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Things are going suspiciously well for Charles Paris. He has moved back in with his ex-wife and landed a proper part in a proper production: Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night. But when two members of the theatre company suddenly fall ill, Charles finds himself in trouble again - both on and off stage.
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Charles Paris's acting career plumbs new depths when he takes on the part of a possible murder victim in Public Enemies, a true-crime TV series. Finding himself in a bizarre world somewhere between police procedure and showbiz, Charles can't help getting involved in the investigation - especially when dismembered limbs start turning up.
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After a long period of 'resting', life is looking up for Charles Paris, who has been cast as the Ghost of Hamlet's Father and First Gravedigger in a new production of Hamlet. But rehearsals are fraught. Ophelia is played by Katrina Selsey, who won the role through a television talent show. Hamlet himself is also played by a reality TV contestant, Jared Root – and the two young stars have rather different views of celebrity and the theatre than the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
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"An audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame, and ambition set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse, from the author of three highly acclaimed previous novels. One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth in time-from the actor's early days as a film star to fifteen years in the future, when a...
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HarperCollins
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[2010]
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English
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"Diane Hammond writes with heart, compassion, and humor." -Terry Gamble, author of The Water Dancers From Diane Hammond, author of Hannah's Dream, comes Seeing Stars, a glorious new novel of hope, dreams, love, and ambition. Set in Hollywood-where every child wants to be a star and every grownup wants a piece of the action- Seeing Stars explores a not-so glamorous world of stage mothers, adolescent Tinsel Town wannabes, and desperate chances with...
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Harlequin
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[2011]
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English
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Nathaniel...;Icon. Celebrity. Heartthrob.
But underneath his movie-star good looks, he's battling with the demons of his past. No one knows the real Nathaniel, they only see the pinup, the illusion he pretends to be.
Then one night he is forced to rely on Katie Field, an ordinary young woman from a very different world. She may be starstruck but she isn't blinded by the bright lights of fame. Can Nathaniel trust her enough to reveal the real man...
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Harlequin
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[2018]
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English
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He's known for getting what he wants ... and she's his biggest prize! Actress Kate Holiday is used to the spotlight, yet is happy melting into the background at a society party. Until the scorching gaze of charismatic Blake Randall rests on her ... No acting is required for their sizzling night together! So when he offers Kate a starring role on a billionaire's arm-and in his bed!-dare she say yes?
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Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor...
11) Blackberry Beach
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Hope Harbor volume 7
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"Katherine Parker is on the cusp of having everything she ever wanted - fame, money, and acclaim. So why isn't she happy? In search of answers, she comes incognito to Hope Harbor on the Oregon coast for some R&R. Maybe in her secluded rental house overlooking the serene Pacific she'll be able to calm the storm inside. Coffee shop owner Zach Garrett has found his niche after a traumatic loss - and he has no plans to change the life he's created. Nor...
12) Enter a Murderer
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Felony & Mayhem Press
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[2012]
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English
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"A policeman in the audience sees an all-too-real death scene on a London stage: "Good enough to satisfy the most critical reader of detective stories." -- The New York Times Inspector Roderick Alleyn has been invited to an opening night, a new play in which two characters quarrel and then struggle for a gun, with predictably sad results. Even sadder, the gun was not, in fact, loaded with blanks. And when it comes to interviewing witnesses, actors...
13) The Tragedy of Z
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"Inspector Thumm's daughter, Patience, investigates a political murder with the help of actor Drury Lane Patience Thumm has just traveled the world. She turned heads in London, sipped absinthe in Tunis, and debated philosophy on the Left Bank of Paris. When she returns home to New York with a smuggled copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover in her bag, her father, the NYPD's Inspector Thumm, is quite unprepared to handle her. At first, it seems they have...
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A classic Golden Age mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. When Mordecai Tremaine emerges from the train station in the village of Dalmering, murder is the last thing on his mind. But he has never been able to resist anything in the way of a mystery-and a mystery is precisely what awaits him in the small hamlet. Rehearsals for the local amateur dramatic production are in full swing, but as Mordecai discovers too soon, the real...
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Pelican Book Group
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[2021]
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English
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"The Adelphi Theatre has been the centre of drama in Headley Cross for one hundred years. Interim manager, Flick Anderson, does her best to juggle running the theatre and directing her first play, Home Is Where The Heart Is. Flick is overjoyed when her best friend and ex-boyfriend, Will Reid, takes on the main male lead -- especially as she wrote the role for him. Award-winning actor Will Reid prefers stage work to anything else. When the job he should...
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HarperCollins
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English
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In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses, a world dominated by his older brother, William. But he is a penniless actor, making ends meet through a combination of a beautiful face, petty theft and a silver tongue. As William's star rises, Richard's onetime gratitude is souring and he is sorely tempted to abandon family loyalty. So when a priceless manuscript goes missing,...
17) Harlequin Blaze October 2014 Box Set: Wicked Nights ; Some Like It Hotter ; Close Up ; Triple Threat
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Harlequin Blaze
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Harlequin Blaze brings you four new red-hot reads for one great price, available now! This Harlequin Blaze bundle includes Wicked Nights by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Anne Marsh, Some Like It Hotter by Isabel Sharpe, Close Up by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Erin McCarthy and Triple Threat by Regina Kyle. Look for four new sexy, steamy stories every month from Harlequin Blaze!
18) Bitter Finish
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Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
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2015.
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English
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"To save his winery, independently wealthy actor and former PI Michael Spraggue investigates a Napa Valley slaying Shooting on location in Boston for a new film, Michael Spraggue has just tumbled down a flight of stairs when a call comes in from California. On the line is Kate Holloway, Michael's on-again-off-again lover and partner in a fledgling California winery. It's harvest time and their winemaker has disappeared. Right after Kate reported him...
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Harlequin
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[2020]
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English
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"Sparks fly when a billionaire needs the help of an actress in this sexy, dramatic fake relationship romance by Michelle Smart! "I don't want someone else, Miss Caldwell. I want you." Financial tycoon Dami n Delgado is facing an unscrupulous takeover by his brother. He needs a fake girlfriend for one weekend to distract his family from his plan to save his business! Struggling actress Mia Caldwell fits the bill perfectly. Dami n's beautiful yet deeply...
20) Tempestuous
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HarperCollins
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[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
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"I don't love Sonny Flannery. "That's the lie Kelley Winslow told to protect the boy she loves from a power he doesn't know he possesses. Devastated, Sonny retreats-to a haven for Lost Fae that's hidden deep underneath New York City. But Kelley's not about to let things end in heartbreak. To get Sonny back, she's got to find out who's after his magick-and how to use her own. She's got to uncover who's recruiting Janus Guards to murderously hunt innocent...
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