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Inheriting a beautiful old hotel on the seaward shore of Hope Island could be a dream come true for Libby. The inn cries out for her restorer's talent and love of history. She's delighted to learn of family she never knew she had. And the handsome Coast Guard lieutenant she's met there on the island could definitely be the man of her dreams. But Libby soon realizes that only way she can afford the upkeep on the inn is to sell it to developers who...
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Berkley
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2018.
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English
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"Court Gentry is back in action. This time he's working on behalf of a well-connected group of Syrian expats to secure the Syrian president's mistress so they can use her to bring down the president's regime. But the expats' plan goes awry when it's discovered the mistress has a baby--the Syrian president's only male heir--hidden away in a Damascus safe house. Court goes after the baby, a decision that comes at the price of the mistress's life. The...
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The members of the Women's Murder Club are thrown into turmoil when one of them is injured in a shooting incident on a crowded ferry, and homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer has her hands full trying to find out who tried to kill her friend while at the same time investigating the kidnappings of children from well-to-do families, along with their nannies.
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Van Shaw novels volume 3
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
♭2017.
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English
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Searching for a fortune in hidden gold revealed to him by a terminally ill ex-con, Van Shaw is compelled to rescue the man's innocent daughter from a mysterious predator with ties to an illegal bare-knuckle fighting ring and darker underworld operations.
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University of Michigan Press
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[2006]
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English
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"Judy Doenges's first novel is the story of Robin Simonsen, a girl growing up in the 1960s and '70s on the wrong side of a Chicago suburb. After the death of her young mother, Robin is left with her kind but irresponsible father - a junkman turned drug dealer - and her grandmother, a retired Vegas showgirl, both of whom draw local fixers and ex-cons into the Simonsens' increasingly shady home.
Bright, wise, and observant, Robin is the quiet outsider...
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Eleven-year-old Polly McClusky is shy, too old for the teddy bear she carries with her everywhere, when she is unexpectedly reunited with her father, Nate, fresh out of jail and driving a stolen car. He takes her from the front of her school into a world of robbery, violence, and the constant threat of death. And he does it to save her life. Nate made dangerous enemies in prison-a gang called Aryan Steel has put out a bounty on his head, counting...
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Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus mysteries volume 27
Decker/Lazarus novel volume 27
A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novel volume 27
Decker/Lazarus novel volume 27
A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novel volume 27
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[2022]
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Peter and his partner, Detective Tyler McAdams, are thrown into an unsolved case and propelled into action when a body is found in the very woods where a man previously went missing in upstate New York. But that's not the only crisis that Peter has to deal with. Teresa McLaughlin, the biological mother of Peter and his wife Rina's foster son, Gabe, has fled to Los Angeles with her two children in tow, hoping to avoid a court injunction amid a messy...
9) Night shine
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Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"An orphan girl undertakes a dangerous journey to rescue her friend the prince from a powerful sorceress." --
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Robin Miller mysteries volume 5
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Naiad Press
Pub. Date
1996
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English
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"As a bitter winter grips New York City, Private Investigator Robin Miller is catapulted on a bone-chilling quest to save a friend's child from a horrifying death. With a vicious kidnapper on the loose and one child already presumed dead, Robin has no time to waste. The investigation rushes ahead at breakneck speed, propelling her on a collision course with a cold-hearted killer--and a former lover."--Back cover.
11) Hunt them down
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Pierce Hunt novels volume 1
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Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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The dark world he's been fighting against has caught up with him. Will his daughter pay the price? Former Army Ranger Pierce Hunt is no stranger to violence. Fresh off a six-month suspension, he's itching to hit a notorious Mexican drug cartel where it hurts, even if that means protecting crime boss Vicente Garcia, a witness in the case against sadistic cartel leader Valentina Mieles. But things spiral out of control when the cartel murders Garcia...
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"She was given two choices ... Georgiana Bridgerton isn't against the idea of marriage. She'd just thought she'd have some say in the matter. But with her reputation hanging by a thread after she's abducted for her dowry, Georgie is given two options: live out her life as a spinster or marry the rogue who has ruined her life. Enter Option #3. As the fourth son of an earl, Nicholas Rokesby is prepared to chart his own course. He has a life in Edinburgh,...