Monday, October 29, 2012

New Urban Fantasy

Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Kushiel’s Legacy novels, presents an all-new world featuring a woman caught between the normal and paranormal worlds, while enforcing order in both. Introducing Daisy Johanssen, reluctant hell-spawn…

The Midwestern resort town of Pemkowet boasts a diverse population: eccentric locals, wealthy summer people, and tourists by the busload; not to mention fairies, sprites, vampires, naiads, ogres and a whole host of eldritch folk, presided over by Hel, a reclusive Norse goddess.

To Daisy Johanssen, fathered by an incubus and raised by a single mother, it’s home. And as Hel’s enforcer and the designated liaison to the Pemkowet Police Department, it’s up to her to ensure relations between the mundane and eldritch communities run smoothly.

But when a young man from a nearby college drowns—and signs point to eldritch involvement—the town’s booming paranormal tourism trade is at stake. Teamed up with her childhood crush, Officer Cody Fairfax, a sexy werewolf on the down-low, Daisy must solve the crime—and keep a tight rein on the darker side of her nature. For if she’s ever tempted to invoke her demonic birthright, it could accidentally unleash nothing less than Armageddon.


Check out Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey here!

Friday, October 26, 2012

Blues & Chocolate Fundraiser tonight!

Tickets are available at the Library and the Butler Theatre!
Call 906-486-4381 for more information.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

New books!

Lots of new adult fiction and non-fiction titles have been added this week. Thanks for your patience as we've been getting them ready for circulation!

Thursday, October 18, 2012

New Urban Fantsy!


Buyer beware . . .

Looking for a tattoo—and maybe a little something extra: a burst of good luck, a dollop of true love, or even a hex on an ex? Head to the quiet and mysterious Gage, the best skin artist in town. Using unique potions—a blend of extraordinary ingredients and special inks—to etch the right symbol, he can fulfill any heart's desire. But in a place like Low Town, where elves, faeries, trolls, werewolves, and vampires happily walk among humanity, everything has its price.

No one knows that better than Gage. Turning his back on his own kind, he left the magical Ivory Tower where cruel witches and warlocks rule, a decision that cost him the right to practice magic. And if he disobeys, his punishment—execution—will be swift.

Though he's tried to fly under the radar, Gage can't hide from powerful warlocks who want him dead—or the secrets of his own past. But with the help of his friends, Trixie, a gorgeous elf who hides her true identity, and a hulking troll named Bronx, Gage might just make it through this enchanted world alive.


Ishpeming Librarian Jesse says:
I received an ARC of Angel's Ink from my local bookseller Snowbound Books in exchange for a review.

Gage Powell has a successful tattoo parlor, friends, and even the potential for one of them to become something more. But on the night a dying woman visits the shop for a tattoo, Gage makes a well-intentioned modification to the ink that throws off the balance of his world and leaves him scrambling to correct his mistake. Old friends, new enemies, and a lot of magic later Gage finds himself a part of something bigger than he could have ever imagined.

Jocelynn Drake carves her own very original niche out of the urban fantasy genre with Angel's Ink. She has created well-rounded characters readers will root for; each with a rich, and often surprising, backstory to draw from in future sequels. Join Gage in a world where witches and warlocks have overpowered the human population and a little leprechaun hair in a tattoo can change your luck, and emerge having experienced creativity and characters anything but static.

Urban fantasy fans will enjoy this one, especially readers of Kim Harrison's The Hollows series. (17+)


Wednesday, October 3, 2012

It's Banned Books Week!

Celebrate Banned Books Week by reading a banned book!


Check out these books by clicking on the title below:
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Little Red Riding Hood by The Brothers Grimm
Evangelical Commentary on the Bible edited by Walter A. Elwell
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Rabbits' Wedding by Garth Williams
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara

Our Banned Books Week celebration will last the entire month of October!