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Author
Series
Swift River Valley novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
This story is a tale of riches lost and found, and beneath the surface lie the greatest treasures. A wave of hope carries Olivia Frost back to her small New England hometown nestled in the beautiful Swift River Valley. She is transforming a historic home into an idyllic getaway; picturesque and perfect, if only the absentee owner will fix up the eyesore next door. Dylan McCaffrey's ramshackle house is an inheritance he never counted on. It also holds...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright is happy to be attending the world-renowned Edinburgh Book Fair. But then her ex, Kyle McVee, shows up with a bombshell. He has an original copy of a scandalous text that could change history-and humiliate the beloved British monarchy. Trying to get Kyle's story out of her mind, Brooklyn takes a nighttime tour of the city. Unfortunately, the first landmark contains a real dead body-Kyle's. The police are...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright temporarily relocates to her parents' place in Northern California, she finds that wooden barrels aren't the only things buried in the wine caves of Sonoma... Excited to explore the secrets of wine country, Brooklyn attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under her parents' commune-and the findings are explosive. A room is unearthed, and it contains a treasure trove of artwork, rare books,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
℗2012.
Language
English
Description
Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be invited to the 50th birthday party of her neighbor Suzie's aunt Grace, who has an extensive collection of rare paperback pulp fiction. Part of the fun involves a seance--but after the lights flicker, one guest is dead.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"San Francisco bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright stumbles through the looking glass in a tale of murder, rare books, and a quest for the perfect pie. . . . Brooklyn's oh-so-proper future in-laws are traveling from England to meet her, and if that's not enough to set her on edge, rumors abound that the charming Courtyard Shops across the street may be replaced by high-rise apartments. Their trendy neighborhood will be ruined unless Brooklyn and her fiancé...
Author
Series
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Ripped from the Pages...San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright's latest project is for the birds, but it may have her running for her life. Brooklyn's friend Ian runs the Covington Library, which is hosting an exhibit featuring John James Audubon's massive masterpiece, Birds of America, currently on loan from an Arab sheik. During the gala celebrating the book, she is approached by...
10) Spring House
Author
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The lives of two women, generations apart, converge in this enthralling novel of love, mystery, memories, and secrets. Pregnant and still grieving the death of her fianc�� historian Megan Buchanan is forging ahead on a dream project: to restore to its original glory the landmark hunting lodge her own great-great-grandfather built on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. With the help of her fianc��’s caring best friend, it’s sure...
12) The bargaining
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Grieving and guilty over a friend's death, Penny is not surprised when her mother sends her to live with her father and stepmother, April, but when April takes her to help restore an old house in a dense forest, weird occurences connected to missing children threaten Penny's safety and fragile mental health.
Author
Publisher
[Cool Springs Press]
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"Plan your barn-conversion dream home guided by inspiring real-life examples and practical, cost-effective solutions. Move over she sheds, the next innovation in real estate is a full-on house! That’s right: the customizable and cost-efficient barndominum, offering plenty of space and plenty of style. In Barndominiums, author Chris Peterson, a three-decade veteran home improvement author, tours through barndos nationwide in search of the latest...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this deeply researched, immersive history, Adam Kuper tells the story of how foreign and prehistoric peoples and cultures were represented in Western museums of anthropology. Originally created as colonial enterprises, their halls were populated by displays of plundered art, artifacts, dioramas, bones, and relics. Kuper reveals the politics and struggles of trying to build these museums in Germany, France, and England in the mid-19th century,...
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