LLC Recorded Books
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A descendant of the legendary McKettricks, Connor Creed knows exactly who he is: a hard working rancher carrying on his uncle's legacy in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. Small-town life isn't exactly his dream, but he owes a huge debt of gratitude to the man who took him in as a kid. When his identical twin, bad boy Brody Creed from whom Connor has been estranged for years, identity issues loom. Then Connor meets Tricia McCall, who knows a thing or two about...
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Called away from Tennessee's renowned Body Farm (the real life human decomposition laboratory around which these remarkable thrillers are based), Dr. Bill Brockton discovers the dark side of the Sunshine state when he's called in to investigate human remains found on the grounds of a Florida boys' reform school.
3) True sisters
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1856. Mormon converts Nannie, Louisa, Jessie, and Anne, all from the British Isles, travel in the Martin Handcart Company, making the 1,300-mile journey on foot from Iowa City to Salt Lake City, while enduring unimaginable hardships. Each woman will test the boundaries of her faith and learn the true meaning of survival and friendship along the way.
4) Sacred evil
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The details of the crime scene are no coincidence. The battered body of a starlet has been found between two of Manhattan's oldest graveyards; with one look, Detective Jude Crosby recognizes a re-creation of Jack the Ripper's gruesome work. But he also sees something more dangerous--and inexplicable. So Jude calls on Whitney Tremont, a member of the city's preeminent paranormal investigating team, to put the speculation to rest.
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Dave Robicheaux novels volume 18
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Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to New Iberia, Louisiana, to investigate the serial murders of seven young women, while he worries about his daughter's relationship with a celebrated novelist who associates with an ex-convict author.
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The Bone Vault begins in the glorious Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where wealthy donors have gathered to hear plans for a controversial new exhibit. An uneasy mix of scholarship and showbiz. The exhibition has raised fierce opposition from some of the museum's elite: IMAX time trips and Rembrandt refrigerator magnets have no place for them at the Met. Assistant DA Alex Cooper, off duty for the evening, observes the proceedings...
7) The relic
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
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Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human, but the museum's directors plan to proceed with the party celebrating the new exhibition. Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who - or what - is doing the killing--Publisher.
8) Severe clear
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"Stone Barrington is in Bel-Air, overseeing the grand opening of the ultra-luxe hotel, The Arrington, built on the grounds of the mansion belonging to his late wife, Arrington Carter. The star-studded gala will be attended by socialites, royalty, and billionaires from overseas. and according to phone conversations intercepted by the NSA, it may also have attracted the attention of international terrorists. To ensure the safety of his guests--and...
9) Motor mouth
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IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
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"Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby returns to take on a whole new set of bad guys, Florida heat, colorful and dangerous characters, and high-stakes adventure, all the while romancing gorgeous race car driver Sam Hooker."--from NoveList.
10) Keeping the moon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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HL 650L
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Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.
11) Promise Canyon
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Clay Tahoma, Virgin River's new veterinary assistant, is welcomed by everyone in town except Lilly Yazhi, who believes that his down-to-earth attitude and rugged sex appeal is an act to charm wealthy women like his ex-wife.
12) Naked Heat
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Nikki Heat mysteries volume 2
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When New York's most vicious gossip columnist, Cassidy Towne, is found dead, NYPD Homicide Detective Heat uncovers a gallery of high profile suspects, all with compelling motives for killing the most feared muckraker in Manhattan. Heat's murder investigation is complicated by her surprise reunion with superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook.
13) A wizard of Mars
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Young wizards volume 9
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 22
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1000L
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Young wizards Kit Rodriguez and Nita Callahan manage to get on an elite team sent to investigate the mysterious, long-sought "message in a bottle" that holds the first clues to the secrets of the ancient Martian race.
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For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ... about a love that transcends the boundaries of time ... and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of...
15) The bride
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"By edict of the king, the mighty Scottish laird Alec Kincaid must take an English bride. His choice is Jamie, the feisty youngest daughter of Baron Jamison. Alec aches to touch her, to tame her, to possess her forever. But Jamie vows never to surrender to this highland barbarian. Though his kisses fire her blood, shadowed secrets from Alec's past threaten Jamie's happiness. She brazenly resists him--until one rapturous moment quells their clash of...
16) The welcoming
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"Visitors come to Charity's friendly little inn to escape their ordinary lives. But FBI Agent Roman DeWinter knows something ugly is going on beneath the cozy surface. His mission is to expose the dangerous criminal gang operating out of the inn. Going undercover, Roman begins his investigation-which puts Charity's life on the line. A hit-and-run attack leaves her shaken and bruised, but only Roman knows how close she came to death. And with the gang...
18) Blockade Billy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
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Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional...
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Chris Bronson volume 3
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Assessing the contents of a lavish English estate, museum conservator Angela Lewis discovers a crate full of sealed pottery jars-one of which holds a parchment which describes the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth.
For Angela, the find is a miracle-a written reference to Jesus outside of the New Testament. But her discovery draws her and her husband, Chris, into a centuries-old race for the truth that they may not win...or survive.
For Angela, the find is a miracle-a written reference to Jesus outside of the New Testament. But her discovery draws her and her husband, Chris, into a centuries-old race for the truth that they may not win...or survive.
20) Devil's corner
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When prosecutor Vicki Allegretti arrives at a rowhouse to meet a confidential informant, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time -- and is almost shot to death. She barely escapes with her life, but cannot save the two others gunned down before her disbelieving eyes. Stunned and heartbroken, Vicki tries to figure out how a routine meeting on a minor case became a double homicide.