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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A haunting, magical, modern-day fairytale. A feast for the senses." -Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of First Frost
With echoes of the alchemy of Practical Magic, the lushness of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, and the darkly joyful wickedness of the Witches of Eastwick, Ellen Herrick's debut novel spins an enchanting love story about a place where magic whispers just beneath the surface and almost anything is possible, if you...
Author
Publisher
Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"[An] affecting novel of a man grappling with deep depression ... A moving portrait of a family dealing with loss before it happens." -- Kirkus Reviews Middle-aged and deeply depressed, Jim arrives in California from Alaska and surrenders himself to the care of his brother Gary, who intends to watch over him. Swinging unpredictably from manic highs to extreme lows, Jim wanders ghost-like through the remains of his old life, attempting to find meaning...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Captivating [... ] Herrick weaves a rich tapestry of family lore, dark secrets, and love." --Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth Petal Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Sarah Jio, comes a lush imaginative novel that takes readers into the heart of a mysterious English country garden, waiting to spring to life. Every garden is a story, waiting to be told". At the nursery she runs with her sisters...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak comes a novel about finding family in unexpected places and the lifelong bonds that don't need a lifetime to forge.
When Serenity Alston swabbed her cheek for 23andMe, she joked about uncovering some dark ancestral scandal. The last thing she expected was to discover two half sisters she didn't know existed. Suddenly, everything about her loving family is drawn into question. And meeting these...
5) Captive
Author
Publisher
Babelcube Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
With the Common Law now broken, the Wall of Charon is now sealed. Noctis are no longer welcomed in Luzaria, and neither are luzarans in the Empire of the night, but plots keep growing on one and another side of the silent stone mass, where secrets are unraveled. Adrien is unable to stop thinking about Tayr, in spite of everything that happened. June knows that revealing him the truth will force her brother to make the thoughest call of his life, but...
Author
Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Janice never thought she could hate her oldest brother, her best friend, her Christmas partner. But he was leaving her. The Army? Who was going to decorate cookies into the night with her? Sing every Christmas song? A hundred times each. And what about their favorite part. What about the tree? How could Edward not be thinking of her?"--
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Language
English
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They Waited Their Whole Lives for Their Papa to Return Nan and Heath Duncan, siblings abandoned by their papa and abused by their guardian, have no choice but to survive on the London streets. When a kind gentleman rescues Nan from such a life, the siblings are separated and raised in two vastly different social worlds. Just when both are beginning to flourish and years have healed some of their wounds, their long-awaited papa returns and reunites...
Author
Publisher
Light Messages Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Secrets of the Past are Buried at Wingate Winery When Kate Tyler learns that her brother may need a kidney transplant, she has no choice but to unravel the mystery of her biological parent's health history. Given only her birth mother's name to start with, she begins untangling the threads of her past despite her own desire to leave it all alone. Undeterred by the risk of a second betrayal, she follows the leads to the Wingate family, a well-off...
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Language
English
Appears on list
Description
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from...
Author
Series
Twintuition volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"From TV stars Tia and Tamera Mowry comes Double Dare , the third book in their popular Twintuition series about the super-special--and sometimes supernatural--bond between sisters! Identical twins Cassie and Caitlyn Waters may be able to see into the future, but with a teacher who suspects they have powers waiting to catch them midvision and the grandmother they just met in town to teach them how to better control what they foresee, the last thing...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
From actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry comes the second book in their delightful Twintuition series about the superspecial -- and sometimes supernatural -- bond between sisters! In Double Trouble , identical twins Cassie and Caitlyn Waters have adjusted to small-town life in Aura, Texas, but they're still not used to seeing visions of the future. And their Sight is only getting stronger as their twelfth birthday nears! But even with this new gift, neither...
Author
Series
Sullivan's Crossing volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Look for Robyn's new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life!
An exceptional storyteller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr beautifully captures the emotionally charged, complex dynamics that come with being part of any family. Readers will laugh and shed a few tears as they discover what it means to be loved, supported and accepted by the people who mean the most.
Having left...
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Series
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
It's that glorious period between the two world wars, and the exiled king of Mitteleuropa is visiting the ancestral home of the Duke of Tawcester. When the ex-king's daughter is kidnapped, noblesse obliges the Duke's handsome, brave, and rather stupid son (known to all as Blotto) to drive off to the rescue. Luckily, he's aided by his brilliant sister, Twinks. Plus, he's got a really swell car.
A duke's halfwit son and brainy daughter search for a...
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Language
English
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Description
Are some things better left unknown? Dana Fields's father never knew his parents. When Dana secretly does a DNA test for her dad, hoping to find him some distant relatives for his birthday, her entire world implodes. Instead of a few third cousins, Dana discovers a half brother her age whose very existence means her parents' happy marriage is a lie. Dana's desire to know her half brother, Brandon, and the extent of her dad's deception clashes with...
Author
Publisher
Pelican Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Estranged twins, Darcy and Bennett Langston, drop everything to rush to Gibson's Run to help their great aunt Lulu who is injured preparing for the 50th annual Christmas Festival. Each knows that returning to the sleepy Ohio town will be a challenge, but neither anticipates that being home for Christmas will be life-changing. The siblings are quickly caught up in the attraction of one-of-a-kind traditions and budding relationships.
Pastor Finn Tarrington...
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This Strega Prize winner "ticks all the boxes of a thriller while also being a masterfully written, baroque, many-faceted depiction of modern Italy" ( The Spectator ). Bari, southern Italy: On a stifling summer night, on the outskirts of town, a young woman named Clara, daughter of the region's most prominent family of real estate developers, stumbles naked, dazed, and bloodied down a major highway. Her death will be deemed a suicide. Her estranged...
19) The monster
Author
Series
Troubletwisters volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they're troubletwisters, with powers they must use to stop the Evil from taking over our world. Before, they'd defeated the Evil through luck and intuition. Now though, Jaide and Jack will have to learn how to use their powers, and how to keep on their toes when evil forces return.
The spectacular new middle-grade fantasy series from bestselling authors Garth Nix and Sean Williams.Since moving to the town of Portland,...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Language
English
Description
"Theo Benton decides to move to the United States to finally finish her novel, and she is soon drawn into a literary labyrinth where identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of sales and readership. When her mentor and lover is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. But when the prime suspect turns out to be her older brother, Gus, Theo does what is necessary to protect him-to save him....
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