In the summer of 1973, Ruth and her four friends were obsessed with pre-Raphaelite paintings - and a little bit obsessed with each other. Drawn to the cold depths of the river by Ruth's house, the girls pretend to be the drowning Ophelia, with increasingly elaborate tableaus. But by the end of that fateful summer, real tragedy finds them along the banks. Twenty-four years later, Ruth returns to the suffocating, once grand house she grew up in, the mother of young twins and seventeen-year-old Maeve. Joining the family in the country is Stuart, Ruth's childhood friend, who is quietly insinuating himself into their lives and gives Maeve the attention she longs for. She is recently in remission, unsure of her place in the world now that she is cancer-free.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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9780358106418
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Hardcover
The Women of Chateau Lafayette
By Dray, Stephanie
Most castles are protected by men. This one by women.A founding mother...1774. Gently-bred noblewoman Adrienne Lafayette becomes her husband, the Marquis de Lafayette's political partner in the fight for American independence. But when their idealism sparks revolution in France and the guillotine threatens everything she holds dear, Adrienne must renounce the complicated man she loves, or risk her life for a legacy that will inspire generations to come.A daring visionary...1914. Glittering New York socialite Beatrice Chanler is a force of nature, daunted by nothing - not her humble beginnings, her crumbling marriage, or the outbreak of war. But after witnessing the devastation in France firsthand, Beatrice takes on the challenge of a lifetime: convincing America to fight for what's right.
Publisher: n/a
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9781984802125
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Hardcover
A Curious Incident
By Delany, Vicki
"I am not a Consulting Detective," Gemma Doyle reluctantly tells 10-year-old Lauren Tierney, when the little girl comes to the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium to beg Gemma to find her missing cat, Snowball. Gemma might not be able to follow the clues to find the cat, but her dog Violet follows her nose to locate the missing kitten in a neighbor's garden shed. Gemma and Violet proudly return Snowball to her grateful owner, and Gemma basks in praise for a job well done. But a few days later Lauren is back with ten dollars in hand, wanting to once again hire a consulting detective, and this time for a far bigger job: Her mother has been accused of murdering her garden club rival.Sheila Tierney's garden, which everyone said was the one to beat for the West London Garden Club trophy, had been vandalized the night before the club's early summer tour.
Crooked Lane Books
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9781643854748
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Hardcover
The Perfect Wife
By Delaney, Jp
The perfect life. The perfect love. The perfect lie. From the bestselling author of The Girl Before comes a gripping new psychological thriller. . . ."Dynamic, razor-sharp, and thought-provoking . . . a cutting-edge suspense novel unlike any you've read before." - Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that she is a gifted artist, an avid surfer, a loving mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. He says she had a terrible accident five years ago and that, through a huge technological breakthrough, she has been brought back from the abyss. She is a miracle of science. But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins to question her husband's motives - and his version of events. Can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together forever? And what really happened to her, half a decade ago? Beware the man who calls you . . . THE PERFECT WIFEPraise for The Perfect Wife "A twisty, completely original psychological thriller that grabs you from the start and doesn't let go until the very end." - Karen Cleveland, New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know "Seriously, amazingly, awesomely brilliant . . . speculative fiction mixed up with a mind-bendingly twisty psycho thriller! I devoured it." - C. J. Tudor, author of The Chalk Man "A tour de force . . . The Perfect Wife is a chilling and uniquely disturbing twenty-first-century twist on the unreliable narrator that makes for a compulsive and deeply thought-provoking book. It asks troubling questions about selfhood and 'souls' and what makes us human, and plays them out in a compelling psychological thriller." - Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home
Ballantine Books
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9781524796747
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Hardcover
Complications
By Scott, Devon
"With Devon Scott, you're guaranteed a deliciously devious must-read." - Mary B. MorrisonDon't hate the player - work the game ... Trey, Erika, and Vince. Successful, good-looking D.C. professionals, they've been BFFs forever. When it comes to looking for the perfect romance, they have each other's backs - and think they have it all figured out. Confident and too-charming, Trey is always primed for mad-outrageous sex and no commitments - until he rediscovers the one woman who's more than his match. Vince is sure he's finally found someone who meets his high standards - until his dream of happily-ever-after turns into anything but ... .And Erika's new man is supportive and irresistible - yet keeping him satisfied is a challenge she somehow keeps losing ... Now, trying to stay on top of their game will bring scandalous secrets to light and spin their lives out of control. Risking love may be the only real way to win ... if it doesn't shatter them beyond repair.Praise for Devon Scott"Seduction, deceit, anguish, and obsession flow in this page-turner." - RT Book Reviews on Unfaithful"Sensual and uninhibited. . . .The suspense is intense and the characters are rich with personality." - The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers on ObsessedBook 1 in The Seduction Series
Dafina
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9781496702449
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Mass Market Paperback
Lemon Drop Dead
By Flower, Amanda
Publisher: n/a
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9781496722041
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Paperback(Mass Market Paperback)
Wyoming Homecoming
By Palmer, Diana
Shes haunted his dreams for years, and now shes back to wreak havoc on his heartWhen Sheriff Cody Bankss wife died, he blamed Abby Brennan for the illness hes sure killed Deborah and, in his grief, made sure she knew it. Looking back now, he knows that his behavior was likely the reason Abby left town years ago. So when he sees her - and the child shes raising - at her great-uncles funeral, Cody attempts to apologize, ashamed to see the fear he puts in her beautiful eyes and determined to show her hes no longer that same angry man.The only reason Abby returned to Catelow, Wyoming, was to bury her last living relative. She has studiously avoided Cody Banks ever since he made it clear how much he resents her, focusing instead on raising her young niece and keeping her own family legacy alive. But when Abby inherits the property adjoining Codys, she cant help but face the handsome sheriff who still lingers in her memory. Circumstances keep pulling them together, but has time healed their wounds and given them a chance at a happily-ever-after? "You just cant do better than a Diana Palmer story to make your heart lighter and smile brighter." - Fresh Fiction on Wyoming RuggedWyoming MenBook 1: Wyoming ToughBook 2: Wyoming FierceBook 3: Wyoming BoldBook 4: Wyoming StrongBook 5: Wyoming RuggedBook 6: Wyoming BraveBook 7: Wyoming WinterBook 8: Wyoming LegendBook 9: Wyoming HeartBook 10: Wyoming TrueBook 11: Wyoming Homecoming
HQN; Original edition
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9781335529091
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Hardcover
Who Killed the Fonz?
By Boice, James
The legendary 1950s-era TV show Happy Days gets reinvented as a gritty 1980s noir. Late October, 1984. Prince and Bruce are dominating FM radio. Ron and Nancy are headed back to the White House. Crockett and Tubbs are leading men everywhere to embrace pastels. And Richard Cunningham? Well, Richard Cunningham is having a really bad Sunday. First, there's the meeting with his agent. A decade ago, the forty-something Cunningham was one of Hollywood's hottest screenwriters. But Tinseltown is no longer interested in his artsy, introspective scripts. They want Terminator cyborgs and exploding Stay Puft Marshmallow men. If he isn't interested in that sort of thing, his agent tells him, he's gonna have to find new representation. Then later that same day he gets a phone call with even worse news. His best friend from childhood back in Milwaukee, back when everyone called him Richie, is dead. Arthur Fonzarelli. The Fonz. Lost control of his motorcycle while crossing a bridge and plummeted into the water below. Two days of searching and still no body, no trace of his trademark leather jacket. Richard flies back for the memorial service, only to discover that Fonzie's death was no accident - it was murder. With the help of his old pals Ralph Malph and Potsie Weber, he sets out to catch the killer. Who it turns out to be is shocking. So is the story's final twist. Who Killed The Fonz? imagines what happened to the characters of the legendary TV series Happy Days twenty years after the show left off. And while much has changed in the interim - goodbye drive-in movie theaters, hello VCRs - the story centers around the same timeless themes as the show: the meaning of family. The significance of friendship. The importance of community. Fast-paced and full of nostalgia, Who Killed the Fonz? is an ingenious twist on a beloved classic that proves sometimes you can go home again. TM & 2018 CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved
Simon & Schuster
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9781501196881
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Hardcover
Happily Ever Afters
By Bryant, Elise
Jane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances. Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She's rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she's a true leading lady is in her own writing - in the swoony love stories she shares only with Caroline, her best friend and #1 devoted reader. When Tessa is accepted into the creative writing program of a prestigious art school, she's excited to finally let her stories shine. But when she goes to her first workshop, the words are just.
Publisher: n/a
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9780062982834
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Hardcover
Night Wherever We Go
By Peyton, Tracey Rose
A gripping, radically intimate debut novel about a group of enslaved women staging a covert rebellion against their ownersOn a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys - as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself - have decided to turn around the farm's bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a "stockman" to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves.Now each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the doctoring woman, has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily. If they all take part, the Lucys may give up and send the stockman away.
The Ophelia Girls
By Healey, Jane
In the summer of 1973, Ruth and her four friends were obsessed with pre-Raphaelite paintings - and a little bit obsessed with each other. Drawn to the cold depths of the river by Ruth's house, the girls pretend to be the drowning Ophelia, with increasingly elaborate tableaus. But by the end of that fateful summer, real tragedy finds them along the banks. Twenty-four years later, Ruth returns to the suffocating, once grand house she grew up in, the mother of young twins and seventeen-year-old Maeve. Joining the family in the country is Stuart, Ruth's childhood friend, who is quietly insinuating himself into their lives and gives Maeve the attention she longs for. She is recently in remission, unsure of her place in the world now that she is cancer-free.
The Women of Chateau Lafayette
By Dray, Stephanie
Most castles are protected by men. This one by women.A founding mother...1774. Gently-bred noblewoman Adrienne Lafayette becomes her husband, the Marquis de Lafayette's political partner in the fight for American independence. But when their idealism sparks revolution in France and the guillotine threatens everything she holds dear, Adrienne must renounce the complicated man she loves, or risk her life for a legacy that will inspire generations to come.A daring visionary...1914. Glittering New York socialite Beatrice Chanler is a force of nature, daunted by nothing - not her humble beginnings, her crumbling marriage, or the outbreak of war. But after witnessing the devastation in France firsthand, Beatrice takes on the challenge of a lifetime: convincing America to fight for what's right.
A Curious Incident
By Delany, Vicki
"I am not a Consulting Detective," Gemma Doyle reluctantly tells 10-year-old Lauren Tierney, when the little girl comes to the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium to beg Gemma to find her missing cat, Snowball. Gemma might not be able to follow the clues to find the cat, but her dog Violet follows her nose to locate the missing kitten in a neighbor's garden shed. Gemma and Violet proudly return Snowball to her grateful owner, and Gemma basks in praise for a job well done. But a few days later Lauren is back with ten dollars in hand, wanting to once again hire a consulting detective, and this time for a far bigger job: Her mother has been accused of murdering her garden club rival.Sheila Tierney's garden, which everyone said was the one to beat for the West London Garden Club trophy, had been vandalized the night before the club's early summer tour.
The Perfect Wife
By Delaney, Jp
The perfect life. The perfect love. The perfect lie. From the bestselling author of The Girl Before comes a gripping new psychological thriller. . . ."Dynamic, razor-sharp, and thought-provoking . . . a cutting-edge suspense novel unlike any you've read before." - Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that she is a gifted artist, an avid surfer, a loving mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. He says she had a terrible accident five years ago and that, through a huge technological breakthrough, she has been brought back from the abyss. She is a miracle of science. But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins to question her husband's motives - and his version of events. Can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together forever? And what really happened to her, half a decade ago? Beware the man who calls you . . . THE PERFECT WIFEPraise for The Perfect Wife "A twisty, completely original psychological thriller that grabs you from the start and doesn't let go until the very end." - Karen Cleveland, New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know "Seriously, amazingly, awesomely brilliant . . . speculative fiction mixed up with a mind-bendingly twisty psycho thriller! I devoured it." - C. J. Tudor, author of The Chalk Man "A tour de force . . . The Perfect Wife is a chilling and uniquely disturbing twenty-first-century twist on the unreliable narrator that makes for a compulsive and deeply thought-provoking book. It asks troubling questions about selfhood and 'souls' and what makes us human, and plays them out in a compelling psychological thriller." - Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home
Complications
By Scott, Devon
"With Devon Scott, you're guaranteed a deliciously devious must-read." - Mary B. MorrisonDon't hate the player - work the game ... Trey, Erika, and Vince. Successful, good-looking D.C. professionals, they've been BFFs forever. When it comes to looking for the perfect romance, they have each other's backs - and think they have it all figured out. Confident and too-charming, Trey is always primed for mad-outrageous sex and no commitments - until he rediscovers the one woman who's more than his match. Vince is sure he's finally found someone who meets his high standards - until his dream of happily-ever-after turns into anything but ... .And Erika's new man is supportive and irresistible - yet keeping him satisfied is a challenge she somehow keeps losing ... Now, trying to stay on top of their game will bring scandalous secrets to light and spin their lives out of control. Risking love may be the only real way to win ... if it doesn't shatter them beyond repair.Praise for Devon Scott"Seduction, deceit, anguish, and obsession flow in this page-turner." - RT Book Reviews on Unfaithful"Sensual and uninhibited. . . .The suspense is intense and the characters are rich with personality." - The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers on ObsessedBook 1 in The Seduction Series
Lemon Drop Dead
By Flower, Amanda
Wyoming Homecoming
By Palmer, Diana
Shes haunted his dreams for years, and now shes back to wreak havoc on his heartWhen Sheriff Cody Bankss wife died, he blamed Abby Brennan for the illness hes sure killed Deborah and, in his grief, made sure she knew it. Looking back now, he knows that his behavior was likely the reason Abby left town years ago. So when he sees her - and the child shes raising - at her great-uncles funeral, Cody attempts to apologize, ashamed to see the fear he puts in her beautiful eyes and determined to show her hes no longer that same angry man.The only reason Abby returned to Catelow, Wyoming, was to bury her last living relative. She has studiously avoided Cody Banks ever since he made it clear how much he resents her, focusing instead on raising her young niece and keeping her own family legacy alive. But when Abby inherits the property adjoining Codys, she cant help but face the handsome sheriff who still lingers in her memory. Circumstances keep pulling them together, but has time healed their wounds and given them a chance at a happily-ever-after? "You just cant do better than a Diana Palmer story to make your heart lighter and smile brighter." - Fresh Fiction on Wyoming RuggedWyoming MenBook 1: Wyoming ToughBook 2: Wyoming FierceBook 3: Wyoming BoldBook 4: Wyoming StrongBook 5: Wyoming RuggedBook 6: Wyoming BraveBook 7: Wyoming WinterBook 8: Wyoming LegendBook 9: Wyoming HeartBook 10: Wyoming TrueBook 11: Wyoming Homecoming
Who Killed the Fonz?
By Boice, James
The legendary 1950s-era TV show Happy Days gets reinvented as a gritty 1980s noir. Late October, 1984. Prince and Bruce are dominating FM radio. Ron and Nancy are headed back to the White House. Crockett and Tubbs are leading men everywhere to embrace pastels. And Richard Cunningham? Well, Richard Cunningham is having a really bad Sunday. First, there's the meeting with his agent. A decade ago, the forty-something Cunningham was one of Hollywood's hottest screenwriters. But Tinseltown is no longer interested in his artsy, introspective scripts. They want Terminator cyborgs and exploding Stay Puft Marshmallow men. If he isn't interested in that sort of thing, his agent tells him, he's gonna have to find new representation. Then later that same day he gets a phone call with even worse news. His best friend from childhood back in Milwaukee, back when everyone called him Richie, is dead. Arthur Fonzarelli. The Fonz. Lost control of his motorcycle while crossing a bridge and plummeted into the water below. Two days of searching and still no body, no trace of his trademark leather jacket. Richard flies back for the memorial service, only to discover that Fonzie's death was no accident - it was murder. With the help of his old pals Ralph Malph and Potsie Weber, he sets out to catch the killer. Who it turns out to be is shocking. So is the story's final twist. Who Killed The Fonz? imagines what happened to the characters of the legendary TV series Happy Days twenty years after the show left off. And while much has changed in the interim - goodbye drive-in movie theaters, hello VCRs - the story centers around the same timeless themes as the show: the meaning of family. The significance of friendship. The importance of community. Fast-paced and full of nostalgia, Who Killed the Fonz? is an ingenious twist on a beloved classic that proves sometimes you can go home again. TM & 2018 CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved
Happily Ever Afters
By Bryant, Elise
Jane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances. Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She's rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she's a true leading lady is in her own writing - in the swoony love stories she shares only with Caroline, her best friend and #1 devoted reader. When Tessa is accepted into the creative writing program of a prestigious art school, she's excited to finally let her stories shine. But when she goes to her first workshop, the words are just.
Night Wherever We Go
By Peyton, Tracey Rose
A gripping, radically intimate debut novel about a group of enslaved women staging a covert rebellion against their ownersOn a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys - as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself - have decided to turn around the farm's bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a "stockman" to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves.Now each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the doctoring woman, has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily. If they all take part, the Lucys may give up and send the stockman away.