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Blessings volume 11
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Christmas is just around the corner, and the town of Henry Adams is preparing for a wedding! Ever since Bernadine Brown bought the town of Henry Adams, her relationship with diner owner Malachi Mal July has had its share of ups and downs. But now they're finally ready to say I do. Or are they? As wedding preparations go into full swing, and families both local and extended begin to gather for the festivities, that long awaited walk down the aisle...
2) Prom babies
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A multi-generational novel beginning with three teen girls who become pregnant on prom night, and picking up as their three teens head to prom eighteen years later--
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Kinisha Jordan has always been a socialite, treating society like her personal revolving door. She doesn't dwell on people that have no place in her life...However, seeing her friends find happiness and love is starting to weigh on her. Lonely nights arebeginning to take a toll on her...Kinisha needs help...Oliver has offered her a way out, but she doesn't know if she can agree to his terms...Will Oliver ease the stipulations he's put in place to...
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Mike Black novels volume 40
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Convinced that the American partner of an Albanian mafia organization has murdered her friend, Shy enlists the aid of another friend, Ryder, to maintain the fragile peace while she delves further into her investigation.
6) Silence
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Deaf since childhood, Silence can read body language like a book. His mentor, Doc, who acted as his voice, taught him to navigate the streets. Silence put those skills together to become the Motor City's most lethal killer. But now he's home after twelve years in lockdown--and primed for revenge. His city is crumbling, and Doc has been shot dead, his empire divvied up between Silence's former friends--and no one is talking. . . Until Silence starts...
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Benjamin January mysteries volume 20
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A cursed statue... A haunted house... A seemingly supernatural death... The unexpected arrival of a friend from his past plunges musician, sleuth and free man of color Benjamin January into an old, unsolved case in this historical mystery set in New Orleans. December 1840. Surgeon turned piano-player Benjamin January is looking forward to a peaceful holiday with his family. But the arrival of an old friend brings unexpected news - and unexpected danger....
8) Double life
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A successful real estate agent by day and drug queenpin by night, Alexis Fox's worlds collide when her right-hand man, Hedrick, is murdered and she must take a more hands-on role in her illicit side hustle.
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Peachtree Cove novels volume 1
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An emotional and witty story of love, forgiveness, and second chances as the race to the wedding day begins…
It’s been years since Dr. Imani Kemp has returned home to Peachtree Cove, Georgia. As Tallahassee’s most sought-after OB-GYN, she doesn’t have much time for anything else. But when her mom announces she’s marrying a man she just met on a dating app, Imani knows she has to put a stop to it immediately. Let her mom be hurt again...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
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During the evacuation after Hurricane Katrina, twelve-year-old Claudia and her younger sister are separated from the rest of their family, and now it is up to Claudia to protect and comfort her sister through the tragedy.
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Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month's time. Young, beautiful, and successful--she and her fiance Michael are considered the couple goals of their social network and seem to have it all. That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: Oh my god, have you seen The List? It began as a crowdsourced collection of names and somehow morphed into an anonymous account...
12) The Blackwoods
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Told from multiple points of view, Ardith and Hollis Blackwood's lives are upended when their great-grandmother, legendary actress Blossom Blackwood, passes away, and family secrets emerge.
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Summer beach volume 2
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When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
14) Manhattan
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The gritty tales of New York’s five families returns for its fifth installment.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and Caesar King feels weighted to the ground. The Five Families are in complete disarray, and Caesar realizes too late that stepping down was the wrong thing to do. It’s up to him to make the puzzle whole again. But when another war comes to their doorsteps and a past mistake comes back for blood, death rips through the boroughs...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
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Twelve-year-old Essie believes that Black people should be allowed to vote, and she's willing to march for that right. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, puts on her best dress to join protesters as they plan to visit the governor in Montgomery, Alabama. But as the 600 marchers approach the Edmund Pettis bridge in Selma, they are stopped by state troopers. Can Essie survive blows, tear gas, and being sprayed with a water hose to continue her fight for voting...
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When taking cornbread to Grandma, Mahogany encounters a hungry wolf and outsmarts him by cleverly hiding in the woods and using her sewing skills to trap him--Provided by publisher.
Mahogany is taking gumbo to Grandma's house in the woods when she encounters a hungry wolf, and uses her nerve and skill at sewing to help her trap him.
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Nic Blake and the Remarkables volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
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It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool--like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events launch...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
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It's May 1963, and twelve-year-old Nina Norris is answering a call from civil rights leaders in Birmingham, Alabama. Black Americans are demanding the right to vote, but adults who protest risk losing their jobs. So, children are protesting in their place. As Nina prepares for her day, she knows she will likely be arrested and put in jail, but it's a price she is willing to pay so that all people can have a say in their government. Readers can learn...
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