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An idyllic California beach town is forced to reckon with a scandal when, at fancy Thornton Academy on California's coast, Nikki Graziola-a surfer's daughter there on scholarship-upends everyone by revealing a shocking secret in her valedictorian's speech.
Every town has its secrets... In idyllic Alara Cove, a California beach town known for its sunny charm and chill surfer vibe, it's graduation day at the elite Thornton Academy. At Thornton, the...
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"Nothing brings an estranged family together like a murder next door. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage--and hoping...
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Women's Murder Club volume 23
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2023.
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"An attention-seeking copycat is recreating murders by a famous killer from the Women's Murder Club's past--with devastating new twists. Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. Reporter Cindy Thomas wrote a book that put him on the bestseller list. An obsessed maniac has turned Burke's true-crime story into a playbook. And is embellishing it with gruesome touches all his own. Now Lindsay's tracking an elusive suspect, and the...
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Crown Island volume 2
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"Junie Raines is ready for a second chance at life on a sunny island off the coast of Southern California. She's managing the gift shop at the Majestic Hotel, a Victorian-era beach resort, and her sister Maileah is trying her patience with her sibling rivalry. It's been two years since Junie's husband died. She longs for a second chance to have a family while she's still young, but dating has its challenges with Maileah around. Junie is looking for...
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"Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand-to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad's death by suicide the previous year. The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of...
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Christy Miller series volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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A summer in California for Wisconsin farm girl Christy Miller brings her a new image, a moral dilemma involving the local fast crowd, an encounter with Christianity, and a vortex of questions about what is important in life.
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"A mysterious high-stakes game proves life-threatening in this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded in...
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 21
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This was the boy's mantra as he plodded through the desert alone, left to die by his vengeful grandfather. Johannes Verne was soon to be rescued by outlaws, but no one could save him from the lasting memory of his grandfather's eyes, full of impenetrable hatred. Raised in part by Indians, then befriended by a mysterious woman, Johannes grew up to become a rugged adventurer and an educated man. But even now, strengthened by the love of a golden-haired...
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"A heartrending story about a young mother's fight to keep her daughter and the winds of fortune that tear them apart, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War. California, 1938--When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser's daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert's...
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Carson Springs novels volume 3
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Anna Vincenzi, who has been in the shadow of her movie-star sister, remakes herself into the ultimate sexy woman and is declared a prime suspect in her sister's murder, a situation that prompts the valley residents to rally together.
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"Summer and Leo would do anything for each other. Inspired by the way each has had to carve her place in a hostile and unforgiving world, and united by the call of the open road, they travel around sunny California in Summer's tricked-out Land Cruiser. It's not a glamorous life, but it gives them the freedom they crave--from family, expectations, and the painful pasts they've left behind. But even free spirits have bills to pay. Luckily, Summer is...
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"When Meredith Collins was a child, the little beach town of Cape Sanctuary lived up to its name. Spending summers there with her grandmother, Meredith finally felt safe and loved. Now she's returning in disgrace. Her late ex-husband swindled investors out of millions of dollars and made Meredith a figure of scorn -- though she knew nothing about his scheme. But she still has the beach cottage she inherited from her grandmother and half ownership...
13) Laguna Cove
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
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Seventeen-year-old Anne's new life in Southern California feels more like a death sentence, with a different school, no friends, and family problems, so when she learns to surf in order to fit in, her efforts are not popular with everyone.
14) Phantoms
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IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
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"They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred and fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California. At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease. But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. It is worse than anything they...
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New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell delivers an unforgettable tale of love and adventure set on the high seas... Photographer Cat Cochran has been to exotic places most people only dream about. Yet all she wants is to get her life in order. One last assignment and she can put her past behind her, forgetting about her heart's disastrous misadventures. But first she must photograph the mysterious ship designer T. H. Danvers. Travis Danvers...
16) Someone like you
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Returning to her hometown to start a law practice, Jill Strather can't deny the attraction she still feels for Mac Kendrick, a burned-out LAPD cop; when Mafia dons, social workers, and bitter exes enter the picture, Jill and Mac find the simplest romance is complicated.
17) Sacred ground
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Two-thousand years ago, there was a great bay and a peaceful land filled with sage, citrus trees, and pine. And, there was a tribe called the Topaa. Marimi, a healer in her tribe, is unprepared for what fate holds in store for her. Without her knowledge, her actions place her under the watchful, suspicious gaze of a rival...and Marimi's family is placed under a curse that impacts how their legacy unfolds. From prehistoric California to the days of...
19) Take me apart
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"A riveting debut novel of psychological suspense about a young archivist whose obsession with her subject's mysterious death threatens to destroy her fragile grasp on sanity"--
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"From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls. Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have:...
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