Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
When gigantic egos, old resentments, uninvited guests and murder ruin the Celebration of Gothic Novels festivities, Amy-Faye Johnson and the Readaholics must tap into their knowledge of the classics and read between the lines to lure a killer out of the shadows.--
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Anne Rosenbaum leads a life of quiet Los Angeles privilege, the wife of Hollywood executive Howard Rosenbaum and mother of their seventeen-year-old son, Sam. Years ago Anne and Howard met studying litera-ture at Columbiashe, the daughter of a British diplo-mat from London, he a boy from an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Now on sleek blue California evenings, Anne attends halogen-lit movie premieres on the arm of her powerful husband....
Author
Series
Thursday Murder Club novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.
Series
Smitten volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Not only was The Gentlewoman's Guide to Love and Courtship an appealing curiosity by virtue of its title; it was also written by Smitten, Vermont native Pearl Chambers, a local gentlewoman from three generations back. When Heather and her fellow book club members begin passing the book around, their respective interpretations are unleashed on their respective love lives... for better or for worse.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Nantucket is a place for the stars when the yearly film festival comes to town. As the festival's volunteer coordinator, bookshop owner Meagan Poe works hard to make sure each event runs smoothly. She's so busy preparing for it all that she has little time to think clearly, let alone wonder why Luke Harris, the attorney next door, is hanging around so much, trying to grab her attention. Meanwhile, Avery Sheridan's niece Eliza comes to visit for the...
Author
Series
Rose Cottage Book Club volume 6
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
While exploring new ways to increase foot traffic in Rose Cottage Books, owner Meagan Poe receives an offer she won't refuse. Friend and beauty columnist Piper Watts offers her a ticket to The Grove Spa and Retreat. She hopes a refreshing few days away will clear her head and spark creativity. Meanwhile, Robin Baker, a loan underwriter, has spent years trying to prove her worth to her boss. She's ready to use her invitation to the spa to relax and...
Author
Series
Southlea Bay volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"The members of the Rejected Writers' Book Club decide to produce a musical to raise money for Janet's friend Annie, who needs $20,000 to keep the bank from foreclosing on her family farm where she houses fifty rescue dogs"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"Hollis Morgan is a survivor. She married young to flee an unloving family and ended up in prison, paying the price for her charming husband's embezzlement. After finally obtaining a California judicial pardon, Hollis has climbed the ladder from paralegal to probate attorney at a respected law firm in the Bay Area. Unfortunately her first two cases are trials by fire. One involves a vicious family dispute over a disinheritance of family members who...
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Opening an old-fashioned five-and-dime shop in her small Missouri hometown has been a great change for Devereaux "Dev" Sinclair. But when she hosts a reading group there, she learns that bad writing can mean life or death. To keep her new business in the black, Dev opens up her shop to local clubs. But in the first meeting of the Stepping Out Book Club, the speaker storms out after members attack his poetrys sexism and scorn for small towns. Later...
Author
Series
Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery volume 5
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Bob Miller, retired police chief and member of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society, is stunned by the arrival of his twenty-one-year-old granddaughter, Darla, whom he has never seen. Bob has been estranged from his own daughter for decades and hopes to make up for his absence in Darla���s life. But some of the ladies of the book club find their Southern hospitality strained as they question the motives behind this sudden...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Never underestimate the power of a woman with a shop full of books Massachusetts, 1954. With bags packed alongside her heavy heart, Alice Campbell escaped halfway across the country and found herself in front of a derelict building tucked among the cobblestone streets of Cambridge. She turns it into the enchanting bookshop of her dreams, knowing firsthand the power of books to comfort the brokenhearted. The Cambridge Bookshop soon becomes a haven...
72) A novel approach
Author
Series
Rose Cottage book club volume 10
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
When Easter hits the island, bookshop owner Meagan Poe signs up to participate in Nantucket’s Easter egg hunt. But on the big day, an unexpected visitor dredges up feelings of homesickness that Meagan can’t shake. Her boyfriend, Luke Harris, offers a solution to the problem, but soon Meagan wonders if agreeing to his plan was the right thing to do. Meanwhile, Avery Sheridan’s life gets complicated when a new real estate client waltzes into her...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Jersey, 1943. Once a warm and neighbourly community, now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule on the people of the island. Grace La Motťe, the island's only librarian, is ordered to destroy books which threaten the new regime. Instead, she hides the stories away in secret. Along with her headstrong best friend, postwoman Bea Rose, she wants to fight back. So she forms the wartime book club: a lifeline, offering fearful...
74) Read and buried
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"Award-winning novelist Derek Alton should have been the featured guest at the December meeting of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society. Instead, he turned up dead on Lizzie Turners living room carpet. But this was Derek Alton 's first visit to Ashton Corners, so who would have wanted him dead? Surely not Sally-Jo Baker, Lizzies cohort and good friend! But the police have her heading the suspect list. That sets Lizzie and...
75) Books vs. looks
Author
Series
Mermaid tales volume 15
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Kiki wants to start a book club, but Pearl tries to steal the spotlight with a rival fashion club in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure. Kiki misses her brother, Yuta, who lives on the other side of the ocean. To help keep in touch, the two of them start a book club, and Kiki decides it would be fun to expand the club for all of Trident Academy. But Pearl doesn't want anything to do with a boring book club. Instead, she decides she's going to...
Author
Series
Narrativa) volume 231
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"En un Londres devastado por las bombas y que empieza a recuperarse de las terribles heridas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Juliet Ashton, una joven escritora en busca de inspiración novelsca, recibe la carta de un desconocido llamado Dawsey Adams. El hombre, que vive en la isla de Guernsey, un pequeño enclave en el canal de la Mancha, está leyendo un libro de Charles Lamb que había pertenecido con anterioridad a Juliet. ¿Cómo ha llegado ese...
77) A new chapter
Author
Series
Rose Cottage book club volume 11
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
May heralds in a time of change on Nantucket. As tourists flock to the island and temperatures rise, the members of the Rose Cottage Book Club grapple with changes of the heart. While her boyfriend, Luke Harris, visits a law school friend in Syracuse, New York, bookshop owner Meagan Poe tries to find the perfect book to showcase at Nantucket’s Wine and Food Festival. Soon, a mystery involving a best-selling memoirist snatches her attention and urges...
78) Love notes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
As a February snowstorm blankets the island, the Rose Cottage Book Club members join a Valentine’s Day challenge created by visitor Dr. Julia Soares. They each choose a special person to anonymously shower with gifts and appreciation. The fourteen-day event frustrates some and surprises others, showing them the true meaning of selflessness. Dr. Julia is a well-known TV personality. However, before her challenge begins, her life is upended. Her decades-long...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"The story of a book club of broken hearts, where four women come together and discover the power of female friendship and find the courage to pursue their dreams. Jazmine was supposed to be a professional tennis player, but her plans to go pro were quashed in a car crash. Now she's a top sports agent balancing a demanding career and single motherhood. Judith is an empty nester stuck in an unhappy marriage. After her husband's sudden death, she has...
Author
Series
Bromance book club volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Country music's golden boy Colton Wheeler felt the most perfect harmony when he was with Gretchen Winthrop. But for her, it was a love him and leave him situation. A year later, Colton is struggling to push his music forward in a new direction. If it weren't about to be the most magical time of year and the support of the Bromance Book Club, he'd be wallowing in self-pity. It's hard for immigration attorney Gretchen not to feel a little Scrooge-ish...