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Lucy Stone mysteries volume 30
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"When a community center opens in town, many embrace it as a space where locals of all ages can gather and create. Others view it as a waste of taxpayer dollars. The director, Darleen Busby-Platt, is no less controversial. Intense and showy, Darleen has huge plans for her new role. But Lucy believes the woman isn't exactly as warm hearted--or qualified--as she seems. That hunch deepens when Darleen and a young employee vanish... and dismembered remains...
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One little word. One bad habit. One year to stop saying sorry. What happens when one woman resolves to 'break up' with saying sorry? Charlotte Thomas is polite. Manners cost nothing, her mother always said … yet there's a fine line between diplomat and doormat. But every woman has their breaking point and Charlotte has just found hers. It wasn't because she said sorry to her boss for challenging his terrible idea for a staff social, or because she...
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2015.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 40 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Alcohol, prescribed drugs and women - the myth, the stigma, the reality through the stories of four fascinating women. Nearly one half of the estimated ten million alcoholics in the country are women, yet their special problems are totally ignored. Concealed by families, protected by friends and physicians, these women are kept invisible. They themselves are often The Last to Know. This extraordinary film speaks directly to these women by sensitively...
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[2024]
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x, 459 pages ; 24 cm
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"From Willow Smith and Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking historical epic about an African warrior in the world of the Vikings. Lore, legend, and history tell us of the Vikings: of warrior-kings on epic journeys of conquest and plunder. But the stories we know are not the only stories to tell. There is another story, one that has been lost to the mists of time: the saga of the dark queen. That saga begins with Yafeu, a defiant yet fiercely...
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What would you sacrifice for your children? Ballymor, Ireland, 1847 As famine grips the country Kitty McCarthy is left widowed and alone. Fighting to keep her two remaining children alive against all odds, Kitty must decide how far she will go to save her family. Present day Arriving in Ballymor, Maria is researching her ancestor, Victorian artist Michael McCarthy - and his beloved mother, the mysterious Kitty who disappeared without a trace. Running...
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'Unputdownable… A perfect summer holiday read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review Sparkling sun, strolls in the gorgeous French countryside, that first sip of cool, crisp wine – Summer is Kat's favourite season. And this year should be no exception… 'Fun, emotional and packed with French sunshine. I adored it!' – Sunday Times bestselling author Milly Johnson As soon as Kat Jenson set foot in the idyllic French village of Kirchhoffen, she knew she'd...
9) Perfect Love
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A compassionate portrait of a modern marriage, from one of our most astute writers on relationships and family life.
'Modern marriage and its compromises ... a terrific, compassionate, compelling novel' Daily Mail
Over twenty years of marriage to Max, Prue has remained a busy, contented mother and step-mother. Now, Prue's step-daughter, Violet, has returned with her new husband from New York and, suddenly, Prue is precipitated into a secret...
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April 1913—Belle Newbold hasn’t seen mountains for seven years—since her father died in a mining accident and her mother married Indiana gas magnate, Shipley Newbold. But when her stepfather’s friend, Henry Ford, invites the family on one of his famous Vagabonds camping tours, she is forced to face the hills once again—primarily in order to reunite with her future fiancé, owner of the land the Vagabonds are using for their campsite,...
11) Giant of Mesabi
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Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in Minnesota. Tension grew between them, angering Alanna....
12) Blue Moon Haven
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New Americana volume 7
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Fans of RaeAnne Thayne and Susan Mallery will adore the heartwarming new romance from the New York Times bestselling author, filled with the healing power of love and the enduring allure of the drive-in movie theater, as a woman who puts down new roots in a small Alabama town finds a relationship unexpectedly blooming.
Kelly Jenkins heads to bucolic Blue Moon, Alabama, believing a new life will heal the two orphaned children in her care. Signing...
13) Cowgirl Fever
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Dallas Novak swore off women after his fiancée broke their engagement. His plans change when he becomes responsible for his family and their ranch, Novak Springs. Resigned to his new life, he throws himself into making the ranch successful. Ginnifer Zeiss is a well-established journalist from New York. When approached to write an article on Cowgirl Yoga, she drops everything to experience what a real ranch is like. She secretly loves ranches and...
14) Big Sky Country
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Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in Montana. "Don't be a fool and marry her!" That had been...
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[2022]
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383 pages ; 21 cm
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For two women generations apart, going home will change their lives. Four years into her marriage, Jenna is blindsided when her husband asks for a divorce. With time on her hands and her life in flux, she agrees to accompany her eccentric grandmother Evelyn on a road trip to the seaside Massachusetts town where much of their family history was shaped. When they hit the road, Evelyn spins the tale of the star-crossed teenage romance that captured her...
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Dear Carys, Zoe and Andrea.
Come and join me for my fortieth birthday adventure weekend, full of mysteries and surprises the like of which you can't imagine. When Joanne's friends reluctantly accept an invitation to her birthday party, it quickly becomes clear that there is more to this weekend than they are expecting.
One of them is hiding a secret.
And Joanne is planning to reveal it... A weekend away in a cottage in the woods sounds like fun...
17) A game of lies
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"Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated--they'll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they'd ever imagined, and they're trapped. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched on...
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2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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A university student in India writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away. Through these letters, we get a glimpse into the drastic changes taking place around her. Merging reality with fiction, dreams, memories, fantasies and anxieties, an amorphous narrative unfolds.
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2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (5 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Campbell Ritchie is a celebrity makeup artist on a mission to promote makeup and skincare products that are better for our skin and better for our planet. She doesn't just talk about cleaner, greener products. She walks the walk, doing research on products that are actually clean and actually green, not just greenwashed.
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2024.
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x, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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"In 1955, Vivien Lowry is facing the greatest challenge of her life. Her latest play, the only female-authored play on the London stage that season, has opened in the West End to rapturous applause from the audience. The reviewers, however, are not as impressed as the playgoers and their savage notices not only shut down the play but ruin Lowry's last chance for a dramatic career. With her future in London not looking bright, at the suggestion of...
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