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63) The wretched
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Following his parents' separation, a rebellious teenage boy is sent to live with his father for the summer and work at the local marina to gain some form of discipline. The idyllic tourist town offers little solace for him, however, and Ben's problems grow increasingly disturbing when he makes a chilling discovery about the family renting the house next door.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Single mom Lexie Bell hopes to make this first Christmas in their new home special for her six-year-old son, Brock. Festive lights and homemade fudge, check. Friendly neighbors? Uh, no. The reclusive widower next door is more grinchy than nice. But maybe he just needs a reminder of what matters most. At least sharing some holiday cheer with him will distract her from her own lack of romance. Stanley Mann lost his Christmas spirit when he lost his...
65) Four friends
Author
Language
English
Description
"Gerri can't decide what's more devastating: learning her rock-solid marriage has big cracks, or the anger she feels as she tries to repair them. Always the anchor for friends and her three angst-ridden teenagers, it's time to look carefully at herself. The journey is more than revealing--it's transforming. Andy doesn't have a great track record with men, and she's come to believe that a lasting love is out of reach. When she finds herself attracted...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Martha Hale is an affable wife and mother who lives in an affluent neighborhood of well-tended lawns and high expectations. If only her clumsiness at penetrating the social circles of her neighbors weren't making Martha so lonely. That's why she's thrilled when the glamorous Minnie Foster, a former high school classmate, moves in next door. Despite Martha's determination, picking up where they left off is trickier than anticipated--especially when...
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 1
Language
English
Description
Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.
Author
Series
Katie the catsitter volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead until she realizes the mysterious neighbor who hired her to catsit is one of the city's greatest supervillains.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of a mysteriously enchanting woman, who peaks the curiosity of her neighbors. Based on the series of cable movies, Season One follows Cassie Nightingale and her young-teenage daughter Grace, who shares that same special intuition as her mom. When New York transplants move in next to the Grey House, they are immediately spellbound by the mother-daughter duo next door.
73) The happy house
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Once there was a house who was unhappy because its paint was peeling, the stairs were dirty, the roof leaks, and there were no flowers to decorate the windowsills. But what has made the house unhappy the most are the people who live in the house - they are loud at all hours of the day and night, with no consideration of each other. Can they all find a way to live happily together?
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Middleton gets transformed into a town where 'it's always the day before Halloween' when the author of a series of magic-and romance-filled novels comes to Grey House to celebrate the release of her newest book. But it's Cassie who ends up bringing the people together to put on the special event, while coming to a special realization about Sam.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From three-time Bram Stoker-Award-winning novelist Sarah Langan comes a propulsive literary suburban noir set in near-future America during the hottest summer on record. Maple Street has a neighborly cul-de-sac, where a terrible secret tears a rift between two misfit moms who were once best friends. When innocent Shelly Schroeder falls down a sinkhole, it's one mom's word against the other's, in a court of public opinion that can end only in blood....
79) Little bird
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The skeletons in the closet have nothing on the one in your backyard. Freshly divorced and grieving the death of her father, Josie Lauer has caged herself inside her home. To cope with her losses, Josie follows a strict daily routine of work, playing with her dog, and trying to remember to eat a decent meal--and ending each night by drinking copious amounts of vodka. In other words, she is not coping at all. Everything changes when Josie wakes to...
Author
Series
All in volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When I joined Seattle's NHL expansion team, I thought it was the start of something great. But nothing ever goes the way you expect. Take my introduction to my new neighbor. She came rolling in on the hot mess express at midnight, making a racket while she tried to get into my team captain's apartment. Did I mention that he's married to a woman who definitely was not her? Imagine my surprise when I end up with an injury that has me out of the game...
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