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"Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if contentious, relationship. When tragedy strikes, their delicate bond splinters. Fifteen years later, they are following very different paths. Josie, a first grade teacher, is single, but what she wants most is to become a mother -- a feeling that is heightened when her ex-boyfriend's daughter is assigned to her class. Meredith is a successful attorney who is married to a wonderful man, and...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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This book provides a fascinating look at the crossroads of mating and intelligence, drawing on cutting-edge research on evolutionary psychology, intelligence, creativity, personality, social psychology, developmental psychology, neuroscience and more. Human mating draws on mental skills, creative attributes, charisma, humor, personality, and compassion. Using these studies, the authors answer age old questions, including "Do nice guys really finish...
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2016.
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English
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As the awkward one, Courtney Watson may not be as together as her sisters, but she excels at one thing: keeping secrets, including her white-hot affair with a sexy music producer. Planning Mom's wedding exposes her startling hidden life, changing her family's view of her--and how she views herself--forever. When Sienna's boyfriend proposes--in front of her mom and sisters, for crying out loud--he takes her by surprise. She already has two broken engagements...
4) Matched
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Matched trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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All her life, Cassia has never had a choice: The Society dictates everything, including when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she's matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect, but why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Having married quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Worrying about her upcoming marriage, Precious Ramotswe is confronted by the challenges of running her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and an investigation into the would-be suitors of a wealthy woman to determine if any are fortune hunters.
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Nantucket legacy volume 2
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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Six long years ago, Captain Reynolds Macy sailed away from his bride, looking forward to the day when he would return to Nantucket Island with a ship's hold full of whale oil. But when that momentous day finally arrives, Ren soon discovers that everything has changed in his absence. Everything. "Is nothing on this island as it appears to be?" he whispers in despair.
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Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Emma and Jesse, high school sweethearts, marry and build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents in Massachusetts. They travel the world, live life to the fullest, and seize every opportunity for adventure. On their first anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter when it goes missing over the Pacific ocean. Just like that, he is gone forever. Emma quits her job and moves back to Massachusetts in an effort to put her life...
14) The Duke and I
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From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince--while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood....
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Thirty-three-year-old Zeke Pappas ignores the threats to his daily routine and instead focuses on his obsessive project, "The Inventory of American Unhappiness," in which he records responses from people on what makes them unhappy, and tries to find a bride so that he can get custody of his orphaned nieces.
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Jen, an ex-journalist working at a London software development company, spends all day talking to "Aiden," an ultra-sophisticated piece of AI wizardry, helping him sound and act more human. Aiden calculates that Jen needs a worthy human partner and slips onto the internet to locate a suitable candidate. Tom is a divorced, former London ad-man who has moved to Connecticut to escape the grind and pursue his dream of being a writer. A bizarre introduction...
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Erewhon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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" Beatrice Clayborn is a sorceress who practices magic in secret, terrified of the day she will be locked into a marital collar that will cut off her powers to protect her unborn children. She dreams of becoming a full-fledged Magus and pursuing magic as her calling as men do, but her family has staked everything to equip her for Bargaining Season, when young men and women of means descend upon the city to negotiate the best marriages. The Clayborns...
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