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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan -- and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend she'd known only a few months, Jess has been aware that he's the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast, The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore. Now thirty-one, Jess didn't bargain on Tegan eventually piecing together the connection for herself....
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two elven sisters become imprisoned in the intoxicating world of the fae, where danger and love lie in wait. Faebound is the first book in an enchanting new trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife.
“A romantic fantasy of epic proportions, crackling with magic and passion.”—Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
Yeeran...
“A romantic fantasy of epic proportions, crackling with magic and passion.”—Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
Yeeran...
3) THE CLINIC
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control. There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way to find out what happened to her sister is to check in...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Get ready for another twisty domestic thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SOULMATE. From the outside, Alicia, Jessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you'd meet on the street any day of the week. Sure, Jessica has a little OCD and Norah has some anger issues. And Alicia has low self-esteem that manifests itself in surprising ways. But these three have a bond that no one can fully understand. It's a bond that takes...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The Flattery sisters, four brilliant and very different girls raised in a small town south of Dublin, were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in a tragic accident. Now, in their thirties -- each unmarried, each holding a PhD -- they are striving to make an impact on an increasingly volatile world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to fancy catering gigs in London's Notting Hill, until...
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English
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"Living in the Buckingham Palace Casino, Crissy Dowling, a Princess Diana impersonator with her own musical cabaret, finds her carefully constructed kingdom crashing down around her when the owner of the casino is brutally murdered and she is drawn in a world of organized crime, cryptocurrency and obsession."--
"The book revolves around Crissy, the star of a beloved Princess Diana tribute show in Las Vegas, and her estranged sister Betsy, a therapist...
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Publisher
Vintage International/ Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters--born to the same father but different mothers--struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father's first child--haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final,...
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Language
English
Description
"Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped -- so why does no one believe her? Iris narrowly escaped her pretty, popular twin sister's fate as a teen: kidnapped, trafficked and long gone before the cops agreed to investigate. With no evidence to go on but a few scattered memories, the case quickly goes cold. Now an adult, Iris wants one thing -- proof. And if the police still won't help, she'll just have to find it her own way; by interning...
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Series
Sisters ever after volume 4
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The fourth book in the Sisters Ever After series of fairy tale retellings, this is the wild story of Mera, the only one who can save her beautiful older sister when she is kidnapped by the Beast who viciously rules over their small village"--
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Series
Jordan Manning novels volume 2
Language
English
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Journalist Jordan Manning delves into the case of a mother in danger and uncovers a dangerous web of secrets that could lead right to the missing woman -- or put Jordan in the crosshairs of her abductors.
11) Karen's New Year
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Series
Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's fun to be a Baby-sitters' Little Sister! For New Year's Eve, Karen thinks everyone should make a promise. Hannie is going to stop biting her nails. Kristy promises not to talk to her boyfriend on the phone so much. And Karen makes the most promises of all -- nine! But pretty soon, everyone starts breaking their promises. And her brothers and sisters are calling Karen a spy! Poor Karen. Why is everyone being bad except her?"
12) Familia
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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A fact-checker for a popular magazine, Gabby DiMarco, takes a DNA test and discovers she has a sister in Puerto Rico who has been desperately trying to find her for 25 years, despite her parents saying it is impossible.
13) So let them burn
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After her sister Elara forms an unbreakable bond with an enemy dragon, seventeen-year-old Faron, who once wielded the magic of the gods to save her island from those same dragon-riding colonizers, must find a way to save her sister and the fate of their world in the face of impossible odds.
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Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Aqua Wave loves everything about dolphins: the way they swim and twirl, dance and dive. And more than anything she would love to ride one in the annual Trident City Dolphin Dash. But her older sister, Shira, is concerned Aqua will fall off and hurt herself--just like Shira once did--and she won't giver her permission. Will Aqua's wish come true or will Shira's worrying keep her from her deep-sea dreams?"--
15) Little sisters
Author
Publisher
Arctis Books USA, W1-Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An only child daydreams about what her life would be like if she had a little sister. Perhaps several little sisters. Or, even, lots and lots of little sisters. She imagines all the fun they could have... Playing together. Sharing treats. Getting into mischief. But what if she never gets to be a big sister?"--Page [2] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters with a true-crime podcast and a haunted past become suspicious when a devoted listener tries to start up a relationship with one of the pair, as mysterious drownings and disappearances increase near their Chicago home.
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Language
English
Description
Penniless and stranded in France after a bid to escape her cruel uncle goes awry, Cornelia Shaw is far from the Parisian life of leisure she imagined. Desperate and lacking options, she allows herself to be recruited to Napoleon's Grande Armée. As a naturalist, her near-magical ability to heal any wound with herbal mixtures invites awe amongst the soldiers...and suspicion. For behind Cornelia's vast knowledge of the natural world is a secret she...
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Series
Horsetail Hollow volume 5
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since Maddie and her sister, Evie, moved with their family from the big city to a farm called Horsetail Hollow, it's been one magical adventure after another. A mixed-up wish has been bringing horses from fairy tale worlds to their farm--and the sisters are the only ones who can help them save their happily-ever-afters! In this must-have fifth book in the Horsetail Hollow series, Maddie and Evie open Horsetail Hollow for riding lessons, with...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Sisters Rose Tillman and Marvina Nash haven't spoken in decades -- not since Rose sent Marvina $40 to register their business and Marvina spent it on something else. Rose begins a long career at the post office and Marvina spends her weekends cooking chicken dinners for the church fundraiser. Marvina never leaves the canister of their mama's special spice mix in the church kitchen, and she shares the recipe with no one. Rose never forgave Marvina...
20) Goldilicious
Author
Series
Pinkalicious volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl and her brother play with her imaginary gold-horned unicorn that can float on water, fly, and turn herself into a fairy princess.
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