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The Handmaid's Tale is not only a radical and brilliant departure for Margaret Atwood, it is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States, now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the...
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In her eighth dip into the Calder story pool, prolific romance writer Dailey focuses on Laura Calder, the 21-year-old granddaughter of crusty Montana millionaire Chase Calder. The young woman is fresh out of college and making the obligatory rich-kid tour of Europe before she settles down to a life of, well, she's not sure. In the meantime, life is good. She's traveling with her "aunt" (really daddy's first wife) Tara and meeting lots of interesting...
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While decorating Elm Creek Manor on Christmas Eve, Sarah McClure discovers an unfinished Christmas quilt. Only Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, the master quilter and matriarch of Elm Creek Manor, knows the story behind the quilt, revealing that it's the work of several generations of the Bergstrom family. Sarah suggests that they complete the quilt. Although reluctant at first, as they do so, Sylvia rediscovers the joy of the Christmas quilt.
8) Cold service
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When his closest ally, Hawk, is brutally injured and left for dead, Spenser embarks on an epic journey ro rehabilitate his friend in body and spirit.
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When the manager of the Cee Bar Ranch southwest of Fort Wort disappears, former Treasury Department ATF agent, Quint Echohawk, the grandson of Chase Benteen Calder, is sent to Texas to discover why. Neighboring rancher and billionaire Max Rutledge is out to acquire every ranch in the area, and his incompetent son is willing to go to any lengths to help him. Red-haired college-student Dallas Garner, working two jobs to support her grandfather, Easy,...
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Sebastian Townshend, one of the most dashing bachelors in Kent, moves to the continent after being banished for dueling, where he becomes caught up in life as a mercenary, and it is not until the beautiful Lady Margaret Landor comes to find him, hoping he can protect his father from greedy heirs, that he believes he has a chance for redemption.
11) School days
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Spenser is hired by Lily Ellsworth to investigate her grandson's involvement in a school shooting.
12) Two-dollar bill
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Stone Barrington, suave Manhattan cop-turned-lawyer, is suspicious when he is offered a very hefty retainer to manage the affairs of Texan Billy Bob Barnstormer, and he soon discovers he should have heeded his instincts when his new client, who is wanted by the CIA and the U.S. attorney's office, leaves a dead prostitute in the guest room.
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When two members of the Elm Creek Quilting group decide to leave, a call for new members is made. Among the applicants are: Maggie, whose love of history shines through in all her projects; Chef Anna, whose food-themed quilts are wonderfully innovative; Russ, the male quilter whose path-breaking style could lend Elm Creek Quilts an intriguing aesthetic departure; Karen, a novice teacher whose preternatural gifts complement her deep understanding of...
15) The saboteurs
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As the war heats up, "Wild Bill" Donovan's agents suddenly find themselves battling on two fronts at once, and fate is just about to deal them a few surprises.
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A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
17) Dead heat
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Max Moreton is a rising culinary star, until nearly all the guests who enjoyed one of his meals at a private catered affair fall victim to severe food poisoning. At his next obligation, an exclusive luncheon for forty in the glass-fronted private boxes at the 2,000 Guineas, a bomb blast rips through the private boxes, killing some of Max's trusted staff and many of the guests. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his...
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Sylvia Compson, hoping to win over her new husband Andrew Cooper's daughter, Amy, who disapproves of her father's late-life marriage, takes up work on a long-unfinished quilt she calls New Year's Reflections, which brings back memories of youthful holiday celebrations and the reasons why she became estranged from her older sister, Claudia.
20) Now and then
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When Spenser's client, Dennis Doherty, Doherty's wife, and her lover are found dead, Spenser tries to right the wrongs by avenging his client's death.
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