First, we have Mystic Moons of McCurtain County by local author Joanna Duncan. A romantic suspense set in the Ouachita Mountains of rural southeastern Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation and steeped in Native American legend, Mystic Moons of Mc-Curtain County is an inspirational tale of love and loss.
Two young couples repeat mock marital vows in a carnival wedding booth, but as they grow up and apart, little in life turns out as they expect. Years later, the companions reunite at Thanksgiving, but a river floods, trapping them in the mountains, and by the time the holiday meal is served, someone will be missing at the table. Though the friends shared an idyllic childhood growing up, the ties that bind their once tight knit relationships are tested in a tender love story for the ages that will first wound, then warm the heart.
Chet Phillips never imagines that a promise he makes to his dying grandfather will invite danger home. The young rancher has just lost his last blood relative, unless he counts his estranged sister Chaya, a Marine sniper who is missing in action and presumed dead. Accompanied by a mysterious investigator with questionable motives, Chet sets out in search of his sister and eventually locates her at a shelter where she is hiding out from a ruthless gang of drug traffickers. Chet brings Chaya back to the family’s wild mustang refuge where they gather with old friends, and after a betrayal of someone close, a fierce battle for survival ensues. Once the unimaginable happens, Chet is not looking for love, but he finds his soul mate when he least expects it, right beside him where she has been all along.
Next up we have Preston & Child's White Fire. Past and present collide as Special Agent Pendergast uncovers mysterious connections between a string of 19th century bear attacks in a Colorado mining town, a fabled, longlost Sherlock Holmes story, and a deadly present-day arsonist. In 1876, in a mining camp called Roaring Fork in the Colorado Rockies, eleven miners were killed by a rogue grizzly bear. Corrie Swanson has arranged to examine the miners' remains. When she makes a shocking discovery, town leaders try to stop her from exposing their community's dark and bloody past. Just as Special Agent Pendergast of the FBI arrives to rescue his protege, the town comes under siege by a murderous arsonist who-with brutal precision-begins burning down multimillion-dollar mansions with the families locked inside. Drawn deeper into the investigation, Pendergast discovers a long-lost Sherlock Holmes story that maybethekeytosolvingboth the mystery of the long-dead miners and the modern-day killings as well. Now, with the ski resort snowed in and undersavageattack-andCorrie's life suddenly in grave danger-Pendergast must solve the enigma of the past before the town of the present goes up in flames.
Lastly,wehave Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz. An unsettling investigation teaches two deeply suspicious people how to trust in the next thrilling novel of the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz. Amelia Rivers, a member of the Lost Night Files podcast team, hires private investigator Gideon Sweetwater to catch the stalker who has been watching her. Amelia suspects the stalker may be connected to the shadowy organization responsible for the night that she and her two friends lost to amnesia--a nightthatupendedtheirlives and left them with paranormal talents. Gideon suspects thatAmeliaiseitherparanoid or an outright con artist, but he can't resist the chemistry between them. He takes the case despite his skepticism. For her part, Amelia has second thoughts about the wisdom of employing the mysterious Mr. Sweetwater. She is wary of the powerful attraction between them, and deeply uneasy about the nightmarish paintings on the walls of his home. She senses they were inspired by his own dreamscapes. Amelia knows she doesn't have time to find another investigator, and Gideon is forced to reckon with the truth when he disrupts what was intended to be Amelia's kidnapping. Now the pair is on the run, with no choice but to return to the haunting ruins of the old hotel where Amelia's lost night occurred. They are desperate to stop a killer and the people who are conducting illegal experiments with a dangerous drug that is designed to enhance psychic abilities. If they are to survive, they will have to trust each other and the passion that bonds them.