Prim, proper and pregnant Miss Jessica Thornton, a flame haired British heiress, is on the run in a stagecoach in New Mexico territory. And she is not impressed with the arrogant, battered cowboy sitting across from her – until the stagecoach overturns and the scruffy cowboy takes charge and saves many lives. Kaki Warner’s debut novel will appeal to fans of LaVyrle Spencer and Catherine Anderson.
Dedra
Chet, a 100 pound lively pooch with one black ear and one white ear, works with his partner Bernie at a detective agency solving crimes. This time they have to find a missing teenage girl. This is no problem for Chet with his super dog tricks that are both amusing and endearing. In fact Chet’s so much fun that even cat people with love him.
Dedra
Seventeen year-old Quentin Coldwater has always had a knack for card tricks and an almost perverse interest in a children’s fantasy book series, so it’s almost no surprise that when he heads off for his Princeton interview he ends up following a wayward slip of paper through a mysterious thicket that leads to an exclusive, and highly secretive, private school for burgeoning magicians instead. With humor, imagination and great characterizations Grossman has managed to create a coming-of-age story filled with wild adventure that takes a bite out of predictable fantasy.
Laura
Vivacious history professor Pasty MacLemoore knows she has a drinking problem. She’s already had her license suspended and is familiar with the inside of a jail cell. But this time when she wakes from her blackout she learns that she’s being held for the homicide of two Jehovah’s Witnesses she’s run over in her own driveway. Through her stint in prison, her release, and her marriage, Patsy lives under the umbrella of oppressive guilt. When, twenty years later, Pasty learns an astonishing fact about the incident she must re-examine her life and investigate new choices now open to her. Blame is a thoughtful novel of moral consequence just begging to be read and discussed by book groups.
Laura
Read the book, then see the movie! These movies based on books are due out early in 2010:
Youth in Revolt, starring Michael Cera, based on the book by C. D. Payne
The Last Station, starring Helen Mirren, based on the book The Last Station: a Novel of Tolstoy’s Final Year by Jay Parini
Creation, starring Paul Bettany & Jennifer Connolly, based on the book Darwin, His Daughter & Human Evolution by Randal Keynes (title on order)
Extraordinary Measures, starring Harrison Ford & Brendan Fraser, based on the book The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million–and Bucked the Medical Establishment–in a Quest to Save His Children by Geeta Anand
Dear John, starring Channing Tatum, based on the book by Nicholas Sparks
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: the Lightning Thief based on the books by Rick Riordan
Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, based on the book by Dennis Lehane
Green Zone, starring Matt Damon, based on the book Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
Julian Donahue is lost when his young son dies and his wife leaves him. His iPod is the only thing holding him together when, one night in a bar, he hears a young, Irish singer who is on the brink of success. From then on, Julian is obsessed and follows her everywhere. Poignant and pop culture-filled.
Jill
You may know Lisa Scottoline as the New York Times bestselling author of thrillers featuring strong women. In this book, based on a collection from her weekly Philadelphia Inquirer column, you’ll meet the real Scottoline and she’s hilarious. From her marital history (twice divorced from men she calls Thing One and Thing Two) to being caught braless in the emergency room to learning to build a chicken coop, she will have you giggling as she lets her hair down, roots and all.
Dedra
A young Irish émigré finds romance in post-World War II Brooklyn, but is torn between her new life and family obligations in the old country. The premise sounds clichéd, but Toibin’s style is utterly unique and unaffected.
Jill
New college graduate Billy Webb lands what he thinks will be a dull job as an editorial assistant at a dictionary company. However, in the course of researching word usage, he and another young assistant uncover clues to a decades-old murder that may involve some of his coworkers. An original and well-plotted story, and an interesting look into an arcane profession.
Jill
