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Running from heartbreak, Chloe Marston leaves her old life in London for a fresh start in New York, working at…
a luxury concierge company. Client Joe Lincoln asks her to find him a secluded holiday home in the Greek Islands, but when Tom, her ex, unexpectedly shows up in Manhattan, Chloe jumps at the chance to help Joe inspect the holiday house. Escaping to Greece will give her the time to decide whether her future lies with Tom or Joe - there's an undeniable chemistry between them that she can't resist. But whatever her heart is telling her, she's in over her head - another client's wife has mysteriously disappeared and serious allegations about Joe threaten more than just her happiness. Who can she trust? And will Chloe uncover the truth in time? 2018.
With her extended maternity leave at it's end, Melanie Trenholm is less than thrilled to leave her new husband and…
beautiful twins to return to work, especially when she's awoken by a phone call with no voice on the other end - and the uneasy feeling that the ghostly apparitions that have stayed silent for over a year are about to invade her life once more. But her return to the realty office goes better than she could have hoped, with Jayne Smith, a new client, eager to sell the home she recently inherited on South Battery. Despite her stroke of luck, Melanie can't deny that spirits both malevolent and benign have started to appear to her again. One is shrouded from sight, appearing whenever Jayne is near. Another arrives when an old cistern is discovered in her backyard on Tradd Street. Melanie knows nothing good can come from unearthing the past. But some secrets refuse to stay buried. Sequel to "Return to Tradd Street". 2017.
After their defeats at the hands of general Janus bet Vhalnich, the opposing powers have called all sides to the…
negotiating table, in hopes of securing an end to the war. Queen Raesinia of Vordan is anxious to see the return of peace, but Janus insists that any peace with the Sworn Church of Elysium is doomed to fail. Soldiers Marcus d'Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass find themselves caught between their general and their queen. Now, each must decide which leader truly commands their loyalty--and what price they might pay for final victory. And in the depths of Elysium, a malign force is rising, and defeating it might mean making sacrifices beyond anything they have ever imagined. Sequel to "The price of valour". 2016.
On a nighttime walk along a Tokyo riverbank, a young man named Nishikawa stumbles on a dead body, besides which…
is lying a gun. From the moment Nishikawa makes the decision to take the gun, the world around him blurs. Knowing he possesses the gun brings an intoxicating sense of purpose to his dull university life. But Nishikawa's personal entanglements are becoming unexpectedly complicated: he finds himself romantically involved with two women, while his biological father, whom he's never met, lies dying in hospital. Through it all, he can't stop thinking about the gun--and the four bullets preloaded in its chamber. As he spirals into obsession, his focus is consumed by one idea: that possessing the gun is no longer enough--he must fire it. 2015. Uniform title: Jū.
Traces the research scientist co-author's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating…
the story of the ancient Scythians and the griffins that were said to have guarded their treasure. Grades 2-4. 2015.
No one in the town of Bonnyripple ever kept a grudge, except old Cornelius, the Grudge Keeper. When Cornelius is…
nearly buried under all of the grudges, the townspeople must put their differences aside to save him. Grades K-3. 2015.
Ardeevin, County Clare, Ireland. 1980. When her oldest brother Dan announces he will enter the priesthood, young Hanna watches her…
mother howl in agony and retreat to her room. In the years that follow, the Madigan children leave one by one. When Christmas Day reunites the children under one roof, each confronts the terrible weight of family ties and the journey that brought them home. 2015.
Lochlanach has traded the great beast that once terrorized the realm for something far more dangerous, a Lashed enemy veiled…
in beauty, deception, and a vengeance passed down through generations: Rozaria Rocato. And she's offering the hunter Paxton Seabolt power and acceptance he could never receive in his homeland. Pax must decide how far he's willing to go under her tutelage, knowing she is the opponent of his true love Princess Aerity. Aerity believes that without allowing the Lashed to return to the kingdom, revolt is inevitable. And though she's accepted a betrothal to the man who took down the beast, she cannot help thinking about the Lashed man who stole her heart and disappeared. But as dire circumstances strike the royal family, matters of the castle are left in Aerity's hands. And though her feelings for Pax are strong, her duty to her kingdom and her family is stronger. She must put aside her desires to grasp the reins, and take actions that have the potential to save or destroy her people. Sequel to "The great hunt". For senior high readers. 2017.
The Grim Company, a shoddy band of misfits that includes a crippled Halmage, two orphans, and a manservant, must fight…
the Magelord Salazar, the Augmentors, the White Lady, and demons in an effort to save the world. Followed by "Sword of the north". 2013.
Features Thompson's early writings, which focus on the political and social turbulence of mid-20th-century America. With his signature style, these…
essays show his evolution from a sports reporter to the outrageous, insightful and always daring creator of Gonzo Journalism. 2013.
As Fanim war-drums beat just outside the city, the Empress Anasurimbor Esmenet searches frantically throughout the palace for her missing…
son Kelmomas. Meanwhile and many miles away, Esmenet's husband's Great Ordeal continues its epic march further north. But in light of dwindling supplies, the Aspect-Emperor's decision to allow his men to consume the flesh of fallen Sranc could have consequences even He couldn't have foreseen. And, deep in Ishual, the wizard Achamian grapples with his fear that his unspeakably long journey might be ending in emptiness, no closer to the truth than when he set out. Sequel to "The white luck warrior", followed by "The unholy consult". 2016.
The sequel to "Old City Hall" finds Toronto Detective Ari Greene investigating the murder of an heir to a Canadian…
food conglomerate. Although the victim's ex-wife swears to her lawyers that she's innocent, evidence to the contrary quickly mounts. Followed by "Stray bullets". 2011.
It is a secret the Chinese government has been keeping for forty years. They have found a species of animal…
no one believed even existed. It will amaze the world. Now the Chinese are ready to unveil their astonishing discovery within the greatest zoo ever constructed. A small group of VIPs and journalists has been brought to the zoo deep within China to see its fabulous creatures for the first time. Among them is Dr. Cassandra Jane "CJ" Cameron, a writer for National Geographic and an expert on reptiles. The visitors are assured by their Chinese hosts that they will be struck with wonder at these beasts, that they are perfectly safe, and that nothing can go wrong. Of course it can't. 2015.
In "American Front" Turtledove envisions World War I as it may have been if fought on American soil. The United…
States and Germany clash with the Confederacy, France, and Britain as the machines of modern warfare litter the landscape with carnage. Meanwhile, oppressed southern blacks head toward a fateful confrontation. Followed by "The Great War: walk in hell". 2002.
In 1943, eleven-year-old Dewey Kerrigan lives with her scientist father in Los Alamos, New Mexico, as he works on a…
top secret government program, and befriends an aspiring artist who is a misfit just like her. Grades 5-8. Scott O'Dell Award. Followed by "White sands, red menace". 2007.
For six years, Reginald Brooks--slick Disney marketing VP--has pulled off the perfect scam. He has juggled two families without the…
other one finding out. He stays two weeks in Miami with his wife and two young adult daughters and the next two weeks in Orlando with his trophy mistress and their young daughter. But when the charade unravels, it's clear there's been a lot more pretending than anyone realized. Soon wide-ranging consequences begin to take their toll. 2006.
When a putrid odor fills the city during a heat wave, massive repairs to London's sewer system are called for.…
While most find the subterranean world a dark carnival of horrors, William May, a haunted survivor of the Crimean War, finds solace in the dim, dripping passageways. But after being implicated in a murder, William's sanity is called into question. Includes violence. 2006.
Cofounder of the National Women’s Health Network explains the controversy surrounding the use of hormone replacement drugs - primarily estrogen…
- for birth control, menopause, and postmenopause. Traces the history of their development, marketing, and use in the twentieth century. Suggests that women are at risk from doctors who view menopause as a disease. 2003.