New Fiction
Every breath you take by Judith McNaught
Kate Donovan never dreamed that a chance romantic encounter on a
tropical island paradise would tag her as a suspect in a high-society
murder case. But after Kate tangles with the darkly charismatic
Mitchell Wyatt, she finds herself cast in a shadow of guilt and
mistrust. As the Chicago police tighten their net, it will take all of
Kate's ingenuity to clear her name. With her calm, cool wit, and the
help of a man who may or may not be a dangerous catch, Kate vows to
claim the life and love she desires.
The life all around me by Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
This sequel to Gibbons's beloved classic Ellen Foster stands on its own
as an unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent making herself
up out of whole cloth. Now fifteen, Ellen is settled into a permanent
home with a new mother. Strengthened by adversity and blessed with
enough intelligence to design a salvation for herself, she still feels
ill at ease in the world. Her sole surviving ritual-a visit to the
county fair-takes on totemic importance. While she holds fast to the
shreds of her childhood-humoring her best friend, Stuart, who is
determined to marry her; and protecting her old neighbor, slow-witted
Starletta-she negotiates her way into a larger world by selling her
poetry to pay her way to a camp for gifted students. With a singular
mix of perspicacity, naïveté, and compassion, Ellen draws us into her
life and makes us fall in love with her all over again.
Love walked in by Marisa De los Santos
For thirty-one-year old Cornelia Brown, life is a series of movie
moments, and "Jimmy Stewart is always and indisputably the best man in
the world, unless Cary Grant should happen to show up." So imagine
Cornelia's delight when her very own Cary Grant walks through the door
of the hip Philadelphia café she manages. Handsome and debonair, Martin
Grace sweeps Cornelia off her feet, becoming Cary Grant to Cornelia's
Katharine Hepburn, Clark Gable to her Joan Crawford. Meanwhile, on the
other side of town, eleven-year-old Clare Hobbes must learn to fend for
herself after her increasingly unstable mother has a breakdown and
disappears. With no one to turn to, Clare seeks out her estranged
father, and when the two of them show up at Cornelia's café, the lives
of Cornelia and Clare are changed in drastic and unexpected ways. A
cinematic and heartfelt debut that pays homage to the classic Cary
Grant/Katharine Hepburn romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story, Love Walked In is sure to win over critics and readers of contemporary fiction.