Valentine's Day & Library Love | Indian Prairie Public Library District

1) Must love books: a novel

Author

Robinson, Shauna

Series

Thorndike Press large print romance

Notes

A slow burn workplace romance between an editorial assistant and hot author? Yes, please!

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"A heartfelt and exciting debut...a wise and honest story of how it feels to be a young woman in search of yourself."--Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Timesbestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugoand Malibu Rising The Bookish Life of Nina Hillmeets Youngerin a heartfelt debut following a young woman who discovers she'll have to ditch the "dream job" and write her own story to find her happy ending. Meet Nora Hughes--the overworked, underpaid,...

2) Meet me in the margins: a novel

Author

Ferguson, Melissa

Notes

It's a classic secret admirer romance, with a twist!

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"Savannah Cade's dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful romance imprint in the country, has requested to see the manuscript Savannah's been secretly writing while working as an editor herself - except at her publishing house, the philosophy is only highbrow works are worth printing and commercial fiction, particularly romance, should be reserved for the lowest level of Dante's inferno. But when Savannah...

3) Black love matters: real talk on romance, being seen, and happily ever afters

Notes

"This is black love right here!" -Lachell, A Black Lady Sketch Show

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"An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators, edited by Book Riot columnist and librarian Jessica Pryde. Romantic love has been one of the most essential elements of storytelling for centuries. But for Black people in the United States and across the diaspora, it hasn't often been easy to find Black romance joyfully showcased...

4) The Paris library: a novel

Author

Skeslien Charles, Janet

Series

Wheeler Publishing large print hardcover

Notes

Librarians have always tried to do the right thing, and resisting Nazis will never not be the right thing.

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"Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. But when World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear - including her beloved library. After the invasion, as the Nazis declare...

5) The library of the unwritten

Author

Hackwith, A. J

Series

Hell's library novels volume 1

Notes

If you've ever wondered where books go when they don't get finished, this is the book for you. Also, the thought of a librarian in Hell begs the question, what did she do?

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"Books that aren't finished by their authors reside in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, but when restless characters who emerge from those unfinished stories escape, it is up to the Librarian to track them down...and keep the collection complete. Many years ago, Claire was named head librarian of the Unwritten Wing--a neutral space in Hell where all the stories unfinished by their authors reside. Her job consists mainly of repairing and organizing...

6) The personal librarian

Author

Benedict, Marie

Notes

This is a riveting tale of a real woman who, at great personal risk, used her skills to become the personal librarian of JP Morgan.

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"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books,...