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Series
Aimee Leduc investigations volume 4
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Author
Series
Good thief's guide volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
45) Secret circus
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mice carefully dress for an evening out, journey across Paris in a hot air balloon, and finally arrive at a secret place to see the circus that only they know about.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The first new novel in four years from the beloved superstar author of Sarah's Key, a heartbreaking and uplifting story of family secrets and devastating disaster, in the tradition of THE NEST. "Hypnotic, passionate, ominous and tender--unforgettable." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the father's...
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English
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Description
Eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes. Months later, his wife Leah and her daughters are still finding clues-- the most important being airline tickets to Paris. Armed with questions and curiosity, the women head off to Paris to start their search. An unfinished manuscript leads them to a failing English-language bookstore with an owner desperate to sell. They dive into life in Paris, purchase the store and plan to follow trails to find...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Eileen Jackson was happy to set aside her own dreams to raise a family with her husband, Paul. Together they built an ordinary life in a Connecticut town, the perfect place for their kids to grow up. But when Eileen discovers that Paul's late nights in the city are hiding an affair with a younger woman, she begins to question all those years of sacrifice and compromise. On the brink of forty and wondering what she's going to do with the rest of her...
49) Cat & mouse
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Washington, D.C. homicide detective Alex Cross has two professional killers plotting his death: one operating in America, and another one in Europe. And to make matters worse, he's fallen once again for Christine Johnson.
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Series
Language
English
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"The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand's godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident,...
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English
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Angélique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her aristocratic French mother. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father pressed upon her. To survive, she will need all her resources--and one bold stroke of fortune. Unable...
53) The other woman
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 18
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin is poised to become the chief of Israel's secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.
Author
Series
Chocolate romances volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The Parisian sorcerer of artisan chocolate, handsome Frenchman Sylvain Marquis, and the American empress of chocolate bars, Cade Corey, play a decadent game of seduction and subterfuge that causes them both to melt with desire.
55) The mortal word
Author
Series
Invisible library volume 5
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
56) The double eagle
Author
Publisher
HarperTorch/HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change. When Elise becomes a target of the German occupation, she entrusts Juliette with the most precious thing in her life--her young daughter, playmate to Juliette's own little girl. But nowhere is safe in war,...
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Language
English
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Jules is confronted headlong and all at once by a series of challenges to his principles, livelihood, and home, forcing him to grapple with his complex past and find a way forward. He risks fraud to save his terminally ill infant grandson, matches wits with a renegade insurance investigator, is drawn into an act of savage violence, and falls deeply, excitingly in love with a young cellist a third his age. He forges a denouement that is staggering...
Author
Series
Happy people read and drink coffee volume 2
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After returning from Ireland and turning the page on her stormy relationship with Edward, the brooding Irish photographer, Diane is determined to rebuild her life in Paris with help from her best friend Félix. She focuses solely on getting her literary café back on track. Then she meets kind, thoughtful Olivier. She may have a future with him-- until she stumbles across her former love at a photography exhibit. What is Edward doing in Paris? Ireland...
Author
Series
Chocolate romances volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Summer Corey takes over ownership of the Parisian restaurant where chef Luc Leroi works, their workplace clashes turn into private passions.
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