But before the truth can be revealed, their investigation takes a deadly turn, one that might make Meredith's personal Nora Roberts Land go up in flames. Could Tanner be her Nora Roberts hero? As they work together to uncover the truth behind a suspicious death, the depth of their feelings unfolds and both realize they've kept their secrets for far too long. Meredith, who vowed never to date another journalist, begins to succumb. When the two meet, the sparks between them are undeniable. The mogul wants Meredith stopped, and he makes sure Tanner has no choice in the matter. Her article about discovering love a la Nora might air dirty laundry about her marriage to the media mogul, threatening his senate run. The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place. His assignment? Make his boss's ex-wife fall for him and then break her heart. Yet, before he can even unpack, he's headed to Colorado. War correspondent Tanner McBride has just returned stateside to work for a major newspaper, and the last thing he expects is blackmail. She's determined to find her own small-town Nora Roberts hero, prove that true love exists, and publish a story about her quest. But when her family asks her to temporarily help their Dare Valley, Colorado newspaper, she decides it's time to change her life and prove her ex wrong. All dreams of happily ever after-or Nora Roberts Land as her mother calls it-went up in smoke. Journalist Meredith Hale's ex-husband claimed her Nora Roberts addiction gave her unrealistic expectations about marriage, and she believed him. Ages 10 14.**Nora Roberts gave her blessing to Ava Miles for the use of her name in both the title and the premise in this suspenseful and emotional contemporary romance.**
Romance blooms in unexpected places, and danger lurks around every corner in this delightfully farcical tale, full of twists and turns. The pupils' attempts to convince the public that everything is normal at the school make for some hilarious scenes, and their efforts to find the murderer result in surprising encounters with suspicious (but often quite appealing) suspects. Unfortunately, a killer is on the loose, and the girls could be the next victims. Julie Berry’s The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place is a smart, hilarious Victorian romp, full of outrageous plot twists, mistaken identities, and mysterious happenings.
Knowing opportunity when they see it, the girls hatch a scheme to dispose of the bodies and run the school on their own. Etheldreda's School for Young Ladies, run by stern headmistress Constance Plackett, may not be paradise for its residents, but the students get an unanticipated break from their dull routines when Plackett and her odious brother drop dead at the dinner table one spring evening, apparently poisoned.
Readers with a penchant for dark humor will relish Berry's (All the Truth That's in Me) tongue-in-cheek murder mystery set in a late-19th-century British girls' boarding school.
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