Carrington MacDuffie
1) Caught
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English
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Dan Mercer stands accused of being a sexual predator thanks to the ambush journalism of Wendy Tynes, a tabloid TV reporter, who must cope with her husband's death caused by a drunken driver as well as reckon with the possibility of Mercer's innocence. When Tynes finds a link between a father of one of Mercer's alleged victims and others felled by scandal, she could become a killer's next victim.
2) Shadow woman
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English
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Lizette Henry, possessing unusual detection skills but struggling with a memory disorder, accepts help from the mysterious and seductive Xavier--a stranger who triggers disturbing images of an unspeakable crime of which Lizette may or may not be the perpetrator.
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Meeting through mutual friends in Chicago, Hadley is intrigued by brash "beautiful boy" Ernest Hemingway, and after a brief courtship and small wedding, they take off for Paris, where Hadley makes a convincing transformation from an overprotected child to a game and brave young woman who puts up with impoverished living conditions and shattering loneliness to prop up her husband's career.
4) Knit two
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Friday Night Knitting Club volume 2
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English
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Five years after the death of her mother, Dakota is running their knitting store part time with the help of members of the "Friday Night Knitting Club," each of who is seeking solace in their friendship from their own challenges in life.
5) In the dark
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Jonathan Stride volume 4
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English
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Even those involved in the closest relationships can be kept in the dark about a loved one's past. When a woman shows up in town and informs Stride that she is writing a book about the 30-year-old mystery surrounding the murder of the older sister of the girl who grew up to become Stride's spouse, he's forced to re-examine the validity of his bond with not only his late wife, Cindy, who died of cancer five years earlier, but also that involving his...
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President Will Lee is having a rough week. His vice president just died during surgery. Confirmation hearings for the new vice president are under way, but the squeaky-clean governor whom Will has nominated may have a few previously unnoticed skeletons in his closet. And Teddy Fay, the rogue CIA agent is plotting his revenge on CIA director Kate Rule Lee - the president's wife. Plus there are some loose nukes in Pakistan that might just trigger World...
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Pub. Date
2009
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English
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For Gwen Merchant, love has always been doled out in little packets--from her father, who buried himself in work after her mother's death, and from her husband, Peter, who's always been respectable and safe. But when an old college boyfriend, the irrepressible Elliot Hull, invites himself back into Gwen's life with a surprising proposition, she suddenly starts questioning everything she's ever expected from love.
10) Iron orchid
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Holly Barker volume 5
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English
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"When his plane exploded off the coast of Maine, authorities thought they had seen the last of Teddy Fay--the ex-CIA tech wizard who kills his political targets for sport. But now they've found irrefutable evidence that he is alive and up to his old tricks. Now working for the CIA, ex-chief-of-police Holly Barker joins the elite task force tracking Fay in New York City. As he begins to pick off America's enemies one by one, Holly unexpectedly finds...
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Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
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English
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The case against young Travis Morgan is simple: he walked into his father's house and shot the man at his desk in front of two witnesses. The fact that the murdered man was not his father is immaterial: he still killed a man in cold blood. Although he admits to a passionate hatred and fear of his father, Travis swears he is innocent. This is the case attorney Barbara Holloway is presented with. The trouble is she believes Travis, even though the eyewitness...
13) Night secrets
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Series
T-FLAC bodyguard trilogy volume 2
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Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
While in Rio to do a profile on a plastic surgery spa catering to celebrities--and to undergo treatment herself to boost her career, writer Sydney McBride encounters Lucas Fox, a T-FLAC operative out to stop an unspeakable evil.
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Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Since her birth, Truly has endured constant embarrassment for her large size. Her sister Serena has always been a timeless beauty. But beauty comes with a price when Serena finds herself mixed up with the wrong guy. When Serena Jane leaves town, Truly is left to care for her nephew, and her life leads her into some unexpected places.
16) Dead lift
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Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Wanting to spend more time with her family, Emily Locke has taken up a part-time job with her friend, private investigator Richard Cole. However, when she discovers that her latest employer is none other than the sleazy attorney who defended her husband's killer. Although this revelation strains her friendship with Richard, Emily sticks with the case: proving a single mother innocent of murdering a plastic surgeon.
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Once a week, an eclectic group of women comes together at a New York City yarn shop to work on their latest projects—and share the stories of their lives...
At the center of Walker and Daughter is the shop’s owner, Georgia, who is overwhelmed with juggling the store and single-handedly raising her teenage daughter. Happy to escape the demands of her life, she looks forward to...
Once a week, an eclectic group of women comes together at a New York City yarn shop to work on their latest projects—and share the stories of their lives...
At the center of Walker and Daughter is the shop’s owner, Georgia, who is overwhelmed with juggling the store and single-handedly raising her teenage daughter. Happy to escape the demands of her life, she looks forward to...
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Pub. Date
2012
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English
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"Silver Bay, Oregon, a small coastal resort town with nearly a thousand residents, is home to three generations of women: Marnie, the long-widowed owner of a small gift shop; Van, her granddaughter who is about to graduate medical school; and Stef, mercurial, difficult, and a brilliant artist who refuses to sell her work. When Stef discovers that Dale Oliver--the latest husband/paramour in a very long line--is trying to sell her work behind her back,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber, as a word, was better. But it did not apply to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Prairie was lovely and Shenandoah had a beautiful sound, but you couldn't fit those words into Brooklyn. Serene was the only word for it; especially on a Saturday afternoon in summer. Late in the afternoon the sun slanted down into the mossy yard belonging to Francie Nolan's house,...
20) Saving Noah
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Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Meet Noah—an A-honor roll student, award-winning swimmer, and small-town star destined for greatness. There weren't any signs that something was wrong until the day he confesses to molesting little girls during swim-team practice. He's sentenced to eighteen months in a juvenile sexual-rehabilitation center. His mother Adrianne refuses to turn her back on him despite his horrific crimes, but her husband won't allow Noah back into their home....