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- Location(s): Minneapolis - St Paul
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th century
“Main Street” is the 1920 novel by Sinclair Lewis that tells the story of Carol Milford, a liberal, free-spirited young woman from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carol meets and marries Will Kennicott, a doctor who convinces her to move back to...
Until they bring the Streetcars back
- Location(s): Minneapolis - St Paul
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Second half of the 20th Century
Calvin Gant is in high-school senior in St. Paul in the late 1940s. All the conflicts of a young boy are present and meets a young girl who is being abused at home. He has a growing sense that...
Butternut Lake, The Night Before Christmas
- Location(s): Minnesota
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Mdern
You’re invited to Christmas at Butternut Lake! New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mary McNear, author of Up at Butternut Lake and Butternut Summer, takes us home for the holidays in this joyful novella. Butternut Lake is so beautiful at Christmas—from the delightfully decorated...
- Location(s): Duluth
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
NINE YEARS It is almost a decade since Duluth said goodbye to its innocence. The city creeps ever closer to the tenth anniversary of the year in which it found itself both gripped by murder and united in terror;...
- Location(s): Bath, Minnesota, Paris
- Genre(s): Romance
Passport to love London-based PR and promotions consultant Rosie Denham has just spent a year in Paris where she’s tried but failed to fall in love. She’s also made a big mistake and can’t forgive herself. American IT professor...
- Location(s): Minnesota
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Second half of the 20th Century
‘Impossible’ Max breathes. ‘This is impossible.’ Anna bends to put her lips to his ear ‘No, it’s not’ she whispers. ‘I know where to hide you. I have the perfect place.’ For fifty years Anna Schlemmer has refused to...
- Location(s): Minnesota
- Genre(s): Gastro, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
When Hannah Swensen hears that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be playing at a festival in Lake Eden, Minnesota, she bakes up a supply of their namesake confections to welcome them. But tragedy strikes when their tour...
- Location(s): Minnesota
- Genre(s): Gastro, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
These days, everyone in Lake Eden, Minnesota, is buzzing with activity, and Hannah Swensen is no exception. But no matter how busy she may be, Hannah can always find time to help a friend in need – especially when...
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
- Location(s): Minnesota
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
The women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delectable desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together—the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives...