Memorials: Gift to the memorial fund in memory of Brenda George. Given by The Ratliff Group, Inc.
Regular Events: Crochet – Thursday’s at 1:00 pm Story Time – Wednesdays at 10:00, every 1st Saturday at 10:00 Book Club – 1st Saturday at 1:00 New fiction:
Ambush : a Sanctuary novel by Colleen Coble
Paradise Alden’s childhood in Nova Cambridge, Alabama, was idyllic until the night her parents were murdered. Since then, life has left her scarred. The abuse she suffered in the foster care system, her first love’s betrayal, and the jaguar attack that nearly destroyed her career have led to an unshakable distrust–in men, in God, and maybe even in herself. After fifteen years, returning to her hometown is a last resort to finding her life again. She’s hoping the wildlife refuge where she’s accepted a veterinarian job will be the perfect place to heal from her recent traumas and unlock her memories about the night her parents died.
A killing cold by Kate Alice Marshall
A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret – and that she’s been there before.
Penitence : a novel by Kristin Koval
When their thirteen-year-old daughter Nora kills her terminally ill brother, Angie and David Sheehan struggle to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. They turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn’t just legal counsel–she’s also the mother of Angie’s ill-fated first love Julian, a successful criminal defense attorney. Martine promptly draws him into the legal battle against an overreaching district attorney determined to try Nora as an adult. As the families grapple with the lasting strain of blame and the complexities of an often unfair criminal justice system, Julian and Angie must confront their own culpability in a long-ago accident and the guilt they still carry over how their prior life together in New York City ended.
The Jackal’s mistress : a novel by Chris Bohjalian
In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she’s willing to risk for the life of a stranger. It’s an uneasy life in the Shenandoah Valley, the territory frequently changing hands, control swinging back and forth like a pendulum between North and South, and Libby awakens every morning expecting to see her land a battlefield. And then she finds a gravely injured Union officer left for dead in a neighbor’s house, the bones of his hand and leg shattered. Captain Jonathan Weybridge of the Vermont Brigade is her enemy-but he’s also a human being, and Libby must make a terrible decision: Does she leave him to die alone? Or does she risk treason and try to nurse him back to health? And if she succeeds, does she try to secretly bring him across Union lines, where she might negotiate a trade for news of her own husband?
The business trip by Jessie Garcia Stephanie and Jasmine have nothing and everything in common. The two women don’t know each other but are on the same plane. Stephanie is on a business trip and Jasmine is fleeing an abusive relationship. After a few days, they text their friends the same exact messages about the same man–the messages becoming stranger and more erratic. And then the two women vanish. The texts go silent, the red flags go up, and the panic sets in. When Stephanie and Jasmine are each declared missing and in danger, it begs the questions: Who is Trent McCarthy? What did he do to these women–or what did they do to him?
Far from home : a novel by Danielle Steel
Fleeing Paris after her husband’s execution for opposing Hitler, Arielle von Auspeck hides in Normandy, joins the Resistance and forges a bond with a grieving widower as they fight to reunite with their loved ones.
The crash by Freida McFadden
Tegan is eight months pregnant and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn’t realize she’s heading straight into a blizzard. She never arrives at her destination. Stranded with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she’s made a terrible mistake. Then she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears. But something isn’t right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet. And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself.
New Easy Readers:
Hard Hat Hank and the sky-high solution by Charlotte Gunnufson
Hard Hat Hank and his hardworking crew must rethink their plans when some birds build a nest on the construction site.
Bitsy Bat, team star by Kaz Windness
When Enzo, a nonspeaking Owl, joins Bitsy Bat’s class and might be a better flier than her, Bitsy learns the importance of being a teammate and friend.
Heartfelt by Elaine Vickers
A young child cuts out paper hearts and shares each heart along with acts of kindness or love to the people in the neighborhood.
Little echo by Al Rodin
Little Echo lives alone in a cave until, one day, a chance encounter encourages her to be brave and make a new friend.
Home by Matt de la Peña
An exploration of the various places, people, and feelings that create a sense of home and provide refuge in the face of instability.
Lawrence & Sophia : big & bold by Doreen Cronin
When Lawrence makes a new friend, Sophia feels left out until she discovers that she can be big and bold on her own.
