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1801) The stranger I wed
Author
Series
The doves of New York volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"New to wealth and to London high society, American heiress Cora Dove discovers that with the right man, marriage might not be such an inconvenience after all. . . . Cora Dove and her sisters' questionable legitimacy has been the lifelong subject of New York's gossipmongers and a continual stain on their father's reputation. So when the girls each receive a generous, guilt-induced dowry from their dying grandmother, the sly Mr. Hathaway vows to release...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Readers first met the McBroom sisters in Eric Jerome Dickey's New York Times bestseller Naughty or Nice. In the highly anticipated sequel, Naughtier than Nice, we find out what happens on the other side of the fairy tale. The lives of Frankie, Tommie, and Olivia (Livvy) haven't turned out quite as planned. Frankie has a pair of stalkers. The life that Tommie had dreamed of having with Blue has become anything but perfect, and Olivia, despite her efforts,...
1803) Daughters of the storm
Author
Series
Daughters of the storm volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Five very different sisters team up against their stepbrother to save their kingdom in this Norse-flavored fantasy epic--the start of a new series in the tradition of Naomi Novik, Peter V. Brett, and Robin Hobb. FIVE ROYAL SISTERS. ONE CROWN. They arethe daughters of a king. Though they share the same royal blood, they could not be more different. Bluebell is a proud warrior, stronger than any man and with an ironclad heart to match. Rose's heart...
1804) Jane Eyre
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After her uncle dies, young Jane Eyre is terribly mistreated by her aunt and cousins. She is quickly sent away to a girls' school, where life is not much better. But Jane loves books and learning, and she becomes the first in her class. She goes on to teach, then takes a position with Mr. Rochester, working as a governess. At his mansion, life changes dramatically.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An unforgettable story of resilience and resistance set during WWII and present-day France on a secluded island off the coast of Brittany. Natalie Morgen made a name for herself with a memoir about overcoming her harsh childhood after finding a new life in Paris. After falling in love with a classically trained chef, they moved together to his ancestral home, a tiny fishing village off the coast of Brittany. But then Francois-Xavier breaks things...
1806) The last gift
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
One day, long before the troubles, he slipped away without saying a word to anyone and never went back. And then another day, forty three years later, he collapsed just inside the front door of his house in a small English town. It was late in the day when it happened, on his way home after work, but it was also late in the day altogether. He had left things for too long and there was no one to blame for it but himself. Abbas has never told anyone...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1a edición.
Language
Español
Description
Los Montoya están acostumbrados a una vida sin explicaciones. Han aprendido a no preguntar por qué la despensa nunca está vacía, o por qué su matriarca nunca abandona su casa en Cuatro Ríos, ni siquiera para las graduaciones, bodas o bautizos. Pero cuando Orquídea Divina los invita a su funeral y a recibir su herencia, todos esperan descubrir los secretos que tan celosamente ha guardado durante toda su vida. Sin embargo, en lugar de...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
In this novel a high-powered Manhattan attorney finds love, purpose, and the promise of a simpler life in her grandmother's hometown. Ellen Branford is going to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish, to find the hometown boy she once loved, and give him her last letter. Ellen leaves Manhattan and her Kennedy-esque fiancé for Beacon, Maine. What should be a one-day trip is quickly complicated when she almost drowns in the chilly bay and is saved...
1809) Chance Harbor
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
Description
Catherine and Zoe are sisters, but even their mother, Eve, admits her daughters are nothing alike. Catherine is calm and responsible. Zoe is passionate and rebellious. Nobody is surprised when Zoe gets pregnant, drops out of college, and spirals into drug addiction. One night Catherine gets a call from Zoes terrified daughter, Willow, saying her mother has abandoned her in a bus station and disappeared. Eve blames herself, while Catherine, unable...
Author
Series
Two Blue Doors volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Three months ago, Juliette D'Alisa's world changed. In a bittersweet series of events, her mother's health took a turn for the worse. Juliette and her brother opened their restaurant together to rave reviews, but her romance with Memphis immunologist Neil McLaren ended in anger and tears. As autumn sweeps into the Pacific Northwest, Juliette feels that she's finally on the cusp of equilibrium. The restaurant continues to thrive, and her family is...
1811) La pareja de al lado
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"La vecina nos ha invitado a una pequeña fiesta en su casa pero prefiere que mi hija de seis meses no vaya. Nada personal, es solo que no soporta la idea de que llore. Y mi marido está de acuerdo. Después de todo, dice, es la casa de al lado. El plan que me propone es que nos llevemos el monitor infantil y nos turnemos para ir a verla cada media hora. La niña duerme la última vez que voy a verla. Pero ahora la casa me parece excesivamente...
1813) Shackles of honor
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Cassidy Shea's life was nothing if not serene. Loving parents and a doting brother provided happiness and innocent hope as life's experience. Yes, life was blissful at Cassidy's beloved home, Terrill. Still, for all Terrill's beauty and tranquility, ever there was something intangible and evasive lurking in the shadows. And though Cassidy wasted little worry on it, still she sensed its existence -- looming as a menacing fate bent on ruin. And when...
Author
Series
McCutcheon Family Novel volume 5
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
1815) Gótico
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Tras recibir una extraña carta de su prima recién casada, Noemí Taboada se dirige a High Place, una casa en el campo en México, sin saber qué encontrará allí. Noemí no parece tener dotes de salvadora: es glamurosa, más acostumbrada a asistir a cócteles que a las tareas de detective. Pero también es fuerte, inteligente y no tiene miedo: ni del nuevo marido de su prima, un inglés amenazante y seductor; ni de su padre, el antiguo...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Con ingenio y humor, María Amparo Escandón sigue a la familia Alvarado mientras esta lucha con evacuaciones inminentes, secretos, engaños y traiciones, y con la decisión más difícil que deben tomar hasta el momento: permanecer unidos o quemarlo todo. L.A. está seco como un desierto, Oscar, el patriarca de la familia Alvarado, está obsesionado con el clima y solo quiere un poco de lluvia. En realidad, alberga un secreto que lo distrae...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Tras la muerte de su querida abuela, una escritora estadounidense viaja a La Habana, donde descubre las raíces de su identidad y desentierra un secreto familiar oculto desde la Revolución. La Habana, 1958. Elisa Pérez, hija de un barón del azúcar, pertenece a la alta sociedad cubana y vive protegida de la creciente inestabilidad del país, hasta que se embarca en un romance clandestino con un apasionado revolucionario. Después del triunfo...
1818) Lacie's secrets
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"For the past 18 years, Kate Williams has tried to forget the fateful summer in which her sister Lacie's disappearance ripped their family apart. But when their estranged mother unexpectedly dies and Kate inherits Villa Magda, the family's summer home on the Maine coast, Kate decides that enough time has passed. With the help of her husband, her son, and their close group of friends, Kate decides to face the past and go back to Villa Magda for one...
1819) La viajera nocturna
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
Berlín, 1931: La joven poeta Ally Keller da a luz a solas a Lilith, una niña mestiza. Mientras los Nazis ascienden al poder, Ally sabe que debe mantener a su bebé oculta para protegerla de la ideología de la raza aria promovida por Hitler. Pero a medida que Lilith crece, cada vez resulta más difícil protegerla ... Hasta que un día Ally decide poner en marcha un plan desesperado para enviar a su hija a un lugar seguro al otro lado del...
1820) Night soil
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Family secrets, sexual explorations, art world wealth, and legacies of racism and environmental destruction collide in the new novel from Lambda Award-winning author Dale Peck. The art world falls in love with Dixie Stammers when it is discovered thatnot only are her pots mechanically perfect spheres, they are also identical, despite the fact that they are made entirely by hand, without benefit of a wheel, measuring device, or any other tool. Her...
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