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In this "high adventure of love's triumph over twisted obsession" from a New York Times bestseller, a woman confronts her abusive past (Publishers Weekly).
A mother's ultimate sacrifice . . . A brother's dark obsession . . . And one woman's desperate fight for survival . . .
Something dark and dangerous had long shadowed Skye Dearborn's life. She had seen the fear of it in her mother's eyes. It was there, locked...

2) Foul lady fortune

Author

Gong, Chloe

Series

Foul lady Fortune volume 1

Language

English

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In 1931 Shanghai, two Nationalist spies pose as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders causing unrest in the city.

3) A lady's guide to fortune-hunting

Author

Irwin, Sophie

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

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"A whip-smart debut that follows the adventures of an entirely unconventional heroine who throws herself into the London Season to find a wealthy husband. But the last thing she expects is to find love ... Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. Or rather, she needs a husband who has a fortune. Left with her father's massive debts, she has only twelve weeks to save her family from ruin. Kitty has never been one to back down from a challenge, so she leaves home...

4) Ill-fated fortune

Author

Chow, Jennifer J

Series

Magical fortune cookie novels volume 1

Publisher

St. Martin's Paperbacks

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

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"Felicity Jin grew up literally hanging onto Mom's apron strings in their magical bakery in the quaint town of Pixie, California. Her mother's enchanted baked goods, including puffy pineapple buns and creamy egg tarts, bring instant joy to all who consume them. Felicity has always been hesitant in the kitchen herself after many failed attempts, but a takeout meal gone wrong inspires her to craft some handmade fortune cookies. They become so popular...

5) Soldiers of Fortune

Author

DeLeon, Jana

Series

Miss Fortune Mystery

Publisher

NLA Digital LLC

Pub. Date

2015

Language

English

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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the sixth installment in the bestselling Miss Fortune series.

When Celia Arceneaux was elected mayor of Sinful, Louisiana, Fortune Redding expected trouble. The woman has an unmatched talent for making the worst of any situation, especially if it means getting revenge on her sworn enemies Ida Belle and Gertie.

At the Fourth of July celebration, an explosion rocks

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6) Soldier of Fortune

Author

Palmer, Diana

Series

Soldier of fortune series volume 1
Soldiers of Fortune

Publisher

Harlequin

Pub. Date

2014

Language

English

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Daughter of Fortune
Harper Perennial modern classics

For Gabby Darwin, working as a paralegal for one of the most famous criminal lawyers in Chicago was a full-time job. J.D. was demanding, and never gave Gabby a thought—until the unforeseen happened and they were on a secret mission to Central America to track down terrorist kidnappers.
There, Gabby saw J. D.'s wildest, most dangerous side. She found out about his mercenary past, and saw real hunger for her growing in his dark, indulgent eyes....

7) Daughter of fortune: a novel

Author

Allende, Isabel

Series

Language

English

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Young, vivacious Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849--a danger-filled quest that will become a momentous journey of transformation.

8) Fortune's Rocks: A Novel

Author

Shreve, Anita

Series

Fortune's Rocks Quartet

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

2001

Language

English

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

This magnificent novel transports readers to the world of a prominent Boston family summering on the New Hampshire coast, and to the social orbit of a spirited young woman who falls into a passionate, illicit affair with an older man, with cataclysmic results.
The Fortune Rock's Quartet collects four of Anita Shreve's most beloved novels-Fortune's Rocks, The Pilot's Wife, Sea Glass, and Body Surfing-for...

9) City of fortune

Author

Thompson, Victoria

Series

Counterfeit lady volume 6

Language

English

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

"Elizabeth Miles is back in an all-new Counterfeit Lady Mystery by USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson. Being married had advantages that attorney Gideon Bates had never even considered during his bachelor days. For example, he no longer had to think of polite excuses when a client offered to introduce him to a marriageable daughter, as he was starting to suspect Mr. Sebastian Nolan was working his way up to doing. "I'd like to arrange...

10) Fortune and glory: tantalizing twenty-seven

Author

Evanovich, Janet

Series

Stephanie Plum mysteries volume 27
Stephanie Plum novel volume 27

Language

English

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"When Stephanie's beloved Grandma Mazur's new husband died on their wedding night, the only thing he left her was a beat-up old easy chairand the keys to a life-changing fortune. But as Stephanie and Grandma Mazur search for Jimmy Rosolli's treasure, they discover that they're not the only ones on the hunt. Two dangerous enemies from the past stand in their way-along with a new adversary who's even more formidable: Gabriela Rose, a dark-eyed beauty...

11) Fortune Italia

Series

Fortune Italia

Publisher

We Inform srl

Language

Italiano

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

FORTUNE ITALIA misura il successo di un'azienda e se ne fa garante, rafforza le leadership e traccia il ritratto degli uomini e delle donne che si celano dietro il loro successo. Dialoga con i top C-level executives e ne racconta il mondo. Propone analisi approfondite delle tendenze economiche e finanziarie. Presenta idee e tecnologie. Pone grande attenzione ai temi della sostenibilità e della responsabilità sociale e ambientale.

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12) Astor: the rise and fall of an American fortune

Author

Cooper, Anderson

Language

English

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"The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story--of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, the Astor name occupied a unique place in American society. The family fortune, first made by a beaver trapping business that grew into an empire,...

13) Good fortune

Author

Chau, C. K

Language

English

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Warner, Gertrude Chandler

"When Elizabeth Chen's ever-hustling realtor mother finally sells the beloved if derelict community center down the block, the new owners don't look like typical New York City buyers. Brendan Lee and Darcy Wong are good Chinese boys with Hong Kong money. Clean-cut and charismatic, they say they are committed to cleaning up the neighborhood. To Elizabeth, that only means one thing: Darcy is looking to give the center an uptown makeover. Elizabeth is...

14) The mystery in the fortune cookie

Author

Series

Boxcar children volume 96

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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The Boxcar children have dinner at a Chinese restaurant and get a handwritten riddle in a fortune cookie! One riddle leads to another, and the children wonder who is leaving them the cookie clues, and why?

15) Fortune cookie fortunes

Author

Lin, Grace

Publisher

Dragonfly Books

Pub. Date

Language

English

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

After a young Chinese American girl opens fortune cookies with her family, she notices that the fortunes seem to come true, in a story which includes brief notes on the history of the fortune cookie.

16) Fletch's Fortune

Author

Mcdonald, Gregory

Series

Fletch Mystery

Publisher

Blackstone Publishing

Pub. Date

2018

Language

English

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Fletch, as unbridled as ever and still living the good life in Italy on his ill-gotten fortune, gets a surprising visit from two surly FBI agents. The pair offers him a deal: either he attend the American Journalism Alliance convention and work as an undercover spy for them, or be shipped back to headquarters and face jail time for tax evasion.

Reluctantly agreeing to the scheme, he catches a red-eye flight back to the States. But just as

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17) Fortune Smiles: Stories

Author

Johnson, Adam

Pub. Date

2015

Language

English

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Book, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

The National Book Award–winning story collection from the author of The Orphan Master’s Son offers something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world.
“MASTERFUL.”—The Washington Post “ENTRANCING.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “PERCEPTIVE AND BRAVE.”—The New York Times
Throughout

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18) Lady of fortune

Author

Putney, Mary Jo

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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"A countess turned servant . . . Forced to escape the French Revolution, resilient young Comtesse Marie-Christine D'Estelle flees to London. But when she finds herself unexpectedly penniless, Christa hides her aristocratic background to become a lady's maid. . . . Until rebuffing advances from both her tyrannical mistress's husband and her lover gets Christa cast into the street--directly into a hero's arms . . . A Royal Navy commander . . . After...

19) Fortune Falls

Author

Goebel, Jenny

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Description

In Fortune Falls, where superstitions are real, and all children must pass regular "luck tests" to see if they are worthy, ill-fortuned Sadie has always been deemed as unlucky, and shunted aside for her luckier younger brother--but when she finds an unusually intelligent black cat named Jinx, her fortunes begin to change for the better.

20) The fortune seller: a novel

Author

Kapelke-Dale, Rachel

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

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