Edris’s lay-about life of privilege ends abruptly when his father, Lord Elros, announces that his adolescent son will enter the military in the spring. Edris has only six months to ready himself to serve a king who despises his family and will undoubtedly make his life beyond miserable.To prepare him, Lord Elros puts Edris through a brutal training regime. Not only does he demand Edris beat every man with whom he spars, but he also insists his son knock them unconscious—even if that means fighting dirty.About to crack under the relentless pressure, the sensitive Edris seeks a way to get out from under his father’s heavy thumb. A solution presents itself when an announcement for the latest Kings’ Quest arrives. According to the royal proclamation, the adventurer who finds the fabled Sword of Betrayal will win one thousand gold pieces, money Edris could use to start his own life with the woman he loves.Edris proposes to undertake the quest in order to get in better shape; however, Lord Elros has another idea—Edris will undertake the quest so he can get close to, and kill, the king’s son.

Sword of Betrayal

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Evert, Robert

Fantasy

Willow River Press

One dead, one missing, and one who was never there. In a sleepy town in South Carolina, nineteen year old Addy Marks has spent the past two years coming to grips with the mysterious death of her friend Beau and the disappearance of her boyfriend Mason. After the annual Dogwood festival three boys were seen heading toward a local silo. When morning arrived, Beau's body was discovered, Mason was missing, and Hunter, the best friend of the two boys, claims he wasn't at the silo. Two years later everything is turned upside down when Mason unexpectedly returns to town, but before Addy can meet with him he is found murdered. Coping with her best friend's lies, uncovering the last standing Silo Boy's sealed alibi, and protecting her friends from harm, Addy must figure out what happened that night at the silo before anyone else loses their life. As she exposes the tragic mystery she realizes that everyone holds tightly to their secrets and misdeeds.

Silo Boys

Teen & Young Adult

Odell, Amy-Brooke

Literature & Fiction

Cassie doesn't want your pity. She doesn't want your sympathy. And she certainly doesn't want to date you. When perpetually single Cassie McTiernan agrees to her friends' online dating scheme, she thinks she'll go on maybe two dates then bail before things get uncomfortable. She's turning 30; might as well give it a shot, right? Little does she know that they've devised a contract, binding her to date one man per month for one year. Sure, if she finds Mr. Right she doesn't have to complete their challenge. How hard could dating be? Jumping through an increasingly long list of hoops, Cassie realizes that she might have to endure the entire torturous year with twelve strange men beside her. What could go wrong? Why does her first date need two cellphones? And is the man who broke her heart years before lurking behind that shadowy bush?

Men of the Year

Romance

McMillan, Colleen

Contemporary

Who is the Lady of Ellerslie?\nF. Scott Fitzgerald is hoping for a quiet retreat to write his next novel following The Great Gatsby. He and his wife, Zelda, rent a mansion in Edgemoor Delaware, known as Ellerslie. Their stay is anything but quiet. There is another guest staying at Ellerslie - a female spirit who roams the property.\nLooking to sell Ellerslie, the owner hires April Ross, the only female student at the University of Delaware's History Department, to research the estate's history. It doesn't take long before April realizes the true reason she was hired - to uncover the identity of the ghost. With the aid of Scott and Zela Fitzgerald, April discovers the shocking and tragic events that lead to the Lady's demise and why she and the other spirits are not yet at peace.

Ellerslie

Francis, William

Genre Fiction

Powerful and unapologetic journey of one woman as democracy fails and authoritarianism takes hold Lauren's happy childhood on a farm in Minnesota is shattered after an assault during her teen years, and she retreats into her own world as America falls apart. Hers was the last generation to grow up before the economic collapse that followed the Corona pandemic. Amidst roiling climate chaos, the government has been taken over by extremists, incompetents, and con-men who tear the country apart while clinging to power. Lauren is swept up in the madness when she falls for the wrong man. She's looking for love and safety, but Bryan becomes distant and abusive as he obsesses over White Sharia and deepens his ties to the racist patriot militia group. Lauren worries about the safety of her sister and nephew, who is mixed-race. Will Lauren escape from Bryan and keep her nephew safe from danger? In a world where values are tested and morality is unsettlingly murky, Lauren must break free from the constraints in her mind to protect her family.

In Our Bones

Plath Meier, Pernell

When Tess Porter agrees to pick up her boyfriend's college pal at the airport on a snowy December night, she has no idea she's about to embark on the most dangerous ride of her life. Two days later, the 17-year-old wakes up in a hospital with broken bones, and unable to remember how she got there. Her parents are acting strangely, and neither James, her boyfriend, nor her best friend Izzy has visited. As she struggles to physically recover, Tess wrestles with haunting questions: What happened? Will her memory ever return? and what if she's better off not recalling any of it?

He'll Be Waiting

Alterman, Liz

Boy is a story about a few weeks in the lives of Hugh and Betty Roberts, an elderly couple living alone on their family farm in Iowa. They are buried deep in the grief over the loss of their only child and struggling to hang onto the only life they have ever known when dementia sneaks in. An unusual visitor brings a welcome distraction and reprieve just before Thanksgiving. Join this couple and a few unforgettable characters as they prepare to share in a memorable and much needed Thanksgiving gathering at the old couple's farm. What transpires is credited to friendship, love, and the relentless power of hope. Directly or indirectly, we are reminded of what really matters on this brief walk we call life.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Hamilton, Anna

Mental Health

Every small town has secrets...\n...most won't get you killed. Maddie Decker escaped Sterling Falls just after high school and never looked back. She was sure nothing could convince her to return. Until an urgent message from her high school best friend arrives begging Maddie to come back before he dies changes everything.\nMaddie can't refuse.\nOnce there, tattered relationships and long forgotten memories are pushed aside when a mysterious presence appears, Maddie uses her professional training to help discover who is killing the residents of Sterling Falls, even if no one wants her there.\nCan Maddie survive the homecoming she never wanted?

The Falls

Dot Murphy is not living the life she had planned.\nMarried at eighteen to her first love, her life had seemed perfect until the only man she had ever loved was killed in a tragic car accident, leaving her alone to raise their two young boys.\nYears later, Dot meets the one man to get under her skin emotionally and hormonally, Sebastian Boone. Boone falls hard for the auburn-haired mom and artist, but she is hesitant to do anything that will take her total focus off her boys.\nCan Dot trust Boone enough to allow him to fully be part of her world? Can she love him, body and soul, and still be the mom she wants to be? Is their love strong enough to survive?

Letting Go for Love

Francoeur, Kris

Parenting & Relationships

Review\nRunning with Cannibals peels back the rose-colored shade on the Philippine-American war and exposes the political greed and personal agendas that altered an island nation and their way of life. 
On the surface, this is a work of fiction, but underneath this account of a young man's flight for freedom lies the truth behind the atrocities carried out in the name of American "protection". Robert Smith's keen voice paints an uncompromising picture of battle as his characters pull you into their world. And he does this all by doing his research and doing it well. Not only will you learn a piece of history you never knew existed, but he brings it to life from the point of view of an insider. 
His talent sharpens with every story he pens and keeps me coming back. Robert Smith is a writer to watch! 
-Teresa B. 
Publisher, New Leaf Books\n"In this paisttakingly researched novel, Robert Smith shines a bright light on a seldom discussed incident, the Balangiga Massacre, that resulted when the mouldering and violent racism and greed driven domestic issues of the Gilded Age were exported and allowed to grow in a microcosm. 
Hanley E. Kanar, former President of the Love is Murder Writer's Conference\n"Robert W. Smith's powerful novel, Running with Cannibals, is the fictionalized account of the very real, very brutal Philippine-American War and one man's ultimate transformation. Highly recommended." -- Chanticleer Reviews\nWhat's it like to reach out and touch history in the moment, to peel back the layers of hyperbole and political deception for yourself as a simple soldier? Try the Philippine-American War, sometimes referred to as "the first Vietnam" (1899-1902). You might find that "desertion" really means conversion to a noble cause and "enlisting" is just another form of surrender...\nThree American infantrymen in the last months of major hostilities, the Filipinos all but beaten. Each man is quietly running from a prior life. One, a young corporal, naïve and inexperienced, is hiding from a gallows in Pennsylvania. Another is a disillusioned Catholic priest, running from God and himself. The third is a proud "Negro" soldier from the 24th U.S. Colored Infantry, a man who has deserted the army to actively join the Filipino forces. Their lives intersect with a beguiling and mysterious young Filipina, a respected figure of inexplicable influence among her people. All four join forces to hold back the tide of greed and racially motivated barbarity from a ravenous Eagle.\nOne will die. One will find himself by learning that truth stands alone, wears no flag and employs no spokesman. The other two will live forever, legends in the minds and hearts of the Philippine people.\nFrom the Author\nWhat's it like to reach out and touch history in the moment, to peel back the layers of hyperbole and political deception for yourself as a simple soldier? Try the Philippine-American War, sometimes referred to as "the first Vietnam" (1899-1902). You might find that "desertion" really means conversion to a noble cause and "enlisting" is just another form of surrender...

Running with Cannibals

Smith, Robert W.

History

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