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Jane Austen's classic comedy of manners is one of the most enduring love stories in English literature In a remote Hertfordshire village in the early nineteenth century, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have a problem. Or rather, five vivacious, headstrong problems: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia. Mr. Bennet loves his daughters dearly, but spends more time with his nose buried in a book than planning for their futures. Since her husband's property...
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Laney McLeod's life changes the minute she finds herself stuck in an elevator in Manhattan. Fighting her rising panic, she relies on handsome Deke Sargeant to help her overcome her claustrophobia. When the power comes back on, Deke and Laney find themselves in a passionate embrace that leads to a night of love in his apartment. Shocked at what she has done, Laney disappears, only to have Deke show up months later. Unable to forget the chemistry between...
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She's been called side-splittingly funny" ( Publishers Weekly ), "a blast of fresh air" ( Washington Post ), and "a winner" ( Glamour ). She is, of course, Janet Evanovich, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum mystery series. Now available for the first time in more than a decade comes Love Overboard , the hilarious story of a sinfully handsome schooner captain and the spirited woman who agrees to work on his...
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IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
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Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope.
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"Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband has left her, she's been fired from her position as a magazine editor, and the only place she wants to go is to her parents' summer house, The Nutshell, in Keene's Harbor, Michigan. Kate's plan is to turn The Nutshell into a Bed and Breakfast. Problem is, she needs cash, and the only job she can land is less than savory. Matt Culhane wants Kate to spy on his brewery employees. Someone has been sabotaging his...
7) After you
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
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Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can't help but feel she's right back where she started. Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the...
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"Smart, warm, uplifting, the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes the only way to survive is to open her heart. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. That, combined with her unusual appearance (scarred cheek, tendency to wear the same clothes year in, year out), means that Eleanor...
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New beginnings volume 3
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[2017]
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If not for her loving but controlling parents, Beth Prudhomme might never have taken charge of her life and moved from her native Chicago to Portland, Oregon, where she has reconnected with her spirited Aunt Sunshine and found a job as a high school music teacher. If not for her friend Nichole Nyquist, Beth would never have met Sam Carney, although first impressions have left Beth with serious doubts. Sam is everything Beth is not -- and her conservative...
11) The great Gatsby
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IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
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The tragic story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his attempt to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan.
12) Sweet ember
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A classic love story by New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky, back in print for the first time in years and guaranteed to delight her fans, old and new. Stephanie Wright was just 19 the first time she ran, heartbroken and angry, out of Douglas Weston's life. She and Douglas, a devastatingly handsome tennis camp instructor, shared a summer marked by a gentle love, capped by one night of sensuous passion -- followed by a terrible, unforgivable...
13) Celebration
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Heiress Kristine Kelly must struggle to make a new life for herself and her family after her husband of twenty years takes off with her fortune, leaving her to deal with three teenage children who really do not have much love left for either of their parents.
14) Gabrielle
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Wellspring
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[2006]
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Jean is a successful publisher. He has refined tastes and abundant material possessions, among which he seems to include his wife, Gabrielle. But in a single afternoon, Gabrielle decides to leave him for another man and then abruptly reverses her decision. Now, everything that Jean believed to be true about his life and marriage falls apart.
15) Emma
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Emma Woodhouse's charitable intentions toward others are increasingly undermined by her supreme narcissism. Bent on improving the looks, manners, and marital prospects of the parentless Harriet Smith, a young boarder at a neighborhood school, Emma must suffer through a series of mortifying misunderstandings before she learns to stop meddling in the lives of others.
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"When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her 20,000 acre barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa, but Brooke has never actually met her. Josephine's cryptic note says she wants to discuss an important legal matter, but why enlist Brooke and not the prestigious Atlanta law firm she has used for years? Brooke...
17) This time love
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Young, innocent Joy Anderson, having succumbed to passion with aspiring journalist Gabe Venture, is left with a broken heart, and a baby on the way after he goes off to pursue fame and fortune, and when he returns seven years later to find her independent and worldly, it is she who must decide whether to grant him another chance at love.
18) The ebony swan
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A young woman, at a crossroad in her life, returns to her maternal grandfather. There she searches for the truth about her mother's mysterious death and her own past.
19) Summer blowout
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Bella Shaughnessay helps her father run a small chain of beauty salons in Marshbury, Massachusetts, after swearing off all men, until a handsome entrepreneur comes along.
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New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Miranda's track record with men is horrible. Her most recent catastrophe is Greg. He seems perfect gorgeous, witty, exciting. And he and Miranda are in love until Miranda discovers he left his wife when he found out she was pregnant. With the help of her friends, Miranda plans the sweetest and most public revenge a heartbroken girl can get. But will Miranda learn from her mistake, or move on to the next "perfect"...
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