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By Madeleine Wickham, St. Martin`s Press. 2009
Ten years ago, Milly married her American friend Allan so he could stay in England with his male lover. But…
now, just days before Milly is to wed her fiancé Simon, a chance encounter threatens to expose her secret. To avert scandal, Milly must find Allan. Some strong language. 1999By Katie Fforde, St. Martin`s Press. 2011
When the London bookstore where she is employed closes, Laura takes a job organizing a literary festival and makes new…
friends. She secures reclusive, womanizing Irish author Dermot Flynn to headline the event and gets along famously with him--but also falls in love. Some strong language. 2009By Katie Fforde, St. Martin`s Press. 2008
Interior designer Anna buys a Cotswold cottage that she plans to restore, but she is stymied by local preservation officer…
Rob Hunter. Anna meets former crush Max Gordon, an architect, and they begin an affair. Gradually, however, as Anna recognizes Max's true nature, she falls in love with Rob. 2006By Katie Fforde, St. Martin`s Press. 2006
Divorcée Grace takes in artist and single mother-to-be Ellie as a boarder at the old English mansion she inherited from…
her aunt. The women become friends and begin renovations with some distractions from wine-shop owner Flynn Cormack and from the discovery of potentially valuable paintings. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004By Desmond Morris, St. Martin`s Press. 2005
Zoologist presents the biological aspects of female anatomy--hair, eyes, mouth, breasts, legs, and feet. Discusses how human societies have sought…
to modify and embellish certain attributes using implants, tattoos, body piercing, cosmetics, false fingernails, and circumcision among other ways. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004By Kate Saunders, St. Martin`s Press. 2005
London. Thirty-one-year-old literary magazine editor Cassie agrees to fulfill the final wish of her terminally ill childhood neighbor--to find wives…
for her grown sons. Cassie plays matchmaker for unemployed actor Fritz and pianist Ben while falling for Fritz. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004By Gayle Callen. 2004
London, 1844. Jane Whittington wants to travel abroad, but her father has betrothed her to a "fop," William, Lord Chadwick.…
They feel an attraction to each other, but William hides a secret that could jeopardize their future. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004By Salman Rushdie, Henry Holt and Co.. 1999
On St. Valentine's Day, 1989, forty-four-year-old singer Vina Apsara dies in an earthquake in Mexico. Her childhood chum from Bombay,…
the photographer Rai, tells of the music career Apsara shared with her great love, Ormus Cama. Rai reveals that he also loved her. Some strong language. BestsellerBy Maeve Binchy, Dennis Rodman, Michael Silver. 1996
For many people in Dublin, life is the same day after day, but that changes dramatically for forty-eight-year old Aidan…
Dunne, when he is passed over for a school principal position. He and Nora O'Donoghue, just returned from twenty-six years in Italy, begin a series of evening classes teaching Italian. Together, they help many other Dubliners make transitions, too. Some strong languageBy Phyllis A Whitney, Phyllis A. Whitney. 1970
Lacey Ames returns to Hampton, an island off the coast of Georgia, where she spent her childhood and where her…
youthful romance with Giles Severn ended in disappointment. Unable to forget Giles, Lacey hopes to exorcise the spell of the island and of GilesBy Isabel Allende. 1995
En un esfuerzo por escapar de la opresión, Eva Luna escribe cuentos sobre su vida y las gentes que conoce…
a lo largo del camino. Entre ellas está su madrina, cuyo cerebro está afectado por el ron; un criminal; un artista transexual; y un joven refugiado, Rolf Carlé, quien también intenta escapar de la opresiónBy Jane Aiken Hodge, St. Martin`s Press. 1995
When her father found her in "a compromising position," Caterina Gomez, half English, was sent to a Catholic school in…
England. Now, at her father's request, Caterina is escorted back to Portugal by her cousin Jeremy Craddock, who is seeking a cure for his fainting spells, and by her good friend, Harriet Brown. Napoleon's troops are gone, and at first Caterina is delighted to be home. But she is not pleased when she learns of her father's plansBy Ingmar Bergman. 1993
Movie director Ingmar Bergman has written a fictionalized account of his parents' romance in the early 1900s. The young man,…
Henrik, is struggling with his religious studies and secretly engaged to an older waitress. He is invited to dine at a wealthy friend's house where he meets Anna, the amazing sister. Anna is taken by Henrik and soon proposes, but there is the waitress to consider and, even worse, Anna's and Henrik's mothers. Descriptions of sexBy Doris Mortman. 1991
From the days of the Hungarian uprising of 1956 to the 1980s, former child prodigy Katalin Gaspar rises as a…
world-renowned concert pianist. Her story moves from Hungary to America and back to Hungary as she seeks to redeem through her music the lives of her family, shattered by the Communists, and to find happiness with the man she has loved since she was a child of seven. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexBy Sophie De Baere. 2022
« Sa poésie à Paul, c'était Joseph. Et Joseph n'était plus là. » Suis-je passé à côté de ma vie…
? C'est la question qui frappe Paul lorsque, le jour de son mariage, il retrouve Joseph, un ami perdu de vue depuis vingt ans. Et c'est l'été 1983 qui ressurgit soudain. Celui des débuts flamboyants et des premiers renoncements. Avant que la violence des autres fonde sur lui et bouleverse à jamais son existence et celle des siens. Roman incandescent sur la complexité et la force des liens filiaux et amoureux, Les Ailes collées explore, avec une sensibilité rare, ce qui aurait pu être et ce qui pourrait renaître. Prix Maison de la Presse 2022 Des titres de chansons été donnés aux deux parties de ce roman. Here Comes the Sun fait ici référence à la reprise de la chanson des Beatles par Nina Simone en 1971 dans l'album éponyme. The Last Rose of Summer est un poème de Thomas Moore, adapté en chanson par de nombreux artistes dont Nina Simone en 1964 dans son album Broadway-Blues-Ballads.1806. Star-crossed lovers Jacky Faber and Jaimy Fletcher are kidnapped by British Naval Intelligence and forced to embark on yet…
another daring mission--this time diving for Spanish gold off the Florida coast. Sequel to My Bonny Light Horseman (BR 18846). For junior and senior high readers. 2009By Madeleine Wickham, St. Martin`s Press. 2008
British Chloe looks forward to staying at a friend's villa in Spain with her longtime partner Philip and their two…
sons. Meanwhile Hugh, who dumped Chloe years earlier, has unknowingly booked the same villa for his family. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2001By Melissa Marr. 2007
Seventeen-year-old Aislinn and her grandmother are fey--they can see faeries, who are nasty folk. Keenan, the Summer King, wants Aislinn…
to be his queen and takes human form to woo her. But Aislinn prefers fellow student Seth and resists joining Keenan. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007By Catherine Clark. 2004
The summer before Colleen goes to college, her parents travel to Europe while Colleen stays with her friends at their…
Maine island home. Although they try to obey house rules, Colleen breaks up with her boyfriend and rekindles a romance with Evan. For senior high readers. 2004By Robert Cullen. 2002
Bobby Jobe leads the PGA Championship until an attractive woman distracts him. He loses the tournament, fires his caddy, and…
is struck by lightning on the practice tees and permanently blinded. Therapist Angela Murphy reunites caddy and golfer and unexpectedly urges Jobe to return to the game. Strong language. 2001