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23) A grave talent
Author
Series
Kate Martinelli mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The much-anticipated new novel from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of 1Q84 and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, Killing Commendatore is an epic tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art--as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby--and a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers"--
Author
Series
Sophie's daughters volume 2
Language
English
Description
On her way to Montana, Sally McClellan's party is attacked and robbed. But then artist Logan McKenzie saves the badly wounded cowgirl who has been left for dead. Can this landscape painter tame the tomboy without breaking her spirit? Sally doesn't know much about ribbons and lace, but Logan's presence makes her want to connect with her feminine side. Will this fractured female discover a way to capture the artist's love- or find herself captured and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family's Florentine palazzo. A child of the Renaissance, with a precocious mind and a talent for drawing, Alessandra is intoxicated by the painter's abilities. But their burgeoning relationship is interrupted when Alessandra's parents arrange her marriage to a wealthy, much older...
27) About Adam
Series
Mayfair Square volume 5
Language
English
Description
While Princess Desiree launches a foolproof campaign to win the affections of enigmatic portrait artist Adam Chillworth, who constantly spurns her advances due to their different stations in life, deadly adversaries from Adam's secret past threaten both of their lives, and only love can save them. Original.
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
�2008
Language
English
Description
In Boston in 1764, the sudden death of revolutionary leader Samuel Bradstreet causes Scottish portrait painter Stewart Jameson and his apprentice Francis Weston--who is really a fallen woman from an elite family disguised as a boy--to search for the truth.
29) Paris-Austerlitz
Author
Series
Narrativas hisp�anicas volume 555
Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
enero 2016.
Language
Español
Description
Rafael Chirbes wrote this novel over a span of 20 years and died shortly after completing it. The narrator is a young painter from Madrid who recalls, in an urgent confession, the steps that led to his relationship with Michel, his 50 year-old lover who is dying of a terminal illness.
30) Racing moon
Author
Publisher
Signet
Language
English
Description
Newly arrived in Louisiana from Ireland, the O'Rourke family is looking forward to a fresh start, especially high-spirited Maureen. An accomplished artist, she's thrilled when gentleman farmer Taylor Clairmont hires to paint scenes of his lavish estate. But Taylor is ruthless and greedy. knowing how desperately Maureen needs the work, the commission comes with strings attached. Even as Maureen struggles to please the villain, another subject has captured...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it,...
32) The forest lover
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Emily has never been satisfied with the pious and rigid world she is expected to fit into, and when her creative talent and independent spirit refuse to be suppressed by her father's wishes that she marry and settle down, she defies her family's better judgement and travels to the wild coast of British Columbia.
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 3
Publisher
Tantor
Pub. Date
�2010
Language
English
Description
Rhennthyl and Seliora are married and have a small daughter, and Rhennthyl has proven to be an effective patrol captain as well as a strong imager. But problems are increasing: a new addictive drug is destroying more people faster, including a member of Rhenn's family, mysterious explosions rock the city of L'Excelsis, and the country's most powerful enemy is expected to go to war any day.
34) The Duke Undone
Author
Series
Duke Undone volume 1
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"When an artist and a duke cross paths in the bustling London slums, an unlikely love story begins and their lives will be forever changed. Royal Academy painting student Lucy Coover quickly comes to the aid of the naked drunkard she stumbles upon one evening in the Shoreditch slums. If only she could banish his lovely form from her dreams as easily. Instead, she finds herself compelled to paint the man in his natural form. Little does she know that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Amsterdam in the year 1705. It is Thea Brandt's eighteenth birthday. She is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms, but life at home is increasingly difficult. Her father Otto and her Aunt Nella argue endlessly over their financial fate, selling off furniture in a desperate attempt to hold on to the family home. As catastrophe threatens to engulf the household, Thea seeks refuge in Amsterdam's playhouses. She loves the performances, and the stolen...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Is someone out to get Annie? Or is she her own worst enemy?"--
"In this heart-pounding debut thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Celeste Ng, a first-generation Vietnamese American artist must confront nightmares past and present. ... Annie "Anh Le" Shaw grew up poor, but seems to have it all now: a dream career, a stunning home, and a devoted husband and daughter. When Annie's mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly one night, Annie's carefully...
