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The Girl of Sugar Beach is the most watched documentary in television history--a riveting, true-life mystery that unfolds over twelve weeks and centers on a fascinating question: Did Grace Sebold murder her boyfriend, Julian, while on a Spring Break vacation, or is she a victim of circumstance and poor police work? Grace has spent the last ten years in a St. Lucian prison, and reaches out to filmmaker Sidney Ryan in a last, desperate attempt to prove...
2) The temp
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Wanted: Assistant to provide maternity cover for high-powered TV producer. Must be bright, creative, with killer instincts. Emma would do anything to work for the woman who has the job she wants. Carrie is at the top of her game, with a dream career, a baby on the way, and a handsome screenwriter husband. For Emma, with parents who don't understand her ambition and a serious misstep behind her, this temp position might be her last chance. Carrie has...
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On the day she died, Constance Young was the undisputed star of morning television. But her plans to move herself and her loyal audience to another network were cancelled when she ended up at the bottom of her swimming pool. And the fabled unicorn amulet that Constance had been wearing during her final hours—a gift from King Arthur to his beloved Guinevere and the centerpiece of the upcoming Camelot exhibit at New York's Cloisters museum—is
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Little, Brown and Company
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2019.
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English
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Stella and Violet are best friends, and from the moment they met in college, they knew their roles. Beautiful, privileged, and reckless Stella lives in the spotlight. Hardworking, laser-focused Violet stays behind the scenes, always ready to clean up the mess that Stella inevitable leaves in her wake. After graduation, Violet lands a job in cable news and works her way up from intern to producer. Stella, envious of Violet's new life, gets hired at...
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2024.
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"Hallie Barrett's life has imploded after she's dumped by her hotshot ex, who also happens to be her coworker and the star of the online series she was producing. Without a new show to present for the company competition, she'll be out of a job. But inspiration can come from the strangest places . . . like the hottest guy she's ever seen passionately discussing Bigfoot on a late-night docuseries. Hayden Hargrove made a name for himself as a cryptid...
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2024
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AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
“A laugh-out-loud cultural comedy… This is the New Great American Novel, and Danzy Senna has set the standard.” –LA Times
“Funny, foxy and fleet…The jokes are good, the punches land, the dialogue is tart.” –Dwight Garner, The New York Times
A brilliant take on love...
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
“A laugh-out-loud cultural comedy… This is the New Great American Novel, and Danzy Senna has set the standard.” –LA Times
“Funny, foxy and fleet…The jokes are good, the punches land, the dialogue is tart.” –Dwight Garner, The New York Times
A brilliant take on love...
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Annie Harlow knows how lucky she is. The producer of a popular television cooking show, she loves her handsome husband and the beautiful Los Angeles home they share. And now, she's pregnant with their first child. But in an instant, her life is shattered. And when Annie awakes from a year-long coma, she discovers that time isn't the only thing she's lost. Grieving and wounded, Annie retreats to her old family home in Switchback, Vermont, a maple farm...
9) Vigilance
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Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Robert Jackson Bennett's Vigilance is a dark science fiction action parable from an America that has permanently surrendered to gun violence. The United States. 2030. John McDean executive produces "Vigilance," a reality game show designed to make sure American citizens stay alert to foreign and domestic threats. Shooters are introduced into a "game environment," and the survivors get a cash prize. The TV audience is not the only one that's watching...
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2014.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
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Five years after her husband's murder, Laurie Moran, an award-winning TV producer and single mother, starts filming a new "cold case" series in which four women involved in the unsolved murder of a wealthy Westchester matron reunite to recreate the scene of the crime -- along with the real killer.
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"Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it's no wonder that he's spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise's history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star. Charlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming...
12) On location
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Jove
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Nothing like a rocky start between enemy coworkers stuck together on location to prove that love isn't just a ploy for ratings -- it's a force of nature. Alia Dunn has finally gotten her big break. After years of working her way up at TV's top outdoor travel channel, she gets the green light from network executives to bring her dream project to life: produce a series about Utah's national parks. It's a touching tribute to her late apong, who sparked...
13) Wherever you are
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Harlequin Kimani
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Avery Montgomery created a hit show about her old neighborhood, but there's one secret she can't reveal: the reason she left town. Avery felt like an outsider in Dr. Elwood Jackson's world, thanks to his brother's disapproval. Elwood has never forgiven Avery for leaving. But when a crisis lands her in El's emergency room, passion sparks hotter than before. Will it be too late for another chance at love?
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Casey Carter was convicted of murdering her fiancé, famed philanthropist Hunter Raleigh III, fifteen years ago. And Casey claims, has always claimed, she's innocent. Although she was charged and served out her sentence in prison, she is still living 'under suspicion.' She hears whispers at the grocery store. She can't get a job. Even her own mother treats her like she's guilty. Her story attracts the attention of Laurie Moran and the Under Suspicion...
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Under suspicion (Mary Higgins Clark) volume 7
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Television producer Laurie Moran and her fiancée, Alex Buckley, the former host of her investigative television show, are just days away from their midsummer wedding, when things take a dark turn. Alex's seven-year-old nephew, Johnny, vanishes from the beach. A search party begins and witnesses recall Johnny playing in the water and collecting shells behind the beach shack, but no one remembers seeing him after the morning. As the sun sets, Johnny's...
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Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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"La productora de televisión Laurie Moran y su prometido, Alex Buckley, antiguo presentador de su programa de televisión de investigación, están a pocos días de su boda a mediados de verano cuando las cosas toman un oscuro giro. Johnny, el sobrino de siete años de Alex, desaparece en la playa, lo que desencadena un dispositivo de búsqueda. Los testigos recuerdan a Johnny jugando en el agua y recogiendo conchas detrás de la cabaña de la playa,...
17) Nunca seré tuya
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Under suspicion novel volume 6
Publisher
Debols!llo
Pub. Date
2020.
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Español
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El sexto libro de la serie protagonizada por Laurie Moran y el equipo de investigación de Bajo sospecha. Hace cinco años, el famoso físico Martin Bell fue asesinado mientras regresaba a su casa de Greenwich Village. Sus padres siguen convencidos de que su esposa Kendra pergeñó la muerte y, decididos a hacerse con la custodia de sus nietos, contactan con Laurie Moran para que incluya su caso en el programa Bajo sospecha. Kendra, en cambio, que...
18) I'm doin' me
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Urban Renaissance
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Television producer and writer Tiffany, whose show is about to be cancelled and who boyfriend is cheating on her, resolves to find a new home for her show and a new man, a journey which takes her to an old school crush.
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Kimani romance volume 581
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Harlequin Kimani
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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TV producer Ava Cannon is stunned to discover that the secret lover who briefly shared her bed is one of America's most famous sextuplets. But Dr. Gage Taylor now shuns the spotlight. As they rekindle their sizzling affair, will Ava have to choose between a game-changing career move and the man she loves?
20) Mr. Fixer Upper
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Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Gannon King is great with his hands and--if you believe what you read on Twitter--he's 'sex in a toolbelt.' The reality TV star learned his lesson about falling for pretty packages the hard, painful, humiliating way and he's not making that mistake again. Sure, 'Legs' is gorgeous as hell and smart-mouthed--two of his favorite qualities in a woman. But she's an icy network kiss-ass. At least, that's what he thinks until he catches her being human....
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