Unforgettable Books
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Driving Miss Daisy
Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama "Surprising, luminous, and powerful. It will mostl likely find a place in the American canon alongside Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy." --Laurie Winer, Los Angeles Times A timeless American play, which inspired the Academy Award-winning film, Driving Miss Daisy is a delicate depiction of racial tensions and growing old. Set in Atlanta, Alfred Uhry tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. Their iconic tale of pride, changing times, and the transformative power of friendship has warmed the hearts of millions.
$16.95
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The Bean Trees
"The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling." -- Los Angeles TimesAn acclaimed bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver's remarkable literary career. Kingsolver has gone on to win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Demon Copperhead, and is the recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguish Contribution to American LettersThe Bean Trees is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a three-year-old Native American girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in seemingly empty places.
$18.99
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Cliffhanger
A charming themed inn, breaking waves, and a missing guest. What more could one ask?The Novel Inn's reopening goes smoothly until a guest vanishes. The new owners prepare for their first large group-a former squad of cheerleaders meeting for a reunion. Things go awry when the head cheerleader fails to show up. Sisters Kate and Jillian, the innkeepers, enlist the help of their brother Rick, a local police officer. They're confident the missing woman will be found, but they soon learn to expect the unexpected, even during a walk on the beach.
$14.99
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Blue Plate Special
Campbell McBride drives to her father's house in Murray, Kentucky, dreading telling him she's lost her job as an English professor. Her father, Bill McBride, isn't there or at his office in town. His brash young employee, Nick Emerson, says Bill hasn't come in this morning, but he did call the night before with news that he had a new case.When her dad doesn't show up by late afternoon, Campbell and Nick decide to follow up on a phone number he'd jotted on a memo sheet. They learn who last spoke to her father, but they also find a dead body. The next day, Campbell files a missing persons report. When Bill's car is found, locked and empty in a secluded spot, she and Nick must get past their differences and work together to find him.
$14.99
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Birds Alive!
Peg-widow, mom blogger, and empty nester-is desperate for a new hobby. After a late-night blog post leaves her dedicated Mamma Birds followers fearful that she's closing her blog, she adopts a reader's suggestion and forms the Empty Nesters Birding Group. On their first outing overlooking beautiful Pensacola Bay, a birder dies from an allergic reaction to peanuts in the birdseed. Seed that should be peanut-free.A hurricane barrels toward the Gulf Coast, and Peg's overbearing, animal-collecting, but well-meaning mother-in-law crashes Peg's empty nest. After the hurricane passes, Peg checks on her new birder friends and finds one wounded and dying. The assailant is still there and knocks Peg down a steep staircase. Stuck in a boot with a broken foot and still reeling from the two murders, Peg recruits a fellow birder and her mother-in-law to help solve the crime. She even teams up with the detective investigating the case, whose dimples draw her in a way she hasn't experienced in years.
$14.99
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Two Times Murder (Main)
Meet Black British expat Greg Abimbola - a seemingly mild-mannered Russian language teacher with terrifying secrets - in this stunning mystery set in Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges: Agatha Christie meets John le Carré. Greg Abimbola is many things. He's Black, British and fluent in Russian. He's a snappy dresser, a reasonable teacher, and an unenthusiastic sports fan. But most of all, he's exceptional at keeping secrets. Like, who he really is, and the things he's done. Determined to keep his head down after helping solve a murder in the school basement, Greg fears a trap when Sergeant Rachel Lev of the Pittsburgh police corners him in his apartment. Because his refusal to take credit isn't modesty, it's a survival tactic. But Rachel is here on another matter entirely. She needs his help. She's lead detective on the homicide of an unidentified man fished from the Allegheny River. With clues scant, and surrounded by colleagues who'd love to see her side-lined, Greg is her final roll of the dice. Greg has no choice. He knows more than he's saying about Rachel's mysterious corpse. To add to his troubles, a school trustee plunges to his demise after a heated board meeting. Both deaths come with potentially lethal consequences. If he doesn't find answers, and soon, Greg Abimbola might be the third man on the autopsy table.
$18.99
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A Quiet Teacher (Main)
A teacher trying to hide in the shadows finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation in this compelling and fresh read from a new unique, contemporary voice. Greg Abimbola is a language teacher at the prestigious Calderhill Academy in Pittsburgh. Only that's not his real name . . . or the only secret he's hiding. When the murder of a wealthy parent on school premises shines an unwanted spotlight on Calderhill Academy, Greg is determined to avoid attention. That is until the closest person to a true friend Greg has is arrested for the murder. To prove her innocence, Greg will reluctantly emerge from the shadows. But doing so will put him in danger. His past is determined to find him . . . and his past is full of bad things.
$18.99
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Among Thorns and Stardust
The sky was never the limit. What if Snow White lived in a virtual world where the lines of reality are too blurred? What if Cinderella's ugly step-sister was half made of metal and springs? What if Sleeping Beauty slipped into a hundred years of cryo sleep? Seven authors join forces to reimagine your favorite fairy tales as new sci-fi adventures filled with space, tech, magic, charm, and of course: happily ever afters. Into the Arms of Morpheus Amy Johnson A lifetime of captivity in her own home has made Princess Liana curious. Maybe a little too curious. When a dare from one of her so-called friends leads to her pushing one wrong button, Liana realizes that her parents' efforts to protect her were not unwarranted. A monster descends upon her planet, and there's nothing anyone can do to stop him. In their haste to protect their only child, Liana's parent's force her into cryostasis. But what will be left when she wakes up-if she wakes up? A Sleeping Beauty retelling. Everything Made Beautiful Dawn Christine Jonckowski In the kingdom of NexusNova, beauty is bought at a price, and there is no place for the ugly. Disfgured from a childhood accident and crippled by her mother's selfish debts, Briallen will never be able to afford better looks, but finds contentment alone in the shadows. Until a case of mistaken identity at the Prince's ball introduces her to the one person who might actually see what lies behind the scars. A Cinderella retelling. Skyscraper Hayley Anderton Rapunzel has never left her high rise building. But when a mysterious stranger appears on her balcony, she begins to question more about the world outside and why she has been locked away from it for so long. Aliandra Destiny Eve After meeting the alluring thief Aliandra, adventurous Princess Jazmyn embarks on a quest for the Spirit of Arsalan: a mystic orb that is the reason their world is at war. But are either of them-or anyone-worthy enough to possess it? An Aladdin retelling. Stardust and Steel Meri Benson When Andromina's father goes missing, she'll travel into unregulated space to find him. Though she'll never expect what she finds on a hidden planet in this Beauty and the Beast retelling. Just A Byte Marie Sinadjan In the not-so-distant future, The Corporation is the fairest of them all. But nothing is as it seems. After an attempt on her life, Blanche finds herself caught up in a rebel plot against her stepmother Adriana, CEO of The Corporation, and the queen of Modding. A Snow White and Snow White and Rose Red retelling. Wild Swan Chase Meghan Tomlinson On an interstellar search for her missing brothers, Lark Svanur may have met her prince via subspace code. But when she discovers him stealing top-secret parts from one of her brothers' ships, can she trust him to help her save her eleven brothers from the lab of her bird-obsessed stepmother, or will their happily ever after be over before it begins? A Swan Brothers retelling.
$21.99
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A Tower of Half-Truths
When a down-on-her-luck thief hatches a scheme to steal from a wizard, love was never part of the plan.For nearly two decades, Mavery has used her magic as a means of scraping by, whether as a mage for hire or a petty thief. After her partner betrays her and leaves her penniless, she's desperate for a new score. She finds a help wanted ad from a wizard seeking an assistant. Her plan is simple: play the role of a scholar, earn the wizard's trust, and clean his tower of valuables.Alain has been on sabbatical for so long, his people skills have become almost as disastrous as his hoard of overdue library books. And after his last project ended in tragedy, he's now on the verge of losing his wizard rank. He must develop a new spell, and he needs all the help he can get. Even if it comes from a woman bearing a false name and unusual magic.What begins as a convenient arrangement grows into an unexpected friendship-and undeniable attraction. But a career criminal has no place in a world of scholars, and a wizard can't afford to open his heart to another. As they uncover secrets about magic-and each other-Alain and Mavery must both choose between love and ambition.
$19.99
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Where's the Quetzal
Peg Howard has planned the perfect baby shower for her oldest daughter. But the return of Estelle and Roger Keaton disrupts her peace, reigniting old mysteries.A chance discovery of a centuries-old shipwreck sets off a chain of events, thrusting Peg and her friends into a perilous game of deception. As they unravel the mysteries surrounding a rare quetzal bird, they uncover a plot that threatens their very lives.With Detective Marcus Sharp and her mother-in-law Hazel by her side, Peg races against time to solve the mystery. But as she digs deeper, she realizes that some truths are better left buried.In a tale full of twists and turns, Peg confronts her deepest fears, facing an adversary more cunning and unexpected than anyone anticipated. Join Peg and her friends on a journey through intrigue and peril, where bonds of friendship and family may be their only salvation. Will they uncover the truth before it's too late, or will the past come back to haunt them all?
$14.99
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The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective
The perfect summer read, full of charm and heart, written in the vein of The Thursday Murder Club or Only Murders in the Building but with a southern California twist.Mrs. B, the landlady of The Marigold Cottages is a stubborn idealist who only rents to people she cares about: Sophie, an anxious young playwright with a dark past; Hamilton, an agoraphobe who likes to overshare; Ocean, a queer sculptor raising two kids alone; the perfectionist Lily-Ann; and Nicholas, a finance bro who's hiding secrets. The tenants live contentedly in their doll-house bungalows in Santa Barbara, just minutes from the beach, until their peace is shattered when Anthony, a quiet, hulking, but potentially violent ex-con moves in. Three weeks later, a dead body is discovered on the streets of the peaceful neighborhood. Anthony is arrested, and the tenants heave sighs of relief. Until Mrs. B, convinced that he's innocent, marches down to the police station and confesses to the crime herself. The tenants band together and form "The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective" to save their beloved landlady. As clues are unearthed and secrets are revealed, the community of misfits only grows more tight-knit...until a second body is found. Full of eccentricity, humor, community, The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective will keep you hooked until the last page.
$28.00
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Over the Mountain
It's 1961, and Harriet Elizabeth Oechsner has almost completed her sophomore year in high school, when she's faced with the dreaded news that her family is moving again. This time it's because her father Erik's liberal theology and commitment to social justice has angered his parishioners, and he's been forced to resign from his church after only a year as pastor. The resulting move thrusts the five members of the close knit Oechsner family into a community bathed in privilege, steeped in tradition, and staunchly resistant to change. Mountain Brook, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, is a community separated only by a mountain ridge from the struggle for human rights being waged on the other side. And yet, it's a community so distanced by privilege and color from its parent city and the needs of the poor and disenfranchised within, that it may as well be on the other side of the world.Harriet must once again assume the role of the outsider adapting to another new school, her third in three years. Her encounters with new teachers and peers lead her into situations that are at times painful, lonely, embarrassing, shocking, and often humorous.Harriet's adjustment to her new school is fraught by teenage angst and emotion; and, as a child of the Cold War and the civil rights era, she is thrust into the realities of injustice, separation, and the threat of nuclear holocaust. However, the story maintains a hopeful tone, as the plot is interwoven with themes of inclusiveness, loyalty, friendship, and reconciliation.Readers who fell in love with Hattie Robinson in Hattie's Place and In the Fullness of Time, will be happy to know that Over the Mountain takes up two generations later, with Hattie's granddaughter and namesake, Harriet, as the main character.
$14.99
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