T. Davis Bunn
1) Miramar Bay
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Miramar Bay novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
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When Connor Larkin boards a late night bus in downtown LA, he's not sure where he's going or what he's looking for. Putting his acting career - and his fiancee - on hold, he's searching for something he can't define, a part of himself he lost on the road to success. Once he dreamed of being a singer in the classic style of Sinatra and Bennett. But his lean good looks soon landed him in movies as the sexy "bad guy" - and in the arms of a famous young...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
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"For more than one hundred years the West has failed to understand Islam" (U.S. State Department Official, 1992). This quote from the original edition of Riders of the Pale Horse introduces the story of two young Americans, a foreign-service officer and a mission volunteer who cross paths near the Afghanistan border on very different assignments and yet with a common goal: to stop nuclear materials from falling into terrorists' hands. High-stakes...
3) The fragment
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It's 1923, and a resilient Paris is starting to recover from the ravages of World War I and the Spanish flu epidemic. Enter young Muriel Ross, an amateur American photographer tasked with documenting the antiques that her employer, U.S. Senator Tom Bryan, has traveled to France in order to acquire. Events take a dangerous turn when she discovers that the senator is on a mission far more momentous--and potentially deadly--than a mere shopping trip....
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Miramar Bay novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2022.
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"Four years after his wife's death, art history teacher Derek Gaines has finally made a kind of peace with himself. He tries his best to stave off memories. His days are ones of familiar routine. Guarded against further pain, he keeps relationships at a safe distance. It's all part of his necessary transition to surviving alone. If anything is truly responsible for Derek making it back from the brink, it's his edifying work as a consultant for auction...
5) Outbreak
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The waters off the West African coast are a menacing red, full of algae thick enough to stand on in places. In nearby villages, mysterious deaths start to occur--and the panic mounts. But before an alarm can be sounded, the sea currents shift, the algae vanishes, and the deaths stop. Everyone is relieved when things return to normal, and local government officials are happy to sweep the publicity nightmare under a rug. An American biological researcher,...
6) The presence
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
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A small-town lawyer and politician from North Carolina is propelled into the middle of big-time politics in Washington, D.C. There, special interests and the underworld severely test his faith.
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2020.
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"Six years ago, Daniel was a Los Angeles financial analyst who was too handsome for his own good. Too smart for his anchor job on the nightly news. And too enamored with the heady addictions of the high life. That man died in a tragic accident with his fiancée. With grief and guilt battling for control, Daniel moved to the quiet California seaside town of Miramar Bay with his best friend--a rescue Labradoodle who still sees him through rough times....
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Miramar Bay novels volume 5
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"From internationally bestselling author Davis Bunn, a heart-stirring new novel set in Miramar Bay, an idyllic seaside town where a Hollywood star with a wounded heart and an insightful woman escaping a tragic past in Ukraine can find hope and redemption...Sometimes life flips the script...Billy Walker is a North Carolina boy whose Hollywood star is beginning to shine. His rough past is in the rearview. Now seeing the world from the back seat of a...
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Miramar Bay novels volume 7
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"Ryan Eames is a policewoman and single mother dedicated most of all to her lonely, uniquely gifted son. Stretched thin by double shifts and grappling with an out-of-season coastal wildfire, Christmas cheer feels as far away as a distant carol on a winter night. Until duty draws her into the life of a stranger. Ethan Lange is alive because Ryan reached his canyon home before the blaze. Christmas is only days away, and Ethan has lost everything. A...
10) Unscripted
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Young line producer Danny Byrd is well-known in Hollywood for being someone who gets things done on time and under budget. But when his reputation takes a beating after his partner-- and former best friend-- makes off with their investors' money, Danny has but one chance to redeem himself and restore his ruined career. LA lawyer Megan Pierce sacrificed years proving herself to bosses only to be disgusted by their snobbery and their specious business...
11) Shell Beach
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Miramar Bay novels volume 8
Pub. Date
2023.
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"A man adrift . . . Noah Hearst is leaving a life he's spent twelve years building. Professionally, a losing battle for his job after a hostile takeover. Personally, signing away his marriage in a split that was a long time coming. Now, the difficult part: deciding who he is, what he wants, and where to go next. Maybe it's time to realize a dream that's carried him through hard times: owning a boat. Traveling the ocean, exploring new ports, embracing...
12) Burden of proof
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"Ethan missed the chance to save his brother's life. When his brother's widow reveals that she and her husband were involved in a legal case that threatens the global power structure, Ethan must face his past and join the search for answers to discover how to redeem his future"--
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In this slick adventure thriller, an antiques dealer, whose grandfather has suddenly and suspiciously died, teams up with a veteran treasure hunter to follow a series of clues in the dead man's journal. The trail leads the pair across the world, as they chase after some valuable historical documents while keeping one small step ahead of some very nasty pursuers.
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Castle Priory is a crumbling Oxfordshire mansion, one Brian Blackstone's wife Sarah considered a place of extraordinary enchantment. But for Brian there is no enchantment, only the burden of trying to honor Sarah's dying wish that he hold onto the property. With the local doctor, Cecilia Keeble, Brian begins to explore the mysteries of the old estate. In the process he discovers a medieval secret which offers a key to renew his spirit and heal his...
15) The music box
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Bestselling Gift Book from T. Davis Bunn T. Davis Bunn has inspired and entertained thousands of readers with his charming little gift books. The Quilt and The Gift soared onto the best-seller lists. The Messenger was hailed as "a book of great wisdom...a sweet teacher of simple, priceless truths." Now Davis presents his most tender and romantic story yet, The Music Box. Chrissy, a young girl who lost her mother to illness, has a beautiful singing...
16) The gift
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c1994
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An elderly woman with a love of God and a busy young professional find themselves recuperating from surgery in the same hospital room. Their very different worlds have converged and reduced to a space measuring ten by twelve. But it is here that, just as unexpectedly, a great expansion of spirit awaits. Together their journey to a gift--a new understanding and awareness of the true beauty and purpose of life.
17) Island of time
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Island of time volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
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""There was no murder . . . Because they never existed." The Geneva branch of Interpol - the international agency tasked with policing magic and the arcane arts - is where careers go to die. Action is rare as Switzerland banned magic seven hundred years ago. That's how Agent Jackson Burnett likes it. But then reports of an explosion lead Jackson to the home of businessman Bernard Bouchon. What's there is unfathomable: The family and their possessions...
18) The rowan
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2023.
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"Pulitzer prize-winning investigative writer Valentina Garnier loves a good story, so when she learns that CIA director Agnes Pendalon wants her to travel to Kunashir Island in Russia’s easternmost province, she jumps at the chance. Top scientists, political aides, CIA agents and even the vice president’s daughter have all made mysterious trips to the island in recent weeks. Could it be coincidence, or is something more alarming at play? When...
19) Prime directive
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2021.
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When a number of scientists are mysteriously killed on an insignificant scientific outpost on the planet of Loria and no alarm is raised, Commander Rickets of the Galactic Space Arm (GSA) is angered that no one can explain why. Rickets orders Lieutenant Amanda Bostick along with two armed Guardians, Sergeant Hamoud and Corporal Nasim, to investigate.All three have faced setbacks in their careers and time is against them: the GSA is demanding answers...
20) No man's land
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Rowan volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
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"Junior CIA field agent Kelly Kaiser jumps at the chance to lead a risky mission to enter Mexico and gather refugees from under the nose of the notorious drug lord who murdered her fiancé. When the mission takes a revenge-fuelled twist, Kelly finds herself facing dismissal, but Agnes Pendalon, the CIA's chief 'spook' lady, has other ideas. Kelly must lead a new, top-secret team to hunt down everyone infected by a magical, mysterious rowan tree's...