New Adult Fiction: Monday, February 16

The weekend went too fast, but here we are again at Monday. Need a book to get you through the week? We have lots of new titles—so why not stop by when you can (we’re open til 8 pm tonight) and see what’s on the shelves? To place a book on hold online, visit https://owwl.org and sign in to your account using your library card number. Pick up your book from the shelves near the circulation desk when you have time.

Here are a few of the new adult fiction titles we’ve gotten in recently:

One & Only

Cassia Park believes in soul mates. It’s her family business, after all…for centuries, Park women have peered into clients’ past lives to find their one true love. This magical secret is why One & Only Matchmaking has a 100 percent guarantee…for everyone but Cassia. For years, Cassia has been searching for her fated, a man named Daniel Nam. But he’s nowhere to be found. And so, on the eve of her 40th birthday, Cass decides impulsively to have a fling with Ellis. He’s 28, handsome, and not destined to be the love of her life. But their fling feels like something more — up to the moment he introduces her to his boss — Daniel Nam! As the battles between fate and chance, a family secret is revealed that will make her question everything she’s ever known. Cassia will have to decide if she’ll follow her fate…or make her own.

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

When Jamie Prescott and her best friend Laurie attend a speed-dating event, Jamie expects to meet a roster of mediocre men. She doesn’t expect one of her dates to have his throat slit at their table during a blackout. After the lights come back on and there are more bodies on the floor, it becomes clear that dating can be a very dangerous pastime. Armed with Jamie’s extensive knowledge of what NOT to do in a slasher, the remaining speed daters try to find an exit while the killer adds to their body count. As the night progresses and Jamie comes face-to-mask with the murderer, she begins to suspect they are committing the slayings to woo one of the daters and turn them into a real-life Final Girl. But Jamie has other plans, and as she fights for her life, she can’t help but find herself ensconced in a love triangle with two other survivors. Will she make it through the bloodshed to find her Happily Ever After? Or does this machete-wielding psychopath have another ending in mind?

Mists Over the Channel Island

With the German invasion of the British Channel Islands, Dr. Ivy Picot strives to maintain her father’s medical practice and shattered family. Conditions worsen, and Ivy risks her life treating escapees from forced labor camps. Dutch engineer Gerrit van der Zee volunteers to build enemy fortifications, but his plan to aid the Allies could cost Ivy everything she loves