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Queer principles of Kit Webb volume 1
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Forest Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Sebastian, C.
1 available
Sebastian, C.
1 available
North Side Library - Romance - Adult
Sebastian, C.
1 available
Sebastian, C.
1 available
South Side Library - Romance - Adult
Sebastian, C.
1 available
Sebastian, C.
1 available
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Kit Webb has left his stand-and-deliver days behind him. But dreary days at his coffee shop have begun to make him pine for the heady rush of thievery. When a handsome yet arrogant aristocrat storms into his shop, Kit quickly realizes he may be unable to deny whatever this highborn man desires. In order to save himself and a beloved friend, Percy, Lord Holland must go against every gentlemanly behavior he holds dear to gain what he needs most: a book...
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Boyfriend project volume 2
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Central Library - Romance - 1st Floor
Rochon, F.
1 available
Rochon, F.
1 available
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"When it comes to personal training, Taylor Powell kicks serious butt. Unfortunately, her bills are piling up, rent is due, and the money situation is dire. Taylor needs more than the support of her new best friends, Samiah and London. She needs a miracle. And Jamar Dixon might just be it. The oh-so-fine former pro athlete wants back into the game, and he wants Taylor to train him. There's just one catch -- no one can know what they're doing. But...
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Spoiler alert volume 2
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Franklin Ave. Library - Romance - Adult
Dade, O.
1 available
Dade, O.
1 available
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After his involvement in a bar fight, a fading TV star winds up under the care of a former ER therapist who finds herself falling hard for him.
4) The switch
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Central Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
O'Leary, B.
1 available
O'Leary, B.
1 available
Forest Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
O'Leary, B.
1 available
O'Leary, B.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
O'Leary, B.
1 available
O'Leary, B.
1 available
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North Side Library - Audiobooks - Adult
O'Leary, B.
1 available
O'Leary, B.
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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North Side Library - Large Print Books - Adult
O'Leary, B.
1 available
O'Leary, B.
1 available
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Leena is too young to feel stuck. Eileen is too old to start over. It's time for the switch ? Ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, Leena escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Newly single and about to turn 80, Eileen would like a second chance at love. But her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen? So Leena proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can...
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East Side Library - Inspirational Fiction - Adult
Basham, P.
1 available
Basham, P.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - New Inspirational Fiction - New Books
Basham, P.
1 available
Basham, P.
1 available
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North Side Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Basham, P.
1 available
Basham, P.
1 available
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"Dear Izzy--I feel certain there's a book-loving man living relatively nearby waiting to speak bookish to you 'til death do you part. You just haven't met yet." Izzy Edgewood is a wannabe bookstore owner, quote queen, and Lord of the Rings nerd who has been waiting for Prince Charming to sweep her off her sneakered feet. But it's hard to meet people when you spend more time with fictional humans than real ones. Which is why her pragmatist cousin Josephine...
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"From culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow, an in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the 80s and the 90s, its slow decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre"--
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Central Library - Nonfiction - 2nd Floor
792.02 G
1 available
792.02 G
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Nonfiction - Adult
792.02 G
1 available
792.02 G
1 available
North Side Library - Nonfiction - Adult
792.02 G
1 available
792.02 G
1 available
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"In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre Royal, where she would first lay eyes on Laurence Olivier in his brilliant performance as Anthony Cavendish. That night, she confided, he was the man she was going to marry. There was just one problem: she was already married-and so was he. TRULY, MADLY is the biography of a marriage, a love affair that still captivates millions, even decades after both actors' deaths. Vivien...
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Franklin Ave. Library - Romance - Adult
Hall, A.
1 available
Hall, A.
1 available
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"When Viola Caroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself. But freedom does not come without a price, and Viola paid for hers with the loss of her wealth, her title, and her closest companion, Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood. Only when their families reconnect, years after the war, does Viola learn how deep that loss truly was. Shattered without her, Gracewood has retreated so far into grief that...
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Central Library - Biographies - 2nd Floor
B Locke, T.
2 available
B Locke, T.
2 available
East Side Library - Biographies - Adult
B Locke, T.
1 available
B Locke, T.
1 available
Forest Ave. Library - Biographies - Adult
B Locke, T.
1 available
B Locke, T.
1 available
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Central Library - Audiobooks - 2nd Floor
B Locke, T.
1 available
B Locke, T.
1 available
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Central Library - Large Print Books - 1st Floor
B Locke, T.
1 available
B Locke, T.
1 available
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A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour. It was love at first sight when Tembi met professional chef Saro on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro's traditional Sicilian family did not approve of him marrying a black American woman, an actress no less. However,...
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Bright Falls volume 1
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Franklin Ave. Library - Romance - Adult
Blake, A.
1 available
Blake, A.
1 available
Description
"A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love-with all its complications-by debut author Ashley Herring Blake. Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls-nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it's...
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Bright Falls volume 1
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Franklin Ave. Library - Romance - Adult
Blake, A.
1 available
Blake, A.
1 available
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"A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love-with all its complications-by debut author Ashley Herring Blake. Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls-nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it's...
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Central Library - Biographies - 2nd Floor
B Bloom, P.
1 available
B Bloom, P.
1 available
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"Who knows the ins and outs of romance better than a Harlequin editor? A surprising and exhilarating look into Patience Bloom's unexpected real-life love story. At some point, we've all wished romance could be more like fiction. Patience Bloom certainly did, many times over. As a teen she fell in love with Harlequin novels and imagined her life would turn out just like the heroines' on the page: That shy guy she had a crush on wouldn't just take her...
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Central Library - Nonfiction - 2nd Floor
791.45 M911
1 available
791.45 M911
1 available
East Side Library - Nonfiction - Adult
791.45 M911
1 available
791.45 M911
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Nonfiction - Adult
791.45 M911
1 available
791.45 M911
1 available
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The popular comedic couple trace the story of their relationship, sharing anecdotes, family photos, and secrets that reveal how they overcame considerable social differences through their shared values and mutual love of music and laughter.
14) The bodyguard
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Franklin Ave. Library - Romance - Adult
Center, K.
1 available
Center, K.
1 available
North Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Center, K.
1 available
Center, K.
1 available
South Side Library - Romance - Adult
Center, K.
1 available
Center, K.
1 available
Checked Out
5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Checked Out
5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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Franklin Ave. Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Center, K.
1 available
Center, K.
1 available
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is unabashedly romantic, laugh-out-loud funny, and the perfect summer read. She's got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. Or a ballpoint pen. Or a dinner napkin. But the truth is, she's an Executive Protection Agent (aka "bodyguard"), and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton...
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Central Library - New Graphic Novels - New Books
152.4 St
1 available
152.4 St
1 available
East Side Library - New Graphic Novels - New Books
152.4 St
1 available
152.4 St
1 available
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"The deceptively simple through-line for Swedish media personality and activist Liv Strömquist's The Reddest Rose is the question: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio date an endless string of 20-something models? Her answer -- in the form of this collection of well-researched, humorous comics essays -- tracks how philosophers and artists, from the Ancient Greeks to Beyoncé, conceptualized romantic love. Strömquist's signature characters, drawn in a flat,...
16) Before I let go
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Skyland volume 1
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Checked Out
2 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 9 people are on the wait list.
Description
Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn't solve or save everything. It couldn't save their marriage. Yasmen wasn't prepared for how her life fell apart, but she's is finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have found a new rhythm, co-parenting their two kids and running a thriving business together. Yet like magnets, they're always...
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Central Library - Large Print Books - 1st Floor
Adichie, C.
1 available
Adichie, C.
1 available
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"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
18) Anna Karenina
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Central Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
Tolstoy, L.
1 available
Tolstoy, L.
1 available
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Central Library - Audiobooks - 2nd Floor
Tolstoy, L. pt. 1
1 available
Tolstoy, L. pt. 1
1 available
Central Library - Audiobooks - 2nd Floor
Tolstoy, L. pt. 2
1 available
Tolstoy, L. pt. 2
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Audiobooks
Tolstoy, L.
1 available
Tolstoy, L.
1 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Description
Beautiful and charming, Anna lives in a splendid world of her own making. She smokes, rides horseback, plays tennis, takes opium, practices birth control, and--although she is already married--falls in love with a handsome army officer. Anna's life is played out against a backdrop of dazzling balls and the vastness of Russia's landscape.
19) 1Q84
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South Side Library - Science Fiction & Fantasy - Adult
Murakami, H.
1 available
Murakami, H.
1 available
Description
An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.
20) Less: a novel
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Arthur Less novels volume 1
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Central Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
Greer, A.
1 available
Greer, A.
1 available
East Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Greer, A.
1 available
Greer, A.
1 available
North Side Library - Fiction - Adult
Greer, A.
1 available
Greer, A.
1 available
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Central Library - Audiobooks - 2nd Floor
Greer, A.
1 available
Greer, A.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Audiobooks
Greer, A.
1 available
Greer, A.
1 available
On Shelf
Central Library - Large Print Books - 1st Floor
Greer, A.
1 available
Greer, A.
1 available
Franklin Ave. Library - Large Print Books - Adult
Greer, A.
1 available
Greer, A.
1 available
Description
"What would possibly go wrong? Arthur Less will almost fall in love in Paris, almost fall to his death in Berlin, barely escape to a Moroccan ski chalet from a Saharan sandstorm, accidentally book himself as the (only) writer-in-residence at a Christian Retreat Center in Southern India, and encounter, on a desert island in the Arabian Sea, the last person on Earth he wants to face. Somewhere in there: he will turn fifty. Through it all, there is his...