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Bartley Alexander's reputation as a bridge-builder has never been higher; he is secure in his marriage and he boasts a Boston home. By chance, in London he meets an Irish actress he once loved. Their affair resumes and thus begins a transatlantic tug of emotions.
2) Swept away
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Jennifer Chaise's career as mistress to wealthy married men comes to an abrupt end when she walks into her Las Vegas hotel room to find the corpse of her latest paramour's wife, but her disguise as a waitress in a small Nevada town only takes her so far, and the gig is up when she falls in love with her neighbor, a big-hearted cop.
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"The story of a young woman from Wisconsin who goes to Chicago, becomes an actress, marries and moves to New York, and when her husband loses his job, returns to the stage." ***"A powerful account of a young working girl's rise to the 'tinsel and shine' of worldly success, and of the slow decline of her lover and protector Hurstwood." Oxford Companion to Engl Lit. ***"Plain, unaffected, and unconventional story of the actual life of the lower middle-classes...
4) Undertow
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Carmen is happily married to Tom, although she knows she'll always live in the shadow of another woman--the mistress who ended his first marriage: Zena. Mercurial, mesmerizing, manipulative Zena--a woman who, Carmen begins to discover, had the potential to incite the darkest of emotions. Zena, who drowned in the sea late one night. Zena seems ever-more present, even in death, and when Carmen unknowingly stumbles on evidence that her husband has not...
5) Betrayal
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Betrayal takes many forms in this psychological mystery replete with murder, adultery, and scandal from international bestselling author Clare Francis
Businessman Hugh Wellesley’s life takes an unexpected turn when he learns that the corpse of a murdered woman—his mistress, Sylvie Mathieson—has been dredged from the River Dart. Embroiled in a company buyout and unwilling to admit to his affair, Wellesley is brought up...
Businessman Hugh Wellesley’s life takes an unexpected turn when he learns that the corpse of a murdered woman—his mistress, Sylvie Mathieson—has been dredged from the River Dart. Embroiled in a company buyout and unwilling to admit to his affair, Wellesley is brought up...
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The daughters of a ruthlessly ambitious family, Mary and Anne Boleyn are sent to the court of Henry VIII to attract the attention of the king, who first takes Mary as his mistress, in which role she bears him an illegitimate son, and then Anne as his wife.
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"Incomparable storyteller Danielle Steel illuminates rarely glimpsed precincts of unimaginable wealth and power, where love and freedom are the most dangerous desires of all. Natasha Leonova's beauty saved her life. Discovered on a freezing Moscow street by a Russian billionaire, she has lived for seven years under his protection, immersed in rarefied luxury, while he pursues his activities in a dark world that she guesses at but never sees. Her home...
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"All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret... Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family - until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken. A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak....
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Book club volume 3
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"Set on a charming North Carolina island, the latest novel in national bestselling author Rochelle Alers' unforgettable, heartfelt Book Club series tells of one woman whose past comes calling - even as a new beginning beckons. Perfect for fans of warm, sexy, community-oriented fiction featuring diverse, multicultural characters in the vein of Tracey Livesay, Sherryl Woods and Brenda Jackson"--
10) The graduate
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A perplexed young man has an affair with an older woman, and then falls in love with her daughter.
11) Artists in crime
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In the movies, it's known as a "meet cute." But for Inspector Alleyn and Miss Agatha Troy, it's more like irritation: On the ship back to England, she finds him tedious and dull; he thinks she's a bohemian cliché. They may be destined for romance, but there's a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mother's house, eager for a relaxing end to his vacation, then he gets a call that a model has been stabbed at the artists' community...
12) Switcheroo
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At forty, Sylvie Schiffer has a gorgeous house, two perfect children, and a successful husband with a lucrative business. She has everything except what she wants most: passion and romance.
With the twins off to college, Sylvie thinks her opportunity has finally arrived-only to find out her husband is already finding passion and romance, with a woman named Marla. Worse yet, Marla could be her twin... give or take ten years and fifteen pounds.
Marla...
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An engrossing debut novel that cannily reimagines the extraordinary life and mysterious death of bohemian Georgetown socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer -- secret lover of JFK, ex-wife of a CIA chief, sexual adventurer, LSD explorer and early feminist living by her own rules.--
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"Dark, witty, and suspenseful, this literary crime thriller reminiscent of The Dinner and The Silent Wife follows a famous author whose wife--the brains behind his success--meets an untimely death, leaving him to deal with the consequences. "Evil is a matter of opinion..." On the surface, Henry Hayden seems like someone you could like, or even admire. A famous bestselling author who appears a modest everyman. A loving, devoted husband even though...
15) Jamesland
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A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2003
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1st ed.
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381 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Encountering one another during a midweek service at Helen Harland's church, four characters struggle to define themselves in Los Angeles, dealing with extramarital affairs, romance, parenting, and the search for God.
16) P.G. County
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From Connie Briscoe, the best-selling author of the critically acclaimed Sisters & Lovers, comes the sexy, bold, dishy contemporary novel P.G. County. In the tradition of the classic Peyton Place, P.G. County offers an alluring portrait of five lives-from fabulously wealthy and powerful to meek and modest-as they interact in an affluent black suburb of Prince George's County, Maryland. Featuring a lively narration from Caroline Clay, this delightful...
17) El gran Gatsby
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Español
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El gran Gatsby es una de las novelas más importantes del siglo XX y una de la más grandes historias de amor de todos los tiempos, cuyo protagonista ha sido encarnado por actores como Leonardo DiCaprio y Robert Redford.⍾La novela se ubica en los felices años veinte, un momento de optimismo inusitado pasada la Primera Guerra Mundial y la pandemia de gripe española, que, a la par de la Prohibición, produjo un estallido de riqueza y de nuevos magnates....
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For three years, Lady Veronica Smithson has been a happy, independent widow. Still, the right gentleman could provide the benefits of marriage without the tedious restrictions. And in Sir Sebastian Hadley-Attwater, renowned explorer and rogue, Veronica is sure she has found him. Sebastian will inherit his fortune in a matter of weeks, if his family deems him responsible enough. There's no better way to prove his maturity than with a home and a wife....
19) Painting Lily
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Mimi's Art
Pub. Date
[2015]
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First edition.
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332 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Liliana Daniels isn't so different from other women. Until she becomes the other woman. When she moves to Cape Cod, single mother with a budding art career,she is determined to make a fresh start and leave behind the disappointment and loss that defined her former life. Until her old boss, Dr. Leo Stocker, shows up to help launch her into the Cape gallery world. Their trip to Chatham offers more than she anticipates. Lily returns home with a new...
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