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Author
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his long-lost uncle dies, leaving him his supervillain business, Charlie, as rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital come after him, finds going bad looking pretty good with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats and a terrifying henchperson at his side.
Author
Series
This woven kingdom volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Determined to escape Cyrus, the mercurial ruler of Tulan, Alizeh, heir to the Jinn throne, realizes Cyrus may be the key to fulfilling her own destiny, while in Ardunia, Kamran finds a magical way to finally get to Tulan and rescue Alizeh"--
3) Inheritance
Author
Series
Lost bride trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Graphic designer Sonya MacTavish is stunned to learn that her late father had a twin he never knew about--and that her newly discovered uncle, Collin Poole, has left her almost everything he owned, including a majestic Victorian house on the Maine coast, which the will stipulates she must live in it for at least three years. Her engagement recently broken, she sets off to find out why the boys were separated at birth-and why it was all kept secret...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
A successful author of thrillers receives a mysterious letter about an inheritance of a manor and a title from a recently deceased uncle outside London and her plans to sell the place quickly fade as she contemplates a different life.
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée and his favorite chair, Benny Catspaw gets a strange inheritance from an uncle he’s never heard of – a seven-foot-tall self-described “bad weather friend” named Spike whose mission is to help people who are just too good for this world.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When her husband's unexpected death bestows his fortune on a male heir, Sylvia tries to marry her daughter off to a wealthy husband to maintain their lifestyle, but is stopped by her mother-in-law, who wants more for her granddaughter.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1987, when she inherits a piece of land, Emma finds a small plane in disrepair and her great uncle's journal that tells the story of Livy Jones, the woman who piloted his plane when he fell ill, and, with new purpose, works to secure Livy's place in the aviation hall of fame.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tearoom proprietress Lily Roberts, after buying a Peter Rabbit-themed tea set at an antiques fair, finds trouble brewing when two sisters want the set back and one winds up dead, making Lily wonder if this is a simple case of greed boiling over or something else entirely.
11) Brat Farrar
Author
Publisher
Scribner Paperback Fiction
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First Scribner Paperback Fiction edition.
Language
English
Description
"It was eight years since Patrick had vanished leaving a pitiful note, 'I'm sorry but I can't bear it any longer. Don't be angry with me, Patrick.' Now it seemed, he had returned, just in time to claim the family inheritance. But if Patrick really had committed suicide, who was this mysterious young man claiming to be him and calling himself Brat Farrar?"--Publisher description.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass...
13) Automatic Eve
Author
Publisher
Haikasoru
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A mighty shogunate ruling the land from Tempu Castle. An imperial line of strict female succession. Caught between these two immense powers, the sprawling city of Tempu is home to many wonders--not least a superhuman technological achievement in the form of a beautiful automaton known as Eve. When a secret that threatens to shake the imperial line intersects with the mystery of Eve's creation, events are set in motion that soon race toward a shocking...
Author
Publisher
B
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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En un pueblo escocés entre acantilados se alza la mansión de la adinerada Cordelia MacDonald, una mujer déspota y cruel, que lleva años sin apenas recibir visitas. Tras su muerte, Nora, la hija de una antigua criada, se ve obligada a asistir al funeral donde recibirá la sorprendente noticia: se ha convertido en la heredera del legado más preciado de la aristócrata, Nightstorm House. Sin embargo, pronto se dará cuenta de que se trata de un...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In Parson, Texas, a small town ravaged by a devastating hurricane and the Vietnam War, twenty-nine-year-old Lou is diligently renovating a decaying old mansion for Miss Kate, the elderly neighbor who has always been like a mother to her. Mourning her brother's death in Vietnam, Lou dreams of enjoying a more peaceful future in Parson. But those hopes are crushed when Miss Kate is murdered, and no one but Lou seems to care about finding the killer....
Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Elinor and Marianne Dashwood's father dies, they are forced to leave their home behind and move far away to a tiny cottage. Their lives look set to change for ever, in ways neither had expected. Elinor must leave behind the man she loves, whereas Marianne falls for their charming - but entirely unsuitable - new neighbour. The sisters will need each other's support if they are to find happiness, but will they ever find the right balance of sense...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, a story of a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota, and the legacy of love and tragedy, of hardship and hope, that unites and divides them Mariel Prager needs a break. Her husband Ned is having an identity crisis, her spunky, beloved restaurant is bleeding money by the day, and her mother Florence is stubbornly refusing to leave the church where she's been...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An invitation to Catalina Island from billionaire CEO Richard Kingsley. For his sons, Ted and John, and their wives, it’s an opportunity to curry favor, gain control of a real estate empire, and secure their family’s futures. For the controlling patriarch, succession is a contest. He and his newest wife won’t make it an easy win. Then Richard’s estranged live-wire daughter, Sibley, crashes the party. She’s the least of the night’s surprises....
Author
Series
Chef's kiss volume 2
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"A fake dating arrangement turns to real love in this deliciously delightful queer rom-com from the author of the sweetly satisfying Chef's Kiss. When Luna O'Shea is unceremoniously fired from her frustrating office job, she tries to count her blessings: she's a proud trans woman who has plenty of friends, a wonderful roommate, and a good life in New York City. But blessings don't pay the bills. Enter Jean-Pierre, a laissez-faire trans man and the...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Simpatía is set in the Venezuela of Nicolas Maduro amid a mass exodus of the intellectual class who have been leaving their pets behind. Ulises Kan, the protagonist and a movie buff, receives a text message from his wife, Paulina, saying she is leaving the country (and him). Ulises is not heartbroken but liberated by Paulina's departure. Two other events end up disrupting his life even further: the return of Nadine, an unrequited love from the past,...
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