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Something precious to Kylie has been stolen and there's only one person with unique finder-and-fixer skills that can help-- Joe. It means swallowing her pride and somehow trying to avoid the temptation to throttle him-- or seduce him. As Kylie and Joe go on the scavenger hunt of their lives, everything about her makes it damned hard for him to focus. They begin to discover surprising things about each other.
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"Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she's hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She's reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela's latest job isn't for some bamboozled billionaire, it's for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can't come up with a lot of money fast....
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Andrew Peardew collects things dropped or left behind by others and writing stories about them. He does this as a tribute to the fianc©♭e who died the day he lost one of her keepsakes. When a dying Andrew bequeaths his estate to his assistant, Laura, she begins to bond with new neighbors while attempting to reunite the objects with their owners.
6) The clasp
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"Part comedy of manners, part treasure hunt, the first novel from the writer whom David Sedaris calls "perfectly, relentlessly funny" Kezia, Nathaniel, and Victor are reunited for the extravagant wedding of a college friend. Now at the tail end of their twenties, they arrive completely absorbed in their own lives Kezia the second-in-command to a madwoman jewelry designer in Manhattan; Nathaniel the former literary cool kid, selling his wares in Hollywood;...
8) Tightrope
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"An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change the world"--
9) The ticket
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Black Opal Books
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English
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"Channing Booker, a compulsive gambler, drug abuser, and philanderer whose marriage is failing, finally gets lucky and wins the Mega Millions lottery. Expecting an imminent divorce, and hoping to hide his new fortune from his wife Susan, Channing devises a scheme to have a friend claim the 241 million jackpot and secretly return the money to Channing after the divorce is final. But Susan flees with all of her possessions, including the rare book in...
10) Crusader gold
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Jack Howard novels volume 2
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English
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From the fall of the Roman Empire to the last days of Nazi power, marine archaeologist Jack Howard and his team of adventurers are hot on the trail of history's most elusive and desired treasure: the lost golden menorah of Jerusalem. And what they discover could change the world forever.
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Cowboys and brides volume 3
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English
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Emily Cooper gets more than she bargained for when she promises her dying grandfather that she'll hand-deliver a long-lost letter to a woman he once planned to marry.
13) Camouflage
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Bindi wildlife adventures volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Bindi and her family are visiting Singapore for the opening of a new reptile park. ... But when a rare Komodo dragon is missing, Bindi and her brother Robert have to blend into their surroundings to find her"--P. [4] of cover.
15) The doggone dog
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Kyle's dog Rex makes friends with a lost dog, Kyle and Mia set out to find "Scruffy's" owner before the unruly dog wrecks Kyle's home.
16) Found
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Bear and bunny (Salina Yoon) volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
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IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Upon finding a toy rabbit in the forest, Bear tries his very best to return it to its home but by the time its owner appears, Bear has become attached to Bunny.
18) The kitten caper
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Nancy Drew notebooks volume 69
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2005
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Nancy Drew and her friends interview their neighbor Terry Smith who takes in stray cats and kittens and finds homes for them. When Cottonball and Coco go missing, it's up to Nancy to find them.
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From the author of the runaway bestseller The Orphan's Tale comes a remarkable story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II.1946, ManhattanOne morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs--each...