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21) Family of lies
Author
Publisher
Dafina Books/Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"After growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in the lap of luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over her much-older husband, so it's been easy for her to balance a life of shopping and affairs with younger men with a major secret: the sixteen-year bribery of one of her husband's mistresses to keep her pregnancy under wraps. Vera figures that a little hush money...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Jane Silverlake, a young woman from the wild heath regions of Victorian England, uses her paranormal ability to see the souls of handcrafted objects to infiltrate a mysterious dream-manipulation cult into which the man she loves has gone missing.
Author
Publisher
Plaza y Janes
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Saint Ambrose es la exclusiva escuela donde han estudiado los varones adinerados del lugar desde hace mas de un siglo. Y este curso admitira por primera vez alumnado femenino en un entorno que parece idilico, pero que en realidad oculta problemas familiares, inseguridades y soledad. Una faceta oscura de la vida en el internado sale a la luz cuando, tras una fiesta, una estudiante acaba en el hospital inconsciente. Quienes saben lo que paso han decidido...
Author
Series
Heirs of Acadia volume 3
Publisher
BethanyHouse
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Historical drama and romance set in Venice and the English countryside of the 1800s. Two lives become intertwined despite the burdens of their past. A place that once seemed only a dreaded detour becomes a sacred venue for the unveiling of God's Providence"--Provided by publisher.
28) Crush: a novel
Author
Series
Crush novels (Phoef Sutton) volume 1
Publisher
Prospect Park Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Caleb Rush, a. k. a. Crush, is the toughest, coolest bodyguard/bouncer in Los Angeles, a man who lives strictly by his own moral code, which doesn't exactly hew to the standards of US law. When Amelia Trask, the wild daughter of a scruples-free billionaire tycoon, comes to Crush for help, his quiet life roars into overdrive, and he has to use his wits, brawn, martial-arts training, and knowledge of the Russian mafia to stay alive and clean up the...
Author
Series
Eloise (Kay Thompson) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of Eloise, a city child who lives in the Plaza Hotel. Includes a scrapbook with photos, drawings, and the story Kay Thompson and how Eloise came to be written.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Can the feisty Agatha Raisin cut it as a private investigator? She soon learns that running her own detective agency in the Cotswolds is not quite like starring in a Raymond Chandler movie. But then in walks wealthy divorcée Catherine Laggat-Brown, and presents Agatha with her first real case. Death threats, blackmail, and worse quickly follow, and once again Agatha is off scouring the countryside for clues and showing friends and enemies alike what...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the disturbed young man accused of murdering his father, a Manhattan millionaire and hedge fund founder. By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. The son of a wealthy hedge fund manager and a financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood could provide: education at the elite Buckley School and...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Drawn in by the promises of the popular and wealthy Naomi, insecure prep school student Carole is talked into accompanying Naomi and two young men to a Vermont cabin for the purpose of losing her virginity, with tragic results.
Author
Series
Gossip Girl novels. Original series volume 12
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
From the founders of the international health-care behemoth Johnson and Johnson in the late 1800s to the contemporary Johnsons of today, such as billionaire New York Jets owner Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV, all is revealed in this unauthorized biography. Often compared to the Kennedy clan because of the tragedies and scandals that had befallen both wealthy and powerful families, This book, based on scores of exclusive, candid, on-the-record interviews,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Draws on first-person interviews and other primary sources to trace the life and infamous 1973 abduction of the Getty Oil founder's grandson, offering insight into J. Paul Getty III's questionable social life, his family's abandonment and the audacious increasing random demanded by the kidnappers.
Author
Publisher
Suma de letras
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
"En el verano de 1940 Vivian Morris llega a Manhattan con 19 años y tan solo una maleta y una máquina de coser, empujada por sus desesperados padres. Aunque su especial talento con la aguja y su dedicación a lograr el peinado perfecto no le han servido de gran cosa en la prestigiosa universidad de Vassar, la convertirán en la modista estrella del Lily Playhouse, el decadente teatro de variedades de su poco convencional tía Peg. Los días en Nueva...
Author
Publisher
Random House Inc
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Vastly entertaining and outright hilarious, Paul Murray’s debut heralds the arrival of a major new Irish talent. His protagonist is endearing and wildly witty–part P. G. Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster, with a cantankerous dash of A Confederacy of Dunces’ Ignatius J. Reilly thrown in. With its rollicking plot and colorful characters, An Evening of Long Goodbyes is a delightful and erudite comedy of epic proportions. Charles Hythloday observes...
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