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A Perfect Obsession: A Novel of Romantic Suspense (New York Confidential #2)
by Heather GrahamPerfect suspense from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham! The latest book in her New York Confidential series. Someone is murdering beautiful young women in the New York area and displaying them in mausoleums and underground tombs. The FBI is handling the case, with Special Agent Craig Frasier as lead. Kieran Finnegan, forensic psychologist and part owner of Finnegan's, her family's pub, is consulting on the case. Craig and Kieran are a couple who've worked together on more than one occasion. On this occasion, though, Craig fears for the safety of the woman he loves. Because the killer is too close. The body of a young model is found in a catacomb under a two-hundred-year-old church, now deconsecrated and turned into a nightclub. A church directly behind Finnegan's in lower Manhattan. As more women are murdered, their bodies discovered in underground locations in New York, it's clear that the police and the FBI are dealing with a serial killer. Craig and Kieran are desperate to track down the murderer, a man obsessed with female perfection. Obsessed enough to want to "preserve" that beauty by destroying the women who embody it...
A Perfect Pairing
by Sheryl ListerThis heartwarming novel set in the idyllic small-town of Firefly Lake explores the sisterly friendship between a group of women and a second chance at love—perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis and Jenny Hale. Natasha Baldwin loves her life. As top realtor in her hometown of Firefly Lake, she has a good job and even better friends. Really, Tasha has only two regrets: never pursuing her dream career…and how things ended with Antonio Hayes years ago. So when an opportunity arises to show off her passion for interior design, Tasha&’s excited—and a little nervous. But with the support of her girlfriends at their biweekly supper club, she&’s eager to dive in…until she discovers that Antonio is her new project partner. Teaming up with her ex is less than ideal, but with all eyes in town on her new project, Tasha knows now is not the time to let her messy past with Antonio impact her future. Yet working with Antonio immediately sparks bittersweet memories…and the same undeniable, irresistible chemistry even after all their years apart. Then, just as Natasha realizes that the life and love she&’s waited for are within reach, her big break comes around, and she must decide what she truly wants…
A Perfect Peace: A Novel
by Amos Oz&“Oz&’s strangest, riskiest, and richest novel.&” —Washington Post Book WorldIsrael, just before the Six-Day War. On a kibbutz, the country&’s founders and their children struggle to come to terms with their land and with each other. The messianic father exults in accomplishments that had once been only dreams; the son longs to establish an identity apart from his father; the fragile young wife is out of touch with reality; and the gifted and charismatic &“outsider&” seethes with emotion. Through the interplay of these brilliantly realized characters, Oz evokes a drama that is chillingly, strikingly universal.&“[Oz is] a peerless, imaginative chronicler of his country&’s inner and outer transformations.&” —Independent (UK)
A Perfect Pet for Peyton: A 5 Love Languages Discovery Book
by Gary Chapman Rick OsborneGary Chapman and Rick Osborne help children learn about the importance of love in this wonderfully imaginative and classically illustrated children&’s hardcover book featuring four-color illustrations (with hidden details!) by Wilson Williams, Jr., and based on Gary&’s bestselling The 5 Love Languages. Each child in this entertaining and playful story learns that they have a primary love language that when "spoken" by others, makes them feel loved. As the five children in the story interact with Mr. Chapman and the unique animals at his special zoo/museum/theme park/birthday party palace, they come to understand their own love language! Readers, especially children ages 5–8, are sure to recognize their own love language as the story develops, and at the end of the book is a fun quiz that will help parents and children identify their own love language.The cast of child characters in this whimsical story include: Penny, Peyton's twin sister, who receives love best when others spend quality time with her. Mr. Chapman introduces Penny to Horace, a Ragdoll Cat who just wants to be with Penny. Jayla, one of Penny's close friends, is always saying nice things about people. Her love language is words of affirmation. Jayla's perfect pet pal is Pamela, an African Grey Parrot, who repeats the nice things Jayla says about others. Kevin, one of Peyton's close friends, enjoys giving things to people. So does his special pet Chipo, a Capuchin Monkey! Sofia loves to pet the animals, and to show her love for others with special hugs. Physical touch is Sofia's love language. Snuggles
A Perfect Pet for Peyton: A 5 Love Languages Discovery Book
by Gary Chapman Rick OsborneGary Chapman and Rick Osborne help children learn about the importance of love in this wonderfully imaginative and classically illustrated children&’s hardcover book featuring four-color illustrations (with hidden details!) by Wilson Williams, Jr., and based on Gary&’s bestselling The 5 Love Languages. Each child in this entertaining and playful story learns that they have a primary love language that when "spoken" by others, makes them feel loved. As the five children in the story interact with Mr. Chapman and the unique animals at his special zoo/museum/theme park/birthday party palace, they come to understand their own love language! Readers, especially children ages 5–8, are sure to recognize their own love language as the story develops, and at the end of the book is a fun quiz that will help parents and children identify their own love language.The cast of child characters in this whimsical story include: Penny, Peyton's twin sister, who receives love best when others spend quality time with her. Mr. Chapman introduces Penny to Horace, a Ragdoll Cat who just wants to be with Penny. Jayla, one of Penny's close friends, is always saying nice things about people. Her love language is words of affirmation. Jayla's perfect pet pal is Pamela, an African Grey Parrot, who repeats the nice things Jayla says about others. Kevin, one of Peyton's close friends, enjoys giving things to people. So does his special pet Chipo, a Capuchin Monkey! Sofia loves to pet the animals, and to show her love for others with special hugs. Physical touch is Sofia's love language. Snuggles
A Perfect Place to Pray
by Kimberly Kaye Terry I. L. GoodwinAfter enduring years of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, veteran homicide detective Richard Spencer, Mae Spencer decides she's had enough. She takes her daughter and flees to Beau Ciel, Louisiana, and tries to put her life back together. She soon has a new job, a new home and even the promise of new love. However, Richard hasn't given up on finding Mae, and she soon learns that he is closing in. This time, she won't be able to run.
A Perfect Place: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary, Book Two (My America)
by Patricia HermesLate in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get settled.
A Perfect Plan
by Jeffery DeaverA deviously clever story featuring the beloved forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme.When the FBI comes to Lincoln Rhyme with the news that a mysterious assassin is targeting him, the detective is not particularly concerned. With his long career putting away criminals, he is accustomed to threats on his life, and has designed his Upper West Side townhome to be secure against nearly any threat. But when the assassin gets too close for comfort, shadowing Rhyme and his wife Amelia Sachs as they go about their daily life, Rhyme determines to find out why this person is after him. He must put himself inside the mind of a killer in order to save his own life, and possibly the lives of those he loves most.
A Perfect Plan
by Teri Wilson Joanna SimsA deal with the maverickThe Maverick's Wedding Wager by Joanna Sims Hardheaded cowboy Knox Crawford has his mind made up—he&’s got to get married…and fast. Knox&’s faux fiancée? Genevieve Lawrence, a gorgeous, sassy horsewoman who is not afraid of anything…except commitment. As they fake marry to trick Knox&’s matchmaking dad, the two stubborn singles discover the only thing harder than pretending to be a couple is realizing they might be falling in love for real!The Maverick's Secret Baby by Teri Wilson Finn Crawford is going to be a dad. He can only imagine the fireworks when the Ellington family learns he slept with their cherished daughter Avery. Their families have been feuding for years. It&’s no wonder sweet, expectant Avery balks at Finn&’s suggestion of a convenient marriage. What&’s more surprising is that the footloose, flirty rancher might secretly long for something more…USA TODAY Bestselling Author Teri Wilson2 Heartfelt StoriesThe Maverick's Wedding Wager and The Maverick's Secret Baby
A Perfect Plan: An Amish Wedding Novella (Amish Wedding Novellas)
by Beth WisemanPriscilla King has been planning to marry Chester Lapp since she was sixteen years old, and when Chester pops the question on Priscilla&’s nineteenth birthday, wedding plans begin immediately.But what happens when everything that can go wrong does?Chester works to build a house for his new bride, only to have one disaster after another occur. Priscilla&’s father planted an excess amount of celery in preparation for a wedding he thought would be in order soon. A failed crop threatens to puts a damper on the event. Priscilla&’s wedding dress is mistakenly cut up to use for dusting rags, and one of her bridesmaids breaks out in a horrible rash before the wedding. And if all that isn&’t enough, Priscilla develops a case of hiccups that seems to forewarn her every time a mishap is about to occur.Can true love take this couple through the challenges that threaten their union, or will they begin to doubt that they are on the right path, the one God has chosen for them?
A Perfect Pony: Level 2 (I Can Read! #Level 2)
by Dandi Daley MackallA Lesson in Being Grateful. When Jen’s best friend Dave gets a pony for his birthday Jen is jealous and finds things wrong with her own horse! Will she learn what it means to be grateful for what she has?
A Perfect Proposal: A Novel
by Katie Fforde“[A] bighearted novel in which a young Londoner becomes entangled with a wealthy American family.” —(Kirkus Reviews).In this delicious romantic comedy, a young Englishwoman gets an unexpected proposal from a dashing American, but it’s not what you thinkSophie Apperly’s frustratingly dismissive family has never taken her seriously, but they do take advantage of her. So when an old friend offers her the chance of a lifetime, she decides to swap Little England for the Big Apple, and heads off to the land of opportunity.From the moment Sophie arrives in Manhattan, she’s determined to enjoy every minute of her big adventure. And when fate throws her together with Matilda, a spirited grande dame of New York society who invites her to Connecticut for Thanksgiving, she willingly accepts. English-born Matilda is delighted with her new friend—though her grandson Luke, undeniably attractive but infuriatingly arrogant, is anything but welcoming.When Luke arrives in England a few weeks later, Sophie hardly expects him to seek her out. But Matilda has hatched some complicated plans of her own—and so Luke has a proposal to make, but it hardly seems perfect.A Perfect Proposal is an irresistible tale of love and literature and the quest for a happy ending from Katie Fforde, who “has imagination to spare, using witty writing and plotting to build a story” (The New York Times Book Review).“A witty romance with Bridget Jones appeal.” —Booklist
A Perfect Romance
by Anne RobinsSide By Side On the fateful night of the Titanic disaster, heiress Loretta Linden made sure her friends and fellow passengers got to the lifeboats before she even thought of herself. Her soft heart is legendary-and her desire to help others is her great passion. She will not rest until her little band is safely reunited in her native San Francisco-where she meets the dashing Captain Quarles. Hand In Hand Malachai Quarles has sailed the seven seas and he's had many a sweetheart, but he's never met a woman like Loretta. She's beautiful, funny, and generous to a fault, a collector of assorted lost causes, underdogs, and stray cats-and his heart. The freewheeling captain is madly in love with her-but he won't be tamed...
A Perfect Scandal
by Tina GabrielleA Lady Seeking Scandal Lady Isabel Cameron has little use for marriage and propriety. Her dream is to study art in Paris. But her father has engaged her to a waddling, bankrupt, domineering lord twice her age. When her childhood flame Marcus Hawksley reappears--handsome, single, and socially snubbed--Isabel devises the perfect escape. She will solicit Marcus's assistance to destroy her reputation. A Man With Nothing To Lose Marcus has already felt the wrath of the ton, with his business as a stockbroker deemed unacceptable. But he is no despoiler of innocent ladies--until by chance, Isabel's improper advance leaves her the only witness against a lie that could truly ruin him. Faced with her father's demands for marriage, Isabel and Marcus agree to a wedding of convenience--and six months' tenure living as supposed husband and wife. But as the heat between them grows, what seemed a pretense becomes deliciously real. . . Praise for Lady of Scandal "A tantalizing tale. . .with sizzle and characters that engage readers' emotions." -Romantic Times
A Perfect Scoundrel (The Sommerville Novels #2)
by Heather CullmanIn the follow-up to For All Eternity, a perfect scoundrel finds perfect love Lord Quentin Somerville is smitten with society's most sought-after beauty. But as a debt-ridden second son, he knows his only chance of winning such a prize is to resort to trickery, and he concocts a plan to trap her into marrying him. But his plan to seduce Clarissa Edwardes at a masked ball backfires when he discovers that the woman in his arms isn't the one he desires. When Clarissa falls ill on the day of the ball, and the costume of her spinster stepsister, Jane Wentworth, meets with disaster, Clarissa hatches a plan of her own: Jane must go to the masquerade disguised as Clarissa. As planned, Jane is mistaken for Clarissa by everyone, including Quentin. Jane, who is secretly in love with Quentin, is thrilled by his notice. When her daring charade leads to a stolen kiss, she isn't prepared for his passionate response--or for the ensuing scandal. With Jane's honor compromised, Quentin proposes under the threat of being cut off by his father. Furious at being deceived, the young noble vows to continue his dissolute life in London and banishes Jane to his dreary estate in Worcestershire. But he underestimates the charms--and determination--of his wife, who has plans of her own.
A Perfect Season for Dreaming/Un tiempo perfecto para soñar (Into Reading, Read Aloud Module 3 #3)
by Benjamin Sáenz Esau ValenciaNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>Ninety-two-year-old Octavio Rivera is a beautiful dreamer. And lately he has been visited by some very interesting dreams—dreams about piñatas that spill their treasures before him, revealing kissing turtles, winged pigs, hitchhiking armadillos and many more fantastic things! Octavio doesn’t tell anyone about his dreams except his young granddaughter Regina because she alone understands beautiful and fantastic dreams. On the ninth afternoon Octavio prepares for his siesta hoping to be blessed with one last lovely dream. That afternoon he dreams of a sky full of sweet and perfect hummingbirds calling his name over and over again… <P><P>Like Margaret Wild’s marvelous book Old Pig, A Perfect Season for Dreaming unfolds the sweet possibilities in relationships between the very old and the very young.
A Perfect Secret: An Amish Wedding Novella (Amish Wedding Novellas)
by Kelly LongNineteen-year-old Rose Bender is a bridal attendant for Priscilla King&’s upcoming wedding and has recently become engaged to handsome but sober, Luke Lantz. Rose and Luke have known each other since childhood and their families have both joked about a possible union in recent years.When Luke asks her to marry him, Rose agrees out of a sense of duty and a willingness to settle for solid friendship as a basis for the engagement. But, as she witnesses Priscilla&’s excitement, despite a trail of mishaps leading to the wedding, Rose begins to wonder if there shouldn&’t be more to a relationship.Rose begins to examine Luke and his life more closely, and she&’s amazed when she stumbles upon an exciting, secret side of him. But what if she isn&’t as adventurous as Luke expects? The Lord will whisper to Rose and Luke that they both have much to offer that&’s worth the telling in A Perfect Secret.
A Perfect Shot
by Robin YocumA local basketball star in a small Ohio town tries to remake his life in middle age, but instead must confront a murderer and the prospect of leaving his hometown and giving up everything that once gave his life meaning.Nicholas "Duke" Ducheski is the most important man in the eastern Ohio steel town of Mingo Junction. Nearly two decades after he made the winning shot in the state championship basketball game, he remains much adored and the focal point of community pride. Hardly a day passes when someone doesn't want to talk about "the game." Now approaching forty, Duke no longer wants to be defined solely by something he did when he was eighteen. So he decides to parlay his local popularity into a successful restaurant--"Duke's Place."But no sooner does he get his restaurant up and running than disaster strikes. One day, "Little Tony" DeMarco, his brother-in-law and a known mob enforcer, comes into the restaurant and murders Duke's oldest friend. Now Duke faces the hardest decision of his life. DeMarco thinks he's untouchable, but Duke discovers a way to take him down, along with his mob superiors.To do so, however, means leaving Mingo Junction and sacrificing his treasured identity as the town legend. And if he follows through, what will remain of his life?
A Perfect Sonny Daye: A Fish Out of Water Short Story (Fish Out of Water)
by Amy LaneSonny Daye works hard in the business he and his lover Ace have built from scratch. He sweats through days that shouldn&’t be so hot, he fixes cars that shouldn&’t be broke—he even puts up with customers that oughta just drive off the road and spare the car and Sonny himself the pain. On an ordinary day, Sonny can help a bunch of stupid kids, teach a snotty rich guy a lesson, and stop a felon in his tracks without killing him! It's hard work indeed—but Sonny&’ll do anything for Ace.
A Perfect Spot
by Isabelle SimlerA ladybug needs a safe place to lay her eggs, but where can she find an open spot? Katydids flutter in the leaves, stick insects hide in the branches, and thorn bugs pop out from every available stem. Even those bright pink flowers are orchid mantises ready to strike! Will any of these creatures be the right neighbors for the ladybug&’s eggs? Illustrated with lush, vibrant details, A Perfect Spot is a fascinating introduction to the diverse world of arthropods. Acclaimed creator Isabelle Simler presents a bug&’s eye view of camouflage, metamorphosis, and other natural wonders.
A Perfect Spy
by John Le CarréMagnus Pym, ranking diplomat, has vanished, believed defected. The chase is on: for a missing husband, a devoted father, and a secret agent. <P><P>Pym's life, it is revealed, is entirely made up of secrets. Dominated by a father who is also a confidence trickster on an epic scale, Pym has from the age of seventeen been controlled by two mentors. <P><P>It is these two, racing each other and time itself, who are orchestrating the search to find the perfect spy . . .
A Perfect Spy: A Novel
by John Le CarréFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Delicate Truth and Our Kind of Traitor which is now a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregorJohn le Carré's memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life, will be available from Viking in September 2016 Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend--and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father's death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus? In A Perfect Spy, John le Carré has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces, interweaving a moving and unusual coming-of-age story with a morally tangled chronicle of modern espionage.From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Perfect Square (The Shipshewana Amish Mysteries #2)
by Vannetta ChapmanAmish-English sleuthing duo Deborah Yoder and Callie Harper set out to solve a murder. But more than an innocent man&’s future is at stake. In book two of the Shipshewana Amish Mystery series, God&’s grace touches the long-lost past as well as lives shaken by current tragedy.There's more to the quaint northern Indiana town of Shipshewana than handcrafted quilts, Amish-made furniture, immaculate farms and close-knit families. When a dead girl is found floating in a local pond, murder is also afoot. And Reuben, brother of Deborah's best friend's fiancé, is in jail as the suspect! Reuben refuses to divulge any information, even to clear himself of a crime Deborah is certain he didn't commit. So, with her English friend Callie—fellow sleuth and owner of Daisy's Quilt Shop—Deborah sets out to uncover the truth. But the mystery deepens when an elderly man seeks Callie's help in finding his long-lost daughter, missing since the days of the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes.An old man who has lost his past. A young man who may lose his future. Once again Deborah and Callie find themselves trying to piece together a crazy quilt of lives and events—one that can bring unexpected touches of God's grace and resolve the tragedy that has shaken this quiet Amish community.
A Perfect Storm
by Jodi TaylorThe brand new short story in the bestselling series, The Chronicles of St Mary’s. You don’t have to travel through time to experience catastrophe on an epic scale, as the disaster-magnets from St Mary’s are about to find out… For Max, what starts off as a perfectly normal week is about to degenerate into a quagmire of egotistical film producers, monumental pub crawls, unsigned contracts, exploding rocks, Professor Rapson and his megaphone, the world’s biggest bacon butty – and Angus – the third component of the most notorious love triangle since Menelaus, Paris and Whatshername – the one with the face they launched ships off. A Perfect Storm of calamity, devastation and misfortune only ever encountered at St Mary’s.