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Harlot's Bay ; 1
Language
English
Description
"After her fiancé's brother convinces him to break up with her before the wedding, Athena Greydon moves into a ten-foot-wide Spite House between the two and engages in some well-deserved payback. "--
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Language
English
Description
"Warring London neighbors Winston and Bernice share an empty patch of greenery lost to time, but when Winston receives photographs of the garden in bloom many years prior, they decide to lay down their arms to revitalize the garden and help revive the community spirit that's been languishing for so long."--
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Language
English
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"On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children-especially fifteen-year-old Etty-grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn't return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan's father-and the...
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Moonlight Harbor ; 8
Language
English
Description
"Leaving Seattle and her cheating husband behind, single mother Karissa moves to Puget Sound where she meets her new neighbors, who are also dealing with their own crises, and together they start a book club as a distraction until it becomes a way to build a better life together." --
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-five-year-old Kat Bennett has never felt at home anywhere, and especially not in crumbling Shelley House. According to her neighbors, she's prickly and unapproachable, but beneath her tough exterior, Kat is plagued by guilt from her past. Seventy-seven-year-old Dorothy Darling is Shelley House's longest resident, and if you believe the other tenants, she's as cantankerous and vindictive as they come. Except there's a good reason Dorothy spends...
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Series
Housemaid ; 3
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"The New York Times best-selling author presents another addictive psychological thriller in the series in which the Housemaid, now with a family of her own, moves to the suburbs, leaving her dark secrets behind, but soon finds this seemingly perfect neighborhood the most dangerous place of all. "--
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Series
Campus diaries ; 2
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Shane Lindley moves into her apartment building, determined to sleep his way through her entire cheerleading squad, Diana Dixon, setting some ground rules, is stunned when he, to make his ex-girlfriend jealous, tells everyone she's his girlfriend."--
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Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Winter is coming! Beak loves the snow, but his hopes are dashed when Ally informs him the swamp stays warm year-round and not much changes. As a matter of fact, the only big change is that it gets a lot more crowded! Beak soon discovers what Ally means when the snow birds arrive--Hawaiian shirt-wearing, music-jamming new neighbors who have flown south for the winter. At first, Beak is thrilled when they decide to spend their vacation in hiis tree--he...
11) Evergreen
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"All seventeen-year-old Quill wants is a break from the family business. Flowers, plants, the generations-old garden. What he wouldn’t give for a taste of the outside world. Normalcy. But his mom won’t let him out of the house, telling him he’s just not ready… All because he’s a dryad. Well, not just any dryad, but a male dryad—the first ever. And unlike everyone else in his family, he hasn’t a lick of magic. Just a shock of green hair,...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Gillian has been happily divorced for several years and, after trying a few dating apps, prefers to stay that way. Navigating her way through dates with fat shamers and lackluster men has left her with no desire to do anything other than work in her garden in her spare time. Who needs rude comments and awkward first-date conversation when soft roses and vibrant tulips are so much better? Noah West has just moved to Willow Cove. After a rough breakup...
14) Thorn tree
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Now in his late-sixties, Daniel lives in quiet anonymity in a converted guest cottage in the Hollywood Hills. A legendary artist, he's known for one seminal work-Thorn Tree-a hulking, welded, scrap metal sculpture that he built in the Mojave desert in the 1970s. The work emerged from tragedy, but building it kept Daniel alive and catapulted him to brief, reluctant fame in the art world. Daniel is neighbors with Celia, a charismatic but fragile actress....
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Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
"Desde pequeña, Leah ha vivido con akinetopsia, o cequera del movimiento. Nada se ha movido a su alrededor en los últimos veinte años. Su mundo suele transformarse en un abrir y cerrar de ojos: al parpadear, lo que se encuentre ante ella desaparece. Leah se orienta con la ayuda de un bastón por su barrio de Morningside Heights, en Manhattan. Para quienes la rodean es ciega, pero en realidad lo único que ella no puede ver es el movimiento. Leah...
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A child and her family take in refugees during the Korean War in this poignant picture book about courage and what it really means to care for your neighbors. Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family’s house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks' home is these migrants' last chance of refuge “before falling into the sea,” and the household quickly becomes crowded,...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navigating surprising mysteries and spiritual hijinks, in this clever debut from Melissa Holtz. Alyssa Mann isn't adventurous, not since her husband died and she found herself the single mom of a teenage daughter. But there's no way to avoid celebrating the big 4-0, so when her best friends drag her out for drinks and a tarot reading, she throws caution...
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