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If I never met you : a novel / by McFarlane, Mhairi,author.;
When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling and not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day. Her once perfect life is in shambles and the thought of dating again in the age of Tinder is nothing short of horrifying. That's when news of her ex's pregnant girlfriend hits the office grapevine and a chance encounter in a broken-down elevator with the office playboy opens up a new possibility. Jamie Carter doesn't believe in love, but he needs a respectable, steady girlfriend to impress their bosses. Laurie wants a hot new man to give the rumor mill something else to talk about. It's the perfect proposition: a fauxmance played out on social media. With the plan hatched, Laurie and Jamie begin to flaunt their new couple status, to the astonishment and jealousy of their friends and colleagues. But there's a fine line between pretending to be in love and actually falling for your charming, handsome fake boyfriend.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Women lawyers; Man-woman relationships; False personation; Social media;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Her deadly game / by Dugoni, Robert,author.;
"Keera Duggan was building a solid reputation as a Seattle prosecutor, until her romantic relationship with a senior colleague ended badly. For the competitive former chess prodigy, returning to her family's failing criminal defense law firm to work for her father is the best shot she has. With the right moves, she hopes to restore the family's reputation, her relationship with her father, and her career. Keera's chance to play in the big leagues comes when she's retained by Vince LaRussa, an investment adviser accused of murdering his wealthy wife. There's little hard evidence against him, but considering the couple's impending and potentially nasty divorce, LaRussa faces life in prison. The prosecutor is equally challenging: Miller Ambrose, Keera's former lover, who's eager to destroy her in court on her first homicide defense. As Keera and her team follow the evidence, they uncover a complicated and deadly game that's more than Keera bargained for. When shocking information turns the case upside down, Keera must decide between her duty to her client, her family's legacy, and her own future"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Novels.; Criminal defense lawyers; Dysfunctional families; Trials (Murder); Women lawyers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tom Clancy Target acquired / by Bentley, Don,author.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.;
"Jack Ryan, Jr., will do anything for a friend, but this favor will be paid for in blood in the latest electric entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Jack Ryan, Jr. would do anything for Ding Chavez. That's why Jack is currently sitting in an open-air market in Israel, helping a CIA team with a simple job. The man running the mission, Peter Beltz, is an old friend from Ding's Army days. Ding hadn't seen his friend since Peter's transfer to the CIA eighteen months prior, and intended to use the assignment to reconnect. Unfortunately, Ding had to cancel at the last minute and asked Jack to take his place. It's a cushy assignment--a trip to Israel in exchange for a couple hours of easy work, but Jack could use the downtime after his last operation. Jack is here merely as an observer, but when he hastens to help a woman and her young son, he finds himself the target of trained killers. Alone and outgunned, Jack will have to use all his skills to protect the life of the child"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Ryan, Jack, Jr. (Fictitious character); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Intelligence officers; Assassins; Kidnapping;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Yours, mine, ours / by Moriarty, Sinéad,author.;
Things are finally looking up for Anna. Seventeen miserable years of marriage to man-child Connor have left her drained and ready for a new start. So when they separate, she couldn't be more thrilled to move in with James, a handsome lecturer who is everything her ex-husband is not: kind, thoughtful, and above all, reliable. But Anna and James's kids hate living with the loved-up couple and the new set-up. Their teenage daughters--one a studious high achiever and the other a cool rich girl unbothered by grades or exams--have nothing in common. And Anna's wild football-mad nine-year-old son declares war on bookish James. Nobody said step-parenting was easy; Anna and James are about to find out exactly how complicated it can be. With exes, new partners-of-exes and money all in the mix, home life is fast becoming a minefield and their new-found happiness hangs in the balance. Do they have what it takes to make their blended family work?
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Divorced people; Interpersonal conflict; Man-woman relationships; Stepfamilies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Closing costs / by MacLeod, Bracken,author.;
"A home invasion thriller for fans of The Girl Before and The Red Hunter, a perfect couple is threatened by a seemingly random attacker as well as the dangerous secret they've been hiding. Nelle and Evan Pereira were thrilled to close on their "forever home," a spacious paradise nestled against a state forest in Massachusetts. Three months later, on a brisk Saturday morning, their peace is destroyed when an intruder captures Nelle home by herself. Quickly overpowered by the aggressive stranger, she's forced down to the cold, musty basement where he ties her to a chair. The intruder has a singular, if unusual, demand: he wants her to make a phone call. One that Nelle isn't confident she can make, even though her life depends on it. Desperate to see herself and her husband to safety, Nelle doesn't yet realize this was no chance encounter--it was a carefully planned attack. With no one to hear them scream, their secluded home feels horrifyingly isolated. And before this long day is through, Nelle and Evan, who share a dangerous secret, will bring a violent reckoning down upon all of them."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Home invasion; Spouses;
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The night she disappeared [sound recording] : a novel / by Jewell, Lisa,author.; Froggatt, Joanne,1980-narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Joanne Froggatt."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs comes another riveting work of "gloriously twisted" (Marie Claire) psychological suspense. On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer's favorite area for long walks and it's on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads, "DIG HERE." Could this be a clue towards what has happened to the missing young couple? And what exactly is buried in this haunted ground? With her signature "rich, dark, and intricately twisted" (Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author) prose, Lisa Jewell has crafted a dazzling work of suspense that will keep on the edge of your seat until the final page"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Abandoned buildings; Authors; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Family secrets; Forests and forestry; Missing persons; Parent and child; Teenage parents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Royal We / by Cocks, Heather.; Morgan, Jessica,1975-;
"In their first adult novel, authors Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan take on a story of romance and rivalries inspired by today's most talked-about royal couple: Will and Kate. "If I'm Cinderella today, I dread who they'll think I am tomorrow. I guess it depends on what I do next." American Rebecca Porter was never one for fairy-tales. Her twin sister Lacey was always the romantic, the one who daydreamed of being a princess. But it's adventure-seeking Bex who goes to Oxford and meets dreamy Nick across the hall - and thus Bex who accidentally finds herself in love with the eventual heir to the British throne. Nick is everything she could have imagined, but Prince Nicholas has unimaginable baggage: grasping friends, a thorny family, hysterical tabloids tracking his every move, and a public that expected its future king to marry a native. On the eve of the most talked-about wedding of the century, Bex reflects on what she's sacrificed for love -- and exactly whose heart she may yet have to break."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Love stories.; Man-woman relationships; Princes; Royal weddings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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No ocean too wide : a novel / by Turansky, Carrie,author.;
"In this historical adventure for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, the three youngest McAllister children are taken to Canada as British Home Children without their mother's knowledge or permission. The oldest McAllister sibling follows them across the Atlantic to search for them and bring them home. When Laura McAllister, a young lady's maid, learns her three siblings have been taken from their mother and emigrated to Canada without her mother's knowledge, Laura determines to search for them and reunite the family. But lack of funds and resistance from authorities push her to use a false name and take a position with a child emigration society to gain passage to Canada. Andrew Frasier, a wealthy young lawyer, is surprised to see his mother's former lady's maid on board ship escorting a group of child immigrants, especially when she uses a different name. Laura eventually convinces Andrew to help her search for her siblings and uncover the truth about the treatment of British Home Children. Romantic feelings grow between this unlikely couple, and though they have different backgrounds, they share a growing faith and desire to seek justice and relief for the children who are mistreated"--
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Legal fiction (Literature); Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Brothers and sisters; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kill your darlings [text (large print)] : a novel / by Swanson, Peter,1968-author.;
"Thom and Wendy Graves have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in a beautiful Victorian on the north shore of Massachusetts. Wendy is a published poet and Thom teaches English literature at a nearby university. Their son, Jason, is all grown up. All is well ... except that Wendy wants to murder her husband. What happens next has everything to do with what happened before. The story of Wendy and Thom's marriage is told in reverse, moving backward through time to witness key moments from the couple's lives -- their fiftieth birthday party, buying their home, Jason's birth, the mysterious death of a work colleague -- all painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a single terrible act they plotted together many years ago. Eventually we learn the details of what Thom and Wendy did in their early twenties, a secret that has kept them bound together through the length of their marriage. But its power over them is fraying, and each of them begins to wonder if they would be better off making sure their spouse carries their secrets to the grave."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Husband and wife; Marriage; Murder; Secrecy;
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Do I know you? / by Wibberley, Emily,author.; Siegemund-Broka, Austin,author.;
"When a couple feels like they're married to a stranger, a flirtatious game of pretend becomes the spark they need to reignite their relationship in this romance from the authors of The roughest draft. Eliza and Graham's marriage is quietly failing. With their five-year anniversary approaching, neither of them are thrilled about the weeklong getaway to the Treeline Retreat they've been gifted. Nestled on the Northern California coastline, the inn prides itself on being a destination for those in love and those looking to find it -- but for Eliza and Graham it's the last place they want to be. After a well-meaning guest mistakes Eliza and Graham as being single and introduces them at the hotel bar, they don't correct him. Suddenly, they're pretending to be perfect strangers and it's unexpectedly ... fun? Eliza and Graham find themselves flirting like it's their first date and sharing pillow talk secrets. Everyone at the retreat can see the electric chemistry between Eliza and Graham's alter egos. But as they realize this performance could be the thing that saves their marriage, their game becomes something more"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Anniversaries; Hotels; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Resorts; Role playing; Vacations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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