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"In this new novel from the author of Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen again demonstrates her talent for creating spellbinding period pieces. At the Water's Edge is a gripping and poignant love story about a privileged young woman's personal awakening as she experiences the devastations of World War II in a Scottish Highlands village"--Web page.
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Ladies of liberty volume 1
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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Born into affluence, Mia Stanley is a winsome socialite with a knack for matchmaking. She's also a writer for Godey's Lady's Book magazine, much to the disdain of her family--and their society friends. A proper young lady of her social standing isn't meant to labor in such a way, but Mia has always had a way with words... When her writing draws her into the world of downtrodden seamen's wives on Philadelphia's docks, Mia uncovers a scheme that puts...
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2019.
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English
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"An unforgettable historical about true love found and lost and the secrets we keep from one another from an award-winning author Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side of scandal, all while running from the life her parents would choose for her. Lawrence Weston is a penniless painter who stumbles into Selina's orbit one night and can never let her...
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Ginger Kelly wakes up in 1924 in tranquil Cocoa Beach, Florida, after fleeing to safety with disgraced Prohibition agent Oliver Anson Marshall, and her newly-orphaned young sister, Patsy. But Marshall is reinstated to the agency with suspicious haste to patrol for rumrunners on the high seas. When he promptly disappears, Gin hurries north to rescue him, only to be trapped in an agonizing moral quandary by Marshall's desperate mother. In 1998, Ella...
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Drawing on never-before-seen documents and told from a unique insider's viewpoint, the CNN anchor tells the story of his legendary family and their remarkable influence.
When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father's small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money,...
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In her first novel inspired by a true story, Jane Green re-imagines the life of troubled icon Talitha Getty in this transporting story from a forgotten chapter of the Swinging '60s. From afar Talitha's life seemed perfect. In her twenties, and already a famous model and actress, she moved from London to a palace in Marrakesh, with her husband Paul Getty, the famous oil heir. There she presided over a swirling ex-pat scene filled with music, art, free...
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Ladies of liberty volume 3
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English
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Eager to ease the financial burdens of her family, Cassandra Stover is thrilled when she is hired to be a companion to Mrs. Jameston, a wealthy society woman. Cassie finds herself living a life she'd never imagined-and growing close to the elderly woman who treats her like a daughter. Her new position is tarnished only by Mrs. Jameston's son. As Sebastian's resentment and cruelty toward his mother mount, Cassie begins to harbor concerns for her employer's...
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2016.
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"Set in London during the years of 1939-1942, when citizens had slim hope of survival, much less victory; and on the strategic island of Malta, which was daily devastated by the Axis barrage, Everyone Brave is Forgiven features little-known history and a perfect wartime love story inspired by the real-life love letters between Chris Cleave's grandparents. This dazzling novel dares us to understand that, against the great theater of world events, it...
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Princes of Texas volume 2
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English
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"No one cheats on a Prince and gets away with it. And Hallie-Texas socialite, would-be ballerina, and the only daughter of the renowned Prince family-is ready to give her two-timing fiancee a piece of her mind. But fate plants hot, sexy ranch hand and ex-Army Ranger Rafael Fontana quite literally in her way. Her childhood friend is all grown up. He's sexy, he's handsome, and suddenly, after all these years, Hallie is taking notice. Rafe has been in...
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"The Hunting Wives share more than target practice, martinis, and bad behavior in this novel of obsession, seduction, and murder. Sophie O'Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect life with a beautiful home in an idyllic rural community. But Sophie soon realizes that life is now too quiet, and she's...
11) The wicked city
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Series
Wicked city novels volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Moving into the building that once hid a speakeasy, Ella Hawthorne uncovers the Jazz Age story of a scandalous love triangle involving redheaded flapper Gin Kelly, a rugged Prohibition agent, and a wealthy debonair Princetonian.
13) Coming out
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When Olympia Rubinstein's twin daughters are invited to a debutante ball, chaos erupts. One twin and Olympia's ex-husband are anxious to go, while the other twin and Olympia's current husband refuse to go.
14) Bad blood
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 9
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English
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Brendan Quillian, a successful young businessman, is on trial for murdering his wife, and the courtroom is tense. Prosecutor Alexandra Cooper's case against him hangs by a thread thanks to scant evidence and Brendan's all-star legal team. As the trial progresses, an explosion destroys a water tunnel being constructed deep beneath the city. Then, secrets from Brendan's past link him to the fatal disaster. Alex rushes to the scene to scour the wreckage...
15) Legacy of mercy
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2018.
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English
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Young socialite Anna Nicholson is having trouble focusing on her upcoming marriage due to lingering questions about her birth mother. After hiring detectives to learn more about the past, Anna decides that some secrets are better left hidden. Her choice to seek God's purpose for her life also isn't as simple as she had hoped. But Anna knows she can turn to her grandmother, Geesje de Jonge, back in Holland, Michigan. Geesje's been helping new Dutch...
17) Black dog
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Stone Barrington novels volume 62
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"After returning home from a treacherous adventure, Stone Barrington is all too happy to settle back down in his New York City abode. But when he's introduced to a glamorous socialite with a staggering inheritance, Stone realizes his days are about to be anything but quiet. As it turns out, Stone's intriguing new companion has some surprisingly familiar ties and other far more sinister ones--including a nefarious enemy who gets too close for comfort....
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High society journalist Gus Bailey was sued for $11 million for a fake story he repeated on the radio concerning a powerful congressman and a missing young woman. The stress from the lawsuit makes it difficult to finish the novel he's writing about the suspicious death of billionaire Konstantin Zacharias. The convicted murderer is in jail but, Gus is not convinced they have the right person and Konstantin's wife will do anything to suppress the story....
19) On Gin Lane
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"From the author of Summer Darlings, another page-turning historical novel about a debutante whose entire future is called into question after her fiancé's Hamptons hotel mysteriously burns down during its opening weekend in the summer of 1957"--
June, 1957. Everleigh "Lee" Farrows has a handsome fiancé named Roland, a trust in her name, and a house in Bronxville waiting for her to fill it with three adorable children. That is, until Roland brings...
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Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"How the moose (almost) stole Christmas. Lana Montgomery is everything the quirky small town of Moose Springs, Alaska, can't stand: a rich socialite with dreams of changing things for the better. But Lana's determined to prove that she belongs ... even if it means trading her stilettos for snow boots and tracking one of the town's hairiest Christmas mysteries: the Santa Moose, an antlered Grinch hell-bent on destroying every bit of holiday cheer (and...
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