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The hive
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The residents of Mariner's Cove are changing. In the aftermath of a violent storm, a collective obsession is rapidly developing among the people of this quaint suburban neighborhood. Random, everyday items left scattered upon the lawns, the streets, and the shoreline all seem to call out to them. There is an item for almost everyone, and each item has a certain hold over the person who finds it, a hold that soon turns into unwavering infatuation. They hide their items from each other, obsess over them, and they will do anything-- anything--to protect them. Among the residents, a young boy finds himself the possessor of a strange and inexplicable power. Has he been granted this power in order to thwart whatever is about to happen in this small, bayside community, or is there a more sinister purpose?
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FIC Mal
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The British are coming : the graphic edition. Volume 1 - VIEW IN CATALOG
The British are coming : the graphic edition. Volume 1
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From the battles at Lexington and Concord in the spring of 1775 through the Siege of Boston in 1776, American militiamen and the newly created Continental Army take on the world's most formidable adversary: the British Empire. The gripping saga is alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; and George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. It also includes stories from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict all the more compelling. The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering.
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FIC Atk
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The body in the kitchen garden
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Pudding Corner is abuzz: the enigmatic Lord Hugh Darlington has returned to his crumbling ancestral home after years away. With his fiancée, he plans to revive the grand Darlington Hall, and who better to help than antique-hunting Daphne Brewster? Daphne is enchanted by the estate's stained-glass windows, regal turrets, and sprawling kitchen garden. But amidst the overgrown greenery, she stumbles upon something far less picturesque. She finds a body that no one can identify. As the shocking murder rocks the village, Daphne dusts off her sleuthing skills, despite the local PC's warnings to stay out of trouble. When Lord Darlington is attacked and a string of burglaries shakes Pudding Corner, it's clear that no one is safe.
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FIC Sut
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All them dogs
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Tony Ward has landed back in Lucan with his chest puffed up and a chip on his shoulder. After five years in the UK, staying out of trouble just like he'd been told to do, he's returned home to his west Dublin estate ready to reinstate himself into the gangland scene. But Tony's old mentor is dead and his best pal Kenny Boyle has gone on the straight and narrow. When an opportunity arises to work directly for Darren 'Flute' Walsh, an enforcer of notorious crime boss Aengus Lavelle presents itself, it seems like a no brainer. Working as his left-hand man offers a level of security against repercussions for the crimes he'd gone on the run for as well as giving him a way into the life he wants. None of that stops the big-man Lavelle making it clear that any trouble from his past will be Tony's alone to answer for. With the fragments of his past life still in the rearview and a whole new gang of headbangers to contend with, Lavelle is a pull too hard to resist. As Tony turns his back on the paper-thin structures that support him, he looks for stability in his new, brutal surroundings. But where is there room for love in a world like this, where anything that's buried is always unearthed and retribution is never far away?
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FIC Whi
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Now then : a novel
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Liliana Soto Walker is an 18-year-old freshman who arrives at Harvard from the humble Appalachian home of her Cuban immigrant mother and Black American father. Lily feels out of place in this new world of privilege, but her roommate Hana and a budding romance with Vikram stirs a new sense of belonging. As Lily navigates the complexities of college life, her mother, Marisol, finally begins to reveal her past through heartfelt letters, sparking Lily's journey to uncover hidden histories and discover what it means to endure--and find happiness again.
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FIC Rad
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The Dorians : a novel
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On a remote island in the Canadian wilderness, five elderly volunteers from different walks of life are given a tantalizing offer: to stall their biological clocks or even reverse them, restoring their lost youth. It's the chance to put death on pause, perhaps forever. The remarkable secret lies in the high-tech harnessing of an ancient and extraordinary biological agent, one with no conscience, yet possessed with a single-minded purpose. This purpose has helped it persist for eons, and it is the will to survive.
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FIC Cut
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The temptation of Charlotte North
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In 1910, on a small, remote island that boasts more sheep than people, the fates of Charlotte North, Jasper Hill, and Ruth Russel are perched on the edge of a cliff, and a strange wind is blowing. When an ancient tower, rumored to have once imprisoned a witch, crumbles, it releases something powerful. A restless spirit knocks inside the walls and sends household objects flying. A spirit that seems to be drawn to Charlotte, who sees in it a potential for power and change. But first she must overcome Jasper's piety and Ruth's fierce determination to banish the terrifying entity. Only then will she gain the power to claim the life that she desires.
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FIC Bru
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A perfect hand
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Miss Alice Lockey, daughter of a tenant farmer, has raised herself to the lofty status of lady's maid at Marlecombe Park. Alice has thus far resisted the temptations of matrimony among the neighboring widowers and pig farmers, more content to enjoy the fruits of her labor -- or at least the portion of them her father will share after they are paid to him. She spends her days arranging Lady Jemima Alderwick's blond hair into the latest French styles, her lady's petticoats, and carefully sewing all manner of fripperies to bonnets and gowns. But when a visiting valet named Charlie Wells, catches her eye, Alice begins to understand the constraints of her position. To spend more time with Charlie, she sees to arranging a romance between Lady Jemima and his employer, Nigel Deverell. If they fall in love, then Alice and Charlie might live together as man and wife. Unfortunately, Lady Jemima's loves another, and Lord Wynstowe has a personality that's eccentric at the very least, so Alice must use all of her cunning to bring about this romance.
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Call Number:
FIC Wal
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The last contract of Isako
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Isako is a legendary swordswoman, but every legend must come to an end. When her long-time client unexpectedly retires, she plans to follow--to walk out into the frozen wasteland of their planet with her family enriched by her death. But when she's offered a final mission, she can't refuse, especially when she realizes who lies at the center of it all: Martim, her last--and worst--apprentice, who's somehow made his way to the top. As she's thrust into a world of corporate espionage and shadowy secrets, what she uncovers could forever change humanity's existence among the stars.
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Call Number:
FIC Lee
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The fire agent : a novel
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Ernst Baerwald, the scion of an aristocratic German-Jewish family, is a gifted linguist, a talented musician, and a fearless idealist at the dawn of the twentieth century. His work in Milan and then Japan for what will become the German chemical company IG Farben, which is developing a chemical compound that will save humanity from the brink of famine. It also provides pretext to his undercover work as a spy, while his complicated love life fulfills his romantic sensibilities. Yet as one world war breaks out and then another, irrevocably changing all he once believed in, Ernst discovers that his skills in diplomacy and stealth are now useful in ways he never anticipated. As he struggles to stay true to his convictions, he begins to wonder if it is sometimes necessary to destroy what you love most for the greater good.
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Call Number:
FIC Bae
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The lost book of Lancelot : a novel
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Hidden away on the Isle of Women, a nameless orphan has grown up among the island's sisterhood, but always at a distance. He hears whispers of a prophecy that may shed light on his destiny and his true identity: Lancelot. Determined to master the skills and knowledge worthy of the knight he is meant to be, he begins training alongside the handsome Galehaut. As the two grow closer, they guide one another toward their truest selves. But no matter how tightly they cling to one another, each has a role to play in the wizard Merlin's grand prophecies. As he grows closer to his fellow knights, Lancelot must keep an explosive secret to himself: the truth of what he left behind on the Isle of Women, of the man he truly is beneath the armor. All the while, Roman legionaries, too, scour far and wide for the grail. As an army encroaches on their kingdom, King Arthur and his knights must race to ensure that this powerful object doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
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FIC Gly
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Mrs. Benedict Arnold : a novel
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Peggy Shippen longs for the war she's living through to end. Though not always appreciated at home, she finds her curiosity is welcomed by a lively and influential circle of friends, including a glamorous rising star in the British army, Captain John Andre. When the war separates them, Peggy is devastated--both by his absence and the horrors of ongoing conflict--before finding consolation in a man whose heroics for the Patriots have captured the world's imagination: General Benedict Arnold. As she trades Loyalist balls for Patriot salons, entertaining the most prominent figures of early America, and navigating the country's lethal political currents, she conceives of an audacious scheme to achieve peace and her family's survival, unleashing what would become the most famous act of treason in history.
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Book
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FIC Par
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Afternoon hours of a hermit : a novel
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Five years after the death of his youngest brother, Dan Moran is now the published trans author of the auto-fictional novel Sorry to Disrupt the Peace. He is teaching fiction in Brooklyn and working on his next book, a psychological thriller, when a mysterious envelope arrives for him in the mail. Addressed to the wrong name, it includes a childhood photo of his deceased brother. But who would send such a thing, and why? Against his better judgment, Dan returns to his childhood home on the eve of his brother's memorial dinner. In a series of unsettling and destabilizing encounters, what he discovers is the irrevocable distance between who we are and how we are perceived.
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Book
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FIC Cot
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The dogwalkers' detective agency
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When Charlie Boardman and his Staffordshire bull terrier, Ruby, stumble across the corpse of the local pub landlord in the woods, the sleepy English coastal town of Framstone is rocked by the discovery. Charlie and his fellow dogwalkers take it upon themselves to try and sniff out any clues that might help the local police with their investigation. But what begins as idle speculation and gossip quickly becomes something more sinister when Charlie starts receiving anonymous threats warning him off the case. Then, a second body washes up on the beach.
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FIC Hog
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Ignore all previous instructions : a novel
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Kelli Reynolds loves creating stories more than anything in the world. But on Callisto, a generative AI company called Inspiration owns everything, including all the media, and only Inspiration determines which stories can be told. Kelli has a rare and coveted job where her autism is to her advantage: she precisely edits AI output into "appropriate" stories for Inspiration's massive TV audience. Her proudest creation is the pirate Orlando - a dashing do-gooder based on stories she used to tell friends. Then Kelli's ex-boyfriend Rowan, the person Kelli based Orlando on, drifts back on the scene. Back when they were teenagers, their relationship was a secret. Rowan is tangled up in the black market, desperate to find money for gender affirming surgery. He needs Kelli's help with something illegal.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Hof
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Inferno : a novel
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AD 60. Rome stands at the height of its power, glittering with wealth and drowning in intrigue. Nero Claudius Caesar rules as Emperor, a young man adored for his beauty and brilliance, feared for his temper, intoxicated by his own power. His empire stretches from the wilds of Britain to the deserts of Parthia, yet his enemies are never far: generals who command legions, senators who whisper in corridors, a people who cheer him in the circus but curse him on the streets. Nero has learned that power is never shared, only seized. Now Boudicca, queen of the Iceni, leads a revolt in the north. Closer to home, Gaius Julius Vindex, Roman by office but Gallic by blood, denounces Nero's corruption and declares open rebellion against the Emperor from Gaul. Rome is a city that devours its rulers. As the first sparks of revolt alight beyond its walls, an empire built on fire begins to burn from within.
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FIC Igg
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Meeting new people : a novel
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Fiftysomething, twice-divorced Barbara is at a crossroads. In the midst of her emotional uncertainty, she looks back on the dissolution of the nine best friendships of her life, in hopes of figuring out how to optimize finding her tenth, and hopefully last, best friend. She is acerbic, opinionated, and wrong about many things, but she also doesn't shy away when she's at fault. The crux of the issue hinges upon Barbara's choice between (too-young) Caitlyn and the (unsuitable) Other Barbara. Will she repeat the exciting mistakes of the past, or will she try a new kind of mistake for a change? She feels like an out-of-season Scrooge who is unexpectedly, and all at once, surprised and entirely transformed by the possibility of joy.
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Book
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FIC Lav
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The black cat detectives
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Precocious kittens Bippity, Boppity, and Boop are exceedingly loyal to their human, the twenty-eight-year-old up-and-coming magician Mila. She saved them from starving to death in a dingy Corvin's Crossing alleyway and has been nothing but loving ever since, even though her own life is in shambles. So when Mila's sketchy boyfriend and business manager turns up dead at the end of her big magic show, she's the prime suspect. With evidence mounting, there's nothing stopping the sheriff from hauling away Mila to the human pound. Unless the kittens can solve the crime and clear her name.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Gra
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We dance upon demons : a novel
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As a reproductive health care worker in Chicago, Nisha is barely staying afloat in the ocean of abortion bans, screaming protesters, and her own all-consuming depression. When she escapes to the Indian art exhibit at her favorite museum for a brief respite, Nisha suddenly she finds herself bleeding, disoriented, and collapsed on the floor. The last thing she remembers is the statue that beckoned her to touch it. In the days that follow, Nisha feels a strange power coursing within her, one that attracts a host of dangerous and enigmatic characters who covet it for themselves.
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FIC Pat
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Abyss
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Severance meets Lovecraft in this surreal tale of corporate horror and existential dread. Joe always had potential, but he doesn't expect much, and he hopes that his new job as an admin assistant won't expect much of him. But when he enters the offices of Ponos-a company he's never heard of and knows nothing about-he discovers that potential is exactly what they want from him. A feverish dive into the inhumanity of both late-stage capitalism and the crippling anxieties of modern life, Abyss adds a new level of meaning to 'wage slave.'
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Book
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FIC Bin
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Burnout summer
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Four years after graduation, life isn't going the way Camille Luna expected. Her corporate career is soul-sucking, she's in debt from student loans, and her breakup with her ex has created a serious rift between her college best friends. When her spiraling lands her in jail for the night, it's Danny -- the lovable burnout from their college clique -- who bails her out and offers the perfect solution to her quarter-life crisis: a summer by the beach. Cam lets herself be whisked away to Elswick, Rhode Island where Danny, who never had his own life together but was always there for Cam, has taken over his uncle's seaside restaurant and turned it into the spot. Danny, once the designated slacker of their friends, is now a beloved boss and doting dog dad. The hazy summer days start to blur between shifts at the restaurant, dips in the ocean, and a reignited passion for writing, all alongside Danny who makes her laugh like nobody else. But summer can't last forever, and Cam's looming student debt reminds her at every turn that the frigid air of corporate office life is waiting.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Ram
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Field guide for the formerly villainous
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When Oaklin Nettlewood accidentally joined an evil world-ending cult, mind control magic forced them to do unspeakable things. Years later, the realm's heroes have finally saved the day, defeated the villain, and shattered the last remnants of the spell, leaving destruction in their wake. And so, with a spell-damaged memory and whole bushel of trauma, Oaklin escapes to a small farm on the edge of Mossley's Rest and swears an oath: they will never use it again. The no-nonsense ghost granny who lives in Oaklin's house has other ideas. As she coaxes Oaklin out of their shell and back into the world, they find companionship, friendship, and tentative romance. Magic even seems possible again, though strictly for foraging mushrooms and protecting the farm from bugs. So what does it mean when an inquisitor comes to town to hunt former cultists?
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Eng
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What came west : a novel
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Since childhood, Silas Hall has never been at ease with people. He is relentlessly bullied by classmates and even proximity to his own family fills him with dread. Still, he manages to forge a connection with Delia, a non-verbal housekeeper, and is surprised by the strength of the bond he feels with the child they come to share. But as his son, Elisha, grows up, even that closeness becomes more than Silas can bear. So, he leaves his family to travel west, journeying ever farther in search of a life in which he might belong. By late 1840, he is one of few white people to have crossed the Sierra Nevada, where he coexists with the native Nisenan villagers at a mutually wary distance. But this fragile peace is disrupted when the promises of the Gold Rush bring a sudden flood of other whites west, leading Silas to commit an act of violence that will drive the last chapter of his life and incur upon the world he loves the full wrath of the world he fled.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Wei
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The summer girlfriend
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Noelle Lewis doesn't have time for fun. She's saving up to go back to college. After getting laid off from her bookseller job, her main income is being a 'stand-in' bridesmaid, which doesn't pay enough for the upcoming semester's tuition. Jeremiah Smith II, grandson of the founder of Smith's Sweets, once lived a life of frivolity. but since his grandfather's death, Jeremiah's tried to clean up his act, but when his family requests he join them at their summer house, he's reminded where his most painful memory lies. To avoid going, Jeremiah claims he already has plans with his girlfriend. But his family tells him to bring her, of course, and he doesn't actually have a girlfriend. After a chance meeting, Noelle and Jeremiah come to an agreement: he'll hire her to be his girlfriend for the weekend, and then she'll have money toward her tuition. but it gets complicated for her when Jeremiah's family turns out to be lovely, and Jeremiah is even lovelier.
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FIC For
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Glyph
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Ghosts don't exist. They don't. End of. Story, however. It is haunting. Everything tells it. It all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost. Is it imaginary? Is it real? Then it all starts again thirty years later when Petra, now estranged from Patch, finds a phantom horse kicking the furniture to pieces in her bedroom. In a chiaroscuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era, Glyph asks if we're attending to the history that's made us and to the history we're making.
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Book
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FIC Smi
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Make me better
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Celia is so tired of being alone. All she wants is to have a family-to belong to someone. That's why she's going to Kindred Cove for the annual Salt Festival held by the secluded community that lives there. They promise that healing is possible. They promise that transformation is inevitable. There is no grief at Kindred Cove, because there is no suffering. Nothing is ever lost. Celia knows that, at that mysterious island surrounded by that impossible, ever-growing reef -- she will find herself. She's ready to be healed. She's ready to be transformed. She's ready to believe.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Gai
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Valet
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Cy is a VALET: a helper bot who wants nothing more than to be useful, raise his utility score, and receive the next update for his operating system. But then he's tasked with helping his owner's thirty-five-year-old son, Grayson. Grayson is nothing like his go-getter, CEO sister, Charlotte. He's fine eating synthesized mozzarella sticks and making pottery at his studio, Kilning Time. When he learns of Charlotte's plan to sell the company to a tech conglomerate, Grayson does what anyone would do: he steals the flash drive with his father's most important work stored on it and plans a corporate takeover. To make matters worse, a fellow VALET deserts his owner and asks Cy to help him hightail it out of town, Grayson's first real date keeping showing up at inopportune times, and the behemoth tech company wants this deal closed yesterday. Grayson, Cy, and their trusty golden retriever, Sasha III, must go on the lam until they figure out exactly what to do, and whom to trust.
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Book
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FIC Lac
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Missing in Soho
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Misty Divine is bold, beautiful and back in action. She's barely settled into her new role as the glamorous hostess of Lady's Bar when a private detective arrives out of the blue. He's been stabbed. With what might be his final breath he whispers a cryptic message. "You're in danger, Misty... you must find Jeremy." As Misty dives wig first into the investigation, she gets up close and personal with a number of shady characters, including a notorious televangelist, a group of mysterious financiers, and a bunch of drunken bachelorettes at a drag brunch. And when it becomes clear that Misty's beloved Lady's Bar is under threat, she'll have to seek help in the unlikeliest of allies to solve the case, save the bar, and find Jeremy before he disappears for good.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Sta
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Our sister's keeper
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Mississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming. No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town--untouched by white oppression--where ambitious Thea Elliot and her husband plan to make good on their big dreams. Little do they know that the idyllic town teems with ghoulish, walking nightmares . . . that only the women can see. Marah knows the groanings well. She is one of the carriers--women with the ability to pull traumatic memories from men. Populated by men entirely freed of their pain, East Cobb has flourished, even as the remnants of their memories haunt the town's women. When an unexpected death drives Marah to discover more about her own power, Thea's and Marah's worlds collide. The sisters must confront the rotten core at the heart of East Cobb's prosperity and choose what--and who--will survive the reckoning. A gripping blend of historical fiction and Southern gothic psychological horror, Our Sister's Keeper is a fierce exploration of Black sisterhood, rage, and resistance.
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Book
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FIC Hol
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Someone to cook for
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Yuko has had four different surnames and has been brought up in several families. The parental figures in her life, despite not being related by blood, have always cared deeply for her. Through it all, pragmatic and resilient and Yuko has navigated life's changes and its occasional conflicts, always managing to find a kind of equilibrium. As an adult, Yuko falls in love with and marries Hayase, a talented pianist she's known since her school years. A married woman, she embarks on a journey to reconnect with the various parental figures from her past to seek their blessing for her marriage. Along the way, she revisits her former life and the people in it and gains a deeper understanding of what truly defines a family.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Seo