Books with title No Strings Attached

Kit Corrigan always dreamed of being a star. In order to get there, she needs to break up with Billy and leave her family in Rhode Island behind for the bright lights of New York City. After Kit meets with Billy's father, Nate, things get easier - until she realizes that Nate's help comes with "strings attached". Kit soon uncovers a mystery she must solve in order to protect the ones she loves in this stunning story.

From National Book Award winner Judy Blundell, the tale of a sixteen-year-old girl caught in a mix of love, mystery, Broadway glamour, and Mob retribution in 1950 New York.When Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City, she doesn't have much. She's fled from her family in Providence, Rhode Island, and she's broken off her tempestuous relationship with a boy named Billy, who's enlisted in the army. The city doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. She gets a bit part as a chorus girl in a Broadway show, but she knows that's not going to last very long. She needs help--and then it comes, from an unexpected source.

How many strings will fray before a family business falls apart? Nancy, George, and Bess are going on a vacation to Paris, and Nancy’s father pulled a few strings to get the girls some quaint accommodations: a tiny top-floor flat in a small three-story house on the Ile Saint Louis. The first floor of the building is a puppet theater, museum, and shop, owned by twenty-seven-year-old Mimi Loiseau, who lives on the second floor. Mimi’s great-grandmother had always hinted at a unique family treasure, but she died before she could tell Mimi what, or where, it was. Now someone is stealing puppets and vandalizing apartments. Could this someone be looking for the long-lost treasure? Nancy’s on the scene just in time to help save Mimi’s business—and to make sure they all get home in one piece!

How Many Strings Will Fray Before A Family Business Falls Apart? Nancy, George, and Bess are going on a vacation to Paris, and Nancy's father pulled a few strings to get the girls some quaint accommodations: a tiny top-floor flat in a small three-story house on the Ile Saint Louis. The first floor of the building is a puppet theater, museum, and shop, owned by twenty-seven-year-old Mimi Loiseau, who lives on the second floor. Mimi's great-grandmother had always hinted at a unique family treasure. She died before she could tell Mimi what, or where, it was. Now someone is stealing puppets and vandalizing apartments. Could this someone be looking for the long-lost treasure? Nancy's on the scene just in time to help save Mimi's business -- and to make sure they all get home in one piece!

STRINGS ATTACHED is a powerful memoir about resilience in the face of unspeakable tragedy, an inspiring and poignant tale of how one man transformed his own heartache into a legacy of joy for his students.His students knew Jerry Kupchynsky as "Mr. K" - the fierce, foot-stomping Ukrainian-born music teacher who rehearsed them until their fingers almost bled, and who made them better than they had any right to be. Away from the classroom, though, life seemed to conspire against him at every turn. STRINGS ATTACHED takes you on his remarkable journey, from his childhood on the run in Nazi Germany, to his life in America caring for his disabled wife and their two young daughters, to his search for his younger daughter after she mysteriously disappears - a search that would last for seven years. His unforgettable story is lyrically told in alternating chapters by two childhood friends who reconnected decades later: journalist Joanne Lipman, his former student; and Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Melanie Kupchynsky, his daughter.Heartbreaking yet ultimately triumphant, STRINGS ATTACHED is a testament to the astonishing power of hope -- and a celebration of the profound influence one person can have on the lives of others.

Oops, I did it again Leave it to me, Lexi Carmichael, to become a target for an elite organization of cyber criminals simply by being in the wrong place at the right time. As if I weren't already freaking out about planning my best friend's bachelorette party, I now have to keep my eyes peeled for people trying to kill me. After accidentally intercepting a dangerous hack into the NSA and discovering the involvement of a foreign country in said hack, things begin to get seriously complicated. Diplomats, danger and spies, oh, my! With Slash and my loyal friends by my side, I'm in a race against time to stop a team of sophisticated hackers on a deadly mission. My team of geeks is brilliant but derailing an international plot for revenge will take everything we've got.

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS…AGAINLeave it to Lexi Carmichael to become a target for an elite organization of cyber criminals simply by being in the wrong place at the right time. She’s already stressing over planning her best friend’s bachelorette party, and now she has to keep her eyes peeled for people trying to kill her. Diplomats, danger and spies, oh, my!After accidentally intercepting a dangerous hack into the National Security Agency and discovering the involvement of a foreign country, Lexi is in a race against time to stop a group of sophisticated hackers on a deadly mission. Her boyfriend and loyal friends are by her side, but derailing an international plot for revenge will take everything they’ve got.

This sizzling summer collection is filled with hot teens, hot flings, and hot digs.A house at the beach. A bunch of hot strangers. A three-month party that’s off the hook. From the shores of Cape Cod to the beaches of Hollywood Hills, everyone’s all in. From sunrise to sunset, rays to raves, and everything in between—anything goes. It doesn’t matter where the money comes from or whose heart gets broken. This is the summer that’s going to change everything. This collection of two stories of coast-to-coast summertime scandal and drama is sure to satisfy.

Widget is a Frixian who returned to this planet many year after her people abandoned children. They used to protect them, inhabiting soft toys to watch over their young charges, so that they were kept safe from the wicked Goblians.Life changed for everyone. Computer games took over and that favoured soft toy became consigned to the toybox where its Frixian inhabitant could do nothing to protect their child. The child was then totally at the mercy of the Goblians and their hatred, jealousy and tempestuous attitude which would influence the child. Magic slipped from the world as the love of the Frixians and their wisdom was lost.Then by chance Widget came back to Earth in a time, space and dimension travelling space craft, the TAVERN. It ran out of power in a remote area in Mid Wales and there she remained until she and the other crew were awoken from the cryogenic unit when the house's owner reinstated the TAVERN to its former glory.Much was gone, forgotten and the memories merely a whisper in children's minds and in the minds of their parents. The Weaver of Dreams who gave good dreams was but a memory. The Toymaker who made the toys that became the hosts was long gone as there was no need for the toys he made any more. The key to the gateway to the Frixian world was also lost, leaving the Goblians free run of the world.Goblians bring spite, they bring hate, they bring fear, they bring all the bad thoughts that turn one person against another. They value greed, envy, pride, pretentiousness and the need for one person to feel better than another. The children they influenced grew up to value all these things.Widget won't let this go on. She has no physical body but like all other Frixians she can inhabit a body that has been made for her. In her case a puppet which has been adapted. That creativity brought her into being and now with her human and goat friends and her sister Gadget she is determined to save the children from the Goblians and help them to be loving and happy, secure children again.This is the story of her adventures....

From National Book Award winner Judy Blundell, a lethal tale of love, mystery, and the Mob.When Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City, she doesn't have much. She's fled from her family in Providence, Rhode Island, and she's broken off her tempestuous relationship with a boy named Billy, who's enlisted in the army. The city doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. She gets a bit part as a chorus girl in a Broadway show, but she knows that's not going to last very long. She needs help--and then it comes, from an unexpected source.Nate Benedict is Billy's father. He's also a lawyer involved in the mob. He makes Kit a deal--he'll give her an apartment and introduce her to a new crowd. All she has to do is keep him informed about Billy . . . and maybe do him a favor every now and then. As she did in her National Book Award-winning What I Saw and How I Lied, Judy Blundell traps readers in a web of love, deceit, intrigue, and murder. The result? One stunner of a novel.

From National Book Award winner Judy Blundell, the tale of a sixteen-year-old girl caught in a mix of love, mystery, Broadway glamour, and Mob retribution in 1950 New York.When Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City, she doesn't have much. She's fled from her family in Providence, Rhode Island, and she's broken off her tempestuous relationship with a boy named Billy, who's enlisted in the army. The city doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. She gets a bit part as a chorus girl in a Broadway show, but she knows that's not going to last very long. She needs help--and then it comes, from an unexpected source.

A hot summer bind-up filled with new friends, new flings, and hot digs.A house at the beach.A bunch of hot strangers.A three-month party that’s off the hook.From the Hollywood Hills to the shores of Cape Cod, everyone’s all in: from sunrise to sunset, from rays to raves, and everything in-between—anything goes. It doesn’t matter where the money comes from or whose heart gets broken; It’s the summer that’s going to change everything.