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82) Challenger Park
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
As Lucy Kincheloe, an astronaut married to another astronaut and a mother of two young children, prepares to achieve her dream of space flight aboard the shuttle, her personal life begins to unravel.
Author
Publisher
Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
For the past decade, a favorite New England restaurant has been the scene for three couples to gather and celebrate birthdays, but after one celebrant's bombshell announcement, the couples find themselves examining their marriages and friendships in a whole new light.
85) A good marriage
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When Amanda, the gorgeous wife of start-up millionaire Zach Grayson, is discovered dead at the bottom of the stairs in her stately Brooklyn brownstone, her husband is immediately fingered as the primary suspect. Zach calls Lizzie, his law school classmate, hoping their shared history will convince her to come to his aid. A former U.S. Attorney with no violent crime experience, Lizzie reluctantly agrees to represent him, though the two haven't seen...
87) Stoner
Author
Language
English
Description
"Born the child of a poor farmer in Missouri, William Stoner is urged by his parents to study new agriculture techniques at the state university. Digging instead into the texts of Milton and Shakespeare, Stoner falls under the spell of the unexpected pleasures of English literature, and decides to make it his life. Stoner is the story of that life"--Publisher description (January 2007).
89) Maldeamores
Publisher
Maya Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Three separate stories about love in Puerto Rico: a man accidentally reveals his brother's extra-marital affair to his sister-in-law when he mistakes her grief over the death of her grandmother for distress about the infidelity. The next story revolves around a man whose love for a bus driver drives him to take her and the bus passengers hostage until she consents to marriage. In the final story, an elderly woman is convinced to care for her terminally-ill...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After ten years of reporting from central Africa for The New York Times, Associated Press, and others, Anjan Sundaram finds himself living a quiet life in Shippagan, Canada, with his wife and newborn. But when word arrives of preparations for ethnic cleansing in the Central African Republic, he is suddenly torn between his duty as a husband and father, and his moral responsibility to report on a conflict unseen by the world. Soon he is traveling...
Author
Series
Mick Hardin novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Mick Hardin, a combat veteran now working as an Army CID agent, returns home on a leave that is almost done. His wife is about to give birth, but they aren't getting along. His sister, newly risen to sheriff, has just landed her first murder case, and local politicians are pushing for city police or the FBI to take the case. Are they convinced she can't handle it, or is there something else at work? She calls on Mick who, with his investigation experience...
92) In the fold
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Returning to the site of a garden party where he made some lasting friendships, Michael hopes to escape his troubled marriage and brings along his taciturn young son, but discovers the place to be fraught with long-standing deceptions.
93) Picture perfect
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Cassie Barrett and Alex Rivers had a fairy-tale wedding, but once they returned to Hollywood, a troubling pattern began to emerge. Should Cassie stay or leave?
94) King of greed
Author
Series
Kings of sin volume 3
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything-a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn't until she's gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Having lived in a dozen different towns due to her husband's frequent corporate relocations, Joanna leaves her husband to return to the coastal South Carolina community she loves, while Paul, distraught by Joanna's abandonment, endeavors to win her back.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Carey Douglas has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, and--more than anyone would suspect--has helped them build an empire. With a new show and a book about to launch, the Tripps are on the verge of superstardom. There's only one problem: America's favorite couple can't stand each other. James McCann, MIT graduate and engineering...
Author
Language
English
Description
In the village of Noon Sun, Benedict Stone has settled into a predictable routine. Business at his jewelry shop has dried up; his marriage is on the rocks. His life is in desperate need of a jump start. And then a surprise arrives at his door. Gemma is Benedict's audacious niece - the daughter of his estranged brother, Charlie. The two brothers haven't spoken in almost two decades, since Charlie left for America. Reckless and stubborn, Gemma invites...
99) Old Border Road
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Impulsively marrying the son of a local rancher to escape her divorced parents, seventeen-year-old Katherine goes to live in her new husband's Arizona desert adobe house but is rapidly disenchanted by his cold heart, a situation that is further tested by a dangerous drought.