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Be Cool

Be Cool
  • Author(s): Elmore Leonard
  • Location(s): Los Angeles, Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): Modern

The sequel to Chili Palmer’s hit movie tanked and now Chili’s itching for a comeback. So when a power lunch with record-label executive and former associate Tommy Athens ends in a mob hit, he soon finds himself in an...

Be Mine

Be Mine
  • Author(s): Lizzy Barber
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2013 / Contemporary

You can run, but the past is never far behind… Once, Beth was a different person, convinced she was living her dream life with the enigmatic wellness group, Elixir. But when that dream became a nightmare, she had no...

Beach House Summer

Beach House Summer
  • Author(s): Sarah Morgan
  • Location(s): California
  • Genre(s): Fiction

A marriage in the spotlight Joanna Whitman’s high-profile marriage held more secrets than she cares to remember, so when her ex-husband dies, she doesn’t know what to feel. But when she discovers that he’s left behind a pregnant young...

Beijing Payback

Beijing Payback
  • Author(s): Daniel Nieh
  • Location(s): Beijing (Peking), Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Victor Li and his sister Jules are devastated by their father’s murder in a botched burglary. Their dad was a well-loved owner of several popular Chinese restaurants outside Los Angeles. But when Victor finds a confessional letter from his...

Beyond Belief

Beyond Belief
  • Author(s): Jenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer
  • Location(s): California
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige, was raised as a Scientologist but left the controversial religion in 2005. In Beyond Belief, she shares her true story of life inside the upper ranks of the...

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch
  • Author(s): Henry Miller
  • Location(s): Big Sur
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

This book recounts Miller’s life in Big Sur, and is a perfect rendition of time and place. The quality of writing is tremendous, and the passion for the area really comes through in the writing.

Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (A Love Story #1)

Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (A Love Story #1)
  • Author(s): Christopher Moore
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Humour, Paranormal
  • Era(s): Modern

A striking red-head, 20-something Jody is attacked and transformed into a vampire while walking home one night in downtown San Francisco. Befriending 19-year-old Tommy, Jody tries to understand her new undead life, but trouble finds her when the cops...

Brave Girl, Quiet Girl

Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
  • Author(s): Catherine Ryan Hyde
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes a gripping and emotional novel about friendship, motherhood, and the journey toward finding a place to call home. Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her...

Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters
  • Author(s): Bebe Moore Campbell
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 20th century

Set against the smoldering embers of post-riot Los Angeles, Brothers and Sisters confirms Bebe Moore Campbell’s reputation for fiction that “cuts close to the bone of real life” (Atlanta Journal). Esther Jackson is a bank manager who’s worked hard...

Bug Hollow

Bug Hollow
  • Author(s): Michelle Huneven
  • Location(s): California
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1970s onwards

Summer, California, 1970s. Sally Samuelson is eight years old, and the course of her family’s life is about to change. When Ellis, her older brother, tragically fails to return from a week up the coast, the world of the...

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