The Moonstone (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time – #92]

 Literature & Fiction > Classics
Author: Wilkie Collins

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The Moonstone (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #92]

The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and when Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachel’s household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as ‘the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels’, “The Moonstone” is a marvellously taut and intricate tale of mystery, in which facts and memory can prove treacherous and not everyone is as they first appear .

What Love Can Do (Sexy Small Town Contemporary Romance) (Home to Green Valley Book 1)

 Romance > Contemporary
Author: Virna DePaul

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What Love Can Do (Sexy Small Town Contemporary Romance) (Home to Green Valley Book 1)

When a sweet and sassy baker meets the new Irishman in town, things start to sizzle…

Quinn O’Neill gave up being a professional rugby player to help his mam after his dad died, and now she’s gone too. All that’s left for him in Dublin? Four younger brothers, and elusive dreams to explore. Then he finds a journal revealing family secrets, and heads to Northern California wine country, where his mam grew up.

That’s when Quinn meets her

Lilly Parker. She’s the baker at the B&B, an amazing gazelle of a woman. Blonde. Curvy. With high cheekbones that give her the look of an old-fashioned pin-up with a naughty side. She’s wearing a pink and black apron that reads Life is Short–Lick the Bowl, and all Quinn can imagine is them: her, wearing nothing but that apron, and him, licking and savoring.

Agent I1: Tristan (The D.I.R.E. Agency Series Book 1)

 Science Fiction
Author: Joni Hahn

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Agent I1: Tristan (The D.I.R.E. Agency Series Book 1)

He’s an agent for hire. She’s a small town sweetheart. What could they possibly have in common… except danger?

Raised in the art of warfare, Former Navy SEAL Tristan Jacobs has always been a force to reckon with. Now that D.I.R.E. has successfully implemented his scientific enhancements, he’s a walking weapon. Unstoppable, as long as he stays focused.

When ex-BUD/S teammate Aidan Monroe interrupts his long-awaited sabbatical to call in a favor, Tristan reluctantly fills the simple request: take out his sister’s fiancé.

One problem: Rachel Monroe – smokin’ hot, kind-hearted, and in desperate need of a protector. After a night of mind-blowing passion, Tristan’s afraid unstoppable is just a memory. Knowing Aidan’s temper, Tristan could be, too.

Historical Romance (Cajun Series Book 1)

 Historical Romance
Author: Cherie Claire

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Emilie (The Cajun Series Book 1)

Emilie Gallant and her Cajun family have traveled to Louisiana in search of their father, separated thirteen years ago during le grand dérangement, the brutal exile by the British from their Nova Scotia homeland. The last thing Emilie has on her mind as she enters the rugged bayou country is marriage to her longtime companion, Lorenz Dugas. Beautiful but stubbornly defiant, Emilie worshipped Lorenz as a child but having to fight to preserve her family has built a wall around her heart. But Lorenz is equally determined and his passion will prove that their love cannot be denied. As they make their way across the untamed Louisiana wilderness, hoping to reunite the Gallant family, Emilie learns that love has a way of healing all wounds — even in the most unusual places.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

 Fiction > Family Life
Author: Khaled Hosseini

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A Thousand Splendid Suns

After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today.

Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love.

Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul–they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

 Social Psychology & Interactions
Author: Malcolm Gladwell

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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Malcolm Gladwell, the #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw, offers his most provocative—and dazzling—book yet.

Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David’s victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn’t have won.

Or should he have?

In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks.

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Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life

 Biographies & Memoirs > Artists
Author: Roxana Robinson

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Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

A New York Times Notable Book: Roxana Robinson’s definitive biography of Georgia O’Keeffe is a rich and revealing portrait of the iconic American artist.

Artist Georgia O’Keeffe was born into a family of strong Midwestern farmwomen and taught self-reliance at an early age. Coming of age in the modern era, she went on to defy the social conventions of her time and lead a successful and emancipated life full of creativity, feminism, and austerity that has taken on mythic proportion. Roxana Robinson’s multilayered book explores O’Keeffe’s journey to personal and professional independence, the evolution of her art, and her most influential relationships. Written with the cooperation of O’Keeffe’s family, and using sources unavailable during her lifetime, this biography presents the artist’s own voice through her letters to family and friends.

The Witness

 Romance > Mystery & Suspense
Author: Sandra Brown

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The Witness

The best public defender in Prosper, Kendall has stumbled upon the town’s chilling secret – and her marriage to one of the town’s most powerful men has become a living hell. Now Kendall is a terrified mother trying to save her child’s life.

Millions of readers clamor for the compelling contemporary novels of Sandra Brown. And no wonder! She fires your imagination with irresistible characters, unexpected plot twists, scandalous secrets…so electric you feel the zing.

The best public defender in Prosper, Kendall has stumbled upon the town’s chilling secret – and her marriage to one of the town’s most powerful men has become a living hell. Now Kendall is a terrified mother trying to save her child’s life.

The Hunt for Red October (A Jack Ryan Novel, Book 3)

 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Tom Clancy

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The Hunt for Red October (A Jack Ryan Novel, Book 3)

A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a top secret Russian missile sub. The Hunt for Red October remains a masterpiece of military fiction by one of the world’s most popular authors, a man whose shockingly realistic scenarios continue to hold us in thrall.

Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision: the Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on….The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy’s phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history.

Lick the Bowl Good: Classic Home-Style Desserts with a Twist

 Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Desserts
Author: Monica Holland

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Lick the Bowl Good: Classic Home-Style Desserts with a Twist

No meal is complete without dessert! Popular food blogger Monica Holland brings you an enticing collection of comforting homemade classics with a modern twist. Find inspiration in her fun, whimsical recipes that reinvent old favorites and create exciting new flavor combinations.

  • Grandma’s chocolate layer cake
  • Cream cheese swirl snickerdoodle blondies
  • Hummingbird cupcakes with mascarpone frosting
  • Pumpkin pie cake
  • Blueberry vanilla yogurt popsicles
  • Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies

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The Sins That Bind Us

 Romance > Contemporary
Author: Geneva Lee

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The Sins That Bind Us

I wasn’t given a choice. Not when I did my first line of cocaine. Not when I became a single mother. But I changed, and every decision I’ve made was to protect myself and my son from my weaknesses—and my past.

Until Jude came along and made me question everything, even my own secrets.

The sins I carry with me can never be discovered. Life handed me broken bits of people and left me to construct my own world, and it’s too fragile to take a chance on Jude Mercer.

We write our own stories. We build our own prisons. We weave our own lies. We commit the sins that bind us.

How to Make a Living as a Writer

 Writing, Research & Publishing Guides
Author: James Scott Bell

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How to Make a Living as a Writer

More writers are making money today than at any other time in history. For centuries few have been able to support themselves from the quill or the keyboard alone.

Not anymore. With the rise of ebooks and indie publishing there are now more opportunities than ever for writers to generate substantial income from their work. And there is still a traditional publishing industry that needs new talent to keep growing.

In How to Make a Living as a Writer, you’ll learn the secrets of writing for profit and increasing your chances of making a living wage from your work.

One Day Soon

 Romance > Contemporary
Author: A. Meredith Walters

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One Day Soon

He found me in blood and tears.
I stayed with him through darkness and fire.

We loved each other in the moment between innocence and bitter truth.
We were the kids easily ignored, who grew into adults we hardly knew.

We weren’t meant to last forever. And we didn’t.

He ran away.
I tried to move on.

Yet I never stopped thinking about the boy who had fought to keep me alive in a world that would have swallowed me whole. He was the past that I buried, but never forgot.

Twisted Asphalt (Asphalt Outlaw Series Book 1)

 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Blue Remy

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Twisted Asphalt (Asphalt Outlaw Series Book 1)

What would one man do to protect his daughter from the fate of his lifestyle choices? Would he go so far as to be a patched in member of an outlaw motorcycle club, and enlist the help of the ATF to bring down the very club he’s spent his whole life in?

Undercover ATF Agent Sam Dean made it his mission to take down the James Family, leaders of the notorious Six-gun Outlaw Motorcycle Club until Amy “Amethyst” James, the club president’s daughter, enters his life. Erotic sparks fly, complicating things for the man who is afraid of losing himself to the familial environment provided by his leather clad, Harley riding brothers.

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