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  Join Village Books employee Claire for our preschool story time. We'll have fun reading various stories. Come ready to have a good time! For ages 3-5 years old. Our preschool story time takes place the first Saturday of each month from 10:30-11am on the bean bags in the Kids' Section.

Trapped on a rum runner’s boat during the tumultuous times of Prohibition a young woman, Alexandria, fell in love, not just with the excitement of the swift crafts, that plied the waters from Canada to Washington State, but also with the bootlegging captain, Jake McKenzie. With her wild and full early days behind her, Alex now wants order and peace in her life which continues to escape her. Still haunted by the unsolved murder of the head of the Italian Mafia, who attempted to take over rum running in the Northwest Territory, and destroyed her husband, she sets about unraveling the past and stirring up old dangers. Jean, a college student at Western Washington University, answers an ad to work for Alex in her garden on Samish Island and is swept along by the feisty, take charge elderly woman on a path of peril and intrigue. Whiskey Cove is fast paced and entertaining, addressing the many changes to society brought about by “The Noble Experiment” told from the view point of an older woman. Denise Frisino spent her summers playing and working in the numerous islands that define the Pacific Northwest, where her family spans four generations. At age five, she took to the stage and has been involved in theatre and the film industry in Seattle and Los Angeles as an actress, writer, playwright, and producer, winning awards for her writing and acting. She was involved with the local chapters of Women in Film, International Television Association (ITVA) and Screen Actors Guild, and served on the board of American Federation of TV and Radio. Denise has published several articles and a short story. In the public school system she taught English, drama, writing, and video, receiving the A+ Award for Excellence in Education. Her father, Joseph Frisino, was a journalist and editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. When he retired after thirty-five years he continued to write his column The Senior Side. Denise enjoys being on the water, lived aboard one of the old Mosquito Fleet boats on Lake Union, and loves her row boat. She and her husband spend time at Hood Canal and reside in Seattle. To learn more about Denise and her book, visit http://www.whiskeycovebook.com/. Read a review of Denise's book in the North Seattle Herald-Outlook.

In her highly anticipated follow-up to her debut The Violets of March, The Bungalow, Sarah Jio imagines an island with an entirely different tale to tell. Bora-Bora's South Pacific shores have served as muse to Paul Gauguin and inspired a host of passions. As the Second World War escalates, Anne Calloway forgoes a sheltered, privileged existence as a Seattle bride-to-be to join the Army Nurse Corps for a stint on a Bora-Bora air base and a life as dangerous as it is exciting. Despite her recent engagement back home, Anne becomes intrigued with a handsome soldier named Westry, whose brooding, bookish ways hint at a soulful nature.  Together they discover an abandoned bungalow hidden amidst lush shoreline vegetation. The structure shelters not only the ethereal bloom of new romance, but an artwork with a potentially astonishing provenance. When the cruelties of war intervene, Anne’s idyll is cut short. Returning to a semblance of her former life—and self—she is a woman forever haunted by shadows of love and loss.   In the twilight of her years, a letter postmarked Tahiti calls her back to the scene of the heights of her feeling and the depths of her despair. "If you ever plan to visit the island again, there is something of yours I found here," the missive entices.  "Something you might like to see again." Accompanied by her granddaughter, will Anne have the strength to confront the past and right lingering wrongs? Sarah Jio is the author of The Violets of March and a journalist who has written for Glamour, Real Simple, O, The Oprah Magazine, Redbook, and many other publications. She lives in Seattle with her husband and three children.