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Highland Guard novelKing, Crystal
Summary: "Set amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family, Crystal King's seminal debut features the man who inspired the world's oldest cookbook and the ambition that led to his destruction. On a blistering day in the twenty-sixth year of Augustus Caesar's reign, a young chef, Thrasius, is acquired for the exorbitant price of twenty thousand denarii. His purchaser is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINHesse, Monica
Summary: Haruko and Margot meet at the high school in Crystal City, a 'family internment camp' for those accused of colluding with the enemy. The teens discover that they are polar opposites in so many ways, except for one that seems to override all the others: the camp is changing them, day by day and piece by piece. Haruko finds herself consumed by fear for her soldier brother and distrust of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HESMcCleary, Carol.
Summary: "History, mystery, and murder are the traveling companions of Nellie Bly, the world's first female investigative reporter. In No Job for a Lady, Nellie defies the wrath of her editor and vengeful ancient gods while setting out to prove a woman has what it takes to be a foreign correspondent in dangerous Victorian times. Pyramids, dark magic, and dead bodies are what the intrepid Nellie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCKing, Crystal
Summary: A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and author of one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time, and the nephew who sets out to discover his late uncle's secrets--including the identity of the noblewoman Bartolomeo loved until he died. When Bartolomeo Scappi dies in 1577, he leaves his vast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINMcCarty, Monica.
Summary: "Embedded deep behind enemy lines, Arthur 'Ranger' Campbell is prized for his razor-sharp senses and his ability to blend into the shadows. But when Arthur infiltrates the clan of the chieftain who murdered his father, his heart is locked on revenge. Inside he faces unexpected resistance from the sweetest of obstacles--a honey-haired siren who is his enemy's daughter. Intrigued by this ruggedly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCMcCarty, Monica.
Summary: When he is assigned to protect and deliver Bella MacDuff to the king's coronation, Lachlan "Viper" MacRuairi, a warrior who is only loyal to his purse, agrees to help the countess reclaim her daughter and her freedom--for a price.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2011
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Summary: After the death of her father, Temperance assumes the lamplighter position in her coastal whaling village and drives away the unnatural fog that descends each night, but when two girls go missing and authorities doubt her abilities, Temperance uncovers dark truths and faces a choice between silence and risking her own and her sister's fate among the vanished.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flux 2024
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Summary: "When white silver screen icon Kitty Karr Tate dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the three Black St. John sisters, it prompts questions. A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty's affairs than deal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty's journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could-and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAUKim, Crystal Hana
Summary: An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love, the unforgettable saga of two ill-fated lovers in Korea and the heartbreaking choices they're forced to make in the years surrounding the civil war that still haunts us today. When the communist-backed army from the north invades her home, sixteen-year-old Haemi Lee, along with her widowed mother and ailing brother, is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KIMMcCarty, Monica.
Summary: Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Robert the Bruce handpicks ten warriors to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule. A Highland warlord and a swordsman without equal, Tor MacLeod has no intention of being drawn into war. Dedicated to his clan, the fiercely independent chief answers to no one, including his alluring new bride, bartered to him in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2010
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Summary: "The ruthless enforcer of Scotland's most powerful clan, Jamie Campbell will use any means necessary to vanquish lawlessness and unrest among the feuding Highland clans. Seduction is a game as easily played as subterfuge, but when Jamie poses as a suitor to a rival clan's daughter in order to expose trason, the line between duty and pleasure is suddenly blurred. Ebony-haired, ruby-lipped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCWalsh, S. Kirk
Summary: "Belfast, October 1940. Twenty-year-old zookeeper Hettie Quin arrives at the city docks in time to meet her new charge: an orphaned three-year-old Indian elephant named Violet. As Violet adjusts to her new solitary life in captivity and Hettie mourns the recent loss of her sister and the abandonment of her father, new storm clouds gather. A world war rages, threatening a city already reeling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021