Monthly Archives: August 2018

Ghosted – Rosie Walsh

August 8, 2018
Drama
“I absolutely loved this book and didn’t want it to end.” –Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Big Little Lies “This is an ‘accidentally stayed up until 4 a.m. because it’s impossible to put down’ kind of novel.” –USA Today Seven perfect days. Then he disappeared. A love story with a secret at its heart. When Sarah meets Eddie, they connect instantly and fall in love. To Sarah, it seems as though her life has finally begun. And it’s mutual: It’s as though Eddie has been ...

Manna City – Geoffrey Pierce

August 8, 2018
Science Fiction
What little life remains on earth has turned to brut savagery. Three survivors – an escaped slave, a one-armed man, and a pregnant woman who believes her unborn child talks to her – travel through the scorched remnants of earth, searching for the last remaining oasis, Manna City.

Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars) – Timothy Zahn

August 7, 2018
Science Fiction
Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader team up against a threat to the Empire in this thrilling novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.   “I have sensed a disturbance in the Force.” Ominous words under any circumstances, but all the more so when uttered by Emperor Palpatine. On Batuu, at the edges of the Unknown Regions, a threat to the Empire is taking root—its existence little more than a glimmer, its consequences as yet unknowable. But it is troubling enough to the Imperial leader to warrant investigation ...

The Age of Anomaly – Andrei Polgar

August 7, 2018
Business
When an economist who became famous for his balanced research-backed views like Andrei Polgar of One Minute Economics sees storm clouds gathering, it’s time to pay attention! The Age of Anomaly is a no-nonsense guide to spotting the next financial crisis and becoming more resilient in general.

A Tale of Two Murders – Heather Redmond

August 6, 2018
Mystery
On the eve of the Victorian era, London has a new sleuth . . . In the winter of 1835, young Charles Dickens is a journalist on the rise at the Evening Chronicle. Invited to dinner at the estate of the newspaper’s co-editor, Charles is smitten with his boss’s daughter, vivacious nineteen-year-old Kate Hogarth. They are having the best of times when a scream shatters the pleasant evening. Charles, Kate, and her father rush to the neighbors’ home, where Miss Christiana Lugoson lies unconscious on the ...

Indianapolis – Lynn Vincent

August 5, 2018
Historical
A human drama unlike any other—the riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history. “GRIPPING…THIS YARN HAS IT ALL.” —USA TODAY • “A WONDERFUL BOOK.” —Christian Science Monitor • “ENTHRALLING.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) • “A MUST-READ.” —Booklist (starred review) Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, days after delivering the components of the atomic bomb from California to the Pacific Islands in the most highly classified naval mission of the war, USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the center of the Philippine Sea ...

Her Pretty Face – Robyn Harding

August 4, 2018
Thriller
The author of the bestselling novel The Party—lauded as “tense and riveting” by New York Timesbestselling author Megan Miranda—returns with a chilling new domestic drama about two women whose deep friendship is threatened by dark, long-buried secrets. Frances Metcalfe is struggling to stay afloat. A stay-at-home mom whose troubled son is her full-time job, she thought that the day he got accepted into the elite Forrester Academy would be the day she started living her life. Overweight, insecure, and lonely, she is desperate to fit into Forrester’s ...

The Kiddush Ladies – Susan Sofayov

August 4, 2018
Random
Life-long Jewish friends Naomi, Miriam, and Becky are approaching middle-age gracefully and are content—despite a few hot flashes and mood swings—until life tosses each woman a crisis… When Becky, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, learns of her only son’s engagement to a non-Jew, she rallies against the marriage and becomes obsessed with finding him a Jewish bride. Naomi—whose husband left her for a man, crushing her small amount of self-confidence—is stuck with a dead-end job and a big house in a neighborhood filled with couples. ...

Cottage by the Sea – Debbie Macomber

August 3, 2018
Drama
A seaside town helps one young woman reclaim the light after darkness in a brand-new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. “Romantic, warm, and a breeze to read—one of Macomber’s best.”—Kirkus Reviews Annie Marlow has been through the worst. Rocked by tragedy, she heads to the one place that makes her happy: Oceanside in the Pacific Northwest, the destination of many family vacations when Annie was a teenager. Once there, Annie begins to restore her broken spirit, thanks in part to the folks she ...

Box of Hearts – Nikki Ashton

August 3, 2018
Romance
This much acclaimed book by Nikki Ashton, will draw you in, make you laugh, break your heart and then put it back together again. Devastated over the heartache she never saw coming, Millie Braithwaite is determined to make a fresh start – she just didn’t expect her new boss to make her so hot and bothered. Broken and suffocating in his grief, Jesse Connor wants nothing more than to be left alone to work on his ranch – he just didn’t expect his daughter’s new ...

The Other Woman – Daniel Silva

August 2, 2018
Adventure
#1 New York Times Bestseller From Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal She was his best-kept secret … In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason’s name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin’s most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted ...

Blast From Her Past – Katy Eeten

August 2, 2018
Romance
After a disastrous failed engagement, Sydney Hampson is leaving her past—and her faith—behind to focus on her career instead. However, following through with her new, albeit misguided, resolution proves easier said than done when former classmate, and reformed bully, Grant Williams signs on with her company, and they must work closely together. Grant Williams gave up his teenage antics years ago, and now he’s looking forward to a future that includes a strong relationship with God. When he realizes he’ll be working with none other ...

Girl, Wash Your Face – Rachel Hollis

August 1, 2018
Inspiration
Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that’s a lie. As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis developed an immense online community by sharing tips for better living while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own life. Now, in this challenging and inspiring new book, Rachel exposes the twenty lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from ...

In the Night – Taylor Wright

August 1, 2018
Mystery
How do you make peace with the dead? Daniel Sawyer has grappled with this question ever since his brother Jake was murdered. At university, Daniel feels displaced and directionless, and is trying to come to terms with Jake’s death. He questions what led his brother to drug dealing and addiction, where did it all go wrong between them? Daniel, however, is coming dangerously close to drug addiction himself, unable to cope with school and social anxiety, resorting to pain killers on nights out or to ...