New Arrivals! April 27 2009

In the mail:

Fire Raiser by Melanie Rawn. I won this in a contest at Pat's Fantasy Hotlist. The book came from the publicist, and then today I got a note in the mail with an autographed bookplate from Melanie Rawn. So nice of her!! Description: Holly McClure and Evan Lachlan have survived the fiery beginning of their romance and left Manhattan for Holly's ancestral home to raise their children. Evan's the county Sheriff; Holly is still a trouble-making Spellbinder trying to manipulate her family as if they were characters in one of her novels.But something's not right in Pocahontas County. Churches are being burned down in mysterious arsons with a taint of magic on them. Sheriff Lachlan suspects that they have something to do with the new owners of the old Westmoreland plantation, now a very upscale Inn, but even if he could find proof, it's going to be hard to bring a case of Black Magic before a Judge -- even in Pocahontas County, where witchcraft is the family business of all the oldest clans.

Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch.
10 Things I Hate About Christianity by Jason T. Berggren
How It Is I Got to Be Whoever It Is I Am by Charles Grodin
Laura Rider's Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton

From the library:

Foul Play by Tori Carrington. Description: After shooting one of her own clients and accidentally getting involved with the mob, Sofie Metropolis is finally starting to get the hang of the PI business. She’s just landed her first high-profile case. The wife of Reni Venezuela, a pitching phenom just signed by Sofie’s beloved New York Mets, arrives on Sofie’s doorstep in a gigantic bright yellow Hummer and declares that something is wrong with her husband. Can Sofie find out what? Things are heating up between Sofie and sexy Greek baker Dino. The moment her mother finds out, wedding invitations will be in the mail, something Sofie so isn’t ready for. And what if Australian mystery man Jake Porter hears of Sofie’s entanglement? She might lose any chance she has with a man who makes her tingle just by saying “hello.” What’s wrong with Reni? Will the truth cost her team the World Series? Will it cost Sofie her life?

Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King