to pay with her father. Matilda, daughter of a sharecropper, is from the other side of the Trace. Doing what she can to protect her family from the whims and demands of some particularly callous locals is an ongoing struggle. She forms a plan to go north, to pack up the secrets she's holding about her life in the South and hang them on the line for all to see. As the two girls are drawn deeper into a dangerous world of bootleggers and moral corruption, they must come to terms with the complexities of their tenuous bond and a hidden past that links them in ways that could cost them their lives"
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The secret history
by Donna Tartt
Richard Papen, a relatively impoverished student at a New England college, falls in with an exclusive clique of rich, worldly Greek scholars and soon learns the dreadful secret that keeps them together. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
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All items can be reserved through the Kendall Young Library catalog: - When viewing an item in the catalog, click "place hold" button.
- Enter your library card number (14 digits on the back of your card) with no spaces.
- Enter your PIN. If you don't know your PIN, try:
- Your 4-digit birth month and day (i.e. August 4 would be 0804), or
- The last 4 digits of your library card number.
- If neither of these options work, call the library at 832-9100.
- You will get a call from the library when the item is available.
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