Peabody library unveils new selection of books
The following adult books have been added to Peabody Township Library.
— "Summer's Child" by Luanne Rice. (Available in large print.) On the first day of summer, Mara Jameson went out to water her garden — and was never seen again. Years after her disappearance, no one could forget the expectant mother whose glowing smile had captured the heart of everyone who'd known her.
— "Summer of Roses" by Luane Rice. Their lives were a tapestry woven together by love and loss, tragedy and hope. On the windswept coast of Nova Scotia, the rugged community of Cape Hawk has been a blessed refuge to two friends and their young daughters.
— "Homesick Creek" by Diane Hammond. Anita and Bunny have been friends since high school when Anita was a beauty queen runner-up and Bunny, a sweet single mother with average looks. They both were taken by surprise when the handsome, charismatic Hack Neary chose Bunny to be his wife.
— "Black Rose" by Nora Roberts. Roz is a woman of independent means who thinks love is all in the past — but she's about to be taken by surprise.
— "Playing by Heart" by Deborah Raney. A young novelist Madeline Houser is offered the sanctuary of a charming bed-and-breakfast to use while her kitchen is being remodeled. The owner, Arthur Tyler, and Madeline correspond daily through notes they leave each other. But finding love with each other is the furthest thing from their minds.
— "Rage" by Jonathan Kellerman. Troy Turner and Rand Duchay were barely teen-agers when they kidnapped and murdered a younger child. Troy, a remorseless sociopath, died violently behind bars. But the hulking, slow-witted Rand managed to survive this stretch.
— "Lone Calder Star" by Janet Dailey. For more than 100 years, the Cee Bar Ranch on the northern plains of Texas has been run by the Calder family. They might live in Montana, but their hearts are never far from the blue skies and hard-working hands at home in the Lone Star state.
— "Miracle" by Danielle Steel. It is New Year's Eve when the storm of the century hits northern California. In a quiet neighborhood in San Francisco, amid the chaos of fallen trees and damaged homes, the lives of three strangers are about to collide
— "Blood Ties" by Ralph McInerny. Martha Lynch, adopted 23 years earlier by Henry Dolan's daughter has decided she wants to find her birth parents. Her adopted parents are frantic over the idea of losing her.
— "Hard Truth" by Nevada Barr. Just three days after her wedding to sheriff Paul Davidson, Ann Pigeon moves from Mississippi to Colorado to assume her new post as district ranger, where three girls have disappeared during a religious retreat.
— "The Tale of Holly How" by Susan Witting Albert.
