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1) Jade star
Author
Series
Star quartet volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fourth title in Catherine Coulter's Star quartet
Rescued from an evil slave trade by Saint Morris, minister's daughter Juliana DuPres is treated as a common prostitute by her family on her return. Saint marries her and takes her back to San Francisco, to look after her, as a protector. Juliana, however, has other ideas.
Rescued from an evil slave trade by Saint Morris, minister's daughter Juliana DuPres is treated as a common prostitute by her family on her return. Saint marries her and takes her back to San Francisco, to look after her, as a protector. Juliana, however, has other ideas.
Author
Language
English
Description
Astonished when her seemingly devoted husband is found murdered in a prostitute's apartment, Susie, a mother of four-year-old triplets, bristles at her neighbors' mixed reactions and tackles everyone from her husband's partners to the DA to restore her family's honor.
Author
Series
Stewarts of Stormhaven volume 2
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
254 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Madame Bovary became notorious and a bestseller after Gustave Flaubert was acquitted from charges of obscenity in 1856. It details the many adulterous affairs and extravagances of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife. Her behaviour explores the banality and emptiness of rural life.
Flaubert considered himself a perfectionist, which is mirrored in the immaculate style of his writing. Madame Bovary is still considered one of the
...10) Bury me deep
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young woman who is abandoned in Phoenix by her doctor husband, is swept up in the decadent life of the Jazz Age.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
413 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Flaubert's classic tale, in which the title character turns to spending and a series of affairs to combat the boredom of married life and, heartbroken and crippled by debts, takes drastic action that results in tragedy.
12) Third degree
Author
Language
English
Description
A tale spanning a traumatic single day follows Laurel Shields, who awakens in her small-town home to discover her husband frantically preparing for what he claims is an IRS audit, but she soon realizes that he has discovered the truth about her affair with another man.
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After caring for her mother until her death, forty-one year old Zoe Sterling finally has it all: a prominent physician husband, a baby on the way, a vintage Chicago home. Zoe has even planned a dream vacation to Bermuda--a second honeymoon that she hopes will inspire her ambitious husband, Cal, to focus more of his attention on her rather than his burgeoning career. But two days before they're to leave, Cal's grown son from a former girlfriend saunters...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Angela Pisel's poignant debut explores the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter, and their quest to discover the truth and whether or not love can prevail--even from behind bars. Grace Bradshaw knows the exact minute she will die. On death row for murdering her infant son, her last breath will be taken on February 15 at 12:01 a.m. Eleven years, five months, and twenty-seven days separate her from the last time she heard her precious...
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