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Becoming a mystery writer in the style of the stories she grew up reading after her mother's abandonment, Alex comes of age in a convent orphanage before finding publishing success under a male pseudonym and becoming subject to the consequences of fame and her double life.
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The plumbing was prone to leaks, the furniture rescued from garage sales. And every square inch was being devotedly restored to its original splendor-even as a relationship fell to pieces. Now Francesca Thayer, newly separated from her lawyer boyfriend Todd, is desperate. The owner of a struggling art gallery, and suddenly the sole mortgage payer on her Greenwich Village townhouse, Francesca does the math and then the unimaginable. She puts out an...
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Camille Lammenais has grown up in the beauty of the Napa Valley, surrounded by acres of her family's vineyards. Her parents, Christophe and Joy, still deeply in love after two decades of marriage, have built a renowned winery and château modeled after Christophe's ancient family estate in his native Bordeaux. Camille has had a perfect childhood, safe in her parents' love. After graduating from Stanford, she returns to help manage Château Joy, her...
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"Faith Ferguson is New York's most in-demand wedding planner, an arbiter of taste for elegant affairs, lavish ceremonies, and exclusive fêtes. She appreciates a simple celebration as much as a dazzling event, for she knows that a dream wedding is not necessarily the most expensive one. As much as Faith enjoys her work, her two failed engagements leave her with no desire to get married herself. She finds fulfillment in her close relationship with...
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"Stephanie Adams is a devoted stay-at-home mother, married to a successful lawyer in northern California, in a dead marriage she's stayed in for years for the sake of her children. Then, on a ski trip in Squaw Valley, her fifty-two-year-old husband dies suddenly and all bets are off"--Page [4] of cover.
"Struggling to achieve an independent life when her stale marriage abruptly ends, Stephanie Adams embarks on an impulsive road trip and discovers...
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"Valerie Wyatt is at the top of her game--she has parlayed her talent for entertaining and home decorating into a multimedia empire, and her name is synonymous with class and exquisite taste. And yet, though she has achieved enviable professional success, her ambition and hard work have given her little room for a personal life. She is divorced, and though she has a strong relationship with her daughter, she finds herself alone as her 60th birthday...
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"They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire Kelly finds the walk-up apartment--a spacious loft in Hell's Kitchen. But the aspiring shoe designer needs at least one roommate to manage it. She meets Abby Williams, a writer trying to make it on her own, far away from her successful family in L.A. Four years later, Morgan Shelby joins them. She's ambitious, with a serious finance...
8) Summer's end
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Deanna's life is turned upside down, when her twenty year marriage to an international lawyer is threatened, and her family is struck by tragedy.
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"A dazzling contemporary novel that vividly portrays the glamorous White Dinners that occur annually in Paris, and the ups and downs of three interconnected couples for whom the dinners have become a tradition. The White Dinner is a love poem to friendship, joy, elegance, and the monuments of Paris. And each year it is an unforgettable summer night, especially for Jean-Philippe Dumas, a longtime participant, and the three couples he's carefully selected...
10) Remembrance
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Having lost everything in World War II, Italian princess Serena marries Brad, an American major, and moves with him to America. But when Brad is lost in Korea, Serena must build a new life for herself and her young daughter with no help from Brad's family.
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"When Rose McCarthy's staff at Mode magazine pitches a cover shoot with Hollywood's hottest young actress, the actress's sizzling affair with a bestselling French author is exposed. The author happens to be Rose's son-in-law, which creates a painful dilemma for her. Her daughter Nadia, a talented interior designer, has been struggling to hold her marriage together, and conceal the truth from their young daughters, her family, and the world. But Nicolas,...
12) Toxic bachelors
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They were best friends and the most daunting of bachelors. Charlie Harrington, a handsome philanthropist, has such high expectations for his perfect bride that no mortal need apply. Adam Weiss, a forty-something celebrity lawyer, prefers his women very young, very voluptuous, and very short-term. For Gray Hawk, a gifted artist with a knack for attracting troubled relationships, the idea of a family, particularly the family of the woman he is dating,...
13) Heartbeat
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Bill Thigpen, writer producer of the No.1 daytime TV drama was so busy watching his career soar that he never noticed his marriage collapse. Now, nine years later, living alone in Hollywood, even without his wife and kids, his life and success are still reasonably sweet. Top-of-the-chart ratings, good-natured casual affairs, and special vacations with his two young sons. His life is in perfect balance, he thinks. Adrian Townshed...
14) Impossible
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Successful businesswoman Sasha attempts to keep her reputation intact while juggling between her career and her relationship with the much younger, off-beat artist, Liam, until a family tragedy forces Liam to make difficult choices and sacrifices.
15) Going home
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In the sunswept beauty of San Francisco, Gillian Forrester is filled wht the joy of a love that will surely last. But a painful betrayal forces her to flee to New York and a new life. --- [Excerpt from inside cover.]
16) Bungalow 2
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Steel takes readers beyond the dazzle of Hollywood in her compelling new novel- the story of one woman's intoxicating journey from suburban mom to award-winning screenwriter, and all the joy, heartbreak, and impossible choices along the way.
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Antonia Adams is the product of a loveless marriage between a beautiful young model and an aristocrat. As a child, she is abandoned in the abyss that yawns between them, blamed by her mother, ignored by her father, and neglected by both. Unprotected and unloved, she learns that the only way to feel safe is to hide from the dangers around her, drawing as little attention as possible to herself, to be “invisible.” In her isolation, books are her...
18) Vanished
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In the 1930s, Marielle Patterson, the wife of a successful New York City businesman, is plunged into a nightmare when her son is kidnapped and a former lover is arrested for the crime.
19) Royal: a novel
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As the war rages on in the summer of 1943, causing massive destruction and widespread fear, the King and Queen choose to quietly send their youngest daughter, Princess Charlotte, to live with a trusted noble family in the country. Despite her fiery, headstrong nature, the princess's fragile health poses far too great a risk for her to remain in war-torn London. Third in line for the throne, seventeen-year-old Charlotte reluctantly uses an alias upon...
20) To love again
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Isabella di San Gregorio and her husband, Amadeo, built a fashion empire together, driven by their passionate love for one another, her designs, and his financial acumen. The dream life ends when Amadeo is murdered and Isabella flees to a secluded apartment in New York, fearing for the safety of her son. Desperately trying to keep the fashion house alive, she finds herself reaching out to millionaire Corbett Ewing.
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