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By Cheek, Chip2019., Adult, Celadon Books Call No: Fic Che Edition: First international edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Late September 1957. Henry and Effie, very young newlyweds from Georgia, arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon only to find the town is deserted. Feeling shy of each other and isolated, they decide to cut the trip short. But before they leave, they meet a glamorous set of people who sweep them up into their drama. Clara, a beautiful socialite who feels her youth slipping away; Max, a wealthy playboy and Clara's lover; and Alma, Max's aloof and mysterious half-sister, to whom Henry is irresistibly drawn. The empty beach town becomes their playground, and as they sneak into abandoned summer homes, go sailing, walk naked under the stars, make love, and drink a great deal of gin, Henry and Effie slip from innocence into betrayal, with irrevocable consequences.
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2022., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: MYS Fic Han Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Zailer and Waterhouse mystery. Volume: 11Summary Note: Jane and william are enjoying their honeymoon at an exclusive, couples-only resort...Until Jane receives a chilling note warning her to "beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours." At dinner that night, five other couples are present, and none of their tables is any nearer or farther away than any of the others. It's almost as if someone has set the scene in order to make the warning note meaningless--but why would anyone do that? Jane has no idea. Someone at the resort will be dead before breakfast, though, and all the evidence will suggest that no one there that night could have possibly committed the crime.
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2012, c2011., Harper Call No: Fic Tho Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 1941, newlywed Nerys Watkins accompanies her husband to a missionary posting in the exotic lakeside city of Srinagar, where she is swept up in a liaison that completely changes her life, a transformation that is explored by a descendant generations later.
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2002., General, Hodder & Stoughton Call No: Fic Ffo Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Thursday Next novels Volume: 2Summary Note: Thursday Next, literary detective and newlywed is back to embark on an adventure that begins, quite literally on her own doorstep. It seems that Landen, her husband of four weeks, actually drowned in an accident when he was two years old. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is responsible. The sinister Goliath Corporation wants its operative Jack Schitt out of the poem in which Thursday trapped him, and it will do almost anything to achieve this - but bribing the ChronoGuard? Is that possible? Having barely caught her breath after the Eyre affair, Thursday must battle corrupt politicians, try to save the world from extinction, and help the Neanderthals to species self-determination. Mastadon migrations, journeys into Just William, a chance meeting with the Flopsy Bunnies, and violent life-and-death struggles in the summer sales are all part of a greater plan. But whose? And why?.
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c2012., General, Knopf Call No: Fic Fre Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The story of a Bengali woman who marries a man from Rochester, NY, after they meet online"--Publisher.
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1997., Video Images Call No: DVD Fic OpenSe Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Newlyweds come to visit an old friend of the groom, but find him missing and later his body turns up. As they investigate what happened to him, they encounter brewing hatred in the neighborhood.
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2022., Black Cat Call No: NEW Fic Mur Edition: First Grove Atlantic paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Saroja and Kumaresan, a young married couple, return to Kumaresan's family village where they hope to build a happy life. But they have a dangerous secret: Saroja is from a different caste than Kumaresan, and if the villagers find out, they will both be in danger. Will they--and their marriage--survive?
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05:47:42 Edition: Unabridged. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: Meet Depression-era newlyweds Bennie and Stella. He's reckless, she's naive. Longing for freedom from tough times, they rob a bank, setting off a series of events that quickly spin out of their control Under an Outlaw Moon is based on the true story of Depression-era bank robbers Bennie and Stella Mae Dickson. She's a teenage outsider longing to fit in. He's a few years older and he's trouble. They meet at a local skating rink and the sparks fly. They marry and Stella dreams of a nice house with a swing out back, while Bennie figures out how to get enough money to make it happen. Setting his sights on the good life, he decides to rob a bank. Talking Stella into it, he lays out his plan and teaches her to shoot. The newlyweds celebrate her 16th birthday by robbing a local bank. They pull it off, but the score is small, and Bennie realizes the money won't last long, so he plans a bigger robbery. What lays ahead is more than either of them bargained for. After J. Edgar Hoover finds out they crossed state lines, he declares them public enemies number one and two — wanted dead or alive. So much for the good life. The manhunt is on, and there's little room for them to run.