Endō, Tatsuya
Summary: "Defiant and vulgar, Princess Kaguya Takenouchi is not the heir to the moon's Silver Court that her mother's retainers had hoped for. But when the empress falls ill during a wave of terrorist attacks, Kaguya resolves to do right by her people and rise to the occasion. Stranded on the Tainted World, Kaguya sets out to strike an alliance with the Matsunouchi clan, a branch of the imperial family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC BLAAndrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)
Summary: "Caroline Bryer is the daughter of a very conservative TSA agent and former military brat, Morgan Bryer. Her mother, Linsey Bryer, is a descendent of the Sutherland real estate family. Their organized, suburban life in Colonie, New York, is rigorously regulated and leaves little room for deviation from the norm. When Linsey, Morgan, and Caroline attend the wake of their neighbor Mr. Gleeson,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction AndrewsMiranda, Megan
Summary: "When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back to the town--and people--she left behind almost a decade earlier. But Hazel's not the only relic of the past to return: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge . . . including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024
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Summary: "When January Billings receives a letter informing her not only of the death of a grandfather she knew nothing about, but also that a meeting with his attorney would be to her best advantage, she is both angry and intrigued. Eli Pasco convinces her to follow up on the matter. A second note warning her to stay away or else it might "prove bad for her health" only makes the decision easier....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CRISo, Anthony Veasna
Summary: "The late Anthony Veasna So's debut story collection, Afterparties, was a landmark publication, hailed as a "bittersweet triumph for a fresh voice silenced too soon" (Fresh Air). And he was equally known for his comic, soulful essays, published in n+1, the New Yorker, and The Millions. Songs on Endless Repeat gathers those essays together, along with previously unpublished fiction. Written with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 SOBrown, Carolyn
Summary: "Angela Marie has spent all of her thirty-five years on Meadow Falls, the farm that's been in her Texas family for generations. It wasn't her plan. It was an obligation. Now that her parents -- less loving kin than strangers -- have passed, the whole shebang belongs to Angela. And a legacy she never wanted is hers to uphold. She can't forsake it now. Her beloved nanny, Mandy, who was always...
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Summary: "​Aristia la Monique was the child of prophecy, raised to be the companion of the future emperor--until she wasn't. When the actual child of prophecy appears on the palace grounds, Aristia is immediately cast aside by both fiancé and country and forced to watch as Jieun is handed the love, future, and throne that was supposed to be hers. Her only reward for a lifetime of obedience is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2021
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Summary: "Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she's just an ordinary girl who loves books. She seeks the truth from a member of the most prominent family of magicians, but she quickly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. J. Archer 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 9781922554222Adler, Elizabeth (Elizabeth A.)
Summary: "Mirabella Matthews' Aunt Jolly died unexpectedly and mysteriously, and as a result, Mirabella has inherited her villa in the South of France. Driving on the way from the train with Verity, the young woman she picked up along the way, Mirabella is run off the road by a motorcycle and she soon discovers that the dangers do not end there. It turns out that Aunt Jolly had a past, and as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ADLPatchett, Ann
Summary: At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 0000
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2 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC PATAusten, Jane
Summary: "Sense and Sensibility (1811) marked the auspicious debut of a novelist identified only as 'A Lady.' Jane Austen's name has since become as familiar as Shakespeare's, and her tale of two sisters has lost none of its power to delight. Patricia Meyer Spacks guides readers to a deeper appreciation of the richness of Austen's delineation of her heroines, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, as they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: When a determined heir moves to block a wealthy woman's attempt to include her newly discovered grandson in her will, it is up to good-intentioned ghost Bailey Ruth Raeburn to protect a little boy, foil a murderer, and save Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARMiller, Sue
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on CD 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MILWoods, Stuart
Summary: "After returning home from a treacherous adventure, Stone Barrington is all too happy to settle back down in his New York City abode. But when he's introduced to a glamorous socialite with a staggering inheritance, Stone realizes his days are about to be anything but quiet. As it turns out, Stone's intriguing new companion has some surprisingly familiar ties and other far more sinister...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WOOFordham, Rachel
Summary: "Buffalo, NY, 1924. Laura Bradshaw adores stories with happily ever afters. But since her mother died seven years ago, the Bradshaw Shoe Company heiress has been as good as locked away in a tower. Her overbearing father cares little for her dreams, throwing himself instead into his tireless takedown of his competitor, the Campbell Shoe Company. However, Laura has been gifted with a reprieve: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Summary: "On his thirty-fifth birthday, Jake St. Cloud inherits a fortune--and learns the whereabouts of his mysterious half-brother. On her deathbed, Selma St. Cloud revealed that Jake had a sibling, a product of his father's affair. At last, Jake is in a position to track down Alex Rosario and make amends for their father's past neglect. At least, that's the plan. When their initial meeting goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC MICHörnig, Haiko
Summary: "After years as an orphan, Henrietta Achilles is summoned to the town of Malrenard. She learns she's the only living relative of a notorious wizard-and she's just inherited his house and everything in it."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HORSnelling, Lauraine.
Summary: "Ruby Torvald sets out on a daunting journey with her young sister, Opal, to hopefully see their long-lost father once more and claim the promised inheritance. But instead of the treasure they expected, the sisters discover something most shocking." -- Book Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SNESt. Aubyn, Edward
Summary: Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions. Now imprisoned in Meadowmeade, an upscale sanatorium in rural England, with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STAThomas, Jodi
Summary: Blade Hamilton is the last of his line. He's never even heard of Crossroads, Texas, until he inherits land there. Riding in on his vintage Harley-Davidson, Blade finds a weathered ranch house, an empty prairie and a dark river that cuts a decisive path between the Hamiltons' land and that of their estranged neighbors. When Dakota helps a stranger on the roadside, she isn't prepared for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOTrussoni, Danielle.
Summary: Out of the blue, Alberta Monte receives a letter that claims that she's inherited a noble title, money and a castle in Italy. Even though she is a little skeptical, Bert decides that a holiday in Italy and at first, it is a dream come true. She soon learns that her ancestry has a dark side and begins to unravel the Montebianco secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Ficton Trussoni 2020Kusanagi, Mizuho
Summary: "A red-haired princess loses her family and her kingdom... Now she must rise and fight with her Dragon Warriors by her side! Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Su-won. But everything changes on her 16th birthday when tragedy strikes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 YONHandford, Jennifer
Summary: After the death of her father from Alzheimer's, Missy Fletcher packs her bags and goes to Italy. Once there she meets a new friend and soon finds herself signing away her inheritance and betting on a risky plan and rekindles a lost love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANGrisham, John.
Summary: A lawyer searches the Brazilian jungle for a missionary doctor working with Indians, the illegitimate daughter of an American tycoon who left her his fortune. But the tycoon's real children are determined to prevent the inheritance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1999