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Discovering a tattered letter that says she is to open it only in the event of her husband's death, Cecelia, a successful family woman, is unable to resist reading the letter and discovers a secret that shatters her life and the lives of two other women. By the author of What Alice Forgot.
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Series
Blackwater Bay mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
293 p. : map ; 22 cm.
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English
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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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From debut novelist Martha Woodroof comes an inspiring tale of a small-town college professor, a remarkable new woman at the bookshop, and the ten-year-old son he never knew he had.
Tom Putnam has resigned himself to a quiet and half-fulfilled life. An English professor in a sleepy college town, he spends his days browsing the Shakespeare shelves at the campus bookstore, managing the oddball faculty in his department and caring, alongside his
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Applying for an open adoption after several unsuccessful years of trying to conceive, Jesse and Ramon are disheartened by the bureaucratic labyrinth of red tape, training sessions, and approvals they endure.
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English
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When Annette Remington's husband and mentor, the much older Marius Remington, handpicks journalist Jack Chalmers to do a profile on his beloved wife in a popular London Sunday newspaper, he never intends to put his marriage in jeopardy. How could he have known that the connection between Jack and Annette would ignite so many secrets? And how could he know that Jack would uncover a scandal that could ultimately destroy them all?
9) Lover's knot
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Series
Shenandoah Album novels volume 3
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
541 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A lover's knot quilt becomes the catalyst for saving a troubled marriage when newspaper journalist Kendra Taylor and her husband Isaac come together to solve the mystery of the quilt and of the family he has never known.
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Series
The Duke's men volume 2
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
©2014.
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368 pages : genealogical tables ; 18 cm.
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English
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Victor Cale locates his wife, Isabella, who disappeared ten years earlier after a jewelry heist in which she was implicated, only to discover that she blames him for the theft and for abandoning her.
13) Madame Bovary
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century bourgeois France, the story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
14) Dead ends
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English
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The second title in the 'Main Street' series. A blast from the past has deadly consequences for the small town of Sutherton... Fall arrives early in the High Country of North Carolina, but journalist AnnaLise Griggs is more concerned about one particular trio of visitors: Benjamin Rosewood, his wife Tanja, and their daughter, Suzanne, especially as AnnaLise and Ben have history. When two sudden and unexpected deaths occur, AnnaLise must protect herself...
15) Before I go
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2015.
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English
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On the eve of what was supposed to be a triumphant "Cancerversary" with her husband, Jack, to celebrate three years of being cancer-free, Daisy suffers a devastating blow: her doctor tells her that the cancer is back, but this time it's an aggressive stage four diagnosis. She may have as few as four months left to live. She's terrified of what will happen to her brilliant but helpless husband when she's no longer there to take care of him. The solution:...
17) A Paris affair
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English
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Does a fruit taste its sweetest when it is forbidden? Is that which is prohibited always the most pleasurable? In this passionate and perceptive collection, Tatiana de Rosnay paints a portrait of the most forbidden of loves, in many different shades?sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous, sometimes heartfelt, always with a dry wit and an unflinching authenticity.
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Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Large type ed.
Physical Desc
583 p. (large print) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 18th century England, at the age of seventeen, Lt. Christian Hill impulsively defends young Dorcas Froggatt's honor--and finds himself forced into marriage. That doesn't stop him from pursuing his military career abroad, where he swiftly puts his young bride out of his mind--until the past comes back to haunt him. Not long after her traumatic marriage, Dorcas heard that her new husband died in battle. Now she's shocked to learn that he's still...
19) House of shadows
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Series
Ghosts and shadows volume 1
Language
English
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"Sophie's world is shattered when disaster bankrupts her family. Marrying the mysterious Mr. Argenton may restore her family's fortunes and save them from scandal, but it condemns Sophie to a life in Northwood, a vast and unnaturally dark mansion situated hours from civilization. Still, she must do her duty. As time passes, Sophie struggles to adjust to her new position as mistress over the desolate house. Mr. Argenton's relatives are cold, and Mr....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Prolific author Stephen King presents a collection of four new novellas. In the story 1922, a man plunges into the depths of madness when his wife attempts to sell off the family home. A mystery writer, who was beaten and raped while driving home from her book club, plots her revenge in Big Driver. Diagnosed with a deadly cancer, a man makes a deal with the devil in Fair Extension. And in A Good Marriage, a woman discovers her husband's darker side...
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