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"One Thousand White Women begins with May Dodd's journey west into the unknown. Yet the unknown is far better fate than the life she left behind. Committed to an insane asylum by her blue-blood family for the crime of loving a man beneath her station, May finds that her only hope of freedom is to participate in a secret government program whereby women from the 'civilized' world become the brides of Cheyenne warriors. What follows is the story of...
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Lexile measure
770L
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English
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Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man's deception, a family's complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle. Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoon's two families - the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode when secrets are...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
249 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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To the world she's Vanessa Valentino, the poison-penned gossip columnist and blogger. But she's just Tressie Valentine back in Georgia, where she returns after digging up one scandal too many. Now Tressie must face journalist Nathaniel Woodberry, her sworn enemy since one of her stories hit too close to home. Yet Tressie can't deny that Nate is irresistible. And though he can't believe Tressie's back to wreak havoc, Nate finds himself drawn to her....
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
665 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Maureen Montgomery still can't believe she was able to break away from her dominating Mama Ruby. Her happy, secure life with her husband Mel is more than Maureen ever dared hope for. And helping her pretty teenage daughter Loretta achieve her modeling dreams helps Maureen keep her bizarre childhood and disturbing memories firmly behind her. Until Mel and Loretta run off together, claiming they're in love.
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe weaves a stunning portrait of a family immersed in deceit, and the women whose happiness depends on the secrets they keep. After growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in the lap of luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over her much-older husband, so it's been easy for her to balance a life of shopping and affairs with...
7) Naughty
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
461 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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Parties, paparazzi, red-carpet catfights and shocking sex tapes -- wild child Breanna Parker is always in the spotlight, except where her celebrity parents are concerned. Beautiful and talented, Bree uses her antics to get attention from her R & B-diva mother and record-producer father. But as her whirlwind marriage to a struggling actor implodes, Bree is ready to live life on her own terms -- and the results take everyone by surprise.
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Lexile measure
HL 770L
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English
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Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft...
9) Room service
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English
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Cameron challenges Jasmine's cautious ways, teases her back into having real fun--and makes one sexy, utterly irresistible Mr. Right Now. But their passionate nights soon result in a surprise bonus... Even though Cameron insists on being there for Jasmine, can she really believe his love is the real thing? Can she shake the past and design a completely new life? And is there really only one way to find out?
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
425 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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After a shattering revelation, youngest sister Elyse struggles to overcome the sexual abuse that nearly destroyed her. Between her tough eldest sister, Alita, and a promising fresh start with a new man, she's finding the strength to make the most of her fierce intelligence. But Elyse still has a score to settle with the perfect sister she feels betrayed by--and she's going after everything Burgundy can't afford to lose. Coco thinks her useless baby...
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"Bryce Witherspoon's heart races every time she sees Kaegan Chambray. Everyone in town knows they can't stand each other, but the truth is, even though the man broke her heart ten years ago, she still feels that irresistible, oh-so-familiar jolt of desire. When Kaegan returned to Catalina Cove to run the family business, he knew there'd be no avoiding Bryce. The woman he thought he'd one day marry was instead the biggest heartbreak of his life. But...
12) Right beside you
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"With a successful career, money in the bank, and a solid future, Felicia has almost everything she ever wanted. But getting married is the one holiday wish she can't seem to get. And it's not helping that she's hopelessly in love with her coworker, widower Richard Grimes. Richard has his hands full juggling pre-Christmas work demands and raising two teenage daughters. But he's not too busy to wish his relationship with Felicia could become much more....
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
465 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Abby Rhodes and Jordan Gatewood have fought a long battle to be together. People disparaged their relationship. Enemies tried to tear them apart. Now Abby is looking to settle in to a life of married bliss. But sometimes the greatest threat stems from the person you trust the most... Now Abby is being hunted. Taken prisoner. Held captive. And Jordan's dark and murky past holds the key to her escape.