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Stone Barrington novels volume 18
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English
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It seems like just another quiet night at Elaine's. Stone Barrington and his former cop partner, Dino, are enjoying some pasta when in walks former client and all around sad sack Herbie Fisher...with a briefcase containing $14 million in cash.
Herbie claims to have won the money on a lucky lotto ticket, but he also says he needs a lawyer-and after a single gunshot breaks the window above his head and sends diners scrambling, Stone and Dino suspect...
Herbie claims to have won the money on a lucky lotto ticket, but he also says he needs a lawyer-and after a single gunshot breaks the window above his head and sends diners scrambling, Stone and Dino suspect...
2) The winner
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
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English
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A woman is offered $100 million to serve as a front for a crooked lottery. The offer is from a gangster who fixes lotteries, the scheme requiring the winner to have certain characteristics, preferably good looking and poor. Waitress LuAnn Tyler accepts, and so begins the adventure of a lifetime as things go wrong.
3) Pretty woman
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Now, take off on the extraordinarily fun and inspiring adventure of an ordinary woman who takes charge of her life by ending her disastrous marriage, losing fifty-five pounds, and getting fit -- and finds she has gained more than she ever dreamed possible! Rosie Gardener and Vickie Winters were best friends, closer than sisters. Partners in a successful mail-order company, both women lived comfortably in lush Savannah, Georgia. Svelte and single Vickie...
4) Burn
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When Jenner Redwine wins the lottery, she never imagined how much it would cost her. Luckily she finds an ally--and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege in a shy, kind-hearted heiress who invites Jenner on a charity cruise. But what should have been a "Love Boat" cruise suddenly turns into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger, and Jenner finds herself taken hostage by a menacing stranger--a stranger that helps her rediscover feelings...
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Childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom are a normal, loving couple--until a massive lottery win changes their lives overnight. Soon they've moved into a custom-built state-of-the-art Glass Barn on the stunning grounds of Lancaut Manor in Gloucestershire. They have fancy cars, expensive hobbies, and an exclusive lifestyle they never could have imagined. But this dream world quickly turns into a nightmare when Tom is found dead in the swimming pool....
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2012
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English
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By turns outrageous and touching, an exuberant Dickensian satire of crime, celebrity, and modern culture from "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation” (TIME)
“One of Amis’s funniest novels.” —The New Yorker
Des Pepperdine is a boy out of place. He lives on the thirty-third floor of a London housing project; while his peers pick fights, Des retreats to the...
“One of Amis’s funniest novels.” —The New Yorker
Des Pepperdine is a boy out of place. He lives on the thirty-third floor of a London housing project; while his peers pick fights, Des retreats to the...
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"Sexy Southern romance with a charming plus-size heroine and a gruff, grumpy hero. Rose Barnes feels best when she's invisible--so when she wins the lottery and is suddenly thrust into the spotlight where everyone wants something, hiding out in a small town in North Carolina makes perfect sense. Rose has got curves for days--and to Angus, the big, burly, bearded contractor working on her new house, she's just plum perfect. Rose is surprised to learn...
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"For readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Mona Awad, this fearless debut chronicles one woman's escape into a world of obsessive imagination. Bonnie Lincoln just wants to be left alone. To come home from work, shut out the voice that reminds her of some devastating losses, and unwind in front of the nostalgic, golden glow of her favorite TV show, Three's Company. When Bonnie wins the lottery, a more grandiose vision- to completely shuck off her own troublesome...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Mary Higgins Clark, the bestselling "Queen of Suspense," returns with Alvirah Meehan—one of her most beloved characters—in these six dazzling, intertwined, and thrilling tales of sleuthing and suspense.
Together with her devoted mate, the ever-resourceful Alvirah has jumped into crime solving on a grand scale—and with her indomitable spirit and style. Among their many adventures, Alvirah and Willy find a dead actress in...
Together with her devoted mate, the ever-resourceful Alvirah has jumped into crime solving on a grand scale—and with her indomitable spirit and style. Among their many adventures, Alvirah and Willy find a dead actress in...
10) The new neighbor
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"Aidan Marlowe is the superstitious type-he's been playing the same lottery numbers for fifteen years, never hitting the jackpot. Until now. On the day of his wife's funeral. Aidan struggles to cope with these two sudden extremes: instant wealth beyond his imagination, and the loss of the only woman he's ever loved, the mother of his twin children. But the money gives him and his kids options they didn't have before. They can leave everything behind....
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I'm a P.K., preacher's kid-or if I want to get fancy, a T.O., a theologian's offspring. I grew up afraid of my own allowance...."So when over $20 million falls into her lap shortly after she moves to Minneapolis, Cassia Carr views her Midas touch as a cross, not a blessing, including the unexpected difficulty of giving it away! It's hard enough to gauge romantic feelings without the chaos of a humongous windfall. Her globe-trotting neighbor, Adam...
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Alvirah and Willy Meehan mysteries volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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From beloved mother-daughter duo Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark comes a holiday treat you won't want to miss. In the picturesque village of Branscombe, New Hampshire, the townsfolk are all pitching in to prepare for the first (and many hope annual) Festival of Joy. The night before the festival begins, a group of employees at the local market learn that they have won $160 million in the lottery. One of their co-workers, Duncan, decided...
13) Lucky girl
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Publisher
Page Street Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"58,642,129. That's how many dollars seventeen-year-old-Fortuna Jane Belleweather just won in in the lotto jackpot. It's also about how many reasons she has for not coming forward to claim her prize. Problem #1: Jane is still a minor, and if anyone discovers she bought the ticket underage, she'll either have to forfeit the ticket, or worse... Problem #2: Let her hoarder mother cash it. The last thing Jane's mom needs is millions of dollars to buy...
14) Lottery
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English
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Having learned essential life skills from his grandmother that helped him overcome his low IQ, Perry finds himself without a caregiver at the age of thirty-one and wins a fortune by playing the lottery, a windfall that brings him more family than he ever wanted.
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Greenbelt romances volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Miriam Butler's life is going nowhere in the slowest, most excruciating way possible. Stuck in the same barely-paying job she's had since she was sixteen and spending every night sleeping in the spare twin bed in her mother's house, her existence might be hilarious if it wasn't so bleak. One trip to her favorite corner store upends everything when she finds herself the winner of a Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot. Unfortunately, not even life-altering...
18) Windfall
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"Alice loves Teddy, her best friend, but has never told him. When she buys him a lottery ticket that turns out to be a winner, their lives are changed forever and their friendship is put to the ultimate test"--
19) Just my luck
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Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"For fifteen years, Lexi and Jake have played the same six numbers with their friends. Over drinks, dinner parties, and summer barbecues, the three couples have discussed the important stuff...and they've laughed off their disappointment when they failed to win anything. But then the unthinkable happens. There's a rift in the group...And soon after, six numbers come up that change everything forever. Lexi and Jake have a ticket worth millions. And...
20) Winner takes all
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"Jean Travis has the job of announcing the latest lottery winner on TV and is stunned to find that Patrick Bennett, her one-time crush, is the top mega winner. Patrick invites Jean to the after-party celebration, reigniting the attraction that began between them as teenagers. As Patrick and Jean's relationship develops, Patrick is faced with the surprising and complicated issues that arise from suddenly becoming very wealthy. He finds himself constantly...