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From the bestselling author of Los Alamos and The Good German comes Joseph Kanon's riveting tale of love, revenge and murder set in postwar Venice.
Winner of the Hammett Prize
It is 1946, and Adam Miller has come to Venice to visit his widowed mother and try to forget the horrors he has witnessed as a U.S. Army war crimes investigator in Germany. But when he falls in love with Claudia, a Jewish woman scarred by her devastating experiences during...
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Life goes on in the small coastal town of Cedar Cove, Wash., as real life does everywhere with small dramas and personal epiphanies in this sedate slice-of-life drama. Family court judge Olivia Lockhart had refused to grant a divorce to a young couple trying to come to terms with the loss of their infant daughter. Olivia's ex-husband wants her back, which makes her on-again, off-again relationship with newspaper editor Jack Griffin even rockier. Elsewhere...
6) Irish hearts
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A large print edition of Nora Roberts' first novel, "Irish Thoroughbred," in which feisty Adelia Cunnane comes to America from Ireland and sparks the interest of horse farm owner Travis Grant; and its sequel, "Irish Rose," in which Adelia's cousin, Erin McKinnon, comes to America, accepts a loveless marriage proposal and tries to win the heart of her husband.
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As the nation grapples with the strictures of Prohibition, Rosa Barclay lives on a Southern California rye farm with her volatile husband, John, who has lately found another source of income far outside the federal purview. Mother to eight children, Rosa mourns the loss of four who succumbed to the mysterious wasting disease that is now afflicting young Ana and Miguel. Two daughters born of another father are in perfect health. When an act of violence...
8) The gift
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Contains two holiday-themed stories, including "Home for Christmas" in which a reporter tries to convince his former lover to give him another chance; and "All I Want for Christmas" in which two brothers scheme to get their music teacher and father to fall in love.
9) Rekindled
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1983, c1998
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From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky, Rekindled features two unforgettable novels together in one volume, The Flip Side of Yesterday and Lilac Awakening. Barbara Delinsky has enthralled millions of readers with her emotionally powerful stories of love and loss, commitment and betrayal, and finding the strength to survive and succeed. In Rekindled, she presents two of her favorite early novels, Flip Side of Yesterday and Lilac Awakening-both...
10) Impulse
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c2001
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Beautiful Rafaella Holland has finally learned the identity of her real father-the notorious, world-famous man who wronged her mother. Desperate to confront him, she travels to an exclusive Caribbean island-and falls into a seductive world that threatens to spin wildly out of control...
11) Hearts divided
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C2006
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"5-B poppy Lane" by Debbie Macomber: All her life, Ruth Shelton has loved visiting her grandmother in Cedar Cove, Washington. Now Ruth comes to ask advice about her own romance with a soldier and discovers a secret in her grandmother's past. "The Apple Orchard" by Katherine Stone: Clara MacKenzie's granddaughter Elizabeth arrives at Clara's Oregon farm needing comfort. That's exactly what Clara offers -- and so does a childhood friend named Nick Lawton....
12) Going home
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Presents three short novels about women searching for acceptance from their parents and finding unexpected passion along the way.
15) Rules of play
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c2005
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Readers will be instantly attracted to the newly refreshed packaging of this special 2-in-1 by Nora Roberts, the #1 name in romance! "The heart's victory" - Despite all the feelings racing between them, Cynthia Fox has never dared to love Lance Matthews. But this time the stakes are dangerously high...and the only victory can be love. "Opposites attract" - Ex-tennis pro Asher Wolfe never dreamed that she would cross paths with Ty Starbuck again. And...
17) A little fate
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2005
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Berkley trade pbk. ed.
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In "The Witching Hour", a kingdom is plagued by tragedy until a wizard-god's spell brings forth a courageous and beautiful young woman who must follow her heart in love, and follow her destiny in battle. On a remote island cursed with eternal winter, a young queen heals a wounded soldier-and warms her heart with the joys of true love in "Winter Rose". In "A World Apart", a ravishing medieval Demon Slayer arrives in 20th-century New York to brave a...
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2014.
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First edition.
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"If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or New Years, there's something...
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