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Large Print New Releases February 2025 |
Black Woods, Blue Sky
by Eowyn Ivey
A struggling single mother in Alaska, Birdie, finds solace and love in the reclusive Arthur and his remote wilderness life, but as she embraces this idyllic escape, she uncovers his dark secret and the unforgiving nature of the wild.
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Colored Television
by Danzy Senna
A dark comedy looks at second acts, creative appropriation and the racial identity–industrial complex.
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The Crescent Moon Tearoom
by Stacy Sivinski
Ever since the untimely death of their parents, Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley have made a business of threading together the stories that rest in the swirls of ginger, cloves, and cardamon that lie at the bottom of their customers’ cups. That is, until the Council of Witches comes calling with news that the city Diviner has lost her powers, and the sisters suddenly find themselves being pulled in different directions. With dwindling time to rewrite their future and help three other witches challenge their own destinies, the Quigleys set out to bargain with Fate. But in focusing so closely on saving each other, will they lose sight of themselves?
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Every Tom, Dick & Harry
by Elinor Lipman
Emma Lewis reluctantly takes over her parents' estate-sale business, facing her quirkiest job yet involving clearing a scandalous B&B, but as she navigates its colorful clients, she discovers unexpected paths to fulfillment and happiness.
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Harlem Rhapsody
by Victoria Christopher Murray
In 1919 Harlem, literary editor Jessie Redmon Fauset is at the forefront of a Black cultural renaissance, discovering talents like Langston Hughes and Nella Larsen, but her ambition and a secret affair with W.E.B. Du Bois threaten her legacy.
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Junie
by Erin Crosby Eckstine
Sixteen-year-old slave Junie tends to master's daughter Violet at Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, but when Violet's potential marriage leads Junie to commit a desperate act that rouses sister Minnie's spirit, she enlists coachman Caleb's help as horrifying secrets are revealed.
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Madwoman
by Chelsea Bieker
Looks at motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themselves and each other alive.
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More or Less Maddy
by Lisa Genova
Maddy Banks, an NYU student recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder after experiencing a wild and terrifying mania, rejects the stability of a “normal” life for a career in stand-up comedy, in a novel from a Harvard-trained neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author.
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People of Means
by Nancy Johnson
From the acclaimed author of The Kindest Lie, a propulsive novel about a mother and daughter, Freda and Tulip, each seeking justice and following their dreams during moments of social reckoning—1960s Nashville and 1992 Chicago.
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Onyx Storm
by Rebecca Yarros
After nearly 18 months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail must seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre, and she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home and him.
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We All Live Here
by Jojo Moyes
Lila Kennedy juggles a broken marriage, rebellious daughters, a crumbling house, and an elderly stepfather when her estranged father unexpectedly shows up after thirty-five years, forcing her to confront unresolved feelings and discover unexpected lessons about love and family amidst her chaotic life.
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We'll Prescribe You a Cat
by Ishida Syou
Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats
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What Happened to the McCrays?
by Tracey Lange
Returning to Potsdam after his father's stroke, Kyle McCray confronts the fallout from his abrupt departure two and a half years ago. As he coaches a struggling middle school hockey team, he grapples with strained relationships, especially with his wife Casey, and seeks redemption and reconciliation.
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Back After This
by Linda Holmes
A podcast producer agrees to host a new series about modern dating-but will the show jeopardize her chance at finding real love?
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Educating Caroline
by Patricia Cabot
Upset when she discovers her fiance, the Marquis of Winchilsea, in the arms of another woman, Lady Caroline Linford enlists the aid of London's most notorious rake, Brade Granville, to teach her the art of seduction and romance, never expecting her growing feelings for her seductive teacher.
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Isola
by Allegra Goodman
Inspired by a real 16th-century heroine, an orphaned and betrayed young woman, Marguerite, is marooned on a desolate island with her lover, where she must confront nature's harshness and her own strength in a desperate fight for survival.
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The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
A heartwarming story explores how love and healing can be found in unexpected places—and how a bit of magic in each can go a long way.
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The Love of My Afterlife
by Kirsty Greenwood
Meeting“the one” in the afterlife waiting room, who's sent back to earth due to an error, Delphie, offered a second chance at life and love if she can find this dreamy stranger on earth in ten days, must listen to her heart to make her greatest wish come true.
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Order of Swans
by Jude Deveraux
Kaley Adams travels to friend Jobi's island home, but she awakens on the plane in the birthplace of fairytales, and when the king asks Kaley to find the prince, she must rely on fairytale knowledge and her handsome guide to survive this new world.
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With This Ring
by Amy Clipston
As proprietor of the Fairytale Bridal Shop in Flowering Grove, Dakota has moved on from her painful breakup with Hudson, her high school sweetheart, but when he returns to derail his sister's wedding, old feelings resurface.
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An Unlikely Amish inheritance
by Jo Ann Brown
When her Amish grandmother passes away, Englisch police officer Jenna Shetler returns to her family's farm on Maryland's eastern shore to carry out her grandmother's unusual last request. A series of letters with specific instructions forces her to seek help from Amish bachelor Abe Bontranger--and confront her teenage heartbreak. Working together brings them closer than they've been in years, but with Jenna's commitment to the police force and Abe's plans for his Amish life, is a second chance possible for the two of them?
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Lie for a Million
by Janet Dailey
Following her husband's murder, Lila Culhane battles his pregnant mistress for leverage while preparing for a high-stakes reining competition, questioning her ranch manager and lover's loyalty, and dealing with a growing list of suspects in Frank's death.
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Whispers of Fortune
by Mary Connealy
In 1875 California, Brody MacKenzie arrives at the Two Harts Ranch on a mission to find his runaway brothers. Instead, he discovers them thriving at the ranch's school and orphanage under the care of Ellie Hart, a woman with a heart as resilient as the land she calls home. His options limited, Brody reluctantly takes on the role of ranch doctor, and he forms an unexpected bond with Ellie. When the boys show him a mysterious journal that has been guiding their travels and may hold the key to a lost treasure, Brody and Ellie are captivated by the possibility of a thrilling adventure.But along the way, old adversaries resurface, threatening their newfound affection and the safety of those at the ranch.
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Death of a Smuggler
by M. C. Beaton
Hamish's hopes for a peaceful break are dashed when a murder, a missing man and a family feud disrupt his Highland village.
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A Farewell to Arfs
by Spencer Quinn
Canine Chet and his human partner Bernie help a woman whose entire life savings goes missing days after loaning her slacker son some money.
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Furever After
by Sofie Kelly
Stumbling upon a dead body that appears to have been in the middle of an unlikely art heist, librarian Kathleen Paulson investigates along with her magical cats.
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A Grave in the Woods
by Martin Walker
Bruno helps an American archaeologist working as a special tourist guide to determine what happened to those buried in an unmarked grave from World War II.
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An Honorable Deception
by Roseanna M. White
Lord Yates Fairfax, leader of the secretive Imposters, is pulled into a mysterious case by the beautiful Lady Alethia. Joined by one of his oldest friends, Lady Lavinia, their investigations reveal society's darkest secrets, forcing them to confront the unsettling reality that the gentry isn't always noble, and truth isn't always honorable.
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The Little Lost Library
by Ellery Adams
Big clues come in small packages as Miracle Books owner Nora Pennington and the Secret, Book, and Scone Society attempt to solve a series of murders connected to a bibliophile's missing books.
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Looking for you
by Alexander McCall Smith
In this latest installment of The Perfect Passion Company, our favorite matchmaker, Katie Donald, continues her unwavering endeavor to help the lonely hearts of Edinburgh find love.
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The Medici Return
by Steve Berry
The search for a 16th-century Vatican debt known as the Pledge of Christ leads Cotton Malone into a high-stakes quest involving the lost Medici lineage, while the future of Italy's prime minister and the papacy hang in the balance, all depending on the Medici's possible return.
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Robert B. Parker's Buried Secrets
by Christopher Farnsworth
Police Chief Jesse Stone investigates the mystery behind a dead body found with photos of murder victims strewn around it and placed on top of $2 million in cash, before a mob of hit men converge on Paradise.
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The Strange Case of Jane O.
by Karen Thompson Walker
After giving birth, Jane experiences amnesia, hallucinations, and premonitions, leading to her sudden disappearance and a subsequent episode of dissociative fugue; her psychiatrist investigates the links between her struggles and a traumatic past, he grapples with questions of memory and reality, while a ghostly figure warns of impending disaster.
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Battle Mountain
by C. J. Box
Nate Romanowski seeks vengeance after a devastating attack, while Joe Pickett teams up with a rookie game warden setting both on separate paths destined to collide at Battle Mountain, in the latest addition to the series following Three-Inch Teeth.
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Beautiful Ugly
by Alice Feeney
A year after his wife Abby mysteriously disappeared, author Grady Green, still consumed by grief, retreats to a remote Scottish island only to encounter a woman who looks exactly like the wife he lost.
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The Big Empty
by Robert Crais
When Elvis Cole finds himself shadowed by a gang of vicious criminals, a missing-persons cold case becomes far more sinister, and soon he must call his ex-Marine friend Joe Pike for help.
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Blood Ties
by Jo Nesbø
Two brothers, Carl and Roy Opgard, face off against a highway bypass threat to their small town, but as they resort to dark measures, a sheriff's reopened investigation and rising body count pushes their loyalty to the edge.
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Bonded in Death
by J. D. Robb
Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates the mysterious murder of an elderly man linked to the Urban Wars while being targeted by a vengeful killer.
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The Crash
by Freida McFadden
Eight months pregnant and abandoned by her baby's father, Tegan embarks on a desperate journey to her brother's house during a storm, only to crash and find herself at the mercy of a remote couple with potentially sinister intentions.
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Creation Lake
by Rachel Kushner
Sadie Smith, a ruthless and cunning American secret agent is dispatched to a rural France, where her mission is to keep tabs on a commune's activists and subversives where she becomes entranced with their mysterious mentor, Bruno Lacombe.
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Famous Last Words
by Gillian McAllister
Returning to work, new mom Camilla's life is upended when she learns her husband is the gunman in a London hostage crisis, leaving her to decipher his cryptic goodbye note and make a critical choice.
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Last Twilight in Paris
by Pam Jenoff
In London, 1953, a secondhand shop necklace bears the name Lévitan, a Paris department store-turned-Nazi prison camp, leading Louise and former romantic partner Ian to investigate her friend Franny's war death and the fate of Helaine, a woman imprisoned at Lévitan when the Germans invaded France.
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Midnight Black
by Mark Greaney
The Gray Man, aka assassin Court Gentry, must face miles of frozen wasteland and the Russian police state to free his lover, ex-spy Zoya Zakharova, from Penal Colony IK22.
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Night & Day
by John Connolly
Filled with eerie surprises and dark delights, Night and Day takes us from the dusty shelves of an uncanny library filled with fictional characters to a bunker deep beneath the earth where scientists seek revenge on old Nazis; from an English marsh haunted by a mother and her son to a country house where a grieving widower finds comfort from a most unlikely source. Concluding with the author's account of how an obscure horror film brought him closer to his lost father, and how nostalgia can help to keep us sane, this is a collection that will move, entertain, and keep you reading late into the night.
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Paranoia
by James Patterson
NYPD Detective Michael Bennett is on special assignment, chasing a killer who feeds on isolation and paranoia, and he will stop at nothing to protect family: his wife, his kids—and his fellow officers.
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Pro Bono
by Thomas Perry
Los Angeles attorney Charles Warren is helping a young widow find her late husband's missing money when he recognizes a con job that targeted his widowed mother years before, and he quickly becomes entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and criminals surrounding the theft.
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Open Season: An Alex Delaware Novel
by Jonathan Kellerman
The body of an aspiring actress is found, another victim is shot by a sniper, and then more bodies pile up, and psychologist Alex Delaware and homicide detective Milo Sturgis must face a highly complex killer that will require all their skills to decipher.
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Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Vendetta
by Brian Freeman
When a hacked database known as the Files upends the intelligence community, with careers destroyed and assassinations spreading from Europe to the U.S., Treadstone sends Jason Bourne to get or destroy them before the Chinese or the Russians?—?and Bourne's ex-lover, treacherous spy Johanna, may be the only one who can help him.
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Food for Thought: Essays & Ruminations
by Alton Brown
A collection of personal essays blends humorous and insightful anecdotes from the renowned culinary figure's diverse career, sharing behind-the-scenes stories, reflections on food culture and memorable experiences from his work on television and in the kitchen.
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Seven Things You Can't Say About China
by Tom Cotton
Senator Tom Cotton offers an unflinching look at the deadly threat of Communist China and reveals the truth about America’s most dangerous enemy.
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