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The Island Club - a story of female solidarity set in the late 1950s.
It's 1956 and life on California's Balboa Island is about to become very complicated. Milly Kinkaid, along with her two young children and her TV executive husband, are newcomers to the island. His frequent overnight stays in Hollywood have put a strain on their marriage. Sylvia Johnson, the head of Balboa Island's social activities, and her husband own The Island Club, which is centered around tennis, but his poor financial management has put their future in jeopardy. Meanwh
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Last Night in Brooklyn: a coming-of-age story about ambition, status, and race.
It's 2007 and twenty-six-year-old Alicia Canales Forten is living in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Her mother is Puerto Rican, and her affluent father is Black. The two never married. Alicia is engaged, but it's a long-distance relationship, and she is questioning the direction of her life. She becomes fascinated by her charismatic neighbor, La Garza, a fashion designer who is determined to succeed. After observing her parties from across the street, Alicia is invited to join in and
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2 days ago


Enemies to Lovers: a fake FBI agent convinces a con woman to drive cross-country.
Sejal Chaudhary, the daughter of two career criminals, lives in hiding. She makes money by conning men using sleight-of-hand tricks. Her father has died, and her mother, the former head of Cobra, a crime syndicate, is in jail. Sejal's ex-boyfriend is the son of the head of a Russian mafia family, and she has reasons to fear him. Krish Anand has his eye on Sejal, hoping she can help him find his missing brother, who works for the FBI and has been accused by the agency of col
MicheleReader
3 days ago


American Fantasy - a cruise with a '90s boy band provides enjoyable nostalgia.
Annie is 50 years old and divorced. She and her younger sister Katherine had been huge fans of '90s boy band Boy Talk so Annie bought the two of them tickets on a four-day fan cruise to the Bahamas where they could re-live their former days of fandom. When Katherine, still a big fan, had to cancel, Annie took the cruise on her own. The five members of the band have gone through their own share of life's ups and downs. Corey is the only one who has achieved breakout success, b
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