Like most women, whether they’ve chosen the Fortune 500 career path or have had five kids by 35, Anna David wondered if she’d made the right choices. Then she came upon the book Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmopolitan‘s fearless leader from the mid-sixties to the late nineties. Immediately connecting with Gurley Brown’s unique message of self-empowerment combined with femininity, Anna vowed to use Sex as a lesson plan, venturing out of her comfort zone in the hope of overcoming the fears and insecurities that had haunted her for years. Embarking on a journey both intensely personal and undeniably universal,
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The children of a once-brilliant playwright and a struggling actress, the four Haas siblings grew up in chaos—raised in an environment composed of neglect and glamour in equal measure. When their father dies, they must depend on their intense but fragile bond to remember what it means to be family despite years of anger and hurt. These brothers and sisters are painfully human, sometimes selfish, and almost always making the wrong decisions, but their endearing struggles provide laughter through tears—something anyone who’s ever had a sibling can relate to.
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Eleven-year-olds Nora and Charlotte were best friends. When their teenage babysitter, Rose, disappeared under mysterious circumstances, the girls decided to “investigate.” But their search—aided by paranormal theories and techniques gleaned from old Time-Life books—went nowhere.
Years later, Nora, now in her late twenties, is drawn back to her old neighborhood—and to her estranged friend—when Rose’s remains are finally discovered. Upset over their earlier failure to solve the possible murder, Charlotte is adamant that they join forces and try again. But Nora was the last known person to see Rose alive, and she’s not ready to revisit her troubled adolescence and the events surrounding the disappearance—or face the disturbing secrets that are already beginning to reemerge.
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It all begins with a fantasy . . . caseworker in her “paperwork-signing” suit alongside beaming parents cradling their adopted newborn: this is the blissful picture that keeps Chloe Pinter, director of Portland’s Chosen Child domestic adoption program, happy as she juggles the demands of her boss and the incessant needs of adoptive and biological parents.
But the dream job that offers Chloe refuge from her turbulent personal life soon becomes a nightmare involving three very different couples: the college sweethearts who, after suffering fertility problems, are now expecting their own baby; the wealthy husband and desperate wife for whom adoption is a last chance;
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From
an award-winning “savvy storyteller” (Entertainment Weekly) comes a page-turning,
zeitgeist-capturing novel of a young couple who turn to drug trafficking
to make it through the recession.
James
and Kate are golden children of the late twentieth century, flush with
opportunity. But an economic downturn and an unexpected pregnancy send
them searching for a way to make do.
A
winter in the mountains of California’s Siskiyou County introduces a
tempting opportunity. A friend grows prime-grade marijuana; if James
transports just one load from Cali to Florida,
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It’s never wise
to blackmail a highwayman…
Lady Corinne, rebellious daughter of the duke
of Banfield, refuses to marry Lord Freddie Sherwin.
Yes, he’s the catch of the Season and the man her father
chose for her. He’s also the most despicable male of her acquaintance.
With her wedding only weeks away, she flees and finds herself a prisoner
of the notorious Thorn!
Who says the devil isn’t a woman?
The rich and powerful tremble at the highwayman’s
name, while England’s villagers rejoice in his bold exploits.
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