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Another Me
By Eva Wiseman. 2016
Set against the backdrop of plague-ravaged Europe, this spellbinding new novel from one of Canada's foremost writers of historical fiction…
for young people will have readers racing to the electrifying climax. Seventeen-year-old Natan has a safe and happy life in fourteenth-century Strasbourg, France. He works with his father in his rag trade, helps his mother around the house, and studies the Torah at night with his young brother, Shmuli. He's even feeling the first stirrings of love with Elena, the daughter of the master draper who is his father's best customer. But something is rotten in the streets of Strasbourg. There is tension between the Jewish community and the rest of the citizens, and there is fear as the deadly plague sweeps through towns and cities nearby. When rumors begin to circulate that Jewish residents are contaminating the town's well water to try to hasten the plague's arrival in their city, Natan knows that there are dangerous days ahead. When he sees who really poisoned Strasbourg's water, he is determined to speak the truth and save his people from the false accusations being made against them. But a moment of violence threatens to derail his plans and change his life in ways he could never have imagined.Crackhead II: A Novel
By Lisa Lennox. 2008
In the follow-up to the bestselling urban novel Crackhead a new boss takes over the South Bronx as Laci and…
Dink try to make a life away from crime.In Crackhead, the South Bronx Bitches, an infamous drug ring, promoted lies, betrayal, and disloyalty resulting in drama and death. Nobody's lives were ever the same. Dink and Laci are adjusting to life as college students at Boston University. But with Laci fighting the demons of her past addiction at the hands of the South Bronx Bitches, and Dink struggling to adapt to the legit life away from his former drug empire, will their pasts keep them from moving forward?Smurf has taken over the South Bronx in Dink's absence. When he joins up with the mysterious Dirty, who comes to town with a new product and plans to take over the state, can they avoid the reach of a detective hell bent on solving the mysterious deaths of Dame, Marco, and Crystal? Or will Smurf's own strained relationship with his mother play a part in the demise of newly acquired empire?Lisa Lennox delivers in this fast-paced, emotional sequel to her bestselling first novel, Crackhead. With an ending so unexpected, and revenge so cold, fans will be talking about this book for years to come.Party Girl: A Novel
By Pat Tucker. 2012
An unforgettable novel with ripped-from-the-headlines appeal: is being at the wrong place at the wrong time reason enough to ruin…
your life?Twenty-nine-year-old Hope Reed didn't pull the trigger....But a simple choice landed her behind bars, and now she is literally fighting for her life. After her car broke down, Hope accepted a ride from two neighborhood thugs. Later they were pulled over and arrested for a deadly convenience store robbery--and Hope was arrested too. Brendon Reed stood by his wife after her arrest. He took out a second mortgage on their house and wiped out the family's savings for her defense. But as Hope's case dragged on, he was forced to consider other options. Hope's best friend Katina vowed to step in and help out with Hope's children. But that was when everyone thought Hope would get out of jail and be able to pick up where she left off. Now as years passed and Hope's chances of acquittal began to look grim, Katina is torn, and the feelings she's developed for Hope's husband have thrown her loyalty into question.Butterfly: A Novel
By Sylvester Stephens. 2013
A young girl fights to overcome her past after escaping rape, bullying, and homelessness. Shante Clemmons (Butterfly) is a mature-looking,…
fifteen-year-old foster home reject, who is tossed into the street in the middle of the night after being falsely accused of sleeping with her foster care father. She falls asleep behind a well-lit club only to be awakened by a huge intimidating man who offers her a job as a dancer. Butterfly becomes the most popular dancer in the club until she decides that she is ready to focus on her education. The upset owner of the club demands she make due on an old debt or suffer the consequences. It ends in a physical altercation, and Butterfly flees for her life. As fate would have it, she ends up in the care of her estranged father's ex-prison cellmate, Dr. Johnny Forrester, who takes Butterfly under his roof to fulfill a promise he made to her father. With much dismay, Butterfly moves into the Forresters' home. Despite her many obstacles, she is determined to survive her senior year of high school and then go to college...but will she?The Mystery in the Forbidden City
By Marcos Calo, Harper Paris. 2014
Ethan and Ella find an ancient map and explore a Chinese palace in the fourth book of Greetings from Somewhere,…
a chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure.From the Great Wall to the dumplings, Ethan and Ella love China so far. And the Forbidden City in Beijing doesn't leave anything to be desired, either! When the twins get separated from their parents, however, they get do some exploring on their own. As they are wandering, the twins happen across an ancient-looking scroll that appears to have a map on it. Being the mystery-solving duo they are, Ethan and Ella attempt to navigate the map...but they get lost in the palace. There are thousands of rooms, and they all seem to look the same! Will the twins figure out where the map is leading them? And will they ever make their way out of the Forbidden City? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.The Scent of Pine
By Lara Vapnyar. 2014
Throughout her acclaimed, award-winning career, novelist Lara Vapnyar has consistently impressed critics with her striking honesty, empathy, and humor--yet never…
before have Vapnyar's talents been as perfectly matched or shone as brightly as in her captivating latest novel, The Scent of Pine. Though Lena is only thirty-eight, she finds herself in the grip of a midlife crisis. She feels out of place in her adoptive country, her career has stalled, and her marriage has tumbled into a spiral of apathy and distrust--it seems impossible she will ever find happiness again. But then she meets Ben, a failed artist turned reluctant academic, who is just as lost as she is. They strike up a precarious friendship and soon surprise themselves by embarking on an impulsive weekend adventure. On the drive to Ben's remote cabin in Maine, Lena begins to open up, for the first time in her life, about the tumultuous summer she spent as a counselor in a Soviet children's camp twenty years earlier, when she was just discovering romance and her own sexuality. At a time when Russia itself was in turmoil, the once-placid world of the camp was growing equally unsettled, with unexplained disappearances and mysterious goings-on among the staff; Lena and her best friend are haunted by what they witnessed, or failed to witness, and by the fallout from those youthful relationships. It was a time of intense emotions, confusion, and passions, and ultimately very little turned out to be exactly as it seemed. As Lena reveals to Ben secrets she has long kept hidden, the lovers begin to discover together not only the striking truths buried in her past, but also more immediate lessons about the urgency of this short, stolen time they have together. A stirring, sexy, and breathtaking novel with an unforgettable twist, The Scent of Pine is both a poignant love story and a provocative tale of loneliness, longing, youthful romanticism, and the fickle nature of desire.The Truth is in the Wine
By Curtis Bunn. 2013
There are some secrets that are better left that way... In this gripping novel of twisted moral dilemmas, a man…
tries to save his troubled marriage by taking a trip to Napa Valley after secretly winning the lottery.Paul Wall's marriage is in trouble. In addition to losing his job, he loses all of his self-esteem, and soon his wife, Ginger, is as unhappy as he is. However, when Paul wins millions of dollars in the Georgia state lottery, he regains his pride and concocts a master plan to regain his wife's love. A passionate wine-drinker, Paul convinces Ginger to accompany him on a trip to romantic Napa Valley, where they could rekindle their relationship while enjoying the vast array of wines. But Paul keeps his winnings a secret; he wants to win her back on his own merits. Ginger insists her mom, a recent widow, travels with them. Paul then insists his mom, recently divorced, join them. This quartet of characters travels together to California and, with the influx of wine loosening their inhibitions and tongues, they end up revealing secrets better left untold. With controversial ethical dilemmas at its heart, The Truth is in the Wine is a remarkable and riveting novel that will put you in the characters' shoes, wondering what you'd do next if you had millions of dollars to spend...The Upright Heart: A Novel
By Julia Ain-Krupa. 2016
The Upright Heart chronicles the return from Brooklyn of a Jewish man, Wolf, to his native Poland soon after World…
War II. He is haunted by the memory of his Catholic lover, Olga, whom he abandoned to marry a woman of his own faith and start a new life in America, and who perished sheltering the parents and younger sister he left behind. Harassed on the streets of postwar Poland, Wolf is watched over by the spirits of those who died during and after the war but have yet to let go. His story is woven together with those of others, living and dead, Catholic and Jew, including the deceased students of a school for girls, a battalion of fallen German soldiers, and an orphan boy who wanders the streets of Krakow, believing in a magic pill he has conjured up as a way to survive.Set amid the ruins of the Holocaust and the Nazis' total war, this haunting novel is at once a page-turning drama and a meditation on what it means to be human, part of a community, alive. The Upright Heart's dreamlike qualities and fluent lyricism draw the reader toward a consecrated realm, while its narrative force guides the story into the present, where survivors and their children, beset by the devastations of the past, struggle alongside the dead to perceive and appreciate the beauty of that which remains and that which might yet be.From the Trade Paperback edition.Little White Lies
By Cole Riley. 2013
When a high school basketball star becomes entangled in a rape charge, media schemes, and legal deception, he must confront…
all the people who turned their backs on him. Will he gain justice or be wrongfully charged of this terrible crime? Melvin is seventeen, the star of his basketball team, and expected to have a bright future. But it all falls to pieces one night when he joins his brothers' thug friends at a wild party with two rich white girls. Drugged and drunk for most of the night, Melvin misses a brutal assault on the two girls. When the crime comes to light, he is arrested and charged with masterminding the gang rape. One of the girls' fathers is a prominent prosecutor, who persuades the girls to lie-- all because he hates the possibility that a young black man could succeed in life. He wants to crush him, and Melvin doesn't stand a chance. Confused and physically drained, Melvin confesses to the crime. Mentally exhausted, Melvin tries to kill himself and is sent to the hospital. But then, unexpectedly, a reporter interviews him and finds overlooked flaws in the case. After a determined effort the case is finally reviewed. What happens next isn't the happy ending Melvin was hoping for. But, with new determination, he learns to move forward.Preseason Love
By Ahyiana Angel. 2014
A new city, a loving boyfriend, and a professional athlete amount to a scandalous affair in this drama-filled debut novel…
told through the eyes of an emotionally conflicted sports publicist.Scottie is a sassy risk taker who is not quite ready to deal with the pain of a failed relationship. On a whim, she uproots her life as an entertainment publicist in Los Angeles to move to New York City. Instead of attacking her relationship issues with the same determination that she uses in her professional career, she blocks out her unresolved emotions and starts a steamy romance with a handsome publicist named Kari. When Scottie lands a highly coveted publicist position with The League, her unresolved relationship issues creep to the surface. Surrounded by sexy professional athletes, Scottie ignores Kari's insecurities and allows herself to be lured in by the thrill of a weekend trip in the arms of a millionaire and star athlete. But when things go awry and Scottie runs back to the loving arms of Kari, she's hit with a numbing reality: Kari has secrets of his own, and Scottie isn't the only one at fault. Before long, she is back in where she started, crushed and abandoned. Only now, she's truly ready to be loved. So whose arms will she end up in--and what will be her final play in this crazy game of love?The Secret Widow (A Secrets and Lies Novel #3)
By Sylvie Fox. 2015
Whoever said that time heals all wounds lied A decade after the…
death of her husband Nari Yoon still mourns On the ten-year anniversary of the worst day of her life co-worker Lucas Tucker tries to save her from self destruction in a tropical paradise But Nari doesn t want salvation she wants to keep her past buried Nari wants to forget but Lucas wants to remember Tall and blond Lucas always stood out in the short brunette adoptive family Driven by his search for truth he flies two thousand miles to the Hawaiian island where he was born determined to find his birth parents The truth may be more than he is ready for When Lucas forces Nari to confront her past she tries to forgive herself But once Lucas discovers the truth about Nari can he move past judgment to loveDon't Judge Me (A Secrets and Lies Novel #2)
By Sylvie Fox. 2016
Fill a lonely city with one dash of playboy comedian Add a splash of adult webmistress Do not…
shake Stir One-night gigs one-night stands even one-night in jail comedian Raphael Augustine is not about the repeat performance Now he s closing in on a TV deal that might be his route to stardom he can t let anything unexpected shakeup his careful plans Or so he tells himself During Raphael s striptease act at a gay bar a young woman catches his eye--and his shirt Daisy is gorgeous but she s also from world more prim and proper than anything Raphael knows Falling for her may be the biggest joke the world s played on him yet Despite her Ivy League education Daisy s wound up doing the one job she never imagined working as an adult webmaster Her degree s collects dust on the wall while she clings to a failing business and spends her days in virtual chat rooms It s enough to make her want to give up on men entirely--after all they only seem to want one thing But when Daisy meets a rakish comic she begins to doubt her cynical view of love Could he be the oneTake One for the Team: A Novel
By Thomas Slater. 2012
The compelling sequel to No More Time-Outs finds Wisdom Jones accepting the terms of a deadly proposition from his old…
enemy: a life for a life.The compelling sequel to No More Time-Outs finds Wisdom Jones accepting the terms of a deadly proposition from his old enemy: a life for a life. Wisdom Jones's mother needs a kidney and the only donor is one of his old enemies, Highnoon, who offers the organ for the chance to kill Wisdom. Jones accepts the proposition, but issues a stipulation of his own: he wants one week to intervene in the lives of his trifling family members and steer them away from a pathway of destruction. With only a limited time on earth, Wisdom is left with the task of saving the marriage of his only sister from the wrath of her thuggish lover. The next ones will be tricky, but somehow, Wisdom must manage to convince his baby brother to give up the crack pipe and persuade his elder brother from living a very dangerous lifestyle. But the true test will lie in convincing his television evangelist father that pimping from the pulpit can be costly; a forbidden appetite that could ultimately turn fatal. Take One for the Team leaves Wisdom Jones matching wits with deadly adversaries in an attempt to free his family from the hand of destruction and deliver them into the land of righteousness.The First Male: A Novel
By Lee Hayes. 2012
The author of The Bad Seed takes readers on a dark and sinister journey as a young man learns of…
his destiny--to destroy the world. The first male born of the first born Thibodeaux male has been prophesied to become the destroyer of worlds. Adelaide Thibodeaux, the Priestess Supreme of the Sister-Clan, has a sworn duty to protect the world, even against her own flesh and blood. Her powerful magic has kept the first male--her grandchild--hidden from everyone, including herself. A spell she cast at his birth binds his power, but as he nears his twenty-first birthday and The Ascension, her spell is on the verge of collapsing; if it breaks, nothing will prevent him from assuming his full powers. With the maturation of his strength, Adelaide fears he will usher in a new world order through fire and blood, as foretold centuries ago. In a deadly race against the forces of the Shadows, Adelaide must find and protect the first male from his own destiny. Simon Cassel has always been different. At a very young age, he learned to hide his extraordinary abilities and to ignore the preternatural events that surrounded him. Now, as his twenty-first birthday approaches, he can no longer ignore the supernatural changes that have turned his world upside down. He knows that he is changing, becoming something else. Dreams of serpents and living shadows plague him; voices and whispers call out to him from the depths of darkness; an old woman haunts him, reaching out to him from another place. Craved by the Shadows and feared by the Light, Simon's world will never be the same as he becomes THE FIRST MALE.The Mystery of the Suspicious Spices
By Marcos Calo, Harper Paris. 2014
Ethan and Ella discover some suspicious spices in a market in Mumbai, India, in the sixth book of Greetings from…
Somewhere, an exciting series about mystery, travel, and adventure.Ethan and Ella venture into the bustling markets of Mumbai, India, where there are tons of beautiful sights and smells--from silky fabrics to bread being baked to jars of spices. When one of the spice sellers starts getting complaints about his saffron, he is beside himself. His spices have always been known to be the purest in the market. Ethan and Ella are on the case--and they soon discover that someone has been meddling with the spices! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.Volcano
By June Colbert. 2007
Sara is fifteen and secretly in love with Kel Pearson. Her dad is a Meatball. Kel?s dad is a Meatball…
too. `Meatballs? like to jump into earthquakes and climb inside volcanoes to take their temperatures. When they clamber out, shoes burning and hair smoking, they pass their findings on to Coneheads. `Coneheads? analyse data and make recommendations to local governments. Together they make up an `AusDAR? team ? Disaster Assessment and Relief (Australian Division) ? experts in Disaster Casualty Minimisation. They?ve just been asked to go to the exotic Andes to gauge the safety of the new gas and oil pipeline being dug through the base of a sleepy little extinct volcano called Mt Cumbal. They are all set for the adventure of a lifetime ? after all, the volcano is in no danger of erupting. But what about that murky, brown water coming out of the tap in Sara?s caravan? It?s not supposed to smell like sulphur ? June Colbert, bestselling author of THE KING OF LARGE and THE LAST BOY, masterfully weaves together teenage themes of identity, pride, secret `crushes? and the sense of belonging in her well-researched, detailed and fast-paced novel VOLCANO.The Last Boy
By June Colbert. 2006
After fourteen-year-old Ben argues with his family, he goes to their bomb shelter, expecting his family will turn up any…
day to fetch him. However, his wait turns to weeks and when Ben finally emerges he finds that the world is a very different place. Green bodies litter the road, he finds references to the Last Official Day, and realises that he is alone. Living a hand-to-mouth existence and writing in his diary for company, Ben notices strange markings on the road, on fences and on his house. Someone else is alive! When this group of young survivors contacts him, Ben feels uneasy. Conditions for his entry into the group are defined and several children within the group are guarded in the way they speak to Ben. However, after becoming closer to two group members they decide to escape, as they do not like the direction the leaders are taking. One of Ben?s new friends knows something that could cost him his life and the girl has been selected for a breeding program, as girls are in short supply. Written in the form of concise journal entries, this terrifying thriller by established author June Colbert is a timely warning about where our world is heading.Getting Old is a Disaster (Gladdy Gold Mysteries Ser. #5)
By Rita Lakin. 2008
Gladdy Gold Mystery 5 The Golden Girls play Nancy Drew in their own funny and…
creative ways colorful and Meshugeneh Mystery Scene After schlepping all over New York City senior PI Gladdy Gold is happy to be back on Florida turf Especially now that she and Jack Langford are officially an item But no sooner has the yenta brigade gotten back to their favorite routines such as poolside stretching and kvetching than the notorious outlaw the Grandpa Bandit issues Gladdy s detective agency a direct challenge Catch me if you can The dapper thief has hit six Fort Lauderdate banks and it s up to Gladdy and the girls to stop him before he robs another But a bandit takes a back burner to murder any day especially when a monster hurricane reveals a 50-year-skeleton at Lanai Gardens retirement community Gladdy and the gals are about to uncover a ruthless killer if he doesn t kill them first Ms Lakin pens an entertaining cozy mystery series with a set of lovable and oddball characters The mystery has a puzzling plot with twists and turns that will surprise readers at the outcome Retirement takes on a new meaning after spending time with Gladdy and her gladiators Gladdy Gold and her screwball bunch of gladiators are out to solve another hilarious case Fresh Fiction This is a wonderful series for cozy-lovers of all persuasions Mystery Lovers Rita Lakin s delightful series featuring senior sleuth Gladdy Gold and her posse of kibitzing friends continues full of humor and heart Mystery SceneMore Precious Than Gold
By Val Jones. 2008
The Robertson family has lived on their New South Wales sheep and cattle property, Brindabella, for five generations. However, their…
continued ownership of the farm is under threat. An adjoining property has been sold and the new owners are unfriendly to say the least. Then things start to go very wrong on Brindabella. Stock begins to die and there seems to be no reasonable explanation. Facing bankruptcy and the loss of Brindabella, Ben's father commences an opal-mining venture in Coober Pedy in South Australia's remote outback. But even here mysterious mishaps plague the smooth operation of what began as a successful opal mine. In this well-rounded, gripping story of rural crisis, Val Jones writes how lives are threatened and 'accidents' occur, which make life in Coober Pedy very dangerous. Suddenly opal mining isn?t as straightforward as it seems ?Hungry Ghosts
By Sally Heinrich. 2007
Sarah hadn?t wanted to come to Australia. She?s been perfectly happy with things how they were in Singapore where school…
was for learning, and `being cool? was a non-issue. Now Dad was trying his best to make her into a `fair dinkum? Aussie while Mum was determined to hang on to all the old Asian traditions. During the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts Sarah meets the ghost of Pei, a Chinese girl who was not much older than Sarah when she died. As the story unfolds, it becomes apparent that the girls share a common ancestry. Initially reluctant, Sarah helps Pei to discover the truth about events surrounding her death and the lover she believed had betrayed her. Set in contemporary Singapore and Australia, and nineteenth-century China and Australia, this sprawling tale by Sally Heinrich touches on issues of Chinese immigration to Australia from the 1800s to the present.