Friday, June 6, 2008

The Angel
Carla Neggers
Along a remote coast of Ireland, Keira Sullivan pursues the mysterious legend of an ancient Celtic stone angel. During her search, she senses a malevolent presence…

Belong to Me
Marisa de los Santos
Cornelia Brown and her husband Teo find that life in the suburbs is one of secrets and complex interactions.

Cathedral of the Sea
Ildefonso Falcones
Translated from the Spanish this worldwide bestseller centers on the building of a church in medieval Barcelona.

Child 44
Tom Rob Smith
In Stalinist Russia, Leo Demidov, an officer with the State Security Force, has been denounced. To save his life he must uncover a criminal, though even suggesting the existence of a murderer is a crime against the State.

Comfort Food
Kate Jacobs
The author of The Friday Night Knitting Club focuses on a celebrity cook who learns how to spice up her own life.

The Crystal Skull
Manda Scott
A blue crystal skull fashioned by the Maya to save the world from ruin is the focal point a thriller that posits the end of the world on December 21, 2012.

A Dangerous Age
Ellen Gilchrist

Controversy and sadness seems to be part of the life of the southern family of the Hands, especially following the events of 9/11.

Dead Heat
Joel Rosenberg
As a presidential race heats up in a fiercely contested election, who will lead a bitterly divided country over the next four years? What has the Secret Service learned about a terrorist plot?

Escape
Robert K. Tanenbaum
New York City D.A. Butch Karp faces two different situations that become shockingly similar.

Fear and Yoga in New Jersey
Debra Galant
Nina, a stressed-out yoga teacher should be calmly guiding her students through their sessions, but instead is worried about … everything.

The Finder
Colin Harrison
A tale of global intrigue that takes place in New York City.

A Good Indian Wife
Anne Cherian
Neel Sarath, an Indian-American anesthesiologist in San Francisco finds that the marriage his family arranges presents a new and unexpected set of challenges.

The Host
Stephenie Meyer
Most of humanity has succumbed to an unseen enemy that inhabits humans as a host, their minds taken over. Melanie is one of the few remaining “wild” humans.

Killing Rommel
Steven Pressfield
A tale of World War II based on the real life exploits of the
Long Range Desert Group, an elite British special forces unit that took on the “Desert Fox.”

The Lady Elizabeth
Alison Weir
A look at the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor who would grow up to become England’s most powerful queen.

Love the One You’re With
Emily Griffin
An answer to the question: how can I love the one I’m with when I can’t forget the one who got away?

Moon Shell Beach
Nancy Thayer
Lexi Laney and Clare Hart find their adult lives to be quite different than their childhood friendship shared on Nantucket.

The Outlander
Gil Adamson
In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, fleeing from those who would avenge her husband’s death.

Practically Perfect
Katie Fforde
Anna, a new interior designer, decides to renovate an adorable cottage in desperate need of fixing up.

Secrets
Jude Deveraux
Cassandra Madden meets once again with her true love, but must solve the secrets of those around her to find happiness.

Skeletons at the Feast
Chris Bohjalian
The brutal landscape of Nazi Germany is depicted as a band of refugees struggle westward ahead of the advancing Russian army.

So Brave, Young, and Handsome
Leif Enger
The author of Peace Like a River, returns with the story of an
aging train robber on a quest to reclaim his life.

The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II
Jeff Shaara
The story of D-Day, the Allies’ invasion of France, is told through the stories of an array of dynamic characters.

The Sugar Queen
Sarah Addison Allen
The follow-up to the author’s Garden Spells sees Josey Cirrini’s life expand -thanks to tough-talking, tender-hearted Della Lee.

Swine Not?: A Novel Pig Tale
Jimmy Buffett
A Southern family is determined to hide their pet pig in a fancy four-star hotel in New York City. Vintage Buffett.

The Tenth Gift
Jane Johnson
In London, Julia Lovat receives a gift that will change her life. A book of 17th century embroidery patterns sends her to Morocco on a quest to discover the life story of Catherine Ann Tregenna.

We Are Now Beginning Our Descent
James Meek
Adam Kellas, journalist and would-be novelist, is teetering toward self-destruction when he accepts an assignment to remote Afghanistan.

The World Before Her
Deborah Weisgall
Venice is the setting for the story of George Eliot who came to the famed city for her honeymoon, and a parallel story of Caroline Spingold who also travels to Venice one hundred years later, in 1980.