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The vintage photos appearing in this catalog are a result of the Oklahoma Images project, a collection of pictures and essays that illustrate the history of Central Oklahoma. Find photographs, art works, primary source materials, and essays that tell the story of the people who have called Oklahoma home. These images can be found on the MLS website www.metrolibrary.org.

On the cover: Harding Junior High School Band, 1940-41, 2222 N. Shartel (c.1941) Following national trends, Oklahoma City schools wished to develop a junior high school program to better prepare more students for high school eligibility. The School Board tried to pass a bond in 1916, but again the voters balked and it was not until 1919 that a bond could be passed to build three new junior high schools. The first three, opened in 1920 were Classen, Webster, and Capitol Hill, however these quickly became overcrowded and in 1922 Roosevelt and Harding were added. (From the Oklahoma Images essay by Larry Johnson.)

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BEST SELLERS All Through the Night

The Loner

By Suzanne Brockmann

By Geralyn Dawson

A quiet, intimate wedding ceremony between FBI agent Jules Cassidy and Hollywood heartthrob Robin Chadwick becomes more than they expected. They have a waterfall coming through the kitchen ceiling, old family tensions arise, and even an international incident happens.

Add a parade of unexpected guests, a reporter looking for a scoop, a dangerous stalker, and suddenly the wedding is poised to unravel. ROM

Logan Grey vows to live his life alone, but his willpower is tested by Caroline Kilpatrick.

She knows treasure waits within Black Shadow Canyon, and it’s not Geronimo’s Gold. Desperate, she makes Logan an offer he can’t refuse, and together they battle outlaws, danger, and desire.

ROM

The 9th Judgment The Bride Collector

By James Patterson

By Ted Dekker

Two crimes shock the city of San Francisco that leaves the town in hysteria. A young mother and her infant are viciously shot to death in a mall garage, and the same night an A-list actor is murdered in his home. With two vicious killers on the loose, Detective Lindsay Boxer spends every waking hour on the cases. FIC

There is a killer carving a path of death across the west, killing only the most beautiful women. He leaves behind a handwritten note and a bridal veil. Special Agent Brad Raines turns to the Center for Wellness and Intelligence, a private home for gifted, mentally ill residents. A young woman named Paradise helps Brad enter the killer’s deadly game. But the killer has an advantage: this is his game. FIC

Out of Control

By Mary Connealy Julia Gilliland enjoys studying the fossils and formations in the magnificent cave near her father’s house. The cave seems safe until the day an intruder steals the rope she uses to climb out. Rafe Kincaid never expects to find a woman trapped in the cavern on his land.

As their relationship develops it threatens his reconciliation with his brothers. He will have to choose between his family and this new love.

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Copycat Killing

By Sofie Kelly Librarian Kathleen Paulson has been working hard to help her friends move their art creations to safety during a deluge. When maskmaker Jaeger Merrill is found drowned in the basement, Kathleen questions whether the death was accidental. With the help of detective Marcus Gordon and her cats, Owen and Hercules, she will be able to unmask a killer. MYS 2

BEST SELLERS Room

the creature disappears unleashing an ancient horror. FIC

By Emma Donoghue To five year old Jack, Room is the world.

It’s where he was born and where he and his Ma eat and sleep. To his mother it’s the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in this eleven-by-eleven-foot space. Jack’s curiosity is building and she knows that Room cannot contain either of them much longer. FIC

Wildfire

By Ralph Cotton Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is on the trail of a gang of bank robbers and has landed right into the path of a raging wildfire. Burrack is determined to catch the murderous Cheyenne Kid and his gang. Gilley Maclaine overhears the Kid’s plans to kill her and she swipes the money. Burrack knows that robbing a robber is dangerous and the Kid won’t let Gilley’s betrayal go unpunished. WES

Split Image

By Robert B. Parker Jesse Stone is stressed by the murder of a high ranking crime figure found on Paradise Beach, plus his failed relationship with his ex-wife and his ongoing battle with the bottle.

Then a body is found in a car and it is a foot soldier for Reggie Galen who is enjoying “retirement” with his wife. Private investigator Sunny Randall comes into town on a case and Jesse realizes that they have much in common with their victims and suspects. MYS

The Wurst is Yet to Come

By Mary Daheim When the state B&B association threatens to yank Judith Flynn’s innkeeper’s license just because an occasional corpse happens to pop up, she decides that she needs to get away from it all and agrees to man a booth during Oktoberfest in Little Bavaria. She hopes to win allies, solicit new guests, and keep her inn open. Then she stumbles over a body right in the middle of an oompah band and a herd of German polka dancers. She’s now caught between a wurst and a hard place. MYS

Terminal Freeze

By Lincoln Child Paleoecologist Evan Marshall is on an expedition to Alaska’s Federal Wilderness Zone, one of the most dangerous and inhospitable places on Earth. Once there Evan and his team discover an enormous prehistoric animal encased in solid ice. The expedition’s sponsor wants the creature cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed on live television. Then 3

NONFICTION Black Cats & Four Leaf Clovers

the beauty of these abandoned communities along America’s favorite highway. HIS

By Harry Oliver

The Great Christmas Cookie Swap

Delve into the stories behind the traditions and superstitions that permeate our everyday lives. Before you search for any more four leaf clovers, worry about the next Friday the thirteenth, or avoid walking under any ladders, dip into this amazing tome and discover such things as: The best day of the week to ask for a favor, or why you should never jump over a child in Turkey. SS

By Good Housekeeping Here are 60 delicious Christmas cookie recipes for sharing during the holiday season.

Each recipe was created to make batches of eight dozen cookies or more. Whether you are a veteran of cookie swaps, or want to start a tradition of sharing with friends, family, and neighbors, you’ll love these classic confections and new taste treats. HAF

Cute and Easy Crochet

By Nicki Trench

A Happy Trails Christmas

Learn how to crochet and create 35 adorable projects complete with clear artworks and instructions. You will find simple projects such as a springtime throw, or more challenging things like blankets, fingerless gloves, and even adorable Russian dolls. These patterns will guide you through initial stitches to produce beautiful projects incorporating a wide range of crochet techniques. ARC

By Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Christmas is a time for seeing far-flung family members, eating delicious food, and making special memories. What better way to celebrate than to remember a simpler time when every story had a happy ending, and the hero and his steed rode off into a perfect sunset. Let Roy Rogers and Dale Evans guide you down that happy trail to the Christmas you long to remember. REL

Ghost Towns of Route 66

By Jim Hinckley Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boom towns built around oil mines, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Come take a tour of dozens of ghost towns, rich in stories and history. Explore 4

NONFICTION Its Head Came Off by Accident

is part nostalgia, part literary analysis, and a raucous celebration of brilliant writers and their troubled legacies. LIT

By Muffy Mead-Ferro This memoir is poignant, intelligent, and often laugh out loud funny as Muffy recounts her childhood on a Wyoming ranch. She describes a childhood that takes place on a vast ranch near Jackson Hole. She grew up with adventure crazed brothers and friends, and a colorful collection of Western characters, most particularly her mother, Mary. BIO

MinnowKnits, Too

By Jil Eaton Jil Eaton has created twenty-six innovative patterns using her signature bold colors, chic styling, and spirited details. These are one-ofa-kind outfits for kids of all ages and knitters of all skill levels. Here are clear step-bystep instructions, drawings, and full color photographs plus Jil’s personal tips and hints to make your work simple. ARC

Laptops & Tablets for Seniors for Dummies

Over the Hill & On a Roll

By Nancy Muir In this book you will learn how to pick a portable computer, use Windows, and take advantage of the Internet. You will learn how to set up your laptop, use applications and files, shop and pay bills online, keep up with the grandkids, and more. You will also learn how to keep your laptop and personal information secure. SS

By Bob Phillips You know you’re over the hill whenopportunity knocks but your hearing aid is turned off, ninety percent of your dreams are reruns or you remember when “hardware” referred only to a store. We can all celebrate the passing of time and poke fun at what lies ahead. If things get better with age then we’re approaching magnificence! HUM

Literary Rogues

By Andrew Shaffer Rock stars, rappers, and actors haven’t always had a monopoly on misbehaving. There was a time when authors fought with both words and fists, a time when poets were the ones living fast and dying young. This book

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NONFICTION Quick & Easy Diabetic Recipes for One

understood or even widely noticed. This is an in-depth look at seven such episodes and reveals the ways they have shaped America. What would Washington, Jefferson or Madison have said about these events? HIS

By Kathleen Stanley & Connie Crawley It’s normally tough for people with diabetes to find healthy great tasting recipes for just one person, but here are 100 easy to prepare recipes.

You’ll also find meal planning advice, tips on shopping, and diabetic exchanges. From quick breakfasts, soups and stews, side dishes, even desserts, they are all here in this book. HEA

Weird & Wonderful Christmas

By Joey Green Take a journey off the beaten path to the bizarre side of the world’s favorite holiday.

December 25th has become so much more and less than a sacred religious celebration. It is also a time when one man sends out 62,824 personal greeting cards, and when 5,000 people dressed as Santa Claus descend on the town of Porto, Portugal. It is also the time when the streets of Caracas, Venezuela are blocked off, so people can roller-skate to church. HUM

7 Events That Made America America

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FICTION Beyond Reach

The Christmas Pony

By Karin Slaughter

By Melody Carlson

Detective Lena Adams sits in a hospital room in a small Georgia town accused of murder. Police Chief Tolliver gets the call that his young detective has been arrested. His wife, medical examiner Sara Linton, is fighting a malpractice suit and has little patience for Lena.

She cannot guess that within days she herself will be at the center of a bizarre murder case.

It is 1937 and Lucy Turnbull knows better than to wish for a pony this Christmas. Her mother has told her in no uncertain terms that asking for a pony is the same as asking for the moon. The only extra mouths they need at their boarding house are the paying kind. Then an interesting pair of strangers comes to town, and Lucy’s world changes forever.

The Busted Thumb Horse Ranch

Devious

By Lisa Jackson New Orleans detective Reuben Montoya is called to a murder and is shocked to recognize the victim as an old high-school friend, Camille Renard. She is dressed in a yellowed bridal gown and has been viciously strangled. Valerie Houston, Camille’s sister, digs deeper into the murder and realizes how little she knew about Camille’s past. More bodies are found and no one is beyond suspicion or safe.

By Paul Bagdon Jake Walters and his pal Armando talked for years about owning their own horse ranch, and then Jake inherits a thousand acres in West Texas. Now he has the land, money, and the experience to make his dreams come true. He only needs the perfect stud stallion and he’s found it. But, it’s not long before rustlers set their sights on the stallion and his foal.

Downfall

Christmas at Timberwoods

By Terri Blackstock

By Fern Michaels Security manager at Timberwoods Mall, Heather Andrews, has more to contend with than frazzled parents and disgruntled Santas.

Angela Steinhart, the woman who designed the mall’s holiday displays, has had a premonition that tragedy will strike on Christmas Eve. Heather would love to dismiss the warning, but Angela’s visions have a habit of coming true.

Emily Covington has turned her life around after her drug addiction, but her family still has trouble trusting her. When she discovers a homemade bomb under her car, and she learns that the wife of one of her friends was murdered that same morning, she begins to connect the dots. She is the only one who can identify the killer and save the life of the next potential victim. But will anyone believe her?

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FICTION Last Lie

Redeeming Love

By Stephen White

By Francine Rivers

The Gregory’s new neighbors host a housewarming party that starts a devastating chain of events for everyone involved. A rape accusation rocks the town, and Lauren, a deputy DA, learns facts that she can’t share with her husband, Alan. He discovers that he has an unusual perspective into what really happened after the housewarming.

In California’s gold country in 1850, women sold their bodies for a place to sleep.

Having been sold into prostitution as a child, Angel survives by keeping her hatred alive. She meets Michael, who obeys God’s call to marry Angel. Her heart begins to thaw but feelings of unworthiness arise. She is terrified of the truth she no longer can deny. Her healing must come from the One who loves her more than Michael.

On Christmas Eve

Tidewater Inn

By Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer

By Colleen Coble When she inherits a beautiful old hotel, it seems like a dream come true for Libby. She’s delighted to learn of the family she never knew.

But she can’t afford the upkeep on the inn and must sell it to developers who are stalking the island. Her newfound brother and sister think she’s there to steal their birthright. Worst of all, her best friend has been kidnapped.

Lucy and Charlie’s relationship has been on the rocks and Lucy realizes that she doesn’t need to put up with his nonsense anymore. Then she takes in a lost teenager despite Charlie’s protests. Betty has a grown son, and an exhusband starting a new family. She’s been too busy to find a life partner until she gets an unexpected gift at the Christmas party: Santa.

Is she really attracted to a struggling magazine writer who plays dress-up?

Ties That Bind

By Natalie Collins

Path Toward Love

The first victim, a cheerleader, is found hanging from a tree. She appears to have committed suicide, as does the next girl. Then a third death, and a growing suspicion that these are not suicides at all. Detective Samantha Montgomery has seen her share of tragedy but this is worse. This is methodical, planned, and executed. This is the work of a serial killer.

By Cara Lynn James Katherine returns to her family’s rustic camp on Raquette Lake as a widow. Her mother is determined to push her into a new marriage.

Katherine confides in Andrew, an old friend from childhood, and their relationship takes a dramatic turn into un-chartered territory.

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ROMANCE Bachelor on the Prowl

has a reason for marriage. His brother went missing during one of Cecily’s father’s expeditions. Lucas is out to find the truth of what happened.

By Kasey Michaels When Holly Hollis oversees her company’s first wedding fashion show, she’s in a panic. She then inadvertently assumes that executive Colin Rafferty is her missing model. Before he knows it, she’s yanked off his pants, put him in a tux and tossed him on the runway. Colin had just stopped by to visit but finds himself suddenly proposing to Holly the next day, over a hot dog!

Lone Star Woman

By Sadie Callahan Jude Strayhorn intends to buy her deceased neighbor’s abandoned ranch. She catches a stranger trespassing and discovers that he is not a criminal but an heir with plans of his own. Brady Fallon hasn’t set foot on the ranch for years. To make ends meet, he hires on as a ranch hand on Jude’s Circle C ranch. It becomes hard to avoid a tangle with his boss since she wants his ranch for herself.

A Bride’s Rogue in Roma, Texas

By Darlene Franklin After her mother’s death, penniless Blanche Lamar is surprised to receive a summons from a father she’s never met. She then discovers that her father, Captain J.O. Lamar, has died and left her the steamboat Cordelia as her inheritance. As she travels down river to talk with her father’s lawyers, she’s befriended by pilot, Old Obie, who teaches her to pilot the steamboat.

Love Finds You a Home for Christmas

By Annalisa Daughety & Gwen Faulkenberry Ruby McFadden begins work at an Arkansas ordnance plant during World War II and meets Cliff Hamilton. They both have lost love ones in the war. Ruby is afraid to take another chance on love.

Sophie Harper never expected to return to her small Arkansas hometown. She throws herself into opening a bustling café. Then her childhood friend Jon walks into her café and back into her life.

How to Dance With a Duke

By Manda Collins Cecily Hurston wants to join her father’s exclusive academic society but the rules forbid her entrance unless she weds one of its members. To clear her ailing father’s name of a scandalous rumor, and join the club, she weds Lucas Dalton. Lucas also

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ROMANCE Since the Surrender

sooner have coffee from a check wagon than tea in a society drawing room. But England offered one thing that Texas didn’t, a man who captured her heart. Now she has to convince him to try love, Texas style.

By Julie Anne Long English war hero Captain Chase Eversea receives a mysterious message summoning him to a London rendezvous. Rosalind March’s sister has disappeared and she needs Chase’s help to find her. As their search through London’s darkest corners re-ignites long smoldering passion and memories of old battles, they are challenged to surrender to the possibility of love.

A Wedding Homerun in Loveland, Ohio

By Cathy Liggett Since her husband walked out on Megan and their son when Sammy was born with cerebral palsy, she has no trust in men or God. Megan heads up All-Stars Sports Day, an event for special kids like Sammy. Her planning meeting is hijacked when former star pitcher, MacNeill Hattaway, shows up with a news crew. He’s hoping that his celebrity status might help Megan’s event.

Texas Loving

By Leigh Greenwood Born and raised on the Broken Circle Ranch, Eden never expected to fall head over heels for the heir to a British earldom. Being the youngest of the Maxwell clan, she’d MLS Oklahoma Images Collection.

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MYSTERIES Antiques Disposal

Chapter & Hearse

By Barbara Allan

By Lorna Barrett

Storage wars erupt when Brandy Borne and her mother, Vivian, win an abandoned storage unit. In its “mystery “ contents is a rare vintage cornet and the recently stowed body of Big Jim Bob. An intruder steals into the Borne home and makes off with the cornet.

The sleuthing duo finds another stashed victim and the hunt is on for a corpse-hoarding killer.

Tricia Miles, owner of a mystery bookstore, has been spending more time solving crimes than reading them. Her sister, Angelica, launches a party to celebrate her first cookbook. A nearby gas explosion injures Angelica’s boyfriend, Bob. He is being tightlipped about the accident and how it killed the owner of the town’s history bookstore.

Beef Stolen-Off

Curse of the PTA

By Liz Lipperman

By Laura Alden

Sportswriter Jordan McAllister never imagined that she’d be a food critic, but here in Rachero, Texas, she is now. Cattle baron Lucas Santana invites her to the Cattlemen’s ball, and even sets her up with a cowboy for the event. She winds up in the emergency room, where her date is DOA. Jordan knows she needs to get to the bottom of this mystery.

The PTA has come into some money with the sales from their senior story project. PTA President, Beth Kennedy, brings in a financial consultant, Dennis Halpern. Before they can come up with a solution for the money, Dennis comes to his final end at a PTA meeting.

Virtually anyone could have done the deed, and Dennis had plenty of secrets.

Drop Dead Chocolate

Bitter Harvest

By Jessica Beck

By Sheila Connolly

Suzanne Hart’s mother is set on replacing the current mayor and what better way to drum up support than by luring in voters with Suzanne’s delicious donuts. When Momma’s opponent is brutally murdered, the odds of winning are suddenly in their favor. Suzanne hopes to reveal the killer’s recipe for revenge.

Meg Corey is snowed in without power or heat She decides it’s a good time to clean out her house. She finds an early nineteenth century silk sampler embroidered with apple trees, but she doesn’t know the names on it.

When she starts being plagued by a series of mishaps she must figure out how the sampler is connected to the motive of her tormentor.

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MYSTERIES Foul Play at the Fair

The Pumpkin Muffin Murder

By Shelley Freydont

By Livia J. Washburn

Celebration Bay, New York, is a town in need of a professional coordinator for their seasonal festivals. Event planner Liv Montgomery, are looking for a quiet place to put down roots. This festival is Liv’s chance to prove herself, until the body of an juggler is found stuffed into an antique apple press. She has to solve the murder herself.

Weatherford, Texas, is celebrating their first Harvest Festival and Phyllis Newsom is making her special pumpkin cheesecake muffins. She decides to spend time with her grandson Bobby by taking him to the festival, and hopes to win the baking contest. A dead body is discovered and Phyllis’s sleuthing skills are needed.

A Killer Maize

Skein of the Crime

By Paige Shelton

By Maggie Sefton

Becca Robbins didn’t expect to run into her ex-husband, Scott, at the Fall Festival.

She’s selling her farm made jams, while Scott is operating a shooting gallery. Ferris wheel operator Virgil is found hanging from his rickety ride, dead from a gunshot.

Becca must search through a labyrinth of lies, secrets, and superstition to find a killer.

Fall in Fort Connor, Colorado, inspires the knitters at the House of Lambspun to start on hats and mittens. A dazed young woman who appeared in Kelly Flynn’s backyard, has also seemed to get in the swing of things. Then she is found dead near Kelly’s house and Kelly investigates, following a twisted path of clues.

Pies and Prejudice

A Spoonful of Murder

By Ellery Adams

By Connie Archer

Ella Mae bakes pies, but her old nemesis Loralyn Gaynor, starts making trouble. Ella’s old crush is making nice with Loralyn, then Loralyn’s fiancé is found dead, killed with Ella Mae’s rolling pin. It will take all of Ella Mae’s sweet magic to clear her name.

Tourists are a big business in the small town of Snowflake, Vermont. Lucky Jamieson has inherited her parents’ soup shop. Life changes quickly when a blonde tourist is found frozen to death behind the soup shop and the soup chef is arrested. Lucky must find out who iced the tourist.

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LARGE PRINT Agony of the Leaves

contentedly involved with a great guy, has an exciting career, and is raising a beautiful daughter. So why would Nate be the first thing to enter her mind when her boyfriend asks her to marry him? ROM

By Laura Childs Theodosia Browning is catering the private party honoring dignitaries and donors at the Neptune Aquarium. She discovers the body of a man drowned in one of the aquarium’s tanks. The victim is her former boyfriend, Parker. She notices what looks like defense wounds on his hands and realizes someone wanted Parker dead. Since the police won’t listen to her theory, she starts her own investigation. MYS

Courageous

By Randy Alcorn Law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners stand up to the worst the world can offer. Now they’re facing a challenge that none of them are prepared to tackle: fatherhood. They discover they’re missing the mark as dads and their children are drifting farther away from them. When tragedy hits home, they are left wrestling with their hopes, fears, faith, and their fathering. Can they draw closer to God and to their children? INSP

Always Something There to Remind Me

By Beth Harbison Two decades ago, Erin Edwards thought that she would spend the rest of her life with Nate Lawson.

Until she made a mistake that Nate would not forgive. Today she is 13

LARGE PRINT A Dog Named Christmas

high-profile murder, someone else is found brutally executed, a preacher with a message of hope for the homeless. But is he quite as saintly as everyone thought? And are the two murders related? FIC

By Greg Kincaid

When Todd, a developmentally challenged young man living on his parents’ Kansas farm, hears that a local shelter is seeking temporary homes for dogs during the holiday week, he knows what he wants for Christmas. The family takes in a very special animal, and the shelter’s Christmas adoption program grows larger than anyone had hoped. Todd and Christmas teaches an entire community the power of goodwill and love. INSP

First Family

By David Baldacci What began as an ordinary children’s birthday party was far from ordinary. It was held at Camp David, and ended with a daring kidnapping that turns into a national security nightmare. The First Lady presses former Secret Service agents, Sam King and Michelle Maxwell, into the desperate search to rescue the abducted child. Now the line between friend and foe will become impossible to define or defend. FIC

The Eighth Confession

By James Patterson Millionaires mingle at the party of the year in San Francisco, and a killer pinpoints the ideal moment to murder the city’s most celebrated couple. As Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the 14

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of herself. Her brother, Travis, is juggling a long-distance romance, and for Maura, ghosts linger here.

FIC

By Tracie Peterson Life in the logging town of Perkinsville, Texas, holds promise for Deborah Vandermark as she pursues her medical studies under the tutelage of Dr. Christopher Clayton. There is a growing affection between them until Christopher gets a letter from his family. Deborah’s well laid plans falter and the arrival of Jake Wythe only adds to her uncertainty. ROM

Grace

By Richard Paul Evans When Eric finds Grace digging through a dumpster for food, he takes her home and hides her in his backyard treehouse. He never asks her for an explanation of her situation, and eventually, she feels comfortable enough to talk about the horrors she’s left behind. Just as their friendship is blossoming into love, Eric’s younger brother Joel exposes Grace’s hiding place and she is forced to go home. FIC

The Geometry of Sisters

By Luanne Rice Having lost her husband and older daughter in a storm off Mackinac Island, Maura Shaw returns to Newport, Rhode Island to teach at Newport Academy. She hopes to find a new beginning with her son and younger daughter. But ever since her sister disappeared, Beck feels like she has lost half

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A Hundred Years of Happiness

By Carol Higgins Clark PI Regan Reilly and her husband, Jack, are in Los Angeles attending a business conference. Regan runs into Zelda, an old acquaintance. Zelda’s father and his new girlfriend just got married at a drive-through chapel in Vegas and she asks Regan to do a simple background check on the new wife. Before Regan can start, she is sidetracked by a poisoning, murder attempt, and a scam. MYS

By Nicole Seitz Forty years ago, John Porter fought in Vietnam. He’s now a wealthy builder in Charleston, South Carolina, but is feeling the past nip at his heels. When he relays his confrontation with “the enemy”, his daughter takes it upon herself to help him deal with his scars.

Fifty miles away, Lisa Le is trying desperately to connect with her Vietnamese mother. Secrets from the past stand between them. FIC

Here to Stay

By Catherine Anderson

A Lady of Hidden Intent

Mandy Pajeck feels responsible for the accident that took her younger brother’s sight. His complete reliance on her care is making them both miserable. She meets handsome Zach Harrigan and his mini guide horse, and thinks that she’s found the ticket to her brother’s happiness, and maybe her own. ROM

By Tracie Peterson A privileged life becomes a distant memory when Catherine Newbury’s father is falsely imprisoned and she is whisked away from her home in England to America. She changes her name and tries to carve out a future as a seamstress. Soon her dress designs are sought throughout Philadelphia.

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his mother and sister for a design consultation, Catherine encounters her past face-to-face. FIC

Love Letters in the Sand

By Diann Hunt When World War II takes Stefan Zimmer away from Julia Hilton, it washes away her happily ever after dreams and leaves heartbreak. The jilted teacher dares to consider another chance at love when a mysterious stranger enters her life in 1957. They attempt to navigate the shifting sands of their new relationship as painful truths come to light. Julia discovers that she and Stefan have a love that will be forever written upon their hearts. ROM

This Side of Heaven

By Karen Kingsbury

Annie Warren’s son, Josh, was hit by a drunk driver and is waiting for the insurance company to send a settlement that has not come now for years. Suddenly a scheming woman claims that they have a seven year old daughter. Despite the unlikelihood and lack of evidence, Josh dreams of being a father. When the settlement that rightly belongs to Josh is threatened, Annie sets out to defend her son. But she might find a treasure more valuable than money.

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One Day at a Time

By Danielle Steel Coco Barrington was born into a legendary Hollywood family.

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To Win Her Heart

By Karen Witemeyer

After serving his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed his youth, Levi Grant looks to start over in Spencer, Texas. They need a blacksmith, and he needs a place where no one knows his past.

Eden Spencer has sworn off men, choosing to devote her time to the lending library she runs. When a mountain sized stranger walks in and asks to borrow a book, Eden steels herself against the attraction he provokes. ROM

A Warmth in Winter

By Lori Copeland

Mooseleuk Mercantile owner, Vernie Bidderman, is shocked when she gets a message from her husband Stanley, who went bowling twenty years ago and never came home.

Seventy year old Salt Gribbon, the lighthouse keeper is living with a secret, his grandchildren. Will the mystery of Christmas soften Vernie’s heart and will Salt lower the walls he built to shut out the world? INSP

The Walled Flower

By Lorraine Bartlett

For years Katie Bonner dreamed of renovating the old house on Victoria Square into a bed and breakfast. Now the dream belongs to another couple, but their dream becomes a nightmare when a skeleton is discovered sealed in one of the walls. The bones belong to a 18

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BETHANY 3510 N. Mueller, Bethany, 789-8363

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CAPITOL HILL 334 SW 26th, OKC, 634-6308

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CHOCTAW 2525 Muzzy St., Choctaw, 390-8418

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DEL CITY 4509 SE 15th, Del City, 672-1377

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DOWNTOWN 300 Park Ave., OKC, 231-8650

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EDMOND 10 S. Boulevard, Edmond, 341-9282

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RALPH ELLISON 2000 NE 23rd, OKC, 424-1437

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SOUTHERN OAKS 6900 S. Walker, OKC, 631-4468

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