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Discovering a tattered letter that says she is to open it only in the event of her husband's death, Cecelia is unable to resist reading the letter and discovers a secret that shatters her life and the lives of two other women.
Three women. One letter. And a secret that will change everything. One day Cecilia stumbles on an envelope that says it's only to be opened upon the death of her husband. Her husband is very much alive. She mentions her discovery...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
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Anita Shreve's hauntingly beautiful #1 bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection about tragedy, grief, betrayal, and the 'impossibility of knowing another person.'
As a pilot's wife, Kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone, but nothing has prepared her for a late-night knock that lets her know her husband has died in a crash.
Until now, Kathryn Lyons's life has been peaceful if unextraordinary:...
As a pilot's wife, Kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone, but nothing has prepared her for a late-night knock that lets her know her husband has died in a crash.
Until now, Kathryn Lyons's life has been peaceful if unextraordinary:...
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Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored. We look like a normal couple. We're your neighbors, the parents of your kid's friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with. We all have our secrets to keeping a marriage alive. Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.
4) Arranged
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Anne Blythe is lucky. She's got a brand new book contract, a great newspaper job, a steadfast best friend, and she can land just about any man she sets her sights on. Problem is, the men she chooses never last. Shortly after yet another relationship goes down in flames, Anne comes across a card for what she believes is a dating service and she is shocked to discover that what the company specializes in are exclusive, and pricey, arranged marriages....
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Thomas Vanderlinden's mother shared her life with two men, both called Rowland Venderlinden. The first went abroad and never returned; the second Rowland, a man whom she accepted unquestioningly as her husband, was a mystery. Determined to uncover the secrets of both men, Thomas sets off in search of the first Rowland, eventually tracking him down on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. 2002.
8) Covet
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Dutton
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What if the life you wanted, and the woman you fell in love with, belonged to someone else?
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Elevator Pitch comes a gripping psychological thriller about a formerly missing woman who has suddenly returned under mysterious circumstances. One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most everyone assumed Andy had got away with murder--it's always the husband, isn't it?--but the police could never build a strong case against him....
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"In this humane, affecting tale of a Turkish couple who lose their child and find another, the internationally bestselling author of Disquiet explores the ethical questions surrounding immigration. Fisherman Mustafa and his wife, Mesude, are devastated with grief for their son Deniz, who was lost at sea at seven years old. One day, Mustafa discovers the bodies of a woman and man in the water, likely refugees from Syria, Pakistan, or Afghanistan drowned...
11) Two dead wives
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"A woman with a shocking secret is missing, presumed dead. And her two husbands are suspects in her murder. DCI Clements knows the dark side of human nature and that love can make people do treacherous things...Until a body is found, this sad case remains wide open. Stacie Jones lives a quiet life in a small village, nursed by her father as she recovers from illness, and shielded from any news of the outside world. But their reclusive life is about...
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After twenty-eight years of marriage to her husband Lucky, Addy Lipton feels anything but happily married. In fact, just thinking of their garage, filled to the brim with Lucky's useless junk collection, drives Addy dangerously close to plowing her car through it. But when Lucky wins a trip to paradise-aka Costa Rica-Addy has a faint hope they may be able to turn things around. Or maybe they won't. Either way, Addy never gets the chance to find out....
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A young widow profiles the seemingly idyllic life she shared with her husband and young daughter, her devastation over the pulmonary embolism that abruptly ended her husband's life, and her shocked discovery that he had been unfaithful to her throughout their marriage.
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Introduction : welcome to the jungle -- Back in the saddle again : why it's so darn hard to start having sex again after having a baby -- Shades of blue : from third-wheel blues to baby blues, new parenthood is a crash course in psych 911 -- Charity sex, choreplay, and other acts of love : when sex hits the bottom of the to-do list -- When the TV is turned on more than you : or why your libido is a function of your lifestyle -- When date night attacks...
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Gray "Quick Shot" Woodson is the fastest gun west of the Mississippi. Unfortunately, he's ready to hang up his hat. Sure, being notorious has its perks. But the nomadic lifestyle--and people always tryin' to kill you--gets old real fast. Now he just wants to find a place to retire. When his stubborn horse drags him into a hole-in-the-wall town called Desolation, something about the place calls to Gray, and he figures he might actually have a shot...
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Barbra Reifel, former wife of notorious Body Snatcher Michael Mastromarino, has appeared on Oprah, Nancy Grace, ID Discovery, and Lifetime. Never before has her raw account been laid so bare. Fairytale shattered, deceit and danger beyond her wildest nightmares, betrayal, addiction, abuse, ultimate crime, and utter destruction beyond reason-her riveting story is one of so many. To survive, protect her children and family, and combat the monster who...
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Resigned to living out the Second World War in a German POW camp, James Hunter, an English officer, begins studying a pair of redstarts near the camp. His interest in the birds captures the attention of the Kommandant and gives James cause to fear for his life. Meanwhile, back in England, James's young wife, Rose, falls headlong into a passionate affair with another man. With wonderfully developed characters, exquisitely shaped by and reflected in...
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Joanne Kilbourn mysteries volume 17
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A triple homicide will rip apart the lives of those related to Joanne Kilbourn-Shreve's husband's law partners. Dazed by grief, Joanne will seek answers to an impossible question: "Why did they die?" The facts behind the suicide of Christopher Altieri appear to provide insights, but for Joanne those insights raise new, unsettling questions. Knitting this powerful narrative together is Joanne's unshakeable belief that the only thing worse than knowing...
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his beloved wife of one year: protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers: Owen's sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Hannah soon realizes her husband isn't who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen's true identity - and why he really disappeared. Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth, together....
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