The Almost Moon

by Alice Sebold

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Having set aside her own life in her support
of her parents, husband, and children, Helen Knightly confronts the realities
of the choices that were imposed upon her during a harrowing twenty-four-hour
period of death and revelation.

Dream When You're Feeling Blue

by Elizabeth Berg

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Bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us
to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters,
their lively Irish family, and the men they love.

Devil in Winter

by Lisa Kleypas

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In this third entry of Kleypas's Wallflower
quartet, heiress Evie Jenner is desperate to escape from her cruel relatives
and proposes marriage to the rakish Viscount St. Vincent. However, she does
not expect to fall in love.

Pandora's Daughter

by Iris Johansen

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Bestselling author Iris Johansen delivers
a novel about a woman who is unaware that she has psychic powers, but must uncover
the mysteries of her own mind when strangers start trying to kill her.

Peony in Love

by Lisa See

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"I finally understand what the poets have
written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret."

For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from
The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family
Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical
troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females
have ever seen.

The Secret Supper

by Javier Sierra

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In 1497 Milan, a Papal Inquisitor seeks to
confirm, or deny, the messages of the "Soothsayer," who alleges that Leonardo
Da Vinci is a heretic and has hidden heretical messages in his painting of The
Last Supper.

What the Dead Know

by Laura Lippman

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Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from
a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case
have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap "two girls"?
Who, or what, could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday
afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness? Now a clearly disoriented
woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone
Bethany sisters.

Whitethorn Woods

by Maeve Binchy

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The people who live in the Irish village of
Rossmore are faced with the prospect of a new road cutting though Whitethorn
Woods, and they differ in their opinions about the benefit of the road to their
lives. Binchy presents the complex problems of the local people.

The Witch of Portobello

by Paulo Coelho

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How do we find the courage to always be true
to ourselves--even if we are unsure of whom we are? That is the central question
of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's profound new work, "The Witch
of Portobello." It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by
the many who knew her well--or hardly at all.

Wives Behaving Badly

by Elizabeth Buchan

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Former mistress Minty Lloyd has settled uneasily
into the role of Nathan's second wife, while ex-first wife Rose enjoys her new
and glamorous life as a travel journalist. When tragedy strikes the two find
unexpected allies in one another.