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1) Inheritance
Author
Series
The Lost Bride trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him... Graphic designer Sonya MacTavish is stunned to learn that her late father had a twin he never knew about-and that her newly discovered uncle, Collin Poole, has left her almost everything he owned, including a...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game comes Ruth Ware's highly anticipated fourth novel. On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. She realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person--but also that the cold-reading skills she's honed as a tarot card reader might help her claim the money....
Author
Series
Edilean volume 1
Publisher
Atria Books
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
Shunned by her late mother's privileged upper-crust circles after her handyman father marries a working-class second wife, Jocelyn Minton is befriended years later by a wealthy elderly woman who leaves Jocelyn her considerable estate.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go"--
8) The return
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Moving into a family beekeeper cabin to recuperate from war injuries, an Afghanistan veteran falls in love with a guarded sheriff while working with a sullen local teen to investigate the mystery of a grandparent's death.
9) The nest
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Gathering to confront their older brother, who has recently been released from rehab after a drunk driving accident, the Plumb siblings watch as the trust fund left by their father rises and falls according to self-inflicted problems.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Therese Anne Fowler's It All Comes Down to This is a warm, keenly perceptive novel of sisterhood, heartbreak, home, and what it takes to remake a life at its halfway point, for fans of Ann Patchett and Emma Straub. Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic, widowed mother, Marti, will be dying soon and taking her secrets with her. Marti has ensured that her modest estate is easy for her family...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When eighty-five-year-old Miriam Caravasios slips through the ice to her death, Delphine, a frightened and insecure young woman who adored her grandmother, falls under scrutiny when it is revealed that Miriam's will cut off her children, leaving her almost everything and emboldening her to find the truth.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Sam Gardner has been pastor of Hope Friends Meeting for just four months when ninety-eight-year-old member Olive Charles passes away. What's more shocking news is that Olive has left her entire estate--worth nearly one million dollars--to the meeting. At first the gift sounds to Sam like a godsend. Yet as word of the unexpected windfall spreads, it stirs up a storm of conflicting opinions among the church members as to how the money would best be...
15) Little Dorrit
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
26 sound discs (32 hours.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The novel "Little Dorrit", published originally between 1855 and 1857, is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens' ire is focused upon the institutions of debtor's prisons-in which people who owed money were imprisoned, unable to work, until they have repaid their debts. The representative prison in this case is the Marshalsea where the author's own father had been imprisoned. Most of Dickens'...
16) Flight: a novel
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Want, told through the shifting voices of a family gathering for Christmas in upstate New York after the death of their beloved matriarch, at odds over the settling of her estate--a novel about art, grief, shame, ambition, joy, and the American safety net"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"After a time of heartache and loss, Simone Winthrop discovers a tantalizing letter from her French great-grandmother, which seems to suggest that she is heir to a family treasure. Ever practical, Simone assumes the claim is baseless, but her best friend encourages her to find out for sure. Despite her deep-rooted fear of flying, Simone boards a jet to travel to Paris at Christmastime to uncover the truth.During the long flight, Simone meets the charming...
18) Night music
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this contemporary novel, widowed orchestral violinist Isabel Delancey finally finds true serenity and love only when she loses what she thought she needed most"--
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Language
English
Description
Unexpectedly inheriting her late husband's reclusive grandmother's home in South Carolina, widow Merritt Heyward investigates the Heyward family's shattering history while navigating the challenges of a young stepmother and ten-year-old half-brother.
Author
Language
English
Description
"After the death of her US senator father, Marlow Madsen travels to the small island off the coast of Florida where she spent summers growing up to help her mother settle the family estate. For Marlow, the trip is a chance to reconnect after too long apart. It's also the perfect escape to help her feel grounded again--one she's happy to share with friends Aida and Claire, who are hoping to hit reset on their lives, too. A leisurely beachfront summer...