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Emily and the Strangers volume 1
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In order to win a legendary haunted guitar, Emily is determined to create the most rockin' song the world has ever known...but can she do it solo? Emily isn't known for playing well with others, but she's going to have to rely on the help of some Strangers if she's going to succeed on her musical journey to the true heart of rock 'n' roll! An Emily the Strange feature film is currently in development.
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Jacob and Emily are a brother and sister who like to get into adventures. In part 1, they find clues that they hope will lead them to treasure. On their way, they meet interesting people and somehow manage to acquire some company. Will they solve the clues? In part 2, theres a different kind of adventure with music, jewels, a robbery, and an unlikely hero.
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John Granville is offered a fortune to find a lost gold mine, one that legend says is protected by more than secrecy-and nearly turns it down. But the search for his partner's stolen niece has stalled until one of their leads comes through. Then they'll need travel funds to find the child––and to buy her freedom. Saving a child's life is worth whatever danger they might face. And how much trouble can a lost mine really be?Granville and his partner...
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When John Granville commits to finding young Rupert Weston, he and his fiancée Emily Turner face treachery on a scale they never imagined.Hired to find a remittance man who is suddenly heir to an Earldom, John Granville quickly learns the fellow hasn't been seen in months. He can't trust his client. He can't trust the facts he's been given. Digging deeper, Granville uncovers unsettling questions. Has the man taken his own life? Or is there something...
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The Mummy's Ransom by Fred Hunter
A controversial exhibit of Chinchorro mummies is about to open in Chicago at Dolores Tower, the latest building by the equally controversial local developer Louie Dolores. The mummies - dating from 2000 to 7000 BC - are incredibly fragile, making their transportation and display very risky. Even worse, the pending exhibition is being protested by a group who regard the exploitation of the mummies to be desecration...
46) Ransom at Sea
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With a relaxing few days in mind, Miss Emily Charters signs up for a four-day seniors' cruise of the Great Lakes organized by her church. In the company of her friend and housekeeper, Lynn Francis, Charters and the other seniors set sail from Chicago, but while the waters on the lake are calm and predictable, her fellow passengers are not. However, a little tension is the least of the problems when one of her fellow passengers is found horribly murdered...
47) Ransom Unpaid
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The elderly Abigail Pearson has a heart attack at home when she has a "vision" of her long-disappeared husband. When Emily Charters goes to stay with Abigail to look after her, Emily begins to believe something nefarious is indeed afoot. The strangest case yet for Emily and her friend, Chicago police detective Jeremy Ransom, in Fred Hunter's Ransom Unpaid.
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It's 1899, and when his best friend is arrested for the murder of a notorious gangster, gentleman adventurer John Granville is determined to hunt down the real killer. To save his friend, Granville must dive into the seedy side of the city-the burlesque halls, gambling joints, and opium dens that line reeking mudflats. He finds allies along the way, including Emily Turner, the emancipated daughter of a very Victorian father. But with a fortune in...
49) Star of the East
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From New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander comes STAR OF THE EAST, a Lady Emily holiday story that will enchant readers and keep them guessing until the very last page...
Emily and Colin Hargreaves make it a rule to spend as little time as possible with her parents in Kent, but are unable to refuse Lady Catherine Bromley's invitation to join them for a pre-Christmas party that includes the family of Ala Kapur Singh, a powerful Punjabi...
50) The Adventuress
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"Emily and husband Colin have come to the French Riviera for what should be a joyous occasion - the engagement party of her lifelong friend Jeremy, Duke of Bainbridge, and Amity Wells, an American heiress. But the merrymaking is cut short with the shocking death of one of the party in an apparent suicide. Not convinced by the coroner's verdict, Emily must employ all of her investigative skills to discover the truth and avert another tragedy"--
51) Earth to Emily
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A shocking murder.A high-speed robbery.Can ex-cowgirl Emily stand up to a criminal convoy?"Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense. Hutchins has done it again!" - Gay Yellen, author of The Body Business
Emily Bernal may have traded the fast-paced rodeo world for paralegal work but the change hasn't made her life any simpler. Between romancing her sexy attorney boss Jack and fighting for custody of her foster child, she wonders if riding...
53) Heaven to Betsy
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A former rodeo queen turned paralegal.A criminal attorney with a soft spot for lost causes.To find a missing girl, Emily and Jack will have to team up for one wild ride."Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense. Hutchins has done it again!" - Gay Yellen, author of The Body Business
Dumped by her husband for a man, ex-rodeo queen Emily Bernal yearns for a fresh start. When a handsome local attorney named Jack offers her a gig, she's not...
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When a young Englishman is accused of fraud, Granville and Scott take the case as a favor to a friend. Even though the two know more about searching for gold-though not finding it-than they do about real estate fraud.The resulting scramble to extricate their client involves them in a break-in and two murders, drawing Granville-and his fiancée Emily Turner-deeper into the murky side of real estate than they'd ever imagined. With their client panicking...
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In this new short story from Tasha Alexander and her dashing husband Colin are spending a few days in London, doing some last-minute Christmas shopping and making the most of the time alone, when they find themselves in the middle of an unexpected mystery. The couple is just getting cozy, not at all bothered by the storm outside. But, when Lady Emily looks out the window to see a woman standing in the blowing snow, without a coat, an eerie feeling...
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When human bones are found in a vat of lye on Steveston's notorious Cannery Row, John Granville is determined to find out why. In a time of frontier brawls and broken dreams, the fishing industry is vital to the survival of the young province and the people who live there. Tensions from a recent fishing strike abound, and Cannery Row is a tinderbox. Can Granville-with a little help from his fiancée, Emily Turner-identify the victim and find the killer...
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Emily the Strange is not your ordinary thirteen-year-old girl--she's got a razor-sharp wit as dark as her jet-black hair, a posse of moody black cats, and famous friends in very odd places! She's got a broodingly unique way of experiencing the world, and you're invited along for the ride. Legions of fans worldwide have joined forces to make Emily a pop-culture phenomenon.
58) Hell to Pay
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A frosting-covered corpse.A secret-keeping fiancé.Can former rodeo star Emily solve the mystery before the killer rides off into the sunset?"Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense. Hutchins has done it again!" - Gay Yellen, author of The Body Business
Emily Bernal feels like she's finally living her happily-ever-after. Weeks away from marrying her sexy boss and adopting the little girl who stole her heart, she thought nothing could...
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Flailing in jobs, failing at love, getting addicted and un-addicted to people, food, and drugs - I'll Tell You in Person is a disarmingly frank account of attempts at adulthood and all the less than perfect ways we get there. Caldwell has an unsparing knack for looking within and reporting back what's really there, rather than what she'd like you to see. Chloe Caldwell is the author of the novella Women, and the essay collection Legs Get Led Astray....
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The verses of Emily Dickinson are produced absolutely without the thought of publication, and solely by way of expression of the writer's own mind. Such verse must inevitably forfeit whatever advantage lies in the discipline of public criticism and the enforced conformity to accepted ways.
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