Books for Kids
Moving Day – A Victorian home is moved to a different part of town while the community watches.
No Huddles for Heloise – Heloise has a problem – penguins huddle for protection and warmth, but Heloise NEEDS her personal space.
Zero! The Number that Almost Wasn’t – A picture book of the history of zero.
Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults
The Griffin’s Boy – A princess helps a griffin trainer who doesn’t want to be separated from his friend. But when animals start going missing from the king’s menagerie, could the trainer be the culprit?
Last Chance Academy: A Study in Secrets – First in a new series. Meg is sent to a boarding school following the death of her mother. While it seems like just another strict school at first, Meg and her friends start to discover the school’s secrets.
Serge & Roscoe – A veteran counting down the days to retirement and a rookie are teamed up to help with Search and Rescue during out-of-control wildfires.
History Smashers: Earth Day and the Environment – The latest in this series by Kate Messner.
Books for Adults
All the Other Mothers Hate Me (Hardcover) – When her son’s bully goes missing after a school trip and her son becomes the prime suspect, a party girl has to get her act together for her son’s sake.
A Drizzle of Magic (e-book) – First in the new Pobyd Perfections Bakery cozy fantasy series, a spin off from The Weary Dragon Inn series. Magical creatures in a seaside town are being threatened even though the end of the recent war was supposed to mean they were finally able to use magic openly.
Fan Service (Trade Paperback) – When a down and out actor seems to have turned into a werewolf, he reaches out to the woman who has made it her life’s work to catalog his old werewolf detective series. Even if she hates him, she’s the only person who might be able to help him figure out what is going on. This sounds amazing!
The Four Queens of Crime (Hardcover) – A new female detective asks the four Queens of Crime – Christie, Sayers, Marsh, and Allingham – to help her solve a real life murder. Yes, please!
Go Luck Yourself (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – Book 2 in the Royals and Romance series following The Nightmare Before Kissmas (♥♥♥½). The “spare” prince of Christmas investigates a theft of joy that seems to have come from St. Patrick’s Day. I love the world building in this holiday royalty series – it’s such a clever idea.
Hard to Get (Trade Paperback) – Book 3 in the Big Love from Galway series. Small town math teacher meets a sexy singer who might help him change his “vanilla” self-perception.
Story of My Life (Trade Paperback) – Something new from Lucy Score!!! First in the Story Lake series. A writer long past her last chance deadline buys a house in a small town on a whim and finds some things she never expected. This too will be a drop everything and read sort of book.
The Usual Family Mayhem (Trade Paperback) – From the author of Moorewood Family Rules. In an effort to save her job, a woman pitches her grandmother’s bakery as an investment opportunity, but her grandmother wants no part of it. Kasey thinks she’s keeping secrets – and she’s afraid they have something to do with the mysterious deaths around town of abusive men. Sounds like Pies Before Guys, and I am here for it.