Burlington Public Library

"From acclaimed author Susan Conley, a novel that gives us a luminous emotional portrait of a young woman living abroad in Paris in the 1980s and trying to make sense of the chaotic world around her as she learns the true meaning of family. When Willie Pears agrees to teach at a Parisian center for immigrant girls who have requested French asylum, she has no idea it will utterly change her life. She has lived in Paris for six months, surrounded by...

Schoolteacher Jana Hartmann is determine to build a new life in the Dakota Territory for herself and her frain sister, Greta. The only job she can find in the town of Bismarck is modeling dresses in a shop window, which brings her to the attention of Drew Malone, a lawyer, rancher, and father of two little boys. Jana is attracted to Drew but she is torn between a budding romance and her responsibility to Greta.

"Madison Huntington is determined to live her dreams. That means getting out from under her family's wealth and influence by saying no to the family business, her allowance, and her home. But on a teacher's salary, the real world comes as a rude awakening--especially when she wakes up every morning on a colleague's couch. To get a place of her own (without cockroaches, mold, or crime scene tape), Madison accepts a position as a roommaid. In exchange...

El verano de 1914 es uno de los m⡳ bellos que se recuerdan en la id⩬ica ciudad inglesa de Rye. All⩠acaba de llegar Beatrice Nash con un gran ba⵬ de libros, ansia de independencia y nuevas ideas que pocos en Rye asocian a una profesora de lat⩮. En un descanso de sus estudios de medicina, Hugh Grange se encuentra tambi⥮ en la ciudad visitando a su t⩡ Agatha, una verdadera instituci⯮ local que se ha jugado su cuidadosamente construida...

When a DVD discovered near Elise Freeman's decomposing corpse sheds insight on her yearlong torture and eventual murder, detective Milo Sturgis calls on the help of his longtime friend Dr. Alex Delaware. As they examine the evidence, Alex and Milo home in on the prime suspects: three teachers from the prestigious Windsor Academy. However, as the investigation continues, Alex discovers that solving Elise's murder will barely crack the surface in the...

Irene Stenson returns to the Northern California town of Dunsley when her friend Pamela dies suddenly. Irene is assisted by lodge owner, Luke Danner, a hazel-eyed ex-Marine. Will they risk more than local gossip to find out what really happened? Tutor Concordia Glade places the safety of her four young orphan charges in the hands of Ambrose Wells, who endeavors to protect them from a notorious crime lord. Ghost-hunter Cooper Boone is everything...