Hornby, Nick
Summary: Lucy married a man with whom she had everything in common but he made her miserable. When she meets Joseph, she would rather have a baby-sitter for her sons than a boyfriend, but she discovers that sometimes happiness comes from unexpected places.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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Summary: "A new Gilead novel that tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the beloved, erratic, and grieved-over prodigal son of a Presbyterian minister from Gilead, Iowa"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Robinson 2020Rosen, Renée
Summary: "The bestselling author of White Collar Girl and What the Lady Wants explores one woman's journey of self-discovery set against the backdrop of a musical and social revolution. In the middle of the twentieth century, the music of the Mississippi Delta arrived in Chicago, drawing the attention of entrepreneurs like the Chess brothers. Their label, Chess Records, helped shape that music into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSJackson, Joshilyn.
Summary: Ten years after leaving, Arlene Fleet finds she still has not escaped Possett, Alabama, when an old classmate turns up asking questions about a crime Arlene committed in her youth, forcing her into a confrontation with her past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Warner AudioBooks 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JACGuo, Xiaolu
Summary: "A Chinese woman moves to London to start a new life. She knew she would be lonely, adrift in the city, but will her new relationship bring her closer to this land she has chosen, and will their love give her a home? A Lover's Discourse is a love story told through fragments of conversations between the two lovers. Playing with language and the cultural differences that her narrator encounters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUOHarte, Marie
Summary: "Rena Jackson is a diehard romantic, and she's had her eye on Axel Heller for a while. He's got the tall-brooding-and-handsome thing down pat, but he guards his heart well, and Rena is tired of waiting for him to notice her. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, she decides it's time to forget about Axel and find her own Mr. Right. But that's when Axel makes her a bet that involves the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Casablanca 2020
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Summary: With little in common except a property line, two very different families quickly find themselves at odds: first, over an historic oak tree, and soon after, the blossoming romance between their two teenagers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FOWSharma, Annika
Summary: "Kiran Mathur knows firsthand just how dangerous love can be. After all, her sister's marriage in India nearly destroyed Kiran's family. So she's decided to redeem romance herself-by not falling for anyone who might disappoint her parents. That is, until she meets her new neighbor Nash Hawthorne..."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Casablanca 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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Summary: Ten years after leaving, Arlene Fleet finds she still has not escaped Possett, Alabama, when an old classmate turns up asking questions about a crime Arlene committed in her youth, forcing her into a confrontation with her past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACGuns, Priya
Summary: "In this spiky and hilarious 21st century reboot of the iconic film Taxi Driver, a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity and a living wage . . . until she decides she's done waiting. Damani is tired. Her father just passed away and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in the basement of her parents' old house, caring for her mom, and driving for an app to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUNHibbert, Talia
Summary: "She wants a fake relationship. He needs something real. If there's one thing Rae can't stand, it's pity. She's forty, frazzled, and fed up - so attending an awards ceremony alone while her ex swans about with his new wife? Not an option. To avoid total humiliation, Rae needs a date of her own. And her young, hot-as-hell new best friend is the perfect candidate... Zach Davis, king of casual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nixon House 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIBCornejo Villavicencio, Karla
Summary: "Catalina is trying to work out her own life as she leaves her undocumented family behind to enter Harvard. Suffering from bouts of PTSD, she struggles to connect to her new world just as she struggled to make sense of her old one. She infiltrates the subcultures of elite undergrads-internships and college newspapers, parties and secret societies-and observes them like an anthropologist, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2024
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Summary: "A gripping contemporary novel that examines the American dream through the lens of two families living side by side in an idyllic neighborhood, and the one summer that changes their lives irrevocably"-- Oak Knoll, a tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood. Professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who is headed to college in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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Summary: "If love really is a choice, how do you decide where your loyalties lie? It's the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve and Nur is steeling himself to tell his parents that he's seeing someone. A young British Pakistani man, Nur has spent years omitting details about his personal life to maintain his image as the golden eldest child. And it's come at a cost. Once, Nur was a restless college...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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Summary: "Opposites attract in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about a free-spirited lawyer who is determined to find the perfect match for the grumpy bachelor at her cousin's wedding. After a devastating breakup, celebrity-obsessed lawyer Zara Patel is determined never to open her heart again. She puts her energy into building her career and helping her friends find their happily ever afters. She's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Trade 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KELGuillory, Jasmine
Summary: "A chance meeting with a handsome stranger turns into a whirlwind affair that gets everyone talking. Dating is the last thing on Olivia Monroe's mind when she moves to LA to start her own law firm. But when she meets a gorgeous man at a hotel bar and they spend the entire night flirting, she discovers too late that he is none other than hotshot junior senator Max Powell. Olivia has zero...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUIRabess, Cecilia
Summary: "On Jess's first day at Goldman Sachs, she's less than thrilled to learn she'll be on the same team as Josh, her white, conservative sparring partner from college. Josh loves playing the devil's advocate and is just ... the worst. But when Jess finds herself the sole Black woman on the floor, overlooked and underestimated, it's Josh who shows up for her in surprising--if imperfect--ways. Before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RABDe Castrique, Mark
Summary: "Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past - and they love each other. An interracial couple in the new South, the Asheville, NC, pair has surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop. They deploy humor both to bind them together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2019
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Summary: A romance between a black man and a white woman. The hero is Jordan Greene, an engineer, the heroine is Kimberly Chavers, an artist. They meet in a taxi and fall quickly in love, but both have a past and are not sure if the other will accept it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1998
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Summary: Follows the experiences of hairdresser and African-American single mom Dorrie, who while struggling with difficult family dynamics reluctantly agrees to drive an octogenarian client to a funeral several states away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2013
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Summary: "Carla is a talented jazz singer nearing forty. Maxwell is a renowned tenor saxophonist, the man Carla deeply loves and wants to marry. But Maxwell, who is black, finds himself increasingly at odds with the notion of lifelong togetherness with a white woman, as he yields to group pressure. While they are visiting his parents (whom Carla hopes to win over in her struggle to keep Maxwell in her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2000