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Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Benefits of a summer romance: It's always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. Ali Morris is a professional organizer whose own life is a mess. Her mom died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn't worn pants with a zipper in longer than she cares to remember. No one is more surprised than Ali when the first time she takes off her wedding ring and puts on pants with hardware--overalls count, right?--she meets someone....
Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First mass market edition.
Physical Desc
412 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shy and sensible romance writer Jane Harding's carefully ordered life is crumbling around her. With her latest novel due and her teaching contract at an end, returning home to help plan her best friend's wedding is a welcome distraction. Yet when Jane discovers that the too-hot-to-handle boy who once tempted her is now the best man -- and the rodeo circuit's sexiest bull rider -- her distraction is in danger of becoming a disaster . . .Toby Garrett...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her coming-of-age memoir, refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to reconcile her identity as a gay Muslim woman and a proud Arab-turned-American refugee. Now in paperback.
With no word for “gay” in Arabic, Luma may not have known what to call the feelings she had growing up in Jordan during the 1980s, but she knew well enough to keep them secret. It was clear that not only would her family have trouble accepting her,...
Author
Publisher
HARPERCOLLINS
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Eschewed by her wealthy Smith College classmates, a former scholarship student reluctantly volunteers to join a group of graduates who travel to Europe to help World War I French civilians before finding herself surrounded by desperate families in villages decimated by German bombs.
5) Busy body
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Mr. John Sunday, a self-important officer with the Health and Safety Board, is stabbed to death with a kitchen knife during the village's Christmas festivities, Agatha's detective agency is on the case.
Author
Series
Agatha Raisin volume 20
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bossy, impulsive, yet hopelessly romantic, Agatha is dreading the upcoming marriage of her ex-husband, James Lacey. Her best intentions to move on with her life are put on hold when James's young bride is shot to death just minutes before saying I do, and Agatha is named the prime suspect.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman's attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world--from the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of The Knockout Queen"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Life
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Take Back Your Brain offers a new paradigm for breaking free from negative self-talk and creating a life of confidence, power, and joy, from the host of the UnF*ck Your Brain podcast, Kara Loewentheil"--
9) Not in love
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A successful biotech engineer, Rue Siebert, when a hostile takeover and its front man, Eli Killgore, threaten to bring her stable, hard-fought world crashing down, is torn between loyalty and undeniable attraction when they embark on a forbidden, no-strings-attached affair that proves all's fair in love and science.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1961, in Dutch countryside, Isabel lives by routine and discipline until her brother leaves his graceless new girlfriend Eva on her doorstep, and as Eva disrespects her house, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession that gives way to infatuation, leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known.
11) Malas
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A novel with alternating timelines in which the consequences of one old woman's questionable curse reverberate through the generations of a Tejano family"--
Author
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
2024 Dell Trade Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Winnifred "Win" McNulty has always been wildly independent and not one to be coddled for her limb difference. Win has spent most of her life trying to prove that she can do it all on her own. With some minor adjustments, she's done just fine. Then a one-night stand at a costume party with the incredibly charming Bo changes everything. Win finds herself pregnant--and decides to keep it. While Bo is surprisingly elated to step up to the plate, Win...
13) Swift River
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she’s never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1942, World War II was growing more and more intense, Germany and its allies had occupied much of Europe--including part of France. With Germans just a few miles from England, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to help free France. But he needed people who could secretly help prepare the French for a fight. He found 39 women who were up to the task--including Andree Borrel and Lise de Baissac. These women would help support the french...
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Diversion Books edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The comedian, actress and best-selling author presents a collection of essays chronicling the lessons learned on her journey to superstardom, from the legacy of her childhood trauma to difficulties being a black woman in the entertainment industry.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 348 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Through the perspectives of patients, providers, activists and lawmakers, the author, as the landscape of abortion rights continues to shift, forcing people to cross state lines to seek life-saving care, presents this timely examination of human rights, healthcare and economic and racial inequality in America.