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2) Windfallen
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English
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The tiny, well-ordered seaside village of Merham holds little to interest the adventurous-- except for Arcadia, the breathtaking art deco house perched above the shoreline. Lottie Swift surrenders freely to its temptations and ultimately must face the hard consequences of her actions. Years later Daisy Parsons, a designer hired to make over the now-empty Arcadia, is fleeing a broken relationship. Daisy finds refuge at Arcadia, and a love she thought...
4) Jaws
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English
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When three people are killed by a great white shark in three different incidents, the police chief of a Long Island resort town is forced to take action.
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Beach house series volume 1
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English
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The first release in The Beach House series is the story of four women, friends from childhood, who reunite to celebrate their fortieth birthdays. After the distance of time and geography, they look forward to the camaraderie of old friends and the escape from everyday life as they stay at a San Diego beach house.
When thoughts and discussion turn to the history of their friendship, will problems of the past threaten to overtake the present?
The quest...
6) Wake
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In the quiet seaside town of Capri, sixteen-year-old Gemma enjoys a close bond with her sister Harper and a growing attraction to next-door neighbor with Alex, but everything changes when, after partying with newcomers Penn, Lexi, and Thea, Gemma discovers she has powers that will force a terrible choice.
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The first book in a delightful new beachside cozy mystery series! Trouble is brewing in Everly's new café. Can she bag the culprit? Life hasn't been so sweet for Everly Swan over the past couple of years, but now that she is back in her seaside hometown and the proud owner of a little iced tea shop and café right on the beach, things are finally starting to look up-until a curmudgeonly customer turns up dead on the boardwalk. With one of her hallmark...
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It's sink or swim for Everly with her most bizarre case yet!
Everly Swan is busy as a bee running her beachside iced tea shop, and the small island of Charm, North Carolina is abuzz-Mitzi Calgon, an iconic Hollywood actress, is in town! Everly's great-aunts are making a documentary about beekeeping and Mira has agreed to help. But when the actress turns up dead, reporters and fans swarm the island, muddying the water and disrupting the peaceful lives...
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Cape Charade volume 1
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English
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"I have three confessions to make: 1. I've got the scar of a gunshot on my forehead. 2. I don't remember an entire year of my life. 3. My name is Kellen Adams ... and that's half a lie. Girl running ... from a year she can't remember, from a husband she prays is dead, from homelessness and fear. Tough, capable Kellen Adams takes a job as assistant manager of a remote vacation resort on the North Pacific Coast. There, amid the towering storms and the...
10) The lighthouse
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Adam Dalgliesh mysteries volume 13
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English
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A subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction. Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called on to solve a sensitive...
14) Lullaby / #2
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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When Gemma runs off with a dangerous clique of powerful girls, Harper teams up with Daniel and faces unprecedented dangers to rescue her sister, who develops increasingly formidable magical abilities.
15) Wake / #1
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Watersong volume 1
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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In the quiet seaside town of Capri, sixteen-year-old Gemma enjoys a close bond with her sister Harper and a growing attraction to next-door neighbor with Alex, but everything changes when, after partying with newcomers Penn, Lexi, and Thea, Gemma discovers she has powers that will force a terrible choice.
17) The last diving horse in America: rescuing Gamal and other animals -- lessons in living and loving
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"It was the signature attraction of Atlantic City's Steel Pier from the 1930s to the 1970s, the golden age of "America's Favorite Playground"--Doc Carver's High Diving Horses. Four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp; a diving girl jumped on its back, and both sailed forty feet through the air, plunging into a ten foot deep tank of water. Decades later, after cries of animal abuse, and changing times,...
18) Elegy / #4
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Watersong volume 4
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Gemma must battle Penn to break the siren curse and secure a future with Alex.
19) Tidal / #3
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Watersong volume 3
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
�2013
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English
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With Penn and Lexi determined to kill Gemma and replace her with another siren, Gemma, aided by Harper and Daniel, must delve into her enemies' mythical past and darkest secrets in a last-ditch effort to protect all that she holds dear.