Paranormal romance has become a very popular genre and A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness may stand as one of the classics in the category. Not only is it a tale of star-crossed yet forbidden love, the richness of the adventure and the historical snippets can keep you enthralled as well.

Diana Bishop has been a reluctant witch all her life. She choses to live as a human, forging an identity as a well-respected historian and distancing herself from her magical heritage. After examining a magical book as part of her research, Diana draws the attention of magical creatures, among them the vampire Matthew Clairmont who is also a geneticist with an interest in other-worldly DNA.

Thanks to Matthew’s DNA testing, they learn that Diana is not just a witch but potentially the most powerful witch who has ever lived. This, combined with other creatures’ lust for the ancient manuscript, has turned Diana into a hunted individual who starts to uncover threats to her life, not the least, her new magical powers which she has no idea how to control.

This book gives us multiple suspenseful moments.  Will Matthew and Diana go from enemies to lovers? Will she avoid the creatures who wish to hunt her down? Most importantly, having grown interested in the characters, will there be further books to wrap up the story?

Thankfully, the answer is yes. You can find all three novels as e-books and audiobooks from the Overdrive service and A Discovery of Witches as a print novel and audiobook on the shelves of the Augusta Richmond County Library. There is even a DVD of the first part of the TV series so you can explore A Discovery of Witches as a multimedia experience. For more information, contact your library branch or visit us at arcpls.org for the start of an absorbing adventure.

Well, a girl has to roll with the flow.  She’s okay with the talking dog and the fairy cat. What is shocking is her mother’s sudden interest in Carl the town sheriff, her introverted friend Evie coming out of her shell, and her brother Shep whose perfect marriage has fallen apart.

All the while, Addy’s falling hard for the dominating interdimensional hunk while fighting off ghouls and demons.  Will hunky Brand stay with our feisty heroine or will he go back to his home world never to be seen again?

This book is a lighthearted romp, but beware, it’s a little bit racy which is only to be expected from the strong, silent, interdimensional types. Check out Lexi George’s Demon Hunting in Dixie through the Augusta-Richmond County Libraries’ Overdrive service or LIBBY app. For more information call your local branch  library or the library’s website at arcpls.org.

Ellie, having dubbed herself the “Exmoor Housewife,” is going through a quiet crisis, mourning the death of her father. Ellie agrees with one of his last observations–that she is just drifting through her own life and needs to find a passion to fill it. To give herself some direction, she makes a list of things she wants to do before 40 and playing the harp is on the list.

She is totally surprised to discover Dan, a harp maker, who lives close to paths she loves to walk.  Dan’s harps are astounding works of art.  Dan is more concerned with matching his harps to the people who want them than being paid, and on a whim, he gives Ellie a cherrywood harp for her own.

Unable to keep the harp because of her husband’s objections,  Ellie returns it. He who informs her that if she does not play this harp, it will live out its life played by no one. As Ellie returns each day to play her harp, a firm friendship develops between her and Dan as they find they share a love of the Exmoor countryside and its ever-changing beauty.

While Ellie is changing her life with the harp, unexpected news changes Dan’s own world.  He finds he is the father of his former girlfriend’s child and has to persevere in being included in his son’s life.

The secret friendship between the two harp aficionados is discovered by Ellie’s husband Clive, who reacts both petulantly and violently by arranging to burn down Dan’s harp barn. How will Dan rebuild his life since everything has been destroyed, including his home, his tools and, most importantly, the thirty odd harps that perished in the blaze? How will Ellie go forward with her life now that she has left Clive, and well-meaning friends tell her that Dan no longer wishes to know her? These dilemmas are come  to a sweet and satisfying conclusion.  If you want to read this charming story, be sure to check it out via the Augusta-Richmond County Libraries’ LIBBY app today. For more information, contact your local branch library or the Libraries’ homepage at arcpls.org.

Not that she isn’t having problems.  One huge problem is the creative block on a project which might land her a contract with a huge arts and crafts chain to create a custom line of planners and accessories. Another problem is the coldness that’s developed between her and her best friend Sibby. And, there is the way that Meg avoids confrontation in both her work and her personal life.

But another problem is a former client, who wants to know why Meg penned the encoded message MISTAKE into his wedding program. Meg’s embarrassed that Reid decoded the hidden message and worries that Reid’s breakup with his fiancé is a casualty of the secret. She is also worried how this could affect her career and the reputation of the shop she freelances from.

You would think Reid would be the last person Meg would want to have any relationship with. Especially, because he hates New York while Meg has come to love it. To try and change his mind and unblock her creative side, she plans a series of walks to look at old signs for inspiration and show Reid another side of New York. Amazingly, Reid agrees to go along on the walks.

As her relationship with her best friend grows more isolating, Meg reaches out to form stronger friendships with her co-workers as well as a brand-new friendship with a movie star client who happens to be the star of Meg’s favorite movie.

All the while she continues to see Reid, their reluctant attraction developing into a liking and then a full-blown affection for one another.

At least until a huge secret that Reid has been keeping from Meg is revealed, and the blowback threatens to swamp not only her business but her carefully crafted relationship with Reid. Can confrontation-shy Meg rise to the occasion, mend her past mistakes, and keep the new friendships she has developed? The only way to find out is to read Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn.

As an aside, this book was chosen by Overdrive’s Together We Read Program, a national virtual book club that you can participate in 24/7. For more information access the Overdrive database at the Augusta Richmond County Library’s home page, arcpls.org. This e-book and audiobook can be downloaded from the Libby app with no holds for a limited time Feb.10-Feb. 24. Call your branch library for more information.

Adelaide, she of the daring escape from an insane asylum, is hiding out in Burning Cove California. Once a research librarian, now she is glad to be a waitress in a tearoom. However lowly, it has given her friends who will notice if she is spirited away again by her fortune-hunting husband. Adelaide has the misfortune of being heiress to a fortune. Hubby and the doctors who experimented on her with a dangerous hallucinogen Daydream, a drug invented by Adelaide’s dead scientist parents, need to track down Adelaide so they can keep control of her money

Burning Cove might not be the best place for a hideout.  The quaint seaside town is also the playground for the rich and famous of Hollywood and just about everyone is under the stare of prying eyes.

Most mysterious of all is Jake, a fit, healthy, rock solid man, sent to the seaside for a nerve cure.  Never nervous, Jake is in town to recover his late wife’s stolen diary and all the secrets it contains. In spite of their many secrets, Adelaide and Jake are attracted to each other and partner up to solve the murder of the psychic to the stars, Zolanda.

As Adelaide and Jake investigate–they uncover blackmail, a drug ring, and possibly national security secrets–their lives become more and more endangered. Will they find their way through the myriad plots and plans as Jake fights to keep Adelaide and her secrets safe?

This brimful little jazz cocktail of a book can be found on the Augusta-Richmond County Library’s Libby app. For more information, contact your local branch library, or go the library’s homepage at arcpls.org.

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Besides, Cat is living the life on her Instagram page full of brilliant photos and witty captions while Katie is busy dealing with reality. Katie is under a lot of pressure to make it all come true, and the most pressure she feels comes from her Dad. He’s loving, supportive, and positive that evil old London is no place for his baby girl.

Trying to get her boss’s attention is Cat/Katie’s big workplace goal. How can she get her work noticed and start moving up the ladder of Cooper Clemmow? Surely its by getting her boss, the brilliant and perfect Demeter Farlowe, to take a look at Katie’s ideas for branding campaigns, not helping her boss dye her roots during a lunch break?

That question is moot once Cat/Katie is the victim of budget cuts and laid off from her job. She doesn’t even get laid off gently since Demeter has forgotten to fire her and does it on the run in an elevator ride. What’s going to happen to Katie’s dreams now?

Katie goes back to Somerset, her home county, and ties herself into knots trying to job hunt on the sly while helping her Dad and Stepmother set up a new business on the family farm. As we root for Katie to get her life back on track, she starts to gain wisdom about that gap between perfect life and real life.

This book gets its points across in some witty, if cringe inducing, humor as we watch Katie fumble from one scene of her life to the next. It’s a great coming of age story that, by the end, leaves a big smile on your face. So check this out through Augusta-Richmond County Libraries’ new Libby app. Call your nearest library branch if you have questions or need more information.

This book is available at the Headquarters Library . If it is checked out, you can request it to be sent to your favorite local library through the PINES Library System. It is available in audiobook format through the Libby App, and to patrons with print disabilities in Braille and Audio Reading Downloads (BARD) website or mobile app for download.

This witty, hilarious romance by Talia Hibbert makes you feel as though the characters are just your cool British neighbors down the street. Meet Danika and Zafir and watch their wonderful story unfold.

Ever been swept off your feet by a large, handsome man to save you from the jaws of a stopped elevator? Well, Danika has! Meet Danika Brown, affectionately called Dani. Dani is a sassy modern witch with a sexy brain and amazing looks, but she needs something or someone to help her with the stress of being a Ph.D. student and assistant professor. She wants a perfect friend with benefits sans romantic feelings. Danika sets her eyes on Zafir, her favorite grumpy security guard. Zafir is an ex-rugby player turn security guard at the university. He’s a bit gruff and grumpy with a particular love of romance novels.

After a miscommunication from an unread email that leads to Zafir saving Dani from the elevator, they become a social media sensation known as #DrRugbae. Zaf, dealing with his own anxiety issues, runs a program that helps young men deal with their feelings called T.A.C.K.L.E It. With the sudden popularity they have gained, Zaf asks Dani to help him keep up the fake relationship to help the kids and the adventure ensues!

This love story is so delightfully awkward and beautiful. You will root for them both, laugh at the humor, and blush at the love scenes. All in all, it was a perfect follow up in the Brown Sisters series by Talia Hibbert. You can expect the same wonderful wit and humor from getting A Life, Chloe Brown or if you started this without reading the other book enjoy how Hibbert makes her characters feel like your lovable British friends down the street. Will Dani take the hint about Zafir and how much he cares? Will Zaf become perfect friends with benefits for Dani? Well, you’ll have to read Talia Hibbert’s Take A Hint, Dani Brown to find out!

This book is available in print and audio-book format for free with your library card at Augusta Richmond County Public Library’s adult section (FIC HIB), the Libby App, and to patrons with print disabilities in Braille and Audio Reading Downloads (BARD) website or mobile app for download.

This witty, hilarious romance by Talia Hibbert makes you feel as though the characters are just your cool British neighbors down the street. Meet Chloe and Redford and watch their wonderful story unfold.

On a very determined morning walk, Chloe Brown has a near-death experience and decides her life is pretty boring. Well, she has just the remedy for that, she’ll make a list to get the life she needs by moving out of her family’s house and moving into an apartment of her own. As a chronically ill computer geek she sets out on her journey of independence and enjoys things like going camping, traveling, and doing something bad …and who better to help her than her handyman Redford Morgan. Red as he’s called is the handyman by day, artist by night and the first bad thing Chloe does is to spy on this sexy heartthrob during his nightly shirtless painting. She enlists him to help her check a few things off her list and the adventure between these two ensue. Will Chloe get a life and maybe Red along with it? Well, you’ll have to read Talia Hibbert’s Get a Life, Chloe Brown to find out!

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Desperate for a phone, Poppy can’t believe her luck when she finds an abandoned cell phone in a litter bin. The phone had been the property of a ditzy personal assistant for an uber-busy corporate executive. But Poppy needs a phone number to recover her ring, so she keeps it rather than turning it into a lost and found.

Almost instantly, Poppy is hooked up to the life of wildly busy Sam. Having negotiated that Poppy may borrow the phone if she forwards all of Sam’s emails to him. she is sucked quickly into the role of a temporary personal assistant learning more and more about Sam while as the wedding day advances, she feels she knows less and less about Magnus.

On the days leading up to her wedding, rather than thinking bridal thoughts, Poppy gets sucked into solving a plot to oust Sam’s boss as head of the company.  As they spend more time together, Poppy realizes she is starting to have feelings for Sam. But Poppy is determined to nip those in the bud and keep her promise to Magnus. The reader is on the edge of their seat, wondering if Poppy walks down the aisle or not.

Enjoy the perils of Poppy today on Augusta-Richmond County Library’s new app, LIBBY for borrowing e-books and audio books. You can find more information about the service at https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/  or you can call your local branch library for assistance.

This book is available at your local Augusta-Richmond County public library. Place a hold online at gapines.org or by calling your favorite library branch arcpls.org/locations.

Whether dealing with naked customers or locating AWOL helicopters, she’s a problem fixer extraordinaire. But trying to figure out who murdered Lyda Sue Stalnaker while managing damage control for the casino might be more than she can handle.

While Lucky can handle a blackmail ring and a plan for a corporate buyout of the Babylon by framing the owner, the Big Boss, for murder, she’s not so good at handling her personal life. Actually, she needs a personal life first. So, while we watch Lucky solve the crimes, we read to see if Lucky will get lucky in love at last.

Take a gamble on Wanna Get Lucky in print or audio book from your local Augusta-Richmond County library today.