Spring into the Library and Check-Out a Book!

The Algonquin Area Public Library District has a large selection of spring-themed books in the Adult Services Department. Celebrate Spring by checking-out one of these reads today!

The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham

Find it in the Library @ Call # FANTASY ABRAHAM

Fifteen years have passed since the devastating war between the Galt Empire and the cities of the Khaiem in which the Khaiem’s poets and their magical power known as “andat” are destroyed, leaving the women of the Khaiem and the men of Galt infertile. The emperor of the Khaiem tries to form a marriage alliance between his son and the daughter of Faltic lord, hoping the Khaiem men and Galtic women will produce a new generation to help create a peaceful future. . .But Maati, a poet who has been in hiding for years, driven by guilt over his part in the disastrous end of the war, defies tradition and begins training female poets. With Eiah, the emperor's daughter, helping him, he intends to create andat, to restore the world as it was before the war. Vanjit, a woman haunted by her family's death in the war, creates a new andat. But hope turns to ashes as her creation unleashes a power that cripples all she touches. As the prospect of peace dims under the lash of Vanjit's creation, Maati and Eiah try to end her reign of terror. But time is running out for both the Galts and the Khaiem.

Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews

Find it in the Library @ Call # FICTION ANDREWS

Annajane Hudgens truly believes she is over he ex-husband, Mason Bayless. They’ve been divorced for four years, she engaged to a new terrific guy, and she’s ready to leave the small town where she and Mason had so much history. She is so over Mason that she has absolutely no problem attending his wedding to the beautiful, intelligent, delightful Celia. But when fate intervenes and the wedding is called to a halt as the bride is literally walking down the aisle, Annajane begins to realize that maybe she’s been given a second chance. Maybe everything happens for a reason. And maybe, just maybe, she wants Mason back. But there are secrets aloof in this small southern town. On the peaceful surface of Hidaway Lake, Annajane discovers that the past is never really gone. Even if there are people determined to keep Annajane from getting what she wants, happiness might be hers for the taking, and the life she once had with mason in this sleepy lake town might be in her future.

The Temporary Wife: A Promise of Spring by Mary Balogh

Find it in the Library @ Call @ FICTION BALOGH

The temporary wife: Lord Anthony Earheart wants a wife who will enrage the father he despises and then disappear from his life. But even after Charity agrees to this mockery of matrimony, she discovers that she's fallen for Anthony, and breaking their marriage vows may also break her heart. 
A promise of spring: Grace Howard is devoted to Sir Peregrine Lampman, who did not withdraw his affection after she confessed to a youthful folly that compromised her virtue. But Grace did not tell the whole truth, and now that one thing she's kept from Perry threatens to destroy her last chance at true love.

Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

Find it in the Library@ Call # FICTION KLEYPAS

After spending three London seasons searching for a husband, Daisy Bowman's father has told her in no uncertain terms that she must find a husband. Now. And if Daisy can't snare an appropriate suitor, she will marry the man he chooses-the ruthless and aloof Matthew Swift. Daisy is horrified. A Bowman never admits defeat, and she decides to do whatever it takes to marry someone . . . anyone . . . other than Matthew. But she doesn't count on Matthew's unexpected charm . . . or the blazing sensuality that soon flares beyond both their control. And Daisy discovers that the man she has always hated just might turn out to be the man of her dreams. But right at the moment of sweet surrender, a scandalous secret is uncovered . . . one that could destroy both Matthew and a love more passionate and irresistible than Daisy's wildest fantasies.

Come Spring by Tim F. LaHaye

Find it in the Library @ Call # FICTION LAHAYE

This is the first volume in a trilogy, and it is a tale of faith, belief and encouragement. Like the best of Jan Karon, this is a small-town story with warmhearted charm, sure to appeal to a wide readership

A Simple Spring by Rosalind Lauer

Find it in the Library @ Call # FICTION LAU

A Simple Spring is a Seasons of Lancaster Novel. Sadie King never thought that following the song in her heart would take her far beyond the strict boundaries of her Amish faith. She faces an impossible choice between the music in her heart and the traditions branded upon her soul.

Winter Turns to Spring by Catherine Palmer

Find it in the Library @ Call # FICTION PALMER

Newlyweds Brad and Ashley Hanes face their first season of winter. Opposite work schedules, differing views on finances and when to start a family, and Brad’s selfish habits are forcing the young couple apart. It will take a whole lot of help for Ashley and Brad to pull their marriage into a hopeful spring.

Death at the Spring Plant Sale by Ann Ripley

Find it in the Library @ Call # MYSTERY RIPLEY

Louise comes to the Bethesda Garden Club’s famous spring plant sale hoping to get great footage for her public television show, “Gardening with Nature.” But companionable chats take a back seat to sleuthing when the club president Catherine Freeman is shot point-blank in her driveway. The police are convinced her husband the controversial head of the Federal Reserve, was the target.  Louise, However, is not sure.

A Promise for Spring by Kim Vogel Sawyer

Find it in the Library @ Call # FICTION SAWYER

After years of separation, English-born Emmaline Bradford was shocked by the conditions on Geoffrey’s Kansas sheep ranch and wishes to return to England immediately. But Geoffrey offers a compromise: If Emmaline promises to stay until spring, he’ll pay her return fare if she decides to go back to her home country. When spring arrives, will Emmaline return to England, or will she marry Geoffrey and carve out a life with him in Kansas.

Shadows at the Spring Show by Lea Wait

Find it in the Library @ Call # MYSTERY WAIT

Antique expert Lea Wait probes difficult issues of heritage and identify while illumination the world of antique prints, in her newest Maggie Summer mystery, from the series The New York Times says “beckons like a weekend in the country.”