On the shelves - Sept. 22

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. 

“The British Booksellers” by Kristy Cambron. A farmer’s son had no business daring to dream of a future with an earl’s daughter, but that couldn’t keep Amos Darby from his secret friendship with Charlotte Terrington until the reality of the Great War sobered youthful dreams. Now decades later, he bears the brutal scars of battles fought in the trenches. His return home doesn’t come with tender reunions, but with the hollow fulfillment of opening a bookshop. When the future Earl of Harcourt chose Charlotte to be his wife, she knew she was destined for a loveless match. Though her heart had chosen another long ago, she pledges her future even as her husband goes to war. Twenty-five years later, Charlotte remains a war widow who divides her days between her late husband’s declining estate and operating a quaint Coventry bookshop—Eden Books. And Amos is nothing more than the rival bookseller across the lane. But with devastation wrought by the Luftwaffe’s local blitz terrorizing the skies, battling bookshops must put aside their differences and fight together to help Coventry survive.

“The Lonely Hearts Book Club” by Lucy Gilmore. Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small town. She never thinks of herself as lonely but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane’s day that when Arthur doesn’t show up one morning, she’s instantly concerned. Anxious, Sloane tracks the old man down only to discover him all but bedridden. Wanting to bring more cheer into Arthur’s gloomy life, Sloane creates an impromptu book club. Slowly, the lonely misfits of their sleepy town begin to find each other, and in their book club, find the joy of unlikely friendship.

“Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance” by Catherine LLoyd. Miss Caroline has doubts when she receives an urgent invitation from a London law firm to discuss her late father’s estate. After all, the dishonored Earl of Morton died without a pound sterling to pass down. But while immersing herself in helping Mrs. Frogerton’s daughter navigate the high social season, Caroline meets with a cagey lawyer, Mr. Smith, who tells her that the earl composed a second will. Mrs. Frogerton, however, is suspicious of their true motives. Her instinct proves right when the two ladies find the office ransacked, staff in turmoil, and Mr. Smith missing. The full weight of the situation doesn’t sink in until Mr. Smith dies following an attack—discovered with an empty envelope bearing Caroline’s name. With a connection forming between two deaths at the firm, Caroline can’t imagine why anyone would kill twice over the contents of a will. As Caroline becomes the center of a criminal case, she must tread with caution while seeking the truth.

“Freezer Door Cocktails: 75 Cocktails That Are Ready When You Are” by J. M. Hirsch. There is a time and place for meticulous home mixology. But more often, what we really want is a shortcut to our favorite cocktail that’s at the ready any time we want it. This creative collection of 75 ready-to-pour cocktails shows how to make freezer door versions of your favorites.

“Well Worn: Visible Mending for the Clothes You Love” by Skye Pennant. From the creator of the popular Slow Stitch Club, Well Worn is a fresh and engaging clothing repair guide and accessible introduction for anyone looking to explore visible mending to revolutionize their wardrobe, whether you are a stitching pro or have never picked up a needle and thread.

“The Great Divide: Walking the Continental Divide Trail” by Tim VoorsAfter hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Tim Voors recounts the second of three Great thru-hikes across America. The Continental Divide Trail is the longest trail, at 3100 miles or 5000 km, through any country in the World, renowned for being beautiful yet brutal.

— Summaries provided by library staff