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I feed her to the beast and the beast is me / by Shea, Jamison,author.;
"Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an ax to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she's dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom. But even as undeniable as she is, Laure is not the only monster around. And her vicious desires make her a perfect target for slaughter. As she descends into madness and the mystifying underworld beneath her, she is faced with the ultimate choice: continue to break herself for scraps of validation or succumb to the darkness that wants her exactly as she is--monstrous heart and all. That is, if the god-killer doesn't catch her first"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Ambition; Ballet dancers; Black people; Catacombs; Revenge; Supernatural; Women, Black; Ambition; Ballet dancers; Black people; Catacombs; Revenge; Supernatural; Women, Black;
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24 hours in Paris / by Moondi, Romi,author.;
After calling off her engagement, Mira escapes on an all-expense paid business trip to Paris. Even there she can't forget the ache of leaving her fiancé behind or the fact that she's just blown up her personal life. Mira is used to being in control, but now she is at the mercy of the travel gods, and they are not acting in her favor. Subways are missed. Trains don't run. Flights are overbooked. When she arrives at the airport to go home, there are no new flights to NYC until the next day. Now she is stuck in Paris for twenty-four hours with her arrogant and insufferable co-worker Jake, whose constant flirting and annoying optimism is more than she can handle.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Business travel; East Indian American women; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Under occupation : a novel / by Furst, Alan,author.;
"After the Nazi victory over Poland in 1939, thousands of Poles were sent to Germany as slave laborers. From inside enemy territory, they found ways to get valuable information to resistance fighters in France. Paul Ricard, a French writer of detective novels, is drawn in to working in the resistance, as a spy against the Reich, and is charged with getting the information from the Polish prisoners to the Allied forces. Alongside him in the fight against Germany are an émigré girl and a mysterious Turkish woman who is in the contract espionage business."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Historical fiction.; World War, 1939-1945;
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The ballerinas : a novel / by Kapelke-Dale, Rachel,author.;
"Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students at the Paris Opera Ballet School. Fourteen years ago, Delphine abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburg--taking with her a secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now 36 years old, Delphine has returned to her former home and to the legendary Palais Garnier Opera House, to choreograph the ballet that will kickstart the next phase of her career--and, she hopes, finally make things right with her former friends. But Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed while she's been away ... and some secrets can't stay buried forever. Moving between the trio's adolescent years and the present day, Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ballerinas explores the complexities of female friendship, the dark drive towards physical perfection in the name of artistic expression, the double-edged sword of ambition and passion, and the sublimated rage that so many women hold inside--all culminating in a twist you won't see coming, with magnetic characters you won't soon forget"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Opéra de Paris. Ballet; Ambition; Ballerinas; Deception; Female friendship;
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Art in the Blood : a Sherlock Holmes adventure / by MacBird, Bonnie.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Holmes, Sherlock; Watson, John H. (Fictitious character);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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One summer in Paris / by Morgan, Sarah,1948-author.;
"To celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Grace has planned the surprise of a lifetime for her husband-- a romantic getaway to Paris. But she never expected he'd have a surprise of his own: he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock but refusing to be broken, a devastated Grace makes the bold decision to go to Paris alone. Audrey, a young woman from London, has left behind a heartache of her own when she arrives in Paris. A job in a bookshop is her ticket to freedom, but with no money and no knowledge of the French language, suddenly a summer spent wandering the cobbled streets alone seems much more likely ... until she meets Grace, and everything changes. Grace can't believe how daring Audrey is. Audrey can't believe how cautious newly single Grace is. Living in neighboring apartments above the bookshop, this unlikely pair offer each other just what they've both been missing. They came to Paris to find themselves, but finding this unbreakable friendship might be the best thing that's ever happened to them ..."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Chick lit.; Man-woman relationships; Female friendship; Forgiveness; Love Stories;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Star crossed : a true Romeo and Juliet story in Hitler's Paris / by Macadam, Heather Dune,author.; Worrall, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Paris, 1940. The City of Light has fallen under German occupation. Among patriotic Parisians, the pursuit of art, culture, and jazz has become a bold act of defiance. So has forbidden love for talented and spirited Jewish teenager Annette Zelman, a student at the Beaux-Arts, and dashing young Catholic poet Jean Jausion. Despite their devout families' vehement opposition, the young couple finds acceptance at the famed Café de Flore, whose habitues include Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Pablo Picasso, Django Reinhardt, and other luminaries of the Latin Quarter. For a time, Annette and Jean feel they have eluded the brute might of the relentless Nazis--and more immediately, their parents' threats and demands. But as restrictions on the Jewish community escalate to arrests and deportations, the maleficent forces gathering around the young lovers set them on divergent and tragically inevitable paths. Drawn from never-before-published family letters and other treasures, as well as archival sources and exclusive interviews, Star-Crossed offers us precious insight into the Holocaust and the lives French people bravely led under the Hitler regime. This breathtaking true story of beauty, art, liberation, and the transformative power of love resonates with an intimate story of undying devotion, seen through the prism of history"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Jausion, Jean.; Zelman, Annette.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
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The Paris daughter / by Harmel, Kristin,author.;
"A gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Mothers and daughters; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Paris daughter [sound recording] / by Harmel, Kristin,author,narrator.; Maby, Madeleine,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Kristin Harmel, Madeleine Maby."A gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Mothers and daughters; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The beasts of Paris / by Penney, Stef,author.; Hawley, Nicola Howell,illustrator.;
Paris, 1870. Three wandering souls find themselves in a city set to descend into war. Anne is a former patient from the women's asylum, La Salpêtrière, trying to carve out a new life for herself in a world that doesn't understand her. Newcomer Lawrence is desperate to develop his talent as a photographer and escape the restrictions of his puritanical Canadian upbringing. Ellis, an army surgeon, has lived through the horror of the American Civil War and will do anything to avoid another bloodbath. Each keeps company with the restless beasts of Paris's famous Menagerie, home and prison to the glamorous predators that draw visitors from all walks of life. Yet these fearsome animals are innocents alongside the looming dogs of war.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes (Paris, France); Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871; Photographers; Surgeons; Survival; Winter;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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