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  The Sum of These Things

  Emily O’Beirne

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  In the sequel to A Story of Now, Claire Pearson has already learned a few things this summer. Like falling for a girl is easy. Well, it is if that girl is Mia. 
  What Claire hasn't learned yet is that now comes the hard part: learning to trust in this new relationship. And that isn't easy when no one has ever given you a reason to trust before. 
   
   
   
  Then there's the pressing question of what to do with her life. Claire's new volunteer job working with kids offers a glimpse of a potential future, but it definitely isn't something her pushy mother is going to like. 
   
   
   
  Still, everything feels hopeful as she embarks on the next chapter of her life, armed with new friends and the warm and funny Mia. But Claire quickly discovers that negotiating this new terrain of adulthood isn't easy. Over the rest of this momentous summer, the biggest lesson Claire must learn is how not to let anything get in the way of her happiness. Especially herself. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Jane Austen Quilt Club

  Ann Hazelwood

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  Anne Brown and the Colebridge community quilters channel their inner Jane Austens to get through the trials and tribulations of the new year together. 
   
  In The Basement Quilt, The Potting Shed Quilt, and The Funeral Parlor Quilt, you have become familiar with Anne Brown as well as her family and friends who encounter many of the same ups and downs as most of us. In this fourth novel, join them as they create a Jane Austen masterpiece that represents each one of the group members’ life situations. When they enter their quilt in a contest, how does an entirely different quilt end up at the show? Solve the mystery with them as they persevere through challenges, both personal and professional. Travel with Anne as she takes us on her unique adventure of life in the Colebridge community. 
   
  Praise for Ann Hazelwood and the Colebridge Community Series 
   
  “I found myself immersed in the tale of this extended family and this wonderful quaint town . . . You will laugh, cry and share in their hopes and dreams.” —Community News 
   
  “Ann Hazelwood knows a few things about the human spirit, family and dreaming big. Add a mixture of the love of quilting and all the things Missouri historic and otherwise; you will experience the words and passion of this unique and gifted author. Enjoy the experience!” —StreetScape Magazine

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  The Resident Patient

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Adventure of the Resident Patient, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" eighteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories....A little digging at police headquarters brings up the rest of the truth. All four of the men were once members of a criminal gang that robbed banks. Blessington's real name was Sutton, and the other three, two of whom played the Russians, were Biddle, Hayward, and Moffat. After robbing the Worthington Bank of £7,000 in 1875, Blessington (or Sutton) had turned informer, and as a result, another gang member, Cartwright, had been hanged for murdering the caretaker, and the other three had each been given 15 years in prison. Blessington's "paranoia" was indeed a very real fear, caused by news of their early release, not by some burglary, as he claimed. The murderers chose hanging as their form of execution to avenge Cartwright...Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.

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  Trust No One

  Meryl Sawyer

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  Navy SEAL Brody Hawke gets a letter from his father-who died when Brody was three. Not only is Giancarlo Hawke alive, he begs his son to come to California. He believes he's in grave danger and warns Brody to trust no one. Taped to the back of the letter is a photo of a man who's a dead ringer for Brody-the twin brother he never knew existed. Victoria Anderson thinks she's found an ideal partner in loyal, levelheaded vintner Elliott Hawke. But then his father dies under suspicious circumstances, and she meets the brother who was separated from Elliott. But Brody's father had powerful enemies and someone is willing to kill to keep Brody from claiming his half of the family's multimillion-dollar business.

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  The Desert of Wheat

  Zane Grey

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  Set amid the vast wheat fields of the Columbia Basin during World War I, the novel follows Kurt Dorn, a young farmer torn between loyalty to his German-born father and devotion to his country. As war hysteria, labor unrest, debt, and romantic longing close in, Kurt faces violence and betrayal. His struggle for honor, love, and identity unfolds against a land as harsh as the times.

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  Boy - A Sketch

  Marie Corelli

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  "Boy: A Sketch" unfolds as a poignant narrative, portraying the neglectful upbringing of 'Boy' by his careless parents. Despite the Muirs' indifference, the kindness of Miss Leslie and The Major shapes Boy's path. From Brittany to an English Military School, he grows indifferent and blase. Expelled from Sandhurst due to drunkenness, he spirals into debt and fraud. Remorseful, Boy enlists, redeems himself in the Boer War, sacrificing his life to save a childhood friend. Marie Corelli's novel is a powerful exploration of redemption, friendship, and the impact of upbringing on one's destiny.

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