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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the author's family history, this beautifully written story transports us to the aftermath of WWII where her father, Josef Helfer, after returning from the war an amputee, managed a convalescent home for the war-wounded and became obsessed with the home's unlikely and remarkable library.
Author
Series
Sutherland volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After the tragic death of her mother and a long period of isolation under the thumb of a cruel grandfather, young Caroline Brady has little to hope for in her life in the foreboding Southerland mansion. Her only companion, her enigmatic cousin, Simon, may be a wolf in sheep's clothing and is not to be trusted. But when Caroline's estranged father suddenly resurfaces with news of a new wife and stepchildren in Hawaii that she'll finally be allowed...
3) Island witch
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amara, the daughter of a 19th century Sri Lankan village's demon-priest is accused of witchcraft and must clear her and her father's names after someone or something begins mysteriously attacking men in the jungle"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Winston Greene, a has-been film star, wakes one morning to find his six-year-old granddaughter at his bedside--traumatized, unattended, and gripping onto a thumb drive. She comes bearing video proof that her mother, Win's troubled adult daughter, has been kidnapped by a murderous gang demanding all his 'movie money' for her safe return. But what they don't know is... his movie money is long gone. Unable to go to the police for fear the kidnappers...
5) Dazzling
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Treasure and her mother lost everything when Treasure's father died. Haggling for scraps in the market, Treasure meets a man who promises to change their fortunes, but his feet are hovering just a few inches above the ground. He's a spirit, and he promises to bring Treasure's beloved father back to life if she'll do one terrible thing for him first. Ozoemena has an itch in the middle of her back. It's an itch that speaks to her patrilineal destiny...
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Mathematical genius Dr. Meg Brightwood has just completed a proof of a problem so impenetrable it’s nicknamed the Impossible Theorem. In a field plagued by sexism, Meg opts for a public presentation so there will be no doubt of her authorship. But a panic attack obliterates her plans. In defeat, she locks away the one manuscript of her proof. Then she finds the unlikeliest of allies: Isaac Wells—carpenter and high school dropout. And the one love...
Author
Series
Kamogawa food detectives volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. But that's not the main reason customers stop by. The father-daughter duo are 'food detectives'. Through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person's treasured memories - dishes that may well hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness....
8) Dream town
Author
Series
Eve Ronin novels volume 5
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hidden Hills is a private celebrity enclave of white picket fences and horse trails that seems to exist in a dreamworld. But when reality superstar Kitty Winslow is killed within their gates and corpses are found in the vast state park outside them, LASD detective Eve Ronin realizes there is a deadly, razor-thin line between what's real and what's imagined. Eve discovers that Kitty's surreal on- and off-camera life, a blur of fact and fantasy, shockingly...
9) Girl abroad
Author
Publisher
Bloom Books, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
425 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself--but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive...
10) If the boot fits
Author
Series
Texas ever after volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Samantha Dearing's rancher father hosts a ball to find her a husband, she balks at the prospect of marrying a man not of her own choosing. After a mystery guest saves her brother's life and then disappears, leaving only his boot behind, her search for its owner leads to an ending more enchanting than she imagined"--
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