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The better mother
By Jen Sookfong Lee. 2011
In 1958, eight-year-old Danny Lim meets Miss Val, a burlesque dancer, who gives him a green silk belt. Years later,…
Danny spends his days working as a wedding photographer and his nights cruising Stanley Park. When he finds the belt, Danny realizes that the key to understanding himself and his family lies in his connection to Miss Val. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2011.The best of times
By Penny Vincenzi. 2009
Jonathan is a surgeon returning from a liaison with his mistress, Abi, and Georgia is an actress going to an…
audition along with her agent Linda. Toby and Barney are on their way to a stag party, Mary is going to the airport to meet her first love, farmer William watches the drama unfold across the hill, and Emma is also a surgeon. One heartbeat in time, and all their lives will be totally transformed. Descriptions of sex and violence and strong language. 2009.The best of me
By Nicholas Sparks. 2011
Oriental, North Carolina. As high school seniors from different sides of the tracks, Dawson and Amanda had a doomed romance.…
Twenty-five years later they return home when Tuck, an old man important to both of them, dies--and leaves behind a letter describing his own life's magical love. Bestseller. 2011.Sweet memories
By LaVyrle Spencer. 1984
Theresa, twenty-five, is looking forward to Christmas. Her brother Jeff will be home on leave, and the entire family will…
be together, so why does Jeff have to bring his friend Brian? Christmas is for families. But Brian has no family, and, besides, Jeff wants him to meet Theresa. Brian might be just what she needs to overcome the feelings about her generously endowed figure that make her so unsure of herself. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 2006, c1984.Songs of the humpback whale: a novel in five voices
By Jodi Picoult. 1992
Each character tells his or her side of the story about Jane leaving her husband, Oliver, in San Diego, and…
taking along their teenaged daughter, Rebecca. Driving east toward Jane's brother Joley's place, Jane and Rebecca follow directions that Joley posts along the way. Later Sam enters the picture, and Oliver uses his oceanographic research skills to track his family down. Some strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 1992.Slander
By William Deverell. 1999
Fiery feminist trial lawyer Elizabeth Finnegan sets her sights on an arrogant Supreme Court judge, who has handed down a…
lenient sentence to a convicted rapist. When a woman comes to Finnegan claiming she was raped by the same judge, she jumps at the case. Her research looks damning, but is her client telling the truth? 1999.Paint me rainbows
By Fern Michaels. 1981
After Jill Barton is left standing at the altar, she gets in her car and heads north, ending up at…
an artists' colony in New England. There she meets Aggie Beaumont, who helps her heal, and Logan Matthews, the owner, who steals her heart. Some descriptions of sex. c1981.One fine cowboy
By Joanne Kennedy. 2010
Nate Shawcross is perfectly content to spend his days training wild horses. But when beautiful graduate student Charlie Banks unexpectedly…
shows up for a seminar on horse communication, sparks fly. Nate needs to stay focused if he's going to save his ranch from foreclosure, but he can't help being distracted by the brainy and sexy Charlie. Descriptions of sex, some strong language. 2010.Life skills
By Katie Fforde. 1999
When Julia breaks off her engagement to boringly safe Oscar, she decides to go for a complete change of life,…
as cook on a narrow boat. But even afloat, Julia's past catches up with her and she must contend with not only Oscar and his awful mother but also the arrival of the enigmatic Fergus. 1999.Au jour le jour: roman
By Danielle Steel, Eveline Charlès. 2010
La famille de Coco est bien connue à Hollywood : sa mère Florence écrit des romans à succès et sa…
soeur Jane est une célèbre productrice de films. Coco, quant à elle, a préféré s'éloigner à Bolinas, au bord de l'océan, et gagne sa vie en promenant des chiens. Quand Jane lui demande de garder sa maison, tout est bouleversé en quelques jours par l'irruption de Leslie Baxter, un acteur. Livre comportant des passages de nature sexuelle et du langage grossier. 2010. Titre uniforme: One day at a time.Fix you
By Beck Anderson. 2013
When Kelly Reynolds' husband died, he left her - the awkward, cautious one - to raise their two young boys.…
She's pieced herself back together, barely. Now she takes refuge in her routine: running her kids around and running the trails near her Idaho home. Two years after her husband's death, a chance encounter on a run brings Andrew into her life. But Andrew is Andy Pettigrew, the famous actor. Kelly hates risk, and a love affair with someone like Andy is certainly tempting fate. 2013.Celebration
By Fern Michaels. 1999
After her parents' deaths, Kristine married her boyfriend, Logan, and followed him around the world during his military career. Now…
she and their three children have returned to her Virginia family home, where Logan will soon join them. Then he disappears - with the millions Kristine inherited. 1999.Cougar Cove
By Julie Lawson. 1996
Eleven-year-old Sam's first visit to the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is not what she expected. She's teased by…
her cousins for being a "city kid", when they're not ignoring her. Then, while exploring the woods on her own, she comes face-to-face with a wild cougar and her two cubs and her summer vacation gets much more exciting. 1996.Honeymoon with the boss
By Jessica Hart. 2009
Top tycoon Tom Maddison is used to calling the shots - until his convenient marriage falls through. But rather than…
waste his honeymoon he'll take his boardroom to the beach and bring his oh-so-sensible PA Imogen on a tropical business trip! 2009.An island of my own
By Andrea Spalding. 1998
Fifteen-year-old Rowan is sent to spend a summer with her cousins in an isolated area in British Columbia while her…
parents are on assignment in Africa. In an attempt to keep herself busy she decides to camp out on a near-by island to study an endangered group of sea otters. With the help of her family, friends, journalists and a marine biologist Rowan fights for the protection of the otters. Grades 5-8. 1998.A recipe for bees
By Gail Anderson-Dargatz. 1998
As Augusta Olsen waits for news about the surgery of her beloved son-in-law, she reflects on a harsh, sometimes magical,…
life. Bereft after her mother's death, she marries Karl, her first suitor. Her marriage is difficult and she battles with Karl's father, but when they move to a farm of their own, she begins to find her independence. She is soon at work on her mother's old beekeeping equipment. 1998.The black sheep and the princess (Unholy trinity. #1.)
By Donna Kauffman. 2007
Ex-cop Donovan MacLeod learns that Kate Sutherland--whom he secretly lusted after as a teenager--is in trouble. Kate, who now owns…
the Catskills camp where they met, is tormented by vandals. Unaware of Kate's own hidden desires, Mac returns to protect her. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 2007.Tall poppies
By Louise Bagshawe. 1998
Through their dream of starting a diet and fitness company, three marginalized women from vastly different backgrounds come together. Between…
them they climb their way to the top of the industry, finding love and romance along the way. But danger threatens their future.A walk to remember
By Nicholas Sparks. 2013
Landon Carter would never have dreamed of asking Jamie Sullivan out, but a twist of fate throws them together. In…
the months that follow, Landon breaks down Jamie's natural reserve and begins to get to know her, and to fall in love. Then he discovers that Jamie has a reason for not letting people close. 2013.See me
By Nicholas Sparks. 2015
Colin Hancock is focused on getting his teaching degree and avoiding all the places and people that proved so destructive…
in his past. The last thing he's looking for is a serious relationship. But when he crosses paths with Maria Sanchez one rainswept night, his carefully structured life is turned upside down. Before the couple has a chance to envision a life together, menacing reminders from events in Maria's past begin to surface. Bestseller. 2015.