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A highly trained security guard whose life is falling apart--he is dangerously in debt to a loan shark and has become the target of the infamous Rat Burglar, who steals stolen artworks and returns them to the rightful owners--Otto Starks is drawn into an entertaining heist by Charlie Izzo, an art history professor and the woman he loves.

"Everyone thought we were dead. We were missing for nearly two months, we were twelve. What else could they think?--Lois It's always been hard to talk about what happened without sounding all melodramatic. ... Actually, I haven't mentioned it for years, not to a goddamned person.--Carly May When precocious Lois and pretty Carly May were twelve years old, they were kidnapped, driven across the country, and held in an Adirondack hunting lodge for two...

"Naturalezza" is an Italian word that means "'a way of being, of feeling without always being aware of one's being, '" and as Martina Satriano learns that she may have been born left-handed and that she has many choices in life, including the appearance of her first love and of "all the luscious food she prepares and enjoys with the men who come into her life," she works her way toward "naturalezza."--Jacket. Includes five recipes from Martina's tête-à-tête...

"A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women who fought for our right to choose, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Paris Bookseller. Chicago, early 1970s. Who does a woman call when she needs help? Jane. The best-known secret in the city, Jane is an underground women's health organization composed entirely of women helping women, empowering them to live lives free from the expectations...