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Stephanie Plum mysteries volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 21 cm
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Two bounty hunters vie to capture a revenge-seeking waitress wanted for car theft. One hunter is Stephanie Plum of New Jersey, the other is her arch-enemy Joyce Barnhardt.
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In this sensational, page-turning debut novel, a high-profile female journalist's world is upended when her fiancae's name turns up in a viral social media post-a nuanced, daring, and timely exploration of the real-world impact of online life, from award-winning journalist and internationally bestselling author, Yomi Adegoke.
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Pocket Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 19 cm.
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"Stephanie Plum, the beloved bounty hunter with an attitute, is having a bad hair day -- for the whole month of January. She's looking for Mo Bedemier, Trenton's most beloved citizen, who was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and skipped bail. To help her, she's got Lula, a former hooker turned file clerk. Lula's itching to lock up a crook in the trunk of her car. And Morelli, the cop with the slow-burning smile, is acting polite, even after...
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Letters of enchantment volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
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Two weeks after returning home from the front, Iris and Attie seize another chance to report on Dacre's movements, while Roman, who has lost his memory and is stuck in Dacre's realm, becomes entangled in a mysterious pen pal correspondence, leading to a pivotal decision that could impact the course of the war and his relationship with Iris.
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Publisher
B
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
541 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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"Years later, when the race to conquer the unknown reached its peak, the sailor Álvaro de Mendaña died during the journey, leaving his crew without a commander. Then his wife, Isabel Barreto, decides to take over and reconquer the places that her husband had discovered. From Pontevedra to the South Seas, Isabel faced the wind, tide, and prejudices of her time, but nothing could stop her ambition of writing her own future. With his unique ability...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 24 cm
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Dr. Tamsin Rivers, when a door opens in her basement to reveal an exact copy of her, one that’s sweet and biddable where she’s calculating and cruel, must hold herself together long enough to figure out what the double wants from her—and where the mysterious door leads.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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In 1945 Malaya, when her family is in terrible danger due to a choice she made 10 years earlier, Cecily Alcantara, who was lured into a life of espionage for the invading Japanese forces during World War II, finds her actions catching up with her and will do anything to save those she loves.
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Atria Books
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Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband; a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria; and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives--a community of foreign women married to Nigerian men. But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation...
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"Georgie, back home at her estate in Eynsleigh, impatiently awaits the birth of her baby. But she has plenty to occupy her: her new chef, Pierre, has arrived from Paris, and Sir Hubert, who owns Eynsleigh, is back from his latest expedition. It's time for Georgie to throw her first house party to celebrate his return and show off her new chef. The dinner party is a smashing success. Sir Mortimer Mordred--famous author of creepy Gothic horror novels--is...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet. But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged a...
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"Paris, 1720. La Salpetriere hospital is in crisis: too many occupants, not enough beds. Halfway across the world, France's colony in the wilds of North America has space to spare and needs families to fill it. So the director of the hospital rounds up nearly a hundred female 'volunteers' of childbearing age-orphans, prisoners, and mental patients-to be shipped to New Orleans. Among this group are three unlikely friends: a sharp-tongued twelve-year...
13) Alzar la voz
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Anaya
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
135 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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"Four girls from four generations rebel against the circumstances of life that limit them because of their status as women. In the 1920s, Anita decides to learn a trade to have economic independence. Twenty years later, her daughter, Ana María, fights against all odds to be able to study. In the 90s, Ana, daughter of Ana María, overcomes a sexual assault by writing and publishing her first book of poetry. Currently, Celia, a reader of Ana's books,...
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In 1987, when she inherits a piece of land, Emma finds a small plane in disrepair and her great uncle's journal that tells the story of Livy Jones, the woman who piloted his plane when he fell ill, and, with new purpose, works to secure Livy's place in the aviation hall of fame.
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Molly Murphy mysteries volume 20
Pub. Date
2024.
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"New York, 1908: The days are getting longer-and warmer-in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn't want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she's expecting. So she heads north with the children to summer with her mother-in-law in Westchester County. Molly tells herself it won't be so bad, after all the countryside is pretty, and she's determined to make the best of it. Even if she's leaving her husband, Daniel, behind. And at...
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 24 cm.
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Sunny Randall's newest client, Blake, seems to have it all: he is an Instagram influencer, with all the perks the lifestyle entails--a beautiful girlfriend, wealth, and adoring fans. But one of those fans has turned ugly, and Sunny is brought on board byBlake's manager, Bethany, to protect him and to uncover who is out to kill him. In doing so, she investigates a glamorous world rife with lies and schemes...and ties to a dangerous criminal scene....
17) Sira
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Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2021.
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642 pages ; 23 cm
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"La Segunda Gran Guerra llega a su fin y el mundo emprende una tortuosa reconstrucci̤n. Concluidas sus funciones como colaboradora de los Servicios Secretos brit̀nicos, Sira afronta el futuro con ansias de serenidad. No lo lograr̀, sin embargo. El destino le tendr̀ preparada una tr̀gica desventura que la obligar̀ a reinventarse, tomar sola las riendas de su vida y luchar con garra para encauzar el porvenir. Entre hechos hist̤ricos que marcar̀n...
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"Rosa Bonheur loved to draw animals. She was good at it too! Unfortunately, in nineteenth-century France, girls were not allowed to be artists. But Rosa didn't let that stop her. In this fictionalized account of her early life in Paris, Rosa studies art at home, bringing a menagerie of animals into the apartment to study up close. When she is kicked out of the horse market for sneaking in wearing boys clothing, Rosa must think creatively to challenge...
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Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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272 pages ; 25 cm
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When Tara Connelly is released from prison after serving eighteen months on a drug charge, she knows rebuilding her life at thirty years old won’t be easy. With no money and no prospects, she returns home to live with her siblings, who are both busy with their own problems. Her brother, a single dad, struggles with the ongoing effects of a brain injury he sustained years ago, and her sister’s fragile facade of calm and order is cracking under...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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A first-generation Ivy League student uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death.
"Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill,...
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