2024 Boxes

2024

January adult box

The Girl From the Papers by Jennifer L Wright

- pg. 24

"She took my stepfather’s lunch pail and moved to take his coat, but he grabbed her instead, wrapping an arm around her waist and kissing her in a way no child should ever have to witness their mother being kissed."

- an insulated lunch bag to take on the go.

- pg. 70

"There was a sagging couch buffeted by an armchair on either side, all of them covered in pale-green damask fabric, and a coffee table littered with playing cards and several beer bottles."

- a deck of waterproof playing cards for game night.

-pg. 164

"And on the wall just above me, a simple wooden cross."

- a simple wooden cross to hang on your wall.

pg. 247

"Yanking a suitcase from the top shelf, I stuffed them all inside, making a stupid and irrational decision to include my jewelry and makeup bag too"

- a very bookish makeup bag.

January young adult box

The Mermaid's Tale by LE Richmond

- pg. 19

"Whipping around in the water, he starts back toward amaya and beck’s, his golden tail casting a bubble-encrusted path through the water."

- Bubbles for you to make your own bubbly path.

- pg. 23

"It is impossible to tell time by light or darkness here, but i can see that the huge sand-filled hourglass standing next to the gate is nearly empty."

- a colored sand-filled hourglass.

-pg. 276

"I don’t want to get near that tail..."

- a gorgeous knitted mermaid tail blanket.

February adult box

Of Love and Treason by Jamie Ogle

- pg. 43

“Quintus slid a “wanted” notice over the set of dice and the scrawled record of the game he and Helix had not finished the night before and waited for the tribune to tell him the reason for his visit.”

- a set of "olden" dice for your game nights

- pg. 98

“The sharp scent of peppermint rose on the steam.”

- Yummy chocolate peppermint herbal tea

-pg. 169

“A tiny gold loop strung with small green beads dangled from the lobe.”

- beautiful hoop earrings with green beads

pg. 241

“He smelled the lavender soap she’d used on her hair, heard her breath coming steady and soft amid the rain.”

- a lavender scented shampoo bar

pg. 338

“The tribune settled into a chair, folding one knee over the other and shaking a bag of pistachio nuts into his lap.”

- a bag of pistachios to snack on!

February adult box

Steal Fire From the Gods by Clint Hall

- pg. 3

“As I bend over to fill my canteen, A wooden ball rolls into my foot.”

- a wooden ball

- pg. 89

“The headlamps are so bright that I can’t get a clear look.”

- a colorful headlamp

-pg. 102

“Our horses’ hooves clop on the pavement as we ride past the pharmacies, clothing boutiques, and trendy restaurants with exposed ceilings and chalkboard signs.”

- a mini chalkboard sign and chalk pen

pg. 195

“When I open my eyes, a red bird stands on a windowsill to my left. It’s a cardinal, I believe.”

- a cardinal charm with info card

March adult box

The Foxhole Victory Tour by Amy Lynn Green

- pg. 15

"But she caught a glimpse of a stunning cream dotted-swiss gown with a tiered skirt, and a gold number with a sweetheart neckline designed to show off a sapphire necklace.”

- a gorgeous sapphire necklace.

- pg. 66

"The scent of cinnamon followed her into the crowded train car, where the coach-class passengers were rearranging themselves in a scramble of elbows and handbags and “excuse mes” as the conductor shouted a litany of the next stops.”

- cinnamon essential oil.

-pg. 98

"Catherine thought about picking up the pocket mirror and examining her own reflection but decided against it.”

- an vintage looking pocket mirror.

pg. 263

"He reared back in exaggerated effrontery. ‘I’d like to see Norman Rockwell himself do better while sneaking around a military encampment at midnight with nothing but a pocket flashlight for illumination.’”

- a pocket flashlight.

pg. 368

"In any case, I do plan on bringing a tube of lipstick with me.”

- a temperature color changing lipstick.

March young adult box

Fire and Grace by Melissa Plantz

- pg. 13

“She’d taken her dark hair down from the clip, the massive amount framed her face and gave her a wild appearance.”

- an adorable flower clip.

- pg. 17

"As the bathtub filled with water, I tossed in a bath bomb and watched it fizz.”

- a bath bomb for your tub to awaken your senses.

-pg. 37

"I decided the best thing to do was to get out my journal and write before bed.”

- an ombre beachy colored journal.

pg. 59

"The box revealed a charm bracelet.”

- a beautiful butterfly charm bracele

pg. 231

"I spread a towel on the sand and pulled my cover up off.”

- a large pineapple beach towel

April adult box

While the City Sleeps by Elizabeth Camden

- pg. 29

“She pulled a mask over her eyes to block the light and waited for sleep to claim her.”

- a super comfy adjustable face mask.

- pg. 100

“A few votive candles from late Mass still flickered in their clear-glass holders.”

- a clear-glass votive candle with a fabulous scent!

-pg. 211

“Lilian played the harmonica and encouraged the nurses to sing along.”

- a pretty, silver harmonica

pg. 301

“A chalkboard hanging on the wall outside the office showed a list of ships and cargo due to sail today.”

- a hanging chalkboard for your lists

pg. 327

“They were running late for Midge’s birthday party because Jonathan had baked a huge batch of chocolate biscotti that took longer than expected.”

- double chocolate biscotti.

April young adult box

Hey Jude Carpenter by Storm Shultz

- pg. 1

“He adjusts his faded baseball cap before winking at me.”

- a "blessed" faded baseball cap.

- pg. 107

“She’s fanning herself so hard that I can feel a little breeze from her flimsy paper fan.”

- a gorgeous paper fan

-pg. 183

“She always has her hair neatly tied up with a fashionable scarf, and her best advice is ’just a dab of lipstick will do the trick.’”

- a temperature changing color lipstick.

pg. 263

“She’s clutching the cross necklace she always wears.”

- a beautiful cross necklace with a pearl center.

pg. 368

“The little desk clock shaped like a frog tells me that it’s a little after four in the afternoon.”

- the cutest desk clock shaped like a frog.

May adult box

The Roads We Follow by Nicole Deese

- pg. 58

“’Pretty much’, I say as I move to collect the blue toiletry bag from her trunk”.

- a blue polka-dot hanging toiletry bag.

- pg. 79

“As soon as Micah pulls onto the main road, Mama slips one of her paint-by-number canvases from her bag...”

- a paint-by-number canvas

-pg. 202

“But her husband was over and her door was locked, so instead, I sat on the sofa alone and ate a bowl of pistachio ice cream.”

- a bag of yummy freezd-dried pistachio ice cream.

pg. 308

“She takes out her phone as I walk along the assortment of flower beds, studying the prayer stones in the garden Lynn inherited from her grandmother.”

- a prayer stone with scripture engraved.

May young adult box

The Iridian Dagger by Alynzia Fenske

- pg. 9

“Their usual greeting occurred when David tossed him a cream soda dum dum sucker”

- cream soda dum dum suckers.

- pg. 112

“james lifted the zipper pull on his sweatshirt and tapped on the plastic end.”

- a sparkly fun zipper pull.

-pg. 258

“before i start...here, i brought you a water bottle.”

- a tendy watter bottle

pg. 285

“handing it to will, he said, ‘open the bookmark.’”

- a beautiful tasseled heavy duty bookmark

June adult box

Loyally, Luke by Pepper Basham

- pg. 60

“...and plucked his hammer right out of his hand.”

- a floral multi-tool hammer.

- pg. 134

“...glancing over the top of her teacup.”

- a gorgeous 'It is Well' teacup

-pg. 189

“I think another dinner date should be on the planner.”

- a weekly desk planner

pg. 352

“And once during the reading of the love chapter in Corinthians.”

- a "Love is patient, love is kind" trinket tray.

June young adult box

What Remains When Flowers Fade by BR Goodwin

- pg. 66

“He turned on a lamp as he waited for me to join him, and i realized it must be very early morning.”

- a color changing table lamp.

- pg. 161

“Sam tightened the pink bandana in her ponytail and a small blush rose in her cheeks.”

- a pink, bandana design ponytail holder

-pg. 202

“Breathing in the mixture of lavender and vanilla scent that was uniquely hers.”

- a tube of lavender vanilla chapstick.

July adult box

The Road Before Us by Janine Rosche

- pg. 96

“While Bridger checks us in, I browse the gift shop until I find a Route 66 guidebook to thumb through, praying against any more memories of my father.”

- a fun Route 66 guidebook.

- pg. 135

“Benny takes a sip of her Route 66-branded root beer.”

- a glass bottle of Route 66-branded root beer

-pg. 228

“Then I buried my face in a hand towel, wanting none of this to be real.”

- a yellow multi-purpose hand towel

pg. 232

“After a few seconds, blood spread onto the pink nail polish Glynda painted on yesterday.”

- a bottle of pink nail polish

July young adult box

The Colors of Rain by Abigail Hayven

- pg. 81

“Art supplies were scattered on her floor, and her work displayed itself from top to bottom.”

- art supplies for you to display.

- pg. 125

“When she reached to grab the flower from my fingers, I studied the intense detail of the sunflowers she had painted on her hand.”

- a one-size-fits-all sunflower apron

-pg. 146

“Mrs. Stacy watched me finish my water, her polished pink fingernails rubbing her ceramic mug.”

- a bottle of pink nail polish

pg. 193

“We sat on Jo’s bed at nearly midnight with popcorn and chocolate while she played with my hair.”

- a bag of the best popcorn drizzled with chocolate

pg. 295

“Rain walked over to her bed to grab her crossbody bag that hung from the rod iron bed frame.”

- a crossbody bag for your wallet, phone, and keys.

August adult box

Their Unlikely Protector by Meghann Whistler

- pg. 34

“Steve picked up a set of tongs and poked at the food on the grill.”

- a pair of colorful mini tongs.

- pg. 97

“Their eyes locked, the moment stretching like a piece of saltwater taffy.”

- a bag of the most delicious salt water taffy.

-pg. 105

“...she asked as they walked out of a shop that sold goat’s milk products like high-end soaps, lotions, face scrubs, and body butter.”

- a tube of goat milk lip balm

pg. 201

“The new restaurant had a beautiful walkway lined with vibrant purple hydrangeas leading up to the front door.”

- a hand poured soy candle in hydrangea scent

After you read the last page

- another book!

August young adult box

The Nightmare Virus by Nadine Brandes

- pg. 22

“He is writing something on a clipboard or perhaps a tech pad of some sort.”

- a mini clipboard.

- pg. 142

“He lights a candle and drops some wax onto the bottom corner of the scroll, then presses his ring into it”

- a yummy scented votive candle

-pg. 209

“Two kids try playing some sort of ball game, but the only ball they have is a crudely knitted cloth sphere filled with what sounds like beans or rocks.

- a hackey sack

pg. 366

“But as they whisper to one another, the boys rush to claim their own beds, making some of the girls scream in protest because they wanted a certain stuffed animal.”

- a stuffed, one of a kind worry monster

pg. 376

“I take aim with my slingshot, but not at the army.”

- a nice, wooden slingshot

September adult box

Beyond Ivy Walls by Rachel Fordham

- pg. 74

“The hurt young man who still lived in him wanted to lash out, but then he saw his mother's face in the cracked frame and held on to the calming love she had always shown him”

- a double sided frame.

- pg. 101

“'Tell me', Mildred said from her old rocker in the back parlor, darning a pair of socks, 'do you have a beau?'”

- a fun pair of socks.

-pg. 250

“From within the depths of her apron, she pulled an exquisite blue mask embroidered and edged with snowflake-like tatting."

- a blue mask with exquisite design

pg. 304

“'How did you do this?' he asked when she was close enough that he could smell the familiar scent of rose water.”

- yummy cookies glazed with rose water meringue.

September young adult box

Where Darkness Cannot Follow by AM Daylin

- pg. 29

“Dust and anger sting my eyes as I whiz by summer scorched trees and faded cacti.”

- an adorable cactus light.

- pg. 74

“Her thumb rubs her teardrop pendant, a faraway look in her eyes saying she's lost somewhere miles away from me in her mind.”

- a teardrop pendant with a crescent moon

-pg. 149

“I trail well behind as the wyrm weaves through the trees like thread carried behind a needle.".

- an embroidery kit to create a beautiful photo with a needle and thread

pg. 197

“I shove my feet into my boots, the thick wool socks forcing me to loosen the laces.”

- a pair of thick, warm socks in fun colors

pg. 212

“My eyes stop on a glowing dandelion, trembling in the grass.”

- a pair of earrings with colorful, glowing dandelions

October adult box

Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright

- pg. 36

"But all Remy had found was the table and the glass-domed butterfly, undisturbed, and the lingering scent of lavender."

- handmade lavender soap

- pg. 156

"'My mother made pumpkin muffins this morning.'"

- pumpkin spice mug cake

-pg. 185

"...lifting her hairbrush and setting it back down, running his fingers along the windowsill, bending to look at the floor."

- a gorgeous butterfly hairbrush

pg. 228

"He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small crocheted cross. It was a bookmark she had made, edged in green thread."

- a beautiful crocheted cross, edged in green thread

October young adult box

Curses and Other Buried Things by Caroline George

- pg. 16

"A vase drops and shatters, baby's breath exploding like a confetti bomb.."

- a confetti bomb for your celebrations

- pg. 213

"We exit through an emergency door onto a patio decorated with string lights."

- LED color-changing lights

pg. 324

"The pages are covered in glitter gel pen cursive."

- smooth writing glitter gel pens

pg. 327

"'Pretty as a picture,' Missouri says as she fastens a cameo choker around my neck.."

- a gorgeous vintage looking cameo choker

-pg. 358

"With banana pudding, Lucinda bribes me into small talk.."

- banana pudding popcorn

November adult box

Across the Ages by Gabrielle Meyer

- pg. 13

"Finally, I found a key ring and then quickly replaced everything I had dislodged in my search."

- a gorgeous purple key ring

- pg. 130

"The captain tore off his black goves and threw them onto the table as I set down the platters of pork and bread."

- a glamorous pair of black gloves

-pg. 265

"The dressmaker had packed some hairpins, which I used to turn up the tresses in a series of loops and braids that cascaded down my back."

- a set of intricate hair pins for your loops and braids

pg. 359

"Maxwell put his arm around me as we sat next to each other at the talbe, drinking tea and eating sweet biscuits, telling the story of how we'd met."

- tea and sweet biscuits for you to enjoy

November young adult box

The Locket's Revenge by LE Richmond

- pg. 25

"Darin's been scanning the unchanging black walls on either side of us, but now he turns to me, golden eyes serious."

- a gold eyeliner pencil

- pg. 44

"In one hand, the mulciber holds a miniature pair of pincers, in the other, a ring, its silver circumference barely large enough to encircle a Merperson's pinkie finger."

- a set of small, silver rings

-pg. 164

"They still as a faint red glow appears in the back corner of the cell, growing stronger until the dim outline of a Mermaid is visible, rubbing a small stone between her hands."

- a small, smooth heart-shaped stone

pg. 217

"Silver and blue sparkles on my right ankle."

- A puravida sliver and blue ankle

pg.

"For a moment, the red-haired girl hesitates before bending down and blowing into the conch shell embedded into the wall next to the door."

- A beautiful conch shell keychain