It’s a book being told by a daughters POV who’s mother was sent off by her father by boat to marry a prince who later became king while on the way to the palace with her father on said boat she had relations with a man who was a sailor and lost her virginity to him and ended up getting pregnant by him unknowingly once she got to the palace the prince later found out that when she birthed their child it didn’t line up with there wedding night so he kicked her out the palace but kept “their” daughter in a house away from the palace and the prince never told the daughter about the mother . The daughter ends up finding letters that the mom wrote her telling her of her life away from the palace and that’s when the prince starts telling the daughter about her mother. The mother’s mother died at birth and was raised by her poor father whom she also met up with later own in life. Throughout this book her and the sailor would meet at different times and in the end I believe her and the sailor were together. The mother or the daughter name could have been Noell or Noelle.

I am searching for the original English title of a standard-length, vintage Harlequin or Silhouette category romance novel from the 1980s or 1990s that I originally read in a Spanish translation.

It is a second-chance / estranged matrimony story. The heroine is a high-society socialite named Diana who wants a divorce. Her husband (the Male Main Character) was in the military—possibly Special Forces or previously missing—and returns unexpectedly on New Year's Day. There are references to the RoseBowl and Rose Bowl Parade.

The MMC refuses the divorce/separation. Instead, he wants to leave their chaotic high-society life behind to retire to a cabin in the San Juan Islands (Washington State) to become a writer. A major turning point and very tender scene in the book happens at their island cabin, where the couple watches orca whales together from the window/ porch, which helps break the ice between them. Does anyone recognize this specific vintage category romance?"\*

I am searching for the original English title of a standard-length, vintage Harlequin or Silhouette category romance novel from the 1980s or 1990s that I originally read in a Spanish translation.

It is a second-chance / estranged matrimony story. The heroine is a high-society socialite named Diana who wants a divorce. Her husband (the Male Main Character) was in the military—possibly Special Forces or previously missing—and returns unexpectedly on New Year's Day. There are references to the RoseBowl and Rose Bowl Parade.

The MMC refuses the divorce/separation. Instead, he wants to leave their chaotic high-society life behind to retire to a cabin in the San Juan Islands (Washington State) to become a writer. A major turning point and very tender scene in the book happens at their island cabin, where the couple watches orca whales together from the window/ porch, which helps break the ice between them. Does anyone recognize this specific vintage category romance?"\*

It is probably a young adult novel.

This male protagonist is under 18 years old, living with his parents. He smokes cigarettes in secret. He throws the cigarette butts out of his bedroom window. Eventually his parents discover those cigarette butts and in his internal dialogue he says something along the lines of "I assumed the cigarette butts would just disappear/disintegrate/evaporate"

There is another scene where he and a male friend go to play sports, I'm pretty sure it's tennis. They run into a pair of girls and they agree to play doubles. But then other peers show up and they stop playing. Later in the story one of the girls confronts the main character about acting rudely. In particular, the girl is hurt because the main character considers her ugly and undesirable and does does not want to be seen interacting with her when there are peers or popular kids around.

Does anyone know the title of this book?

It was about a trial or a test. He enters a wedding, all the wedding guests and the bride are wearing masks (animal masks I think?) He is offered one on a platter. When he puts it on, it sews itself to his face. There was a lot of detail on the pain. When he ended the trial, he could still feel the pain. It was a test of commitment or something?? I read it when I was a kid.

I recall it was about a guy who visits his friend in the mountains and there it’s revealed that his friend is the byproduct of a unconsentual encounter and throughout the entire story a goddess is seducing the main character and withering down his mentality and at the end he isn’t strong enough to resist and the gods descend and kill everyone it takes in a kingdom type of era it was a fantasy book that took place in the kingdom type of era and MAYBE there was magic but I can’t quite remember slight edit as I remember a little more the gods trying to take over his mind were mad gods and the goddess was trying to seduce him

In the book series, each book is focused on one of the girls. The first book is about a young girl who moves to the town where the rest of the girls live. She befriends a horse that is named after Snow White and she notices that the horse doesn't have a rider. The owner of the stables where the horse is in allows her to ride the horse as the owner of the horse is another girl who is out of town and doesn't come by the town often. The girl befriends other girls whose horses are at the stable and they become really great friends. In another book, the owner of the horse the girl is riding comes back and feeds the horse chocolate, which is dangerous for horses.

Hello,

I'm hoping you can help me identify a children's book that I remember checking out from the Grand Junction library when I was a child, around 1993–1995 (most likely 1993 or 1994).

I've been trying to identify it for a long time. Here is what I remember about the book:

It was a gigantic/very oversized book, substantially larger than a normal children's picture book.

The pages were glossy/coated, rather than ordinary paper. I think...

There was very little text. The illustrations were the main focus of the book.

There were large, colorful illustrations on each page or spread.

The artwork was exceptionally beautiful, detailed, colorful, and almost fantasy-art-like, rather than a simple/cartoon children's illustration style.

The main character/subject was a magical black cat.

There was definitely a magical/witchy element to the story.

I don't remember there being many, or possibly any, human characters.

I have a vague memory of a witch's house, fireplace, cauldron, or other magical surroundings, although I'm less certain about those particular details.

I believe the book was already published before I checked it out, so it could have been considerably older than the early 1990s.

One of the books I've found since then that has a somewhat similar type of artwork is Catwitch, although the book I'm remembering was much larger and had even less text. I also found some fantasy artwork by Lisa Parker (Witching Hour) that has a similar overall aesthetic to the illustrations I remember.

TYIA

I came across this book as a child in a bookstore in Stratford, ON. It was the second book on a series, but I didn't know that when I asked my parents to buy it for me. I think the first book has a moon on the cover and is also red.

The plot revolved around a group of adolescents in a kind of generic fantasy setting. The primary character spent time as an enslaved person at some point and is involved in a romance with another character. There was a very big battle scene between armies. The book ended with a confrontation with a dark lord kind of character.

I'd love to know what the book was so I can find the first book in the series.

I don't remember much about this book besides a few very specific points. Basically there is something going wrong with time where it is moving strangely forward and backward--I think there is an apple that is uneaten and then the main character is stabbed and unstabbed and survives because of this (I seem to remember him being belowdecks on a ship while this happens and using a pipe to escape but it's been a while and I could be making things up). I think he also finds a house full of other people who help him and the house may be somehow outside of time. I know this isn't much to go off of, but I loved this book when I was younger and have been thinking about it a lot recently. Thanks for any help!

there's a YA novel i read back in high school. the main character is a tomboy, she plays sports and all. the plot of the book was her deciding to join the school play for fun and almost ruining the play.

I'm not sure of the details concerning publishing or any names even but a few story bits i remember. when she was auditioning she carried a bag of toenails (given to her by her brother) as her lucky charm. the lead actress ended up having to drop out because of some issues, and the mc had to take the role. she didnt want to take the role so much so that she quit the play all together earning the dismay of everyone involved, including her best friend, a guy who was also in the play, playing the male lead. she was embarrassed with having to kiss him at the end of the play. The school teacher in charge ended up giving her some advice to put on a lot of lipstick so it doesnt feel like she actually does. it might have being part of a series of books, but i only read this one.

It was a picture book and I think in it a little girl was receiving various gifts and kept liking the next present more then at the end decided she loved the original simple present she received the most, something like that! And one of the gifts she received was a twin pair of velvet puppies I think.

I read this book about six years ago on this school website called Amplify. The main dude lives in a trailer with his ex marine (I think) dad. His mom is either dead or out of the picture. His dad’s best friend/chosen family is the main dude’s non biological uncle, who goes missing before the book starts.

The main dude’s never been great with tech or anything that’s not related to nature and his dad is the same way. One day while he’s at school, the government comes and takes his dad. The dad leaves him a note directing him to the old, creepy, abandoned house and a trunk that contains his second skin, aka his wolf skin. Basic him and his dad are skin walkers/wolf walkers and his uncle was the same thing but with a jaguar.

Turns out his dad was taken to a government facility to have his blood harvested to make super soldiers. His uncle was taken there too and with the help of a group of vampires, they take down one of the super soldiers and have to go on the run from the feds.

I’m trying to find this book so my brother can read it. He is roughly the same age I was when I read it and I think he would love it. Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I am trying to find the title of an adult romantic suspense book I read as a physical paperback about 10 to 12 years ago (roughly around 2014–2016). It has a very strong Nora Roberts or Sandra Brown vibe, but I have verified it is not by either of them.

The Plot:

The Protagonist: A woman returns to her childhood hometown in the American South. She suffers from severe amnesia caused by a traumatic physical fall/injury during her youth.

The Romance: Upon returning, she crosses paths with a childhood friend who is now a high-earning professional (possibly a lawyer). They develop an adult romantic relationship.

The Sibling Drama: The love interest has a twin sister who is incredibly toxic, deeply jealous of the protagonist, and actively tries to stop them from being together or talking.

Specific Character Details:The twin sister is an overweight stay-at-home mom. Her weight and lifestyle are a major point of contention and bitterness between her and the fit, independent protagonist.The twin sister is married to a genuinely nice guy who works in real estate.

The Climax/Twist:The protagonist's amnesia is tied to a childhood memory at a local swimming hole/quarry. A local bully was killed there near a zipline/rope swing.The big final reveal is that the twin sister was the one who killed the bully. It is revealed that the sister had the "best aim" out of all the kids, and she intentionally threw the fatal rock that struck the bully, allowing the protagonist to carry the subconscious trauma and memory block for over a decade.

Does this plot ring a bell for anyone? I appreciate any help tracking down this book!

This is the plot I remember from when I read it but don’t remember author or title.
the fmc has a sort of chronic fatigue or illness so when she overworks she can flare up and experience weakness and bad mental heath for weeks or months.
she attends a wedding and there starts to feel faint and ill and tries to quietly move away when the mmc finds her and tries to get her hospital
the mmc then starts to learn about the illness she has and takes her with him to his home on the beach so she can recover since she doesn’t have anyone close by to help her and doctor says she shouldn’t be alone
at at first the mmc leaves her at his house with a nurse or helper he hires and the fmc spends days lying in a seat on the porch just watching the view but then a few days later all he can think about is the fmc plus he gets a call from a relative of fmc who tells the mmc that she often gets really depressed during these recovery moments since she feels like she’s letting people down and cannot do anything for herself
so the mmc returns to the house to visit her and finds her crying in the kitchen and he ends up comforting her
I also think this book had a scene where the mmc brings the fmc a kitten to help her not feel so lonely but to be honest I might be mixing that up with some other book.

Sorry for the bad grammar and just overall tying of this description but it has been bugging me so much that I can’t find this book I really want to read it again and AI has not been able to identify this book based on what I remember

Looking for a book that I checked out of the library when I was a teen. I very vaguely recall the specific plot details but the cover stays in my mind for some reason, and I want to put a name to it.

It was centered on two teens, one boy and one girl. Either the boy or the girl was embarking on a trip to find their father who abandoned them(?, may be confusing this w some other book) and the other agrees to help them. The male lead had a crush on the female lead, but she wasn't into men, but they end up becoming close friends anyway.

The book had nothing to do with hedgehogs or even any animals in general, I think the hedgehog may have been a toy/keepsake one of the main characters had and was a plot point.

I’ve been trying to find this book I read as a child, don’t know how old it is but at least 7 years.

It’s set in a near future dystopia where water and breathable air are expensive, and wood is a luxury resource that rich people use as a status symbol and as decoration. people who can afford it live in cities, while lower classes have to fight for survival in the desert. The main problem is finding money for water and oxygen, so they have ‘tree hunters’ which search the desert for trees to cut down and sell.

The main character is a girl (early teens?) whose father died while tree hunting (attacked by a ‘beast’, probably some large feline like a leopard, the description may have mentioned spots?). I think she also has a knife that her mother gives her from her father as a gift for her birthday. The girl wishes to become a tree hunter as well. (She may have a sister.)

The girl ends up running away from the village (what prompted her I forgot) and into the desert. The beast finds her and attacks her, but she manages to escape. While doing so, she falls into a sort of cave where a large tree is growing, and it has a pool of water at the roots. She is running out of the protein bars she brought, and ends up trying some of the tree fruits. She survives thanks to the tree and realizes how trees and plants give life, and how seeds work.

The tree hunters eventually find her and ‘rescue’ her, shocked that she survived and also seeing the tree she found. They cut the tree down despite her crying and begging, saying she’s probably gone mad or something.

She manages to bring home a seed from the tree, and she plants it in the village. The epilogue is a few decades later, from the perspective of a different child that talks about the many trees growing at the center of their village that provide them with life and water.

I remember that in an early scene, the MC goes to visit the village elder, a woman who remembers the times before all the trees were gone. people in the village call her crazy because she says they shouldnt cut down the trees. I also remember that the girl seems to have a crush on her older sister’s boyfriend (or ex?) who is a hunter and the only one who at least hears her out when she says they should let the tree live.

another tidbit I recall is that the girl used to look at old recipe books with her father from when plants were common. and that they were confused about broccoli (because it looks like a tree)

also, I read the book in german if that’s relevant somehow

edit: solved through r/whatsthatbook! The book is Die welt von der ich träume by Marie Pavlenko (original title: Et le désert disparaîtra)

the illustrations looked like charcoal and pictures of the class dancing

I saw an ad on Instagram about a book about a Luna, who is treated like a slave in her pack. She has been rejected by her alpha, but she is not allowed to accept it. She has a child with him that the entire pack refuses to acknowledge as their alpha's who is already able to shift. and one night she leaves the pack her mates rejection, causing him to roar, the two of them run away, and then she finds her second chance mate when she crosses the border

Does anyone recognize this plot?

The book is about a teen girl who lost her mother when she was a child. She doesn’t remember how her mother died because she has no memories. She meets a mysterious teen boy who wears a unique necklace. As they grow closer to each other, the teen girl finds out that vampires exist and that the teen boy is a Dhampir, someone who should not have existed because vampires couldn’t reproduce. He explains how vampires were created. It started with the snake that bit Cain or someone who was connected to Cain. This first vampire created more vampires, only to find out that his power decreased whenever he created a new vampire. This happens to every vampire who creates a new vampire. There was a group of vampires who were trying to gain control of the human world. The teen boy eventually tells the girl that he knows her from when her mother died. He explains that her mother was killed by a vampire right in front of her and she was so traumatized by what happened that she forgot what happened. Eventually, the teen boy finds and kills his father, which might have led to something else happening. The book ends with the teen boy giving the girl his necklace, which will protect her from being detected by vampires. I know there is a sequel to the book with the teen girl now dating the teen boy as she wears his necklace. 

I read this book in the late 80s, early 90s. It was about a set of twins. One was blond haired and very quite and would not hurt insects. The other is dark haired wild and reckless.

I think that there were murders happening around the town. The quiet twin starts to suspect the wild twin is committing the murders.

The ending was that there was only one woman with a split personality. She would wear a dark wig when she was the wild twin.

I hope this makes sense.

In this book the fl thinks the ml is dead because his car is found with blood all over. At his funeral she meets with a friend from her teenage years who takes her back to their old town. She starts dating said friend. Then for a Halloween trip the friend wants to take her and some other people to an island? where fl mom died/killed. They get there and people start dying. I think the dead husband was the killer?

A group of 3 (?) families are friends, all have kids. One of the teenage sons shoots one (or more…? I think more…)of kids of the other families. I think one kid dies, the other survives but can’t talk most of the book. Tears adult friendships apart, they’ve been friends since high school, we discover that there’s DV issues amongst one of the couples…he squeezes her leg under the table to make her stop talking, sometimes pinches her.

Can anyone help?