On the shelves - Aug. 4

The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. 

“Aspen Crossroads” by Janine Rosche. Few in the community of Whisper Canyon have actually met Jace Daring, a recluse who lives at Aspen Crossroads. But that doesn’t stop the rumors about the multiple women who live with him. He must protect the truth--that his farm-to-table restaurant will provide new livelihoods for women rescued from human trafficking. But he can’t do it alone. Haven Haviland has always been everyone’s safe place to fall until one mistake closes her counseling practice. However, accepting Jace’s job offer to mentor the rescued women seems like the perfect way to right her wrongs. When the mayor’s campaign to clean up Whisper Canyon targets Aspen Crossroads, the restaurant comes under fire. Jace would sacrifice himself to save Haven and the women under his care, but his efforts might not be enough.

“If Something Happens to Me” by Alex Finlay. For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali’s piercing scream as she is taken. With no trace of Ali or the car, a cloud of suspicion hangs over Ryan. But with no proof and a good lawyer, he’s never charged. Now, Ryan has changed his last name, and entered law school. He’s put his past behind him. Until, on a summer trip abroad, Ryan gets a call from his father: Ali’s car has finally been found. Inside are two dead men and a cryptic note with five words written on the envelope in Ali’s handwriting: If something happens to me… Then, the unthinkable happens: Ryan sees the man who has haunted his dreams since that night. As Ryan races from the rolling hills of Tuscany, to a rural village in the UK in search of the truth, he has no idea that his salvation may lie with a young sheriff’s deputy in Kansas, and a mobster in Philadelphia who’s experienced tragedy of his own.

“Days of Wonder” by Caroline Leavitt. As a teenager, for a moment, Ella Fitchburg found love that consumed both her and her boyfriend, Jude, as they wandered the streets of New York City together. But her glorious life was pulled out from beneath her after she was accused of trying to murder Jude’s father, an imperious superior court judge. When she learns she’s pregnant shortly after receiving a long prison sentence, she reluctantly decides to give up the child. Ella is released from prison after serving only six years and is desperate to turn the page on a new life, but she can’t seem to let go of her past. With only an address as a possible lead, she moves to Ann Arbor, Michigan, determined to get her daughter back.

“Murder on the Llano Estacado” by Marlowe J. Churchill. In this haunting account, Marlowe J. Churchill investigates the secrets of a family tragedy from nearly 100 years ago. Almost 100 years ago, the Hassell family suffered a major loss after the brutal murder of Susan Hassell and eight of her children. The tragedy became a focus of people nationwide, outraging the people of Farwell where the violent crime was committed.

“Dynamic Character Design” by Fernanda Soares De Carvalho. Fernanda is a self-taught artist with a passion for creating semi-realistic portraits that are inspired by manga, anime, and fantasy art. In Dynamic Character Design, she shows you how to work with digital or traditional drawing tools to create faces, poses, facial expressions, and more in her signature style.

“A Walk in the Park” by Kevin Fedarko. A few years after quitting his job to become a guide on the Colorado River, Kevin Fedarko was approached by his best friend with a vision as bold as it was harebrained. Together, they would embark on an end-to-end traverse of the Grand Canyon. The ensuing ordeal revealed a place that was deeper, richer, and far more complex than anything the two men had imagined—and came within a hair’s breadth of killing them both.

— Summaries provided by library staff