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The grand opening (A family business novel. #1)
Par Carl Weber, Eric Pete. 2015
Travel back to a small Southern town where, before there was Duncan Motors, there were the Duncan brothers: Louis, aka…
Sweet Lou, a lover of ladies and life--and a man you did not want to cross; Lawrence, aka Larry, a screw-up as attracted to trouble as it was to him; and Lavernius, better known as LC, the soft-spoken college boy who simply wanted to sell cars. But the Duncan brothers weren't alone at the crossroads. There was also the mysterious and seductive Chippy, a woman who saw a way out of her circumstances and dared to take it. Witness what changed the course of their lives when ambitions intersected with opportunity that came calling one day in the form of a man named Alejandro Zuniga. Welcome to the familiar, but as you've never seen it before. 2015.The good goodbye: a novel
Par Carla Buckley. 2016
Two cousins, Rory and Arden, lie unconscious in a hospital burn unit. The fire, which broke out in their shared…
college dorm room, killed another student, and the police want answers. Tension between Rory and Arden's parents was already at an all-time high before the fire, owing to a recent financial crisis and the decline of the family business. As the parents huddle anxiously in the waiting room, carefully avoiding the subject of their own unravelling relationships, disturbing truths come to light. 2016.The girl on the cliff
Par Lucinda Riley. 2012
Presents the emotionally affecting tale of a young woman, Grania, who flees heartbreak in New York for her family home…
on the coast of Ireland. Wandering along a cliff edge in the middle of a storm, Grania meets Aurora, a girl fated to profoundly change Grania's life. 2012.The great bazaar: and other stories ; Brayan's gold
Par Peter V Brett. 2012
This collection of stories contains another exciting tale from the Warded Man universe, deleted scenes from the original work, a…
glossary, and a grimoire of wards. In the title story, demons have hunted humanity almost to extinction. Arlen Bales seeks magic that can turn the tide--and finds hope in Abban, a merchant in the Great Bazaar of Krasia. 2012.The gap year: a novel (Lone Star audio)
Par Sarah Bird. 2011
The great betrayal (Griot audio)
Par Millenia Black. 2007
Leslie Cavanaugh enjoys the perfect life in West Palm, Florida. She has the best husband, daughter, and career anyone could…
ask for. Yet when her shameful past is exposed, she and everyone she holds dear are soon caught in a dramatic maelstrom. 2007.The good sister
Par Chelsea Bolan. 2016
Just shy of her fifteenth birthday, Gabriela is cast out of the house for tarnishing the family honour. Furious at…
her father and desperate to find Gabriela, her older sister Lucy leaves their small Mexican town, coming face to face with the dark underbelly of Mexico City. Back home, Lucy's parents, brothers, and devious brother-in-law struggle with their own complicity in Gabi's fate. Winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. 2016.The girls with games of blood (Memphis vampires. #2.)
Par Alex Bledsoe. 2010
Old World vampire Baron Rudolfo Zginski, staked in 1915 Wales, rises anew in 1975 Memphis. Through a group of modern…
vampires, including the beautiful perpetual teenager Fauvette, he has learned to navigate this new era and prepares to reclaim his former wealth and power. But fresh dangers lurk in this society of funk, fast cars, and racial tension. A celebrity sheriff cheated by Zginski becomes obsessed with revenge. Fauvette and Leonardo, another young vampire, begin to question his leadership. And two mysterious vampire sisters, who have nursed a lethal grudge since the Civil War, converge on Zginski. One is dark and serious and can draw energy without killing; the other is light, scheming, and without a conscience. Zginski must use all of his wits and vampiric powers if he is to survive the girls with their games of blood. Sequel to "Blood groove". 2010.The great alone
Par Kristin Hannah. 2018
Lenora Allbright is 13 when her father convinces her mother, Cora, to forgo their inauspicious existence in Seattle and move…
to Kaneq, Alaska. It's 1974, and the former Vietnam POW sees a better future away from the noise and nightmares that plague him. Having been left a homestead by a buddy who died in the war, Ernt is secure in his beliefs, but never was a family less prepared for the reality of Alaska, the long, cold winters and isolation. Locals want to help out, especially classmate Matthew Walker, who likes everything about Leni. Yet the harsh conditions bring out the worst in Ernt, whose paranoia takes over their lives and exacerbates what Leni sees as the toxic relationship between her parents. Bestseller. 2018.The good earth (Good earth trilogy. #1.)
Par Pearl S Buck. 2005
When O-lan, a servant girl, marries the peasant Wang Lung, she toils tirelessly through four pregnancies for their family's survival.…
Reward at first is meagre, but there is sustenance in the land - until the famine comes. Half-starved, the family joins thousands of peasants to beg on the city streets. It seems that all is lost, until O-lan's desperate will to survive returns them home with undreamt of wealth. But they have betrayed the earth from which true wealth springs, and the family's money breeds only mistrust, deception - and heartbreak for the woman who had saved them. Followed by "Sons". Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Originally published in 1931, 2005. (Good earth trilogy ; 1)The gathering storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time (Wheel of time. #12.)
Par Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson. 2009
Rand al’Thor struggles with internal conflict while seeking to unite the fractured kingdoms for Tarmon Gai’don, the last battle. Meanwhile…
Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, tries to mend the divisions. Sequel to “Knife of dreams”. Followed by “Towers of Midnight». 2009.The Gooding girl
Par Pamela Oldfield. 1993
She was called the "Gooding Girl" because she resembled her grandmother, but her name was Julia Coulsden, born the day…
the family fishing boat "Silver Lady" was launched in July 1910. Prosperous and hardworking, the Coulsdens owned a boatyard and fishing business in Rye and Hastings. Against a background of middle class prosperity and social ambition, the story of Julia unfolds. The fears of childhood, dreams of adolescence, unexpected death, unwanted pregnancy, controversial marriages and sudden inheritance are all part of this eventful story. 1993.The grab
Par Maria Katzenbach. 1977
The girls
Par Lori Lansens. 2006
Conjoined twins Rose and Ruby Darlen, born in the midst of a tornado and abandoned by their mother, are raised…
by Aunt Lovey, who refuses to see them as deformed. At age 29, Rose, the more verbal and bookish twin, begins writing their story. Rose shares her darkest memory and her deepest regret, while Ruby, the prettier, more practical twin, offers critical details, such as what prompted Rose to write their life story. Descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2006.The glass palace
Par Amitav Ghosh. 2001
Rajkumar, an orphaned Indian boat boy, is only eleven when he is stranded in Burma as the British invade in…
1885. His meeting with ten-year-old Dolly, one of the queen's attendants, in the Glass Palace is so memorable that it dominates his life. Some descriptions of sex. Winner of the 2002 CNIB Torgi Award. 2001.The golden straw: a novel
Par Catherine Cookson. 1993
The gift of a golden straw hat influences the destiny of Emily Pearson, her children and grandchildren, in this portrait…
of English life from late Victorian times to the middle of the 20th century. 1993.The grass is singing (Paladin Bks.)
Par Doris Lessing. 1989
Set in Rhodesia, this is the story of Dick, a failed white farmer and his wife, Mary, dependent and disappointed.…
Both are trapped by poverty, and in the heat of the brick and tin house, hemmed in by the bush, Mary finds herself seeking solace in the arms of the houseboy. 1989.The grass is always greener over the septic tank
Par Erma Bombeck. 1976
Humourist Erma Bombeck takes us on a guided tour of the suburbs. With her own family as the model, she…
describes the bizarre experiences every family will face when moving to the suburbs, beginning with jumping in the station wagon. 1988, c1976.The great and secret show
Par Clive Barker. 1989
Armageddon begins quickly. It is 1971. In the small Californian town of Palomo Grove four girls go swimming in a…
mysterious and haunted lake. Nine months later several children are born. Their prize is the Art, the greatest power known to mankind. Dreams will be made real. At last the grove will see the Great and Secret Show. It will never be the same again; nor will the world. Strong language. Followed by "Everville" (DC17398). 1989. (Book of the art ; 1)The grail of hearts
Par Susan Shwartz. 1992
Kundry the harlot is condemned to wander the earth eternally because she laughed during the Crucifixion of Christ. A thousand…
years later, she is under the spell of the evil sorcerer Klingsor who commands her to use her powers of seduction to steal the Holy Grail from the custody of Amfortas. Despite her crime and abject bondage to evil, fate provides her with the possibility of redemption through love and faith. Some descriptions of sex. 1992.