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Tall, slender Violet Mathers is growing up in the Great Depression, which could just as well define her state of mind. Abandoned by her mother as a child, mistreated by her father, and teased by her schoolmates ('Hey, Olive Oyl, where's Popeye?'), the lonely girl finds solace in artistic pursuits. Only when she's hired by the town's sole feminist to work the night shift in the local thread factory does Violet come into her name, and bloom. Accepted...
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Canadian sisters Melanie and Joanne are stunned to hear they've inherited their uncle's beachfront summerhouse in Mexico. With a snap, a trip is planned: They'll travel opulently by cruise ship to Ensenada, zip over to San Felipe, sign a few papers at the bank, and the tropical hideaway will be theirs. What they don't expect is a spa treatment gone loco, snails and cactus on their dinner plates, risky ocean dips, a cross-country desert drive, a dishy...
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Preparing for some much-needed Alaska-style R&R with her miniature dachshund, Stretch, Maxie McNabb receives a frantic call for help that sends her flying to Hawaii to assist an injured old friend in packing up her house, a job that is soon complicated by a mysterious prowler, telephone sabotage, and her old friend's secrets.
5) Dead run
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In this third entry in the "New York Times" bestselling series, the Monkeewrench gang tracks a serial killer deep in the northern woods, far from civilization. But after witnessing a double murder, they find themselves running for their lives.
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After being laid off from her job, Tess Nelson travels to Hawaii for some rest and relaxation, but a twisted ankle, lost luggage, a hotel fire, a hurricane and handsome air traffic controller Carter McConnell are more than she bargained for, and Tess realizes she must surrender control to God and have faith in his plan for her.
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Sisterchicks novels volume 7
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Two midlife mamas hop over to England and encounter so much more than the usual tourist stops. This latest addition to the hugely popular Sisterchicks series takes readers on a travel adventure mixed with insight, friendship, and God.
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When the festive pre-launch shipboard party for their cruise is spoiled by the discovery of the body of the line's owner, bed and breakfast owner Judith Flynn and her cousin prowl the streets of San Francisco fearing for their own lives as other murder victims from the party are discovered.
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"Kathleen joins her husband for a three-month trip to New Zealand when he's hired by a film studio in Wellington. Leaving behind all that is familiar in her comfortable corner in Southern California, she realizes that the past twenty years have been so tightly woven into the life of her only daughter that she's not sure who she is on her own or with her husband..."--Amazon.com.
11) The bean trees
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
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Taylor Green becomes the guardian of an abandoned baby girl she calls Turtle. In Tucson they meet the proprietor of an auto-repair shop with a safe-house for Central American refugees upstairs and there she builds a life for herself and her child.
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Some dreams take a while before they come true. Best friends Hope and Laurie never made it to Hawaii during their college years. But when they're about to turn forty, the islands still beckon, and off they go - with an unexpected stowaway on board (Hope happens to be seven months pregnant). A little pineapple, a little sunshine, and a surprising little surfing lesson give these two sisterchicks all their crazy hearts could hope for - and more - as...
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Jessica Fletcher and Miss Marple aren't the only seniors who solve mysteries these days. Now, there's sexagenarian Maxie McNabb, an ordinary gal who travels around the country in a motor home accompanied by her dachshund, Stretch, meeting different people and seeing the sites. Taos, Maxie's current stop, affords her the opportunity to visit a local weaving shop, which, in a roundabout way, results in her opening her home to troubled Shirley Morgan....
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David E. Talbert, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "one of the most prolific theater makers in America" makes his publishing debut with a captivating, big-hearted romantic comedy that speaks to the sensibilities of African-American women everywhere. Montana Moore, a flight attendant, has one recurring fantasy: walking down the aisle with that paragon of male perfection-wherever he may be. With her mother about to tie the knot for a fourth
...15) Loop group
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Anticipating the onset of her later years, Maggie leaves behind her manipulative daughters and psychoanalyst lover to accompany her best friend, Connie, for one final fling, but a series of misadventures prompts their desperate, gun-toting journey to a Texas ranch.
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"When rich, spoilt Christie Mansell arrives at a crumbling Lebanese palace to care for her eccentric aunt, the dogs are howling “a warning, according to local tradition, of imminent death. Riddled with hidden passages, the place holds a dark secret." --Amazon.
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Ladies of Lantern Street volume 3
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On a London street in broad daylight, world traveler Amity Doncaster is trapped in a carriage with a blade-wielding man in a black silk mask who whispers the most vile taunts and threats into her ear. Thanks to quick thinking and her secret weapon, Amity escapes with her life. But the monster known as the Bridegroom, who has left a trail of female victims in his wake, has survived the wounds she inflicted and will soon be on his feet again.
18) Impulse
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Practical Rebecca Malone was having the time of her life. She'd quit her accounting firm and gone to Greece for adventure -- so when a handsome stranger approached her, she followed her impulse.
19) How to be lost
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Joseph and Isabelle Winters seem to have it all: a grand home in Holt, New York, a trio of radiant daughters, and a sense that they are safe in their affluent corner of America. But when five-year-old Ellie disappears, the fault lines within the family are exposed: Joseph, once a successful businessman, succumbs to his demons; Isabelle retreats into memories of her debutante days in Savannah; and Ellie's bereft sisters grow apart-Madeline reluctantly...
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Emily Andrew leads a group from Iowa on a trip to Italy and finds they are sharing their itinerary with a group of competitive aspiring romance writers. Their hotel burns to the ground, Emily's lost luggage is found, and a contest sponsored by a publishing house becomes deadly as bodies turn up dressed in Emily's favorite outfits.
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