Central Kansas Library System

Alene Adele Sterling does not want to fall off the Rockies, freeze in a monster blizzard, or have any adventures at all. But she went to Colorado anyway. After teaching for twenty years, steady, reliable Professor Sterling flips out in front of her literature class. Time for a change? Definitely! So when her dad-already battling Alzheimer's-has to start cancer treatment, Alene breaks out of her routine life. She travels to Colorado...

Naomi Winters will be forty--soon-ish--and she's only been with one man. One night. One time. Long ago. She believes everything happens for a reason, and the universe spoke about Nathan Ryder. Nathan Ryder isn't the same man who hightailed his bike out of Green Valley eighteen years ago. As a rule breaker, women are one area he acts a fool. Case in point...the local librarian. He can't get a read on her, but she's one risk he's willing to take. Again. What...

Fresh pasta, red wine, fine art… and love? Find enchantment this year in the magical city of Florence. When Debbie Waterson's bicycle crashes into handsome doctor Pierluigi, she wonders if her luck has changed. Determinedly single after ending a long relationship, at last, a man worth bumping into! Inspired to visit Florence, she soon runs headlong into that old foe: reality. But is Pierluigi the man of her dreams? Then there's her booze-obsessed...

Of The Pig Goes to Hog Heaven, the third and climactic entry in Joseph Caldwell's charmingly boisterous Pig Trilogy, one might well repeat the most famous words of the great non-Irish wordsmith and baseball catcher Yogi Berra, "It ain't over till it's over." Kitty McCloud, the trilogy's leading lady, would let these words stand, even were she a reviser of aphorisms rather than a "fixer" of great literary works by the likes of Bronte, Hardy, and Eliot...

FOREVER, PLUS ONE is book #6 in the bestselling romance series The Inn at Sunset Harbor, which begins with book #1, For Now and Forever-a free download! 35 year old Emily Mitchell is still reeling from the surprise news that she is pregnant. Just married, she and Danielle have no time to process the news as they are thrust into doctor appointments, preparing for the baby's arrival-and, in a surprise party, the revelation of their baby's gender. Summer...

With Thanksgiving looming, Emma Gold has to put her B&B renovations into high gear, has to fend off her developer rival, and has to decide how serious she wants to get with her new boyfriend. Just when it seems like wedding bells might be looming, a huge misunderstanding changes everything. Has Emma been wrong all along? "The perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention...

As one of the most prestigious wedding coordinators in Los Angeles, Paige Iris Traynor-Ashcroft is known for being classy, elegant, and the orchestrator of many happily-ever-afters. But in the words of Paige herself: "What a crock of shiitake." Known affectionately (or not) as P.I.T.A. to those closest to her, she's never been one to buy into the whole monogamy thing for herself. Sure, her BFFs are getting picked off by Cupid one by one, but his...

Serge A. Storms returns! The world's most lovable serial killer is back, bringing together an Oscar-worthy cast of Sunshine State nut jobs with his insatiable passion for All Things Florida. During this latest cavalcade of nonstop felonies-from Tampa to Fort Lauderdale to Orlando-Serge finds time to resurrect his obsession with movies, particularly those showcasing his beloved home state. And he wants answers! Why aren't more films shot here?...

Crazy. Stupid. Rich. When a neurotic statistics geek gets invited to his twenty-five-year high school reunion, he spends his life savings remaking his identity to wow his old classmates. Only one tiny problem: his new persona gets him mistaken for a drug kingpin and sends him running for his life with the very people who used to make it miserable. Santa Ana is an absurdly hilarious, irreverent, and magical tale about the masks we wear . ....

"La habilidad de Sophie Love para impartir magia a sus lectores está exquisitamente forjada en frases y descripciones poderosamente evocadoras...Este es el romance perfecto o lectura de playa, con una diferencia: su entusiasmo y hermosas descripciones ofrecen una atención inesperada a la complejidad no sólo del amor en evolución, sino también de las psiques en evolución. Es una deliciosa recomendación para lectores románticos que buscan un...