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Fiction A to Z December 2020
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Catherine is hoping this Christmas is happier than the last year, her first without her husband, with her kids absent this year. Things look up when her good friend invites her on a Christmas cruise to lift her spirits. Suddenly every day is an adventure and she's making lots of new friends, including Sophie. It's like a gift from Santa when they meet the charming Dr. Nichols, a perfect match for hypochondriac Sophie. And then there's Chocolatier Trevor March, who's also interested in the scrumptious Sophie. Can he convince her that chocolate is the perfect cure for what ails her?
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What would you do if you knew your life's potential? That's the question facing the residents of Deerfield, Louisiana, when a machine appears in their local grocery store. It's nothing to look at, really--it resembles a plain photo booth. But its promise is amazing: A quick swab of your cheek and two dollars and it claims to use DNA to tell you your life's potential. With enough credibility to make the townspeople curious, soon the former teachers, nurses, and shopkeepers are abruptly changing course to pursue their destinies as magicians, cowboys, and athletes.
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As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner's office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit. And the news cycle is so slow that journalist Cindy Thomas is on assignment to tell a story about the true meaning of the season for San Francisco. Then a fearsome criminal known only as "Loman" seizes control of the headlines. He is planning a deadly surprise for Christmas morning. And he has commissioned dozens of criminal colleagues to take actions that will mask his plans.
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| The House of Broken Angelsby Luis Alberto UrreaAiling patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought them to a new country to flourish in the land they have come to call home. |
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Imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in her furtive scholarly pursuits and writes about neglected and silenced women. An encounter with an eighteen-year-old Jesus changes her life. Their marriage evolves with love and conflict, humor and pathos in Nazareth, where Ana makes a home with Jesus, his brothers, and their mother, Mary. Ana's pent-up longings intensify amid the turbulent resistance to Rome's occupation of Israel.
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Inside a century-old row house in Brooklyn, renegade Sister Evelyn and her fellow nuns preside over a safe haven for the abused and abandoned. Gruff and indomitable on the surface, warm and wry underneath, little daunts Evelyn, until she receives word that Mercy House will be investigated by Bishop Hawkins, a man with whom she shares a dark history. In order to protect everything they've built, the nuns must conceal many of their methods, which are forbidden by the Catholic Church. Evelyn will go to great lengths to defend all that she loves. She confronts a gang member, defies the church, challenges her own beliefs, and faces her past.
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The Twelve Dates of Christmasby Jenny BaylissWhen it comes to relationships, thirty-four-year-old Kate Turner is ready to say "Bah, humbug." The sleepy town of Blexford, England, isn't exactly brimming with prospects. But then her best friend signs her up for a dating agency that promises to help singles find love before the holidays. Twenty-three days until Christmas. Twelve dates with twelve different men. The odds must finally be in her favor... right? Yet with each new date more disastrous than the one before--Kate must remind herself that sometimes love shows up where it's least expected. And maybe, just maybe, it's been right under her nose all along
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Chaosby Iris JohansenCIA agent Alisa Flynn is willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she's ever encountered. Alisa is aided by mysterious billionaire-genius-inventor Gabe Korgan and recurring character Margaret Douglas, an animal whisperer who brings along her beloved dog Juno to fight alongside them. Alisa is determined to rescue girls kidnapped from their African boarding school. But Alisa is hiding her personal stake in the rescue from Korgan, and when the truth gets out, the stakes grow even higher.
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Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshopby Jenny ColganIt's a white Christmas in England, and Rosie Hopkins is feeling festive: Her sweetshop is festooned with striped candy canes, luscious chocolate boxes, and happy, sticky children, and she and her boyfriend are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their families. But when a tragedy strikes at the heart of their charming town, all of Rosie's plans for the future seem to be blown apart. Can she and her loved ones see their way through the difficult times? Sweet and soulful, heartbreaking and heartwarming, this is the perfect novel for the holidays.
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Remembrance : Four Women, One Powerful Legacyby Rita WoodsRemembrance...It's a rumor, a passed in the fields and behind sheets of laundry. A stop on the underground road, a safe haven...if you can make it there. A refugee struggling to rebuild her life in America after a devastating earthquake is suddenly inexplicably bound to a mysterious old woman. Haiti, 1791, on the brink of revolution when a slave named Abigail is forced from her children, she discovers New Orleans has its own powers. 1857 New Orleans, a city of unrest, a house girl Margot is sold just before her 18th birthday and her promised freedom. Desperate, she escapes and chases a whisper.... Remembrance.
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The Christmas Tableby Donna VanLiereJune 1972, John determines to build his wife Joan a kitchen table for Thanksgiving. Inspired to put something delicious on the table, Joan turns to her mother's old recipes. June 2012, Lauren discovers she's pregnant, she finds a recently refinished table at a garage sale. A drawer is discovered under the table which contains a stack of recipe cards. Lauren never learned to cook and is fascinated as she reads through the cards. The story continues to from 1972 to 2012 as Joan battles breast cancer and Lauren learns to cook, preparing for the baby's arrival. As Christmas nears, can Lauren unlock the mystery of the table, and find the peace she's always longed for?
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