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THE IRRESISTIBLE BLUEBERRY BAKESHOP & CAFE By Mary Simses
When New Yorker Ellen Branford travels to rural Maine to fulfill her dying grandmother’s last wish by delivering a long-overdue apology letter, Ellen’s near-drowning forces her to stay longer than she had planned, finding love, purpose, and the promise of a simpler life in her grandmother’s home town.
BLUEBERRY LOVE By Cynthia Stevens Graubart
Blueberries are a true superfruit: prized for their sweet and tangy taste as well as their antioxidants and phytonutrients, both of which have powerful health benefits. Whether you’ve picked pints of fresh berries or have a bag stored in your freezer, Graubart has a recipe that will satisfy every blueberry craving.
THE BLUE By Lucy Clarke
Seeking adventure, Lana and Kitty travel aboard the Blue, a fifty-foot yacht making its way from the Philippines to New Zealand, but soon discover that they aren’t the only ones with secrets they’d rather run from than reveal. “Lagoon swims and boozy nights turn sinister in this atmospheric thriller.”
HOMEGROWN BERRIES By Timber Press
Berry lovers and home gardeners rejoice. You now have a guide for selecting, caring for, and harvesting strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and more. This primer on the basics of growing berries at home provides details on site selection, cultivation needs, pest control, and more for an array of climates and varieties.
TWILIGHT AT BLUEBERRY BARRENS By Colleen Coble
After her family’s blueberry barrens are ruined in a blossom blight, Kate Mason decides to rent out the cottage on her property for income and immediately locks horns with her new tenant. This novel brings together suspense, romance, and the hope that one day new life will come again.
THE BIG BLUEBERRY BARF-OFF By R.L. Stine
Bernie Bridges, the egotistical planner and schemer for a group of fourth-graders at The Rotten School, is determined to outsmart his rival, spoiled rich kid Sherman Oaks, and get Sherman’s watch— the one that tells time, plays DVDs, and pops popcorn. How? In a pieeating contest, of course.
BLUE MOON By Lee Child
In this installment of the popular series, Jack Reacher has to stay one step ahead of loan sharks, thugs, and the assassins as he sets out to take down the powerful and make the greedy pay. It’s a long shot. The odds are against him. But Reacher believes in a certain kind of justice… the kind that comes along once in a blue moon.
BLUEBERRY MUFFIN MURDER By Joanne Fluke
A delectable mystery once again finds bakery owner and sleuth extraordinaire Hannah Swensen on the case when Connie Mac, the pompous host of a cable TV cooking show who has been chosen to bake this year’s official Winter Carnival cake, is murdered while eating one of Hannah’s famous blueberry muffins.
BLUEBERRY CAKE By Sarah Dillard
Little Bear LOVES blueberries. And one of the very best ways to eat blueberries is in Mama’s sweet, scrumptious blueberry cake. But when Little Bear goes to pick berries, he can’t resist eating them all! Can Little Bear figure out how to save some yummy blueberries, or will he once again come home empty-handed and never get any blueberry cake?
BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL By Robert McCloskey
On a summer day in Maine, a little girl and a bear cub wander away from their blueberry-picking mothers and mistake the other mother for their own. This classic tale is a Caldecott Honor book and continues to be a family favorite.