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"After a whirlwind romance, a young woman returns to Asherley, the opulent, secluded Long Island mansion of her new fianc�e Max Winter, a wealthy senator and recent widower, and a life of luxury she's never known. But all is not as it appears at the Asherley estate. The house is steeped in the memory of Max's beautiful first wife, Rebecca, who haunts the young woman's imagination and feeds her uncertainties, while his very alive teenage daughter,...

Cinderella Cleaners has just received a shipment of dance costumes for a big upcoming performance. Diana's friend, Amelia, is supposed to be in the show...BUT she needs Diana to secretly fill in for her during one of the performances. Not only does Diana owe her friend a favour, but she fits perfectly into the costume. However, once she's on stage, Diana is a lot more Two Left Feet than Prima Ballerina. Will she be discovered before it's time to take...

It's no longer a game. The body count is rising. Shaken by recent events, Amy and Dan flee to a distant land and trace the footsteps of their most formidable ancestor yet: a military leader of mythic proportions. Yet just as the siblings begin to master the art of ancient warfare, they confront a dangerous enemy that can't be felled with a sword: the truth. With the stakes higher than ever, Amy and Dan uncover something so devastating it changes everything--the...

In a new mystery featuring Texas minister Walker "Bear" Wells, a teen tragedy hits too close to home. When a death rocks Sugar Land, the apparent suicide seems like an open-and-shut case. But nothing is settled in the Wells household, especially for Jo, Bear's teenage daugh ter.

Little Mouse refuses to reveal his secret despite being questioned by his friends.

For the first time in years the entire Rodriguez clan comes home to Chicago to celebrate Christmas where traditions will be celebrated. During the course of this eventful week they will celebrate one member's safe return from Iraq, secrets will be revealed, old resentments forgotten, each family member will learn something about themselves and each other, and the healing power of laughter will work its magic.

"This second half of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes a breathtaking saga of subterfuge, betrayal, and revenge gone wrong. Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators,...

A beguiling painting holds the secrets of a woman's past and calls into question everything she thought she knew about the man she loved.

"William and Mary live in Wales and have been married sixty years with four children and five grandchildren. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. Both are strong believers in right and wrong. William and Olivia have been together twenty years and share a house in London, enjoying the theatre and restaurants and playing tennis every week. Only one of these stories can be true - but which one? This is the question that confronts clinical...

Monty the frog has a secret he wants share with you -- he cannot swim!