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8321) Darling
Author
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In a modern reimagining of "Peter Pan," Wendy Darling meets a boy named Peter on her first night in Chicago, where they run through the city's underground and encounter a punk named Tinkerbelle, the lost boys that Peter watches over, and the frightening Detective Hook.
On Wendy Darling's first night in Chicago, a boy called Peter appears at her window. He's dizzying, captivating, beautiful-- and she agrees to join him for a night on the town. They're...
8322) Undetected
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, A division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Researcher Gina Gray is on the verge of a breakthrough in sonar technology, and what she's told Navy Commander Mark Bishop is only the beginning.
8323) Cuando salí de Cuba
Author
Publisher
Maeva Ediciones
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Palm Beach, 1960. Beatriz Pérez, una chica rebelde e independiente, vive en Estados Unidos desde que tuvo que exiliarse de Cuba junto a su familia. Sin embargo, no puede superar la pérdida de su hogar, de sus amigos y de su hermano. Mientras la Guerra Fría se extiende como un huracán sobre las costas del estrecho de Florida, Beatriz se ve atrapada entre el choque de la política cubanoamericana y un romance prohibido. Cuando las cambiantes mareas...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Olivia Hamilton is married to the love of her life, Dean, a private jet pilot. When he vanishes over the Bermuda Triangle, Olivia must eventually let go of the hope that he might still be alive. Melanie Brown is a particle physicist who studies the Bermuda Triangle, but when her mother dies in a tragic accident, Melanie struggles to reboot her life and career, starting a love affair with her therapist. A shocking discovery shows Olivia's and Melanie's...
8325) Heavy crown
Author
Series
Brutal birthright romances volume 6
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"She was a temptation he couldn't resist...Sebastian Gallo couldn't believe it when her saw her being stuffed into a trunk: Yelena Yenina, the only daughter of the most vicious Bratva boss in Chicago. The Bratva hate Sebastian's family - in fact, they burned his uncle alive. He should have just left Yelena to her fate. But she fought like a Valkyrie - gorgeous, ferocious, and unbreakable. Sebastian had to save her, and after feeling the electricity...
8326) Against the fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When the police accuse troubled teen Angel Ramirez of setting fires in his real-estate development, Gabriel Raines goes up against Mattie Baker, a volunteer at the Family Abuse center who is determined to prove Angel's innocence.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi's club once again the hottest spot...
8328) A mark of grace
Author
Series
Secrets of the canyon volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ruth Anniston survived an injury that left her physically scarred. Now, she hides away from curious eyes as a kitchen supervisor at the El Tovar Hotel. When money begins to disappear from the hotel, she works together with the handsome head chef to save the El Tovar and forge a new path for the future"--
8329) To treasure an heiress
Author
Series
Secrets of the Isles volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Beth Tremayne stumbles across an old map, she pursues the excitement she's always craved. But her only way to piece together the clues is through Lord Sheridan -- a man she insists stole a prized possession. As they follow the clues, they uncover a story of a piratical adventure, but the true treasure is the one they discover in one another"--
8330) Love in any language
Author
Series
Love and honor volume 0.5
Publisher
Olivia Kimbrell Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Afghanistan born U.S. Army consultant Emma Selah works as a fluent and multi-lingual interpreter assigned to a special forces team. Deployed to a base in Djibouti, Emma and First lieutenant Jorge "Pina Colada" Pena start to form a relationship built on friendship, mutual respect, and undeniable attraction. Then she discovers that he has been married the entire time when news of his wife's untimely death reaches them. She gives him no room for excuses...
8331) The night and its moon
Author
Series
Night and its moon volume 1
Publisher
Bloom Books, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Farleigh is just an orphanage. At least, that's what the church would have the people believe, but beautiful orphans Nox and fae-touched Amaris know better. They are commodities for sale, available for purchase by the highest bidder. So when the madame of a notorious brothel in a far-off city offers a king's ransom to purchase Amaris, Nox ends up taking her place -- while Amaris is drawn away to the mountains, home of mysterious assassins. Even as...
8332) The lady risks all
Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Miranda Clifford, who leads a life of rigid respectability, turns to Neville Roscoe, ruler of London's gambling underworld, for help in finding her missing brother, only to find herself attracted to this disreputable man.
8333) A game of fate
Author
Series
Hades saga volume 2
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Hades, God of the Underworld, is known for his inflexible rule, luxurious night clubs, and impossible bargains. Used to control, he is not prepared to discover the Fates have chosen his future wife and Queen-Persephone, Goddess of Spring. Despite her attraction to the god, Persephone, an ambitious journalism student, is determined to expose Hades for his cruel and ruthless ways. She defies him at every turn, even as the attraction between them explodes....
8334) The rebel king
Author
Series
Deviant kings volume 2
Publisher
Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Of all the Verran brothers, Tiernan is the least suited to wear the Night Court crown. The Rebel Prince is happy with no responsibilities or accountability--just the freedom to pursue his own dark, lush pleasures in Sin City. Including his secret hunger for a certain smart-mouthed, fiery redhead. Only, the possibility of having Fiona is stripped away when Tiernan is thrust into the one role he never wanted: king. As king of the Dark Fae, wanting--let...
8335) The princess stakes
Author
Series
Daring dukes volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Born to an Indian maharaja and a British noblewoman, Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But when Sarani's father is murdered, her only hope is the next ship out -- captained by the boy she once loved... and spurned. Captain Rhystan Huntley, the reluctant Duke of Embry, is loath to give up his life at sea. But duty is calling him home, and this is his final voyage. Leave it to fate that the one woman he's ever loved must...
8336) Hurt for me
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"Rae Dixon is lucky to be alive. Fifteen years ago, she survived being trafficked and abused, escaping her captors to reclaim her life. Now, she's running a thriving business with her best friend and raising a teenage daughter on her own. Rae's finally in control -- literally. As Mistress V, Rae is the one calling the shots catering to Oklahoma City's elite in her private dungeon, which is fronted by a spa. But when a client goes missing, Rae's world...
8337) Heat of the everflame
Author
Series
Kindred's curse saga volume 3
Publisher
Penn Cole
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The war has begun. Both sides demand Diem's allegiance -- or her death. After her disastrous coronation, Diem finds herself at the center of the conflict between the Descended and the Guardians. With her newfound friends and the man she's falling for on one side, and the mortals she has vowed to protect on the other, Diem must walk a careful line to save the people she loves... even from each other. The mystery of her unusual heritage begins to unravel,...
8339) Body of evidence
Author
Series
Triple threat series (Irene Hannon) volume 3
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Forensic pathologist Grace Reilly has seen her share of unusual deaths in rural Missouri. But when she begins to notice a curious pattern in autopsies of elderly residents whose demise appears to be natural, she takes her concerns to Sheriff Nate Cox. Nate is skeptical about the link Grace is seeing between the deaths--and her suspicions of foul play. But her persistence is compelling. Once she finally convinces him her theory is credible and they...
8340) Loveboat forever
Author
Series
Loveboat volume 3
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In desperate need of a new image, seventeen-year-old music prodigy Pearl Wong attends Chien Tan, the Taipei summer program, but instead enters an extravagant world where there's more awaiting her than she ever could've imagined--like a romantic entanglement with a mysterious suitor.
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