Book Talk for February 11 2025
Temptation Ridge
by Robyn Carr
After years of caring for her now-deceased mother, twenty-five-year-old Shelby McIntyre moves in with her uncle in Virgin River. Shelby meets former Blackhawk pilot Luke Riordan, and the two fall in love. But Luke doesn't envision a future together. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009.
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The mountain between us
by Charles Martin
When Dr. Ben Payne is stranded at a Salt Lake City airport, he decides to charter a plane and offers the extra seat to stranger Ashley Knox. The plane crashes in the mountains, leaving Ben and Ashley to depend upon each other if they are to survive. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2010.
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Angel Falls
by Kristin Hannah
After an accident leaves his wife Michaela in a coma, Dr. Liam Campbell discovers she formerly was married to international movie star Julian True. At the risk of losing Michaela to the actor, Liam asks Julian to try to help her recover. Strong language. Commercial audiobook. 2000.
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Angels Fall
by Nora Roberts
Traumatized by a shooting in Boston, Reece Gilmore flees across the country. She stops in Angel's Fist, Wyoming, and takes a job as a fast-order cook. When she witnesses a murder, only reporter-turned-author Brody believes her. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2006.
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Down a dark Road
by Linda Castillo
Two years ago, Joseph King was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to life in prison. He was a "fallen" Amish man with a drug habit and a violent temper. Now King has escaped, and he's headed back to Painters Mill. Chief Kate Burkholder is on edge. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
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Never Too Late: a Novel
by Robyn Carr
Just as Clare Wilson has decided to divorce her cheating husband, she is in a terrible car accident. Clare's two sisters rush to help her recover, and the three siblings lean on each other as they navigate their romantic difficulties. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006.
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Love you a latke
by Amanda Elliot
"Love comes home for the challah-days in this sparkling romance. Snow is falling, holiday lights are twinkling, and Abby Cohen is pissed. For one thing, her most annoying customer, Seth, has been coming into her café every morning with his sunshiny attitude, determined to break down her carefully constructed emotional walls. And, as the only Jew on the tourism board of her Vermont town, Abby's been charged with planning their fledgling Hanukkah festival. Unfortunately, the local vendors don't understand that the story of Hanukkah cannot be told with light-up plastic figures from the Nativity scene, even if the Three Wise Men wear yarmulkes. Desperate for support, Abby puts out a call for help online and discovers she was wrong about being the only Jew within a hundred miles. There's one other: Seth. As it turns out, Seth's parents have been badgering him to bring a Nice Jewish Girlfriend home to New York City for Hanukkah, and if Abby can survive his incessant, irritatingly handsome smiles, he'll introduce her to all the vendors she needs to make the festival a success. But over latkes, doughnuts, and winter adventures in Manhattan, Abby begins to realize that her fake boyfriend and his family might just be igniting a flame in her own guarded heart"-- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Stands a Calder man
by Janet Dailey
Montana, 1909. With the passing of the Enlarged Homestead Act, newcomers threaten the old way of ranching. Webb Calder resists the immigrants fencing in the range. Then he falls in love with one of their wives. Sequel to This Calder Range (BR 13464). Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 1983.
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The Honk and holler opening soon
by Billie Letts
Caney Paxton, a Vietnam vet who has lost the use of his legs, runs a small roadside cafe in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. The regulars at the Honk and Holler are surprised when Caney hires first a Native American waitress and later a Vietnamese cook. The two newcomers soon bring life to the cafe's humdrum routine.
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Yamamoto: The Man who Planned Pearl Harbor
by Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Isoroku Yamamoto was born in Nagaoka, a city known for its seafaring men, and went on to become an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He gained fame as the developer of successful naval aircraft and as a strong advocate of first-strike power. He eventually used his knowledge, particularly his understanding of the West, to mastermind the attack on Pearl Harbor, supposedly against his better instincts.
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Operation Vengeance The astonishing Aerial ambush that changed World War II
by Dan Hampton
"A narrative account of the top-secret U.S. mission to kill Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander who masterminded Pearl Harbor. 1943. Naval Intelligence intercepted the itinerary of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, whose stealth attack on Pearl Harbor precipitated America's entry into the war. On April 18th he would travel to Rabaul in the South Pacific to visit Japanese troops, then fly to the Japanese airfield at Balalale, 400 miles to the southeast. Operation Vengeance was born. To avoid detection, U.S. pilots had to embark on a circuitous, 1,000-mile odyssey that would test not only their skills but the physical integrity of their planes. The slightest miscalculation, even by a few minutes, meant the entire plan would collapse. Hampton focuses on the mission's pilots and recreates the moment-by-moment drama they experienced in the air." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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The hobbit: or There and Back Again
by J. R. R Tolkien
"Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return."-- From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Fellowship of the Rings being the first part of the Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R Tolkien
"Frodo Baggins, a young hobbit, sets out on a perilous journey to the Cracks of Doom, along with a band of warriors from different kingdoms, to destroy the Dark Lord's Ring of Power."-- WorldCat. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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The two towers
by J R. R Tolkien
"Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin—alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go."-- Goodreads. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.DB123865
The Return of the King
by J R.R Tolkien
"Presents the adventures of the little hobbit Frodo Baggins and his trusty companion, Sam as they journey from Middle Earth to the land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the evil power of Sauron."-- From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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I am Not Sidney Portier: A Novel
by Percival Everett
"Not Sidney Poitier is an amiable young man in an absurd country. The sudden death of his mother orphans him at age eleven, leaving him with an unfortunate name, an uncanny resemblance to the famous actor, and, perhaps more fortunate, a staggering number of ...
