On the shelves - May 26

The following books are now available for checkout:

Clovis-Carver Public Library

American Duchess by Karen Harper travels back to 1895, St Thomas Episcopal Church on New York City's Fifth Avenue, where heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt, just 18, has been bullied by her mother into marriage to the aloof Duke of Marlborough. Realizing she must make the best of things, Consuelo faces an overwhelming list of duties, including producing an heir and a spare, but her relationship with the duke quickly disintegrates. While charming everyone from debutantes to diplomats, she fights for women's suffrage. And when she takes a scandalous leap, can she hope to attain love at last?

The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick steps into the life of librarian and neighborhood helper Martha Storm, who has always found it easier to connect with books than people -- though not for lack of trying. When a mysterious "someone" leaves a book for her bearing a message from her beloved grandmother, who supposedly passed away three years earlier, Martha determines to resolve the mystery and untangle her own life.

The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond by Jaime Jo Wright follows two women, separated by a hundred years, who must uncover the secrets within the borders of their own town before it's too late and they lose their future--or their very souls. In modern-day Gossamer Grove, Wisconsin, an inheritance forces Annalise Forsythe to face the town's dark secrets, while a century earlier, amid the arrival of revivalists in Gossamer Grove, newspaperwoman Libby Sheffield works with a deacon's son to investigate his father's death.

Dressage the Cowboy Way by Eitan Beth-Halachmy and Jenni L. Grimmett, DVM addresses the desire to meld the best of Western riding traditions with classical dressage in the pursuit of a harmonious relationship with a horse. This movement has steadily gained traction over the past two decades as more and more horse people are discovering the incredible rewards of training a well-balanced mount, using a soft feel, and developing communication based on kindness and cooperation.

Roadmap to Federal Jobs by Barbara A. Adams is a complete storehouse of helpful links, sample resumes, worksheets to chart your progress, and other tools and resources needed to navigate the federal hiring process. Learn proven processes for finding, applying for, and landing U.S. Government jobs based on over 30 years of trusted expertise.

Spies in the Family by Eva Dillon offers a riveting true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War. Summer, 1975, Dillon's family was living in New Delhi when her father was exposed as a CIA spy. However his business with the CIA's highest-ranking double agent, a Russian providing an unfiltered view into Soviet intelligence, helped ensure that tensions between the two nuclear superpowers did not escalate into a shooting war - while their devoted friendship lasted until the final days of their lives.

Portales Public Library

Miss Julia Takes the Wheel by Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia's doctor decides to take an extended vacation with his wife out of town, and he decides to hire a replacement physician in his stead, something that doesn't sit well with Julia, who doesn't do well with change. Due to her engrained Southern manners and desire to size up the new doctor who will be taking over for the time-being, Julia invites Dr. Don Crawford and his wife Lauren over to dinner, as well as her friends Hazel Marie and Binkie and their husbands. Julia and her husband Sam both notice that Lauren is painfully shy and short on social skills, but it is the charming Don who raises the suspicions of Binkie and Hazel Marie when they both pick up on strange, and not-so-charming, vibes from the doctor. While Julia sets about trying to figure out both Don and Lauren, LuAnne has finally gotten divorced from her unfaithful husband and has started working at the local funeral home, and Lloyd has officially gotten his first car ever, and with so many changes among her group of friends, Julia has more than enough to occupy her time.

Triple Jeopardy by Anne Perry: Young lawyer Daniel Pitt, as well as his parents Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, is thrilled to be able see his sister Jemima and her family, who have returned from America for a visit to London, only to find out from Jemima that one of her good friends has recently been assaulted in Washington, D.C. and had a treasured necklace stolen. All evidence points to a man named Philip Stanley, a British diplomat who had been living in D.C. for work but who has since fled back to London after the incident and is claiming diplomatic immunity for his crime. However, Sidney winds up in court for a different crime when he is accused of embezzlement, and Daniel is unfortunately hired to defend him, planning to provide only the most basic help in order to allow the prosecution to put Sidney away for good. But when Daniel gets wind of the death of a British embassy employee back in D.C., he is determined to find evidence of Sidney's involvement to prove how deep his crimes truly run.

Still Me by JoJo Moyes: Louisa Clark leaves her native England and arrives in New York City ready to start a brand new life in America after mourning the loss of Will Traynor, with a job lined up as the assistant of the extremely wealthy Leonard Gopnik's second wife Agnes. Finally prepared to reach her full potential as Will had hoped, Louisa has left both her family and boyfriend Sam back in England for the opportunity to discover herself, where she immediately sets about working as hard as possible for the Gopniks and learns to mix with the highest of New York society, while she maintains a long-distance relationship with Sam. The longer she stays and grows in New York, however, where she finds that loneliness has given her the opportunity to explore new adventures, she becomes unsure of whether or not her future lies back home in England with Sam or in her new wider world, especially when she meets Joshua Ryan, a man who reminds Louisa too much of Will for her to ignore.

— Summaries by library staff