Shannon McManus
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Series
Shades of death volume 4
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English
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Eighteen years ago Andrea James and Ellen Schrader were kidnapped and tortured for weeks. For eighteen years they have kept their silence about what really happened - about the other girl who didn't make it out alive. When Ellen commits suicide, Andrea has had enough. She will not be silent any longer. Former Special Agent Anthony LeDoux isn't sure what to make of the scrapbook and the story Andrea James presents to him and when suspects start turning...
42) The wedding veil
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English
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"Four women. One family heirloom. A secret connection that will change their lives...and history as they know it. Present Day: Julia Baxter's wedding veil, bequeathed to her great-grandmother by a mysterious woman on a train in the 1930s, has passed through generations of her family as a symbol of a happy marriage. But on the morning of her wedding day, something tells Julia that even the veil's good luck isn't enough to make her marriage last forever....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
750L
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English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her mother's cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick, but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drew's father's book of lists, her pet rat, and Emmett, a boy on a quest, help her cope.
45) No darker place
Author
Series
Shades of death volume 1
Language
English
Description
Detective Bobbie Gentry has one objective, to stop the serial killer who robbed her of her husband, her child and her life. Nick Shade understands Bobbie's pain, and her desire for vengeance. He's on a mission of his own, and the murderer known as the Storyteller is next on his list. Nick knows that the best way to find his target is to stick close to Bobbie. As she becomes more and more reckless in her attempts to lure the Storyteller out of hiding,...
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English
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For anyone who has ever wondered “What if?,” this engaging novel provides a sweet, funny look at friendship, romance, and second chances.
Every summer, four college friends hold a mini-reunion. They laugh, reminisce, and commiserate about their soul-sucking jobs. Maybe they should have listened to everyone who warned them to study something “practical.”
Then an unexpected windfall arrives—one million...
Every summer, four college friends hold a mini-reunion. They laugh, reminisce, and commiserate about their soul-sucking jobs. Maybe they should have listened to everyone who warned them to study something “practical.”
Then an unexpected windfall arrives—one million...
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Language
English
Description
Kate Vaughn has a secret tucked away in her past. And she's getting on with her life. Her business is thriving. She has a strong relationship with her family, and a devoted boyfriend. Yet when Kate discovers the small velvet box hidden in Rowan's drawer, she panics. It always happens this way. Kate knows she can't undo the mistakes of the past. But for the first time in her life, she also knows that she won't fully love until she confronts them. It's...
48) Moon rising
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
GN 390L
Language
English
Description
"When Moonwatcher, a young NightWing with secret powers, begins school at the academy started by the dragonets of destiny after the end of the war, she soon realizes that someone is attacking the students. Moon must choose whether to help or continue to hide her gifts."--
49) The dark secret
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
GN 380L
Language
English
Description
When Starflight, one of the dragonets of destiny, is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons.
50) Made for you
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Southern small town darling Eva Tilling wakes up in the hospital with the frightening ability to see through the eyes of the victims of a serial killer, and realizes that she, too, is a target of the depraved stalker"--
51) The coldest fear
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Series
Shades of death volume 3
Language
English
Description
Afraid or not, Detective Bobbie Gentry has a monster to confront. The pain of losing her family and nearly her life to a criminal's vile hunger is still fresh, but now the landscape is different. Now she's not alone. Now she has Nick Shade to trust. Nick treats the terror of his past with vengeance. He's dedicated his life to hunting serial killers, and he'd give his last breath to save Bobbie....
52) When never comes
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English
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As a teenage runaway and child of an addict, Christy-Lynn learned the hard way that no address was permanent, and no promise sacred. For a while, she found a safe haven in her marriage to bestselling crime novelist Stephen Ludlow--until his car skidded into Echo Bay. But Stephen's wasn't the only body pulled from the icy waters that night. When details about a mysterious violet-eyed blonde become public, a media circus ensues, and Christy-Lynn runs...
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English
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The scene of a childhood tragedy that forced her family to move, Seaboro, South Carolina, is the last place Catherine Leary wants to see again. But her father's last wish to have his ashes scattered there, and his young colleague's desire to write an article about him, conspire against Catherine. Hoping to stop her family's secrets from being exposed, she travels to her once-beloved Lowcountry town-and embarks on a poignant trip into the past...a...
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English
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"Samantha Crawford has a storybook life: she's happily married, lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she has written and illustrated since childhood have become popular books. When her husband Billy is killed in a senseless act of violence, Sam loses her faith and the will to live. But a sudden death-defying encounter with two children leads to a reunion with her old friend Papa Joe Bradford. As Sam watches Joe care...
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Language
English
Description
"As a hospice nurse, Zara Mitchell has already seen more death than most people will experience in a lifetime. So when her older sister asks her to help care for their ailing grandmother, Zara agrees - despite strained family relationships. Though pale and tired, Nonna has lost none of her sharp mind. She's fixated on finding something long forgotten, and she immediately puts Zara to work cleaning out the attic. Unexpectedly, amid the tedium of sifting...
Author
Series
Allison Barton novels volume 1
Language
English
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"Attempted murder? Inexplicable accident? Either way, a PTA mom struggled for her life in an elementary school cafeteria, poisoned by a wolfsbane-laced smoothie at the fifth-grade graduation party. Now all eyes are on the accused, the victim, and a woman hired to look deeper. Ambitious defense attorney and single mother Allison Barton is anxious to escape the shadow of the low-down dog of a marquee partner carrying their renowned Virginia law firm....
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"When the Murphy women are in trouble, they know they can turn to their mother, Ansley. So when Caroline and her husband announce they are divorcing and fifteen-year-old Vivi acts out in response, Caroline can't think of anything to do besides leave her with Ansley for the holidays. As a storm heads toward Peachtree Bluff, Ansley and her husband are grateful they're planning to leave. But Vivi's recklessness forces the trio to shelter in place. The...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Fiercetooth, a NightWing obsessed with what could have, and should have been. Deathbringer, desperate to prove himself as the next great NightWing assassin. Six-Claws, a loyal SandWing, who will soon find that loyalty comes with a price. Foeslayer the NightWing, a dragon in love turned kidnapper, and Prince Arctic of the IceWings, a runaway turned captive.
59) Not one of us
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English
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"Thirteen years ago, Jori Trahan's boyfriend vanished without a trace. Now, after moving back home to Alabama to care for her ailing grandmother and autistic brother, she comes face-to-face with the deadly mystery behind his disappearance. Jori has a rare form of synesthesia, meaning she can "hear" colors; to her, tones of voice are as unique as fingerprints. With the help of this ability and a sympathetic cop, Jori comes dangerously close to uncovering...
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Series
Adams Grove novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"When Jill Clemmons returns to Adams Grove, Virginia, to settle her grandmother's estate, she must face Garrett Malloy, the man who broke her heart years ago. When a string of break-ins threatens Jill's safety, she and Garrett must join forces to unearth her grandmother's secrets"-- Provided by publisher.