FLOTUS and POTUS Fiction | Round Rock Public Library

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In 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of the wealthiest families in America. Alicia is at once dazzled by the large and charismatic family, in particular the oldest son, a rising politician named Jack. Alicia and Jack are soon engaged, but his domineering father forbids the marriage. And so, Alicia trades Hyannisport for Hollywood, and eventually Rome. She dates famous actors and...

62) The Kennedy debutante: a novel

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Maher, Kerri

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Book, Large Print

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"A riveting novel following the exploits of Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, the little known and rebellious daughter of America's royal family. London, 1938. Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy has already taken England by storm, when she is presented to the king and queen. The effervescent It Girl of London society since her father was named the ambassador, Kick moves in rarified circles--dancing and drinking champagne at the hottest nightclubs and attending the horse...

63) Murder in the oval library

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Gleason, Colleen

Series

Lincoln's White House mysteries volume 2

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With the Confederate Army firing on Fort Sumter, the Civil War has begun--and an invasion of Washington, DC, seems imminent. As the population evacuates, Lincoln's trusted aide, Adam Speed Quinn, hastily assembles a motley crew of just over a hundred men and garrison them in the East Room at the White House. But even as dawn breaks with no rebel strike, a single act of violence intrudes within the White House. One of the Frontier Guard lies dead in...

64) Murder in the Lincoln White House

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Gleason, Colleen

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Lincoln's White House mysteries volume 1

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Abraham Lincoln's inauguration has an unexpected hitch: murder. Fortunately, former frontier scout Adam Quinn is there to investigate.

65) Murder at the Capitol

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Gleason, Colleen

Series

Lincoln's White House mysteries volume 3

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"On Independence Day, the citizens of Washington, DC, are celebrating as if there isn't a war. But the city is teeming with green Union recruits while President Lincoln and his War Department are focused on military strategy to take Richmond in Secessionist Virginia in order to bring the conflict to a swift end. Manassas, Virginia, near Bull Run Creek, is in their sights. The very next morning, as Congress convenes once more, a dead body is found...