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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
531 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three months ago, Juliette D'Alisa's world changed. In a bittersweet series of events, her mother's health took a turn for the worse. Juliette and her brother opened their restaurant together to rave reviews, but her romance with Memphis immunologist Neil McLaren ended in anger and tears. As autumn sweeps into the Pacific Northwest, Juliette feels that she's finally on the cusp of equilibrium. The restaurant continues to thrive, and her family is...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011], 2011.
Physical Desc
347, 10 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
1984. Life on the tiny island of Guernsey has become a whole lot harder for Cat Rozier. She's gone from model pupil to murderer, but she swears it's not her fault. Apparently it's all the fault of history. There are secrets deeply woven into the fabric of the island-- and into the Rozier family story.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ghosts, pirates and family secrets -- Stephen gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out adventure in the ghostly realm, for fans of When You Trap a Tiger. Stephen loves pirates. What he doesn't love is his name: Stephen Oh-O'Driscoll. He believes when his Korean mother and Irish father gave him this name, that it was just one cruel setup for being teased. Giving things the proper name is important, which is why Stephen thinks that it's time...
2164) Juliet's nurse
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A "new telling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, told from the perspective of Juliet's nurse. In Verona, a city ravaged by plague and political rivalries, a mother mourning the death of her day-old infant enters the household of the powerful Cappelletti family to become the wet-nurse to their newborn baby. As she serves her beloved Juliet over the next fourteen years, the nurse learns the Cappelletti's darkest secrets. Those secrets-- and the nurse's...
2165) The American lady
Author
Series
Glassblower trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
455 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Tempestuous and beautiful Wanda Miles, daughter of Ruth and Stephen Miles (or so she thinks), aspires to more than the life of a debutante, but the trouble is she doesn't know precisely what she wants. Then her aunt Marie, the family's renowned glassblower, arrives from Lauscha, Germany, and Wanda decides that learning about her ancestry may hold the key to her future. When Marie accidentally reveals a long-held secret about Wanda's parents, Wanda...
2167) El círculo negro
Author
Series
39 clues volume 5
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Un extraño telegrama firmado con las iniciales NRR lleva a Amy y a Dan a la lejana Rusia. En él los invitan a superar una prueba contrarreloj en la que deben encontrar un tesoro robado por los nazis y descubrir la verdad sobre el asesinato de la última familia real rusa.
2168) A daring pursuit
Author
Series
Ruthless rivals volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Carys Davies is doing everything in her power to avoid marriage. Staying single is the only way to hide the secret that could ruin her-- and her family-- if it was revealed. For the past two seasons she's scandalized the ton with her outrageous outfits and brazen ways in a futile bid to deter potential suitors. Outwardly confident and carefree, inside she's disillusioned with both men and love. There's only one person who's never bought her act--...
2169) A haunting at Holkham
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
337 pages : maps, plans ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The thrilling new mystery from the bestselling author of Lady in Waiting and Murder on Mustique. Set during WWII in Holkham, think Downton Abbey meets Knives Out. It's Christmas 1943 and Lady Anne Coke has returned to Holkham Hall from Scotland. But her home is now an army base, with large sections out of bounds. And 11-year-old Anne is in the care of a new governess, whom she hates and believes to be hiding something. At least her beloved grandfather...
2170) Unquiet spirits
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Fresh from debunking a "ghostly" hound in Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes has returned to London, only to find himself the target of a deadly vendetta.
2171) Reason to breathe
Author
Series
Chandler sisters volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At twenty-nine, Phylicia Chandler put her life on hold to care for her dying mother with her sisters, Joanna and Britt. Now Mom is gone and their father stuns them all by running off with a woman young enough to be their sister. Life is moving forward all around her, but Phylicia feels stuck - until her father's protégé, Quinn Mitchell, presents the sisters with an intriguing business opportunity to purchase a trio of cottages just outside of Langhorne,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
482 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Joe Chayefski has got what he always wanted: a reputation as one of America's top neuroscientists, a beautiful wife and two perfect daughters. But his carefully created idyll is threatened when his Baltimore neuroscience lab is targeted by animal rights activists. The attack is followed by a phone call from Joe's ex-wife in Finland. Two decades have passed since he abandoned Alina and their young son, Samuel, returning to America to advance his career....
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A family memoir that traces the myths, legends, and secrets of seven generations of remarkable women. All families have their myths and legends. For many years Juliet Nicolson accepted hers--the dangerous beauty of her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of her great-grandmother Victoria, the infamous eccentricity of her grandmother Vita Sackville-West, her mother's Tory-conventional background. But then Juliet,...
2174) The truce
Author
Series
Ghosts of ordinary objects volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a southern Virginia coal-mining town in December 1942, Bone Phillips is learning to control her Gift: seeing the history of a significant object when she touches it. But one object is off limits: Uncle Ash's World War I dog tags, which hold memories of terror. When a body identified as Uncle Ash turns up inside the mines, Bone will need every ounce of courage she can summon to not only find her beloved uncle through the dog tags but prove that...
2175) Missing at 17
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"For most of Candace's life she never felt like she completely belonged. But nothing could prepare her for the shocking discovery that her parents have been concealing the truth about who she is and where she came from her entire life. Feeling like her world has been turned upside down, and unable to trust the people shes closest to, Candace runs away...right into the arms of an alluring stranger. But while Candace and Toby have an undeniable connection,...
2176) Paper hearts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Felicity, seventeen, has struggled to meet her mother's expectations since her older sister disappeared but when she connects with Alec Williams, a member of the band Heartbreakers, at a charity ball, she begins to consider what will make her truly happy. After uncovering a shocking family secret, Felicity begins a road trip to find her sister.
2177) Ballad for Sophie
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
305 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a young journalist prompts a reclusive musical superstar to finally break his silence, he pours out an astonishing saga of rivalry and regret, starring child prodigies and bitter old men, beautiful dancers and demonic managers, Nazi commandants, compassionate nuns, and lifesaving animals. Ballad for Sophie is a sweeping tale that spans the twentieth century, packed with all the drama of a rock & roll biopic and more twists than a night at the...
2178) Twisted at the root
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Everyone thought Rashad May and Gideon Wise were happily married. That is, until Rashad was convicted of his husband's murder. Four years later, Rashad's brother contacts Ray Lawless-- Minnesota private investigator Jane Lawless's father and the original defense attorney on the case-- with potential evidence of a wrongful conviction. When the case is reopened, Jane and her father must work together to attain justice for a grieving widower. Who actually...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When her twin sister's bones are discovered interred in a vault that has not been opened since the 18th century, Serena uncovers a secret family history pointing to an impossible story that connects her to the 15th century mystery of the young Duke of York.
2180) Lady joker: Volume one
Author
Series
Lady joker volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
576 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
"This tour-de-force is widely regarded as the quintessential post-WWII Japanese novel. A plan to kidnap a major corporation's CEO becomes an allegory for the alienation of the individual self, a mirror to modern-day Japanese identity. In 1995 in Tokyo, five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on the horses. They have little in common except a disaffection with their lives. One is a poorly socialized but genius factory welder. One is a demoted...
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