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61) Take four
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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62) Tribute
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. In the attic, she finds a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother was pregnant when she died and that the father was a local married man. When Cilla becomes the target of a series of intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault, her...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing...
64) Starlight nights
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Former television star Calista Beckett is trying to live a normal life as a college student, but when her former costar, Eric Stone, shows up and tries to convince her to return to California, she becomes even more determined to keep him out of her life.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"If Poppy didn't believe she was in too deep as the only female juror in a high-profile assault case involving an infamously hot-tempered crooner, she's sure of it upon meeting blast-from-her-past Rod Harper. A former TV co-star from her short-lived acting days, Rod is as dashing as ever, and now he wants to partner again-this time to locate his missing daughter . . . Returning a pampered songstress with a penchant for running away back home unscathed...
66) The sea, the sea
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
After a brilliant and fulfilling career, Charles Arrowby revels in his perfect refuge, an isolated home by the sea, but soon his complex past makes unbidden visits.
68) Playing the part
Author
Series
Class of their own romances volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After a fan's interest turns sinister, actress Lucetta Plum asks her friend, widow Abigail Hart, for help. Abigail takes her to a secluded estate, then reveals her own agenda by introducing Lucetta to her eccentric grandson. Bram is clearly interested in her but also mysterious. When danger catches up to Lucetta, will her friends be able to protect her?
Author
Series
Silver sisters volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When their parents, a screenwriter and a film editor, go off on summer projects, Marigold, twelve, Zinnia, eleven, and Lily, five, must visit their Great Aunt Sunny in Cape Cod, where they learn much about themselves and each other and grow closer than ever.
70) A deadly habit
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers, Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Having landed a small part in a new West End play, The Habit of Faith, Charles Paris is dismayed to discover that his good fortune has been orchestrated by his bête noire, the now-famous screen actor Justin Grover. But why has Grover become involved in this relatively obscure production - and why has he roped in Charles to star?
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
From the best-selling author of Cowboys are my Weakness comes a story of a woman, Rae, and her dog, Dante, who teaches her that love is stronger than fear. A catalyst for change in other characters as well, Dante effects the lives of Rae's house-tender, her therapist, two veterinarians, and an anxiety-ridden actor. In addition to Dante, there is also Rose, another dog, and Stanley the cat, all of whom have something to add. With her characteristic...
Author
Language
English
Description
Antonia Adams is the product of a loveless marriage between a beautiful young model and an aristocrat. As a child, she is abandoned in the abyss that yawns between them, blamed by her mother, ignored by her father, and neglected by both. Unprotected and unloved, she learns that the only way to feel safe is to hide from the dangers around her, drawing as little attention as possible to herself. In her isolation, books are her refuge and movies her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Kimani Romance
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sapphire Shores is rolling out the red carpet for Sierra Dandridge, aka the Ice Queen. But real estate scion Campbell Monroe finds nothing cold about the worldly beauty. Their sizzling desire culminates in a intimate affair neither wants to end. Until a younger actress's vicious social media campaign threatens Sierra's career, and her life...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
Dog groomer Juliet was asked to be a seat filler at an awards show and ended up next to the famous Noah Douglas, the movie heartthrob and actor of her dreams. Noah expresses romantic interest in Juliet, but due to her fear of kissing, she refuses him. Instead, she agrees to be friends. They shouldn't have anything in common, but they seem to form a connection that starts to feel a lot like love.
Author
Publisher
Feminist Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A modern retelling of Balzac's classic Cousin Bette by one of America's most prolific and significant writers. Earl, a black, gay actor working in a meatpacking plant, and Bette, a white secretary, have lived next door to each other in the same Greenwich Village apartment building for thirty years. Shamed and disowned by their familied, both found refuge in New York and in their domestic routine. Everything changes when Hortense, a wealthy young actress...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The hottest actor in Bollywood, Vikram Raawal has found love countless times--when he's playing a role. In real life, he's given up on finding a soul-deep connection and prefers to focus entirely on his career. Until at a masquerade ball, one woman leaves him craving more... Naina Menon's first impression of drop-dead gorgeous Vikram left much to be desired. But then one heart-stopping night shows her there's much more to him than his celebrity persona....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The story of the actor Jack Burns. His mother, Alice, is a Toronto tattoo artist. When Jack is four, he travels with Alice to several North Sea ports; they are trying to find Jack's missing father, William, a church organist who is addicted to being tattooed. But Alice is a mystery, and William can't be found. Even Jack's memories are subject to doubt. Jack Burns goes to schools in Canada and New England, but what shapes him are his relationships...
79) The lioness
Author
Language
English
Description
"A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant. Tanzania, 1964. When Katie Barstow, A-list actress, and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon, they envision giraffes gently eating leaves from the tall acacia trees, great swarms of wildebeests...
80) The love script
Author
Series
Love in the spotlight volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Hollywood hair stylist and makeup artist Neveah loves making those in the spotlight look their best. But when the spotlight is on her after a photo of her and Hollywood heartthrob Lamont goes viral for all the wrong reasons, they suddenly find themselves in a fake relationship to save their careers. In a world where nothing seems real, can Neveah be true to herself...and her heart?"--
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