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Queen Of Dreams

Queen Of Dreams
  • Author(s): Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
  • Location(s): California, India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In QUEEN OF DREAMS, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni once more spins a fresh, spellbinding story of transformation. Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother living in Berkeley, California, is struggling to keep her footing, with her family and her world...

Remembering

Remembering
  • Author(s): Wendell Berry
  • Location(s): San Francisco, Kentucky
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1976

Remembering takes place in a single day in 1976. Andy Catlett, at the bottom of a deep dark depression since losing his hand in a farming accident, is alone in San Francisco, and takes a long walk through the...

Rush

Rush
  • Author(s): Saskia Roy
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Erotica, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE: A twisted story of obsession and female desire, Rush explores the dark and toxic side of the world’s sexiest sport. * * * * His desire will consume her. And all she can do...

Sacred and Profane

Sacred and Profane
  • Author(s): Faye Kellerman
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

The second book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman Los Angeles Police Detective Peter Decker had grown very close to Rina’s young sons, Sammy and Jake, as...

Safe

Safe
  • Author(s): Ryan Gattis
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 2008

Set in LA against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crash, this is the story of Rudy Reyes (a.k.a. Glasses), a gangster-turned-double-agent who wants out of the high-stakes high-risk criminal life, and Ricky Mendoza, Junior (a.k.a. Ghost), a DEA...

Say You’ll Remember Me

Say You’ll Remember Me
  • Author(s): Abby Jimenez
  • Location(s): California, Minnesota
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The perfect guy. The perfect date. Utterly disastrous timing. There might be no such thing as the perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes – all while cuddling a tiny kitten?...

Set My Heart to Five

Set My Heart to Five
  • Author(s): Simon Stephenson
  • Location(s): California, Ypsilanti
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Future
  • Era(s): 2054

A story of loneliness, love and loose connections, Set My Heart to Five is a hilarious, touching, dazzlingly perceptive debut novel, and a profound exploration of what it truly means to be human. 10/10 Jared does not have friends....

Shadow Man

Shadow Man
  • Author(s): Alan Drew
  • Location(s): Southern California
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Suspense
  • Era(s): 1980s

Southern California, 1986. Detective Ben Wade has returned to his hometown in search of a quieter life and to try to save his marriage. Suddenly the community, with its peaceful streets and neighbourly concerns, finds itself at the mercy...

Shopgirl

Shopgirl
  • Author(s): Steve Martin
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lonely, depressed, Vermont transplant Mirabelle Buttersfield, who sells expensive evening gloves nobody ever buys at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and spends her evenings watching television with her two cats. She attempts to forge a relationship with middle-aged, womanizing,...

Shot with Crimson

Shot with Crimson
  • Author(s): Nicola Upson
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1939

I will never understand why murder is considered such a lowbrow speciality in Hollywood. September, 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock’s...

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