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"In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it,...
2) The fury
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A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex-movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder -- from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient. This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that's not quite true. At its heart, it's a love story, isn't it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex-movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest...
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Tricked into marrying a stranger and running a ramshackle hotel with him, Amelia agrees to stay for the summer so not to cause the economic downfall of this Greek island's quirky but well-meaning residents, but when the hotel is threatened by a developer, she finally finds something worth fighting for.
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Dark Olympus novels volume 5
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"Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured hands dirty, and she's not about to start now--even if that means marrying Olympus's enemy number one, the new Hephaestus. She has a wicked plan to keep her deadly new husband off-balance, seducing the one person he seems to care about most in this world: Pandora, a woman as beautiful as she is sweet. Two can play the seduction game, however, and Hephaestus is all too happy to put his...
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"On a remote archeological site in Greece, the mythic home of the first Olympics, four women discover an unusual artifact. It's a piece of history that definitely shouldn't exist. And for the head archaeologist in charge, a relic himself, it means something's gone horribly wrong. Elise, Kara, Z, and Patty all find themselves digging here together, but they couldn't be farther apart. Kara's a polished conservator calling off her wedding. Patty and...
8) At any cost
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"Athens-based chief inspector Andreas Kaldis receives a hysterical phone call from his sister, Gavriella, with the distressing news that her daughter, Anna, who's been a college student in horrific New York for only a month, is getting married! Her fiance, nine years Anna's senior, is software engineer Jacob "Jack" Diamantopoulos, born in Greece but now living in Brooklyn. At the request of Kaldis, who's Anna's godfather, Anna and Jack agree to a...
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Epic of Helinthia volume 1
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When a madman seized the throne, the gods on Olympus fell silent, and the island of Helinthia withered into decay... Dargos is sure these events are no coincidence and convinces Kelric and Gadnor to join him in a rebellion against the king, hoping to incur favor with the gods and restore prosperity to their ravaged lands. Confident of their purpose, they embark on a journey to rally support for war, leaving Dargos's sister Gonivein safe behind the...
10) The sleepwalkers
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Still reeling from the chaos of their wedding, Evelyn and Richard check into the sun-soaked Villa Rosa. Already feeling insecure, Evelyn is wary of the hotel's owner, Isabella, who seems to only have eyes for Richard. Isabella disapproves of every request Evelyn makes, seemingly annoyed at the fact that they are there at all. Isabella is also preoccupied with her chance to enthrall the only other guests--an American producer named Marcus and his partner,...
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"It's 1940... Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini sees his image as a world leader overshadowed by Adolf Hitler's European conquests. Determined to demonstrate Italy's strength, he invades neighboring Greece. When his army fails to subdue the Greeks, Hitler is forced to step in to aid the Italians. The invasion sparks a fierce resistance both against fascism and the Nazis. A "Country of Heroes" follows the wartime lives of three university students...
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"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
13) Vacation wars
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Spending the weeks before her sister's wedding in Santorini, Tessa, trying to avoid her sister's matchmaking attempts, finds an ally in her childhood crush, Myles, who works at the resort, and together they navigate their way through their families' antics, discovering their past feelings may have a future.