Danielle Steel – Far From Home
#1 New
York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel delivers an exciting and moving historical novel about a courageous wife and mother hiding in occupied France.
In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she is happy to be back in France, where her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their private opposition to Hitler.
Then her world falls apart. She receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor. Now, holding a French passport handed to her by another high-level collaborator, she is whisked away from Paris under cover of darkness for her own safety.
As the Allies storm the beaches, she goes into hiding in a small village in Normandy under an assumed name, unable to contact her adult children. There, she forms a friendship with Sebastien Renaud, whose wife and daughter were deported in 1941, and who eventually reveals himself as a forger in the Resistance. As war rages on, Arielle and Sebastien work for the Resistance and hold out for the time when they can search for their loved ones.
In Far From Home, Danielle Steel captures the devastation of World War II with a sweeping story of family love that transcends impossible odds.
Laura Childs – High Tea and Misdemanors
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Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are tapped to cater the elegant wedding of Bettina and Jamie. Theodosia and Drayton are setting up when they hear a crash from the greenhouse. Shockingly, they discover that part of the roof has collapsed trapping a bridesmaid and the groom. He will pull through but the bridesmaid is no more. Theodosia is convinced it was murder.
C. J. Box – Battle Mountain
Outl
aw falconer Nate Romanowski is off the grid and out for revenge in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.
The campaign of destruction that Axel Soledad and Dallas Cates wreaked on Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett left both men in tatters, especially Nate, who lost almost everything. Wondering if the civilized life left him vulnerable to attack, Nate dropped off the grid with his falcons in tow, to prepare for vengeance.
When Joe gets a call from the governor asking for help finding his son-in-law who has gone missing in the Sierra Madre mountain range, he enlists the help of a local, a rookie game warden named Susan Kany.
As Nate and fellow falconer Geronimo Jones circle closer to their prey, Joe and Susan follow the nearly-cold trail to Warm Springs. Little do Nate and Joe know that their separate journeys are about to converge…at Battle Mountain.
Clare Leslie Hall – Broken Country
The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.”
Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.
As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.
A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.
New Children’s Books....
Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre – Advernture Mice: Mice On The Ice
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edro is new to Fledermaus and is far more used to drinking hot chocolate, curled up in front of a fire at Hilltop House. None of his family would have gone outside in snow or ice and yet here he finds himself all wrapped up and embracing the weather. When Pedro finds himself sliding across the sea on his tummy instead of landing with a splash, the mice realise that the sea is frozen over. This means the gang won’t be able to get themselves across to the annual Frost Fair, a celebration full of cheese, hot chocolate and other treats. Luckily, Pedro has a solution…
There are moments of suspense, humour and adventure in Mice on the Ice as the group works together, with a little help from one or two guest characters. What is not to love? A boat on skis, a cat to escape from, a Frost Fair to save and a story to share. The spirit of working together and the importance of celebrations ‘not just being about treats’ is hugely important and one that children will be able to relate to.
Kate Beaton – Shark Girl
A laug
h-out-loud picture book with a feel-good message from bestselling comics creator Kate Beaton about a half-human-half-shark bent on revenge after a greedy fishing captain messes with her waters – perfect for fans of We Don’t Eat Our Classmates and The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors.
When Shark Girl is captured by an evil fishing captain’s net, she makes a vow… for REVENGE!
With the sea witch’s help, Shark Girl becomes a human sailor and launches a plan… for MUTINY!
But Shark Girl needs the help of her crew mates before she can enact her plan. Will Shark girl SINK… or SWIM?
Bestselling creator Kate Beaton has created a subversive and hilarious spin on the classic little mermaid fairytale that will inspire little readers to seek their own revenge on behalf of justice!
