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The disinvited guest : a novel / by Goodman, Carol,author.;
When a new virus surfaces, Lucy and her husband Reed, along with their five closest friends and family, sequester themselves on Reed's family's private island off the coast of Maine where she feels her own grip on reality slipping as tempers flare, strange signs appear and accidents turn deadly.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Islands; Social isolation; Viruses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The hidden child : a novel / by Fein, Louise,author.;
"Eleanor and Edward have wealth, status, and a happy marriage. But the 1929 financial crash is looming, and they're harboring a terrible, shameful secret. How far are they willing to go to protect their charmed life-even if it means abandoning their child to a horrific fate?"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Epilepsy in children; Families; Family secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Love for beginners : a novel / by Shalvis, Jill,author.;
Starting a new life after waking up from a coma, Emma Harris finds her plans of opening up a doggy day care derailed by her childhood nemesis, but she soon learns that life isn't what you are given, it's what you make of it.
Subjects: Chick lit.; Coma; Dog day care; Friendship; Physical therapists; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Daughters of victory : a novel / by Saab, Gabriella,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Decades after defying her aristocratic family to join the Russian revolution, Svetlana Petrova opens her home to her eighteen-year-old granddaughter, Mila, who falls under the spell of the resistance when their remote village is overrun by Nazi invaders.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The American adventuress : a novel / by Gortner, C. W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A big, juicy biopic novel by the author of Mademoiselle Chanel about the scandalous life of Jennie Jerome Churchill, mother of Winston, an heiress from New York who married into one of England's most storied families but who always lived life on her ownterms, as a royal mistress with a series of younger husbands and a son whose political rise she happily stage-managed"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Churchill, Randolph Spencer, Lady, 1854-1921;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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No offense : a novel / by Cabot, Meg,author.;
As Little Bridge Island Public Library's head of children's services, Molly Montgomery hopes the messiest thing in her life will be her sticky-note covered desk. But fate, in the form of a newborn left in the restroom, has other ideas. So does the sheriff who comes to investigate the "abandonment."
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Chick lit.; Recipes.; Women librarians; Children's librarians; Single women; Sheriffs; Divorced men; Foundlings; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Manhattan girls : a novel of Dorothy Parker and her friends / by Paul, Gill,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.'The Manhattan Girls' is a 1920s version of 'Sex and the City', as Dorothy Parker - one of the wittiest women who ever wielded a pen - and her three friends navigate life, love, and careers in New York City. Perfect for fans of Fiona Davis, Beatriz Williams, and Renee Rosen.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Grant, Jane C., 1892-1972; Leech, Margaret, 1893-1974; Lenihan, Winifred, -1964; Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967; Female friendship; Nineteen twenties;
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Strangers in the night : a novel of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner / by Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.;
"She was the small-town southern beauty transformed into a Hollywood love goddess. He was the legendary crooner whose voice transfixed the world. They were Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra. Separately they were irresistible; together they were an explosive combination. Ava's star is rising just as Frank's career--and public image as a family man--is taking a hit. Gone are the days of the screaming bobbysoxers and chart-topping hits. Ava, however, finds herself gracing the front page of every tabloid in America. Jealousy and cheating abound, and when the two succumb to their temperaments and their vices, their happiness is threatened at every turn. As the pair ride the rollercoaster of success and failure, passion and anger, they both wonder if the next turnwill be the end of their careers, and most devastating of all--the end of all they've shared"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990; Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The huntress : a novel / by Quinn, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.On the icy edge of Soviet Russia, bold and reckless Nina Markova joins the infamous Night Witches - an all-female bomber regiment - wreaking havoc on Hitler's eastern front. But when she is downed behind enemy lines and thrown across the path of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, Nina must use all her wits to survive. British war correspondent Ian Graham has witnessed the horrors of war from Omaha Beach to the Nuremburg Trials. He abandons journalism after the war to become a Nazi hunter, yet one target eludes him: the Huntress. Fierce, disciplined Ian must join forces with reckless, cocksure Nina, the only witness to escape the Huntress alive. In post-war Boston, seventeen-year-old Jordan McBride is delighted when her long-widowed father brings home a fiancee. But Jordan grows increasingly disquieted by the soft-spoken German widow who seems to be hiding something. Delving into her new stepmother's past, Jordan slowly realizes that a Nazi killer may be hiding in plain sight.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Bomber pilots; War criminals; Nazi hunters; War correspondents; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The family you make : a novel / by Shalvis, Jill,author.;
"During the snowstorm of the century Levi Cutler is stranded on a ski lift with a beautiful stranger named Jane. After strong winds hurl the gondola in front of them into the ground, Levi calls his parents to prepare them for the worst ... but can't bring himself to say goodbye. Instead, wanting to fulfill his mother's lifelong wish, he impulsively tells her he's happily settled and Jane is his girlfriend, right before his phone dies. But Levi and Jane do not. Now Levi's family is desperate to meet "The One." Though Jane agrees to be his pretend girlfriend for just one dinner, she's nervous. After a traumatic childhood, Jane isn't sure she knows how to be around a tight-knit family that cherishes one another. She's terrified, and a little jealous. But an unexpected series of events and a host of new friends soon show Jane that perhaps this is the life she was always meant to have. As Jane and Levi spend more time together, pretend feelings quickly turn into real ones l Jane has to do is admit to herself she can't live without the man she's fallen in love with and the family she has always dreamed of."--Back cover.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Families; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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