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It all starts when Jamie decides to increase revenues for her newspaper by starting a personal ads section. Suddenly the town gets "all sexed up." The local Chinese-food joint starts creating risque fortune cookies. A trashy lingerie shop opens. The bakery starts making pornographic pastries. Everyone gets the idea that sex sells. But someone has more sinister objectives.
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Kate Weller novels volume 1
A Kate Weller Mystery volume 1
Marked for Retribution Mystery volume Book 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian mystery
A Kate Weller Mystery volume 1
Marked for Retribution Mystery volume Book 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian mystery
Pub. Date
2018.
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"Severn's ISBN is 9780727887894 Synopsis: Introducing private investigator Kate Weller in the first of the brand-new Marked for Retribution mystery series. On the run from a troubled past, Kate Weller, the newest member of Price Investigations, covers her tracks, changes her name and takes a case in Charleston, South Carolina, where she can hide in plain sight. Renting a charming room with a waterfront view, Kate sets about trying to locate her adopted...
63) The summer's end
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"In the powerful and heartwarming conclusion to her bestselling Lowcountry summer trilogy, New York Times author Mary Alice Monroe brings her readers back to the charm and sultry beauty of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, to reveal how the pull of family bonds and true love is as strong and steady as the tides" -- provided by publisher.
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2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
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Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
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2022.
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During the pandemic, an aging screenwriter is holed up in a coastal South Carolina town with his beloved second wife, Peaches. He's been binge-eating for a year and developed a notable rapport with the local fast-food chain Hippo King. He struggles to work--on a ludicrous screenplay about a Nazi attempt to kidnap FDR and, naturally, an article for Etymology Today on English words of Carthaginian origin. He thinks he has Covid. His wife thinks he is...
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While most of the residents in the wealthy, historic Charleston enclave of Landgrave Hall are asleep at two-thirty in the morning, Huger Dillard and his father, "Unc," are heading, via jonboat, to the adjoining golf course. Blinded by a terrible accident that killed his wife, Unc prefers to practice his golf game when no one is watching. But before anyone can even tee off, Huger makes a grisly find: a woman's body, anchored deep in the mud at the...
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South Carolina sunsets volume 9
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A new resident moves to town to take over his late grandfather's veterinary business. Dawson and Julie find out some disturbing news about their son. Janine and William anxiously wait for a birthmother to choose them. Tabatha is almost finished with her pregnancy, but she still hasn't decided whether to keep her baby or pursue adoption. Celeste gets an amazing surprise from Ben as he tries to woo her.
69) The kingdom
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Graveyard Queen series volume 2
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While restoring an old cemetery in Asher Falls, South Carolina, Amelia Gray, a.k.a. "The Graveyard Queen", discovers that something evil is eating away at the soul of this town and she must dig up the truth.
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2020.
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"It's been sixteen years since Caretta "Cara" Rutledge has returned home to the beautiful shores of Charleston, South Carolina. Over those years, she has weathered the tides of deaths and births, struggles and joys. And now, as Cara prepares for her second wedding, her life is about to change yet again. Meanwhile, the rest of the storied Rutledge family is also in flux. Cara's niece Linnea returns to Sullivan's Island to begin a new career and an...
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"With the library's budget dwindling, Tori Sinclair is forced to let go of her predecessor, and fellow sewing circle member, Dixie Dunn. After losing her job a second time, Dixie decides to volunteer for Home Fare, delivering meals to the homebound. Less than a week after Dixie starts, her client Clyde Montgomery is found dead. The police think he died of old age, but with most of the town badgering Clyde to sell his picturesque land, his passing...
75) Breaking news
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'Teresa 'Toots' Amelia Loudenberry is extending her stay in Charleston to help care for her ailing housekeeper, Bernice. Here in her beloved hometown, the air is rich with the scent of azaleas and honeysuckle and there's always a pitcher of sweet tea (or something a little stronger) close to hand. Not that the ladies have much time for relaxing. Ida's new line of cosmetics, 'Seasoned,' is about to launch, and Toots, Mavis, and Sophia are relishing...
76) The alibi
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Prosecutor Hammond Cross of Charleston receives a jolt when the woman with whom he had a one-night stand names him as her alibi in a murder case. The woman, who is a doctor, says she could not have committed the murder because she was in his arms at the time
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2023.
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"Tea shop entrepreneur Theodosia Browning has been tapped to host a fancy Limon Tea in a genuine lemon orchard as a rousing kickoff to Charleston Fashion Week. But as fairy lights twinkle and the scent of lemon wafts among the tea tables, the deadly murder of a fashion designer puts the squeeze on things. As the lemon curd begins to sour, the murdered woman's daughter begs Theodosia to help find the killer. Tea events and fashion shows must go on,...
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"Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman's quest to find the love she deserves, from New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank.Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley's wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children they promised to love and...
79) Let us descend
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2023.
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"Let us descend,' the poet now began, 'and enter this blind world.'" --Inferno, Dante Alighieri Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver...
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South Carolina sunsets volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
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Somebody's getting married in Seagrove...In this 5th book of the South Carolina Sunsets series, there's a wedding happening! Which of our couples is walking down the aisle, and will everything go off as planned? Or, is there always just a little bit of drama threatening to throw everyone for a loop?If you love Southern women's fiction, this is the series for you!