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The Rise of Silas Lapham The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells The Rise of Silas Lapham is a novel written by William Dean Howells in 1885 about the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortu… OL10415255W
Dance Upon the Air Dance Upon the Air Nora Roberts When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband--and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months a… OL111597W
The front The front Patricia Cornwell When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of At Risk, the result was electrifying:"At Risk is Cornwell's finest novel. It works in … OL134360W
The body in the bonfire The body in the bonfire Katherine Hall Page Caterer and small-town minister's wife Faith Fairchild might never have accepted the job teaching a course on Cooking for Idiots at Mansfield Academy had it not been for Daryl Martin. An African-Amer… OL14078W
The body in the lighthouse The body in the lighthouse Katherine Hall Page Something was very wrong on Sanpere this summer . . .To escape the misery of a sweltering August in Aleford, Massachusetts, caterer and minister's wife Faith Fairchild and her family head for their c… OL14082W
Chance Chance Robert B. Parker A mob bagman disappears and his father-in-law hires Spencer and Hawk to find him. OL14860090W
Family honor Family honor Robert B. Parker PI Sunny Randall of Boston searches for a rich man's daughter who ran away to be a prostitute. After finding her Sunny must guard her because the girl is on a hit list. She witnessed a conspiracy inv… OL14860109W
Mortal stakes Mortal stakes Robert B. Parker Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league. Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blackmailer out to wreck her life. Is Marty throwing … OL14860128W
Ethan Frome and other stories (Ethan Frome / Dilettante / Other Two / Xingu) Ethan Frome and other stories (Ethan Frome / Dilettante / Other Two / Xingu) Edith Wharton Contains: - [Ethan Frome](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98501W/Ethan_Frome) - The other two - The dilettante - Xingu OL15000117W
The postmistress The postmistress Sarah Blake Those who carry the truth sometimes bear a terrible weight... It is 1940. France has fallen. Bombs are dropping on London. And President Roosevelt is promising he won't send our boys to fight in "for… OL15079481W
The third adventure The third adventure Dustin Evans,Baron Specter When Joey and friend Gil are caught in a storm while night-fishing off the coast of Massachusetts, they find shelter in a lighthouse inhabited by a very unfriendly ghost. OL15082661W
The Miracle The Miracle John L'Heureux "Father Paul LeBlanc is young, handsome, and charismatic. He has just been transferred out of Boston because of his dangerous ideas on sex, marriage, and birth control - and because he just doesn't u… OL155897W
Girl in the arena Girl in the arena Lise Haines In Massachusetts, eighteen-year-old Lyn, who has grown up in the public eye as the daughter of seven gladiators, wants nothing less than to follow her mother's path, but her only way of avoiding marr… OL16025907W
The corpse in Oozak's Pond The corpse in Oozak's Pond Charlotte MacLeod Sixth in the Professor Peter Shandy mystery series > Avid birdwatcher Professor Peter Shandy of Balaclava Agricultural College scans the wind-swept waters of Oozak's Pond. Suddenly, out from under… OL16032852W
Cheesie Mack is not a genius or anything Cheesie Mack is not a genius or anything Stephen L. Cotler Eleven-year-old Ronald "Cheesie" Mack relates events he and his best friend, Georgie, experience as fifth grade comes to an end and their summer plans are drastically changed, due in part to an old, … OL16112149W
Penelope Penelope Rebecca Harrington Misfit freshman Penelope is rapidly overwhelmed by the aggressive competitiveness of Harvard University's environment in and out of the classrooms, a situation that is complicated by her crush on an … OL16521377W
Spellbinding Spellbinding Maya Gold When sixteen-year-old Abby traces her deceased mother's family to the Salem Witch Trials, the nightmares she has been having begin to make sense, but soon she is caught up in a love triangle and an a… OL16671699W
The Puritans (American Family Portraits #1) The Puritans (American Family Portraits #1) Jack Cavanaugh The stirring epic of faith, love, and sacrifice -- a monumental saga of the courageous men and women who called themselves the Puritans. Young Drew Morgan has an enviable position. Handpicked by Bish… OL16701940W
Wild Conquest Wild Conquest Hannah Howell "Pleasance Dunstan is used to silently bearing the cruelties put upon her by her thoughtless family. But nothing can prepare her for the greatest indignity of all: being sold into servitude to a man … OL17192920W
Cranberry Hearts Trust Opens Doors To Love Cranberry Hearts Trust Opens Doors To Love Lena Nelson Dooley What will happen when three Massachusetts women's journeys home lead them down dangerous paths? Three stories in one book. Heart and health are on the line when Gerome Mays suspects Leiann Hambr… OL17517201W
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