Central Kansas Library System

Can a widow find love again during the holidays?Pamela Cunningham isn't sure whether it's the smell of cinnamon in the air, the glowing lights in every festive window, or the fact that each of her four grown sons has recently fallen in love, but she's finding herself thinking about things she hasn't considered since her husband died.All thanks to the debonair winemaker she hired from France to teach her to turn her dream winery into a success.Jacques,...

Following Arachnaman's bigoted, hateful attacks, life in beleaguered Vintage City finally quiets down, but it doesn't last long. Eric's father begins to show symptoms of extreme fatigue, symptoms that Eric notices in a number of other people he sees elsewhere. Along with the superheroes, he tries to find a common denominator in all this, the surprising result being a new perfume shop that hawks very strong fragrances. A familiar pair of supervillains...

When our own darkness is mirrored in multi-faceted characters, do we look away in disgust or find the humanity within them and, by extension, ourselves? In his debut short fiction collection, John Mavin has slyly exposed hidden themes to the world with breathtaking potency, eloquence, and wit. Rage follows a loosely interwoven group of people from the fictional town of Dolsens, Ontario. Archaeologists, mountain climbers, priests, musicians, psychics,...

The story behind the legend... Long before Betsy Ross became a national icon for making the first US flag, she was a quiet Quaker girl swept up against her will by events leading to the American Revolution. Philadelphia, 1770. Eighteen-year-old Betsy Griscom falls in love with a man her parents can't accept-non-Quaker John Ross, whose family has strong ties to powerful colonial government offices. Despite Betsy's best intentions to stay...

Two Girls and a Dead Case starts with your typical lifelong friendship of two girls who are drawn together by their similar names and then bond. After exploring what the world has in store for them they come back and open a detective agency in their small town where nothing really happens. If it wasn't for a recurring client who only seems to show up when they need the money the most they would be two broke girls with nothing better to do. Just after...

In Louisa Heaton's latest Harlequin Medical Romance, one spontaneous night leads to a New Year miracle for the midwife. But now she must tell the handsome doc that she's pregnant…with his twins! New job, new year… …new babies! Midwife Natalie arrives in New York determined to focus on her new job, a fresh beginning. She may never have her own children, but her life will be full of babies. Yet, a New Year's kiss leads to a spontaneous...

Paisley Sutton's business is growing so well. Now, if only she could stop finding bodies in the buildings she salvages from. With the help of her friends and family, including her young son Sawyer, she's always willing to delve into history to help find the killer and uncover the story.

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Everyone has their secrets. Some people have secrets that are innocent. While others have deeper, darker secrets that they keep sealed up tight. But even the most innocent of secrets can have deadly repercussions. And some secrets we take to our grave. But what happens when one's secrets knock so desperately to be set free? Find out the secrets interwoven within these four tales.

One little package. So much trouble. Turn over the dream, or die. Rebecca's job, her life, have all been a lie. But if the price for knowing the truth is death, what can she do against the very people she used to work for? The Rucksack Universe series combines alternate history, speculative fiction, myth, adventure, globetrotting, and intrigue-all with well-poured pints of beer. Library Journal says Anthony St. Clair's storytelling has "universe building...