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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Minke Van Aisma journeys across three continents, moving from a life of opulence in Amsterdam to the immigrant experience in nineteenth-century New York, in her efforts to find her kidnapped son and take revenge on those responsible for his abduction.
Author
Language
English
Description
Who can you trust if you don't know who you are? She arrives at the train station only to realize her bag had been stolen--her passport, credit cards, laptop, house key now all gone. And even more disturbing, when she goes to report the incident, she can't recall her own name. All she has on her is a train ticket home. Suffering from stress-induced amnesia, the woman without a name is a source of mystery when she appears at the sleepy Wiltshire village...
24) The last affair
Author
Language
English
Description
"The serene seaside town of Shoreham has always been the perfect place to raise a family--not somewhere housewives are brutally murdered. So who killed Gwen Landon, and how many twisted secrets will be exposed as the vindictive plot comes undone?"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Abigail Stowell is educated, outspoken and a staunch Patriot. In short, she is a rebel. So when Gideon Whitlock, an avowed Tory, rides into her village, Abby is not only put off by his politics and arrogance but is also annoyed by her undeniable attraction to him. Then Abigail observes a clandestine meeting between her Patriot father and Gideon and realizes that not everything is as it seems. Just as feelings begin to heat up between Abby and Gideon,...
Author
Publisher
little bee books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
After their parents' deaths, siblings Liza and John Carroll are placed in the care of their uncle, a traveling con artist who scams the grieving with fradulent spirit photographs, until they arrive at a Spiritualist commune where the barrier between the living and the dead is very thin.
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Language
English
Description
"Dorothy Bednar is living a life she despises. Forced to work as a double-dealing saloon girl, Dorothy has finally had enough. The next train out of town is her ticket to freedom, and Dorothy jumps aboard without a thought for where she's going--until she meets a kind woman aboard the train. Her fellow passenger was originally traveling to Colorado to marry a man she'd never met, but her cold feet offer Dorothy the perfect opportunity to set up roots...
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
c2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"You won't believe chimp's tall tale of how his limp came to be in this lively story with humorous illustrations, ideal for children who are beginning to read for themselves or for reading aloud together. With simple rhyming text and phonic repetition specially designed to develop essential language and early reading skills. Guidance notes for parents are included at the back of the book"--From the publisher's web site.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Delaney family is a communal foundation. Stan and Joy are the envy of all of their friends. They're killer on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they've finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are they so miserable? The four Delaney children, Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke, were tennis stars in their own right,...
Author
Series
Fool novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in this satiric Venetian gothic featuring the irresistibly mischievous Pocket, the eponymous hero of Fool Venice, a really long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy from Britain who also happens to be a favorite of the Doge: the rascal-Fool Pocket. This trio of cunning plotters have...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her...
32) Navy brides
Author
Series
The Navy volume Book 1 & 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two stories of women whose men also love the sea
Navy Wife
Lindy Kyle flees to Seattle to weather a broken heart but is unprepared for a roommate like Rush Callaghan. Strong, sensitive and sexy, the temporarily dry-docked naval officer is everything she's ever dreamed of in a man...and in a husband. Though they are swept away on a tide of passion, Rush holds duty to his country above all else. When he has to return to service,...
Navy Wife
Lindy Kyle flees to Seattle to weather a broken heart but is unprepared for a roommate like Rush Callaghan. Strong, sensitive and sexy, the temporarily dry-docked naval officer is everything she's ever dreamed of in a man...and in a husband. Though they are swept away on a tide of passion, Rush holds duty to his country above all else. When he has to return to service,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"If only she'd said no ... Katherine didn't want to go out for a late night. She wasn't in the mood and frankly, work had been so busy lately, what she longed for was a night in and maybe a glass of wine. But Eve insisted. She planned to take Katherine out for dinner, somewhere really special. To thank her, she'd said. For everything Katherine had done for her. So they went, and it was fun, for a while ... But things went horribly wrong, and Katherine...
34) We hear the dead
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2010, c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"It starts as a harmless prank ... then one lie quickly grows into another. Soon Kate and Maggie Fox are swept into a dizzying flurry of national attention for their abilities to communicate with the dead. But living a lie is sometimes too much to handle, even if you have the best intentions. Based on a true story, 'We Hear the Dead' reveals how secrets and lies can sometimes lead you to what's real and what's right. And how sometimes talking with...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kit's usually so good at reading people. How could she have been taken in by the deceptions of a con man? And why has he targeted her? Piece by piece, Kit realizes that this treachery goes a lot deeper, and gets a lot deadlier. Now the only way out is to expose the vicious puppet master who's turned her life upside-down.
Adventurous in her work as owner of a boutique interior design firm, Kit Finn couldn't be tamer in her personal life. While on...
Author
Series
Elliot Kane novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There is a dark side to MI6 that needs men like Elliot Kane -- volatile, inquisitive, free-floating -- in the field. They take them and put two years and over �100k into their training, showing them how to steal cars, strip weapons, and hack bank accounts. There are courses on the use of blackmail and improvised explosives, and entire workshops solely dedicated to navigating by the stars. But no one tells them how to go home. Kane has spent fifteen...
39) True colors
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
For two months, Jamie Garland had fallen in love... with a lie. Cade Santerre was every woman's fantasy - until the mask came off in a scandal that left Jamie shattered. Cade had pretended to be someone he wasn't. Worse, he'd used her in his elaborate attempt to catch a man he believed was a crook and a swindler. Though Cade's suspect had escaped, Cade was still around - raw, masculine, overwhelming. He had some unfinished business with the man who...
40) Scandalous
Author
Series
Banning sisters trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Faced with poverty after the death of her half-brother, the Earl of Wickham, on his Ceylon tea plantation, Lady Gabriella Banning plans to secure the future of her two younger sisters--Claire and Elizabeth--by marrying off Claire to a wealthy aristocrat, but her scheme is threatened by a charming stranger who claims to be the Earl of Wickham.
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