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Large Print New Releases December 2023
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Absolution
by Alice McDermott
Sixty years after they lived as wives of American servicemen in early 1960s Vietnam, two women reconnect and relieve their shared experiences in Saigon in the new novel by the author of The Ninth Hour.
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California Golden
by Melanie Benjamin
Two teens in 1960s California grapple with the unconventional path of their mother, who defies societal expectations as a talented female surfer, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Children's Blizzard.
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Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare: Stories
by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
A short story collection follows contemporary native Hawaiian and Japanese women through tales including an encounter with a wild pig on a haunted highway and an elderly widow who sees her dead lover in a giant flower.
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The Keeper of Hidden Books
by Madeline Martin
As bombs rain down on Warsaw and Hitler's forces surround the city, childhood friends Marta and Janina join the war effort using one of the only weapons that still feel safe to them: literature, fighting to preserve their culture and community and finding hope in each other in order to survive.
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A Million Little Choices
by Tamera Alexander
Claire Powell’s life is turned upside down when her beloved husband admits to a “near affair.” But when Stephen accepts a partnership with an Atlanta law firm without consulting her and buys a historic Southern home sight-unseen—it pushes their already-fractured marriage to the breaking point. In 1863, Charlotte Thursmann, pregnant and trapped in a marriage to an abusive husband, struggles to protect her unborn child and the enslaved members of her household. Both Claire and Charlotte discover truths about themselves they never realized, along with secrets long hidden that hold the power to bring God’s restoration—if only they choose to let it.
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Sisters Under the Rising Sun
by Heather Morris
Prisoners of war in 1942, Australian nurse Nesta James and Norah Chambers—held in the notorious Camp Palembang, deep in the jungle of Sumatra—battle disease, starvation and unimaginable brutality meted out by Japanese soldiers, but find, in themselves and in each other, the courage and resourcefulness to survive.
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Someone Always Nearby: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe and Maria Chabot
by Susan Wittig Albert
Based on research into a massive collection of over 700 letters, documents, media reports and historical accounts, this novel, set in 1940, centers around Georgia O'Keeffe and Maria Chabot—a young and naïve would-be writer, exploring the dimensions of friendship and the debts we incur to those who make our lives easier.
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Her Secret Hope
by Shelley Shepard Gray
An Amish woman harboring secrets and looking to start over in Pinecraft meets a hardworking farmer who lives only a few miles away from her hometown, in the third novel of the series following Her Only Wish.
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Thanksgiving Blessing
by Marta Perry
When vandalism around Promise Glen threatens her roadside fruit and vegetable stand, widow and single mother Rebecca King is forced to accept the help of her condescending neighbor, but as they work side by side preparing for Thanksgiving, they discover the true values of the holiday—love and gratitude.
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The Lucky Shamrock
by Carolyn Brown
Family doesn't mean everyone has to like each other. That's the case when cousins Taryn, Anna Rose, and Jorja return to Shamrock, Texas, to help manage their grandmother's flower shop, the Lucky Shamrock...Thank heaven for a handsome go-between like Clinton, who lives above the shop. The easygoing war vet, and most eligible bachelor in Wheeler County, is now throwing romance into the mix and setting the local women to gossiping. But as the hot months wear on,hidden secrets begin to surface for the temperamental Irish trio.
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Mail-order Brides of the West: Kathryn
by Caroline Fyffe
The well-educated daughter of a lawyer, Trudy Bauer, arrives at the St. Louis based Mail-Order Brides of the West agency full of excitement for an adventure of a lifetime. She befriends the agency's maid, Evie Davenport, and the two form a strong and lasting friendship. They vow to stay in contact through letters when Evie takes hold of her destiny and arranges a marriage on the sly. Each brave young woman is ready to face whatever an unknown groom and life in Montana can throw her way.
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Marshaling Her Heart
by Mary Connealy
When Becky Pruitt's ranch foreman, Nate Paxton, confesses he's a former US Marshal investigating the notorious Deadeye Gang, she agrees to let the marshals use the ranch as a hideout. But the outlaws won't go quietly, and as danger draws ever nearer, Becky is drawn to Nate and finds both her heart and life in peril.
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Silver Creek Bodyguard
by Lindsay McKenna
When an attempt is made on her life, Sara Romano opens her home– and her heart– to Wes Paxton, a bodyguard hired by her family, but needs to find the courage to tell him her family's dark secrets.
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The Talk of Coyote Canyon
by Brenda Novak
Struggling to keep her rival well-drilling company afloat, Ellen Truedale has no choice but to accept help from Hendrix Durrant, her father's business partner and therefore her enemy, but as they work closely together, she sees what she's been missing—in life and love.
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Christmas at the Shelter Inn
by RaeAnne Thayne
Pregnant and on bed rest, McKenna calls her sister Natalie, who fled Shelter Springs, Idaho, after family tragedies took their toll, pleading for help running the Shelter Inn during the busy upcoming Christmas season.
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Christmas Every Day: An Amish Romance
by Linda Byler
Annie and Fannie are ten-year-old twins and the youngest of twelve siblings. Life is busy with so many living under the same roof, and though the twins love their family, they often feel overlooked. It's no fun being bossed around by older siblings and Mam is often stressed and always strict. As Christmas approaches, the twins have the added burden of practicing for their little Amish school's play, but what they're really passionate about is getting a pony or horse. Oh, what they would give to have a horse of their own to ride and groom and care for. It's all they can think about. Well, that and the way their thirty-year-old brother Mike is swooning over fancy Miriam. Will he ever get up the courage to ask her to be his girlfriend?
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True Blue Christmas
by Susan Page Davis
New neighbors, cryptic Christmas cards, and jury duty. What next? Campbell McBride is juggling her new role as a private investigator with her slightly wacky personal life. Can she and her dad figure out who stashed a valuable painting in their client’s attic? And is the murder of an egocentric landlord somehow connected?
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The Wishing Bridge
by Viola Shipman
Desperate to reinvigorate her career, a Detroit mergers & acquisitions executive must convince her aging parents to sell their iconic Michigan Christmas store by the start of the New Year but when she reconnects with the magic of the store, her parents and the holidays, her misguided plan backfires.
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The Final Beat of the Drum: Paniatowski's Last Case
by Sally Spencer
Packed with twists that will make you gasp out loud, the fifteenth - and final - DCI Monika Paniatowski mystery is a stunning conclusion to the long-running series. If you haven't met Monika yet, you're in for a treat.
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Inheritance
by Nora Roberts
A woman uncovers a family curse after an uncle leaves her a haunted Victorian house, in the first novel of a new trilogy by the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Concannon Sisters trilogy.
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An American in Scotland
by Lucy Connelly
Leaving Seattle for a small-town doctor position in Scotland, Dr. Emilia McRoy continually butts heads with the unhelpful local constable when she stumbles across a dead body, which goes missing before she can even begin the autopsy.
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Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win
by Emily Brightwell
When successful businessman Jeremy Marks is murdered during an archery competition, Inspector Witherspoon discovers the man amassed his wealth by harming those who trusted him, while Mrs. Jefferies, the Inspector's household and their friends sort out fact from fiction and target a killer.
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Murder in the Book Lover's Loft
by Ellery Adams
While vacationing in North Carolina with her fiancé, Jane stumbles upon a dead body that sends her on a literary chase through time, unearthing a dark family secret for which she must make amends in the past while trying to stop a vengeful killer in the present.
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The Proof of the Pudding
by Rhys Bowen
While attending the party of Sir Mortimer Mordred, famous author of Gothic horror novels, who has borrowed her new chef to cater the festivities, Lady Georgiana Rannoch, when a guest dies of poisoning, must find the culprit to save her new chef and her own reputation—all before her bundle of joy arrives.
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The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp
by Leonie Swann
When Agnes and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house share for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside, investigate the murder of their neighbor while covering up another, they step out of their comfort zone to tangle with inept criminals, the local authorities and their own dark secrets.
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A Three Book Problem
by Vicki Delany
Gemma Doyle investigates after a poison dart is thrown through the window of a lavish gathering hosted by a wealthy philanthropist and prominent Sherlockian in the 7th novel of the series, following A Curious Incident.
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An Evil Heart
by Linda Castillo
Painters Mill Police Chief Kate Burkholder investigates the violent, cross-bow shooting death of a hardworking, engaged young Amish man as her own wedding date draws near, in the fifteenth novel of the series following The Hidden One.
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The Ghost Illusion
by Kat Martin
After inheriting an old Victorian house in Sunderland, England, American psychologist Eve St. Clair, as the lines between life and death, reality and perception blur, hires Ransom King and his handpicked team of parapsychology investigators to truly banish her night terrors.
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Hemlock Island
by Kelley Armstrong
After fleeing renters of her Hemlock Island vacation home report broken belongings, out of control campfires, bones, hex circles, and bloody scratches inside the guest room closet, Laney Kilpatrick and her teenage niece show up to investigate.
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Malibu Burning
by Lee Goldberg
Setting fires as a distraction to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend, master thief Danny Cole is pursued by relentless arson investigator Walter Sharpe, and when they meet face-to-face in a canyon of flames, they are both pitted against an unexpected enemy.
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