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English
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Caroline Venable, the wife of a wealthy land developer, is still struggling to come to terms with the death of her daughter five years earlier, and when her husband reveals his plans to build a resort on a family-owned island which has always been Caroline's only refuge, she knows she must do something to redeem herself and the land.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Short-tempered environmentalist Twilly Spree, having sought retaliation against litterer Palmer Stoat by loading Stoat's Range Rover with a horde of hungry dung beetles, realizes he has hit the jackpot when he discovers Stoat is one of the movers and shakers in a plan to build a mall on a pristine Gulf Coast island.
Publisher
Roadside Attractions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The wife of a corrupt real estate developer is kidnapped by two common criminals, who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decides he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and twists.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a spiritual health practitioner in Los Angeles. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire real estate developer. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
She's willing to bet the ranch that he can't resist temptation ... Up-by-her-bootstraps Brandee Lawson fought hard to establish Hope Springs Ranch. But a mysterious blackmailer threatens to expose her secret to real estate developer Shane Delgado. She could lose everything, and she can't let sexy Shane short-circuit her survival instinct! Sure, Shane wants her land, but he can't help wanting Brandee, as well. When she offers Royal's most notorious...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.
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Series
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For the sake of cheated settlers, Sheriff Pat Stevens takes on a Powder Valley conman On a weather-beaten stretch of the Kansas prairie, a family fights to survive. Molly Hartsell is only twenty-seven, but years of barely scraping by have made her old before her time. Her children are frail, tired, and hungry. If something doesn't change soon, the Hartsells are doomed. But Molly's husband returns from the bank with good news: He sold the farm and...
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Series
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Charlotte Hale plans to change her life one careful step at a time With nothing but brains, ambition and sheer nerve, Charlotte Hale built a career as a tough, savvy real-estate developer. Her reputation is rock solid ... but her life is empty. One terrifying day, Charlotte realizes that her friends are as grasping and insincere as she is. Far worse, she's alienated her family so completely that she's never held or spoken to her only granddaughter....
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English
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Mags leaves her banking job in New York and travels to her aunt's Nevada ranch with her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, only to discover that her aunt and neighbors are battling to prevent their water from being diverted to Reno, but when the conflict is exacerbated, Mags's aunt becomes suspect of murder.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group Inc
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Are you the Next Donald Trump? Successful real estate developers can become enormously wealthy. However, the flip side is many developers run out of cash before cashing in. Poor cash flow is the primary cause of business failure for real estate developers. This new book details how to become a successful real estate developer and demonstrates step-by-step how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful real estate development enterprise....
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Series
Language
English
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A small town has its share of unpleasant residents. When a developer with an unhappy wife, a bullish attitude toward women, and a much-frowned-upon plan is murdered, not many tears are shed. The case naturally falls to Victoria Trumbull, the ninety-two-year-old, sharp-witted sheriff's deputy. Served by her in-depth knowledge of the island of Martha's Vineyard and her indomitable drive, Victoria is on the trail again: bunions, lilac-bough cane, and...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
May Calendar has spent most of her life looking after her family. So she's not about to let anyone take her home or livelihood. Especially not arrogant property tycoon Jude Marshall! Jude is charming and sexy -- and he's determined to wine and dine May. Doesn't she deserve a little fun? After all, this romantic interlude can't last too long. Jude's the kind of guy to want a mistress, not a wife, and May can't let attraction take over -- she's got...
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