The members of our staff enjoyed the following books, and we hope you will too. They are kept in stock on our shelves. If perchance we have sold out when you call or email us to hold it for you, we can usually get titles from our warehouse within 24 hours, and we can always have the warehouse ship directly to your home!

	E.L. James Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy      They're here and they are HOT! HOT! HOT! I like to think of them as "Twilight" for ADULTS sans the vampires.    So ladies and gentlemen kick back relax..let yourself go, make sure you have some wine - indulge in your fantasies - or not!                               --Joanie    When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana's quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too--but on his own terms. Shocked yet thrilled by Grey's singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success--his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family--Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey's secrets and explores her own dark desires.
	Charlotte Rogan The Lifeboat       In 1914, the ocean liner Empress Alexandra suffers an explosion and lifeboats are lowered. Newlywed Grace Winter is placed in Lifeboat 14 which is over capacity. As an assortment of shipmates struggle to survive their terrifying days at sea, difficult decisions are made and shifting alliances occur. After suffering harsh weather and watching fellow passengers perish, Grace is rescued only to be put on trial for murder. Charlotte Rogan could not have written a better debut novel; it is a real page-turner!                                    --Joanne    Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life. In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying her and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside his own safety, Henry secures Grace a place in a lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize is over capacity. For any to live, some must die. As the castaways battle the elements, and each other, Grace recollects the unorthodox way she and Henry met, and the new life of privilege she thought she'd found. Will she pay any price to keep it?
	Nichole Bernier The Unfinished Works of Elizabeth D.      Nichole Bernier has written a compelling story that peels back the layers of a friendship when Kate inherits the journals of her friend Elizabeth, to the confusion and jealousy of Elizabeth’s husband. This debut novel will resonate with many readers, as it touches on issues of how well we can really know a person, within friendship, within marriage, and through the lens of parenting. Equally captivating is that the novel unfolds as a mystery, and the reader is as immersed in the journals as Kate is to find out what really happened. I’m particularly excited to recommend this title to my book clubs!                                      --Caitlin       Before there were blogs, there were journals. And in them we'd write as we really were, not as we wanted to appear. But there comes a day when journals outlive us. And with them, our secrets. Summer vacation on Great Rock Island was supposed to be a restorative time for Kate, who'd lost her close friend Elizabeth in a sudden accident. But when she inherits a trunk of Elizabeth's journals, they reveal a woman far different than the cheerful wife and mother Kate thought she knew.    The complicated portrait of Elizabeth--her troubled upbringing, and her route to marriage and motherhood--makes Kate question not just their friendship, but her own deepest beliefs about loyalty and honesty at a period of uncertainty in her own marriage.
	Claire Cook Wallflower in Bloom       A summer must-read! Cape author Claire Cooks' new book tells the story of how Deidre Griffin transforms from a "wallflower" to a contestant on TV's Dancing with the Stars. She is overshadowed by everyone in her family including her parents. Until, one day when she has had enough and off to Hollywood she goes.... Read how Deidre is able to start a new life, with a new love in her life.                                     --Kristine      From the acclaimed bestselling author of Must Love Dogs comes a winning and witty new novel about a woman who emerges from the shadow of her overbearing family and finds herself "dancing with the stars."    Deirdre Griffin has a great life; it's just not her own. She's the around-the-clock personal assistant to her charismatic, high-maintenance, New Age guru brother, Tag. As the family wallflower, her only worth seems to be as gatekeeper to Tag at his New England seaside compound.      Then Deirdre's sometime boyfriend informs her that he is marrying another woman, who just happens to be having the baby he told Deirdre he never wanted. While drowning her sorrows in Tag's expensive vodka, Deirdre decides to use his massive online following to get herself voted on as a last-minute "Dancing with the Stars "replacement. It'll get her back in shape, mentally and physically. It might even get her a life of her own. Deirdre's fifteen minutes of fame have begun.     Irresistible and offbeat, "Wallflower in Bloom "is an original and deeply satisfying story of having the courage to take a leap into the spotlight, no matter where you land.
	David Mitchell The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet      A distinct culture in time and place - Dejima  in Nagasaki Harbor, 1799. A fascinating history, and exciting story. Devious traders and merchants, the clash of cultures and dependence on interpreters, and all the emotions of aching love, longing, and regretful actions. I loved Mitchell's way with words and the way he put sentences together. Just a great, satisfying read and world to get lost in.                                  -- Peg    One of "TIME" magazine's most influential novelists in the world presents a bold and epic novel about a rarely visited point in history--18th-century Japan--in a work as exquisitely rendered as it is irresistibly readable.
	James Curtis Spencer Tracy      Probably the definitive biography to be written on America's greatest screen actor. This book has everything for anyone who loves the "golden age" of Hollywood movies and Tracy was the actor's actor. In Curtis' hands Tracy's life is an open book, explored and revealed at every level with no holds barred.    It will make you want to see all his movies again and see a true master of his art at work.                           ----Joanie
	Paul Harding Tinkers      This is a novel that pulls you in almost unwittingly. Not straightforward but as each layer under the layer above unfolds, it becomes a heart rending story of lives with all their pain and emotions. Descriptions of the framework of these lives, from workings of clocks to birds nests and more and more, are rendered in a prose that is not easily described but beautiful to experience. Spare, economical but huge and rich. -- Peg    As time collapses into memory, a dying man travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, "Tinkers" is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.
	Gail Caldwell Let's Take the Long Way Home      Two women writers who became best friends and the story of that friendship. Just an aching, beautifully rendered story of that friendship and how much and profoundly it meant to them. Within the story, all the things they talked about and did together, from dealing with demons to walking their dogs to learning to row on the Charles River. I treasured this book and how it celebrates so simply and beautifully how deep an impact a true friend can make in one's life. -- Peg    They met over their dogs. Gail Caldwell and Caroline Knapp (author of "Drinking: A Love Story")"became best friends, talking about everything from their love of books and their shared history of a struggle with alcohol to their relationships with men. Walking the woods of New England and rowing on the Charles River, these two private, self-reliant women created an attachment more profound than either of them could ever have foreseen. Then, several years into this remarkable connection, Knapp was diagnosed with cancer. With her signature exquisite prose, Caldwell mines the deepest levels of devotion, and courage in this gorgeous memoir about treasuring a best friend, and coming of age in midlife. "Let's Take the Long Way Home" is a celebration of the profound transformations that come from intimate connection--and it affirms, once again, why Gail Caldwell is recognized as one of our bravest and most honest literary voices.
	P. D. James Death Comes to Pemberley      This book is a killer combo for mystery and Jane Austen fans alike. Darcy and Elizabeth have been happily married for 6 years and all seems peacfully in place. But, enter Lydia Wickham, Elizabeth's disgraced younger sister screaming that her husband has been murdered and the book takes a decidely deadly turn. James captures Austen's world, so completely and naturally. An entertaining and fun read.              -- Joanie       It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy's magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth's sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; her father visits often; there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for Darcy's sister Georgiana. And preparations are under way for their much-anticipated annual autumn ball. Then, on the eve of the ball, the patrician idyll is shattered. A coach careens up the drive carrying Lydia, Elizabeth's disgraced sister, who with her husband, the very dubious Wickham, has been banned from Pemberley. She stumbles out of the carriage, hysterical, shrieking that Wickham has been murdered. With shocking suddenness, Pemberley is plunged into a frightening mystery.
	Sally Bedell Smith Elizabeth the Queen      A completely brillant read. A revealing look into a woman who has endured and thrived in her own special way throughout the years. Revealing, touching, and fascinating this book brings real insight into this woman who was at times been underestimated by her own prime ministers. Completely and totally comitted to her subjects, Elizabeth endures as an example of what's best in honor and duty. Excellent read.                       --Joanie    In this magisterial new biography, a "New York Times"-bestselling author brings to life one of the world's most fascinating and enigmatic women: Queen Elizabeth II. Compulsively readable and scrupulously researched, "Elizabeth the Queen" illuminates the lively personality, sense of humor, and canny intelligence with which she meets the most demanding work and family obligations.
	Tom Meuller Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil      If you love olive oil and think what you get at your local grocery store or supermarket is REAL extra virgin olive oil - think again! Fascinating and delicious the author takes us into the world of olive oil at its best. His travels to understand this magical oil took hiaround the globe to Italy, Greece,Spain, South America, Australia,the U.S. and back to Italy. You will learn how to buy and why you shouldhave this wonderful food in your daily diet.    At the end of this book you will be craving the taste of the finest and best oil you can get! --Joanie
	Mark Titus Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench      A hilarious look at competing on a top NCAA basketball team. Follow the journey to the NCAA finals and enjoy the quirky personalities and crazy anecdotes!                            --Jim    An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation's most famous benchwarmer and author of the popular blog ClubTrillion.com.
	Madeline Miller The Song of Achilles    This one is special. For those of us who love Greek myths and the Illiad, Miller's reimagining the story of Achilles and Patroclus is special. A story of love and betrayal set against the back drop of the Trojan war, it is told by Patroclus and Miller has made his voice sing.    Patroclus's one aim in this saga is to not allow Hector to die or as prophecy has predicted Achilles will die.The relationship between Patroclus and Achilles is finely drawn and is at it's heart about the bonds of friendship that runs deep and becomes a love story on many levels.    I enjoyed this book and am so very happy that Miller is continuing to work on another book with the classics as it's basis. Divine!                               --Joanie
	Edmund de Waal    The Hare with Amber Eyes   What a memoir and saga - a historical journey from Russia to Paris to Vienna to Japan , from the early 1800's through World War II, all told by following the zigzagging journey of a collection of tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings called "netsuke", the author's inheritance. How the collection actually survived through the years is amazing. But the story of their survival becomes a platform to tell the extraordinary story of several generations of a family and how that family was impacted by the monumental and turbulent historical events of all those years. Just a fascinating, sweeping history beautifully written by an individual delving into and discovering the story of his family's roots.                             -- Peg
	Nathaniel Philbrick Why Read Moby-Dick?    The New York Times bestselling author of seagoing epics now celebrates an American classic.    Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest of the Great American Novels, yet its length and esoteric subject matter create an aura of difficulty that too often keeps readers at bay. Fortunately, one unabashed fan wants passionately to give Melville's masterpiece the broad contemporary audience it deserves. In his National Book Award- winning bestseller, In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick captivatingly unpacked the story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex, the real-life incident that inspired Melville to write Moby- Dick. Now, he sets his sights on the fiction itself, offering a cabin master's tour of a spellbinding novel rich with adventure and history.    Philbrick skillfully navigates Melville's world and illuminates the book's humor and unforgettable characters-finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. A perfect match between author and subject, Why Read Moby-Dick? gives us a renewed appreciation of both Melville and the proud seaman's town of Nantucket that Philbrick himself calls home. Like Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, this remarkable little book will start conversations, inspire arguments, and, best of all, bring a new wave of readers to a classic tale waiting to be discovered anew.
	Ann Patchett State of Wonder    A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh must step out of her comfort zone when she is sent into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years--a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past.    Read an exclusive interview Ann Patchett did for indie bookstores!
	Nina Sankovitch Tolstoy and the Purple Chair    Torn apart by grief after losing her sister, the author, a 46-year-old mother of four, turned to literature for comfort, devoting herself to reading one book a day for a year, which brought much needed joy, healing and wisdom into her life.
Taste and Tales of Cape Cod and the Islands          P. Ann Pieroway	P. Ann Pieroway: Taste and Tales of Cape Cod and the Islands    A cookbook with 150 irresistable recipes from Cape Cod and the Islands culled from inns, restaurants, bed & breakfasts and vintage cookbooks plus 80 entertaining tales, written and edited by P. Ann Pieroway with cover painting and illustrations throughout by Massachusetts artist Louise Minks.
Still Alice                  Lisa Genova	Lisa Genova: Still Alice    Early-onset Alzheimers strikes 50 year old Alice Howland: a professor at Harvard, loving wife and mother.  I found myself taking the "tests" with Alice and cheering her on when she prepares for hte future Alice to commit suicide.  Without giving anything away I was not prepared for the ending.  One of my top 5 books for this year!  The author gets what it means to be in a long-term, loving marriage.            -Joanne
I See You Everywhere               Julia Glass	Julia Glass: I See You Everywhere    I don't have a sister but I do have two daughters.  As I read this book, I thought of them-not the same problems, not the same issues.  But, they have had their share and have grown together as the sisters in this novel have.  The sister bond is so real in this book.  The love is deep.  -Fran