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2161) The Amish secret wish
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Waitress Hallie Brunstetter has a secret: she writes a popular column for her Amish paper under the pen name GHB. When Hallie receives a letter from a reader asking to become her pen pal, she reluctantly agrees. She can't help but be drawn to the compassionate stranger, never expecting him to show up in Hidden Springs looking for GHB . . . or for him to be quite so handsome in real life. But after losing her beau in a tragic accident, Hallie won't...
2162) Dr. Gruber's daughter
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1953, this story revolves around the terrible secret of 161 Radpole Road, which is ruled by the wheelchair-bound Ilse Lamprey. Although the eponymous Dr. Gruber emerges early in this novel to eat pork chops and pig's innards with a middle-European countess who pays for his meal out of her dwindling supply of diamonds, his daughter appears much later, to turn a story already dense with innuendo into a tale of intrigue. The girl, who calls herself...
2163) Don't breathe a word
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Police detective Juan Acosta doesn't only carry scars on the outside. He's filled with guilt and anger ever since his undercover job led to the murder of those he loved the most. Now he's living for one thing: revenge. That is, until Juan meets his beautiful new neighbor. Vicki Holloway prides herself on being capable and independent, but her life is turned upside down when her sister Sara is killed by an abusive ex. Fearing for the safety of her...
2164) The apartment
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When Freya Miller is struck by tragedy, losing her husband and her home within a short time, she is burdened with many worries. The main one being where she and her five-year-old daughter, Skye, are going to live. A chance meeting with the charismatic Dr. Marsden changes all that. He offers the young mother the most amazing opportunity: an apartment at one of London's most exclusive addresses for a fraction of the market rental cost. It's an offer...
2165) Secret remains
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A cold case murder, a grisly discovery, and a viper's nest of resentment, betrayal, and dirty secrets converge in this mystery. It's been 12 years since Sandi Parkman went missing after being dropped off at home by her schoolmate, Nick Larson, now the Sheriff of Freeport, Michigan. When a construction crew unearths Sandi's bones--along with Nick's letterman jacket and one of his hairs--Nick becomes suspect number one in the murder. Dr. Emily Hartford,...
2166) The Christmas lights
Author
Publisher
Pan Books, an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
December 2018, and free-spirited influencers Bo Loxley and her partner Zac are living a life of wanderlust, travelling the globe and sharing their adventures with their millions of fans. Booked to spend Christmas in the Norwegian fjords, they set up home in a remote farm owned by enigmatic mountain guide Anders and his fierce grandmother Signy. Surrounded by snowy peaks and frozen falls, everything should be perfect. But the camera can lie and with...
2167) El cementerio de cristal
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"22 de mayo de 1938. Miles de hombres permanecen presos en el interior del penal de San Cristóbal. Tras sus muros, la Guerra Civil destruye sin piedad la vida de un país... Sin embargo ese domingo, festividad de Santa Rita, la patrona de los imposibles, algo está a punto de suceder: una fuga masiva abre una ventana a la esperanza. Esta novela arranca solo dos años antes, en 1936, cuando la guerra separa a dos jóvenes enamorados. Él, como la...
2168) Deadly secret
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Knox Benedict is known as the Saint. He's the upstanding son of the Benedict family, the moral backbone, the one who sets his entire life by the world of rules and constraints he's created for himself. But Knox Benedict has a secret. A secret that has unleashed the intense passion, the fierce hunger that lives deep within him. A secret he'd live and die for. But a deadly enemy of the Benedict's is about to take Knox's hidden life and fling it out...
2169) The fair botanists
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Could one rare plant hold the key to a thousand riches? It's the summer of 1822 and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumors of King George IV's impending visit. In botanical circles, however, a different kind of excitement has gripped the city. In the newly-installed Botanic Garden, the Agave Americana plant looks set to flower - an event that only occurs once every few decades. When newly widowed Elizabeth arrives in Edinburgh to live with her late husband's...
2170) Complacer al príncipe
Author
Publisher
Terciopelo
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
"La bella lady Regina Tremaine ha rechazado a muchos pretendientes porque encubre un terrible secreto. Pero anima a su hermano para que se comprometa con Louisa Marcus. Marcus North, el vizconde, hijo bastardo del Príncipe de Gales, tiene fama de mantener cautivas a las mujeres en su castillo, y cuando lady Regina le pide que acceda a que su hermano corteje a Louisa, Marcus le propone un tórrido pacto: su hermano podrá hacer la corte a Louisa si...
2171) Convince me: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A charismatic man's death leaves his family asking questions and exposing secrets, revealing the man they loved as an unrepentant pathological liar in this explosive thriller from film producer and author Nina Sadowsky. Justin Childs is handsome, likeable, smart. A devoted son to his mother, Carol; a loving husband to his wife, Annie; and a surefooted, savvy business partner to his best friend from college, Will. To so many, the perfect man. He's...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"New York City is still regaining its balance in the years following 9/11, when four twenty-somethings--Tess, Tazio, David, and Angelica--meet in a bar, each yearning for something: connection, recognition, a place in the world, a cause to believe in. Nearly fifteen years later, as their city recalibrates in the wake of the 2016 election, their bond has endured--but almost everything else has changed. As freshmen at Cooper Union, Tess and Tazio were...
2173) Imperfect promise
Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Former gunfighter Cortland Enders is about to go to prison when the woman he works for invents a scheme to save him. Sienna Harris, widowed owner of the Circle H, makes a deal with the judge-Cort will serve his three-year sentence running the ranch, bound to it as her new husband. The marriage is in name only, enabling Sienna to leave the ranch to Cort after she dies of the cancer that's consuming her. Getting Cort to accept the deal proves more...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
University professor Josef Held has never recovered from the loss of his wife. He has no intention of letting anyone new into his quiet, safe world, where the ticking clock in his mathematics classroom drowns out the beat of Nazi soldiers' boots. But when his Jewish pupil Michael comes to him, saying Jews will no longer be allowed to study, Josef can ignore the situation no longer. In an impulsive act of courage, he offers Michael a place to hide...
2175) In the name of truth
Author
Series
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A shocking abduction rocks idyllic Sandhamn Island in an enthralling novel of suspense by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment.With the summer season on Sandhamn comes an unsettling mystery for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson. A bullied young boy has vanished from a sailing camp on neighboring Lökholmen Island. Has the terrorized eleven-year-old run away? Or, in this isolated vacation spot where strangers lurk, is it...
2176) Evil in emerald
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Harriet Gordon joins a local musical theater production looking for a change of pace, but the brutal killing of a cast member will force her and Inspector Curran to turn the spotlight on murder in this all-new mystery from the author of Revenge in Rubies. Harriet Gordon has been enjoying the rehearsals for her role in the Singapore Amateur Dramatic and Music Society's latest production-Pirates of Penzance. Her work at her brother Julian's school,...
2177) The push
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The party should have been perfect: six couples from the same baby group, six newborns, a luxurious house. But not everything has gone to plan, and while some are here to celebrate, others have sorrows to drown. When someone falls from the balcony of the house, the secrets and conflicts within the group begin to spill out ...DS Alison Hegarty, herself struggling with infertility, is called in to investigate. She's convinced the fall was not an accident,...
2178) The night we met
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Starlight : Rand Prescott believes that his chances for happiness are limited because he's going blind. But when he meets Karen McAlister one magical starlit night, he begins to imagine a different future - one filled with love. Karen already knows she wants to be with him for the rest of her life. But Rand refuses to consider marriage; he refuses to bind her to a man who can't see. Brokenhearted, Karen is prepared to walk away, but can Rand really...
2179) Little whispers
Author
Publisher
Bookouture, an imprint of StoryFire Ltd
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"You shared a secret with the wrong person. Janey Markham is thrilled to be moving with her family to Buckingham Crescent, the smartest address in a desirable suburban town. Worried she'll be excluded by the glossy local mothers, Janey is thrilled when she meets Tanya, the kind of woman she has always looked up to. Tanya takes Janey under her wing, and her teenage daughter Angel is amazing with Janey's little boy. As Janey and Tanya grow closer, Janey...
2180) The burning time
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An unexpected invite to his estranged mother's surprise birthday party at a fancy Durham hotel gives DI Aector McAvoy and his wife Roisin a chance for a well-deserved holiday. Off-duty, and still recovering from his previous injuries, McAvoy is determined to take advantage of the all-expenses-paid break, despite the old grudges and thick tension between himself and his step-family. However, what should have been a relaxing, if awkward, getaway weekend...
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