A Toast for Laurent


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Falling in love wasn’t part of the deal. Laurent You know those deals you make when you’re young and dumb, promising to marry your best friend if you’re both not married by the time you’re forty? Apparently, Phoebe was serious about that. She waltzes into my small town after disappearing nearly twenty years ago, asking me to marry her. I’d do it without a second thought… if she hadn’t ripped my heart out. Phoebe I never thought I’d take Laurent up on his offer to marry me at forty, but here I am, desperately trying to survive another family event. By some miracle, he agrees… on one condition. I can’t fall in love with him. I never would’ve agreed if I knew how hard that would be. A Toast for Laurent is the first in a new small-town, family saga romance series from Theresa Paolo. Grab a glass of wine and join the Grasso family as they pop the cork on love.




A Toast for Laurent (Vine Valley, #1)


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Falling in love wasn't part of the deal. Laurent You know those deals you make when you're young and dumb, promising to marry your best friend if you're both not married by the time you're forty? Apparently, Phoebe was serious about that. She waltzes into my small town after disappearing nearly twenty years ago, asking me to marry her. I'd do it without a second thought... if she hadn't ripped my heart out. Phoebe I never thought I'd take Laurent up on his offer to marry me at forty, but here I am, desperately trying to survive another family event. By some miracle, he agrees... on one condition. I can't fall in love with him. I never would've agreed if I knew how hard that would be. A Toast for Laurent is the first in a new small-town, family saga romance series from Theresa Paolo. Grab a glass of wine and join the Grasso family as they pop the cork on love.




The Blue Mirror


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The Blue Mirror is the story of Angelica Moldavi, a young woman from Austria, who marries Laurent Le-Fouet, a dashing French marquis, and is whisked off into his decadent, jet-setting world. Laurent also introduces her to the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, and together with a few friends, decide to found their own new religion—the Church of the Veil, That Holy Dove. The book follows the Le-Fouets and their friends and relatives as they experience joys, face challenges, and mourn tragedies, all the while discovering new spiritual truths and refining their faith. View www.cameliarose.net




Murder in the Latin Quarter


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Maggie’s much anticipated Paris holiday takes a dark turn when she ventures into the city’s famed Latin Quarter to visit Laurent’s ailing aunt—only to find a very healthy aunt and a very dead body. Does the murder have something to do with Aunt Delphine? Was she the intended victim? With her new baby daughter in tow, Maggie struggles to find the answers. In the process she learns more about Laurent’s family—and stumbles across a terrible secret that would tempt anybody to commit murder. Can Maggie find the murderer without destroying the Dernier family name? And can she do it before the killer catches her in a dark, lonely alley in the Latin Quarter?




Hearings


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The Darkest Gift


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When a self-loathing Gay man—Jack, meets elegant yet incredibly mysterious Laurent Richelieu, he thinks his stroke of bad luck with men and women has come to an end. Or is it the beginning of a nightmare? Jack is unaware of the dark history that unfolded centuries earlier, with Laurent’s lover and vampire maker Fabien Levesque—who was destroyed in front of him in a jealous fit of rage by his vampire maker Stefan, exacting revenge for Fabien's rejection of him. As Jack and Laurent begin their courtship—Jack encounters horrifying experiences involving paranormal experiences, vampirism, and possible reincarnation, making him question his sanity. The more time Jack spends with his mysterious European love interest, the more revealed about the dark secret awaiting Jack. Are they destined to be together? —does Laurent honestly care for Jack? Or is there a much more sinister plot involved? Can the help of a self-described, Voodoo High Priestess named “Queen Raphaella” alter Jack’s predestined future or is his fate already sealed?"




Thérèse Raquin


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Emile Zola's own stage adaptation of his taut, psychological thriller. An intense story of adultery, murder and revenge, streaked with social satire.




The Cobalt Curse


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What readers are saying about The Cobalt Curse... “The Cobalt Curse is a can’t-put-it-down thriller.” “The Cobalt Curse is like an excellent meal…a combination of well-crafted writing and intelligence.” “I could hardly put The Cobalt Curse down. It was full of action and intrigue. I enjoyed it very much!” Every Scar Tells A Story Professor Kai Baldwin, a world-famous human rights lawyer, has endured loss after loss. Preferring a safe college classroom back in the States, he vows never to return to his childhood home in the Congo. Who could fault him? By all accounts, he should be dead. His father died in a plane crash. His fiancée left him. And his mother is dying. The two-inch scar on his right wrist is a nagging reminder of his vow and unresolved grief. But when his former fiancée mysteriously disappears, Kai jettisons his never-evers and rushes back to the Congo. Launching a desperate search for her, Kai discovers a global conspiracy to control the world’s cobalt resources. He faces the ultimate dilemma: will he risk all to save the one he loves or sacrifice himself for the good of humanity? The Cobalt Curse takes readers into the wild world of conflict minerals, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence through the streets of Dubai, Washington, D.C., Brussels, Switzerland, and deep into the Congo jungle.




Upper Columbia River Development


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Reviews upper Columbia River basin development plans in relation to Canadian Government plans to divert waters upstream for storage purposes.




The Schoolboy Abroad


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