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1) The choice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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Travis Parker has everthing a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life-boating, swimming, and barbecues with his close buddies. Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life--boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies--he...
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"When former piano prodigy Saskia Kreis returns home to Milwaukee after her mother's unexpected death, she expects to inherit the family estate, the Elf House. But with the discovery that her mother's will bequeathed the Elf House to a man that Saskia shares a complicated history with, she is forced to reexamine her own past--and the romantic relationship that changed the course of her life--for answers. Can she find a way to claim her heritage while...
4) Notorious
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"Gaby Dupont knows some men shouldn't be trusted, ever. Especially not high-profile lawyer Jake Chandler. How can she trust the man who might be helping her greedy relatives steal her family fortune? To get the inside scoop on Jakes dealings, and protect herself and her beloved grandmere, Gaby must take a job with the devil himself. Of course, she can't tell him who she really is..."
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Counterfeit lady volume 3
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"An exciting new book in the series featuring Elizabeth Miles, con woman turned Lady, from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries. Elizabeth Miles finds herself in a position no con can help her escape. Her beloved fianc©♭, Gideon Bates, is awaiting his turn in the draft to fight in the Great War. Elizabeth is finding it hard to think of anything else, but Gideon has thrown himself into his work, preparing wills for soldiers...
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After the death of her US senator father, Marlow Madsen travels to the small island off the coast of Florida where she spent summers growing up to help her mother settle the family estate. For Marlow, the trip is a chance to reconnect after too long apart. It's also the perfect escape to help her feel grounded again, one she's happy to share with friends Aida and Claire, who are hoping to hit reset on their lives, too. A leisurely beachfront summer...
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Pub. Date
c2007
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Four headstrong siblings must satisfy their father's dying demands--or risk losing his fortune. Let the clash of wills begin. Charleston blue blood Clayton Wilcott "got religion" late in life; so late, it turns out his kids never took to it. So he's left a provisional will delivered in a highly unorthodox way. Now they're going to have to honor Daddy's commandments from beyond the grave--for a full year--or be cut off from their substantial inheritances....
10) Sycamore Row
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Jake Brigance novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 28
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When wealthy Seth Hubbard hangs himself from a sycamore tree and leaves his fortune to his black maid, Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial -- a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history.
11) Do not disturb
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Pub. Date
c2004
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You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Investigative reporter Angel Buchanan dug up a whopping surprise: The late "Artist of the Heart" Stephen Whitney famous for his family values was the father who'd abandoned her when she was four. And there's nothing like the reading of a will to bring people out of the woodwork, especially relatives you never knew you had......Such as the grieving widow and her sexpot twin sister...and...
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Inspector Armand Gamache mysteries volume 14
A Chief Inspector Gamache novel volume 14
Three Pines mystery volume 14
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
A Chief Inspector Gamache novel volume 14
Three Pines mystery volume 14
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
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When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the Surete du Quebec discovers that a complete stranger has named him one of the executors of her will. Still on suspension, and frankly curious, Gamache accepts and soon learns that the other two executors are Myrna Landers, the bookseller from Three Pines, and a young builder.None of them had ever met the elderly woman.The will is so odd and includes...
14) Precious Gifts
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Handsome, widowed, sophisticated, utterly charming, Paul Parker won the heart of a wealthy young Frenchwoman the daughter of an American financier, the granddaughter of a major French art dealer as his second wife. In two marriages, he fathered a challenging son and three very different daughters. But as irresponsible as he was irresistible, he ultimately shrugged off the demands of marriage and parenting to pursue life as an international bon vivant.Raised...
15) The blind split
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[2022]
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Lexie Lovell tosses Rosedale Investigations a real challenge when she hires them to find her brother, a brother she never existed until her father's will was read. His estate is to be split between them, but when the Rosedale Team investigates, the toddler and his mother seem to have vanished into thin air.
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Alaskan nights volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
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When Grier Thompson is called to Indigo, Alaska, to deal with the estate of her late, estranged father, she meets pilot Mick O'Shaughnessy, a rugged dream guy. But then an unexpected visitor from Grier's past unsettles the entire town.
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Miss Julia series volume 18
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"When Miss Julia hears that Miss Mattie Freeman has passed away, she wishes she'd spent more time getting to know the woman. But the last thing Miss Julia expects is a phone call from Ernest Sitton, Attorney at Law: Miss Julia has been named executor of Mattie's estate -- and it looks like Miss Mattie's last wishes were more generous than her coffers were full. Determined to find something of value for Mattie's beneficiaries, Miss Julia is faced with...