Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Family Affairs

Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Family Affairs

Jen Calonita

Children's / Young Adult

The filming for sure-to-be-blockbuster movie Pretty Young Assassins has wrapped, and teen movie star Kaitlin Burke returns to life on the set of primetime drama Family Affair. After ten seasons of filming the hit favorite TV show, Kaitlin would have thought that she could see any curveballs coming, but with a plotting new actress on set, all bets are off. The new diva, Alexis, makes even Skye seem like a puppy in comparison. Can Kaitlin keep her sane boyfriend, her insane job, and her composure in the face of this new star power? Combining the vicarious glamour of the New York Times bestselling A-List series with the innocence of The Princess Diaries, this commercial and appealing sequel offers another captivating glimpse behind the velvet ropes of stardom. Tantalizing new Hollywood secrets appear throughout.
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Longings of the Heart

Longings of the Heart

Bonnie Leon

Historical / Historical Fiction / Christian Fiction

It's the early 1800s and the wondrous land of Australia is full of possibilities as settlers stake their claims. Hannah and John are settling some land in New South Wales and hoping to start a family. But their bright hopes for the future are clouded with trouble. As they try unsuccessfully to have a baby, Hannah suffers from guilt over her past. Now this haunts her and her relationship with John—she's never told her husband about this chapter of her life. Full of the kind of emotional longings romance readers crave, Longings of the Heart is the heart-rending second book in the Sydney Cove series. Established and new Leon fans alike will finish this story wanting more.
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The Shanghai Factor

The Shanghai Factor

Charles McCarry

Literature & Fiction / Espionage / Thriller

An American spy in China. Name: Unknown. Status: Sleeper.He's meant to be laying low, polishing his Mandarin and awaiting further instructions from Washington. But Shandhai is a difficult city to sleep in, especially when his nights are taken over by the seductive but enigmatic Mei - a woman with secrets he'd rather not hear.Then he is tasked with a delicate operation. Infiltrate the core of the Chinese intelligence service. Distinguish friend from foe. Report to a single contact at HQ. Trust no one. Tell no one.Pushed out into the cold, in a city of millions he's suddenly very, very alone.But in Shanghai city you're never truly alone. Faceless strangers linger in the shadows, watching your every move. No one is safe from the Guoanbu. Not even a spy with no name...
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Bony and the Kelly Gang

Bony and the Kelly Gang

Arthur W. Upfield

Mystery & Thrillers

Tucked away in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales is Cork Valley, inhabited by hard-drinking Irishmen. Here an Excise Officer looking for illicit whiskey 'stills' has been murdered, and it's Bony's job to find the killer. Disguised as a horse-thief, the Aboriginal detective hitch-hikes into the valley to meet a lawless lot...
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Shifty Business

Shifty Business

Greg Trine

Greg Trine

Fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo doesn't know that a crime wave is about to hit her city. She's too busy learning new superhero skills, like shape-shifting. Only it doesn't seem to be going very well: what bad guy is scared of a superhero that looks like a frizzy-haired teacher? But Jo and her loyal doggy sidekick, Raymond, know they have to stop the villainous Numb Skull before the crime wave builds into full-on crime tsunami. And if that means Jo has to risk shape-shifting into a freckled monster, then that's just what she'll do!
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A Love All Her Own

A Love All Her Own

Janet Lee Barton

Janet Lee Barton

Socialite Abigail has always gotten what she wants. So when the plans for her nuptials go down in flames, she simply cannot stay in Eureka Springs. Bitter, angry, and humiliated, Abigail searches for somewhere to go. When Marcus receives a telegram requesting his protective services for the daughter of a friend, he obliges. But as he observes Abigail, what he sees doesn't match up with what he's heard. Which Abigail is real - the manipulative, vindictive woman of Eureka Springs, or the lovely young lady of Hot Springs? Will Abigail ever overcome the past to find a love all her own?  
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Sea Monsters and Other Delicacies

Sea Monsters and Other Delicacies

David Sinden

David Sinden

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Beasts (RSPCB) operates a rescue center for werewolves, dragons, fairies, giants, sea monsters, and other fantastical creatures. The RSPCB has stopped crimes against beasts, but there are still some people out there who will do anything to get their hands on one of these mythic animals . . . even if that means crossing the members of the RSPCB. In the first book, Werewolf versus Dragon, a dragon's mangled body arrives at the RSPCB, and the Society knows that they've got a real monster on their hands. Ulf, a werewolf-boy, and his friends must stop the most evil beast hunter before it's too late. The adventure continues in the second book, Sea Monsters and Other Delicacies, for Ulf and his friends, Orson the giant, Tiana the Fairy, and Dr. Fielding. A sea monster has suffered a life-threatening injury, and it looks like the evil Baron Marackai is back--and this time beasts are on the menu. Ulf must stop him again--the future of the...
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Submariner (2008)

Submariner (2008)

Fullerton, Alexander

Historical Fiction

Malta, 1942. Lieutenant Mike Nicholson commands Ursa, one of the 10th Submarine Flotilla’s boats who, in their time, destroyed more than a million tons of war supplies shipped from Italian ports to Rommel’s Afrika Korps in the Western Desert. German Intelligence has recently warned Berlin that unless drastic measures are undertaken, the Mediterranean and Middle East will be lost to them.But Ursa is a lucky submarine, and Mike is the flotilla’s top scorer. He also has problems of a more personal nature: before leaving England about two years ago he was heavily involved in an affair with the wife of another submariner, who’s now bringing his own new U-class boat, Unsung, to the flotilla . . .Review'His action passages are superb, and he never puts a period foot wrong' OBSERVER 'You don't read a novel by Alexander Fullerton. You LIVE it' SOUTH WALES ECHO 'The research is unimpeachable and the scent of battle quite overpowering' SUNDAY TIMES About the AuthorAlexander Fullerton is the author of The Nicholas Everard series and the SOE series. He served with distinction as a submarine officer in the British Royal Navy during World War II.
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