Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

Black Woods Blue Sky - Eowyn Ivey

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves?

“No one writes like Eowyn Ivey.”—Geraldine Brooks
“You will find yourself in places you have never been.”—Louise Erdrich
“Ivey is an enthralling storyteller.”—The New York Times Book Review

Birdie’s keeping it together; of course she is. So she’s a little hungover, sometimes, and she has to bring her daughter, Emaleen, to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but she’s getting by as a single mother in a tough town. Still, Birdie can remember happier times from her youth, when she was free in the wilds of nature.

Arthur Neilsen, a soft-spoken and scarred recluse who appears in town only at the change of seasons, brings Emaleen back to safety when she gets lost in the woods. Most people avoid him, but to Birdie, he represents everything she’s ever longed for. She finds herself falling for Arthur and the land he knows so well.

Against the warnings of those who care about them, Birdie and Emaleen move to his isolated cabin in the mountains, on the far side of the Wolverine River.

It’s just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from roads, telephones, electricity, and outside contact, but Birdie believes she has come prepared. At first, it’s idyllic and she can picture a happily ever after: Together they catch salmon, pick berries, and climb mountains so tall it’s as if they could touch the bright blue sky. But soon Birdie discovers that Arthur is something much more mysterious and dangerous than she could have ever imagined, and that like the Alaska wilderness, a fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful.

Black Woods, Blue Sky is a novel with life-and-death stakes, about the love between a mother and daughter, and the allure of a wild life—about what we gain and what it might cost us.

Local Author Book Signing Event

Join us for an exclusive book signing event with James Foley, celebrating his book, “Treasure Coast”

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Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

The Granddaughter - Bernhard Schlink

From the bestselling author of The Reader, a striking exploration of the past, told through the story of a German bookseller’s attempt to connect with his radicalized granddaughter.

It is only after the sudden death of his wife, Birgit, that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief, yet animated by a new hope, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east.

His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, intent on reclaiming and settling ancestral lands to the East. Among them, Kaspar encounters Svenja, a woman whose eyes, hair, and even voice remind him of Birgit. Beside her is a red-haired, slouching, fifteen-year-old girl. His granddaughter? Their worlds could not be more different— an ideological gulf of mistrust yawns between them— but he is determined to accept her as his own.

More than twenty-five years after The Reader, Bernhard Schlink once again offers a masterfully gripping novel that powerfully probes the past’s role in contemporary life, transporting us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to modern day Australia, and asking what unites or separates us.

B Boutique warmly invites you to a free, inspiring event designed to help you take the first step (or next step) on your memoir-writing journey. Join us for an interactive workshop with Dr. Joyce Starr, a respected author, publisher, and book coach who has guided countless writers to bring their stories to life.

What You’ll Discover

• Action vs. Description: Keep readers turning the page by striking the perfect balance between vivid details and dynamic scenes.

• “I Was Born” vs….: Captivate your audience from the very first line with an opening that sets the tone for your story.

• Writing for Family or the Public?: Understand your intended audience and tailor your memoir to resonate with them.

• What Is Your Legacy?: Uncover the unique story only you can tell, and make decisions about the legacy you want to leave.

Dr. Starr will also shed light on the world of publishing, covering self-publishing and traditional options. You’ll walk away with the knowledge you need to make informed choices about how to share your memoir with the world.

Why Attend?

• Pinpoint Your Beginning: Zero in on the most compelling starting point for your memoir.

• Bring Your Story to Life: Learn techniques for weaving authenticity and emotion into your writing.

• Navigate Publishing: Gain clear insights into publishing paths—so you can choose the one that feels right for you.

Whether you’re hoping to pass your history down through the generations or publish a memoir for a broad readership, you’ll leave feeling inspired, informed, and ready to put pen to paper.

Join us at B Boutique for an afternoon of creativity, community, and unforgettable storytelling tips. We can’t wait to help you begin (or continue) your memoir with confidence!

P.S. To learn more about Dr. Joyce Starr and how she helps writers craft compelling memoirs, visit her website at drjoycestarr.com. We look forward to seeing you on February 7!

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

The Way - Cary Groner

A postapocalyptic road trip and a quest for redemption.

The world has been ravaged by a lethal virus and, with few exceptions, only the young have survived. Cities and infrastructures have been destroyed, and the natural world has reclaimed the landscape in surprising ways, with herds of wild camels roaming the American West and crocodiles that glow neon green lurking in the rivers.

Against this perilous backdrop, Will Collins, the de facto caretaker of a Buddhist monastery in Colorado, receives an urgent and mysterious request: to deliver a potential cure to a scientist in what was once California. So Will sets out, haunted by dreams of the woman he once loved, in a rusted-out pickup pulled by two mules. A menacing thug is on his tail. Armed militias patrol the roads. And the only way he’ll make it is with the help of a clever raven, an opinionated cat, and a tough teenage girl who has learned to survive on her own.

A highly original contribution to the canon of dystopian literature, The Way is a thrilling and imaginative novel, full of warmth, wisdom, and surprises that reflect our world in unsettling, uncanny, and even hopeful ways.

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

The Mistletoe Mystery -Nita Prose

Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve in this heartwarming novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest.

" Molly is] the most interesting (and endearing) main character in a long time."--Stephen King, on The Maid

Molly Gray has always loved the holidays. When Molly was a child, her gran went to great lengths to make the season merry and bright, full of cherished traditions. The first few Christmases without Gran were hard on Molly, but this year, her beloved boyfriend and fellow festive spirit, Juan Manuel, is intent on making the season Molly's most joyful yet.

But when a Secret Santa gift exchange at the Regency Grand Hotel raises questions about who Molly can and cannot trust, she dives headfirst into solving her most consequential--and personal--mystery yet. Molly has a bad feeling about things, and she starts to wonder: has she yet again mistaken a frog for a prince?

A heartwarming, magical story about the true spirit of the season, The Mistletoe Mystery reminds us that love is the greatest mystery of all.

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Join us for an exclusive book signing event with D. Eric Maikranz for his book, "The Next Good Thing"!

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Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

Table for Two: Fictions - Amor Towles

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories set in New York and Los Angeles.

The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of compromise which operate at the heart of modern marriages.

In Towles’s novel, Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September, 1938, with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, “Eve in Hollywood” describes how Eve crafts a new future for herself—and others—in the midst of Hollywood’s golden age.

Throughout the stories, two characters often find themselves sitting across a table for two where the direction of their futures may hinge upon what they say to each other next.

Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting historical fiction.

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

Death on the Lusitania - R. L. Graham

The ship was doomed before it ever left port. His fate was sealed before he ever stepped on board. From R. L. Graham, Death on the Lusitania is an immersive WW1 historical novel set aboard the ill-fated ocean liner.

Welcome on board the Lusitania’s final voyage . . .

New York, 1915. RMS Lusitania, one of the world’s most luxurious ocean liners, departs for war-torn Europe. Among those on board is Patrick Gallagher, a civil servant in Her Majesty’s government tasked with escorting a British diplomat back to England.

When a fellow passenger is believed to have shot himself in his cabin, Gallagher is asked by the captain to investigate the scene but one crucial detail doesn’t fit. The man’s body was discovered in a locked cabin with the key inside and no gun to be found. Was it really suicide? Or murder?

Gallagher believes one of the passengers is a deadly killer - one who could strike again at any moment. And all the while, the ship sails on towards Europe, where enemy submarines patrol dark waters . . .

'This engaging and well researched mystery is perfect for lovers of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers' – Philip Gray, author of Two Storm Wood, The Times Thriller of the Year

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

My Murder - Katie Williams

What if the murder you had to solve was your own?

Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She's also the victim of a local serial killer. Recently brought back to life and returned to her grieving family by a government project, she is grateful for this second chance. But as the new Lou re-adapts to her old routines, and as she bonds with other female victims, she realizes that disturbing questions remain about what exactly preceded her death and how much she can really trust those around her.

Now it's not enough to care for her child, love her husband, and work the job she's always enjoyed--she must also figure out the circumstances of her death. Darkly comic, tautly paced, and full of surprises, My Murder is a devour-in-one-sitting, clever twist on the classic thriller.

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

When Among Crows - Veronica Roth

Step into a city where monsters feast on human emotions, knights split their souls to make their weapons, and witches always take more than they give.

Pain is Dymitr’s calling. To slay the monsters he’s been raised to kill, he had to split his soul in half to make a sword from his own spine. Every time he draws it, he gets blood on his hands.

Pain is Ala’s inheritance. When her mother died, a family curse to witness horrors committed by the Holy Order was passed onto her. The curse will claim her life, as it did her mother’s, unless she can find a cure.

One fateful night in Chicago, Dymitr comes to Ala with a bargain: her help in finding the legendary witch Baba Jaga in exchange for an enchanted flower that just might cure her. Desperate, and unaware of what Dymitr really is, Ala agrees.

But they only have one day before the flower dies . . . and Ala's hopes of breaking the curse along with it.

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

Funny Story - Emily Henry

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex…right?

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

The Women - Kristin Hannah

From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over- whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.

But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

Shark Heart - Emily Habeck

Newlyweds face the unimaginable in this epic tale about marriage, motherhood, and enduring love.

For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He will retain most of his consciousness, memories, and intellect, but his physical body will gradually turn into a great white shark. As Lewis develops the features and impulses of one of the most predatory creatures in the ocean, his complicated artist’s heart struggles to make peace with his unfulfilled dreams.

At first, Wren internally resists her husband’s fate. Is there a way for them to be together after Lewis changes? Then, a glimpse of Lewis’s developing carnivorous nature activates long-repressed memories for Wren, whose story vacillates between her childhood living on a houseboat in Oklahoma, her time with a college ex-girlfriend, and her unusual friendship with a woman pregnant with twin birds. Woven throughout this bold novel is the story of Wren’s mother, Angela, who becomes pregnant with Wren at fifteen in an abusive relationship amidst her parents’ crumbling marriage. In the present, all of Wren’s grief eventually collides, and she is forced to make an impossible choice.

A sweeping love story that is at once lyrical and funny, airy and visceral, Shark Heart is an unforgettable, gorgeous novel about life’s perennial questions, the fragility of memories, finding joy amidst grief, and creating a meaningful life. This daring debut marks the arrival of a wildly talented new writer abounding with originality, humor, and heart.

Local Author Book Signing Event

Join us for an exclusive book signing event with Larry Terhaar, celebrating his debut thriller novel, “Oceanside”

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Local Author Book Signing Event

Join us for an exclusive book signing event with Larry Terhaar, celebrating his debut thriller novel, “Oceanside”

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• Meet Larry Terhaar in person, get your book signed, and enjoy a conversation with the author.

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Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

The 2023 Booker Prize longlisted Prophet Song spins a terrifying, suspenseful vision of an Ireland careening towards authoritarianism.

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny.

As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what—or who—is she willing to leave behind?

Exhilarating, terrifying and surprisingly intimate, Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother’s fight to hold her family together.

Local Author Book Signing Event

Join us for an exclusive book signing event with Julie Donofrio, celebrating debut thriller novel, “The Curist”

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• Meet Julie Donofrio in person, get your book signed, and enjoy a conversation with the author.

• Coffee and Cake Provided

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This is a rare opportunity to meet Julie Donofrio and immerse yourself in her beautifully crafted story of life, love, and mystery. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to her work, this event promises to be a memorable experience for all lovers of profound storytelling.

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Join us for an exclusive book signing event with Sierra Michaels, celebrating her latest novel, "The Nordic Compass"!

Yet, as they edge closer to the truth, darkness gathers. Artifacts vanish without a trace. Sinister events cast a shadow over the team. It becomes clear: someone or something does not want the past disturbed. Is it the work of a ruthless treasure hunter, desperate to claim the riches for themselves? Or does a more ancient, sinister force seek to forever bury the truth beneath the waves?

With the clock ticking, Raven is caught in a storm of danger, deceit, and ancient secrets. She must navigate a treacherous path to protect her findings, her team, and the legacy of history itself. Is it a curse from the deep that haunts them or the hand of sabotage stretching from the shadows?

The fate of maritime history hangs in the balance, and only Raven can steer the course. Will she uncover the truth before it plunges into the abyss, lost forever? Plunge into an ocean of intrigue and suspense, where history's deepest secrets come to light, and discover: is it a curse or sabotage?

Sierra resides in South Florida and Bimini, Bahamas, during the winter months and Helen, Georgia, during the summer. She lives with her husband and diva dog, Yoda. She finds sanity and peace in running, yoga, and piloting a small plane.  Her love of adventure has led her to explore and experience various parts of the world, and she never shies away from the unknown. She always seeks to expand her horizons through travel.

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• Meet Sierra Michaels in person, get your book signed, and enjoy a conversation with the author.

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This is a rare opportunity to meet Sierra Michaels and immerse yourself in her beautifully crafted world. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to her work, this event promises to be a memorable experience for all lovers of profound storytelling.

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Join us for an exclusive book signing event with Cherith Reynolds-Clark, celebrating her latest novel, "One Chance In An Inconceivably Large But Finite Number"!

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• Meet Cherith Reynolds-Clark in person, get your book signed, and enjoy a conversation with the author.

• Coffee and Cake Provided

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This is a rare opportunity to meet Cherith Reynolds-Clark and immerse yourself in her beautifully crafted world. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to her work, this event promises to be a memorable experience for all lovers of profound storytelling.

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

The Heiress - Rachel Hawkins

When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family’s estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate—along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish—pass to her adopted son, Camden.

But to everyone’s surprise, Cam wants little to do with the house or the money—and even less to do with the surviving McTavishes. Instead, he rejects his inheritance, settling into a normal life as an English teacher in Colorado and marrying Jules, a woman just as eager to escape her own messy past.

Ten years later, Camden is a McTavish in name only, but a summons in the wake of his uncle’s death brings him and Jules back into the family fold at Ashby House. Its views are just as stunning as ever, its rooms just as elegant, but coming home reminds Cam why he was so quick to leave in the first place.

Jules, however, has other ideas, and the more she learns about Cam’s estranged family—and the twisted secrets they keep—the more determined she is for her husband to claim everything Ruby once intended for him to have.

But Ruby’s plans were always more complicated than they appeared. As Ashby House tightens its grip on Jules and Camden, questions about the infamous heiress come to light. Was there any truth to the persistent rumors following her disappearance as a girl? What really happened to those four husbands, who all died under mysterious circumstances? And why did she adopt Cam in the first place? Soon, Jules and Cam realize that an inheritance can entail far more than what’s written in a will—and that the bonds of family stretch far beyond the grave.

Local Author Book Signing Event

Join us for an exclusive book signing event with Jennifer Collins, celebrating her latest novel, "Bridges Between Our Hearts"!

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• Meet Jennifer Collins in person, get your book signed, and enjoy a conversation with the author.

• Coffee and Cake Provided

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This is a rare opportunity to meet Jennifer Collins and immerse yourself in her beautifully crafted world. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to her work, this event promises to be a memorable experience for all lovers of profound storytelling.

Bring your little ones for a unique and heartwarming experience as they read their favorite stories to Gracie, our gentle and friendly reading companion dog, fostering a love for books in a fun and furry setting!

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Doors Open at 10AM - Reading begins at 10:30

Calling all book lovers! Our local book club is excited to invite you to our next meeting, a gathering filled with lively discussions, engaging insights, and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Whether you're an avid reader or just starting your literary journey, you'll find a welcoming community eager to explore the depths of fascinating stories together. We delve into a new book each month, uncovering hidden themes, discussing intriguing characters, and sharing our diverse perspectives. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow book enthusiasts, expand your reading horizons, and enjoy delightful conversations. Join us for an evening of literary exploration and make some new friends along the way!

Flores and Miss Paula - Melissa Rivero

A Recommended Book From:

The Washington Post * Today * Sunset Magazine * Country Living * Good Housekeeping 

A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and a millennial daughter who have one final chance to find common ground

Thirtysomething Flores and her mother, Paula, still live in the same Brooklyn apartment, but that may be the only thing they have in common. It’s been nearly three years since they lost beloved husband and father Martín, who had always been the bridge between them. One day, cleaning beneath his urn, Flores discovers a note written in her mother’s handwriting: Perdóname si te falle. Recuerda que siempre te quise. (“Forgive me if I failed you. Remember that I always loved you.”) But what would Paula need forgiveness for?

Now newfound doubts and old memories come flooding in, complicating each woman’s efforts to carve out a good life for herself—and to support the other in the same. Paula thinks Flores should spend her evenings meeting a future husband, not crunching numbers for a floundering aquarium startup. Flores wishes Paula would ask for a raise at her DollaBills retail job, or at least find a best friend who isn’t a married man.

When Flores and Paula learn they will be forced to move, they must finally confront their complicated past—and decide whether they share the same dreams for the future. Spirited and warm-hearted, Melissa Rivero’s new novel showcases the complexities of the mother-daughter bond with fresh insight and empathy.

Don't miss this opportunity to meet Brooklyn Quintana, get your copy of "Nine of Swords" signed, and dive into a world where fantasy and reality collide in the most unexpected ways!

About the Book: "Nine of Swords"

Immerse yourself in the gripping narrative of "Nine of Swords," authored by the brilliant Brooklyn Quintana. This enthralling tale weaves together the elements of a dysfunctional royal family, a deeply buried generational secret, and a mysterious book holding the names of those closest to the Crown.

Follow the surreal journey of Fynn as he navigates through life, death, and the enigmatic realm that exists in between. After a summer marked by unsettling mysteries and unexplained deaths, Fynneas and Hollyn find themselves uprooted from the comforts of Estheria to the Morancy Academy of Military Arts, situated on a picturesque tropical archipelago.

At Morancy Academy, the duo must grapple with their eccentric instructors, unpredictable classmates, and their own volatile relationship. Their survival hinges on overcoming the daunting challenges of monsters, nightmares, and magic. Join them on their quest to not only endure their first year but to triumph as the Champion in the exhilarating end-of-year Games.

Lois McGuire invites you to a magical morning of storytelling and imagination at the Kids Story Time Event! Renowned for her captivating tales, Lois will be reading from her beloved book, "Don't Be That Kid." This event promises to be a delightful journey for children of all ages, sparking their creativity and teaching valuable life lessons through engaging storytelling. Gather around as Lois brings her characters to life, weaving a story that resonates with both young hearts and minds. It's the perfect opportunity for kids to fall in love with the joy of reading and for parents to share a memorable experience with their little ones. Don't miss this enchanting event where every page turn brings a new adventure!