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1) Verity
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English
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"Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't...
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English
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"Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow took solace in the mystery stories she read with her devoted father--and soon she was writing them herself, slowly graduating to dark, violent, complex crime stories that reflected skill and imagination far beyond her years. After her father's early death, at fourteen Alex is taken in by the nuns of a local convent, where she finds twenty-six mothers to take the place of the one she lost, and...
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English
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Brought together by a mass shooting at a Texas county fair, children's book author and single mother Elle Portman and high-rolling corporate consultant Calder Hudson, both fueled by revenge, search for a killer while wondering if the attraction growing between them is too painful and complicated to sustain.
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English
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Set against the backdrop of World War II, this novel, inspired by the true story of the Council of Books in Wartime, follows three women whose fates become intertwined by their belief in the power and goodness in the written word to triumph over the very darkest moments of war.
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Wyoming men volume 9
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English
Description
True love is in store for one gruff cowboy in New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's new Wyoming Men romance
Cort Grier is no ordinary rancher. Despite his vast wealth, he still works the land with his own bare hands, unlike his troublesome new neighbor, Ophelia Dresden. Fiery, beautiful Ophelia infuriates and entrances Cort, awakening feelings he'd thought long buried. But he knows falling for a city girl can lead only to heartbreak......
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Juliet Ashton, a thirty-year-old author, writes to her publisher expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her find inspiration for her next book, and her life.
10) A willing murder
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English
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Sara Medlar is a household name in romance, with millions of books sold. But lately, retirement has been boring her and she's found herself back in her hometown of Lachlan, Florida, remodeling the grand old mansion she'd admired as a child. It's much too big for her alone, but she'd die before letting anyone in town know that. Then Sara's niece Kate is offered a job in Lachlan - a start in what could be a very successful career in real estate. She...
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Hollows volume 2
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English
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A man searching for the mother who disappeared decades earlier, a high-strung teenager, a psychic who predicts a man's death, and a disgraced former chief of police find their lives converging in ways that invoke formidable personal costs.
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South Dakota Historical Society Press
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English
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Wilder's never-before-published autobiography reveals the true stories of her pioneering life. Pioneer Girl re-introduces readers to the woman who defined the pioneer experience for millions of people around the world.
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English
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"On the night of her high school graduation, Richelle Bach's father gives her and her identical twin sister, Michelle, matching opal necklaces. "These opals look identical," he tells them, "but the fire inside each is completely unique--just like the two of you." Indeed, the two sisters couldn't be more different, and their paths diverge as they embark on adulthood. Years pass, until--at their father's behest--they both come home for Christmas. What...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Physical Desc
406 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her health begins failing, the mysterious author Vida Winter decides to let Margaret Lea, a biographer, write the truth about her life, but Margaret needs to verify the facts since Vida has a history of telling outlandish tales.
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Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Five summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right. A magazine writer has to make a choice when she returns to the lake she grew up on, and to the man she thought she'd never have to live without, in this achingly nostalgic debut. They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser that has felt too true for the last decade, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life. Instead of glittering summers...
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Annie's
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Indonesian
Description
It's the best of times and worst of times for Kate Stevens. Recently transplanted from the rocky shores of coastal Maine to the charming western town of Sage Hills, Texas, Kate's career as a crochet designer and author is finally taking flight. She has signed with a new literary agency and a major publisher is ready to ink a contract to publish a series of books featuring her designs. At the same time, a new mystery seems to have found its way literally...
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English
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A successful self-help author, recovering from a devastating car accident, finds her life spiraling dangerously out of control in the face of a caterer's murder and her husband's ominous secrets.
Bryn Harper, an accomplished self-help author, is still recovering from a devastating car accident that has left her haunted by recurring, smoke-filled nightmares. She can't shake the feeling her dreams contain a warning. Her husband Guy couldn't be more...
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Annie's mysteries unraveled volume 8
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
222 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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When Kate Stevens and her good friend, Vivi Lawrence, are invited to a high society benefit in an exclusive part of Sage Hills, little do they know the mysterious events about to unfold. Then annual Pièce de Résistance Gala, a costume ball capped by a big-ticket scavenger hunt and silent auction, will feature a crocheted one-of-a-kind gown created by Kate, a national known author and designer. Kate attends the gala dressed as Scarlett O'Hara from...