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The love child / by Hore, Rachel,author.;
"London, 1917. When nineteen-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughter. Edith and Philip Burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their own. When they secretly adopt a baby girl, Irene, their life together must surely be complete. Irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one will tell her the full truth. Putting hopes of marriage and children behind her, Alice embarks upon a pioneering medical career, striving to make her way in a male-dominated world. Meanwhile, Irene struggles to define her own life, eventually leaving her Suffolk home to find work in London. As two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Adoptees; Mothers and daughters; Teenage mothers; Unmarried mothers; Women physicians;
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Between us : a novel / by McFarlane, Mhairi,author.;
When Roisin and Joe join their friends for a weekend at a country house, it's a triple celebration--a birthday, an engagement, and the launch of Joe's shiny new TV show. But as the weekend unfolds, tensions come to light in the group and Roisin begins to question her own relationship. And as they watch the first episode of Joe's drama, she realizes that the private things she told him--which should have stayed between them--are right there on the screen. With her friend group in chaos and her messy love life on display for the whole world to see, Roisin returns home to avoid the unwanted attention and help run her family's pub. But drama still follows, in the form of her dysfunctional family and the looming question: what other parts of her now-ex's show are inspired by real events? Lies? Infidelity? Every week, as a new episode airs, she wonders what other secrets will be revealed. Yet the most unexpected twist of all is an old friend, who is suddenly there for Roisin in ways she never knew she needed.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Man-woman relationships; Reality television programs; Secrecy;
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The resistance girl / by Robotham, Mandy,author.;
The next gripping and emotional historical fiction read from international bestseller, Mandy Robotham. Norway, 1942. War rages, and operation Shetland bus is in full swing. Under cover of darkness, Rumi Orlstad and other locals smuggle British agents, fugitives and supplies across the North Sea into occupied territory. But when one mission goes awry, and Rumi's fiance is lost to the dangerous waters, she retreats from the clandestine group, vowing never to take to the seas again. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Anya has been placed in Lebensborn, one of Himmler's secret Aryan maternity camps. And when Rumi learns the fate of Anya's child, she knows she has no choice but to face her fears and help Anya flee from Nazi grip.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Arthur and Teddy are coming out / by Love, Ryan,author.;
When 79-year-old Arthur Edwards gathers his family together to share some important news, no one is prepared for the bombshell he drops: he's gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he's finally ready to come out. Arthur's 21-year-old grandson, Teddy, has a secret of his own: he's also gay, and developing serious feelings for his colleague Ben. But Teddy doesn't feel ready to come out yet - especially when Arthur's announcement causes shockwaves in the family. Arthur and Teddy have always been close, and now they must navigate first loves, heartbreak, and finding their place in their community. But can they - and their family - learn to accept who they truly are?
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Queer fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Coming out (Sexual orientation); Families; Gay men; Secrecy;
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Ms. Marvel. [graphic novel] / by Ahmed, Saladin,author.; Vazquez, Joey,1993-artist.; Jung, Minkyu,artist.; Vlasco, Juan,artist.; Herring, Ian(Illustrator),colourist.; Caramagna, Joe,letterer.;
"There's a new hero in Jersey City! Introducing Fadi Fadlalah, a.k.a. Amulet! What secrets is this gentle giant hiding? Is he friend or foe? Why is he showing up now, just when Kamala has gotten her life back on track? And is this town big enough for both of them?!."Marvel, T+.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Marvel, Ms. (Fictitious character); Women superheroes; Superheroes; Good and evil;
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The moon, the stars, and Madame Burova : a novel / by Hogan, Ruth,1961-author.;
Madame Burova, beloved Tarot reader, palmist, and clairvoyant, is retiring and leaving her booth on the Brighton seafront. After inheriting her mother's fortune-telling business as a young woman, Imelda Burova has spent her life on the Brighton pier practicing her trade. She and her trusty pack of Tarot cards have seen the lovers and the liars, the angels and the devils, the dreamers and the fools. Now, after a lifetime of keeping other people's secrets, Madam Burova is ready to have a little piece of life for herself. But she still has one last thing to do, to fulfill a promise made in the 1970s, when she and her girlfriends were carefree, with their whole lives still before them. In London, it is time for another woman to make a fresh start. Billie has lost her university job, her marriage, and her place in the world when a sudden and unlikely discovery leaves her very identity in question. Determined to find answers, she must follow a trail, which leads to Brighton, the pier, and directly to Madame Burova's door.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Clairvoyants; Older women; Promises; Secrecy; Tarot;
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London falling / by Cleeton, Chanel,author.;
"The smoldering connection between Maggie and Samir sparks into flame at London's International School in London Falling, now available for the first time in print! When Maggie Carpenter left the seductive glitz of London for summer break in her small South Carolina hometown, she walked away from the most intense encounter of her life. But now that she's returned to the International School--and sexy, privileged Samir Khouri is once again close enough to touch--she can't help but remember the attraction, the drama ... the heartbreak. Samir can't afford to fall for someone so far removed from his world, not when his time in London is running out. It's his last chance at freedom before he returns home to Lebanon, where he'll be expected to follow in his father's footsteps. But when a scorching secret hookup with Maggie becomes a temptation neither one can resist, they'll both have to fight to survive the consequences ... if they want a future together"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; College students; Man-woman relationships; Rich people;
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A forgotten kill / by Maldonado, Isabella,1965-author.;
"FBI Special Agent Daniela "Dani" Vega was seventeen when her mother murdered her father. Ten years after Dani's own damning eyewitness testimony sealed her mother's fate, she's starting to have doubts. What if she got it all wrong? A veteran NYPD homicide detective agrees to reopen the closed case on one condition-Dani must help him find a serial killer who's been operating throughout New York City for the past decade. If anyone can decipher his patterns, and his riddles, it's a trained codebreaker like Dani. The killer knows this too. And his next riddle-and victim-is meant just for her. For Dani, stopping a killer-and learning what really happened to her father-becomes more personal and more dangerous with each new twist. As secrets of the past are unearthed, the truth could forever change Dani's life ... and the lives of everyone she loves"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Fathers; Murder; Police; Serial murderers;
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Under the stars [text (large print)] : a novel / by Williams, Beatriz,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Audrey Fisher has struggled all her life to emerge from the shadow of her famous mother by forging a career as a world-class chef. Meredith Fisher's glamorous screen persona disguises the trauma of the tragic accident that haunts her dreams. Neither woman wants to return to the New England island they left behind and its complicated emotional ties, but Meredith has one last chance to sober up and salvage her big comeback, and where else but discreet, moneyed Winthrop Island can a famous actress spend the summer without the intrusion of other people? Until Audrey discovers an old wooden chest among the belongings of her estranged bartender father, Mike Kennedy, and the astonishing contents draw the women deep into Winthrop's past and its many secrets ... attracting the interest of their handsome neighbor, Sedge Peabody. How did a trove of paintings from one of America's greatest artists wind up in the cellar of the Mohegan Inn? And who is the mysterious woman portrayed on every canvas? On a stormy November night in 1846, Providence Dare flees Boston and boards the luxury steamship Atlantic one step ahead of the law ... or so she believes. But when a catastrophic accident leaves the ship at the mercy of a mighty gale, Providence finds herself trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the one man who knows her real identity -- the detective investigating the suspicious death of her employer, the painter Henry Irving. As the Atlantic fights for her life and the rocky shore of Winthrop Island edges closer, a desperate Providence searches for her chance to escape ... before the sea swallows her without a trace. In Under the Stars, the destinies of three women converge across centuries, as a harrowing true disaster at the dawn of the steamship era evokes a complex legacy of family secrets in modern-day New England. Williams has written a timeless epic of mothers and daughters, of love lost and found, and of the truths that echo down generations."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Artists; Family secrets; Mothers and daughters; Painting; Shipwrecks;
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Inside the Montreal Mafia : the confessions of Andrew Scoppa / by Séguin, Félix,1977-author.; Jones, Julia(Translator),translator.; Thibault, Éric,author.; translation of:Séguin, Félix,1977-Source.English.;
For the first time in Canadian history, a high-ranking mafioso agreed to break the code of omerta by talking to journalists. From October 2014 to October 2019, Felix Seguin and Eric Thibault held multiple secret meetings with Andrew Scoppa, getting an exclusive inside look at the inner workings of the North American Mafia. This book is the culmination of their perilous investigation. It sheds light on the life - and death - of one of the most influential organized crime figures in recent years. Seguin and Thibault live in Montreal, QC.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Rizzuto, Vito; Scoppa, Andrew, -2019.; Mafia; Organized crime;
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