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581) Losing spring
Author
Series
(Virginia C.).Sutherland volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Caroline Brady is the daughter of a very conservative TSA agent and former military brat, Morgan Brady. Her mother Linsey Brady is a descendent of the Sutherland real estate family. Their organized, suburban life in Colonie, NY is rigorously regulated and leaves little room for deviation from the norm. When Linsey, Morgan, and Caroline attend the wake of their neighbor Mr. Gleeson, they meet his charming daughter Natalie "Nattie" Gleeson, who works...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Betty Jewel Hughes was once the hottest black jazz singer in Memphis. But when she finds herself pregnant and alone, she gives up her dream of being a star to raise her beautiful daughter, Billie, in Shakerag, Mississippi. Now, ten years later, in 1955, Betty Jewel is dying of cancer and looking for someone to care for Billie when she's gone. With no one she can count on, Betty Jewel does the unthinkable: she takes out a want ad seeking a loving mother...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
One blustery day, Boof the bear's lucky red leaf gets swept away by the wind. Fortunately for him, Pine the porcupine just happens to walk by with his lucky compass--and the two set off on an adventure to find the lost leaf, only to discover true friendship in the process.
584) The spires
Author
Language
English
Description
A troubled woman becomes consumed by a past she?s desperate to forget in this unsettling psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Year. Strung between two teenagers, an unemployed husband, and a tenuous career, Penelope Cox barely has her life together when the past comes knocking at her door. Willa Blaine, her old roommate, needs her help: refuge from an abusive husband. “Two weeks tops,” she says--but...
586) The book of dust
Author
Series
Book of dust volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Leaving fans "practically [begging] for a sequel" (Bookpage), critically acclaimed author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with the second novel in her beloved Peachtree Bluff series, featuring a trio of sisters and their mother who discover a truth that will change not only the way they see themselves, but also how they fit together as a family. After finding out her military husband is missing in action, middle sister Sloane's world crumbles as her...
588) 600 hours of Edward
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Edward Stanton, a thirty-nine-year-old man living with Asperger's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder, finds his timetable interrupted when nine-year-old Kyle and his mother move in across the street.
Author
Series
Legacy of Orisha volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could have imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji but nobles with magic ancestry, too. Now Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as powerful as they are. When the royals and the military forge a dangerous alliance, Zélie must fight to...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 8
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Michael and his friends learn that returning to a normal life is not only more difficult than they imagined, but that normal doesn't last. Like the mythical Hydra, cutting off the head of the global Elgen only created more enemies.
591) Countdown
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Led by Jack and his loyal dog, Cyrus, the team start making amends to the tenants who have suffered due to the squalid conditions they have been forced to live in.
593) Once, in Lourdes
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the turbulent summer of 1968, four high school friends make a pact that will change their lives forever. As the Vietnam War rages overseas, four friends make a vow. For the next two weeks, they will live for each other and for each day. Then, at the end of the two weeks, they will sacrifice themselves on the altar of their friendship. Loyal Kay, our narrator, dreams of being an artist and escaping her stifling family--the stepmother and stepsister...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Gina Petrillo thought she was on the run from her troubles...but they followed her home to Winding River, Wyoming. Struggling with single-motherhood and career pressures, Denver attorney Emma Rogers comes home for a reunion with the Calamity Janes in desperate need of their support.
595) Bo's café: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
High-powered executive Steven Kerner is living the dream in Southern California, but when his bottled pain ignites his anger yet again, his wife finally kicks him out. An eccentric mystery man named Andy Monroe befriends Steven, and their conversations begin to unravel his tightly wound world and through a series of frustrating and revealing encounters, Steven confronts his inner world and the choice to let a genuine friendship lead him to a grace...
Author
Series
Book of dust volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Lyra Silvertongue's adventures in the North are long over--the windows between the many worlds have been sealed, and her beloved Will is lost to her. She does still have the alethiometer: the truth-telling device given to her by the master of Jordan College, which guided her journey. Lyra doesn't know the full story of the alethiometer, though. Or the role that young Malcolm Polstead played in bringing both the instrument and baby Lyra to Jordan....
597) The wandering hour
Author
Series
The Doomsday Archives volume 1
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Emrys Houtman knows something isn't quite right in the town of New Rotterdam. The sky is always overcast, and urban legends abound of mysterious disappearances, cursed objects, and strange creatures wandering the coastal fog. While bonding with Hazel and Serena, his new neighbors and fellow horror fans, Emrys documents the town's spooky legends in a Wiki. It's all in the spirit of good fun, until one day the trio stumble upon the Doomsday Archives,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the 1st story: The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state. In the 2nd: At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to London and Paris, where she will see her father again, but her plans change when she comes down with chicken pox. In the 3rd: Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Tiffany Wright never planned to become a torch singer, much less a pregnant and single one. It was only with the help of her Fat Fridays luncheon group of strong women counting their blessings, not their calories that she found the courage to leave Beau, her once wonderful husband destroyed by drug addiction. Now those same women are her supportive audience at Sassy Saturdays, the enchanting evenings when Tiffany belts out ballads at a local club....
Author
Series
Book of dust volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra. This book is set ten years before The Golden Compass and tells the story of how Lyra came to be living at Jordan College.
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