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Author: Wilde, Autumn de, film director. Cotton, Eleanor, screenwriter. Bevan, Tim, film producer. Fellner, Eric, film producer. Broadbent, Graham, film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: EMMA
Format: Video disc
Summary: Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.
Author: Wilde, Autumn de, film director. Cotton, Eleanor, screenwriter. Bevan, Tim, film producer. Fellner, Eric, film producer. Broadbent, Graham, film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: EMMA
Format: Video disc
Summary: Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.
Author: Jordan, Sophie, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: PB JORDAN
Format: Books
Summary: "Charlotte Langley has always been the prudent middle sister, so her family is not surprised when she makes the safe choice and agrees to wed her childhood sweetheart. But when she finds herself under the weather and drinks a 'healing' tonic, the potion provokes the most maddening desire... for someone other than her betrothed. Kingston's rakehell ways are going to destroy him and he's vowed to change. His stepbrother's remote estate is just the place for a reformed rogue to hide. The last thing he wants is to be surrounded by society, but when he gets stuck alone with a wallflower who is already betrothed... and she astonishes him with a fiery kiss, he forgets all about hiding. Although Charlotte appears meek, Kingston soon discovers there's a vixen inside, yearning to break free. Unable to forget their illicit moment of passion, Kingston vows to relive the encounter, but Charlotte has sworn it will never happen again--no matter how earth-shattering it was. But will a devilish rogue tempt her to risk everything for a chance at true love?"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Hawkins, Rachel, 1979- author.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: Y HAWKINS
Format: Books
Summary: "An American girl goes to an exclusive Scottish boarding school where she becomes the roommate, best friend, and girlfriend of a royal princess." -- Provided by publisher.
Author: Wells, Martha, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F WELLS
Format: Books
Summary: "Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel, Network Effect. You know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot. Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. you'll read this century. I'm usually alone in my head, and that's where 90 plus percent of my problems are. When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action. Drastic action it is, then"--Amazon.com.
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