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2941) Hand me down: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Separated from the sister she has been protecting from their irresponsible parents, fourteen-year-old Liz is forced to rely on distant relatives and forges a pact with a deceitful adult who compels her to keep a painful secret.
2942) A reckless promise
Author
Series
The little season volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Honoring a vow made on the battlefield, Darby Travers, Viscount Nailbourne, takes in his new ward, his late comrade's young daughter, and the girl's aunt, Sadie Grace Boxer, a lovely woman who is guarding a dangerous secret, in a book that also includes a bonus story, "Winter's Camp," by Jodi Thomas.
2943) Centaur rising
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1965, a year after Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm, a baby centaur's born, and the family, already under scrutiny because Arianne's six-year-old brother has birth defects, struggles to keep the colt a secret.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
154 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bored and impatient because her mer-family only seems to summon her when they need her healing abilities, fourteen-year-old India Finch decides to ignore her grandfather and visit them without being called--but when she and her mermaid friends decide to entertain themselves by combining their powers the result is a disaster that exposes the existence of the merpeople to human eyes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cowboy bachelor Jace Middleton was ready to leave Shepherd's Crossing for good until he learns his family's unspoken secrets. Now Jace finds himself not only caring for his twin baby nieces, but working with beautiful, strong-willed designer Melonie Fitzgerald to renovate his grandmother's run-down estate. Love wasn't part of the plan but Jace soon finds himself wishing Melonie could become part of his unexpected family.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
466 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. It contains the phone number of a Mr. J.F. Prichard of Twyning & Hooper, Solicitors, in London -- and news that could...
2948) The skylark's secret
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Loch Ewe, 1940. When gamekeeper's daughter Flora's remote highland village finds itself the base for the Royal Navy's Arctic convoys, life in her close-knit community changes forever. In defiance of his disapproving father, the laird's son falls in love with Flora, and as tensions build in their disrupted home, any chance of their happiness seems doomed. Decades later, Flora's daughter, singer Lexie Gordon, is forced to return to the village and...
2949) Ember Island: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
432 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a compelling, complex story from the bestselling author of Wildflower Hill and Lighthouse Bay, two women separated by a century discover long-buried secrets in an Australian manor house. In 1876, Tilly, a recently married young English woman, is reeling with shock and guilt after her tempestuous marriage ends in horrific circumstances on the remote Channel Islands. Determined to get as far from England as she can, she takes on a new identity and...
2950) Imperial fire
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
512 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the world after 1066, vast empires clamor for dominance. From the Normans in the north to the Byzantines in the south, battles rage across Europe and around its fringes. But in the east, an empire still mightier stirs, wielding a weapon to rule the world: gunpowder. Seeking the destructive might of this 'fire drug, ' the mercenary Vallon -- a man made of grit and earth as much as of flesh and blood -- is sent by the defeated Byzantine emperor...
2951) The art of escaping
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Mattie, seventeen, seeks out the reclusive Miyu, daughter of a famed escapologist, to indulge her secret desire to learn the craft, it leads to a friendship with classmate Will, who bears a huge secret of his own.
Author
Language
English
Description
Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken,...
2953) Pretty dead girls
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In the peaceful seaside town of Cape Bonita, wicked secrets and lies are hidden just beneath the surface. But all it takes is one tragedy for them to be exposed. The most popular girls in school are turning up dead, and Penelope Malone is terrified she's next. All the victims so far have been linked to Penelope--and to a boy from her physics class. The one she's never really noticed before, with the rumored dark past and a brooding stare that cuts...
Author
Series
Secrets of Wayfarers Inn volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Moses Willard, the great-great grandson of original owners of the house now turned into Wayfarers Inn, has come with his family to visit the inn. However, Moses has been receiving anonymous notes suggesting that someone is holding the Willard family treasure for ransom. At the same time, inn co-owner Tess has had a falling out with her grown daughter Lizzie and it's up to her friends, LuAnn and Janice, to help patch things up between the two.
2955) Goodbye from nowhere
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Kyle learns that his mother has been having an affair and his father has been living with the secret, his reality is altered. But Kyle's parents want him to keep this secret from the rest of the family until after what might be their last big summer reunion. Kyle feels the walls of his relationships closing in, and has to decide what his obligations are to everyone he cares for.
2956) Atrapada en el tiempo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
859 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Twenty years after her voyage to Scotland, Claire Randall, now a doctor, returns to Scotland with her daughter to locate the stone that sent her on her magical journey years before.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (10 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bríd fled Northern Ireland during the Troubles and hid her tragic past while living in California. Now a mother, Bríd and her teen daughter are forced to return to Northern Ireland to confront the past.
2958) The fall of Grace
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a shocking secret about her mother is exposed and everyday life is turned upside down, Grace embarks on an adventure, searching for answers about her family's current situation. But, she gets more than she bargained for when it turns out that she isn't the only one looking for clues"--
Author
Series
Unsinkable Walker Bean volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
280 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
After their perilous encounter with the sea-witches, the pirate crew of the Jacklight find refuge on a deserted island, but shadowy creatures have been spotted in the jungle, and when Walker, Shiv, and Genoa discover mysterious ruins, the dark history of the archipelago begins to unravel. Legend tells of a mad king, a fallen civilization, and a powerful royal family in search of their lost sister. And for reasons Walker can't understand, Genoa seems...
2960) The lost year
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, thirteen-year-old Matthew discovers a shocking secret about his great-grandmother's past as he learns about her life during the Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine.
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