Books (35)

The Last Days Of Marilyn Monroe - - A True Crime Thriller, By James Patterson, 1 Each, $29.40

In life, Marilyn Monroes superstardom defies classification. In death, she remains shrouded in mystery. In the months before her death, Marilyn finishes the script for her ultimately unfinished film, Somethings Got to Give. In the weeks before her death, she drinks champagne on Santa Monica Beach with the last photographer to take her picture. In the days before her death, shes a guest of Frank Sinatra in the Celebrity Room at the Cal Neva Lodge. In the hours before her death, she argues with US Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and his brother-in-law Peter Lawford. In an emergency session with her psychiatrist, she confesses: Here I am, the most beautiful woman in the world, and I do not have a date for Saturday night. On June 1, 2026, the world will celebrate Marilyn Monroes one hundredth birthday.Without her.

To Bleed A Crystal Bloom - By Sarah A. Parker, 1 Each, $28.99

Nineteen years ago, I was taken from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else.Now ward to a powerful High Master, I lead a simple life, never straying from the confines of an imaginary line I've drawn around the castle grounds. Stay within. Never leave. Out there, the monsters lurk. Inside, I'm safe ... though at a cost far greater than the blood I drip into a goblet daily.Toxic, unreciprocated love for a man who's unavailable. My savior. My protector.My almost executioner.When vicious beasts spill across the land and threaten to fray the fabric of my tailored existence, the petals of reality will peel back to reveal an ugly truth. But in a castle of secrets, none are greater than the one I've kept from myself.No tower is tall enough to protect me from the horror.

To Snap A Silver Stem - By Sarah A. Parker, 1 Each, $21.74

Once upon a time, my world was small and sheltered. Everything changed the moment I stepped over my Safety Line, toward a man I hardly know.He wants me. All of me.One wrong move could spur the war Ive worked so hard to avoid.Ill wear the dress and the cupla and the shoes. Ill do it all with a smile on my face. Because everyone's watching.Hes watchinghunting a fissure in my frosty shield, trying to scrape back the layers and see my ugly insides.Hes unyielding. Unguarded.Changed.Why is he looking now when Ive got everything to hide?Secrets sprout, truths bloom, and more than one of us will snap.Crowned in the crippling weight of my mistakes.Fear is my prisoner.

Verity - By Colleen Hoover, 1 Each, $18.74

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer, struggling financially when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Veritys notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesnt expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to readpage after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Veritys recollection of the night her family was altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the grieving father. But as her feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes ways she could benefit if he were to read his wifes words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.

We All Live Here - By Jojo Moyes, 1 Each, $19.49

Lila Kennedy has a broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house in ill repair, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career and love life are complicated.When her real dada man who ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years agosuddenly appears, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you... about love, and what it actually means to be family.