Feroza Ginwalla, a pampered, protected 16-year-old Pakistani girl, is sent to America by her parents, who are alarmed by the fundamentalism overtaking Pakistan and their daughter. Hoping that a few months with her uncle, an MIT grad student, will soften the girl’s rigid thinking, they get more than they bargained for: Feroza, enthralled by American culture and her new freedom, insists on staying. A bargain is struck, allowing Feroza to attend college with the understanding that she will return home and marry well. As a student in a small western town, Feroza’s perceptions of America, her homeland, and herself begin to alter. When she falls in love with and wants to marry a Jewish American, her family is aghast. Feroza realizes just how far she has come and wonders how much further she can go. This delightful coming-of-age novel is both remarkably a remarkably funny and acute portrayal of America as seen through the eyes of a perceptive young immigrant. Views: 53
Waiting on Love by Leah Atwood
These
days, Sunny Evans didn’t live up to her name. She was desperate. As in
find-a-husband-online desperate. When her fiancée showed up, he was nothing as
he described and not in a good way.
After losing the woman he loved to another man, Sean Pearson planned a
weeklong escape to his grandfather’s cabin. Unfortunately for him, his GPS got
him lost on back roads, and he stopped for directions at the first place he
came across.
The unexpected detour led to events Sean couldn’t have anticipated, and he saw
the opportunity to make a difference in Sunny’s life. Could the GPS have led
him to the right place after all?
Mistletoe
and Mochas by
Lynnette Bonner
Chelsea Tan looks up from the mocha she’s making to see
Cannon Jones. She nearly drops the cup. He hasn’t contacted her once in the
past several weeks. She’d gotten his message loud and clear. But now he wants
to spend time with her? Cannon will just see how gullible she is this time!
Cannon hopes Chelsea will understand the reasons he hasn’t been in contact. But
she’s as frosty as the Seattle air the week before Christmas. He’d better pull
out all his charm. Maybe with the help of a few mochas and a little bit of
mistletoe all will not be lost.
Cephalopod
Cupid by
Kathleen Freeman
Lacey McDowell has the best job in the world. She’s a Marine
biologist at the Seattle Aquarium. Job satisfaction, especially her favorite
“exhibit,” an octopus escape artist named Gabriel, should make the coming Christmas
merry enough.
It doesn’t.
With her friend and coworker marrying her ex-boyfriend, it
may be time for a change. The N.O.A.A. research vessel in port is looking for a
marine biologist. But how can Lacey leave Gabriel? And what about the boy who
loves her favorite cephalopod, or his father, a handsome executive who’s moving
to Seattle? Gabriel seems willing to sacrifice his future for instinct.
Not Lacey.
Christmas
Bells are Ringing by
Lesley Ann McDaniel
Having recently relocated to Seattle, Shelby longs for
someone special in her life. When a handsome green-eyed stranger walks into the
coffee shop where she works, her interest is piqued. Later, she finds a bag
containing five beautiful hand-painted Christmas bells on the cream and sugar
table. No one comes back to claim it, so she decides to do a little detective
work. Does she dare hope that it will lead her to the stranger with the
magnetic green eyes?
Seattle Rayne by Sylvia Stewart
Loneliness has hovered over Rayne DeMarco’s life ever since
leaving East Africa to live on her own in Seattle. Frequent infusions of coffee
have neither enlivened her flagging business as a freelance writer nor her
social life. Seattle’s gray winter skies seem to mirror her life.
Then a mama cat with three rambunctious kittens finds a home in her
above-the-garage apartment, and a handsome Montana cowboy, Matt Hayes, walks
back into her life. Bring in a puppy who needs a little love and you have a
Seattle romance that is as sure to warm your heart as the hot coffee
Seattleites crave.
All
I want for Christmas by
Janalyn Voigt
Hailey
may just give up on men entirely. When Corey broke her heart, her best friend
Matt helped pick up the pieces. Matt made his interest in her no secret when
they first met but seemed happy to accept a friendship, at least until now.
With Corey looking her way again, he’s started acting funny.
If Matt wasn’t a cubicle worker moonlighting as
a Seattle street musician, this would be easy, but Hailey can’t afford a drag
on her ambitions. She needs to climb the career ladder to keep her childhood
home, all she has left of her parents.
After
Amy ditched him for a man with more money, Matt isn’t about to tell Hailey that
the ‘fiddle’ he carries is a Stradivarius or that he owns a tuxedo. Let her
love him for himself or not at all.
Scrooge Falls in
Love by Susette Williams
Tate Stephens, the high school principal, begrudgingly
agrees to play Scrooge in the school Christmas play. Tate is irritated that
Charity Fletcher, his nephew’s teacher and director of the play, chose his
handicapped nephew for the part of Tiny Tim. Didn’t she find it cruel to
typecast his nephew that way?
Charity reluctantly gives Tate a role in the school play so that he can make
sure that Matthias is safe. Charity hopes that Uncle Tate will make a similar
transformation as Scrooge in their rendition of the play. Can the school play
be a success, or will Tate become the Scrooge who wouldn’t change and spoils
Christmas?
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Business lately has been deadly for Ike Kelly. Recent unexpected gunplay has whittled his detective agency down to a single operative: a man named John Henry Cole. Cole is the only man left when a new assignment comes in from a former lover of Kelly's, a woman operating an escort service in the new mining camp of Deadwood in Dakota Territory. Three of the young women working for her have been murdered, and someone is trying to cover up their deaths.It's a dangerous job, and Cole is advised that he must take every precaution—as if he needed such advice. The legendary Wild Bill Hickok was recently murdered at Deadwood, and Calamity Jane Canary and Doc Holliday are among Cole's potential suspects. Add that to a corrupt constable and a bounty hunter who just happens to be an old enemy of Cole's, and it's clear there are many who will not welcome his arrival in Deadwood. Cole is a lonely man in a lonely profession, and finding a murderer in the wild mining camp could be... Views: 53
When Grace learns that her grandparents' bakery might be closing after 30 years, she's crushed. She can't imagine her life, or her hometown, without the bakery. And how can her own business survive if the one that inspired her cannot? Grace wonders if she and her friends can find a way to help the bakery using their talents and newfound business skills. Can three girls really make a difference? Grace is determined to try. Views: 53
Richly imagined and as irresistible as its magical setting, Carnevale evokes the three great loves of the painter Cecilia Cornaro: Casanova, Byron and La Serenissima herself. Views: 53
Jackson Henry is scarred and lonely. Widowed Sophie Grey is desperate to escape life with her abusive sister. When they meet, her beauty tempts him into making a most improper proposal.When her sister's jealousy makes her dangerously unstable, Jackson is there for Sophie. Will the passion that flares between them heal their wounds, or will it inflict new ones? From bestselling historical romance author Barbara Mack comes another soul-wrenching story of redemption and love. Views: 53
Thomas must keep the treasure of Dies Dear from landing in the wrong hands, but there are many secrets beneath Drear House, and not everyone can be trusted Thomas Small and his best friend Pesty Darrow have been keeping the secret of the vast treasure that's hidden in Mr. Pluto's cave, once a stop on the Underground Railroad. Pesty also has to keep the treasure a secret from her family, who want it for themselves. And there are plenty more secrets in the underground passageways—hidden rooms, Indian legends, and terrifying ghosts. Now Thomas thinks that Pesty might be keeping some secrets from him, too. If they can't trust each other, how will they ever protect the treasure? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Virginia Hamilton including rare photos from the author's estate. Views: 53
The first young adult book by a #1 New York Times bestselling authorWhidbey Island may be only a ferry ride from Seattle, but it's a world apart. When Becca King arrives there, she doesn't suspect the island will become her home for the next four years. Put at risk by her ability to hear "whispers"--the thoughts of others--Becca is on the run from her stepfather, whose criminal activities she has discovered. Stranded and alone, Becca is soon befriended by Derric, a Ugandon orphan adopted by a local family; Seth, a kindhearted musician and high school dropout; Debbie, a recovering alcoholic who takes her in; and Diana, with whom Becca shares a mysterious psychic connection.This compelling coming-of-age story, the first of an ongoing sequence of books set on Whidbey Island, has elements of mystery, the paranormal, and romance. Elizabeth George, bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley crime novels, brings her elegant style, intricate plotting, incisive characterization, and top-notch storytelling to her first book for teens.Review'Action-packed, mysterious, and somewhat creepy ... A combination of great characters and relationships have this novel raising the bar when it comes to today's YA fiction' -- Suspense Magazine Praise for BELIEVING THE LIE: 'A fascinating read.' -- Woman 20120116 'Presses all the buttons to make us hoover her stuff up' -- Daily Telegraph 20120116 'She's a designer of fastidious mosaics that never fail to intrigue.' -- Guardian 20120116 'The author writes brilliantly and has an incredible ability to set a scene and create characters you want to know more about.' -- Sun 20120116 About the AuthorElizabeth George is the author of more than twenty books for adults. She lives in Seattle, Washington. Views: 53
Catriona was born into the world of show business, having made her first appearance on stage in her father's arms when she was only minutes old. And although life has never been easy for Catriona, it seems she's finally made her big break: her unique voice has captured the attention of a Sydney opera company, and the only place to go is up. But when scandalous secrets from her teenage years threaten to destroy everything she's worked so hard to achieve, she learns she will have to fight to keep her rightful place at the top. Views: 52
Killing the LegendCity life is all Teddy Blue has ever known -- until the cravenmurder of his brother, a Chicago policeman, changes his world overnight. Determined to hunt down the killer, he joins the Pinkerton Detective Agency and buries all thoughts of his old life along with his slaughtered sibling. But the former law student needs experience -- and Teddy's about to get more than he bargained for in the wide open West, acting as bodyguard to the famous William Hickok. Irascible and unpredictable, "Wild Bill" more than lives up to his name. And now that his eyesight is failing and his taste for opium is increasing, his enemies are preparing to put a permanent end to his fabled career. Suddenly Hickok's survival depends on an untested young man from Illinois -- who's about to learn quick that, in Wyoming, justice isn't won with law and reason . . . but with a loaded Colt and a lightning draw. Views: 52
