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"Camille Gardener is a grieving--and angry--mother who, five years after her daughter's death, is still obsessed with the privileged young man she believes to be responsible. When her rash actions draw the attention of a secret group of women--the collective--Camille is drawn into a dark web where these mothers share their wildly different stories of loss as well as their desire for justice in a world where privilege denies accountability. Fueled...
2) Alison
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Alison tells the story of a young British woman who, in her twenties, seizes upon the opportunity to escape from her quiet life in Dorset to the thrumming art scene of late-1970s London. But the vehicle for her escape is a charismatic older man whose reputation as an artist and philanderer casts a shadow which will follow Alison for years as she pursues her painting career. Combining immaculate prose and stunning artwork, Alison is a complex love...
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Aly Lockewood, 24, never having told anyone that she is a lesbian, meets Sasha Aronov, 31, who has been out since Junior High school, in a clothing store, both wanting to buy the same plaid skirt. Alison breaks the ice in a most bizarre way, completely taking Sasha off-guard. Meeting over coffee, Sasha won't admit her instant feelings, saying she isn't in a relationship and isn't looking for one, yet offers to mentor and support Aly. Aly admits to...
4) After Sasha
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Single mother Alison Aronov-Lockewood has just found herself face-to-face with a ghost. A living, breathing, ghost-of her lost wife Sasha, and mother to her daughter Lidi. After she manages to get her anxiety under control, she realizes that this apparent apparition is a wonderful woman, a woman of wit and charm, a woman who cares about being an advocate of the children, just as she has become a representative in the legal system of children in honor...
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Alison Hayes is antsy - that's what her mother would have said. The ghosts from her past are walking, and something is coming. She feels it in her bones. Her mother would have made herself a drink and forced the feeling to pass.
For 10 years, she has stayed on the fringe of society, living a quiet, nearly invisible life, working nights as a nurse at the hospital and sleeping days. When her volunteer work at the Crisis Clinic sets her on a collision...
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Alison Hayes is set to fly or flee. When she follows her friend, Cici, to California she hopes it will be the beginning of a new, perfect life. She has spent her days trying to do something better, trying not to repeat the mistakes made by her alcoholic and broken mother. Yet, she is haunted by the only "right thing" she has ever done, being the one thing she couldn't keep.
Can Alison create a new, charmed life in a land, where nobody knows her history?...
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In a changing world is there room for tradition as well as new ways?
Alison Plantaine was born to the theatre. As a child the life she knew was one of back-stage dramas and highly-charged emotions. The desire to perform is in her Plantaine blood. But when Alison learns about her secret heritage it makes her question the path she has chosen.
Meanwhile, tastes are changing and the family passion for acting is losing touch with trends. A war is...
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The post-War shadows are receding – but will they ever disappear?
Love and loss, success and failure, the joy of motherhood and the anguish of rejection – these are the patterns woven into Alison Plantaine's life. But her dedication to the theatre has ensured that her first loyalty will always be to her career. Her son Richard, is old enough to understand that for all her talent Alison most struggles to play the role of mother. Now, having been...
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She has success but at what price?
The year is 1930 and Alison Plantaine is a star. She is thirty, and in the full bloom of her stage career. But she is lonely, and for years no man had been able to compete with the pace and intensity of her life.
Only when she visits Berlin does she find a passion to rival the theatre. She falls madly in love with Richard Lindemann, who opens her eyes to what is happening around her. He shows her the dangers that...
10) On Her Own
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What's the harm in taking a break from protecting the city for one date? Alison is about to find out...
Bounty hunter license in hand and attitude in place, Alison is ready to house-train the city's malevolent magicals. But even a Brownstone needs a little downtime! Cleansing Seattle of the Eastern Union's threat was hard business.
Exhausted and dripping with sweat at the gym, she collides with a man who gets her pulse pounding. Great first impression...
Courting...
11) Drow Triumphant
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It's the beginning of the end. The other Drow princess and queen just don't know it... yet.
It's business as usual for Brownstone Security. Drow threats or not, they still have work to do.
Agent Latherby requests Alison's help on an off the books assignment that is more personal in nature. The government has basically said to leave it be, but after Alison and the team find out what it is, they can't refuse.
It's time to find a ghost ship and any...
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When a Power Broker is threatened, she knows who to call… a Brownstone. Alison and her team have to travel across the world to protect Abigail Wilson, CEO of Aeternum, as she negotiates for mining rights of a mysterious crystal. Drysi Jones comes along for the ride. The simple escort mission turns deadly. They aren't the only ones interested in the crystal's power. Dark wizards attack… again. Haven't they given up yet? Nothing like getting tested...
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What's stronger than magic itself? A Brownstone with a mission.
Brownstone security continues cleansing Seattle's magical mobster underbelly while Alison draws strength from her trusted circle as she fights off the virus draining her powers.
She uncovers the smuggling of magical pets and the harmful side effects of testing savage spells on humans and still has time to chase down her enemies.
It's dirty, dangerous work and leaves her friends the...
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The Seventh Order has been taken out...
Things seem calm. But Alison and her team know better. Trouble's always coming for a Brownstone. Good thing she has an answer for them. Brownstone Security's reputation is spreading, which means more jobs for the growing team. But more money means more mayhem looking for them. Can the team dig deeper and pull out another win?
Between moving in with Mason, training, keeping an eye out for attacks from other...
15) Rise Up
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It's hard to plan a wedding when the bad guys just won't take a hint. Invite only...
Brownstone Security is hired for what should be a relatively simple job. Protect a courier transporting a valuable painting. Nothing about the job is as it seems, and Alison ends up working with the FBI's first witch on the case.
Can they figure out what's going on and settle a score before the painting is lost for good? But that's not all - the CIA is looking into...
16) Dark Reunion
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Sometimes even a Brownstone needs to get away from it all. Did the bad guys not get the memo? Alison Brownstone is on vacation. Do not disturb.
Oh they disturbed.
But when your mom is Shay Carson and she makes two requests of you, you take them seriously.
Go on a father-daughter bounty hunt.
Go on vacation.
How can Alison say no? She can't.
Two Brownstone's on a bounty. That dude's going down hard. One and done. The second task takes our Drow...
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The Bitch is Back
Alison's powers are restored, and her magic is sizzling
Dark Wizards gather in Seattle for a meeting. Alison isn't about to let them set up business in her town. Her friends have her back, even if one of them may be a traitor. A dark wizard escapes the raid. Doesn't he realize a Brownstone won't give up? After he frees the Fremont troll, Alison has to think fast to protect innocents. But wrangling a stone giant wasn't on her agenda....
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Drow Princess for Hire.
Skills include wielding dual magics, stabbing bad guys with the pointy end, and protecting the good people of Seattle from dark wizards.
Also wraps a mean sashimi roll.
The name Brownstone evokes a certain reaction no matter who hears it. And for Alison Brownstone that's both a blessing and a curse.
But it's time for her to step out of her dad's shadow and make a new name for herself.
She just has to decide what...
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Alison Brownstone has the leader's name and is ready to kick ass. Time to take the fight to the Seventh Order dark wizards. Tracking dark wizards is hard but no one is good enough to evade the bounty hunter for long. Unless a friend goes missing first. Shay asks Brownstone Security for help finding Lily and Alison can't refuse. The dark wizards can wait. The team is off to Japan in search of the magical she thinks of as a sister. What should have...
20) Drow Conqueror
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Alison Brownstone is a Drow princess with no ordinary powers. Time to remind a few people just what that means. Kick ass. Don't bother taking names.
Alison is in Mongolia to rescue Mr. D's nephew, but things aren't adding up. Are the other Drow people trying to push Alison and her team away to secure their succession? The Drow haven't learned their lesson about messing with a Brownstone. Any Brownstone.
Still, the challenges keep coming. The Drow...