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Release Date:  April 18, 2017 Publisher:  sourcebooks Format:  ebook Pages:  399 pages Genre:   biography / Military Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis: The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark danger The Curies' newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty, and wonder drug of the medical community. From body lotion to tonic water, the popular new element shines bright in the otherwise dark years of the First World War. Meanwhile, hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radium-dial factories. The glittering chemical covers their bodies from head to toe; they light up the night like industrious fireflies. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" are the luckiest alive — until they begin to fall mysteriously ill. But the factories that once offered golden opportunities are now ignoring all claims of the gruesome side effects, ...

Release Date:  February 26, 2016 Publisher:  Highbridge Books Format:  Audio Length:  11 hours 49 minutes Narrator:  Antonia Beamish Genre:    Mystery/ Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local outdoor festival, they get separated in the crowd, and Carmel is gone. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own—to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head, at all times, a vision of her mo...

Release Date:  February 22, 2018 Publisher:  Farrago Format:  ebook Pages:  160 pages Genre:   British Mystery Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis: In the respectable seaside town of Flaxborough, the equally respectable councillor Harold Carobleat is laid to rest. Cause of death: pneumonia. But he is scarcely cold in his coffin before  Detective Inspector Purbright , affable and annoyingly polite, must turn out again to examine the death of Carobleat’s neighbour, Marcus Gwill, former prop. of the local rag, the  Citizen . This time it looks like foul play, unless a surfeit of marshmallows had led the late and rather unlamented Mr Gwill to commit suicide by electrocution. (‘Power without responsibility’, murmurs Purbright.) How were the dead men connected, both to each other and to a small but select band of other town worthies? Purbright becomes intrigued by a stream of advertisements Gwill was putting in the  Citize...

Release Date:  July 22, 2014 Publisher:  Hatchette Audio Format:  Audio Length:  7 hours 30 minutes Narrator:  Daniel Weyman Genre:   Gothic Mystery Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  When Fifteen-year-old Oscar Drai suddenly vanishes from his boarding school in Barcelona, no one knows his whereabouts for seven days and seven nights. His story begins when he meets the strange Marina while he's exploring an old quarter of the city. She leads Oscar to a cemetery, where they watch a macabre ritual that occurs on the last Sunday of each month. At exactly ten o'clock in the morning, a woman shrouded in a black velvet cloak descends from her carriage to place a single rose on an unmarked grave. When Oscar and Marina decide to follow her, they begin a journey that transports them to a forgotten postwar Barcelona--a world of aristocrats and actresses, inventors and tycoons--an reveals a dark secret that ...

Release Date:  October 21, 2014 Publisher:  Harper Audio Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 18 minutes Narrator:  Christian Fox, Harper Kendall Genre:   Romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Starting over in Denver with a whole new circle of friends and family, Asa Cross struggles with being the man he knows everyone wants him to be and the man he knows he really is. A leopard doesn't change its spots, and Asa has always been a predator. He doesn't want to hurt those who love and rely on him, especially one luscious arresting cop who suddenly seems to be interested in him for far more than his penchant for breaking the law. But letting go of old habits is hard, and it's easy to hit bottom when it's the place you know best. Royal Hastings is quickly learning what the bottom looks like after a tragic situation at work threatens not only her career but her partner's life. As a woman who has only ever ...

Release Date:  October 21, 2014 Publisher:  Harper Audio Format:  Audio Length:  10 hours 28 minutes Narrator:  Alexandra Marcuse, Cody Hammersmith Genre:   Romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  After the only girl he ever loved told him that he would never be enough, Rowdy St. James knocked the Texas dust off his boots and set out to live up to his nickname. A good ol' boy looking for good times and good friends, Rowdy refuses to take anything too seriously, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. Burned by love once, he isn't going to let himself trust a woman again. But that's before his new coworker arrives, a ghost from the past who's suddenly making him question every lesson he's ever learned. Salem Cruz grew up in a house with too many rules and too little fun - a world of unhappiness she couldn't wait to forget. But one nice thing from childhood has stayed with her: the memory of t...

Release Date:  April 29, 2014 Publisher:  Harper Audio Format:  Audio Length:  10 hours 04 minutes Narrator:  Paula Costello, Ted Branson Genre:   Romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Saint Ford has worked hard to achieve her childhood dream of becoming a nurse. Focused on her work and devoted to her patients, there's no room for love. She doesn't need a guy making waves in her calm, serene life - especially when he's the unforgettable hottie who nearly destroyed her in high school. Dark, brooding Nash Donovan might not remember her or the terrible pain he caused. But he turned her world upside down...and now he's trying to do it again. Saint has no idea that Nash isn't the cocky player he once was. Uncovering a devastating family secret has rocked his world, and now he's struggling to figure out his future. He can't be distracted by the pretty nurse he seems to meet everywhere. Still, he can't ...

Release Date:  September 12, 2017 Publisher:  Random House Format:  ebook Pages:  208 pages Genre:   self help Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis: Brown argues that we’re experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, “True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that’s rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it’s easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it’s a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It’s a personal commitment th...

Release Date:  January 7, 2014 Publisher:  Harper Audio Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 55 minutes Narrator:  William Sharpe, Alicia Neil Genre:  Fiction / Romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Sometimes the wrong choice can be just right . . . Fun and fearless, Cora Lewis knows how to keep her tattooed "bad boy" friends at the Marked in line. But beneath all that flash and sass is a broken heart. Cora won't let herself get burned again. She's waiting to fall in love with the perfect man—a baggage-free, drama-free guy ready for commitment. Then she meets Rome Archer. Rome Archer is as far from perfect as a man can be. He's stubborn, rigid, and bossy. And he's returned from his final tour of duty more than a little broken. Rome's used to filling many roles: big brother, doting son, supersoldier—but none of those fit anymore. Now he's just a man trying to figure out what to do with the rest of hi...

Release Date:  June 26, 2014 Publisher:  Blackstone Audio Format:  Audio Length:  10 hours 01 minutes Narrator:  Cassandra Cambell Genre:  Fiction / Romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet.... So begins the story in this exquisite debut novel about a Chinese American family living in a small town in 1970s Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James' case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the center of every party. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family to...

Release Date:  February 27, 2018 Publisher:  St. Martin's Press Format:  ebook Pages:  432 pages Genre:   Romance Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis: SHE THOUGHT SHE’D LOST HIM FOREVER Tilly Brock has learned—the hard way—how to take care of herself. Once a pillar of Charleston society, her family lost everything in the wake of a shocking scandal. And then Tilly lost the only boy she ever loved. BUT NOW THAT HE’S BACK IN HER LIFE Keaton Benedict is Charleston’s most notorious bachelor. But in spite of all his advantages—the money, the women, the family name—he longs for more: the heart of the young woman he still can’t forget. THE DANGER HAS JUST BEGUN… When Keaton re-enters Tilly’s life, after all these years, she is torn between feelings of doubt and desire. Can they put the past behind them and learn to love again? Tilly is willing to try. But Keaton is afraid that a vengeful enemy is watching—and waiting to destroy them. Ca...

Release Date:  November 19, 2013 Publisher:  Harper Audio Format:  Audio Length:  10 hours 08 minutes Narrator:  Callie Dalton, Cal Wembly Genre:  Fiction / Romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  With his tight leather pants and a sharp edge that makes him dangerous, Jet Keller is every girl's rock and roll fantasy. But Ayden Cross is done walking on the wild side with bad boys. She doesn't want to give in to the heat she sees in Jet's dark, haunted eyes. She's afraid of getting burned from the sparks of their spontaneous combustion, even as his touch sets her on fire. Jet can't resist the Southern Belle with mile-long legs in cowboy boots who defies his every expectation. Yet the closer he feels to Ayden, the less he seems to know her. While he is tempted to get under her skin and undo her in every way, he knows firsthand what happens to two people with very different ideas about relationships....