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Adult drama about islanders caught between 2 countries claiming their small island. Small army arrives & sets up base/ garrison on island. Later, more aggressive, blockade. Young couple are betrothed... Read around 1995-1998. Spoilers ahead. deleted member 7 477 Nov 09, 2021 06:43AM  
Sci Fi book where the earth defending space pilots fight an invading alien fleet through telepresence or so they think. Turns out later the invading force is humans who left system years before. Read before 2005. Spoilers ahead. Adrian 4 70 Nov 09, 2021 03:43AM  
Children’s collection of classic fairytales Madeleine 3 31 Nov 08, 2021 10:37AM  
Kids Futuristic Sci Fi novel. New family moves into neighborhood. Main children discover something unusual about the family's kid. At age 18? you must undergo surgery to boost your skills. Kids break into old house. Read 2014-2016. Spoilers ahead. Ash 4 61 Nov 08, 2021 08:27AM  
Children's / Russian girl, i think it was autobiographic, sort of? jimena 5 65 Nov 08, 2021 07:36AM  
Spy/ supernatural teen book need help on what it is! Reece 2 26 Nov 08, 2021 06:47AM  
Adult Romance, somewhat dated. Heroine applies for a position as a live in maid/housekeeper. The hero is a cruel, surly recluse, who, if I remember correctly doesn't like to be seen or touched, or to touch things. RiitaBrii 2 30 Nov 07, 2021 09:15PM  
Adult Paranormal Romance about a woman mage who has a male jinn companion / love interest. Read around 2011. Asilda 1 13 Nov 07, 2021 07:29PM  
Adult Historical. Couple falls in love as teens and the novel tracks them as they age. Set in war time and the love interest leaves for war. He does well for himself financially later on and returns for the protagonist who is engaged. Spoilers ahead. Eliana 5 54 Nov 07, 2021 07:25PM  
YA Fantasy about a girl, her sister, her abusive aunt, and werewolves Nana 1 22 Nov 07, 2021 03:51PM  
Adult Historical Romance. Abducting the wrong person. Read around 2000. April 3 33 Nov 07, 2021 03:25PM  
Adult Romance novel - Wife commits suicide by jumping off a bridge, she first gets household matters in order. Family must move on with their lives. Read in late 1990s. Trish 4 61 Nov 07, 2021 02:49PM  
Young Adult, Abuse, Drugs, Assault, 90's-2002, Boy and girl fall in love, girls mom neglectful, boy and girl move in together, high school students, boy is drug dealer Kathy 5 24 Nov 07, 2021 01:51PM  
Adult Bittersweet Romance. Rich girl hated by abusive father & younger brother, mother died while she's toddler. Heroine runs away & marries poor handsome young man, building collapses (earthquake?). 2nd husband/ lover on ship. Read around 2010. Spoilers. Okarie 6 653 Nov 07, 2021 11:16AM  
Adult Historical Fiction set in 1940s WWII Europe. Man (who I think was a Nazi??) saves a girl from going to a concentration camp. Later they reconnect. "Train" in title or is significant. Read about 2016. Ariel 3 56 Nov 07, 2021 06:40AM  
YA Paranormal? Horror? Girl returns to extremely haunted childhood home because they're filming a movie about her life, has to recreate things that happened to her. Read early 2000's. Kalyn 3 65 Nov 07, 2021 06:38AM  
YA book - Girl starts middle school and doesn't get the pretty young teacher she wants Anna 6 94 Nov 07, 2021 06:33AM  
Fiction...thriller...couple travels from Britain to 3rd world resort gets tangled with militia Sunny 3 563 Nov 07, 2021 05:19AM  
Adult Romance. Guy was kidnapped as kid and girl work as stripper. I came across this audiobook (youtube) around 2018 or 2019. Muhammad 2 316 Nov 06, 2021 11:13PM  
YA/ Adult Fantasy series about a girl married/ engaged to a king who is at war with a demon/ monster king who ends up kidnapping her. Read 2016-2019. Sharon 2 743 Nov 06, 2021 10:03PM  
Adult Contemporary Romance. Doctor (hero) felt obligated to befriend nurse colleague after she saved him, causes problems in his marriage with heroine. Read 2020-2021. Tatiana 1 7 Nov 06, 2021 08:34PM  
YA Fantasy. Lowborn girl meets highborn young man chosen for the town's winter sacrifice (prince for seasonal festival). They hide in a barn. Read in 1993. Mikey 19 443 Nov 06, 2021 04:32PM  
Adult Non-fiction - Yoga Detox - Using Yoga to detox your body/ spirit. 7 or 10-day detailed plan on meal planning and outlines Yoga sequences to aid in digestion, depression, anxiety and healthy weightloss without being gimmicky. Recipes. Read in 2013. 【Stars at Da… 3 45 Nov 06, 2021 03:04PM  
YA Murder Mystery. Group of friends in a book club help teacher translate/ decode a book or manuscript, girl's boyfriend disappears. Read around 2012-2014. Spoilers ahead. Kamil 5 137 Nov 06, 2021 01:24PM  
Adult Christian Historical Romance. Persecution of Christians, hero is desert sheikh, father is gladiator, mother is killed in arena. Heroine has to flee and hide from persecution. Father sent to arena to fight as gladiator. Mother is sent to arena a Tes 3 14 Nov 06, 2021 11:06AM  
Adult Historical Romance. Short Stories involve intertwined family members. Victorian maid and boy of the house, didn't realize she works for his parents. Pearl Harbor story, guy disappears & she ends up with his friend. Read around 1990. yarniabook 3 47 Nov 06, 2021 09:29AM  
Adult fiction. 2 girls are friends and hang out in an abandoned bus and have picnics. Butterflies. Rachel 3 60 Nov 06, 2021 09:22AM  
Sci-Fi? Murder Mystery. Man (scientist?) is cryogenically preserved (frozen), then awakened. Another man (main character) is trying to solve murders. Read mid 1990s. Spoilers ahead. Rachel 4 103 Nov 06, 2021 09:20AM  
Adult Fiction. Multigenerational family drama. Adult children gather at family estate for reading of parent's will. Early on: elder brother making love to wife; younger sister playing midnight croquet with boy toys. Read around 2000. Erin 2 51 Nov 06, 2021 09:04AM  
Adult Nonfiction book from the 80s about women who said they had a “bad feeling” about certain people, and those people ended up becoming killers Jeri 4 66 Nov 06, 2021 08:26AM