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May flowers bring...good reads! All titles are available for download to a variety of devices at nh.overdrive.com Questions? Call Cary at the library, 603-757-1838.
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Blue Dahlia by Nora RobertsCentering around three courageous women who meet for the first time at a crossroads in their lives, this first installment in the In the Garden trilogy from the best-selling author follows Stella as she casts aside her fears and finds a special love that she will do anything to protect.
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The Fifth Petal by Brunonia BarryThe best-selling author of The Lace Reader returns to otherworldly Salem as chief of police John Rafferty, now married to lace reader Towner Whitney, investigates a 25-year-old triple homicide involving three descendants of Salem Witch Trial victims.
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The Flowers of War by Geling YanDecember 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan, through whose thirteen-year-old eyes we witness the shocking events that follow. Run by the Father Engelmann, an American priest who has been in China for many years, the church is supposedly neutral ground in the war between China and Japan. But it becomes clear the Japanese are not obeying international rules of engagement.
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan VreelandChronicles the history of a painting and the lives with which it intersects, from the artist's inspiration to its admiration by two art scholars three hundred years later.
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The Language of Flowers by Vanessa DiffenbaughDiscovering the symbolic meanings of flowers while languishing in the foster-care system, eighteen-year-old Victoria is hired by a florist when her talent for helping others is discovered, a situation that leads her to confront a painful secret from her past.
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Magnolia Wednesdays by Wendy WaxFinding herself pregnant and jobless, investigative journalist Vivian Armstrong Gray returns to Georgia for a simpler life, and becomes involved in her sister's ballroom dance studio.
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Orange Blossom Days by Patricia ScanlanA heartwarming novel set in Spain where the new tenants of a seaside apartment building test the limits of marriage, money, and ambition.
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Poison Flower by Thomas PerryProtecting a man wrongly charged with the murder of his wife, Jane Whitefield is shot and abducted by the real culprits, who threaten to kill her if she does not reveal her client's whereabouts.
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Queen of the Flowers : A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry GreenwoodChosen Queen of the Flowers for St. Kilda's first Flower Parade festival, Phryne Fisher finds the glamour of her crown wearing off when one of her attendants vanishes and launches her own investigation, aided by Bert and Cec, that is complicated by the disappearance of her adopted daughter Ruth and a not-so-pleasant reunion with an old lover.
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The Red Book of Primrose House by Marty Wingate Pru Parke has her dream job: head gardener at an eighteenth-century manor house in Sussex. The new owners want Pru to restore the estate to its former glory—quickly, as they're planning to showcase it in less than a year at a summer party. But life gets in the way of the best laid plans.
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Root, Petal, Thorn by Ella Joy OlsenStruggling to stay strong for her children after the unexpected death of her husband, Ivy tackles home-improvement projects in her beautiful historic bungalow and uncovers details about the lives of remarkable women who had lived there throughout the past century.
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The Rose Garden by Susanna KearsleyTransported back in time to the year 1725, Eva Ross finds true love with Daniel Butler, but is plunged into a dangerous world of courtly intrigue and treason due to the discord surrounding Hanoverian King George.
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Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie MacomberA sequel to The Inn at Rose Harbor finds Jo Marie Rose welcoming a new set of guests including a cancer survivor who regrets ending a relationship with the one man she truly loved and a woman who remembers her own broken engagement while planning an anniversary celebration for her grandparents.
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Roses by Leila MeachamHaving not married in spite of their true feelings, cotton tycoon Mary Toliver and timber magnate Percy Warwick struggle with deceit, secrets and tragedies that challenge their children and grandchildren in their small east Texas community.
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Roses are Red by James PattersonFacing a particularly vicious breed of killer in his latest investigation, Alex Cross finds his family targeted by the vengeful Mastermind, a situation that is complicated by tension in his relationship with his girlfriend Christine and his daughter Jannie's unexplained seizures.
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The Scent of Cherry Blossoms by Cindy WoodsmallAnnie Martin loves the Plain ways of her Old Order Mennonite community, but when she falls in love with Aden Zook, an Old Order Amish man, they must choose between their relationship and their communities' disapproval.
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Secrets of the Tulip Sisters by Susan MalleryEstranged by their mother's abandonment and their own secrets, sisters Kelly and Olivia harbor longtime crushes for popular brothers Griffith and Ryan, whose return a decade after high school leads to embarrassing memories, unexpected disillusionment and romantic closure.
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Snowdrops by Andrew MillerWitnessing the progression of regional corruption in his work as a British lawyer in early 2000s Moscow, Nick Platt rescues two sisters from a purse snatcher and pursues a glamorous romantic relationship with one of the sisters before he is asked to help with a dubious family endeavor.
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The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi KaurFrom the #1 New York Times best-selling author of milk and honey comes a long-awaited second collection of poetry, a transcendent journey about growth and healing, ancestry and honoring one’s roots and expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself, augmented by the author's own illustrations.
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Under Magnolia : A Southern Memoir by Frances MayesShares the story of the author's youth in the American South and her decision to return to the places that shaped her early ideals, a journey marked by her regional travels and growing appreciation for Southern writers.
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