August is Customer Appreciation Month for all Montgomery County Libraries. Come in during August and enjoy half-price fax, copy, and computer printout document services. This promotion runs through August 31. We also have other weekly surprises for our customers, so be sure to come to see us!
I have several book displays set up for August besides our new book displays. The library has a back-to-school display set up in the children’s area that includes many cute books. My favorites are Back to School Tortoise by Lucy George, Daddy’s Back-to-School Shopping Adventure by Alan Sitomer, and The Pigeon HAS to Go to School by Mo Willems. I also have “Dog Days of Summer” displays set up for children and adults. What kind of books are in these displays? You guessed it, dog-themed! Whether it is fiction or non-fiction, I’m sure you can find something you will love.
New books
• The Heartless by David Putnam: Tough deputy Bruno Johnson can handle violent criminals, but his biggest challenge—his teenage daughter, who's fallen hard for a street thug.
• Nine Lives by Danielle Steel: A woman who longs to avoid risk at all cost learns that men who love danger are the most exciting in this moving novel.
• Dream Girl by Laura Lippman: Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.
• Fatal Intent by Tammy Euliano MD: End-of-life care—or assisted death? This book is perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs and Tess Gerritsen.
• When Stars Collide by Susan Elizabeth Phillips: This is the emotional journey of a brilliant woman whose career is everything and a talented man who’ll never be happy with second place. Tender and funny, passionate and insightful, this irresistible romantic adventure proves that anything can happen when two superstars collide.
• The Duke and I by Julia Quinn: The story of Daphne Bridgerton, in the first of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.
• The House Guests by Emilie Richards: Two women. Two families. Two lifetimes' worth of secrets.
• Home Stories: Design Ideas for Making A House a Home by Kim Leggett: Learn how to create rooms filled with warmth, meaning, and your own unique story of home.
• Murder at Sunrise Lake by Christine Feehan: Feehan reaches new heights of passion and suspense in this thrilling novel that takes readers deep into the California backcountry, where a woman is tormented by visions of a killer.
• Notorious by Diana Palmer: The Long, Tall Texans series returns with secrets and dangerous seduction.
• Night Came with Many Stars by Simon Van Booy: In Kentucky, back in 1933, Carol’s daddy lost his 13-year-old daughter in a game of cards. Simon Van Booy’s spellbinding novel spans decades as he tells the story of Carol and the people in her life. Incidents intersect and lives unexpectedly change course in this masterfully interwoven story of chance and choice that leads home again to a night blessed with light.
• Life After Death by Sister Souljah: A heartwarming, heart-burning, passionate, sexual, comical, and completely original adventure is about to happen in real time—raw, shocking, soulful, and shameless.
• Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson: This harrowing story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia.
• The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin: Combining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love.
• Blood Grove by Walter Mosley: Mosley returns with this crowning achievement in the Easy Rawlins saga, in which the iconic detective's loyalties are tested on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California.
• Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian: New York Times Best Seller, a young Puritan woman—faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul--plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive novel of historical suspense.
• Meet Me in Paradise by Libby Hubscher: Marin Cole has never: Seen the ocean, climbed a mountain,
taken a risk on love, but if her sister's plan works, she just might do all three.
New in large print:
• Obsession by Patricia Bradley
• Love for Beginners by Jill Shalvis
