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Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Riveting and unconventional, The Last Story of Mina Lee traces the far-reaching consequences of secrets in the lives of a Korean immigrant mother and her daughter Margot Lee's mother is ignoring her calls. Margot can't understand why, until she makes a surprise trip home to Koreatown, LA, and finds that her mother has suspiciously died. Determined to discover the truth, Margot unravels her...
482) The house I loved
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Rose Bazelet is determined to fight against the destruction of her family home during Emperor Napoleon III's renovation of Paris and while she stakes her claim in the basement she begins to write letters to her dead husband and is forced to come to terms with a secret that has been buried for thirty years.
484) The Apology
Author
Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A scorching psychological drama about family, betrayal and the limits of forgiveness. Adrian Pomeroy teaches English at an all-boys school full of bullshit artists in blazers'. When he finds himself at the centre of an allegation that might end his career, his life starts to unravel in spectacular fashion. With a police investigation underway, Adrian turns to his detective brother for help, but Noel is battling crippling demons of his own. As the...
485) On the sweet side
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Baking is Isabeau Collins’s life. Back from studying under the finest chefs in France and Italy, and with a newly minted culinary degree in hand, Izzy is ready to pursue her dream: whipping up creative confections in her own custom cake shop. But her perfect plans are waylaid when two women claiming to be her half sisters show up with a stack of letters addressed to Izzy from their late mother. Torn between launching her career and the need to learn...
Author
Series
Lost castle novels volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Three sweeping tales of art, long-buried secrets, and abandoned castles from bestselling author Kristy Cambron -- now available in one collection. The Lost Castle Broken-down walls and crumbling stones seemed to possess a secret language all their own. What stories would they tell, if she finally listened? Bridging the past to the present in three time periods -- the French Revolution, World War II, and present day -- The Lost Castle is a story of...
487) Heart Of The Cross
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From Ireland to Kings Cross, a legacy of loss and hope echoes across the generations ... Tinahely, Ireland, 1959 Rosie Hart is content leaving her home behind to follow her new husband to Australia. But she soon discovers there is no room for her or their young son in the life he has built in vibrant Kings Cross. As their marriage crumbles, Rosie will need to fight for the golden future her son deserves. Rose Bay, 1984 Haunted by her past, Rosie is...
488) Moonlight on My Mind
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
To ruin a man's life once takes a regrettable mistake. To do so twice takes a woman like Julianne Baxter.
Eleven months ago, Julianne's statement to the authorities wrongly implicated Patrick, the new Earl of Haversham, in his older brother's death. The chit is as much trouble as her red hair suggests, and just as captivating. Now she has impetuously tracked him to the wilds of Scotland, insisting that he return home to face a murder charge and save...
489) Twillyweed
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Language
English
Description
Searching for her birth mother, an Irish girl comes to Long Island and stumbles upon a terrible secret One of the first things Claire Breslinsky loved about Johnny was that he never even glanced at her sister. Carmela had always been the glamorous one, but Johnny only had eyes for Claire -- the frazzled, world-traveling photographer who solved mysteries in her spare time. Only when their marriage fell apart did Claire learn that Johnny avoided Carmela...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Agatha Christie meets Downton Abbey ... a charming reminder of all the country house murders of Britain's golden age." -- Kirkus Reviews It's November 1932, and the peaceful village of Dovecote Hatch is still reeling from the recent murder at Mullings, country estate of the wealthy Stodmarsh family. Now it's about to be rocked by news of another violent demise. When the body of mild-mannered Kenneth Tenneson is found at the foot of the stairs in...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Ms. Magazine, USA Today Book Riot, The Rumpus, Library Journal, PureWow, The Every Girl, Parade and more. "In the midst of widespread protests and calls to end racial injustice, the conversations and understanding tackled in Saving Ruby King are all significant reflections of this country's reality today." - Parade Magazine " Forever and to the end That's what they say instead of I love you ." When Ruby King's...
Author
Series
Love sugar magic volume 1
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"A charming and delectably sweet debut. Mischief, friendship, and a whole lot of heart - Love Sugar Magic has it all." - Zoraida Córdova, award-winning author of the Brooklyn Brujas series. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. It's a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom. Leonora Logroño's family owns the most beloved bakery in...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Look for Amy Meyerson’s new novel The Imperfects , a captivating literary page-turner. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Best Books of Summer 2018 Selection by Philadelphia Inquirer and Library Journal “Part mystery and part drama, Meyerson uses a complex family dynamic in The Bookshop of Yesterdays to spotlight the importance of truth and our need for forgiveness.” -- Associated Press A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey...
495) The housemaid
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Hacker Lisbeth Salander assists Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist, with the investigation of Harriet Vanger's disappearance decades earlier, and the two uncover a dark world of secrets about a wealthy Swedish family, as well as a surprising connection between themselves.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actress. Armed with a stack of index cards and a hell of a lot of talent, she goes from awkward 16-year-old to Broadway ingenue to tv star. But while promoting her most recent project, a film about adoption, India does what you should never do -- she tells a journalist the truth: it's a bad movie. Like so many movies about adoption, it tells only one story, a tragic one. But India's an adoptive mom herself and...
498) Even If I Fall
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Brooke and Heath should never have become friends, let alone fallen in love A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Brooke's only solace remains the ice-skating rink where she works, but she no longer lets herself dream about a future skating professionally. When Brooke...
Publisher
Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Harlequin Romantic Suspense brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! Looking for heart-racing romance and high-stakes suspense? This Harlequin Romantic Suspense bundle includes Operation Unleashed by Justine Davis, Special Ops Rendezvous by Karen Anders, Protecting Her Royal Baby by Beth Cornelison and Lone Star Redemption by Colleen Thompson. Look for 4 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin Romantic Suspense!
500) The watcher
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped by her own mother, a Nazi spy, teenaged Wendy is transported from Maine to wartime Berlin, where she secretly supports the resistance movement and learns a family secret.
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