Susie Berneis
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Six million acres of Adirondack forest separate Natalie and Doug Larson from civilization. For the newlyweds, an isolated backcountry honeymoon seems ideal. But just as Natalie and Doug begin to explore the dark interiors of their own hearts, as well as the depths of their love for each other, it becomes clear that they are not alone in the woods. A man watches them, wielding the forest like a weapon. He wants something from them more terrifying than...
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Michaels continues the family saga she began in Kentucky Rich, which stars Nealy Coleman Diamond Clay, a teenage mother who ran away from home and ended up at Blue Diamond Farms in the heart of Kentucky raising and racing thoroughbreds. Now in her late forties and a widow, Nealy's life has always been a struggle, and she'll need all her strength for what lies ahead. She throws her daughter, Emmie, and her son, Nick, off the farm, then immerses herself...
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She's a liar. She's a stalker. She's in your house. When Claire sees Hannah Wilson at an exclusive Manhattan hair salon, it's like a knife slicing through barely healed scars. It may have been ten years since Claire last saw Hannah, but she has thought of her every day, and not in a good way. So Claire does what anyone would do in her position--she stalks her. Hannah is now Mrs. Carter, living the charmed life that should have been Claire's. It's...
4) True colors
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Jamie Garland loved working for the eccentric Miss Isabel. Her job often threw her into the company of the most fascinating people--like Cade Santerre. From the start, he made no secret of the fact that he desired her. But the morning after they spend a night together, a visit from the authorities changes everything...because Cade isn't who he's claimed to be--although he might, perhaps, still be the kind of man Jamie thought he was.
5) Decorum
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Kaaren Christopherson's brilliantly observed novel captures the glamour and grit of one of the world's most dazzling cities during one of its most tumultuous eras--as seen through the eyes of a singularly captivating heroine. . .
In 1890s New York, beautiful, wealthy Francesca Lund is an intriguing prospect for worthy suitors and fortune hunters alike. Recently orphaned, she copes by working with the poor in the city's settlement movement. But a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 19
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1170L
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Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young man from New York high society, is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a suitable match from a good family, when May's cousin, the beautiful and exotic Countess Ellen Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of perceived scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence. Her worldliness, disregard for society's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 32
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1050L
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Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity," as the first black hero in American fiction. Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics, it remains a shocking,...
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""The Snow Man" by Diana Palmer: Meadow Dawson needs Santa to deliver a solution to her management of the Colorado ranch she's inherited. Cattleman Dal Blake just wants his pretty neighbor's dog to quit digging under his fence. This Christmas, the unexpected gift of love will surprise them both."--
""Kassie's Cowboy" by Lindsay McKenna: A brutal blue norther is battering Wyoming just in time for Christmas when solitary former Marine Travis Grant...
9) Texas fury
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Texas series volume 3
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The searing saga of the 20th-century dynasty continues. The passion and betrayals of a new generation are being spawned, riveting destinies are being formed, and secrets from the past are being whispered in a turbulent wave of Texas fury.
10) Kentucky sunrise
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Kentucky series (Fern Michaels) volume 3
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When it comes to men, Nealy is very content with her new husband, lawyer Hatch Littletree. When it comes to her horses, she is never satisfied. Nobody can measure up to her standards as a trainer, not even her daughter Emmie, who now runs the family's famous stables, Blue Diamond Farms. Now with the ghosts of the past haunting them both, Emmie and Nealy engage in an unstoppable rivalry, two headstrong women engaged in a battle of wills, each determined...
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"As a late autumn sky darkens over the Adirondack mountains, and the threat of a heavy snowfall looms, the mood in the Tremont house is already charged with tension. Upstairs in her bedroom, teenage Ivy listens to music and broods, while below in the kitchen, Sandy sips coffee and tries not to take her daughter's latest snit personally. But when her husband Ben, a wilderness guide, arrives home, the troubled atmosphere immediately lightens--and Sandy...
12) Kentucky rich
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The return of Nealy Coleman to SunStar, the home she fled thirty years earlier with her illegitimate child Emmie, has serious repercussions for Nealy's brothers Pyne and Rhy, as well as all the other Thorntons and Colemans associated with the thoroughbred horse farm, including Nealy herself.
13) Texas sunrise
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Texas series volume 4
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The blazing finale to the bestselling Texas saga finally arrives in paperback, just as Fern Michaels' latest novel, Seasons of Her Life, debuts in hardcover. For the millions of readers who have followed the Colemans in Texas Rich, Texas Heat, and Texas Fury, here is a spectacular send-off.--provided by fantastic fiction.
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"Lizzie Kent wasn't supposed to babysit the night she was murdered. She was covering for her best friend, Nell O'Connor, so Nell could sneak out and meet her boyfriend. Nell has had to live with the guilt ever since. Eighteen years later and Nell returns to Purity Island, desperate to escape a bad relationship. She has inherited her aunt's rundown guesthouse and hopes the island will offer her sanctuary and a fresh start. Her return isn't welcomed...
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One of the earliest feminist works in American literature, The Awakening tells the story of Edna Pontellier. Unsatisfied with societal expectations and unhappy with her family life, she begins to fall in love with the dapper Robert Lebrun. Lebrun's flirtations, along with the lifestyle of renown musician Mademoiselle Reisz, rejuvenates Edna's sense of freedom and independence. However, an affair with the womanizer Alcee Arobin provides Edna with a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11 - AR Pts: 22
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1320L
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In the mid 1800s, Pyncheon is still a revered namesake in Salem, with the gloomy Pyncheon mansion serving as a stark reminder of the family's upper class history. However, the house, unique for its seven gables, has a dark and deadly past. Its current occupant, the older and unmarried Hepzibah Pyncheon, is all but destitute and unwilling to accept any assistance from her wealthy but unrelenting cousin, Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 26
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1230L
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An immensely popular bestseller upon its publication in 1905, The House of Mirth was Edith Wharton's first great novel. Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called "a society of irresponsib- le pleasure-seekers" with a precision comparable to that of Proust. And her brilliant and complex characterization of...