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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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Jane is incredibly plain. Everyone says so: her parents, the villagers, and her horrible cousin who kicks her out of her own house. Determined to get some semblance of independence, Jane prepares to propose to the princely Peter, who might just say yes to get away from his father. It's a good plan! Or it would've been, if he wasn't kidnapped by a mermaid. With her last shot at happiness lost in the deep blue sea, Jane must venture to the world underwater...
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian and belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12 enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous baffling or unsolved crimes.
Heist and seek: The theft of a rare Elizabeth artifact on display at the Lawrenceton Library's annual fundraising event leads to capital crimes. When Aurora Teagarden begins her unorthodox investigation, she soon discovers that no one, but two, murders...
Pub. Date
2019
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LAST SCENE ALIVE: A Hollywood film crew descends on the town of Lawrenceton, GA to produce a film based on a book written by Aurora's onetime boyfriend Robin Crusoe. However, when the lead actress, who is playing Aurora, is killed, the real Aurora and the Murders Club must investigate a long list of suspects.
REAP WHAT YOU SEW: Internet sensation and old family friend of Aurora Teagarden, Poppy Wilson, has returned to Lawrenceton to start her new...
Pub. Date
2019
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Autumn in the vineyard: When Frankie and Nate both have a claim to ownership of Sorrento Farms, they are forced to divide the vineyard right down the middle and work the fields alongside each other to bring in the harvest leading up to the Best Wine competition at the annual Autumn Harvest Festival.
Summer in the vineyard: Summer finds Frankie and Nate preparing to bottle their first vintage, just in time for Taste of St. Madeleine, a splashy food-and-wine...
Pub. Date
2019
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A game of cat and mouse: When someone begins taunting Aurora with cryptic clues left at crime scenes, the librarian-turned-crime buff attempts to figure out who is behind the creepy "game". But when the people closest to Aurora become targets, the game takes on a much more dangerous edge.
An inheritance to die for: Sally Allison's aunt is poisoned during a family wedding reception and Aurora Teagarden vows to get to the bottom of the crime, especially...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Stacie Shannon Denetsosie confronts long-reaching effects of settler-colonialism on Native lives in a series of gritty, wildly imaginative stories. A young Navajo man catches a ride home alongside a casket he's sure contains his dead grandfather. A gas station clerk witnesses the kidnapping of the newly crowned Miss Northwestern Arizona. A young couple's search for a sperm donor raises questions of blood quantum. This debut collection grapples with...