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44) Wildfire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Coming to accept the depths of her magical powers, Nevada Baylor now has to accept the fact that she has fallen in love with Connor "Mad" Rogan and is faced with choices she never dreamed of to be with him--forever.
45) The companion
Author
Series
Lizzie Martin mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 23
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a hedge fund billionaire hires Stone Barrington to talk some sense into his wayward son, it seems like an easy enough job; no one knows the hidden sins and temptations of the ultra-wealthy better than Stone. But as Stone and his erstwhile protege, Herbie Fisher, probe deeper into the case--and an old one comes back to haunt him---he realizes that even he may have underestimated just how far some people will go to cover up their crimes...and plan...
48) Steal
Author
Series
Instinct (James Patterson) volume 3
Language
English
Description
Imagine everyone's surprise when Carter von Oehson, a sophomore in Dr. Dylan Reinhart's Abnormal Psychology class, posts on Instagram that he plans to kill himself. Twenty-four hours later and still no one has seen him. The one person convinced he's still alive is his father, Mathias von Oehson. But what Mathias knows and how he knows it would ultimately reveal a secret so damaging that it would be as if he were committing suicide himself. Dylan now...
50) Fake: a novel
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A professional forger, who makes copies of nineteenth-century paintings for museums and wealthy collectors, receives an invitation to work with an oligarch and sees the seedy underbelly of his opulent life.
53) Burning wild
Author
Series
Leopard people volume 3
Publisher
Jove Books/Penguin
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Bred for his leopard-shifting abilities, billionaire Jake Bannaconni lives in an emotional vacuum after a tragic twist of fate left him to raise his infant son alone. But when his path crosses that of the enigmatic young Emma Reynolds whom he hires as his son's nanny, Jake becomes inflamed by a passion that he has never fathomed.
54) Shadow flight
Author
Series
Shadow riders novels volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nicoletta Gomez was a terrified teenager when Taviano Ferraro and his brother saved her life. Ever since, she's been trying to rise above what was done to her, molding herself into a survivor under the protective eyes of the Ferraro family. All the while, she's been falling hopelessly in love with the man who knows her darkest secrets ... With one look, Taviano knew that Nicoletta was his, just as he felt their shadows connect. But no matter how...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When a wealthy woman in Adelaide, Oklahoma, is found dead, it's up to that irrepressible spirit Bailey Ruth, on assignment from Wiggins and Heaven's Department of Good Intentions, to protect a little boy, foil a murderer, and save Christmas. There's only one teeny hitch: how can Bailey Ruth figure out which family member was desperate enough to kill when everyone has a motive?
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Language
English
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Description
The set-up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gatherings...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Moving from Mississippi to Paris to New York and back again, an epic saga of family, ambition, passion, and tragedy that brings to life one unforgettable Southern dynasty - the Forsters, founders of the world's first major soft-drink company - against the backdrop of more than a century of American cultural history"--
59) Not quite dating
Author
Series
Not quite series volume 1
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Waitress and single mom Jessica "Jessie" Mann doubts a carefree dreamer like Jack can provide the financial stability she needs. But she doesn't know that he is heir to the Morrison luxury hotel empire--and Jack's daring charade may rob him of the holiday wish he wants most of all.
60) The English wife
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Annabelle and Bayard Van Duyvil live a charmed life in 1890s New York: he's the scion of an old Knickerbocker family, she grew up in a Tudor house in England, they had a fairytale romance in London, they have three-year-old twins on whom they dote, and he's recreated her family home on the banks of the Hudson and named it Illyria. Yes, there are rumors that she's having an affair with the architect, but rumors are rumors, and people will gossip....
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