Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+7265+7432 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743521 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753897 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734652 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743525 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743526 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683308 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743510 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753887 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738750 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711927 The people who orbit around actor Renn Ivins long to experience the glow of his flame. His children are both drawn to and repelled by the man who overshadows every part of them. This novel offers a clear-eyed story of the fallout of fame and fortune on family members and others who can neither fully embrace nor ignore the superstar in their midst. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758132 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734658 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729577 On the eve of the twentieth century, Mary Mallon emigrated from Ireland at age fifteen to make her way in New York City. Brave, headstrong, and dreaming of being a cook, she fought to climb up from the lowest rung of the domestic-service ladder. Canny and enterprising, she worked her way to the kitchen, and discovered in herself the true talent of a chef. Sought after by New York aristocracy, and with an independence rare for a woman of the time, she seemed to have achieved the life shed aimed for when she arrived in Castle Garden. Then one determined medical engineer noticed that she left a trail of disease wherever she cooked, and identified her as an asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid Fever. With this seemingly preposterous theory, he made Mallon a hunted woman.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735974 Seduced by a Pirate: Should Colin throw propriety to the wind, imitate his pirate father, and simply take what he most desires? After years at sea, Sir Griffin Barry comes home to claim his wife. But is Phoebe his wife if their marriage was never consummated? As an infamous pirate, Griffin claimed and kept gold and jewels-- but this is one treasure that will not be so easy to capture. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754258 In Philadelphia, good girl Kate is dumped by her fianc the day she learns she is pregnant with his child. In New York City, beautiful stay-at-home mom Vanessa finds herself obsessively searching the Internet for news of an old flame. And in San Francisco, Dani, the wild child and aspiring writer who cant seem to put down a book-- or a cocktail-- long enough to open her laptop, has just been fired again. In an effort to regroup, Kate, Vanessa, and Dani retreat to the New Jersey beach town where they once spent their summers. Emboldened by the seductive cadences of the shore, the women begin to realize just how much their lives, and friendships, have been shaped by the choices they made one fateful night on the beach eight years earlier-- and the secrets that only now threaten to surface -- from authors web page. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711922 Its been fifty years since Antonio Grasso married Maddalena and brought her to America. That was the last time she saw her parents, her sisters and brothers-- everything she knew and loved in the village of Santa Cecilia, Italy. Their daughter Prima was raised on the lore of the Old Country. And as she sees her parents aging, she hatches the idea to take the entire family back to Italy-- hoping to reunite Maddalena with her estranged sister and let her parents see their homeland one last time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687798 A luxurious yacht in the Sea of Cortez, a birthday cruise for one of the worlds most beautiful women, and an invitation no one can refuse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687316 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729558 Growing up, Kaylie was shuffled from foster home to foster home before being welcomed into Winton and May Wises family. Years later, May leaves Kaylie the money she needs to open her own caf in the charming Victorian house they once shared in Hope Springs. Kaylies determined to finally make all her dreams a reality-- and unearth answers to lingering questions about her past. Tennessee Keller, the carpenter Kaylie hires, is proving to be a very unneeded distraction. Kaylie must decide where her heart lies: with the ghosts of her past or the love and promise of her future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1759471 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697894 Having grown up in one of the worst projects in Raleigh, Chanelles no stranger to being broke, so she jumps at the chance to hook up with a dopeboy with big pockets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671712 When her investigation of a find from a remote Philippines dig leads her to the scene of her ex-fiancs murder, forensic anthropologist Kelsey Quinn turns to Navy SEAL Gage Brewer for help in unraveling a deadly conspiracy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1586992 Four women from Wisconsin, brought together by a chance encouter, decide to unite for a road trip to Las Vegas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684865 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624538 Creating an algorithm to improve his internet dating employers match success rate only to be fired for being too effective, Sam Elliot develops a computer program that creates compelling human simulations that allow people to say final goodbyes to lost loved ones. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664562 When a young Israeli woman suddenly goes missing, her boyfriend, an American nuclear engineer, suspects her disappearance is connected to her tantalizing theory about the haunting fortress of Masada. He decides to travel to Herods 2000 year old mountain fortress to see if her theory was right. There, he makes a discovery so astonishing that forces from the dark side of Israeli intelligence begin to converge on him to deflect his pursuit of the truth by any means necessary. With the aid of a beautiful Israeli archaeologist, he struggles to bring to light the treasures he believes are concealed in the mountain, unaware that there is a dangerous contemporary secret at stake. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1609168 Thessaloniki, Greece, 1917: As Dimitri Komninos is born, a fire sweeps through the thriving multicultural city where Christians, Jews, and Muslims live side by side. It is the first of many catastrophic events that will forever change this place and its people. Five years later, as the Turkish army pushes west through Asia Minor, young Katerina loses her mother in the crowd of refugees clambering for boats to Greece. Landing in Thessalonikis harbor, she is at the mercy of strangers in an unknown city. For the next eighty years, the lives of Dimitri and Katerina will be entwined with each other and-through Nazi occupation, civil war, persecution, and economic collapse-with the story of their homeland. Thessaloniki, Greece, 2007: A young Anglo-Greek hears his grandparents remarkable story for the first time and understands he has a decision to make. For decades, Dimitri and Katerina have looked after the treasures of those who have been forced from their beloved city. Should he stay and become their new custodian?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695505 At a pivotal point when Fidel Castro is trying to garner worldwide opinion, an over-zealous Fidelista kidnaps the young daughter of a United States Sugar Company executive, to Castros dismay. This story follows Gretchens captivity in Cubas Sierra Mountains, at the base camp of Fidel Castro. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675452 When the government comes for her mother, Emmeline embarks on a plan to save her family and expose the truth behind the objectives of the United Nations agenda 21. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679153 When eighteen-year-old Grace Campbell arrives in London in 1914, shes unable to fulfill her familys ambitions and find a position as an office secretary. Lying to her parents and her brother, Michael, she takes a job as a housemaid at Number 35, Park Lane, where she is quickly caught up in lives of its inhabitants-- in particular, those of its privileged son, Edward, and daughter, Beatrice, who is recovering from a failed relationship that would have taken her away from an increasingly stifling life. Desperate to find a new purpose, Bea joins a group of radical suffragettes and strikes up an intriguing romance with an impassioned young lawyer. Unbeknownst to each of the young women, the choices they make amid the rapidly changing world of WWI will connect their chances at future happiness in dramatic and inevitable ways. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1653178 Every August, Florence shimmers in the summer heat. But this year the heatwave is fiercer than usual, and the citys inhabitants have fled to the cool of the hills and beaches of the surrounding countryside. So it is no surprise that amidst the shrubbery of a normally busy roundabout, a corpse lies unnoticed, bloating in the humid air. Sandro Cellini will not be joining the crowds of holidaymakers this year. The former policeman turned private detective has a case: a man who seems to have vanished into thin air -- leaving his pregnant young wife alone in the city. Meanwhile, bank teller Roxana Delfino is also stuck in the city for the season, with nothing to do but worry for her aging mother and puzzle over the disappearance of one her regular clients. As all Florence sweats it out, Cellini attempts as best he can to grapple with his case and the complications it throws up. And when the weather finally breaks, it brings with it a shocking revelation--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1575662 Tired of being taken advantage of by her boss Corinne, Shari Nance, posing as Corinne, takes on a major account to prove whos the real talent and goes up against a rival agencys top executive, who just so happens to be Corrines boyfriend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1650278 When Angelas boyfriend suggests a trip to Paris at the same time as a hip fashion magazine Belle, asks her to write a piece, she jumps at the chance. But someones conspiring to sabotage her big break and when she spots her boyfriend having a tete-a-tete with an ex-girlfriend in a bar, Angelas dreams start crashing down. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559579 When his father and sister are injured in an accident that has rendered his father comatose, estranged son Edward decides to stop his fathers life support so that his organs can be donated, a choice his sister urges him to reconsider. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1587391 In Hangtree, Texas, any other day could be your last. For, on the heels of the Civil War, Hangtree is drawing gamblers, fast women and faster gunmen. Amidst the brawls and shooting, the land-grabbing and card-sharking, two men barely hold the boomtown together: Yankee Sam Heller and Texan Johnny Cross. Heller and Cross cant stand the sight of each other. And Hangtree needs them more than ever. Now, a Comanche named Red Hand leads a horde of warriors on a horrific path of bloodshed and destruction, with Hangtree sitting right in Red Hands path. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554724 This novel follows the friendship and support among a group of five women on Manhattans Upper East Side. Did you know that the origin of the word gossip in English is god-sibling? It is the talk between people who are godparents to the same child, people who have a legitimate loving interest in the person they talk about. It is talk that weaves a net of support and connection beneath the people you want to protect. This is a novel about all the ways we talk about one another, the sometimes fine line between showing concern and doing damage, and the difficulty of knowing the true obligations of friendship. The main character, Loviah Lovie French owns a small, high-end dress shop on Manhattans Upper East Side. Renowned for her taste and discretion, Lovie is the one to whom certain women turn when they need just the thing for major life events like baptisms and balls, weddings and funerals, or when they just want to dish in the dressing room. Among the people who depend on Lovies confidence are her two best friends since boarding school: Dinah Wainwright and Avis Metcalf. Outspoken and brimming with confidence, Dinah made a name for herself as a columnist covering the doings of New Yorks wealthiest and most fabulous. Shy, proper Avis, in many ways Dinahs opposite, rose to prominence in the art world with her quiet manners, hard work, and precise judgment. Despite the deep affection they both feel for Lovie, they have been more or less allergic to each other since a minor incident decades earlier that has been remembered and resented with what will prove to be unimaginable consequences. Dinahs favorite son and Aviss only daughter fall in love and marry, and these uneasy acquaintances become unwillingly bound to each other. On the surface, Nick and Grace are the perfect match, a playful, romantic, buoyant, and beautiful pair. Over the years, as their marital commitment is strained by time and change, career setbacks, reckless choices, the birth of a child, jealousies, and rumors. Secrets surface and friendships alter, having a shattering effect on all their lives. At the center of their orbit is Lovie, who knows everyones secrets and manages them as wisely as she can. Which is not wisely enough, as things turn out. This story is a tale of intimacy and betrayal, trust and fidelity, friendship, competition, and motherhood that explores the myriad ways we use and abuse information about others, be it true, false, or imagined, to sustain, and occasionally destroy, one another. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1569104 One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honor of Emerald Torringtons twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away, a dreadful accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether savory survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor-and the household is thrown into confusion and mischief. The cook toils over mock turtle soup and a chocolate cake covered with green sugar roses, which the hungry band of visitors is not invited to taste. But nothing, it seems, will go according to plan. As the passengers wearily search for rest, the house undergoes a strange transformation. One of their number (who is most definitely not a gentleman) makes it his business to join the birthday revels. Evening turns to stormy night, and a most unpleasant parlor game threatens to blow respectability to smithereens: Smudge Torrington, the wayward youngest daughter of the house, decides that this is the perfect moment for her Great Undertaking--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622124 The novel follows a young mans journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the worlds most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519951 Ally Green returns home to bury her father and must decide if she can stop her wandering existence, as her life becomes intertwined with a that of a young woman fleeing the rock quarries of Nepal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565083 Sent to a Portuguese backwater where a homegrown terrorist movement has recently emerged, foreign correspondent Edgar Kellogg hopes to make a name for himself, but soon discovers that things are not what they seem. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615025 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1480493 Jo MacKenzie yearns for some quiet time alone as she tries to manage three rambunctious children, a busy new shop and cafe, a fledgling romance, and the antics of her friends and family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519425 In the summer of 2009, Arab Homeland Security agent Mustafa al Baghdadi is plunged into a conspiracy involving Suddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, and the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee when a captured suicide bomber claims that the world in which they live is a mirage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1672288 After decades of service and years of watching her familys troubles splashed across the tabloids, Britains Queen is beginning to feel her age. An unexpected opportunity offers her relief: an impromptu visit to a place that holds happy memories-- the former royal yacht, Britannia, now moored near Edinburgh. When her royal attendants discovers she is missing, they set out to find her and bring her back before her absence becomes a national scandal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627750 A Georgia Bureau of Investigation search into a shocking crime from 1975 poses unprecedented personal and professional challenges for top agent Will Trent, who encounters threats against his life and everything he thought he understood about his past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1609151 The ongoing foibles of the residents of Corduroy Mansion are overshadowed by the disappearance of Williams faithful and clever terrier, Freddie de la Hay, who after being allegedly recruited by MI6 goes missing from a tour around the Suffolk countryside. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1548508 Her Boston family shattered by the deaths of her mother and sister on the Titanic, Sibyl attempts to contact her departed loved ones at a mediums table before reconnecting with former flame Ben, with whom she tackles a harrowing mystery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685904 When Brownsville attorney Alejandro Del Fuerte is asked to take over the prosecution of a case involving a Spanish land grant, hes excited about the potentially lucrative opportunity. Theres billions in oil and gas royalties at stake. Not to mention the boost to his reputation as the go-to lawyer in South Texas for high-stakes litigation. But he needs to convince his partners in Del Fuerte, Fetzer & Montemayor to accept the case, and he knows his partner and fiance, Gigi Montemayor, will be against it. The defendant and owner of the disputed land is the Agnus Dei Foundation, which is headed by Bishop Salamanca, the priest she wants to marry them. And to make matters worse, the previous lawyers involved in the case have ended up dead or institutionalized. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679455 Conducting an undercover investigation into Kenyas corruption-prone obscure-metals industry, Marc Royce, posing as a relief organization auditor, forges an unexpected bond with an Israeli medical administrator who is offering humanitarian aid to local refugees. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557910 Violinist Maddie elopes with Lane Moritomo, the ambitious son of Japanese immigrants, but after Pearl Harbor is bombed, Lane is seen as the enemy and she must sacrifice her Juilliard ambitions when he is interned at a war relocation camp. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1548494 Living deep within a cove in the Appalachians of North Carolina during World War I, Laurel Shelton finally finds the happiness she deserves in Walter, a mysterious stranger who is mute, but their love cannot protect them from a devastating secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675694 Visiting sixteen-year-old Rat Perkins at isolated Evenson boarding school, Maura Isles is astonished to learn that all of his classmates are survivors of violence and are being instructed in scientific detective skills, a discovery that coincides with Jane Rizzolis investigation into the murder of a boys foster family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615712 After being punished for trying to measure Gods greatest gift, Father Time returns to Earth along with a magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565325 After the death of Lauras nine-year-old daughter, Betty, is ruled an accident in a hit-and-run, Laura decides to take revenge into her own hands, determined to track down the man responsible. All the while, her inner turmoil is reopening the old wounds of her passionate love affair with Bettys father, David, and his abandonment of the family for another woman. Haunted by her past and driven to a breaking point by her thirst for retribution, Laura discovers the unforeseen lengths she is willing to go to for love and vengeance.--from cover, p. [4] http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1478915 Skyy takes readers on another wild ride with former college friends Denise, Lena, and Cooley. These women still have the heart and the drama, but now theyre all grown up. Denise, the sexy star basketball player, has recovered from the injuries she suffered during the incident with crazy stalker girl Rhonda. She is off to New York to follow her basketball dreams, with her true love Lena not far behind, only to hit a bump in the road. Lena is off to New York to get hers. You have to admire that in a woman--maybe. Life with a female basketball star can bring its own set of complications, especially if you havent been able to make up your mind. Cooley is finally far away from Memphis and all its heartache. There is nothing to remind her of her past--except for the huge scar across her face. Have all of her past transgressions finally robbed her of her swagger? Can she handle the women, or even the job for that matter, without being the Cooley we all once knew and loved? Denise, Lena, and Cooley have come to the Crossroads. Where will they lead?--Amazon.com, viewed January 3, 2011. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656534 Leaving behind Power, the boy shes come to love, Tanya Beauty Long makes a name for herself in New York Citys fashion industry, while Power becomes trapped in a world of drugs, women, and money where he makes a shocking discovery that brings Tanya back to him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684417 Miranda Fox has devoted much of her life to caring for her elderly father. After his tragic death, she starts to make plans for her future, funded by the inheritance she is sure will be coming her way, but it seems her arrogant and domineering half-brother has very different ideas ... Then a chance encounter with a man who has been given months to live boosts Mirandas confidence, and as their friendship grows she finally learns to stand up for herself and her dreams. Can Miranda find the happiness that she deserves? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1650627 After he and his team refurbish Americas aging weapon systems, Patrick McLanahan heads to Guam to oversee strategy which causes the Chinese to take the offensive, launching a preemptive strike on a small American fleet that ignites a battle for the Pacific. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1665615 Dedicating herself to her culinary patrons, private chef Gemma Craig goes home every night to boxed cereals. An unexpected event compels a confrontation with the past -- and an unexpected romance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1680100 In the mid-19th century, Leonie Monroe Russell works alongside her husband, Junius, an oysterman in Shoalwater Bay in the Pacific Northwest. At night she continues her father{u2019}s lifelong obsession: collecting artifacts and studying the native culture that once thrived in the Washington Territory. On her 37th birthday, Leonie discovers a mummy protruding from the riverbank bordering her property--a mummy that by all evidence shouldn{u2019}t exist. As Leonie searches for answers to the mummy{u2019}s origins, she begins to feel a mystical connection to it that defies all logic. Leonie{u2019}s sense that otherworldly forces are at work only grows when news of the incredible discovery brings Junius{u2019}s long lost son, Daniel, to her doorstep. Upon his unexpected arrival, a native elder insists that Leonie wear a special shell bracelet for protection. But protection from whom? The mummy? Or perhaps Daniel? Leonie has always been a good daughter and good wife, but for the first time, these roles do not seem to be enough. Finding the mummy has changed everything, and now Leonie must decide if she has the courage to put aside the expectations of others to be the woman she was meant to be. From award-winning author Megan Chance, Bone River is a haunting, lyrical tale of passion and identity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1563515 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628057 When the streets threaten to rip a family empire apart, will La Familia give into the streets wishes or will they stand together and continue to rule. Tree and Von are best friends who have been raised as brothers. When unequal power becomes an issue in the family, some members begin to do things on their own-definitely leading to disaster. With Blood shed on the street and La Familia divided, shocking secrets will be revealed that will guarantee someone from La Familia will not be coming home.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518702 Officer Dan France investigates who pushed the beautiful Margot down the stairs and discovers a number of people with motives, including a potential lover and a defrauded newlywed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629259 When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock and the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1654560 Dana Turner is tired of watching her co-workers get married and wondering what shes missing...Single mother Crystal Turner works triple-overtime to give her three children a good life...And Yvette Turners marriage just imploded, taking all her hard-earned money with it. These sisters cant wait any longer for some good black men to sweep them off their feet. Its time to try something new...With her new attitude, Dana cant resist a sizzling connection with a handsome white accountant-even though the perfect brother just walked into her life. Meanwhile, Crystal is gambling big-time that her struggling ex-classmate will be the answer to her prayers. And with a dashing older man unexpectedly courting her, Yvette must choose between stability and playing the field. Soon, all three will learn that real love comes in different forms-and what one man wont provide, another man will...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624531 Set 20 years after Treasure Island, Natty, the daughter of Long John Silver, teams up with Hawkins son, Jim, on a dangerous voyage to the legendary island in search of their fathers hidden treasure. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1614509 Returning to her childhood home in Lowfield, North Carolina so that her husband can live out his final days in his favorite place, Elaine Forsythe gets more than she bargains for when her husbands mother, who hasnt spoken to her in 25 years, arrives and stirs up trouble. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1569638 The anonymous hero of the authors previous novel Layer Cake tackles the high-tech world of international crime when he is pulled away from retirement and roped into a Venezuelan drug cartel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1558946 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686149 Mary, the spirited youngest daughter of an angry, violent man, is sent to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife. Her strange new surroundings offer unsettling challenges, including the vicars lecherous son and a manipulative fellow servant. But life in the vicarage also offers unexpected joys, as the curious young girl learns to read and write -- knowledge that will come at a tragic price. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685435 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658230 When a CIA black ops master with ties to disreputable figures in Afghanistan goes missing, Mitch Rapp is ordered to track down the missing man at all costs and finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous plot involving the interests of numerous countries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576476 When nurse Sophie Lee, who has spent 10 years in prison for a crime she did not commit, is exonerated and released, she retreats to her attorneys home to avoid the media frenzy that surrounds her and must learn how to make her way back into the world and adjust to her freedom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1653797 A tale inspired by a true story follows the experiences of Scottish aristocrats wife Maribel Campbell, a self-proclaimed Chilean heiress who in late Victorian London finds her husbands career threatened by a notorious journalists investigation into her true past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647979 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1608988 A novel that spans fifty years. The Italian housekeeper and his long-lost American starlet; the producer who once brought them together, and his assistant. A glittering world filled with unforgettable characters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684389 When newly divorced Maggie Carter inherits a gold mine from the father she never knew, she leaves Houston and travels to the small town of Eureka, Colorado. There, she hopes to solve the mystery of the man who abandoned the family when she was three. In Eureka, Maggie meets people who touch her life in different ways, bitter librarian Cassie Wynock, town mayor Lucille Theriot; and Jameso Clark, whose love-hate relationship with her father intrigues Maggie, and whose attraction for her she finds both frightening and exhilarating. As Maggie confronts the sins of her father and the mistakes of her own past she learns to look at life differently and discovers it can take a village or one small mountain town to heal a heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1653810 Minister King Brooks daughter, Princess, is about to marry the man she thinks she loves, until a disaster leaves her lavish wedding and her life in shambles. And those around Princess have problems of their own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1569112 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1274699 While working for an idealistic college professor, twenty-six-year old Lula, an Albanian trying to make a better life for herself in America, finds her life taking a complicated turn when her Albanian brothers return, in a novel set in the aftermath of 9/11. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1256616 Peter and Rebecca Harris: midforties denizens of Manhattans SoHo, nearing the apogee of committed careers in the arts. With a spacious loft, a college-age daughter in Boston, and lively friends, they are admirable, enviable contemporary urbanites. Then Rebeccas much younger brother shows up. Ethan is beautiful, beguiling and wayward. And in his presence Peter finds himself questioning his entire carefully constructed world. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1303291 Forced into a humbler life with relatives in Ireland after the sudden death of her father, spoiled sixteen-year-old Tamara Goodwin discovers a diary of future entries written in her handwriting that she hopes will reveal the truth about her mothers troubling health. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1401347 The sibling celebrities provide a fictional glimpse into their lives, revealing the inner workings of a glamorous, high-profile, and complicated family, and leaving it up to readers to determine which storylines are based on their actual experiences and which ones are purely imaginary. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1272441 Alan Christoffersen has lost everything he loves. Searching for hope, Alan embarks on a walk across America. As he continues on his journey, he encounters many interesting people from whom he learns lessons about love, life, and loss. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1283723 A clairvoyant when it comes to the Starbucks orders of strangers, a quixotic renegade when it comes to the federal bureaucracy, and a devoted believer in the afternoon cocktail and the evening binge, Zeke Pappas has an irreverent voice that is a marvel of lacerating wit and heart-on-sleeve emotion, underscored by a creeping paranoia and made more urgent by the hope that if he can only find a wife, he might have a second chance at life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1310966 Valerie Wyatt is at the top of her game--she has parlayed her talent for entertaining and home decorating into a multimedia empire, and her name is synonymous with class and exquisite taste. And yet, though she has achieved enviable professional success, her ambition and hard work have given her little room for a personal life. She is divorced, and though she has a strong relationship with her daughter, she finds herself alone as her 60th birthday approaches. Valeries daughter, April, is also a dynamo in her chosen field. A top-notch chef, she owns her own restaurant--a cozy place that dishes up both comfort food and rare delicacies. The restaurant is a smashing success, and April devotes herself to it body and soul. Like her mother, she values professional success more than romance, and she cannot find any room for a man in her life as her 30th birthday grows nearer. The closest she has come to a relationship in years is an ill-advised one night stand. Jack Adams is a famous former NFL player, who is now an immensely successful sportscaster. He is also an incorrigible womanizer, who makes a habit of bedding models who are half his age. Nearing age 50 he begins to wonder if his wild ways still suit him, or if its finally time to grow up. These three driven professionals share the same birthday. And this year, the day that they share will prove to be one that changes their lives forever. Their birthday will set into motion a dramatic series of events--danger, adventure, laughter, heartbreak, and joy...and, ultimately, the most fulfilling birthday gift of all-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1338306 Winslow is a gay, affluent social climber. Eric Reed is a straight career criminal raised in the foster care system. Twin brothers separated as young children, they are reunited after thirty years upon the death of their parents. But when Erics former cellmate, who knows Cobi is gay and running for public office, decides to use the knowledge to get money from him, a tangled web of betrayal and deceit tests the brothers desire to be a family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1273110 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1293873 Owner of a struggling art gallery and newly separated from her boyfriend, Francesca Thayer does the math and then the unimaginable. She puts out an advertisement for boarders, and soon her Greenwich Village house becomes a whole new world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277579 Jamie is a successful editor, a widowed mother, and caretaker to her senile mother-in-law. Alyssa is an artist and gallery owner. Danielle is a vintner and a divorced mother of two. Kat is a sommelier, co-owner of a five star restaurant with her chef husband, and mother of a blended family. These four women face death, illness, broken families, the bitterness of betrayal, and hidden secrets from the past together. These four women, four lives, four friends share it all at happy hour and beyond. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252421 As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photographs of the desert--its long, lonely vistas and shifting sand dunes. Now living in New York, Lily is struggling to finish her graduate degree when she receives an astonishing offer. An aunt she never knew existed will pay Lily a huge sum to travel across Chinas desolate Taklamakan Desert--and carry out a series of tasks along the way. Intrigued, Lily accepts. Her assignments range from the dangerous to the bizarre. Lily must seduce a monk. She must scrape a piece of clay from the famous Terracotta Warriors, and climb the Mountains of Heaven to gather a rare herb. At Xian, her first stop, Lily meets Alex, a young American with whom she forms a powerful connection. And soon, she faces revelations that will redefine her past, her destiny, and the shocking truth behind her aunts motivations...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694951 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1264703 After detective Lucky Gibson testified against his partners, he became a marked man with powerful enemies out to destroy him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393409 From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Skeletons at the Feast, and Secrets of Eden, comes a riveting and dramatic ghost story. In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with 39 six-inch-long carriage bolts. The homes new owners are Chip and Emily Linton and their twin ten-year-old daughters. Together they hope to rebuild their lives there after Chip, an airline pilot, had to ditch his 70-seat regional jet in Lake Champlain after double engine failure. Unlike the Miracle on the Hudson, however, most of the passengers aboard Flight 1611 died on impact or were drowned. The body count? Thirty-nine, a coincidence not lost on Chip when he discovers the number of bolts in that basement door. Meanwhile, Emily finds herself wondering about the women in this sparsely populated White Mountain village, self-proclaimed herbalists, and their interest in her fifth-grade daughters. Are the women mad? Or is it her husband, in the wake of the tragedy, whose grip on sanity has become desperately tenuous? The result is a powerful ghost story with a palpable sense of place, an unerring sense of the demons that drive us, and characters we care about deeply. The difference this time? Some of those characters are dead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1431552 After her escape from military custody, Loup and her girlfriend Pilar have a chance to reinvent their lives thousands of miles away from the forgotten and disenfranchised Texas border town of Outpost 12- known as Santa Olivia to those trapped there for decades. Thanks to Loups preternatural gifts of strength, speed, and an innate fearlessness, as well as Pilars unexpected skill with a pistol, they find new careers as high-priced bodyguards for a world famous British rock band. Back in the States, an investigation into the existence of Outpost 12 begins in Washington, D.C. When the key witness with evidence to expose the military cover-up, their old comrade Miguel, vanishes, the case seems lost. The abandoned citizens of Santa Olivia need a champion, a voice raised on their behalf, which pushes Loup and Pilar into a hard choice. If Loup returns to U.S. soil, shell be an outlaw. If shes caught, shell be taken into custody again; and this time, there may be no escape. But if she and Pilar dont fight for freedom of those they left behind, no one will.--From back cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1257720 After a messy break up with her longtime boyfriend, a woman faces losing both her house and her business. Consequently, she takes in three roommates: a freckled college graduate, mysterious divorced man, and a recently widowed female chef. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1228214 A tale of a girl who finally discovers herself and finds love in her grandmothers vintage clothing store--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1222921 Two women--Bella Chambers, who is in a go-nowhere assistant job, and Stella Bradberry, a barrier-breaking executive--are in for an emotional rollercoaster ride when they uncharacteristically engage in affairs with men from the workplace. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1238355 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475740 A certain noble earl had need of a handsome, young female carcass-- for which specimen I would be excellently paid provided it be fresh and that the feet were shapely and unblemished...Thus begins the long association of a young medical doctor and his hilariously depraved American descendants with the notorious Earl of Griswold, a 17th-century libertine and connoisseur of smells whose discovery of an elixir in the Florida swamps will keep his evil presence alive for the next three-hundred years...--P. [4] of cover.