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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
After Justine Nolan discovers that her mother has been pretending that Justine's favorite grandmother has been dead for ten years, she embarks on a search that takes her to Istanbul, where she discovers family secrets that go all the way back to World War II--and a chance to follow the true desires in her heart.
62) Dandelion summer
Author
Series
Publisher
NAL Accent
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xi, 381 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A sixteen-year-old living on the low-rent side of Blue Sky Hill takes a job in an upscale home looking after an elderly widower suffering from heart trouble and together the two form a life-changing friendship.
63) Tear me apart
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she's suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter. The race to save Mindy's life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In 1944, twenty-three-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina, a small town struggling with racial tension and the hardships imposed by World War II. Tess's new husband, Henry Kraft, is a secretive man who often stays out all night, hides money from his new wife, and shows no interest in making love. Tess quickly realizes she's trapped in...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
During a party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the road and sees her mother speak to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Asked by Victoria Ford's sister to prove Victoria's innocence in the murder of her married lover 20 years ago before she died on 9/11, Avery Mason, host of American Events, delves into her twisted private life only to discover that someone is more interested in Avery's secret past"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten years after one terrible night in Paxos, Greece, Julie, the classic "yummy mummy" of high society, is a stifled woman trapped in a gilded cage, stricken with anxiety and perfectionism until she meets a therapist who gives her hope for a different future.
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Nearly seven years ago, Rachel's husband Tom disappeared without a trace. Believing his secret life died with him, Rachel is not sure what to expect when a handwritten note arrives from Tom declaring that he is coming home.
Author
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When they inherit their grandmother’s rustic lakeside resort in Texas, three estranged sisters return—sharing hidden regrets, mistrust and guilt in a place where secrets once drove them apart—and soon they discover that their grandmother may have been hiding something too.
71) The darkest day
Author
Publisher
Mantle
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
533 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's December in the quiet Swedish town of Kymlinge, and the Hermansson family is gathering to celebrate father Karl-Erik and eldest daughter Ebba's joint landmark birthdays. But beneath the guise of happy festivities, tensions are running high, and it's not long before the night takes a dark and unexpected turn.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A hair-raising psychological thriller about a single mom and her friends, the secrets they hide, and the pasts they can't escape, from the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes.
73) Malibu rising
Author
Language
English
Description
"Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s this novel follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young"--
August 1983. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their baby sister, Kit....
74) Paradise Peak
Author
Series
New Americana volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"A desire for absolution brought ex-con Travis Alden to Paradise Peak, Tennessee. But when he finds honest work, along with a keen sense of belonging, he shelves his plan to unburden his guilty secret, instead working to rehabilitate a ranch alongside the very people his transgressions hurt the most. With the chance to create a haven for wildfire refugees, Travis seizes the opportunity to do good, to earn the respect his new boss shows him. Only Travis...
76) Tourist season
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Trapped alone in her fianc�e's family 'cottage' as a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island, Ismay Chalmers, as she prepares for the storm, discovers some disturbing items hidden in a closet that have her questioning everything she knows about the seemingly perfect Windsor family-especially her fianc�e.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Fleeing a hectic and secretive life in Manhattan, Cassie Peters returns to her work with Yosemite Search and Rescue and meets Petal and Jada, two women whose lives will be forever changed by her secrets.
Author
Series
Poldark volume 11
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
645 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Parisian life begins well, with a round of exhilarating balls and parties. But the return of Napoleon brings separation, distrust, and danger to the Poldarks, and as always for Demelza, there is the shadow of the secret she does not even share with Ross.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Ballantine Books trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After reluctantly moving in with her mother, ex-alcoholic Astrid tries to rebuild her life and make amends for her past wrongs, but someone is following her and won't stop until she learns that some mistakes can't be forgiven.
Author
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Returning home when Gran, the treasured matriarch, falls in a coma after a car accident caused by her mother, Maggie finds Sullivan’s Island is holding even more secrets as she feels herself changing like the Atlantic tides, rediscovering the roots she left behind and finding love.