Alison Fraser
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Lucas Ryecart: driven, demanding, dynamic. Impossible to work with, but impossible to ignore! Tory Lloyd: pretty plucky and puzzled. Lucas, the new CEO of her company, is determined to make her his mistress! Together they make a great team, in the boardroom and in the bedroom. But Tory knows that it's only a matter of time before Lucas discovers her heartbreaking secret, and surely then he won't want her anymore…?
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Language
English
Description
In his fifteenth book, the author brings us on a very different kind of journey. This tale travels between Aleppo, Syria, in 1915 and Bronxville, New York, in 2012, a sweeping historical love story steeped in the author's Armenian heritage, making it his most personal novel to date. When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke College, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language....
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Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Skeletons at the Feast, and Secrets of Eden, comes a riveting and dramatic ghost story. In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with 39 six-inch-long carriage bolts. The home's new owners are Chip and Emily Linton and their twin ten-year-old daughters. Together they hope to rebuild their lives there after Chip, an airline...
4) Mary Coin
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Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Marisa Silver takes Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother photograph as inspiration for a story of two women—one famous and one forgotten—and their remarkable chance encounter.
In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of the road in central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting migrant laborers in search of work. Few personal details are exchanged and neither woman...
In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of the road in central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting migrant laborers in search of work. Few personal details are exchanged and neither woman...
5) Odder
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
JEF - Audiobooks Juvenile (June)
MLA - Main's Best Books of 2022
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
MLA - Main's Best Books of 2022
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Description
"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Tess is convinced that if she believes and stays aware of the magic around her, she will meet Santa Claus on Christmas Eve of 1958, when she will thank him for his gifts and ask him to use his magic to cure her best friend's father of cancer.
11) A last goodbye
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Ali Reynolds is finally getting married to longtime love B. Simpson. They wanted a simple Christmas Eve wedding, but nothing is ever simple around Ali. Even as Ali's friends - Leland Brooks, Sister Anselm. and more - descend on Vegas, the bride-to-be finds herself juggling last-minute wedding plans and a mystery in the form of a stray miniature dachshund. Ali's grandson rescues the little dog when she's tossed out of a car on the Strip, but Ali's...
17) Temptation
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Series
Language
English
Description
The year is 1909, and Temperance O'Neil is a woman ahead of her time. At 29, she is happily married to her work helping single mothers on the streets of New York. Unfortunately, Angus McCairn -- her new stepfather -- controls the purse strings to her substantial inheritance. Angus insists she quit her career and live in his house in Edinburgh. Temperance heads for Scotland with one mission -- to drive Angus crazy. Angus asks her to pose as housekeeper...
18) March of the falsettos: a new musical : original cast ; Falsettoland : a new musical : original cast
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Pub. Date
[between 1990 and 1999?]
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Based on the classic novel about childhood, the show was one of Broadway's biggest family hits of the 1990s, with a richly melodic score by composer Lucy Simon and lyricist Marsha Norman. The cast includes Mandy Patinkin and Rebecca Luker, singing the beautiful 'How Could I Ever Know'. Winner of three Tony Awards, including Featured Actress in a Musical, Daisy Eagan, and Grammy-nominated for Best Musical Show Album.