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Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The three Bauderlaire orphans land in the home of their uncle, Count Olaf, who will stop at nothing to get their enormous fortune for his very own. As they try to stay one step ahead of his villainous schemes, they discover a strange world filled with even stranger people.
Author
Series
Bella Vista chronicles volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Set to inherit half of Bella Vista, a one hundred-acre apple orchard in a town called Archangel, along with a half-sister she's never heard of, Tess Delaney, who makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their rightful owners, discovers a world filled with the simple pleasures of food and family.
Author
Language
English
Description
On a river deep in the Mexican jungle stands Xanadu, a wellness center that is home to The Mandala, an ardent spiritual group devoted to self-help guru Paul Bentzen and his enigmatic wife Kali. When Paul suddenly dies, his entire estate-- including Xanadu-- is left to his estranged niece Sveta, a former model living in New York City. She travels to Mexico to pay her respects, and Xanadu seems like a secluded paradise. But the mystical façade wears...
64) The testament
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Language
English
Description
In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions--a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives. Because Troy Phelan's new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles...
65) Fortune and fate
Author
Series
Novel of the twelve houses volume 5
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A troubled Warrior Rider named Wen faces her greatest challenge in the last place she ever expected--behind the walls of a great family estate known as Fortune, where Wen has been hired to guard the young heiress. Once there, she will find that fate has other plans for her.
Author
Series
Tales of the Otori volume 3
Language
English
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A tale set in an alternate medieval Japan follows the adventures of Takeo and Kaede as they find their destinies shaped by factors outside of their control.
68) Bleak House
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
The icily beautiful Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. Esther's background also comes to light after the murder of a strange man. An all-star cast comes together for this Dickens classics.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death... From the moment Lucy met her husband's mother, Diana, she was kept at arm's length. Diana was exquisitely polite, and properly friendly, but Lucy knew that she was not what Diana envisioned. But who could fault Diana? She was a pillar of the community, an advocate for social justice who helped female refugees assimilate to their...
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Series
Language
English
Description
One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever written, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White was a phenomenal bestseller in the 1860s, achieving even greater success than works by Dickens, Collins's friend and mentor. Full of surprise, intrigue, and suspense, this vastly entertaining novel continues to enthrall readers today. The story begins with an eerie midnight encounter between artist Walter Hartright and a ghostly woman dressed all in white who seems...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Español
Description
When news of his son's death returns old Count Albrit home to Spain after years abroad, he's pleased to meet his two charming young granddaughters. But one of the girls is not his son's daughter, and therefore not his true heir. The determined Count sets out to discover which granddaughter is worthy of his love and name.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she's been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London's fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. Everything in Libby's...
73) Shielded
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Series
Language
English
Description
The kingdom of Hálendi is in trouble. It's losing the war at its borders, and rumors of a new, deadlier threat on the horizon have surfaced. Princess Jennesara knows her skills on the battlefield would make her an asset and wants to help, but her father has other plans. As the second-born heir to the throne, Jenna lacks the firstborn's--her brother's--magical abilities, so the king promises her hand in marriage to the prince of neighboring Turia...
74) Half a sixpence
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Humble London drapery clerk Arthur Kipps inherits a fortune. He briefly forgets his old mates and his faithful girlfriend, but soon discovers that high scoiety is not his cup of tea.
Author
Series
Princess diaries volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having recently discovered she is the sole heir to the throne of a tiny European principality, fourteen-year-old Manhattan resident Mia writes in her journal about her attempts to cope with this news, as well as with more typical teenage concerns.
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity volume 1
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Atherton's first mystery combines a strong sense of traditional English fare with an insistent gothic spirit. Suffering from her recent divorce, her mother's death, and an erratic income, Lori Shepherd receives notice from a prestigious Boston law firm that she must travel to England in order to meet the requirements of a will. While visiting her benefactor's "haunted" cottage with lawyer friend Bill, she uncovers important clues relating to a World...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Dying in a car accident on a New York highway, Jill Gallagher's fiancé whispers, "I love you ... Kate." Jill flies to England to discover an aristocratic family and the photo of Kate Gallagher, an American heiress whom she resembles. A genealogical thriller.
78) A thousand acres
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Language
English
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The time is 1979. Larry Cook, a proud and exacting farmer, whose family has lived on this land for four generations, unexpectedly decides to retire and turn over his valuable holdings to his three daughters. For Ginny and Rose, who live on the farm with their husbands, the gift makes sense - a reward for years of hard work, a challenge to make the farm even more successful. But the youngest, Caroline, a Des Moines lawyer, flatly rejects the idea,...
Author
Series
This woven kingdom volume 2
Language
English
Description
The heir to the human throne, Kamran falls in love with Alizeh, heir to the Jinn throne, who fulfills a long-foretold prophecy as being destined to free her people, a discovery that causes Kamran to question everything he's been taught about the Jinn and their future in his kingdom.
80) Kushiel's scion
Author
Series
[Kushiel's legacy] volume 4
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The saga of Imriel de al Courcel, born third in line for the throne of Terre d'Ange, and gifted with the ability to deliver pain and to exploit others' faults.
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