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Browne, Hester Little Lady Agency 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089818. ISBN #1416527265 / 9781416527268. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Browne, Hester Little Lady Agency 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089818. ISBN #1416527265 / 9781416527268. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Hilarious and warmhearted, this "deliciously addictive" Cosmopolitan debut romantic comedy stars a woman who goes from doormat to diva when she sets up shop as the ultimate freelance girlfriend. Melissa Romney-Jones can bake a perfect sponge cake, type her little heart out, and plan a party blindfolded. But none of that has helped her get far in life or in love. When she gets fired -- again -- she decides to market her impeccable social skills to single men. To avoid embarrassing her father, a Member of Parliament, Melissa dons a blond wig and becomes Honey, a no-nonsense bombshell who helps clueless bachelors shop, entertain, and navigate social minefields. She even attends parties if a client needs a "date." But when a dashing American starts to request Honey's services on a regular basis, it's only a matter of time before Honey's and Melissa's worlds collide....
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Browne, Hester Little Lady Agency And The Prince 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1073109. ISBN #1416540067 / 9781416540069. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Browne, Hester Little Lady Agency And The Prince 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1073109. ISBN #1416540067 / 9781416540069. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Hester Browne created a unique heroine in Melissa Romney-Jones a.k.a. Honey, London's ultimate freelance girlfriend, who won the hearts of readers on both sides of the Atlantic in her "charming and feel-good" Cosmopolitan and "funny and original" People earlier adventures. Now her New York Times bestselling series sparkles brighter than ever as irrepressible Melissa is hired to reform a playboy prince -- and finds she could get used to the royal treatment. Making plans for her wedding to American fianc Jonathan Riley, who now runs a prestigious Parisian real estate company, Melissa agrees to do a favor for her beloved grandmother: transform the notorious Prince Nicolas von Helsing-Alexandros into a proper gentleman for the sake of preserving a family inheritance. Even possessive Jonathan agrees it's a great opportunity to make social connections. But taming a prince might prove too big a professional challenge for Melissa when she's confronting so many seismic changes in her own personal life. Jonathan needs her in Paris. Her sister Emery's newborn son needs a christening ceremony, as well as a proper name. Emery herself needs Melissa -- to protect her from their bulldog nanny who's returned to do much more than babysit. Most unsettling of all, Nelson needs her to find him a new flatmate because she'll be moving out soon. Balancing all this with late-night dinners, polo matches, and a Mediterranean cruise with Prince Nicky, who is as charming as he is exasperating, suddenly has bride-to-be Melissa dreaming of a fairy-tale ending -- and not the one she expected
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Browne, Hester Little Lady, Big Apple 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or989601. ISBN #1416541543 / 9781416541547. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Browne, Hester Little Lady, Big Apple 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or989601. ISBN #1416541543 / 9781416541547. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In Hester Browne's "deliciously addictive" Cosmopolitan bestseller The Little Lady Agency , Melissa Romney-Jones transformed herself from doormat to diva as Honey, London's premier freelance girlfriend. Now, Melissa is about to take Manhattan, and its clueless bachelors, by storm With the Little Lady Agency doing a booming business back home, Melissa joins her dashing American boyfriend, Jonathan Riley, for an extended holiday in Manhattan. But she's soon out of her depth among Jonathan's hard-charging friends and his interfering ex-wife. And while she's all for shopping and sight-seeing, a covert work opportunity is an irresistible temptation -- a project that soon lands her in the tabloids Now, a hilarious and heartbreaking chain of events may force Melissa to choose between the man she loves and the unique man-handling business into which she has poured her heart and soul....
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Browne, Hester Swept Off Her Feet Gallery Books 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or918838. ISBN #1439168849 / 9781439168844. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Browne, Robert Paradise Prophecy 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063769. ISBN #0525952233 / 9780525952237. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Browne, Robert Paradise Prophecy 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063769. ISBN #0525952233 / 9780525952237. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A spectacular thriller inspired by John Milton's Paradise Lost in which the final chapter of the War in Heaven is about to play out on Earth, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. The Myth When God cast the archangel Satan into Hell, ending the War in Heaven, peace prevailed on Earth. Until the fallen angels took revenge in the Garden of Eden. Ever since, mankind has been in a struggle between good and evil, paradise and apocalypse: the fall of Rome, The Crusades, World Wars, nuclear proliferation, the Middle East Crisis... The War in Heaven never really ended-it just changed venues. For millennia, God's angels have been fighting Satan's demons on Earth, all in hopes of bringing about Satan's greatest ambition, the Apocalypse. The Reality Satan has never been closer to his goal than right now. Agent Bernadette Callahan is a talented investigator at a shadowy government organization known only as Section, on the trail of a serial killer with nearly supernatural abilities. Sebastian "Batty" LaLaurie is a religious historian who knows far too much about the other side- and that hard-earned knowledge is exactly what Callahan needs. This unlikely duo pair up for a race across the globe, decoding clues left in ancient texts from the Bible to Paradise Lost and beyond. In the process they stumble upon a vast conspiracy-one beyond the scope of mankind's darkest imagination. Watch a Video
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Browne, S.G. Big Egos 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048552. ISBN #1476711674 / 9781476711676. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Browne, S.G. Big Egos 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048552. ISBN #1476711674 / 9781476711676. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Does your lifestyle not fit the person inside you? Then try someone else on for size Call him whatever. Call him whom ever. He can be any legally authorized fictional character or dead celebrity he wants for six to eight hours, simply by injecting a DNA-laced cocktail into his brain stem. It s called Big Egos and it s the ultimate role-playing fantasy from Engineering Genetics Organization and Systems aka EGOS. And, as one of the quality controllers for EGOS, he s the ultimate ego-tripper, taking on more artificial identities than advisable and having a hell of a time doing it. Problem is, he s starting to lose the ability to separate fact from fiction. His every fantasy is the new reality. And the more roles he plays, the less of him remains. Sure, it s dangerous. Yes, he s probably losing his mind. Okay, hundreds of others could be at risk. But sometimes who you are isn t good enough. And the truth is, reality is so overrated. . . . With his insightful wit, smart humor, and electrifying narrative, acclaimed author S. G. Browne takes readers on a satirical and provocative trip into the not-too-distant future, where, for some, pretending to be someone you re not is just another day at the office.
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Browne, S.G. Fated 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1012478. ISBN #0451231287 / 9780451231284. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Browne, S.G. Fated 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1012478. ISBN #0451231287 / 9780451231284. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the acclaimed author of Breathers --an irreverent novel about fate, destiny, and the karmic consequences of getting involved with humans. Over the past few thousand years, Fabio has come to hate his job. As Fate, he's in charge of assigning the fortunes and misfortunes that befall most of the human race-the 83 who keep screwing things up. Frustrated with his endless parade of drug addicts and career politicians, Fate has to watch Destiny guide her people to Nobel Peace Prizes and Super Bowl MVPs. To make matters worse, he has a five- hundred-year-old feud with Death, and his best friends are Sloth and Gluttony. And worst of all? He's fallen in love with a human. Getting involved with a human breaks Rule 1, and about ten others, setting off some cosmic-sized repercussions that could strip him of his immortality-or lead to a fate worse than death.
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Browne, S.G. Lucky Bastard 2012 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047359. ISBN #1451657196 / 9781451657197. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Browne, S.G. Lucky Bastard 2012 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047359. ISBN #1451657196 / 9781451657197. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Meet Nick Monday: a private detective who s more Columbo than Sam Spade, more Magnum P.I. than Philip Marlowe. As San Francisco s infamous luck poacher, Nick doesn t know whether his ability to swipe other people s fortunes with a simple handshake is a blessing or a curse. Ever since his youth, Nick has swallowed more than a few bitter truths when it comes to wheeling and dealing in destinies. Because whether the highest bidders of Nick s serendipitous booty are celebrities, yuppies, or douche bag vegans, the unsavory fact remains: luck is the most powerful, addictive, and dangerous drug of them all. And no amount of cappuccinos, Lucky Charms, or apple fritters can sweeten the notion that Nick might be exactly what his father once claimed as ambitious as a fart. That is, until Tuesday Knight, the curvy brunette who also happens to be the mayor s daughter, approaches Nick with an irresistible offer: 100,000 to retrieve her father s stolen luck. Could this high-stakes deal let Nick do right? Or will kowtowing to another greedmonger s demands simply fund Nick s addiction to corporate coffee bars while his morality drains down the toilet? Before he downs his next mocha, Nick finds himself at the mercy of a Chinese mafia kingpin and with no choice but to scour the city for the purest kind of luck, a hunt more titillating than softcore porn. All he has to do to stay ahead of the game is remember that you can t take something from someone without eventually paying like hell for it. . . .
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Brownrigg, Sylvia Metaphysical Touch 1998 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097179. ISBN #0374199655 / 9780374199654. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Brownrigg, Sylvia Metaphysical Touch 1998 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097179. ISBN #0374199655 / 9780374199654. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A moving and original love story about two lost people who find each other on the Internet. In 1991 Emily Piper, a graduate student at Berkeley, has nearly finished her dissertation on metaphysics when her life is changed by the great Berkeley-Oakland fire that destroyed over 3,000 homes. Pi loses all of her belongings: her books and writings, all the things that reminded her of herself. Though others throw themselves into the task of rebuilding their lives, Pi can't. Instead, she escapes to the small coastal town of Mendocino. On the other coast is J.D., a man with an ambition to go: permanently, absolutely. But before making his departure, J.D. decides to write a record of his jokes and neuroses; of his reflections on his wandering father, Joe; and of his urban, unemployed despair-and post it on the Internet. When J.D. and Pi encounter each other's words on the Net, the sparks start to fly. Is J.D. who he says he is? Pi, as a recovering philosopher, ought to be able to tell reality from imagination, but finds herself in doubt. And though her correspondence with J.D. begins to heat up, she finds a sensual, more material temptation closer by, and her dilemma becomes a perilous instance of the "mind body problem." With The Metaphysical Touch, Sylvia Brownrigg has written a fabulously rich novel full of humor, tenderness, and truth.
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Bruce-Benjamin, Samantha Art Of Devotion Gallery Books 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Remainder Mark. Book #or882161. ISBN #1439153949 / 9781439153949. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Brundage, Elizabeth Somebody Else's Daughter 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1064733. ISBN #0452295378 / 9780452295377. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Brundage, Elizabeth Somebody Else's Daughter 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1064733. ISBN #0452295378 / 9780452295377. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A taut, complex psychological thriller from the author of The Doctor's Wife Like The Doctor's Wife - which The Boston Globe called "a compelling read"- Somebody Else's Daughter is a literary page-turner peopled with fascinating and disturbing characters. In the idyllic Berkshires, at the prestigious Pioneer School, there are dark secrets that threaten to come to light. Willa Golding, a student, has been brought up by her adoptive parents in elegant prosperity, but they have fled a mysterious and shameful past. Her biological father, a failing writer and former drug addict, needs to see the daughter he abandoned, and so he gains a teaching position at the school. A feminist sculptor initiates a reckless affair, the Pioneer students live in a world to which adults turn a blind eye, and the headmaster's wife is busy keeping her husband's current indiscretions well hidden. Building to a breathtaking collision between two fathers-biological and adoptive, past and present- Somebody Else's Daughter is both a suspenseful thriller and a probing study of richly conflicted characters in emotional turmoil.
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Brundage, Elizabeth The Doctor's Wife Plume 2005 paperback. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023843. ISBN #0452286913 / 9780452286917. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Brundage, Elizabeth The Doctor's Wife Plume 2005 paperback. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023843. ISBN #0452286913 / 9780452286917. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "The memory starts here, in my apron pocket, with the gun." So begins The Doctor s Wife , a stunning debut novel about four people and the cataclysmic intersection of their lives. Michael is a rising OB GYN at a prominent private practice in Albany, New York; he also moonlights at a local women s health clinic. But Annie, his wife, has become tired of her workaholic husband s absences, and the soccer-mom lifestyle has worn thin. She begins a passionate love affair with bad-boy, fading celebrity painter Simon Haas an affair that quickly goes awry when Simon s wife Lydia, who is also the model upon whom he built his career, discovers the truth. Abortion, local evangelism, marital disenchantment, and the rifts of social class: Brundage takes on the fault lines of our era with a
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Brundage, Elizabeth The Doctor's Wife Plume 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1062367. ISBN #0452286913 / 9780452286917. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Brundage, Elizabeth The Doctor's Wife Plume 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1062367. ISBN #0452286913 / 9780452286917. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary "The memory starts here, in my apron pocket, with the gun." So begins The Doctor s Wife , a stunning debut novel about four people and the cataclysmic intersection of their lives. Michael is a rising OB GYN at a prominent private practice in Albany, New York; he also moonlights at a local women s health clinic. But Annie, his wife, has become tired of her workaholic husband s absences, and the soccer-mom lifestyle has worn thin. She begins a passionate love affair with bad-boy, fading celebrity painter Simon Haas an affair that quickly goes awry when Simon s wife Lydia, who is also the model upon whom he built his career, discovers the truth. Abortion, local evangelism, marital disenchantment, and the rifts of social class: Brundage takes on the fault lines of our era with a
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Bruno, Monica Rachel's Folly 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1081002. ISBN #1620157527 / 9781620157527. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bruno, Monica Rachel's Folly 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1081002. ISBN #1620157527 / 9781620157527. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Rachel Richards perfect life is about to come undone. Rachel s best friend is about to be married, but her fianc is a mysterious man with seemingly no friends or family. After a night of drinking goes awry, Rachel is forced to face a dark part of herself she didn t know existed. What began as a horrible mistake turns into a gripping mystery as the shocking truth begins to unravel, and Rachel s life hangs in the balance. Told from three unique perspectives a young mother with everything to lose, a loving brother with a weakness for wine, and a love struck, troubled teen and set against the backdrop of Austin, Texas, Rachel s Folly is a suspense thriller that explores profound loss, morality, and the lengths to which we will go to keep our darkest secrets hidden.
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Bruns, Don Stuff to Spy For Oceanview Publishing 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or999016. ISBN #1933515228 / 9781933515229. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bruns, Don Stuff to Spy For Oceanview Publishing 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or999016. ISBN #1933515228 / 9781933515229. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Best friends James Lessor and Skip Moore are still stuck in dead-end jobs, still living in their ratty apartment in Carol City, Florida, and still dreaming of hitting the big time. It seems those dreams are finally within reach when James lands a job to install a state-of-the-art security system for Synco Systems. There's a huge commission-and plenty of strings-attached. To collect on the cash, James will have to provide additional services by assuming the role of pretend boyfriend of Sarah Crumbly, an employee who's having an affair with Sandler Conroy, Synco's married president.When Sandler's wife offers James a tidy sum for the dirty details about what's going on at Synco, James and Skip resurrect their entrepreneurial dreams and go into the business of being spies. The spymobile-their beloved, rattletrap of a boxtruck-is on its last legs, and they'll have to spend a small fortune on spy equipment, but there's no business like spy business.In this spy game, James and Skip may be the ones who get played-or worse.
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Brush, Katherine Other Woman Farrar & Rinehart 1933 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Wear from use. Cracked Hinge / still useable. Book #or1108689. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Brussig, Thomas Heroes Like Us 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1015472. ISBN #0374527601 / 9780374527600. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Brussig, Thomas Heroes Like Us 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1015472. ISBN #0374527601 / 9780374527600. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Provocative and hilarious, Heroes Like Us was the first novel to comment on the downfall of East Germany by an author who had grown up with the Berlin Wall. Klaus Uhltzscht, born in 1968 in East Germany, grows up across the street from the Ministry of State Security, and he is inspired early on to do his share to win the Cold War. Naturally he joins the Secret Police, but his glorious career as an international agent never materializes. Instead, he spends countless hours keeping his fellow citizens under close surveillance -- never quite sure what he is looking for. Frustrated on all counts, Klaus's life is changed only when a strange accident in the fall of 1989 dramatically alters the size of his penis.
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Bryan, Helen War Brides Lake Union Publishing 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1070575. ISBN #1612183328 / 9781612183329. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bryan, Helen War Brides Lake Union Publishing 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1070575. ISBN #1612183328 / 9781612183329. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An international bestseller with over one million readers. With war threatening to spread from Europe to England, the sleepy village of Crowmarsh Priors settles into a new sort of normal: Evacuees from London are billeted in local homes. Nightly air raids become grimly mundane. The tightening vice of rationing curtails every comfort. Men leave to fight and die. And five women forge an unlikely bond of friendship that will change their lives forever. Alice Osbourne, the stolid daughter of the late vicar, is reeling from the news that Richard Fairfax broke their engagement to marry Evangeline Fontaine, an American girl from the Deep South. Evangeline s arrival causes a stir in the village but not the chaos that would ensue if they knew her motives for being there. Scrappy Elsie Pigeon is among the poor of London who see the evacuations as a chance to escape a life of destitution. Another new arrival is Tanni Zayman, a young Jewish girl who fled the horrors of Europe and now waits with her newborn son, certain that the rest of her family is safe and bound to show up any day. And then there s Frances Falconleigh, a madcap, fearless debutante whose father is determined to keep her in the countryside and out of the papers. As the war and its relentless hardships intensify around them, the same struggles that threaten to rip apart their lives also bring the five closer together. They draw strength from one another to defeat formidable enemies hunger, falling bombs, the looming threat of a Nazi invasion, and a traitor in their midst and find remarkable strength within themselves to help their friends. Theirs is a war-forged loyalty that will outlast the fiercest battle and endure years and distance. When four of the women return to Crowmarsh Priors for a VE Day celebration fifty years later, television cameras focus on the heartwarming story of these old women as war brides of a bygone age, but miss the more newsworthy angle. The women s mission is not to commemorate or remember they ve returned to settle a score and avenge one of their own. Revised edition: This edition of War Brides includes editorial revisions.
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Bryan, Helen War Brides 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110519. ISBN #1612183328 / 9781612183329. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bryan, Helen War Brides 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110519. ISBN #1612183328 / 9781612183329. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary An international bestseller with over one million readers. With war threatening to spread from Europe to England, the sleepy village of Crowmarsh Priors settles into a new sort of normal: Evacuees from London are billeted in local homes. Nightly air raids become grimly mundane. The tightening vice of rationing curtails every comfort. Men leave to fight and die. And five women forge an unlikely bond of friendship that will change their lives forever. Alice Osbourne, the stolid daughter of the late vicar, is reeling from the news that Richard Fairfax broke their engagement to marry Evangeline Fontaine, an American girl from the Deep South. Evangeline s arrival causes a stir in the village but not the chaos that would ensue if they knew her motives for being there. Scrappy Elsie Pigeon is among the poor of London who see the evacuations as a chance to escape a life of destitution. Another new arrival is Tanni Zayman, a young Jewish girl who fled the horrors of Europe and now waits with her newborn son, certain that the rest of her family is safe and bound to show up any day. And then there s Frances Falconleigh, a madcap, fearless debutante whose father is determined to keep her in the countryside and out of the papers. As the war and its relentless hardships intensify around them, the same struggles that threaten to rip apart their lives also bring the five closer together. They draw strength from one another to defeat formidable enemies hunger, falling bombs, the looming threat of a Nazi invasion, and a traitor in their midst and find remarkable strength within themselves to help their friends. Theirs is a war-forged loyalty that will outlast the fiercest battle and endure years and distance. When four of the women return to Crowmarsh Priors for a VE Day celebration fifty years later, television cameras focus on the heartwarming story of these old women as war brides of a bygone age, but miss the more newsworthy angle. The women s mission is not to commemorate or remember they ve returned to settle a score and avenge one of their own. Revised edition: This edition of War Brides includes editorial revisions.
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Bryant, Lynne Alligator Lake NAL 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or917005. ISBN #0451235789 / 9780451235787. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bryers, Paul Prayer Of The Bone 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1024678. ISBN #0747543003 / 9780747543008. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bryers, Paul Prayer Of The Bone 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1024678. ISBN #0747543003 / 9780747543008. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Paul Bryers started out as a history teacher, and this should come as no surprise to readers of The Prayer of the Bone , a crime thriller fleshed out around a skeleton of legend, folklore, witchcraft and archaeology. A woman is found dead in the snow on a cliff top just south off the Canadian border. The injuries to her face suggest that she was mauled by a bear. Yet, when Detective Calhoun begins interviewing the locals and learns of the history of the area and of the ingrained culture of suspicion between the white villagers and the nearby Souriquois Indian community, his imagination is gripped with wildly fantastical explanations for the killing--he has to struggle to sustain his grasp on the facts. Bryers is a journalist, film maker and screen- writer, and has written three previous novels: Coming First , The Adultery Department and In A Pig's Ear . The Prayer of the Bone is a truly fine literary crime thriller that stands out from its contemporaries for its wisdom and magic. This is a frightening story about a place that has seen several centuries worth of murder and treachery but there is also tenderness and compassion. It's one of those rare novels that lives on in the mind long after you've finished the last page. --Anna Davis
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