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61) Chosen ones
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"The first novel written for an adult audience by the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise: five twenty-something heroes famous for saving the world when they were teenagers must face even greater demons-and reconsider what it means to be a hero . . . by destiny or by choice"--
Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books, Atria
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her.
On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, a wounded stranger carries in the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later the girl stirs, and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Magic? As the days pass the child remains mute and unable to answer questions. Three families are keen to claim her:...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An evocative drama about a woman caught leading a double life after one husband murders the other, and the true-crime writer who becomes obsessed with telling her story--this masterful work of literary suspense marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer. In 1985, Dolores "Lore" Rivera marries Andres Russo in Mexico City, even though she is already married to Fabian Rivera in Laredo, Texas, and they share twin sons. Through her career as an international...
Author
Series
Winner's trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria's crown prince is the event of a lifetime, but to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making, so as she aches to tell the truth about her engagement, she becomes a skilled practitioner of deceit and as a spy passes information and gets close to uncovering a shocking secret.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"When twelve-year-old Reuben finds a peculiar, magical watch that has the power to turn its wearer invisible, he's propelled on the adventure of a lifetime"--
When Reuben discovers an antique watch that was mortared into the wall, he soon learns it has a secret power. As one secret leads to another, Reuben finds himself torn between his innately honest nature and the lure to be a hero. Now he is on a dangerous adventure, and with fearless Penny,...
67) Tourist season
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Trapped alone in her fiancé's family 'cottage' as a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island, Ismay Chalmers, as she prepares for the storm, discovers some disturbing items hidden in a closet that have her questioning everything she knows about the seemingly perfect Windsor family--especially her fiancé.
68) Tear me apart
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she's suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter. The race to save Mindy's life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Excellent...Donlea tells a propulsive tale." – The New York Times
The New York Times Best Thrillers This Season | E! NewsRecommended Books | Overdrive Biggest Books of the Month
Fans of Verity by Colleen Hoover won't want to miss this thrilling new suspense novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Taken! Hiding her own dark past in plain sight, a TV reporter is determined...
The New York Times Best Thrillers This Season | E! NewsRecommended Books | Overdrive Biggest Books of the Month
Fans of Verity by Colleen Hoover won't want to miss this thrilling new suspense novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Taken! Hiding her own dark past in plain sight, a TV reporter is determined...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Jane Ellison is a 'super recognizer' able to identify strangers by the slightest facial details. When she spies Bella Valencia in a crowded airport, Jane's convinced she's found the woman responsible for her sister Kit's disappearance and presumed death eleven years earlier. But her attempt to detain Bella ends with Jane herself fired and humiliated. As Bella prepared to marry Will Pease, scion of the uber-wealthy and ruthless Pease family, on Cape...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest for justice after her daughter is murdered on the town playground. The Familiar Dark is a story about the bonds of family, women doing the best they can for their daughters in dire circumstances, as well as a story about how even the darkest and most frightening of places can provide the comfort of home."--Publisher description.
72) Dead secret
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
Two quick shots. One for him. One for you. After the death of her three-year-old daughter, Jodie has nothing left to live for - or almost nothing. She has one task to fulfil before she takes her own life. And that's to kill the man she holds responsible for her daughter's death - her seemingly perfect husband, Ethan. But Ethan is hiding more than just his true nature. And as more horrifying secrets from his past emerge, Jodie's strength will be pushed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers--Owen's sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah's increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen's boss, as...
75) The weekenders
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Some people come only for the weekends -- and it's something they look forward to all week long. When Riley Griggs is waiting for her husband to arrive at the ferry one Friday afternoon, she is instead served with papers informing her that her island home is being foreclosed. To make matters worse, her husband is nowhere to be found. She turns to her island friends...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan in store for her. Ever since she was young, whenever she met a new guy, Daphne would find a slip of paper with exactly how long they'd spend together--4 months, two weeks, one night. That's how she met her ex-boyfriend and current best friend, Hugo, the only person in Daphne's life who knows of her secret. Followed by a string of men and countless dates, Daphne resigned herself to the fact that she was...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Moving to Black Lake, her childhood summer home, after a violent home invasion, Neve Maguire, when a body is found behind her house, realizes she’s made a horrible mistake and must help Detective Jess Lambert catch a killer in a place where deadly secrets are only just beginning to surface.
78) Stone cross
Author
Series
An arliss cutter novel volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In a remote Alaskan village, Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter searches for a stone-cold killer amid a hotbed of corruption, lies, and long-buried secrets"--Provided by publisher.
Winter comes early to the rural native community of Stone Cross, Alaska-- and so does hunting season. Caribou and moose are a major source of food through the long, dark months ahead. When a federal judge receives death threats and refuses protection, Arliss Cutter and his...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people. It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. But now, ravaged by the effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it's a ghost town - and the perfect place for film-maker Alex to shoot her new documentary. But the community is deeply suspicious of her intentions. After all, nothing exciting ever happens in Blackwood Bay - or does it?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
At the Castellana Hilton in 1957 Madrid, eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson connects with Ana Moreno through photography and fate as Daniel discovers the incredibly dark side of the city under Generalissimo Franco's rule.
Madrid, 1957. Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. He meets Ana Moreno, whose family's interweaving...