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The girl she used to be
Par David Cristofano. 2009
After 20 years in the Witness Protection Program and eight aliases, Melody Grace McCartney hardly knows who she is. On…
the run since she and her parents stumbled on a gruesome murder by mobster Tony Bovaro when she was six, Grace saw her parents killed 12 years later, and is being relocated again. But then Tony's son, Jonathan, tracks her down to present an alternative: protection from his family, and a life of more safety and freedom than she has ever known. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2009.The good mayor
Par Andrew Nicoll. 2009
A love story that is also about loss, magic, friendship, wonderful food, a brass band, an Italian witch, a large…
lawyer, an occasional dog and a car chase at a walking pace. In the little town of Dot in a forgotten part of the Baltic, Tibo Krovic is the good and honest mayor, in love with his secretary, the beautiful, lonely - and married - Mrs. Agathe Stopak. In the quiet, respectable town there is nothing Tibo can do about this, until the day Agathe accidentally drops her lunch into a fountain, changing their lives forever. c2008.The Halifax connection: A Novel Of Canada And The American Civil War
Par Marie Jakober. 2007
1862. As the American Civil War heats up, Southern Confederates flood into Montreal and Halifax, planning secret missions against the…
Union, missions they hope will provoke a war between England and the United States. Erryn Shaw, a British aristocrat banished to the colonies, is convinced to spy for the British. On a mission to Montreal, he gets wind of a sinister plot - and he can't seem to find a way to stop it. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.The devil's waltz (MIRA historical romance)
Par Anne Stuart. 2006
Christian Montcalm was a practical, if destitute, scoundrel, but his plan to bed and wed the delectable Miss Hetty Chipple…
would take care of that sticky wicket. Annelise Kempton desired nothing more than to come between this despicable rogue and the fortune (and virtue) of her young charge. All that stood in her way was a man whose rakish charm could tempt a saint to sin, or consign a confirmed spinster to sleepless nights of longing. Explicit descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2006.The disappeared
Par Kim A Echlin. 2009
Anne Greves, a motherless 16-year-old student, meets a Cambodian refugee, Serey, in late-1970s Montreal. Serey's family got him out of…
Pol Pot's Cambodia, although he is waiting to be able to return and find them; Anne's father, a successful engineer of prosthetics, does not approve of Anne's exotic, older boyfriend. When, as her father predicted, Serey leaves her, disappearing for 11 years, Anne journeys to Phnom Penh to find him. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2009.The deportees and other stories
Par Roddy Doyle. 2007
Short stories, each taking a new slant on the immigrant experience in Ireland. In "Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner",…
a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness is forced to confront his feelings when one of his daughters brings home a black fella. In "57 per cent Irish" Ray Brady tries to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, Riverdance and "Danny Boy". In "Deportees", Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed The Commitments, decides it's time to find a new band, and this time no White Irish need apply. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and strong language. 2007.The bone cage
Par Angie Abdou. 2007
Digger, a wrestler, and Sadie, a speed swimmer, stand on the verge of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.…
Both are nearing the end of their athletic careers, and are forced to confront the question: what happens to athletes when their bodies are too old and injured to compete? Their relationship is tested in the months leading up to the Olympics, which they know will be the realization or the end of a life's dream. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Canada Reads 2011. 2007.The Blythes are quoted
Par L. M Montgomery. 2009
Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…
this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.The bridegroom: a Stone Creek novel (Stone Creek novel. #5)
Par Linda Lael Miller. 2009
Lydia Fairmont will lose everything if she doesn't honour her betrothal to a heartless banker. Unless she marries someone else…
instead, whether it's a love match or not. Determined to honour his own decade-old promise to help Lydia, undercover agent Gideon Yarbro carries her off to Stone Creek, Arizona, and makes her his reluctant wife. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. c2009. (Stone Creek novel)The bridal quest
Par Candace Camp. 2008
Lady Irene Wyngate has sworn she'll never marry, keeping suitors at bay with her caustic tongue. But there is one…
man she can't scare: Gideon, long-lost heir to the Earl of Radbourne, who was kidnapped as a child and grew up tough on the London streets. Matchmaker Francesca Haughston asks for Irene's help to civilize Gideon for marriage, and as she reluctantly begins to yield to love, wicked family secrets come to light, with devastating consequences for the reluctant lovers. Strong language, descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. 2008.Seras-tu là?
Par Guillaume Musso. 2006
Et si l'on nous donnait la chance de revenir en arrière? Elliott, médecin réputé, père comblé, ne s'est jamais consolé…
de la disparition d'Ilena, la femme qu'il aimait, morte il y a trente ans. Un jour, par une circonstance extraordinaire, il est ramené dans le passé et rencontre le jeune homme qu'il était alors. Les années 1970 battent leur plein à San Francisco, Elliott est un jeune médecin passionné et plein d'ambition. Fera-t-il cette fois le geste décisif qui pourrait sauver Ilena? Saura-t-il modifier son implacable destin? 2006.The best of me
Par Nicholas Sparks. 2011
Oriental, North Carolina. As high school seniors from different sides of the tracks, Dawson and Amanda had a doomed romance.…
Twenty-five years later they return home when Tuck, an old man important to both of them, dies--and leaves behind a letter describing his own life's magical love. Bestseller. 2011.Si tu me voyais comme je te vois
Par Nicholas Sparks, Emmanuelle Chastellière. 2016
Colin Hancock a 28 ans et a multiplié les mauvais choix tout au long de sa vie, au point de…
risquer la prison. Il tombe amoureux de Maria Sanchez, fille d'immigrés, qui a eu à coeur de réussir ses études pour devenir une avocate brillante. Contrainte de retourner auprès des siens, elle fait face à l'indifférence de sa famille au sujet de sa réussite. 2016. Titre uniforme: See me.Sweet memories
Par LaVyrle Spencer. 1984
Theresa, twenty-five, is looking forward to Christmas. Her brother Jeff will be home on leave, and the entire family will…
be together, so why does Jeff have to bring his friend Brian? Christmas is for families. But Brian has no family, and, besides, Jeff wants him to meet Theresa. Brian might be just what she needs to overcome the feelings about her generously endowed figure that make her so unsure of herself. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 2006, c1984.Simple gifts: four heartwarming Christmas stories
Par Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught. 2001
Four Christmas stories from Jude Deveraux and Judith McNaught. Deveraux's include "Just Curious", where, in the snow-covered hills of Virginia,…
a young widow finds that miracles really do come in the least expected packages. In McNaught's "Double Exposure", a determined young woman photographs a magnificent wedding at a reclusive tycoon's Newport estate, and manages to unlock the secrets of a man's heart. Some descriptions of sex. 2001.Sanctuary line
Par Jane Urquhart. 2010
Set in the present day on a farm at the shores of Lake Erie, Urquhart weaves elements from the nineteenth-century…
past, in Ireland and Ontario, into a gradually unfolding contemporary story of events in the lives of the members of one family. There are ancestral lighthouse-keepers, seasonal Mexican workers; the tragedy of a young woman's death during a tour of duty in Afghanistan; three very different but equally powerful love stories. Some descriptions of sex. c2010.Rive-Sud, P.Q: la cité de la misère
Par Jean-Louis Morgan. 2014
" Années 1950. Au pied de la métropole, de l'autre côté du Saint-Laurent, se trouve une banlieue-dépotoir où se sont…
agglutinés les mal-aimés de la société après la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Dans cette ville, parfois surnommée la Cité de la misère par la presse, une majorité d'habitants doivent improviser au quotidien, se battant pour des miettes et considérant la morale comme un luxe. Le jeune journaliste montréalais Éric Sanscartier est engagé par un homme d'affaires local à la tête d'un hebdomadaire en apparence légitime. D'abord enthousiaste et idéaliste, le reporter ne tarde pas à découvrir que son patron, dont il admire à première vue la générosité et le civisme, est en fait un caïd sans scrupules dont l'objectif ultime est de devenir maire de la municipalité pour mieux la dominer et en tirer profit. Ce faiseur d'élections emploie à cet effet d'inquiétants hommes de main et soudoie des personnages politiques. Ici, les gens sans foi ni loi prospèrent, mais quelques âmes pures subsistent, comme la talentueuse et ravissante Suzal, pour qui Éric souhaite un avenir moins compromis. Dans le cadre de son travail, le jeune homme devra composer avec le monde interlope et ses individus tantôt excentriques, tantôt sinistres. Mais la situation ne se compliquera réellement que lorsque Sanscartier s'aventurera dans une passion avec Suzal... la nièce de son dangereux patron. " -- 4e de couv.Rien que la vie: [nouvelles]
Par Alice Munro. 2014
Alice Munro nous emporte avec ses personnages jusqu'aux moments charnières de leurs existences, là où tout peut basculer : une…
mère perd la trace de son enfant, un soldat saute inopinément du train qui le ramène chez lui, une jeune institutrice part enseigner dans un sanatorium reculé, une femme perdue se lie à un inconnu… Le hasard des rencontres, l'étrangeté des actes manqués, les coups funestes du destin, autant de lignes de force que Munro ausculte et nous restitue avec la grâce d'un « Tchekhov de notre temps ». Pour la première fois, elle se confie également sur sa propre vie dans la dernière partie du recueil. Alice Munro est, plus que jamais, l'écrivain de l’âme humaine. 2014.Retraite: [nouvelles]
Par Renaud Jean. 2014
" Dans ce premier recueil de nouvelles, subtilement construit, magnifiquement écrit, Renaud Jean superpose avec audace deux tonalités, presque deux…
genres. La moitié de ces nouvelles appartient à un monde fantastique, onirique, où des êtres qui nous ressemblent pourtant sont plongés dans une réalité radicalement différente de la nôtre. À linverse, lautre moitié est constituée de scènes réalistes, minutieusement rendues, de la vie montréalaise daujourdhui, mais qui sont hantées par un mystérieux sentiment de distance, dappréhension. Comme si les protagonistes étaient toujours, dune certaine manière, en retrait deux-mêmes, de la Grande Aventure de lexistence. " -- 4e de couv.Rose of no man's land
Par Michelle Tea. 2005
With a hypochondriac mother, an older sister who dreams of being on reality TV, and Mom's live-in, unemployed slacker boyfriend…
passing for a family, it's no wonder Trisha is a loner. Tiring of never leaving her bedroom, the 14-year-old makes a plan for the summer: meet someone and make a friend. That friend turns out to be chain-smoking Rose, the classic dangerous friend, who introduces Trisha to life on the edge. Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, and explicit strong language. 2005.