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Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
America's "Queen of Suspense" returns with the dramatic story of two women, best friends, one of whom is charged--and convicted--of a murder the other may have committed. When Julia is released from prison at the age of 36, the first item on her agenda is to settle the score with her former friend.
Author
Publisher
Dial
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"17-year-old Gwen Castle is a working-class girl determined to escape her small island town, but when rich-kid Cass Somers, with whom she has a complicated romantic history, shows up, she's forced to reassess her feelings about her loving, complex family, her lifelong best friends, her wealthy employer, the place she lives, and the boy she can't admit she loves"--
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
A cycle of violence and retribution is set in motion as two haunted men are engulfed by the emotions surrounding an unexpected and horrendous death.Ethan, a respected professor at a small New England college, is wracked by an obsession for revenge that threatens to tear his family apart. Dwight, fleeing his crime yet hoping to get caught, wrestles with overwhelming guilt and his sense of obligation to his son. As these two men's lives unravel, Reservation...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Quiet Emily's sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks for her to complete, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank Porter, Emily gives them a try.
7) Pup fiction
Author
Series
Melanie Travis mystery volume 27
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While usually protective, Melanie feels comfortable sending her sons to the Graceland School's summer camp for two reasons: The institution is well-regarded and proprietor Emily Grace is a trusted friend. But Emily has been acting strange since three rambunctious Dalmatian puppies suddenly appeared on her doorstep. The unusual arrival marks the first of several mysterious happenings at camp, each more intense than the last. Emily's rough streak takes...
8) On, off
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Realizing that a brutalized young woman is a latest victim of a serial murderer, 1960s lieutenant Carmine Delmonico traces clues that identify the killer to be one of several secretive employees at a leading world center for neurological research.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing her high-stress public relations job, Kristan "Stan" Connor is now in her sleepy new Connecticut town working on her dream: baking healthy, organic pet treats. Stan's pet-loving neighbors are thrilled, yet not everyone loves her newfangled ways. It seems the town vet, Carole Morganwick, is from the old school. Then Stan swallows her pride and brings her cat in for a checkup -- only to find Carole dead under a pile of kibble!
10) Swapping lives
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
What if a successful, single Londoner and a comfortable, Connecticut mother of two were to walk in each other's shoes for a month? Vicky Townsley, director of Poise! magazine, lives a glamorous London life and has everything she wants; except marriage, children, and a house in the country. Amber Winslow has a mansion in Connecticut, two kids, and a nanny; but she hasn't found the fulfillment she expected from being a wife and mother. When she spots...
14) Last kiss
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearly a year after the death of eighteen-year-old Charlie, singer-songwriter Sheridan Rosslare still hasn't played a note of the music that was once her life's passion. Tucked away in the beach house where she raised her only child, she lives with her memories of him and a grief too big to share even with her beloved sisters or her dear friend Stevie Moore. Nor can Stevie comfort Charlie's heartbroken girlfriend, Nell Kilvert, whom she regards as...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Melanie Travis has her hands full these days, what with adding a husband and three more dogs to her already cramped home. The advanced obedience training for her dog Faith is a welcome respite from the stresses of house hunting, until murder forces Melanie to the head of the class.
16) Happy ever after
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bridal expert Parker "Legs" Brown meets her perfect match in Roberts's delicious ode to weddings and happy endings, the charming conclusion of the Bride Quartet (after Savor the Moment) about four childhood friends who as adults form a Connecticut wedding planning company. In the palatial Brown estate, a multitude of marriages have been celebrated while each wedding planner in turn has found her heart's desire. Cupid's target for Parker is her brother...
Author
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Arriving in Merry, Connecticut, to put the town back together after a hurricane, reality TV star Catalina King, determined to perform a Christmas miracle, finds one obstacle standing in her way-city manager Noah Yates, who is wrong about her and she can’t wait to prove it.
18) Savor the moment
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows wedding planning company with her best friends Parker, Emma, and Mac. But she's too low-key to appreciate all the luxuries that their clients seem to long for. What she does appreciate is a strong, intelligent man, a man just like Parker's older brother Delaney, on whom she's had a mega-crush since childhood. But some infatuations last longer than others, and Laurel is convinced...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shop owner Josie Blair is finally settling into the pace of living in Dorset Falls, Connecticut. Between running Miss Marple Knits, jumpstarting a blog, and handcrafting items with the help of her knitting pals, Josie's too preoccupied to worry about her past in New York. And thanks to Lyndon and Harry, the owners of the brand-new antique shop next door, she has another project in her midst--repurposing a box of vintage crocheted doilies adorned with...
Author
Series
Publisher
CROOKED LANE BOOKS
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Librarian Carrie Singleton is building a haven, but one of her neighbors is mis behavin'. Can resident spirit Evelyn help Carrie catch the culprit who made her a ghost? In winter, the Haunted Library is a refuge for homeless townspeople. When a group purchases a vacant house to establish a daytime haven for the homeless, Carrie offers the library as a meeting place for the Haven House committee, but quickly learns that it may be used for illegal...