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Bergman brothers volume 7
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Viggo Bergman, hopeless romantic, is thoroughly weary of waiting for his happily ever after. But between opening a romance bookstore, running a romance book club, coaching kids' soccer, and adopting a household of pets-just maybe, he's overcommitted himself?-Viggo's chaotic life has made finding his forever love seem downright improbable. Enter Tallulah Clarke, chilly cynic with a massive case of writer's block. Tallulah needs help with her thriller's...
2) Plot twist
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Hollywood (Erin La Rosa) volume 2
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English
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To overcome her writer's block, romance author Sophie Lyon, who's never been in love, reunites with her exes to learn why, getting some social media assistance from her reclusive landlord, a former teen heartthrob, and as they grow closer, she suggests a friends-with-benefits arrangement-what could possibly go wrong?
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"The once-rising literary star Olivia Fitzgerald is down on her luck. Her most recent novel--a retelling of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca--was a flop, her boyfriend of nine years just dumped her and she's battling a bad case of writer's block. So when her agent calls her with a high-paying ghostwriting opportunity, Olivia is all too willing to sign the NDA. At first, the write-for-hire job seems too good to be true. All she has to do is interview Henry...
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W. W. Norton & Company
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English
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"Dayswork tells the story of a woman who spends the endless days of the pandemic sorting fact from fiction in the life and work of Herman Melville. Obsessed by what his devotion to his art reveals about cost, worth, and debt, she delves into Melville's impulsive purchase of a Massachusetts farmhouse, his fevered revision of Moby-Dick there, his intense friendship with neighbor Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his troubled and troubling marriage to Elizabeth...
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Mystery bookshop volume 9
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English
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Wrapping up her book tour at a prestigious book festival in her hometown, Samantha Washington is faced with a real-life mystery with a huge plot twist when a best-selling author is accused of plagiarism and sabotage, proving to Sam that fact can be deadlier than fiction.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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A scandalous book by an anonymous author takes London by storm, and everyone is convinced its villainous "Lord K" is the greatly admired Earl of Knightly. Heartbroken that he left her at the altar, Miss Regina Leyland impulsively sought revenge by revealing the true Knightly to the world but never expected the uproar to bring enemies to her door. To keep her identity hidden, she must trust the one man with the power to destroy her. Furious to be the...
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Synneful spinsters volume 3
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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When the Duke of Balgair, the husband who betrayed her years ago, arrives on the remote isle of Synne, determined to bring her back to Scotland, Seraphina, although the attraction still burns strong between them, doesn't know if they'll ever find their way back to each other.
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2023 Reading Challenge November Bonus Category: Indigenous Authors
2024 Women's Prize For Fiction
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2024 Women's Prize For Fiction
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"From the bestselling author of A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, a fierce, gripping novel about Native life, motherhood and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences. On the surface, Alice is exactly where she should be in life: she's just given birth to a beautiful baby girl, Dawn; her ever-charming husband Steve--a white academic whose area of...
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Publisher
Scarlet
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Murderpalooza, the premier thriller writers conference, is meant to be an exciting celebration of the genre and its preeminent writers. But when bestselling author and industry favorite Kristin Bailey is found dead in her hotel room, four rival authors -- a midlister, an egomaniac, a has-been, and a newbie -- also get targeted by an anonymous social media account and wonder if they're next"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six and Almost Famous, a gripping debut about the complicated legacy of a legendary rock band and the ghostwriter telling their story Three Rock & Roll icons. Two explosive tell-all memoirs. One ghostwriter caught in the middle. Mari Hawthorn has just landed the biggest job of her ghostwriting career. Anke Berben, the legendary model and style icon, needs someone for her hotly anticipated memoir. In the 1960s,...
13) The anniversary
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Black Cat
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Ascendant novelist J.B. Blackwood is on a cruise with her husband, Patrick, to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Patrick is older than J.B., formerly her professor, now a film director and cult figure. But now his success is starting to wane and J.B. is on the cusp of winning a major literary prize. Her art has been forever overseen by him; now it may overshadow his. For days they sail in the sun, nothing but dark water all around them. Then a...
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Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike her fictional characters, Sabrina lives a quiet life in the Berkshires with her two beloved dogs. But behind this peaceful exterior is a dark, painful past. As a child raised by an emotionally distant father, Sabrina rarely felt love. And as an adult, her marriage twisted into an abusive relationship from which she had to escape. Sabrina channeled that fear into...
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Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Poppy Banks would rather be writing mysteries than writing listicles for her dead-end job at Thought Buzz. But after a series of rejections, she's ready to accept life on the sidelines as a plus-size woman. Her aunt Margot is the one person unwilling to give up on her niece's dreams and tells her so at their secret yearly lunches. But all of Poppy's beliefs about herself are challenged when her beloved aunt dies and leaves her niece a grand surprise--a...
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Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Based upon a remarkable true story, The Garden of Lost Secrets is the riveting tale of one woman's courage and resilience and her secrets lost in the chaos of war. 1940 - Stasia always found comfort in the idyllic French countryside where she spent her childhood summers, roaming the gardens of an old chateau and finding inspiration for fairy tales full of bravery and courage. But these days are much darker, and with Nazis storming across Europe,...
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Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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"Persephone Fraser (Percy para los amigos) pasa los veranos en su moderno piso de Toronto, muy lejos del recuerdo de la resplandeciente orilla del lago de su adolescencia. Sin embargo, una noche recibe una llamada que la lleva de vuelta a Barry's Bay y a Sam Florek. Durante seis veranos de tardes largas en el bosque y noches cálidas en el restaurante de su familia, Sam y Percy fueron inseparables. Y poco a poco, su amistad se fue convirtiendo en...
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"London, 1814: Mary Godwin and her stepsister Jane Clairmont, both sixteen, possess quick minds bolstered by an unconventional upbringing, and have little regard for the rules that other young ladies follow. Mary, whose mother famously advocated for women's rights, rejects the two paths that seem open to her-that of an assistant in her father's bookshop, or an ordinary wife. Though quieter and more reserved than the boisterous Jane, Mary's imagination...
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Publisher
Debolsillo, Penguin Random House Grupo
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
Español
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"Úrsula Bas, escritora de éxito, lleva una vida aparentemente anodina en Santiago de Compostela. Un viernes de febrero sale de su casa para dar una charla en una biblioteca y no regresa. Su marido, Lois Castro, denuncia su desaparición al cabo de veinticuatro horas. Úrsula, que permanece encerrada en un sótano, conoce bien a su secuestrador --un admirador en cuyas redes se ha dejado envolver sin oponer la menor resistencia-- y sabe que tarde...
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Planeta
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"Lowen Ashleigh una escritora en aprientos económicos, recibe un encargo que le cambiará la vida: Jeremy, el marido de Verity Crawford, una de las autoras más importantes del momento, la contrata para terminar la serie de libros en la que trabajaba su esposa antes de sufrir un grave accidente que la ha dejado en coma. Lowen se instala en la mansión del matrimonio para conocer de primera mano las notas de Verity, con la esperanza de econtrar material...
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