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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"When Kathleen Deane's husband, Tom, tells her he's no longer happy with his life and their marriage, Kathleen is confused. Who said anything about being happy? They live in Kansas, for goodness sake! But with Tom off finding himself, Kathleen starts to think about what she wants. And her thoughts lead her to a small beach community on the east coast, a town that has always looked lovely in the Christmas cards her childhood friend Josie sends every...
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"A propulsive contemporary women's fiction debut with dark humor and messy yet warm-hearted family dynamics, perfect for fans of Claire Lombardo's The Most Fun We Ever Had and Emma Straub's All Adults Here. All families are messy. Some are disasters. Natalie Walker is the reason her older brother and sister went to prison over 15 years ago. She fled California shortly after that fateful night and hasn't spoken to anyone in her family since. Ten years...
Author
Series
Presses pocket volume 12265
Publisher
Pocket
Pub. Date
2005, 2004
Description
De passage à Paris, Robert Langdon, professeur à Havard et spécialiste de symbologie, est appelé d'urgence au Louvre, en pleine nuit. Jacques Saunière, le conservateur en chef a été retrouvé assassiné au milieu de la Grande Galerie. Au côté du cadavre, la police a trouvé un message codé. Langdon et Sophie Neveu, une brillante cryptographe membre de la police, tentent de le résoudre. Ils sont stupéfaits lorsque les premiers indices le...
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Series
Publisher
Firstfruits Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"A pandemic has reached across the globe to Kennedy's backyard, throwing everyone into a panic. Trapped in a hospital lockdown, Kennedy and those isolated with her can only guess who will survive ... and who will succumb. As the quarantine persists, Kennedy starts to wonder if there's more to fear than just the disease ..."--Amazon.
6) Battle mage
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Publisher
Blackheart Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Battle Mage The world is falling to the burning shadow of the Possessed and only the power of a battle mage can save it. But the ancient bond with dragonkind is failing. Of those that answer a summoning too many are black. Black dragons are the enemy of humankind. Black dragons are mad. Falco Dante is a weakling in a world of warriors, but worse than this, he is the son of a madman. Driven by grief, Falco makes a decision that will drive him to the...
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Series
Publisher
William Morrow/an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
For the lovely Billy Harper, Butternut Lake is the place she feels most at home, even though lately she believes the only one listening to her is Murphy ... her faithful Labrador retriever. Her teenage son, Luke, has gone from precious to precocious practically overnight. Her friends are wrapped up in their own lives, and Luke's father, Wesley, disappeared before his son was even born. No wonder she prefers to spend time with good books, especially...
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NineStar Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Queer middle-aged librarian Nan Nethercott, a wisecracking hypochondriac with a lackluster career and a nonexistent love life, needs to make a drastic life change before it's too late. When she lands a job as librarian in a seemingly idyllic small town in southern New Jersey, Nan quickly discovers unforeseen challenges. Nan's landlady, Immaculata, launches daily intrusions from below. The library, housed in the former town jail, is overrun by marauding...
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Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Madeline LaCroix once thought she had everything. A job she enjoyed in sunny California. A beautiful new home she was about to move into. And, best of all, a fiance with whom she couldn't wait to spend the rest of her life. Three weeks before her wedding, Maddie"s dreams were blown apart when an arsonist set fire to a home improvement store, killing the man she adored and badly injuring her. Now, scarred emotionally and physically, Maddie has started...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"From award-winning novelist Idra Novey comes a "deft and surprising novel" with two unforgettable female voices. (Rumaan Alam) Set in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, Take What You Need follows the estrangement and reconciliation of stepmother and daughter, Jean and Leah. Leah always felt her path diverged from Jean's and left her hometown without looking back, making a life for herself in the city as a young mother and academic. Now that...
11) Intrigues
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Mags, a telepathic herald, comes under suspicion by foreign operatives, prompting him to investigate who his parents really were and what his connection is to these mysterious spies, so that he can prove his loyalty to the king before he is banished as atraitor.
12) The broken god
Author
Series
The Black Iron legacy volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"The Godswar has come to Guerdon, dividing the city between three occupying powers. While the fragile Armistice holds back the gods, other forces seek to extend their influence. The criminal dragons of the Ghierdana ally with the surviving thieves - including Spar Idgeson, once heir to the Brotherhood of Thieves, now transformed into the living stone of the New City. Meanwhile, far across the sea, Spar's friend Carillon Thay travels towards the legendary...
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Publisher
A Forge Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Lightning Shell marks the dramatic conclusion to the People of Cahokia sub-series by bestselling authors W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear. Spotted Wrist's squadrons are about to launch an assault on Evening Star Town. Meanwhile, the new Keeper's loyal squadrons have taken control of central Cahokia. Blue Heron's enemies have declared her dead, a supposed victim of the fire that consumed her palace. She's alive and in the end it will be her wits,...
Author
Series
Cookie chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
While attempting to return a lost wallet to its owner, Ben tries out different life philosophies inspired by his friends, family, and fortune cookies.
15) The lake house
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Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Three girls who arrive to an abandoned island must outwit and outlast the mysterious killer who awaits them there"--
Claire's grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It's just how she's wired - her worst-case scenarios never actually come true. Until she arrives at an off-the-grid summer camp to find a blackened, burned husk instead of a lodge - and no survivors, except her and two other late arrivals:...
16) Cat's paw
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Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2022, 1931.
Description
When a wealthy bachelor is murdered in his baroque Boston mansion, a bizarre clue holds the key to whodunnit. --Amazon.com
19) Don't know tough
Author
Publisher
Soho Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Trent Powers relocates his family from Anaheim to Arkansas to take over as head coach of the Denton Pirates, a high school football team powered by a volatile but talented running back named Billy Lowe. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his unstable mother's abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, and it's not long before he crosses a line. Instead of punishing him, though, Trent...
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
A man who loves adventure and the open sea, Devin Murphy returns for a short Christmas trip to his small hometown of Eternity Springs. Immersed in the joy and magic of the holiday season all around him, he doesn't hesitate to play along when a young boy phones Santa to ask for a very special wish. Devin never guesses that a wrong number has the potential to make everything in his life so right. A man who loves adventure and the open sea, Devin Murphy...
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