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Author
Series
(Rebecca J.).Letters of enchantment volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Two weeks after returning home from the front, Iris and Attie seize another chance to report on Dacre's movements, while Roman, who has lost his memory and is stuck in Dacre's realm, becomes entangled in a mysterious pen pal correspondence, leading to a pivotal decision that could impact the course of the war and his relationship with Iris.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An environmental journalist in Washington, DC, Rachel has shunned her New England working-class family for years. Divorced and childless in her middle age, she's a true independent spirit with the pain and experience to prove it. Coping with challenges large and small, she thinks her life is in free fall--until she's summoned home to deal with the aftermath of her mother's death. Then things really fall apart. Surrounded by a cast of sometimes comic,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker Large Print
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-one-year-old Ellen Barrett, in a shaky marriage and estranged from her siblings, must learn to put her faith in God to help her when her father's sudden death forces her to return to her childhood home and face the past once and for all.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
1921, Chicago. Nelly Sawyer is the daughter of the "wealthiest Negro in America," whose affluence catapulted his family to the heights of Black society. After the unexpected death of her only brother, Nelly becomes the premier debutante overnight. But Nelly has aspirations beyond society influence and marriage. For the past year, she has worked undercover as an investigative journalist, sharing the achievements and tribulations of everyday Black people...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination...
7) Meant to be
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In "Dual Image," Ariel Kirkwood is cast as a devious bombshell in a movie and begins falling for the film's famous screenwriter; and in "One Summer," photographer Bryan Mitchell and photojournalist Shade Colby embark on a working road trip to capture candid snapshots of summer in America.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A botanical illustration of a butterfly, a missing baby, and a twisty mystery fifty years in the making. 1868, Morpeth. Theodora Breckenridge, still in mourning after the loss of her parents and brother at sea, is more interested in working quietly on her art at the family's country estate than she is in finding a husband in Sydney society, even if her elder sister Florence has other ideas. Theodora seeks to emulate prestigious nature illustrators,...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in World War II-era Boston. June, 1943. Wartime tensions are running high, and an atmosphere of distrust and unease is dividing friends and neighbors. The two protagonists of Thomas Mullen's gripping historical thriller find themselves at the center of a dangerous tinderbox, trying to douse the sparks before flames engulf the city. Reporter Anne Lemire writes the Rumor...