On the shelves - Nov. 22

The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library itself is closed to the public, but patrons can visit the online catalog at clovis.polarislibrary.com or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup.

“His Unexpected Amish Twins” by Rachel J. Good. When Micah Miller's brother and sister-in-law are killed in a buggy accident, he's devastated. His twin niece and nephew, Chloe and Jabin, need him now, but coping with the children's grief requires extra support. Hope Grabin is sure her new horse therapy business can help and Micah agrees to give it a try. Over time, Micah too learns to smile again, and finds his attraction for Hope is mutual. They want to be a family, but fear her debt to her Englisch trainer may stand in the way.

“Copper River” by William Kent Krueger (OverDrive audiobook) launches Cork O'Connor, sheriff in the remote territory of Tamarack County, Minnesota, into a challenge that pushes his endurance to new limits. Big trouble is brewing: a powerful man believes O'Connor killed his son. Now there's a price on the sheriff's head and a bullet in his leg. He finds refuge with his cousin, Jewell, and her teenage son, Ren, in their tiny Michigan town. But when Ren and his friends are threatened, O'Connor must risk his cover to find out why.

“The New Husband” by D.J. Palmer. Nina Garrity learned the hard way that her missing husband, Glen, had been leading a double life with another woman. But with Glen gone, she couldn't confront him about the affair or find closure to the life he blew apart. Now, a year and a half later, Nina has found love again with Simon, a widower still grieving the death of his first wife. Nina's teenage son, Connor, embraces Simon as the father he wishes his dad could have been, while her friends see a different side to him. Nina works hard to bridge the divide that's come between her daughter and Simon. She wants so badly to believe her life is finally getting back on track, but she'll soon discover that the greatest danger to herself and her children are the lies people tell themselves.

“A Second Helping” by Beverly Jenkins (OverDrive ebook) delivers a poignant and wonderful tale of love, laughter, and mayhem with a cast of endearingly eccentric characters. With the millions she received after divorcing her faithless tycoon husband, Bernadine Brown finds “projects” crying out for rescue. If ever an institution needed rescuing, it's the beloved Dog and Cow diner, now in danger of becoming duct-tape central. But other distractions are pulling her from the task: a plethora of romantic entanglements; a bitter young boy new in town; and a fugitive on the run with a six-hundred-pound pet pig that's wanted for murder (the pig, that is). When Bernadine's philandering, troublemaking ex-husband rolls into town looking for a second chance, life in Henry Adams gets very interesting indeed.

“Basket-Weaving Crafts: 22 Home Decorating Projects Using Baskets-Making Techniques” by Virve Boesch. If you've ever wanted to create full baskets but felt it was too intimidating, this is your go-to guide! Featuring 22 contemporary projects, step-by-step instructions and illustrations, and high-quality photography, this book is the gateway to creating modern masterpieces. An introduction explains all the materials and basic techniques in easy-to-understand descriptions before continuing to the projects, arranged from the simplest to the most elaborate, to help you expand your skills.

“Nerves of Steel” by Captain Tammie Jo Schults (OverDrive ebook) is the captivating true story of Tammie Jo Shults's remarkable life-from growing up the daughter of a humble rancher, to one of the Navy's first female F/A-18 Hornet pilots. On April 17, 2018, as a pilot for Southwest Airlines, Captain Shults was faced with the unthinkable. Twenty minutes into flight 1380, a catastrophic engine failure in the Boeing 737 caused an explosion, severely crippling the plane and taking a woman's life. As Captain Shults and her first officer struggled to stabilize the aircraft, she drew deeply from her well of experience, wrestling the plane with its 148 souls safely to the ground. Not originally scheduled for that flight, there is no doubt God had prepared her and placed her right where she needed to be that day.

“Santa Claus Confidential” by Kevin Neary. For the past twenty-five years Neary has lived a double life, even going so far as wearing a disguise and altering his appearance. Yes, it is true that during this time, he played the role of Santa Claus for a local department store. These hilarious, true stories from a professional Kris Kringle will have you laughing out loud over why Santa never introduces new reindeer to his crew, how he can enter a home that has no chimney, whether his sleigh has safety belts, and much, much more.

“SPQR” by Mary Beard (OverDrive audiobook) narrates the unprecedented rise of a civilization that even two thousand years later still shapes many of our most fundamental assumptions about power, citizenship, responsibility, political violence, empire, luxury, and beauty. From the foundational myth of Romulus and Remus to 212, nearly a thousand years later, when emperor Caracalla gave Roman citizenship to every free inhabitant of the empire, S.P.Q.R. ("The Senate and People of Rome") examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries.

— Summaries provided by library staff