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1) Cocoa Beach
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The New York Times bestselling author of A Certain Age transports readers to sunny Florida in this lush and enthralling historical novel—an enchanting blend of love, suspense, betrayal, and redemption set among the rumrunners and scoundrels of Prohibition-era Cocoa Beach. Burdened by a dark family secret, Virginia Fortescue flees her oppressive home in New York City for the battlefields of World War I France. While an ambulance driver for the Red...
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Sweeney House volume 2
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[Cecelia Scott]
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[2022]
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English
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As Samantha Sweeney dives into the renovation of Sweeney House with her mother, she repairs more than the inn--she and Dottie have never been closer. Fueled by a newfound strength and independence, Sam is certain she's up to the task of bringing her family's inn back to life, no matter what unexpected challenges they might encounter. While Sam and Dottie are focused on the inn, the family around them is facing new tests and trials. Sam's daughter,...
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Sweeney House volume 1
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[Cecelia Scott]
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Samantha Parker is picking up the pieces of her life--and a pen to sign divorce papers--after she finds out her husband has been cheating on her, and the other woman is expecting his child. While the idea of leaving town and starting over is appealing, Sam's only option is to head back to her childhood home of Cocoa Beach, Florida, to help her recently-widowed mother run their family inn. Can she go home and start her whole life over at forty-three?...
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Sweeney House volume 4
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Cecelia, Scott
Pub. Date
©2023
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Adventure, romance, and laughter continue for the Sweeney family of Cocoa Beach. As Sam and Erica take off on a quest to find a long lost member of the family, Taylor struggles with some surprising new developments in her love life. The clan guides their dear friend Annie through some muddy waters of her own, and John and Imani start to wonder if the marriage they once cherished and adored can ever be repaired. As always, the Sweeneys are ready to...
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Sweeney House volume 6
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Cecelia Scott
Pub. Date
©2023
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English
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Sam and Ethan find a new direction for their relationship and a way to put the past behind them, and their love is finally set for smooth sailing. As Sweeney House renovations near completion, a roadblock inspires a new passion in Julie who decides to run for mayor of Cocoa Beach. The whole family comes together to help her win the election and give back to the little city they all love so much. Taking the job as Julie's campaign manager finally gives...
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Sweeney House volume 5
Publisher
Cecelia Scott
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©2023
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English
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After years of searching for her true purpose in life, Annie Hawthorne is officially opening her very own bakery. With that, of course, comes challenges, roadblocks, a few burnt cupcakes, and an unexpected friendship with the charming single dad who owns the gym next door. As Annie pursues her dreams and dips her toes into the waters of a new and complicated romance, Sam and the other Sweeneys get to know their long lost sister, Lori, who is searching...
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Are you searching for paradise? Come travel with me to Cocoa Beach! What follows is a guidebook of sorts from a local's perspective, but it's much more than that. Of course, you will have to read on and visit to appreciate it fully. I do promise you all that it is worth the trip! The locals generally refer to Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral as one and the same, for they are right on top of each other, and both are on our beautiful barrier island. We...
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Sweeney House volume 3
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Cecelia Scott
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©2022
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English
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A new arrival at Sweeney House has changed everything. The formerly distant Julie Sweeney is home with her daughter, Bliss, and asking for far more than a casual reunion. As the family navigates this new hurdle, John faces troubles of his own while his wife is across the country. The renovation of the inn continues, and Sam's relationship the carpenter deepens. Through it all, Dottie holds the family together, determined to prove that she should be...
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Ginger Kelly wakes up in 1924 in tranquil Cocoa Beach, Florida, after fleeing to safety with disgraced Prohibition agent Oliver Anson Marshall, and her newly-orphaned young sister, Patsy. But Marshall is reinstated to the agency with suspicious haste to patrol for rumrunners on the high seas. When he promptly disappears, Gin hurries north to rescue him, only to be trapped in an agonizing moral quandary by Marshall's desperate mother. In 1998, Ella...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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Jack's diary helps him deal with his problems which include dog-eating alligators, a terror for an older sister, a younger brother who keeps breaking parts of himself, and next-door neighbors who are really weird.
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From distant stars to a Cocoa Beach Hooters, Derwin Mak's short fiction takes readers through tales of mystery, wonder, and horror. Ethnic traditions meld with fantastic visions in these twelve stories about memory fabric, eldritch gods during the Salem witch trials, and of course, Mecha-Jesus, Japan's very own android kami.
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Soon to be an ABC reality series entitled Ultimate Surfer, starring 11-time World Surf League champion Kelly Slater
Six-time world surfing champion, actor, and American heartthrob Kelly Slater tells his inspiring story of triumph over adversity
From Beach Blanket Bingo to Baywatch to Blue Crush, surfing has fascinated people for years, and Kelly Slater is the sport's hottest star. He has won more world championships than any other competitor, and...
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"From Sputnik to the International Space Station, Jay Barbree has seen it all, and reported it well. 'Live from Cape Canaveral' encapsulates the most technically exciting half century in history." –Neil Armstrong
Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Georgia. He moved to the then-sleepy village of Cocoa Beach, Florida, right outside Cape Canaveral, and began reporting on rockets...
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Lady Killer 2 volume 1
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The killer housewife is back! The Schuller family has moved to Cocoa Beach, where life carries on as usual. Josie continues to juggle Tupperware parties, her kids, and a few heads--and things don't get any easier for the entrepreneur hit lady when her past comes back to haunt her. Lady Killer is a black comedy that juxtaposes the wholesome imagery of early 1960s domestic bliss with a tightening web of murder, paranoia, and cold-blooded survival. From...
17) Girl Next Door
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"We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere." (Ted Bundy, American serial killer) Inspired by a true story. He came in the morning when they were still making lunches and getting ready for school and work. He killed them all - mother, father, and children. Brutally slaughtered them in the comfort of their own home. They called him the Monday Morning Killer. That was 40 years ago, but now, it is happening again. A mother...
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After finding his girlfriend dead on the railroad tracks right after breaking up with her, Danny McGregor—Flagstaff bartender and surfer without an ocean—rides the next bus out of Arizona, fleeing to his Cocoa Beach, Florida, hometown, where a maelstrom of past ghosts await.
Back in Florida, his treacherous friend, Bart, finds Danny a job picking up corpses. Sophie, a former crazy girlfriend who stabbed Danny, wants to rekindle their relationship....
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What Hurts the Most, Book 1: Am I pretty? Imagine being asked that question standing face to face with a killer. What would you answer? While her life is going from bad to worse, journalist Mary Mills receives a disturbing phone call from her father. Her brother was arrested, charged with murder. Mary decides to go back to her hometown of Cocoa Beach, Florida, which she left 20 years back and has never visited since. Working with her old friends in...
20) You Can Run
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Heart gripping mystery from an Amazon all-star best-selling author. It's not the kind of thing you'd expect to happen on an ordinary Saturday morning. Her kids are arguing, and her husband is still sleeping. Lisa is tired and wonders why her husband keeps working late. Is he having an affair? Is it the same girl as last time? Lisa's teenage daughter is acting up, and just as Lisa is about to walk up to her room and tell her who's the boss around here,...