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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Investigative reporter Fran Simmons looks into the case of Mary Carpenter Lasch. She had been convicted of murdering her husband, a Greenwich, Connecticut doctor, but now claims she is innocent.
3) The outsider
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1984
Language
English
Description
In 1946, David Hartman arrives in Leighton Ridge to serve as rabbi to the fourteen Jewish families there, and meets Martin Carter, the Congregational minister who will become his closest and lifelong friend.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Career woman Lainey Wolfe wishes she could change places with best friend Farrell Cole, a housewife. Lainey gets her wish when the Coles are killed and she is named the guardian of their children. The appearance of Farrell's sexy brother is annoying, she has no time for romance, until Lainey realizes the Coles did not die by accident and she needs a man's protection.
6) Sandcastles
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Painter and art instructor Honor Dillon has made a peaceful life for herself with her three daughters, until the wedding of her eldest daughter, Regis, brings her former love--and Regis' father--John back into her life from his self-imposed exile.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The Finches, a Connecticut family, sponsor an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way.
8) Bittersweet
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After 17 years of marriage a mother of four decides to put some spark in her life and returns to her old job of photojournalist. The novel describes her adventures and romance with a Wall Street billionaire.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
In New Bern, Connecticut, one woman's marriage is suffering and another is trying to salvage a rundown cottage. The Cobbled Court Quilt Shop will bring them together and help them discover the power of sisterhood to heal old wounds.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Torn apart by tragedies and the publicity they brought, siblings Smithy, Jack, and Madison, aged fourteen to sixteen, tap into their parent's courage to pull together and protect their brother Tris, nearly three, from further media exploitation and a much more sinister threat.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Some women get everything. Some women get everything they deserve. Amber Patterson is fed up. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more--a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted. To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne--a socialite and philanthropist--and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson,...
17) Happy ever after
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the public face of Vows wedding planning company, Parker Brown has an uncanny knack for fulfilling every bride's vision. She just can't see where her own life is headed. Mechanic Malcomb Kavanaugh loves figuring out how things work, and Parker is no exception. Both know that moving from minor flirtation to major hook-up is a serious step. Parker's business risks have always paid off, but now she'll have to take the chance of a lifetime with her...
19) My tiki girl
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Maggie, still grieving the loss of her mother in an accident that also gave her a limp, has turned her back on old friends but connects with a new student, Dahlia, who makes her part of her quirky family and plans their future together as roving musicians and lovers.
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