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Broken Verses Broken Verses Kamila Shamsie Fourteen years ago, famous Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan's greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. In present-day Karachi, her da… OL1041833W
Singer Singer Jean Thesman Imprisoned by her wicked and power-hungry mother, Lady Rhiannon, Gwenore escapes to a women's healing community, later changing her name and becoming nursemaid and protector to the children of the ma… OL114058W
Shelter me Shelter me Juliette Fey In the tradition of Marisa de los Santos and Anne Tyler comes a moving debut about a young mother's year of heartbreak, loss, and forgiveness...and help that arrives from unexpected sourcesFour month… OL11946902W
Crocodile Bird Crocodile Bird Ruth Rendell Few people under the age of seventeen have read the whole of Virgil in Latin and witnessed two murders. But Liza Beck is no ordinary teenager. She has grown up alone with her mother, Eve, in the remo… OL12068W
The fall girl The fall girl Denise Sewell The day Frances Fall steals a baby from outside a shop, is the day her past catches up with her. At the age of thirty-six, Frances is forced to relive a life dominated on one side by a harsh unloving… OL12728052W
Paradise Lost Paradise Lost J. A. Jance,Read by Stephanie Brush When Cochise County, Arizona, Sheriff Joanna Brady's daughter Jenny goes off on a Memorial Day weekend Girl Scout campout in nearby Apache Pass, Joanna trusts that her twelve-year-old daughter will b… OL13663W
Shrinking Violet Shrinking Violet Danielle Joseph Painfully shy, eighteen-year-old Teresa dreams of becoming a radio disc jockey, but when her big break comes it threatens her budding relationship with the first boy ever to notice her, as he speaks … OL13759885W
The invisible mountain The invisible mountain Carolina De Robertis From the verdant hills of Rio de Janeiro to Evita Peron's glittering Buenos Aires, from the haven of a corner butcher shop to the halls of the United States Embassy in Montevideo, this gripping novel… OL13768376W
Bleeding Violet Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves A mentally ill sixteen-year-old girl reunites with her estranged mother in an East Texas town that is haunted with doors to dimensions of the dead and protected by demon hunters called Mortmaine. OL13783803W
Power of a Woman Power of a Woman Barbara Taylor Bradford No Matter How Much a Woman Has,There's Always too Much to LoseStephanie Jardine is at the apex of her career and life running the American branch of Jardine's, the prestigious Crown Jewellers of Lond… OL14860337W
Plant Them Deep Plant Them Deep David Thurlo Medicine men and members of the Plant Watchers society report that sacred healing plants are disappearing from the Rez. In an effort to locate and protect the rare plants, the tribal council asks Ros… OL14907710W
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls) Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls) Ally Carter When Cammie Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept the nomination for vice president.… OL14909676W
Lord Perfect Lord Perfect Loretta Lynda Chase IDEAL The heir to the Earl of Hargate, Benedict Carsington, Viscount Rathbourne, is the perfect aristocrat. Tall, dark, and handsome, he is known for his impeccable manners and good breeding. Benedi… OL14933233W
Brilliant Brilliant Rachel Vail Everything is going to be fine . . . .Quinn Avery can handle change. It's just paint, right? Bright, blinding white paint covering her once dazzling red bedroom walls. Quinn knows she shouldn't be an… OL14958843W
Lessons From A Younger Lover Lessons From A Younger Lover Zuri Day Zuri Day cranks up the heat with an explosively sexy tale about a woman who's about to get a crash course in lust...First grade teacher Gwen Smith was happily married—until her husband got himself a … OL14981665W
It's your first day of school, Annie Claire! It's your first day of school, Annie Claire! Nancy White Carlstrom Annie Claire, excited but nervous about her first day of school, is reasurred by her mother, whose love always goes with her. OL15068844W
Cold Case Murder Cold Case Murder Shirlee McCoy Her hometown of Loomis, Louisiana, holds no charm for Jodie Gilmore. Why be reminded of her mother's abandonment? Then the novice FBI agent is assigned to a missing person's case, and refusal isn't a… OL15180863W
Me, Penelope Me, Penelope Lisa Jahn-Clough “Penelope Yeager is like a lot of sixteen-year-olds—she wants more independence from her crazy mother; she wants to get her driver’s license; and she wants to get out of high school, away from her to… OL15205942W
Back home Back home Michelle Magorian Sent to America from England at age seven to escape war-torn England, Rusty returns five years later to go to a strict English boarding school and renew her relationship with her family, who now seem… OL15400460W
The six rules of maybe The six rules of maybe Deb Caletti Scarlet, an introverted high school junior surrounded by outcasts who find her a good listener, learns to break old patterns and reach for hope when her pregnant sister moves home with her new husban… OL15567337W
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