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Pub. Date
2011
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Her Black Coral Dive Shop was the best on the island. She no longer missed Houston, or thought about the man who didn't want her or their child. And for two short weeks, Cozumel was home to Jerry Sharpe, the diving instructor she'd hired. Until they found him-murdered.Suddenly Jonas Sharpe, Jerry's twin brother, stormed into her well ordered life with grief in his eyes and revenge in his heart. He plunged them both into the desperate world of drug...
2) Black amber
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Publisher
Open Road Media Romance
Pub. Date
2017
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Tracy Hubbard, an up-and-comer at a prestigious New York City publisher, has arrived at a sprawling villa on the Bosporus strait in Istanbul for an enviable arrangement. She?s come to assist celebrated artist Miles Radburn with his new book on the history of Turkish art. Everything Tracy has heard about the man turns out to be true: He?s brooding, handsome, brilliant, short-tempered, and loath to discuss the tragic secrets of his past. But the young...
3) first tracks
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Publisher
Severn House Digital
Pub. Date
2019
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When experienced ski patroller Greta Westerlind awakes in hospital having almost been killed in an avalanche, she is devastated to learn that her close friend, bond trader Warren McGovern, perished in the slide. With no memory of the incident, Greta is at a loss to explain why the two of them were skiing in such lethal terrain in the first place. As she struggles to unlock her memories as to what really happened that day, a series of strange and menacing...
4) Winter Chill
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Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
2013
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The moment Marian Larsen sees the patrol car stop outside her house, she feels a shiver of foreboding. The news is even worse than she feared. Marian's husband and young daughter have been in a snowmobile crash. Dan is paralyzed and Laura is dead, her body broken on the icy ground. Friends and colleagues in Marian's Minnesota hometown rally around to try and ease her grief. But soon there are more horrible accidents. Then the rumors start--that these...
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50Minutes.com
Pub. Date
2017
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Find out everything you need to know about dealing with bereavement in just 50 minutes with this straightforward guide. The loss of a loved one can leave us feeling devastated, isolated and adrift, and in this situation it is often hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. As bereavement affects everyone differently, this guide contains clear, practical advice to allow you to work through your grief at your own pace and adapt to the change in...
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John Blake
Pub. Date
2021
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In this heart-breaking, inspirational memoir, Rochelle nurses her beloved mother through a terminal brain tumour. With sensitivity and enormous emotional depth, Handle with Care provides a window into the life of a young carer. When her mum falls seriously ill, 25-year-old Rochelle decides to give up her new job and move home to become her mother's full-time carer and look after her sisters. After the initial diagnosis of a stroke gives way to one...
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Penguin
Pub. Date
2022
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Bittersweetness is a tendency towards states of longing, poignancy and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death - bitter and sweet - are forever paired. If you seek out beauty in your everyday life . . . If you find comfort or inspiration in a rainy day . . . If you react intensely to music, art and nature . . . Then you probably identify...
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The Rockwood Chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2022
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After the sudden death of her husband, Patricia Greystone is left with nothing, and at 24, she finds herself a penniless widow. As the youngest child of a large family, she has always been headstrong and proud - so she?s determined not to return to her family cap in hand. Instead she strikes out on her own. The dark streets of London are the perfect place to hide from the world, and Patricia makes her living singing on the streets. But the city is...
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Rona Parish Mysteries volume 1
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Severn House Digital
Pub. Date
2012
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Mystery and intrigue with a decidedly literary bent, from the bestselling crime writer - When successful biographer Rona Parish is asked to write the life-story of a bestselling author, recently deceased, she is intrigued - to say the least. After all, Theo Harvey led a very colourful life, and died in mysterious circumstances. But Rona's husband Max is wary and, it soon becomes apparent, with good reason...As Rona begins to delve into Theo Harvey's...
10) The widows' cafe
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014
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Marianne has opened a cafe in memory of her husband: Caf� Widows. Most customers that walk through the door are middle aged women, accompannied by men whose behaviour is often quite unpleasant. Suddenly there is a policeman on the doorstep, confronting Marianne with the news that there have been several deaths recently. Men of all different ages and origins are dying of heart attacks, after visiting Cafe Widows. Could it just be a coincidence, or...
11) Behind the lie
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Publisher
HQ DIgital
Pub. Date
2017
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Holly West has turned her life around. She?s found a successful and loving husband in Simon and is expecting twins. She is definitely a woman who has taken back control of her future.Until she gives birth, only for one twin to survive. Holly can?t let it go.Holly?s world is in a tailspin and suddenly she can?t trust herself or anyone else. No one believes her, not her husband or her best friend. Because she thinks she knows the truth?her son is still...
12) Under the radar
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Grosvenor House Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
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A young girl disappears. Taken on to investigate, private detective Frank Sterling is plunged into a desperate and unconventional flight across eastern England and a race against time. Who are his pursuers, and what secret from the distant past are they trying to suppress? From the gentle landscape of Suffolk to the banks of the Thames and back to his native Kent, Sterling has to face challenges and danger that crop up again and again as he protects...
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Returning home from a client visit late one evening, Adam Snow takes a wrong turn and stumbles across the derelict old White House. Compelled by curiousity he decides to enter, only to be repelled when he feels the unmistakeable sensation of a small hand creeping onto his own. This is just the beginning of a series of odd experiences.
14) My girl
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged ed.
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Paige Dawson: the mother of a murdered child and wife to a dead man. She has nothing left to live for ... until she finds her husband's handgun hidden in their house. Why did Ryan need a gun? What did he know about their daughter's death? Desperate for the truth, Paige begins to unearth her husband's secrets. But she has no idea who she is up against, or that her life isn't hers to gamble - she belongs to me.
15) Hands down
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Dick Francis Novels volume 11
Pub. Date
2022
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Sid Halley, former British jump racing champion and private detective, is not having a good time. His wife Marina has decided she needs some time out of their marriage to think about the future and Sid is devastated. But then Gary Bremner, an ex-jockey trainer, calls him to ask for his help - he is being threatened by someone in the racing world and he needs a friend he can trust. However, the very next morning, Gary?s stable yard is torched, horses...
16) a Heaven is for Real Deluxe Edition: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2011
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#1 New York Times bestseller with more than 11 million copies sold! When 4-year-old Colton Burpo emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven, his family doesn?t know what to believe. Heaven is For Real details what Colton saw and his family?s journey towards accepting their young son had visited the afterlife. ?Do you remember the hospital, Colton?? Sonja said. ?Yes, mommy, I remember,? he said. ?That?s where the...
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Bedford Square Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
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'Warm?, witty but also heart-wrenching read' - Red Magazine 'This heart-warming and creative contemporary fiction is a story of unexpected self-discovery.'- Woman's Weekly 'Full of heart and depth.' - Prima Book of the Month 'Funny, heart-warming read - it made me laugh and cry' - Nikki Smith, author of The Beach Party 'Eleanor Oliphant meets About a Boy' - Gillian Harvey 'A beautiful read full of heart and depth' - Nina Pottell, Prima Magazine 'An...
18) Leaving Home
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Leaving Home brings together three, previously published short pieces, each dealing with a variation on the theme of leaving home. The first, "Weights and Measures," deals with the tragic loss of a child; the second is a non-fiction letter Picoult wrote to her eldest son as he left for college; and, "Ritz" tells the story of a mother who takes the vacation all mothers need sometime. Jodi Picoult has the remarkable ability to portray an event's key...
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For fans of John Green, David Levithan and Rainbow Rowell: a beautiful, funny and heartfelt novel about love and forgiveness. Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to centre stage of her own life - and suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two boys. One boy takes Lennie out of her sorrow; the other comforts...
20) The ice twins
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A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcraft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives. But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity - that she, in fact, is Lydia
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