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21) Trouble in store
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"Melanie and Caleb both claim they inherited the mercantile in Arizona Territory. But when a body shows up on their doorstep, there is deeper trouble in store"--
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Dreamland billionaires volume 2
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English
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"Declan: 'I'm destined to become the next CEO of my family's media empire. The only problem? My grandfather's inheritance clause. Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteers for the job. Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem. But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract. Caring about Iris was never part...
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At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from...
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Carolina heirlooms novels volume 3
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English
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"From modern-day Roanoke Island to the sweeping backdrop of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains and Roosevelt's WPA folklore writers, past and present intertwine to create an unexpected destiny. Restaurant owner Whitney Monroe is desperate to save her business from a hostile takeover. The inheritance of a decaying Gilded Age hotel on North Carolina's Outer Banks may provide just the ray of hope she needs. But things at the Excelsior are more complicated...
25) King Lear
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
26) The wrong box
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Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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A strange rule of inheritance allows only the last remaining survivor of a family of siblings to get the sizable legacy, precipitating a dangerous contest between two elderly brothers. Their families get involved too, sparking a wild chase and absurd comedy as they attempt to be the last man standing.
27) Fancy Dancer
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English
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"On his thirty-fifth birthday, Jake St. Cloud inherits a fortune--and learns the whereabouts of his mysterious half-brother. On her deathbed, Selma St. Cloud revealed that Jake had a sibling, a product of his father's affair. At last, Jake is in a position to track down Alex Rosario and make amends for their father's past neglect. At least, that's the plan. When their initial meeting goes badly, a distraught Jake crashes his car and is sentenced to...
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The princess diaries volume 2
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2012
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English
Description
As the future queen of Genovia, Princess Mia has everything a girl could want, except the enchanting romance she's always dreamed of. Comic complications rule the day in these delightfully engaging story about finding out who she really is, and discovering what it takes to make your dreams come true!
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"In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking journey Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and...
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Under the vines volume series 1
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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When Sydney socialite Daisy Munroe and London lawyer Louis Oakley inherit a New Zealand vineyard, they quickly learn that they are not the 'sole heirs' as they believed and that the estate itself is a dilapidated money pit. The disenchanted duo want nothing more than to sell up, split up, and get out of there. But when they get an unexpected taste of success, they wonder if the vineyard may not be worthless after all. Despite never having done a hard...
31) Inheritance
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Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy her and her family's lives.
32) Celebration
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English
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After a 20-year marriage, an army colonel's wife is abandoned by her husband, who empties their bank account. In the next eight years Kristin Kelly finds another man, gets a divorce and her three children are adjusting, when the husband appears on the doorstep, asking to resume the marriage.
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Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Governess Juliana Ashbourne has dreams reaching far beyond the confines of her current position, hoping to someday establish her own school for girls. When she inherits a fortune from her late grandfather, she is shocked to learn that "someday" may soon be within reach. However, there is one condition: she must spend a month at the estate of Havenfield--with the very family who disowned her mother. Intent on securing the money she needs to start...
34) Freaks (NR)
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Mr. FAT-W Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
35) Panther gap
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English
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"The thrilling follow-up to the Edgar Award-winning Bearskin, about two siblings on the verge of inheriting millions but who discover dark secrets in their family's past. Siblings Bowman and Summer were raised by their father and two uncles on a remote Colorado ranch. They react differently to his radical teachings and the confusions of adolescence. As young adults, they become estranged but are brought back together in their thirties by the prospect...
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"A family saga of pain and reconciliation set behind the closed doors of an Amish community. Spanning three generations, the story follows the life of Will McGruder, who, having fled as a young man, seeks to heal the past by bringing his new family to meet his Amish relatives"--Provided by publisher.
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This woven kingdom volume 2
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English
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"The heir to the human throne, Kamran falls in love with Alizeh, heir to the Jinn throne, who fulfills a long-foretold prophecy as being destined to free her people, a discovery that causes Kamran to question everything he's been taught about the Jinn and their future in his kingdom"--
38) Black dog
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Stone Barrington novels volume 62
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English
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Introduced to a glamorous Manhattan socialite, Stone Barrington discovers his new companion has ties to a nefarious enemy who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
"After returning home from a treacherous adventure, Stone Barrington is all too happy to settle back down in his New York City abode. But when he's introduced to a glamorous socialite with a staggering inheritance, Stone realizes his days are about to be anything but quiet. As it...
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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Nine estranged friends are reunited after their larger-than-life friend unexpectedly dies. The friends, who haven't seen each other in years, are all forced to stay at their deceased friend's estate for the weekend and must reconnect with each other, working through all of their issues in order to each collect their inheritance.
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"Bells that ring themselves. Record players that turn on an play music to empty rooms. Ghosts that can climb out of wardrobes... Maggie Holt doesn't believe in these things, even though they are the details of the story that made her family famous. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved to Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent twenty days there before fleeing in the dead of night, an...
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