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The accidental empress : a novel
by Allison Pataki
The fictional re-telling of the little-known and tumultuous love story. Fifteen-year-old Elisabeth, “Sisi,” Duchess of Bavaria, travels to the Habsburg Court with her older sister, who is betrothed to the young emperor. But shortly after her arrival at court, Sisi finds herself in an unexpected dilemma: she has inadvertently fallen for and won the heart of her sister’s groom. Franz Joseph reneges on his earlier proposal and declares his intention to marry Sisi instead.
Thrust onto the throne of Europe’s most treacherous imperial court, Sisi upsets political and familial loyalties in her quest to win, and keep, the love of her emperor, her people, and of the world.
Call Number: F PATAKI, ALLISON
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Ashley Bell : a novel
by Dean R. Koontz
Experiencing a miraculous recovery two days after being given a life sentence, 22-year-old Bibi becomes obsessed with the idea that she has been spared in order to save someone else, a notion that prompts her dangerous entry into the world of crime and conspiracy.
Call Number: F KOONTZ, DEAN R.
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Circling the sun : a novel
by Paula McLain
Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of nature’s delicate balance. But even the wild child must grow up, and when everything Beryl knows and trusts dissolves, she is catapulted into a string of disastrous relationships.
Call Number: F MCLAIN, PAULA
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Cleopatra's shadows : a novel
by Emily Holleman
Before Caesar and the carpet, before Antony and Actium, before Octavian and the asp, there was Arsinoe.
Abandoned by her beloved Cleopatra and an indifferent father, young Arsinoe must fight for her survival in the bloodthirsty royal court when her half-sister Berenice seizes Egypt's throne. Even as the quick-witted girl wins Berenice's favor, a new specter haunts her days-dark dreams that have a habit of coming true.
Call Number: F HOLLEMAN, EMILY
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The guest room : a novel
by Chris Bohjalian
When the bachelor party her husband is hosting goes murderously wrong, Kristin finds her life spiraling into a nightmare of accusations, shame and betrayal while a girl hired to provide entertainment at the party flees for her life from murderous gangsters.
Call Number: F BOHJALIAN, CHRIS
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In another life
by Julie Christine Johnson
Returning to rural southwest France to rebuild after the loss of her husband, historian Lia Carrer unexpectedly falls in love with a man who challenges everything she believes about life and her husband's death.
Call Number: F JOHNSON, JULIE C.
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Mrs. Roosevelt's confidante : a Maggie Hope mystery
by Susan Elia MacNeal
Returning to America where she finds herself in partnership with Eleanor Roosevelt, Maggie Hope uses her code-breaking genius and skilled wiles to outmaneuver a dangerous Nazi plot. By the New York Times best-selling author of Mr. Churchill's Secretary.
Call Number: M MACNEAL, SUSAN E.
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The Paris architect : a novel
by Charles Belfoure
A Parisian architect is paid handsomely to devise secret hiding spaces for Jews in his Nazi-occupied country but struggles with risking his life for a cause he is ambivalent towards, until a personal failure brings home their suffering.
Call Number: F BELFOURE, CHARLES
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Room : a novel
by Emma Donoghue
A 5-year-old narrates a riveting story about his life growing up in a single room where his mother aims to protect him from the man who has held her prisoner for seven years since she was a teenager.
Call Number: F DONOGHUE, EMMA
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The things we keep
by Sally Hepworth
While a couple with early-stage Alzheimer's disease struggles to hold fast to their memories and growing relationship with one another, a chef at their assisted-living facility questions her willingness to help them in the wake of a tragic incident.
Call Number: F HEPWORTH, SALLY
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