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Wed, read & dead (Mystery bookshop mystery #04)
Par V. M Burns. 2019
"Bookstore owner Samantha Washington sells and solves mysteries in North Harbor, Michigan--including the murder of her mother's wedding planner...Sam's mother…
can't wait to wed her wealthy beau, Harold Robertson. The big mystery is how they're going to pull off a lavish wedding in three weeks. Harold's snobby sister-in-law proposes a solution: engage flamboyant wedding planner Lydia Lighthouse. But their beacon of hope quickly sends everyone into a blind rage, most of all the groom-to-be. So when the maddening micromanager is strangled with her own scarf, it's a shock, but not a surprise. It's a case of art imitating life as Sam pens her next historical mystery set in England between the wars. Lady Daphne Marsh insists on marrying Lord James Browning on Christmas Eve, three weeks hence. But when the fop planning their wedding ends up with a knife in his back, she vows to nab the backstabber before she walks down the aisle. Meanwhile, when she's not writing, Sam and her beloved and boisterous Nana Jo rush to shine a light on Lydia's killer--so her mother's new husband won't spend his honeymoon behind bars..." -- Provided by publisherMy killer vacation
Par Tessa Bailey. 2022
"It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod--just me and my beloved brother--but discovering a…
corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders. A brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary schoolteacher: the murder-solving team no one asked for, but thanks to these pesky attempts on my life, we're stuck together, come hell or high tide. I'm just here to do a job, not babysit an amateur sleuth. Although...it is becoming less and less of a hardship to have her around. Sure, she's stubborn, distracting and can't stay out of harm's way. She's also brave and beautiful and reminds me of the home I left behind three years ago. In other words, the insatiable hunger and protectiveness she is waking up in me is a threat to my peace of mind. Before I sink any deeper into this dangerous attraction, I need to solve this murder and get back on the road. But will fate take her from me before I realize the road has been leading to her all along?" -- Provided by publisherThe secret mother
Par Shalini Boland. 2019
"'Are you my mummy?' Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in her kitchen. He thinks she's his mother.…
But Tessa doesn't have any children. Not anymore. She doesn't know who the little boy is or how he got there. After contacting the police, Tessa is suspected of taking the mystery child. Her whole life is turned upside down. And then her husband reveals a secret of his own.... Tessa isn't sure what to believe or who to trust. Because someone is lying. To find out who, she must confront her painful past. But is the truth more dangerous than Tessa realises?" -- Provided by publisherThe Amish quilter (Women of Lancaster County #05)
Par Mindy Starns Clark. 2018
"Linda Mueller lives an orderly, uneventful existence, content to divide her time between creating the beautiful quilts for which she…
is known and working at an Englisch fabric shop. Idealistic to a fault, Linda has never found a man worth marrying-until she meets Isaac Mast, a newcomer to Lancaster County and a talented painter. As they bond over their respective crafts, Linda is drawn to Isaac's kind ways, humble spirit, and intriguing personality, and soon the seams of her carefully-constructed world begin to loosen. With Isaac's help, she explores the story of her late grandmother, also a gifted artist. But when an astonishing truth comes to light, Linda faces a grave decision, one that could destroy any hope of a future with Isaac. Will their dreams of a life together completely unravel? Or can she find some way to stitch them back together again?" -- Provided by publisherRosie colored glasses
Par Brianna Wolfson. 2018
Whimsical, heartbreaking and uplifting, this is a novel about the many ways love can find you. Rosie Colored Glasses triumphs…
with the most endearing examples of how mothers and fathers and sons and daughters bend for one another. Just as opposites attract, they can also cause friction, and no one feels that friction more than Rex and Rosie's daughter, Willow. Rex is serious and unsentimental and tapes checklists of chores on Willow's bedroom door. Rosie is sparkling and enchanting and meets Willow in their treehouse in the middle of the night to feast on candy. After Rex and Rosie's divorce, Willow finds herself navigating their two different worlds. She is clearly under the spell of her exciting, fun-loving mother. But as Rosie's behavior becomes more turbulent, the darker underpinnings of her manic love are revealed. Rex had removed his Rosie colored glasses long ago, but will Willow do the same? UnratedHis hidden wife
Par Wendy Clarke. 2021
"The first time you see them, out for an evening walk on the cliffs, you'll think they're the perfect family.…
You'll see a wife who looks so happy, strolling peacefully beside her husband in his dark winter coat, holding her daughter's hand. But you have no idea what's really happening in their house... If you come a little closer you might hear the way the man speaks to his wife. You might notice that the woman doesn't have any close friends. That sometimes her husband doesn't want her to leave the house. You might wonder if that's a scar her beautiful daughter is hiding on her neck. When you read the local newspaper and hear the news that the wife has fallen from the cliffs, you'll question whether it was really an accident at all. And when the husband starts dating someone new--a woman with the same long dark hair and big blue eyes as his wife--will you say something this time? Because someone has to protect the little girl and stop history from repeating itself. And it may already be too late." -- Provided by publisherWinter cottage
Par Mary Ellen Taylor. 2018
"Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson,…
Virginia. She goes to see the house she's inherited-one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she's never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe-just maybe-this "Winter Cottage" will answer the endless questions about her mother's past...including the identity of her birth father. Rather than the quaint Virginian bungalow Lucy expected, Winter Cottage is a grand old estate of many shadows-big enough to hold a century of secrets, passions, and betrayals. It also comes with a handsome and enigmatic stranger, a man next in line to claim Lucy's inheritance. Now, as Lucy sifts through the past, uncovering the legacy of secrets that Winter Cottage holds, she'll come to discover as much about her family history as she does about herself. In searching, she could finally find the one thing she's never really had: a home." -- Provided by publisherThe family across the street
Par Nicole Trope. 2021
"Sometimes, the most perfect families are hiding the most terrible secrets. How well do you know the people next door?…
Everybody wants to live on Hogarth Street, the pretty, tree-lined avenue with its white houses. The new family, The Wests, are a perfect fit. Katherine and Josh seem so in love and their gorgeous five-year-old twins race screeching around their beautiful emerald-green lawn. But soon people start to notice: why don't they join backyard barbecues? Why do they brush away offers to babysit? Why, when you knock at the door, do they shut you out, rather than inviting you in? Every family has secrets, and on the hottest day of the year, the truth is about to come out. As a tragedy unfolds behind closed doors, the dawn chorus is split by the wail of sirens. And one by one the families who tried so hard to welcome the Wests begin to realise: Hogarth Street will never be the same again." -- Provided by publisherWoman running in the mountains
Par Yūko Tsushima. 2022
"Alone at dawn, in the heat of midsummer, a young woman named Takiko Odaka departs on foot for the hospital…
to give birth to a baby boy. Her pregnancy, the result of a brief affair with a married man, is a source of sorrow and shame to her abusive parents. For Takiko, however, it is a cause for reverie. Her baby, she imagines, will be hers and hers alone, a challenge that she also hopes will free her. Takiko's first year as a mother is filled with the intense bodily pleasures and pains that come from caring for a newborn. At first she seeks refuge in the company of other women--in the hospital, in her son's nursery--but as the baby grows, her life becomes less circumscribed as she explores Tokyo, then ventures beyond the city into the countryside, toward a mountain that captures her imagination and desire for a wilder freedom." -- Provided by publisherWaiting
Par Bonnie Dodge. 2014
Three generations of Foster women-senior citizen Maxine, attention-seeker Grace, and aspiring artist Abbie-think they are nothing alike. But they all…
share a secret. They wait. For love, for attention, for life, for death, for Idaho's warm but promising summer to return. In their journeys between despair and happiness, they learn there are worse things than being alone, like waiting for the wrong person's love. With sensitivity and humor, Waiting carries readers into the hearts of three women who learn that happiness comes from within. Adult. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong languageHaven's wake (Flyover fiction)
Par Ladette Randolph. 2013
When Haven Grebel dies following a tractor accident on his Nebraska farm, his Mennonite family gathers for the funeral service.…
Widow Elsa, estranged son Jonathan, and the rest of the family must navigate love, loyalty, and long-buried secrets. Adult. Some strong languageHand me down my walking cane
Par Carla Hagen. 2011
At the height of the Depression, a tiny village on the Minnesota-Canadian border is declared a rural slum by Roosevelt's…
New Deal government, and a local resident is sent to photograph the poverty of his neighbors to sell Congress on resettlement. Adult. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong language. Some violenceOxygen: A Novel
Par Carol Wiley Cassella. 2008
Seattle, Washington. Dr. Marie Heaton was a well-respected anesthesiologist until a child died during an operation where she was present.…
She becomes the target of a malpractice lawsuit. At the same time she has to start taking care of her elderly father. Adult. UnratedAn orphan's song (Shilling Grange Children's Home #03)
Par Lizzie Page. 2022
"England, 1951. A tear-jerking and uplifting story about children orphaned by war, the grieving young woman who cares for them,…
and their journey together to healing. When Clara Newton's American pilot fiancé died during the war, she thought she might never heal. But now she has a new life looking after orphans in a children's home named in his memory. Like wide-eyed, musical little Rita, who refuses to believe her mother died during the war. With the Festival of Britain approaching, Clara is delighted to see the children singing and preparing to audition together. And with D-Day war hero and handyman Ivor living next door, she begins to open her heart once more. But when a deeply troubled orphan arrives on Clara's doorstep, she faces her greatest challenge yet. Clifford has arrived without a background file and while Clara struggles to meet his needs, she is desperately in need of help. Turning to Ivor for comfort, she is broken-hearted when he decides he may never be ready for love again, as he adjusts to life as a single father. Clara has never failed to help any of the orphans in her care. And when little Rita encourages Clifford to join their singing group, she hopes he may begin to find his way. But soon he endangers not only their beloved plans for the Festival of Britain but the lives of the other children.... When disaster strikes, can Clara save the orphans and make Rita's dreams of singing for Britain come true? And while Ivor cares for his baby alone, can Clara have a future with the man she loves?" -- Provided by publisherThe fire-dwellers (Phoenix fiction)
Par Margaret Laurence. 1969
Stacey MacAindra is smart, witty, brave, and a bit desperate. Her marriage, four children and happines seem to be threatened…
by everything from her well-meaning neighbors to her impulses for adventure. Through it all she somehow endures and her story helps us to rediscover the richness and terror of the commonplace, as well as the pain, beauty and humor of lifeLong summer day: book 1 of A horseman riding by (Horseman riding by #01)
Par R. F Delderfield. 1966
Paul Craddock is still a young man when he is invalided out of the Boer War. But it is with…
enthusiasm that he takes on the task of restoring the neglected country estate of Shallowford nestled in a secluded corner of Devon Valley. But with the changes taking place in England, Paul fears that no place however remote can escape the challenge of the timesThe peacock spring
Par Rumer Godden. 2004
Una and her sister are summoned from their English boarding school to join their diplomat father in New Delhi. But…
soon Una starts to spend time with Ravi who works in the exotic gardens of her new home and falls passionately in love. But their love is forbidden and Una discovers that breaking the rules changes everything foreverThe ice killer (DI Barton series #03)
Par Ross Greenwood. 2020
"Winter is coming, and Detective Inspector Barton is facing the toughest case of his career... Ellen Toole's therapist told her…
to forget the past, but with her family story shrouded in secrecy, that's easier said than done. The approaching long nights of winter loom threateningly in front of her, and with her mother on her death bed, Ellen has never felt more alone. When it becomes clear that her mother has kept secrets about a history darker than Ellen ever imagined, Ellen must find answers about the past if she has any hope for a future. DI Barton and his team are still recovering from a particularly tough and grisly case, so a report of a kidnapping, followed by the discovery of two dead bodies, is the last thing they need. There's a murderer on the loose, and the killer needs to be stopped before they strike again. This winter, there will be vengeance on Ellen's mind, and DI Barton will struggle with his hardest case to date. How can Barton find the truth, when all the victims and witnesses are dead?" -- Provided by publisherKingfishers catch fire
Par Rumer Godden. 1953
A young English woman with two children travels to Kashmir to set up home there below the Himalayas. She is…
unaware of the turmoil that her arrival produces with the villagers as they compete for her patronage. Her cook takes action to secure his position, the consequences of his innocent plan are catastrophicThe cowboy's beauty (Sweet Water Ranch #03)
Par Jessie Gussman. 2020
"He'd been deformed in a farming accident years ago. He'd managed to build a successful business on his North Dakota…
ranch, but clients didn't need to see him. His sister handled the face of his company. Until his sister took a vacation and hired an out-of-work supermodel to take her place. He couldn't show himself to her. Although after dark he could share his love of the stars with her. But the more he hides, the more she wants to see." -- Provided by publisher