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Author
Series
Libros del tiempo volume 166
Publisher
Ediciones Siruela
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Español
42) The forgotten
Author
Series
Krewe of Hunters volume 16
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A woman named Maria Gomez is murdered in Miami, apparently by her husband-- who'd been presumed dead, slain by a crime boss. FBI agent Brett Cody can't believe it; dead or alive, the man had loved his wife. Brett also can't help feeling guilty, since he was responsible for protecting Miguel and Maria Gomez. A few miles away, Lara Mayhew has just begun working at a dolphin research facility. She loves her new job-- until a dolphin brings her something...
Author
Series
Dexter books volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mega-star Robert Chase is famous for losing himself in his characters. When he and a group of actors descend on the Miami Police Department for "research," Chase becomes fixated on Dexter Morgan, the blood spatter analyst with a sweet tooth for doughnuts and a seemingly average life. To perfect his role, Chase is obsessed with shadowing Dexter's every move and learning what really makes him tick. There is just one tiny problem... Dexter's favorite...
45) Sistah for sale
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013, c2008
Language
English
Description
Sienna, her father dead and her mother deported, is raised in Miami's prostitution scene by her dad's business partner, Chatman, and enters the business herself with plans to earn her independence, but she soon finds herself in a battle with Chatman who is equally determined not to let her go.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Carmen takes on a summer internship that has her reuniting with estranged family for an over-the-top quinceañera, reluctantly reconnecting to a long-lost ex-boyfriend, and finding happiness in the chaos"--
Author
Series
Girl's guide (Laura Taylor Namey) volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
Teenage Flora, still reeling from the loss of her mom, leaves England for sunny Miami, where her constant self-doubt about life, including romance, leads her straight into a love triangle.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When unrest hits the streets of Havana, Cuba, Julian's parents must make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation. But when the boys get to Miami, they are thrust into a world where bullies seem to run rampant, and it's not always clear how best to protect themselves.
49) A kiss in time
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia persuades seventeen-year-old Jack, the modern-day American who kissed her awake after a 300-year sleep, to take her to his Miami home, where she hopes to win his love before the witch who cursed her can spirit her away.
50) Make them sorry
Author
Series
Camaro Espinoza novels volume 3
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Life in Miami isn't complicated for ex-army medic Camaro Espinoza: Piloting charter fishing trips, fighting at the gym, drinking at the bar. Simple doesn't mean stable, though, and two complicating factors--okay, people--are about to disrupt Camaro's relative peace. Faith Glazer, an accountant with no way to defend herself, begs Camaro's help to stop a stalker who follows her every move. While Ignacio Montellano, a detective on the homicide beat,...
51) The consummata
Author
Series
Hard Case Crime book volume HCC-103
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In the late 1960s, Morgan the Raider is on the run in Miami, after the Feds mistakenly ID him as the mastermind of a $40 million theft. Fortunately, Cuban exiles come to Morgan's rescue in the city's Little Havana neighborhood. Their leader asks him to recover $75,000 stolen from the anti-Castro emigres by double agent Jaimie Halaquez, who infiltrated their movement on behalf of the Cuban government. When Morgan learns that Halaquez has been banned...
52) With prejudice
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Gabriel Soto is a social recluse accused of the murder of Melina Mora, a free-spirited and deeply loved young woman. At the center of the media spotlight is Sandy Grunwald, an ambitious young female prosecutor whose political fortunes depend on her using the limited evidence to secure a conviction. But the criminal justice system is complicated, and everyone has a story -- especially the jury. With striking originality and expert storytelling, the...
53) Legally dead
Author
Series
Michael Venturi novels volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshal Michael Venturi of the Witness Protection Program relocates a mobster, now a government witness, to a small rural town after creating a new identity for him. The man proves to be a monster unleashed on an unsuspecting community. The results are tragic. To make amends Venturi leaves the Marshals Service and assembles a team of close confidants to secretly create new identities for innocent men and women whose lives have been ruined through...
54) If I survive you
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the couple and their two children learn, is far from the promised land. Excluded from society as Black immigrants, the family pushes on through Hurricane Andrew and later the 2008 recession, living in a house so cursed that the pet fish launches itself out of its own tank rather than stay. But even as things fall apart, the family remains...
55) Run to you
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
There's nothing like fleeing Miami to ruin a girl's day. Stella Leon's bartending gig was going fine until gorgeous ex-Marine Beau Junger decked her mob-connected boss, spirited her out of the city, and claimed that Stella's half-sister -- the one with the perfect life -- sent him. Now Stella has no choice but to go along for the ride ... and seduce Beau's military-issue socks off ... The Marine Corps was Beau's escape from his old man's legacy of...
56) Paws for love
Author
Series
Fur Haven Dog Park volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Danielle Morrow works tirelessly to rehabilitate retired racing greyhounds and help them find forever homes. She guards her heart as vigilantly as her two adopted greyhounds guard her home. One heartbreak per lifetime is enough for any woman. Knox Donovan expected to be career military, but an injury has resulted in an honorable discharge that leaves him uncertain of his future. He's back home with his brothers in Miami Beach, but he has no intention...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Olivia Hamilton is married to the love of her life, Dean, a private jet pilot. When he vanishes over the Bermuda Triangle, Olivia must eventually let go of the hope that he might still be alive. Melanie Brown is a particle physicist who studies the Bermuda Triangle, but when her mother dies in a tragic accident, Melanie struggles to reboot her life and career, starting a love affair with her therapist. A shocking discovery shows Olivia's and Melanie's...
58) Rough seas
Author
Series
Molly DeWitt mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The Save the Environment gala has Molly DeWitt and dashing detective Michael O'Hara swimming with society sharks when Molly hooks the most endangered species of all: the late chairwoman of the affair. Tessa was no saint, and the rich shed crocodile tears for the departed philanthropist. Now the question Molly needs to answer isn't who wanted Tessa dead, but who killed her - and why.
When Michael O'Hara's favorite uncle's boat floats into the miami...
Author
Series
Nena Knight novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Stolen from her Ghanaian village as a child, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe, she gets plenty of chances. But while on assignment in Miami, Nena ends up saving a life, not taking one. She emerges from the experience a changed woman, finally hopeful for a life beyond rage and revenge. Tasked with killing a man she's come to respect, Nena struggles to reconcile her...
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Keena and Kim met in a group home and have been best friends ever since. They both have the mindset of money over men, and they don't play where they lay. They set brothas up and rob them, disappearing without a trace. Keena, the brains of the two, sets up the biggest lick of their lives in Miami. If they can pull this one off, they can retire and live the good life. Peter, who everyone calls Black, is not an easy target. He is different from all...
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