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A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive “Extraordinary… staggering…with wrenching beauty…This is a triumph.” –Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “Must be read…The writing is inspired, the imaginative power near mystic.” –Kirkus Reviews A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing...
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2023.
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English
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"Bill Olsson, recently widowed, is desperate to provide for his daughter, Sally. Struggling to pay rent, he welcomes a lodger into their home: Karla, a law student and aspiring judge, who works as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Her clients are the Rytters, an incredibly wealthy couple who hide behind closed doors. The wife is ill and hasn't left the house in months. The husband is controlling and obsessive. Is he just a worried husband, concerned...
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Phyllida Bright mystery volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"In this engaging historical mystery, Agatha Christie’s ever-capable housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, not only keeps the celebrated author’s English country home in tip-top shape, she excels as an amateur sleuth. But when a murder-themed game goes awry, can she outfox the guilty party? “A murder will occur tonight at Beecham House . . .” Who could resist such a compelling invitation? Of course, the murder in question purports to be a party game,...
4) La empleada
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No te pierdas este bestseller del New York Times y USA Today, una novela psicolgica adictiva con un giro asombroso que tiene a Instagram y a TikTok de cabeza: La empleada, de Freida McFadden. Es perfecta para lectores de Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell y Verity.Todos los das limpio la hermosa casa de los Winchester de arriba abajo, recojo a su hija de la escuela y preparo una deliciosa cena para toda la familia antes de irme a comer sola a mi pequea habitacin...
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Montlake
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Kit Darling is a maid with a snooping problem. Shes the "invisible girl," compelled to poke into her wealthy clients closely guarded lives. Its a harmless hobby until Kit sees something she can't unsee in the home of her brand-new clients: a secret so dark it could destroy the privileged couple expecting their first child. This makes Kit dangerous to the couple. In turn, it makes the couple who might kill to keep their secret dangerous to Kit. When...
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Forge/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Two women's lives and identities are intertwined-through World War II and the Korean War-revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century. "Lee Geum-yi has a gift for taking little-known embers of history and transforming them into moving, compelling, and uplifting stories." -Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant...
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Seven Seas Entertainment
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[2022]
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English
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"DRAGONS IN LIVING COLOR! Tohru, Kobayashi, and the rest of the gang from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid leap off the page in full, vibrant color! Inspired by the full-color hundredth chapter of the popular manga series, this volume collects the sexiest, funniest, and most poignant scenes and presents them in stunning color. Whether relaxing at a hot springs resort, fighting to protect their home, or visiting a faraway city, Tohru and her newfound...
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Umbriel
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[2022]
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Español
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"SE BUSCA: CRIADA DE SANGRE DE GUSTO EXCEPCIONAL. DEBE TENER INCLINACION POR LOS MEJORES PLACERES D E LA VIDA. CHICAS DE VOLUNTAD DEBIL, ABSTENERSE. Marion Shaw se crió en los suburbios, donde lo único que conoció fueron el anhelo y la carencia. A pesar de que lo que más anhela es abandonar la ciudad y todas sus miserias, no tiene ninguna esperanza de escapar hasta el día en que encuentra un anuncio muy peculiar en el periódico, en el cual se...
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Regency faerie tales volume 2
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2022.
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English
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Euphemia "Effie" Reeves has fallen in love with Mr. Benedict Ashbrooke... but a housemaid cannot marry a gentleman. Then Effie stumbles into the faerie realm of Lord Blackthorn. He can help her-- and all he asks in return is that she sew ten thousand stitches into his favorite jacket. In 100 days. Now Effie's greatest obstacle might be her faerie godfather's overwhelming good intentions-- and the fact that he has no idea what he's doing.--adapted...
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Berkley Prime Crime
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2023.
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English
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"When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves embroiled in a shocking murder in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Amanda Flower. August 1856. The Dickinson family is comfortably settled in their homestead on Main Street. Emily's brother, Austin Dickinson, and his new wife are delighted when famous thinker and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson comes to Amherst...
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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One of the most loved television series of all time is brought back to life with a fresh cast and sumptuous production values. It's 1936, and six years since parlor maid Rose left 165 Eaton Place, when fate brings her back as housekeeper to its new owners: Sir Hallam, his wife Lady Agnes, and Maud, Lady Holland, his mother. Rose soon finds she has her work cut out as she recruits a new 'downstairs' family to help run the elegance and finery of the...
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2023.
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English
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"This absolutely explosive and shockingly twisty sequel to USA Today bestseller The Housemaid will keep you racing through the pages late into the night. It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet...
13) Rambling Rose
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Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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Rose is taken in by a Southern family in 1935, but her irrepressible sexuality takes it toll on family ties.
Rose, an alluring young woman, is hired by a Southern family to care for their children, and changes their lives forever. She is an innocent who relates to everyone she meets in the only way she knows how-- with sexuality she cannot restrain. The mother of the family takes Rose under her wing, offering love and protection, while the teenaged...
14) Class: a memoir
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2023.
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English
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"Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph...
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Black butler volume 3
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Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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Terrorizing its populace, Jack the Ripper has shaken London to its very core. But when Sebastian Michaelis, singular butler of the Phantomhive house, lays bare the madman's true identity, all that is left for him to do is eliminate the perpetrator in the name of the Queen and Phantomhive. But inhumanly efficient skills don't guarantee victory when the opponent is just as supernaturally gifted! And though Sebastian may be able to save Ciel from physical...
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