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Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This novel is the story of Mariel and Ned, 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"--
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After the owner of a successful family business is murdered, attorney Dismas Hardy, who doubts the guilt of the chief suspect, navigates the dangerous secrets and gold-digger agendas to identify the killer.
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When a smooth-talking developer wants to buy their Devine Doughnut Shop, Grace, Sarah, and Macy find their beloved heritage up for grabs and their future up in the air until a little determination, a sprinkle of sass, and the promise of romance are added into the mix.
4) Kingdom come
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
306 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having made his construction company into a multi-billion dollar corporation, James King reveals a massive public offering that would render him CEO for life, prompting his second-in-command's wife to plot his murder.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Katie Brenner is fired from her dream job in advertising in London, she's desperate to get away from her mad boss Demeter, and her crush, Alex, who she thought shared her feelings of adoration but didn't. Seeking refuge, she goes home to her father's farm in Somerset to help make her stepmother's dream of turning their land into a camping retreat come true. Applying her savvy marketing smarts, Katie masterminds a glamorous upscale resort. But...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
309 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the private jokes, ancient grudges, broken hearts, and deep, abiding love that feeds them all"--
7) Come sundown
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A novel of suspense, family ties, and twisted passions from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obsession... The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family business, an idyllic spot for vacationers. A little over thirty thousand acres and home to four generations, it's kept running by Bodine Longbow with the help of a large staff, including new hire Callen Skinner. There was another member of the family once: Bodine's aunt,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When her sister is wrongly implicated in an explosion that has destroyed her family's priceless antiques business and killed an employee, Hannah struggles to find clues in the ashes and discovers a life-threatening secret from the past.
9) The takeout
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Mia uses Filipino folk magic to take down the shady chef brothers who are threatening her family's food truck.
10) The sweet life
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dawn Dixon can hardly believe she's on a groomless honeymoon on beautiful Cape Cod...with her mother. Sure, Marnie Dixon is good company, but Dawn was supposed to be here with Kevin, the love of her life (or so she thought). Marnie Dixon needs some time away from the absolute realness of life as much as her jilted daughter does, and she's not about to let her only child suffer alone--even if Marnie herself had been doing precisely that for the past...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First paperback edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
375, 13 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
After her father goes to jail, Cady Bennett, twelve, is taken from foster care to spend a summer with her estranged Aunt Michelle, trying to save her failing pie shop.
12) Karthik delivers
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
One summer during the Financial Crisis, fourteen-year-old Karthik Raghavan makes deliveries for his father's ailing Indian grocery, but he is secretly cast in a play about the young Leonard Bernstein. Includes author's note.