New Ault Fiction: Wednesday, March 18

Happy Hump Day! You’ve made it halfway through the week. Why not grab a new bestseller as your reward? 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:

A Good Animal

Staying is his dream. Leaving is hers. One secret threatens them both. In the farm country outside Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, most kids want out. Not Everett Lindt. He’s set on staying put, rebuilding his family’s sheep farm, and carving a future from the land he loves. Then he meets Mary, a new girl with restless energy and bigger plans. When their relationship reaches a crossroads, Everett sees a life together. But Mary is desperate to find a way out. Together, they make an impulsive choice—one that could change everything. Sara Maurer’s debut captures the ache of first love, the beauty and brutality of rural life, and how one decision can echo through generations and shape who we become.

Just for the Cameras

Graydon St. John doesn’t do drama—or public appearances. The brooding defensive end for the San Francisco Foghorns prefers silence, solitude, and avoiding headlines. But when a league-wide PR scandal forces him into a media stunt at the city zoo, he’s suddenly face-to-face with squawking birds, nosy fans, and the zookeeper who seems to hate his guts on sight. Maple Baker loves her flamingos. And the last thing she needs is a grumpy football player stomping into her sanctuary with a bad attitude and a bigger ego. Unfortunately, they’ve been paired for the zoo’s new public outreach program, and the cameras are already rolling. And the more they pretend to play nice, the more their flirtation starts to feel dangerously real.

A Rose of Blood and Binding

The battered Middlemist can barely hold itself together. Olden monsters terrorize the land. The gods are awakening from their ancient slumber. And it’s up to the Ashbourne sisters—demigods, daughters of the goddess Kerezen—to stop it. But the sisters are spread thin. Gemma and Talan travel the world in a desperate search for the gods. In the capital, Farrin and Ryder shelter countless refugees amid roiling unrest. And Mara Ashbourne, bound to the Middlemist and longing for a home she can never return to, is just trying to survive. Every day is chaos as Mara battles invaders and fights to protect her fellow Roses. The presence of librarian Gareth Fontaine-assigned to aid the Roses’ war efforts-doesn’t help. He’s a distraction Mara can’t avoid or afford.