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New Releases | March 3rd, 2026

February 27, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Lake Effect - Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix (Author)

    • The Inheritors - Golding, William (Author), Okri, Ben (Foreword by), Greenwald Smith, Rachel (Contribution by)

    • Free Fall - Golding, William (Author), Gray, John (Foreword by), Greenwald Smith, Rachel (Contribution by)

    • Black Woods, Blue Sky - Ivey, Eowyn (Author), Hulbert, Ruth (Illustrator)

    • A Sea of Unspoken Things - Young, Adrienne (Author)

    • Death Takes Me - Rivera Garza, Cristina (Author), Myers, Robin (Translator), Booker, Sarah (Translator)

    • Lady Tremaine - Hochhauser, Rachel (Author)

    • The Queens of Crime - Benedict, Marie (Author)

    • The Story She Left Behind - Callahan Henry, Patti (Author)

    • A Far-Flung Life - Stedman, M L (Author)

    • The Last Poem - Peppernell, Courtney (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism - Smee, Sebastian (Author)

    Award Winners

    • The First State of Being - Kelly, Erin Entrada (Author)

    • Phoenix (Ride on) - Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker (Author)

    Biography

    • You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir - Applegate, Christina (Author)

    • Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress - David, Cazzie (Author)

    • Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist - Munson, Richard (Author)

    • A Different Person: A Memoir - Merrill, James (Author), Als, Hilton (Author)

    Board Books

    • Bloom Into Spring - Diesen, Deborah (Author), Lundquist, Mary (Illustrator)

    • Odd Bugs (a Curious Critters Board Book): Meet Nature's Weirdest Insects - Gehl, Laura (Author), Lucas, Gareth (Illustrator)

    • Spring! (Leslie Patricelli Board Books) - Patricelli, Leslie (Author), Patricelli, Leslie (Illustrator)

    • How Do Dinosaurs Go from A to Z? - Yolen, Jane (Author), Teague, Mark (Illustrator)

    • Rabbit's Nap (a Lift-The-Flap Book) (Tales from Acorn Wood) - Donaldson, Julia (Author), Scheffler, Axel (Illustrator)

    • Monster Jam: Thunderroarus Unleashed! a Board Book with Wheels - Aveling, Marisa (Author), Vandenberg, Neil (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • A Grief Observed (Deluxe Edition) - Lewis, C S (Author)

    • The Screwtape Letters (Deluxe Edition) - Lewis, C S (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Daisy Dolittle: The Rabbit Rescue (Daisy Dolittle) - Lockhart, Melody (Author), Lopez, Anuki (Illustrator)

    • Daisy Dolittle: Otter Chaos! (Daisy Dolittle) - Lockhart, Melody (Author), Lopez, Anuki (Illustrator)

    • Gus the Mushroom Dragon: An Acorn Book (Dragon Hill #2) - West, Tracey (Author), Vázquez, Carolina (Illustrator)

    • How to Save a Tortoise (Wildlife Rescue 3) - Messner, Kate (Author)

    Children's Poetry

    • Goldfinches - Oliver, Mary (Author), Sweet, Melissa (Illustrator)

    • Time for Haiku: Four Seasons of Poems - Santaeulàlia, Josep (Author), Lozano, Luciano (Illustrator), Schimel, Lawrence (Translator)

    Children's Science & Nature

    • Light as a Feather: Fifteen Phenomenal North American Birds - Hillenbrand, Will (Author), Hillenbrand, Will (Illustrator)

    Coloring Books

    • Inklings: A Pocket-Sized Inky Coloring Book - Basford, Johanna (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Paws: The Trouble with Leo: A Graphic Novel (Paws) - Fairbairn, Nathan (Author), Assarasakorn, Michele (Illustrator)

    • The Greenies (Greenies #1) - Mills, Emma (Author), Kennedy, Sarah Nicole (Illustrator)

    • The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 6: Volume 6 - Watterson, Bill (Author)

    • Lego Ninjago: Strike of the Serpentine (Graphic Novel) (Lego Ninjago) - Chittock, Cameron (Author), Morris, Will (Illustrator), Antonellini, Sara (Illustrator)

    History

    • Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America - Risen, Clay (Author)

    Homestead

    • Victory Gardens for Bees: A DIY Guide to Saving the Bees, Revised Edition - Weidenhammer, Lori (Author)

    • Floraphile's Almanac: An Illustrated Miscellany - Evans, Jessi (Author), Work, Lauren (Author)

    Horror

    • The Staircase in the Woods - Wendig, Chuck (Author)

    Humor Books

    • This Is the Only Book of Dad Jokes You'll Ever Need: 302 of the Best and Most Cringeworthy Dad Jokes - Nowak, Thomas (Author), Miranda, Alberto (Illustrator)

    Just the Facts

    • What Do We Know about Dragons? (What Do We Know About?) - Hubbard, Ben (Author), Who Hq (Author), Thomson, Andrew (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Absolute Superman Vol. 2: Son of the Demon (Absolute Universe) - Aaron, Jason (Author), Sandoval, Rafa (Illustrator)

    • Nightwing: Leaping Into the Light: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Taylor, Tom (Author), Redondo, Bruno (Illustrator), Edwards, Neil (Illustrator)

    • Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 3 (Nana 25th Anniversary Edition #17) - Yazawa, Ai (Author)

    • Chainsaw Man, Vol. 20 - Fujimoto, Tatsuki (Author)

    • DC Encyclopedia New Edition - Beatty, Scott (Author), Brooks, Dan (Author)

    • Shugo Chara! 20th Anniversary Edition 1 - Peach-Pit (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Minecraft: Adventure School (Minecraft) - Sanz, Monica (Author)

    • Aku: Journey to Ibra (Aku 1) - Johnson, Micah (Author), Van Der Meer, Durk (Illustrator)

    • Firebred: (Storm Dragons, Book 2) - Kagawa, Julie (Author)

    • Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames (Deluxe Edition) (Dragon Girl #1) - Moore, Jenny (Author)

    • The Academy V: Cup of Nations (Academy #5) - Layton, T Z (Author)

    • The Beautiful Game - Méndez, Yamile Saied (Author)

    • The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author)

    • One Night at Camp Bigfoot (Goosebumps House of Shivers #6) - Stine, R L (Author)

    My First Readers

    • Jane Goodall (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1) - Kramer, Barbara (Author), National Geographic Kids (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Want to Know a Secret? - McFadden, Freida (Author)

    Nature

    • The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary - Tempest Williams, Terry (Author)

    • Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals - Bittel, Jason (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • The Supreme Gift: Love Is the Greatest Thing in the World - Coelho, Paulo (Author), Costa, Margaret Jull (Translator)

    Picture Books

    • Bartleby - Phelan, Matt (Author), Phelan, Matt (Illustrator)

    • Thank You, School - Borden, Louise (Author), Keiser, Paige (Illustrator)

    • When You Dream Big! - Reynolds, Peter H (Author), Reynolds, Peter H (Illustrator)

    • Goodnight, Bruce (Mother Bruce) - Higgins, Ryan (Author)

    • Bothered by Bugs - Gravett, Emily (Author)

    • Is This . . . Spring? (Helen Yoon's Is This . . .?) - Yoon, Helen (Author), Yoon, Helen (Illustrator)

    • The Dark Is for - Kohuth, Jane (Author), Derby, Cindy (Illustrator)

    • Loops - Awan, Jashar (Author), Awan, Jashar (Illustrator)

    • Welcome to the Rabbit Residence: A Seek-And-Find Story - Nohana, Haluka (Author)

    • The Future Book - Barnett, Mac (Author), Harris, Shawn (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • The Witch Doesn't Drown in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic) - Lovelace, Amanda (Author)

    Political Science

    • The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History - Westad, Odd Arne (Author)

    • Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope - Ellsberg, Daniel (Author), Ellsberg, Michael (Volume Editor), Thomas, Jan R (Volume Editor)

    Romance

    • House of Blight (Threadmender Chronicles #1) - Martineau, Maxym M (Author)

    • Enigma: A Dark Academia Romance - RuNyx (Author)

    • Verity - Hoover, Colleen (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Elphie: A Wicked Childhood - Maguire, Gregory (Author)

    Sidelines

    • This Classic Belongs to . . .: 60 Bookplates for Collections Big and Small (Classics Gift)

    Social Sciences

    • The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change - Solnit, Rebecca (Author)

    Stickers

    • Wings of Fire: The Official Stickerpedia - Sutherland, Tui T (Author), Walsh, Brianna C (Illustrator)

    Travel

    • Belonging to the World: A Journey from Grief to Connection in Every Country on Earth - Hoffner, Barry (Author)

    Workbooks

    • Awe! - Stiefel, Chana (Author), Gal, Susan (Illustrator)

    Young Adult

    • A Thousand Perfect Lies - Murphy, Monica (Author)

    • Her Hidden Fire (Her Hidden Fire) - O'Sullivan, Cliodhna (Author)

    • The Squad: Perfect Cover (Squad 1) - Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Author)

    • The Squad: Killer Spirit (Squad 2) - Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Author)

    • Burn the Water - Ray, Billy (Author)

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  • From #1 internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden!

    Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others.

    Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she'd rather you didn't know.

    Like... Where did her son go when he snuck out late at night? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows?

    And what's buried in her backyard?

    April's secrets are enough to destroy her.

    I'll make sure of that.

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden peels back the layers of a seemingly flawless life to expose a picture of obsession, deception, and the quiet menace that waits just beyond the frame.

  • Mother Bruce's family of mice and geese will do ANYTHING to get out of going to sleep in this hilarious and all-too-relatable bedtime story.

    It's bedtime in Soggy Hollow.

    But Bruce's family of mice and geese would rather watch late-night monster movies than go to sleep.

    There are so many more fun things to do like . . .

    build model airplanes

    and eat ice cream.

    and keep up their correspondence.

    Will Bruce ever get them to sleep? What's a tired old bear to do?

    Kids and caretakers alike will relate wholeheartedly to this laugh-out-loud story of pre-bedtime hijinx.

  • The #1 New York Times bestselling series is back with a brand new tale! Discover what happens next in this thrilling addition to the Wings of Fire saga.

    Umber was never supposed to be a hero . . . .

    As the youngest sibling of his MudWing hatching, Umber doesn't have the responsibilities of his bigwings, Reed, nor the heroic destiny prophesied for his brother, Clay. He's always been content with his role as the cheerful, goofy, little brother. But when his sister, Sora, causes a tragedy at Jade Mountain Academy, Umber finds himself on the run and thrown into a whole new role--that of protector.

    Umber and Sora fly south in search of a place where they can live far away from other dragons . . . until a kind, hybrid dragon named Mulberry saves him from a kraken attack, and Umber realizes they don't have to survive alone after all. In fact, there's an entire community living on a forgotten island, full of dragons hiding from their own dark pasts.

    As the two MudWings settle into the Court of Refuge, they start to realize that nothing in this place is quite what it seems, and the protection it offers comes with a price. Even as Umber falls for Prince Mulberry, he learns he must find a way to unlock the past of this mysterious island to ensure he and Sora have a future. And when the dragons in power try to stop him, he'll have to decide what he cares about most . . . and whether he can be the hero these dragons need after all.

  • Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet gorgeously illustrates the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver for the first time in picture book form.

    Have you heard them singing in the wind, above the final fields?

    Have you ever been so happy in your life?

    Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most beloved poets. Introducing her unforgettable words to children for the very first time, her poem "Goldfinches" joyfully observes the power of the natural world as only Mary Oliver can.

    Illuminated by the exquisite mixed-media artwork of Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet, Goldfinches fills the reader with wonder for the beauty around them and gratitude for the ability to bear witness to it.

  • NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves?

    "No one writes like Eowyn Ivey."--Geraldine Brooks

    "You will find yourself in places you have never been."--Louise Erdrich

    "Ivey is an enthralling storyteller."--The New York Times Book Review

    AN NPR AND SEATTLE TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

    Birdie's keeping it together; of course she is. So she's a little hungover, sometimes, and she has to bring her daughter, Emaleen, to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but she's getting by as a single mother in a tough town. Still, Birdie can remember happier times from her youth, when she was free in the wilds of nature.

    Arthur Neilsen, a soft-spoken and scarred recluse who appears in town only at the change of seasons, brings Emaleen back to safety when she gets lost in the woods. Most people avoid him, but to Birdie, he represents everything she's ever longed for. She finds herself falling for Arthur and the land he knows so well.

    Against the warnings of those who care about them, Birdie and Emaleen move to his isolated cabin in the mountains, on the far side of the Wolverine River.

    It's just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from roads, telephones, electricity, and outside contact, but Birdie believes she has come prepared. At first, it's idyllic and she can picture a happily ever after: Together they catch salmon, pick berries, and climb mountains so tall it's as if they could touch the bright blue sky. But soon Birdie discovers that Arthur is something much more mysterious and dangerous than she could have ever imagined, and that like the Alaska wilderness, a fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful.

    Black Woods, Blue Sky is a novel with life-and-death stakes, about the love between a mother and daughter, and the allure of a wild life--about what we gain and what it might cost us.

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New Releases | February 3rd, 2026

February 1, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Infinite Jest (30th Anniversary Edition) (Special) - Wallace, David Foster (Author), Zauner, Michelle (Foreword by)

    • The End of Romance - Meyer, Lily (Author)

    • Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming - Krasznahorkai, László (Author), Mulzet, Ottilie (Translator)

    • The Sirens - Hart, Emilia (Author)

    • Family Drama - Fallon, Rebecca (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play - MacDonald, Keza (Author)

    Award Winners

    • The Lions' Run - Pennypacker, Sara (Author), Klassen, Jon (Illustrator)

    Biography

    • Patriot: A Memoir - Navalny, Alexei (Author), Navalnaya, Yulia (Foreword by)

    Board Books

    • Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct (Board Book) - Willems, Mo (Author)

    • The Pigeon Needs a Bath! (Pigeon) - Willems, Mo (Author)

    • Leaf Thief: 1, 2, 3, Can You Count Along? - Hemming, Alice (Author), Slater, Nicola (Illustrator)

    • Merlin, Are You Near or Far? (Merlin First Concept Board Books) - Rasano, Eva (Author), Rasano, Eva (Illustrator)

    • Merlin, Are You Small or Big? (Merlin First Concept Board Books) - Rasano, Eva (Author), Rasano, Eva (Illustrator)

    • Just Because - Barnett, Mac (Author), Arsenault, Isabelle (Illustrator)

    • Make Way for Ducklings - McCloskey, Robert (Author), McCloskey, Robert (Illustrator)

    • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Day - Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • This Little Dinosaur: A Touch and Feel Book (This Little) - Arrhenius, Ingela P (Illustrator), Nosy Crow Ltd (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Leader of the Pack (Scrapper #1) - Higgins, Cam (Author), Landy, Ariel (Illustrator)

    • Pup vs. Squirrel (Scrapper #2) - Higgins, Cam (Author), Landy, Ariel (Illustrator)

    Children’s Poetry

    • Rumpelstiltskin - Barnett, Mac (Author), Ellis, Carson (Illustrator)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Klutz Steam Lab Shark-Tastic Teeth!

    Coloring Books

    • Magical Nature: Coloring Pages for Relaxation and Happiness - Bastin, Marjolein (Author)

    Cookbooks

    • Dinner Tonight: 200 Quick Recipes for Inspired Weeknight Cooking - America's Test Kitchen (Author)

    Fun & Games Books

    • I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles - Marzollo, Jean (Author), Wick, Walter (Illustrator)

    • Wings of Fire Folded Flyers [With Paper]

    Graphic Novels

    • A Kid Like Me: A Graphic Novel - Feuti, Norm (Author), Feuti, Norm (Illustrator)

    • Hilo Presents: The Mighty: (A Graphic Novel) - Winick, Judd (Author)

    • Space Chasers: To the Moon (Space Chasers by Leland Melvin #2) - Melvin, Leland (Author), Caramagna, Joe (Author) , Acton, Alison (Illustrator)

    • I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived Graphic Novel #13)(I Survived Graphix) - Tarshis, Lauren (Author), Ball, Georgia (Adapted by), Anderson, Cassie (Illustrator)

    • A Blood Moon (Snowlands #1) - Meroz, Morr (Author), Fogel, Collin (Illustrator)

    • Camp Monster - Messner, Kate (Author), Koch, Falynn (Illustrator)

    • Fantastic Frog and the Amazing Tad Lad (Fantastic Frog and the Amazing Tad Lad) - Reese, Brandon (Author)

    Hiking

    • Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers' Companion 2026 - Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (Author)

    • A Fabulous Thru-Hike: 3,100 Miles on the Continental Divide Trail - Lugo, Derick (Author)

    History

    • The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution - O'Malley, Gregory E (Author)

    Homestead

    • The Continuous Vegetable Garden: Create a Perpetual Food Garden That Sows and Grows Itself - Nardozzi, Charlie (Author)

    • Make Things. from Wood: Easy Woodworking Skills and Designs for the Modern Maker - Buckland, Annabelle June (Author)

    Literary Collections

    • Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon - Morrison, Toni (Author), Brodsky, Claudia (Introduction by), Brodsky, Claudia (Notes by)

    • Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out (First Time Trade) - Reed, Shannon (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Fantastic Four Fanfare - Davis, Alan (Author), Waid, Mark (Author), Davis, Alan (Illustrator), Pichelli, Sara (Illustrator), Stott, Rachael (Not Available)

    • Batman: White Knight: DC Compact Comics Edition - Murphy, Sean (Author), Murphy, Sean (Illustrator)

    • Absolute Batman Vol. 2: Abomination - Snyder, Scott (Author), Martin, Marcos (Illustrator), Dragotta, Nick (Illustrator)

    • Absolute Power - Waid, Mark (Author), Mora, Dan (Illustrator)

    Middle Readers

    • Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey? (Choose Your Own Adventure Retro Editions) - Packard, Edward (Author)

    My First Readers

    • DK Super Readers Level 1 Pokémon Meet the Crew

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Wolf Hour - Nesbo, Jo (Author), Ferguson, Robert (Translator)

    • It's Not Her (Original) - Kubica, Mary (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • Smitten: Romantic Obsession, the Neuroscience of Limerence, and How to Make Love Last - Bellamy, Tom (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Under One Roof - Paul, Miranda (Author), Paul, Baptiste (Author), Neal, Christopher Silas (Illustrator)

    • Because of a Shoe - Fogliano, Julie (Author), Frazee, Marla (Illustrator)

    • Start Your Engines! - Duffield, Katy S (Author), Galletti, Chiara (Illustrator)

    • Cat's New Book - Belhassen, Nathalie (Author)

    • A Fluffle of Bunnies - Matheson, Christie (Author)

    • Our Little Adventure at Easter: An Easter Book for Babies and Toddlers Featuring Lessons on Sacrifice, Love, and Forgiveness (Tabitha Paige Children's Book) - Paige, Tabitha (Author), Paige Tate & Co (Producer)

    • I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy - Threets, Mychal (Author), Nam, Lorraine (Illustrator)

    Political Science

    • To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right - Mathias, Christopher (Author)

    Romance

    • Get Over It, April Evans (A Clover Lake Novel) - Herring Blake, Ashley (Author)

    • Say You'll Remember Me - Jimenez, Abby (Author)

    • Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die - Stothers, Greer (Author)

    • One & Only: A Read with Jenna Pick - Goo, Maurene (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel (Secret Projects) - Sanderson, Brandon (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Stolen Midnights (Stolen Midnights 1) - Quinn, Katherine (Author)

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  • "Lucas DuBois is proof that a mere kitten can be the bravest of lions by always standing up for what's right." --Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee

    The acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Pax delivers an historical novel about an orphan during WWII who discovers unexpected courage within himself when he becomes involved with the Resistance.

    Petit éclair. That's what the other boys at the orphanage call Lucas DuBois. Lucas is tired of his cowardly reputation, just as he's tired of the war and the Nazi occupation of his French village. He longs to show how brave he can be.

    He gets the chance when he saves a litter of kittens from cruel boys and brings them to an abandoned stable to care for them. There he comes upon a stranger who is none too happy to see him: Alice, the daughter of a horse trainer, who is hiding her filly from German soldiers.

    Soon Lucas begins to realize they are not the only ones in the village with secrets. The housekeeper at the German maternity home and a priest at the orphanage pass coded messages; a young mother at the home makes dangerous plans to keep her baby from forced adoption; and a neighbor in town may be harboring a Jewish family.

    Emboldened by the unlikely heroes all around him, Lucas is forced to decide how much he is willing to risk to make the most courageous rescue of all.

    Perfect for fans of Alan Gratz, Ruta Sepetys, and Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, this accessible novel, told in short chapters, illuminates a little-known aspect of World War II history.

  • This instant #1 New York Times bestseller now features gorgeous step-back art and a preview of Abby's highly anticipated The Night We Met.

    "No one does funny, emotional, life-affirming love stories quite like Abby Jimenez. She just keeps outdoing herself." ―Emily Henry

    There's no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes--all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there's nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong ... unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake.

    But after one incredible and seemingly endless date, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is enough to forget what's between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life--and even a love--worth remembering.

  • Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin-like figure, Baron Béla Wenckheim, who returns at the end of his life to his provincial Hungarian hometown. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he longs to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. Confusions abound, and what follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men, and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alternately drab and absurd existence. All along, the Professor--a world-famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre Zen-like shack in a desolate area outside of town?offers long rants and disquisitions on his attempts to immunize himself from thought. Spectacular actions are staged as death and the abyss loom over the unsuspecting townfolk.

  • In the heart of the Snowlands, prey and predator alike mysteriously disappear as three outcasts join forces for the adventure of a lifetime in the first book of the heart-stopping Snowlands series -- perfect for fans of Wings of Fire and Warriors!

    Feba, an orphaned wolf cub, is believed to be cursed. Her rare white fur is said to be a bad omen. When a mysterious creature starts killing members of Feba's pack one by one, all eyes fall on her. She has no choice but to run away, forced to roam the perilous Snowlands all on her own ...

    Until she meets Usha, a fiercely independent leopard, and Batu, a bumbling wildcat, each with their own secrets and reasons for wandering the Snowlands. Together, they form an unlikely trio, bound by fate. As these uneasy allies cross the frosty wilderness, they'll uncover a widespread danger in the mountains that threatens to destroy everything.

    Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime in A Blood Moon, the epic first book in the Snowlands series!

  • A vibrant debut and powerful meditation on family, motherhood, and the cost of holding on to your dreams, reminiscent of Ann Napolitano.

    In New England, Susan Bliss is a young mother married to a professor.

    In LA, Susan Byrne stars in a soap opera beloved coast to coast.

    Decades after she's gone, her twins have no idea of their mother's fame. But the past can't stay hidden forever.

    It's 1997, and snow is blanketing a New England beach. Two befuddled seven-year-olds watch as their mother's body is tipped overboard a crumbling boat. A Viking funeral, followed by a raucous wake. A send-off fit for soap opera star: Susan Bliss.

    Fifteen years earlier, Susan is a blazing, beautiful young woman, passionate about her art. It's impossible not to fall in love with her, and so Alcott, a practical professor, does--hopelessly. And so begins the love story of Susan's two-paneled life: an unconventional, jetlag-filled arrangement that takes her back and forth between her life in New England as a wife and mother to young twins to the bright lights of Los Angeles, where she becomes the beloved star of a daytime soap.

    In the present, Susan's twins grow up in the shadow of her all-consuming absence. Sebastian, a sensitive artist, cleaves to her memory, fascinated with the artifacts of her starry past. Viola, resentful of her mother's torn allegiances, distances herself from the memories of her. But when Viola runs into her mother's old costar Orson Grey--now a renowned Hollywood star--she finds herself falling deeply in love with him and begins to put together the pieces of a mother she never really knew.

    Sharp, assured, and beautifully written, Family Drama is a story told in double-helix, with intertwined timelines that explore the different versions of ourselves we share with the world and with each other.

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Staff Picks | The Gardener's Logbook

May 23, 2024 Clare Brooks

"While something that very well may get covered in soil doesn’t have to be pretty, the raised flowers on this hardcover gardening journal makes it a centerpiece all on its own. The majority of the logbook is a plant log where you can keep notes on the conditions, progress, and maintenance of each species. Additionally, the logbook contains dotted pages for garden planning, planting tips, hardiness zones, and a pocket on the back cover to keep track of seed packets, stray notes, and more! One of my favorite parts is that there’s enough pages of the plant logs and the planning grids that you can reuse it for years to come." - Andi

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