Kiowa County Public Library District

"Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend's house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is still nowhere to be found. Lily Scott, Nina's friend and coworker, thinks she may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing. After Lily confesses everything to her husband, Christian, the two decide that nobody can find out...

Cassandra Dell Winston recounts her life as the wife of a physician on the frontier.

Laurel Shields awakens to find her physician husband, Warren, in his study, wildly pulling books from the shelves. A home pregnancy test confirms Laurel's fear that she is pregnant, and she believes her lover is the father. Later that morning, Laurel is surprised to find her husband still at home, pale and fearful. Then, in come the children, innocent of it all. In less than five hours the Shields house becomes the vortex of a nerve-wracking siege....

In a small town in upstate New York, urban transplants Annie and Michael Knowles--he is a rising OB/GYN, and she is a once-trailblazing journalist who has settled into a teaching job--hope to escape the noise and bustle of the city. But both are drawn into danger.

"Saint first meets Juliana DuPres on the island of Maui when he is a very young doctor, just landed off a whaler, and she is the fourteen-year-old daughter of an impossibly puritanical minister. When Saint must leave Maui, he could never imagine how much he would miss Juliana...."--from publisher.

Contains two of Sinclair Lewis's most famous novels and includes a chronology of the author's life and career, and notes on the texts.

Cassandra Dell Winston recounts her life as the wife of a physician on the frontier.

A rare mix of wit, social satire, and suspense, As Husbands Go is an irresistible story about a love that just won't give up.

Carol Kennicott is a young, idealistic woman from the city who moves to the little burg of Gopher Prairie after she marries Will, a simple country doctor. A novel of life in a quiet Midwestern town exposes the complacency and hypocrisy there.

"Angela Pisel's poignant debut explores the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter, and their quest to discover the truth and whether or not love can prevail--even from behind bars. Grace Bradshaw knows the exact minute she will die. On death row for murdering her infant son, her last breath will be taken on February 15 at 12:01 a.m. Eleven years, five months, and twenty-seven days separate her from the last time she heard her precious...