The Outlaw's Heart (Runaway Brides #3) (Mass Market Paperbound)

By Amy Sandas

$7.99

This runaway bride, second-chance-at-love romance was unexpected and totally swoonworthy. The narrative builds steadily until the final chapters when all hell breaks loose and the story peaks in classic Western fashion. If you like character-driven stories, here's all you need to know: there's a contemplative Native American hero, a Boston society wife with a spine of steel, an abusive bastard of a wealthy husband, and a band of misfit outlaws hidden in a valley of the idyllic Rocky Mountains. Great fun as a standalone or to read out of series order.

The Starless Sea: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Erin Morgenstern

$28.95

I recommend sinking into The Starless Sea and luxuriating there. This is not a book to rush. The scope is enormous, the plot is stranger and intricate. This book will take you may places and you'll have to trust it but you should you're in very good hands. I found it delicious and rewarding.

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (Hardcover)

By Traci Sorell, Frane Lessac (Illustrator)

$17.99

As the year ends and we turn our focus to upcoming holidays, I want to highlight an Indigenous author to encourage readers of all ages to decolonize our bookshelves.

 

From Traci Sorrell, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, We Are Grateful is a beautiful, reflective book that looks at the Cherokee practice of giving thanks as a family and as a community. "We are grateful," in the Cherokee language is otsaliheliga. This and other Cherokee words are sprinkled throughout these pages.

Unbelievable (Movie Tie-In): The Story of Two Detectives' Relentless Search for the Truth (Paperback)

By T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong

$17.00

Starting as an investigation of a couple of seemingly unconnected rapes from Lynnwood and Kirkland, this book transitions and becomes a powerfully written anti-police procedural of sorts where we uncover how the criminal justice system fails victims of sexual assault at every turn. In the era of #MeToo and #BelieveSurvivors, this book is an uncomfortable, highly disturbing read, but it's important as ever.