A new western story

Set in Montana territory near the end of the Civil War, D.B. Jackson’s second novel, Unbroke Horses, is a western by any measure. From a literary perspective, the novel explores human nature when it is tested by the extremes of evil. Readers will witness how the values and beliefs of a son of a clergyman can be severely tested when challenged by three Civil War deserters who are dispossessed of all virtue while living on the fringe of humanity.

Tethered about the neck with a rawhide lace and made to bid the commands of General Ike Smith, the survival of fourteen-year old Matthew Stanford depends upon his ability to adapt to malevolent ways—a lesson he learns quickly. For all that he finds distasteful in his captors, he also discovers an unexplained affinity for the power that resides in the violence that defines them. The adolescent boy goes on to abandon the teachings in which he was raised to embrace the mindless violence he witnesses.

Unbroke Horses, edited by Patrick LoBrutto (Stephen King, Louis L’Amour, Elmer Kelton), explores the biblical theme of good and evil wrestling for the soul of a young boy and, due to the mayhem he witnessed and finds intriguing, it appears his soul will have no chance for salvation. However, his single opportunity for redemption may lie with an old Indian horse trainer and a small band of “unbroken” horses. Readers will be talking about this one.

Find out why westerns are so popular by reading Unbroke Horses by D.B. Jackson here!

Something new has arrived...

Chloe walks into a bar and blows five years of sobriety. When she wakes, she finds herself in an unfamiliar world, The Wasteland. She discovers people from all times and places have also arrived there: Kitty and Jack, a brother and sister from the Wild West; Edgar, a prohibition bootlegger; Francis, a one-time hippie; Melody, a mentally unbalanced 1950s housewife; and Hector, a former carnival artist.

None know why they arrived there--or if there is way out of a world populated by monsters and filled with corruption.

Just as she did in Graveminder, Marr has created a vivid fantasy world that will enthrall. Melissa Marr's The Arrivals is a thoroughly original and wildly imagined tale about making choices in a life where death is unpredictable and often temporary.

Check out The Arrivals by Melissa Marr here!

Mistress by James Patterson

James Patterson's scariest, sexiest stand-alone thriller since The Quickie.

Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his racing thoughts, he's a man consumed by his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia-and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have. When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to find out what happened to the love of his life. Ben soon discovers that the woman he pined for was hiding a shocking double life. And now someone is out to stop Ben from uncovering the truth about Diana's illicit affairs. In his most heart-pumping thriller yet, James Patterson plunges us into the depths of a mind tortured by paranoia and obsession, on an action-packed chase through a world of danger and deceit.

Check out the newest by James Patterson, Mistress, here!

New from James Patterson!

Call the library this week to put your name on the waiting list for the newest James Patterson!

James Patterson's scariest, sexiest stand-alone thriller since The Quickie.

Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his racing thoughts, he's a man consumed by his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia-and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have. When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to find out what happened to the love of his life. Ben soon discovers that the woman he pined for was hiding a shocking double life. And now someone is out to stop Ben from uncovering the truth about Diana's illicit affairs. In his most heart-pumping thriller yet, James Patterson plunges us into the depths of a mind tortured by paranoia and obsession, on an action-packed chase through a world of danger and deceit.

Mistress by James Patterson will be released August 6th!