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41) Chances are
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Russo--in his first stand-alone novel in a decade--comes a new revelation: a gripping story about the abiding yet complex power of friendship. One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year old men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college circa the sixties. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today--Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Dubbed a cruel nickname for his plus-sized body, obedient eighth grader Seymour resigns himself to a lonely life before meeting an arrogant heir who uses his considerable resources to transform Seymour's image, with unexpected results.
46) All in
Author
Series
Bridgeport Social Club volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meredith Hunt is content with her solo life. But when she's mugged and the handsome Ace Vance comes to her rescue, she doesn't know how to accept his help, or how to stop staring into his chocolate-brown eyes. Thrown together by a careless criminal, Meredith and Ace can't deny their attraction. But can they open their hearts, and their lives, to make room for love?
47) Candlemoth
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2013, c2003
Language
English
Description
Sitting on death row in the 1960s, Daniel Ford imparts to a priest the story of his relationship with the best friend he was condemned for killing, from their first encounters as young boys in South Carolina through the flight from the Vietnam draft that ended in violence.
49) High stakes
Author
Series
Men of the sisterhood volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Investigative reporter Dennis West joined forces with the men of the Sisterhood to help fight corruption and greed on behalf of underdogs everywhere. Now he and his band of brothers are on a mission to help an old friend in danger: Toby Mason was a whip-smart college nerd - nothing like the buff dancer at the Supper Club who's reached out to Dennis. The owners of the Supper Club adult-entertainment franchise have expanded their empire through tours,...
Author
Series
Dandelion dynasty volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Wily, charming Kuni Garu--a bandit--and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu--the son of a deposed duke--seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, soaring battle kites, underwater boats, magical books, shapeshifting gods, and scaled whales who seem to prophesy the future. Once the emperor has been...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Clay, a successful screenwriter, has returned from New York to Los Angeles to help cast his new movie, and he's soon drifting through a long-familiar circle that will leave him no choice but to plumb the darkest recesses of his character and come to terms with his proclivity for betrayal.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
While on a perilous expedition into Crow territory in the 1820s, William Wyeth discovers the depth of loyalty among men and the lengths people will go in order to survive when he becomes trapped in the center of a deadly boundary dispute between Native American tribes, the British government and American trapping brigades.
Author
Series
Kyoichiro Kaga mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When a best-selling Japanese novelist is found murdered the night before he was scheduled to move to another country, police detective Kyochiro Kaga uncovers a deadly game involving the victim's best friend and rival.
56) The final play
Author
Series
Branch Avenue boys volume 3
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Three best friends from the streets found success--in very different ways. But with a crisis detonating around them, their bond could also destroy everything they care about"--
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
Presents three novellas set in mythical Falls, North Carolina, about a woman seeking the child she gave up for adoption, a high school valedictorian who disappears during a trip to Africa and two married men whose friendship shifts toward desire.
Author
Series
Frisky business volume 1
Publisher
Kendall Ryan LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After another failed relationship, Hayes decides to take a break from dating. He has been told many time that he is not boyfriend material. But when he meets his best friend's little sister, he comes to realize that he may have a chance in a serious relationship.
60) The shards
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret's obsession with Mallory is equaled only by his increasingly unsettling preoccupation with the Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing ever closer...
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