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• Ghost

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  Nothing beats Ghost for the iconic scene of the artist creating her pottery and being seduced by her ghostly lover. Romance and drama and haunting unite to create this classic film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore.

• A Brush With Murder

  Abbott, Bailee

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  Also available as an ebook. A Paint by Murder Mystery, first in the series. Izzie and Chloe open an art shop, and the newspaper critic that prints a poisonously negative review of the shop shows up dead in the alley behind the shop. Join this cozy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kill Them With Canvas

  Abbott, Bailee

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  Also available as an ebook. A Paint by Murder Mystery, second in the series. The trio of Izzie, Chloe and her dog Max take their painting business on the road and try to save their aunt from a wrongful murder charge. Keep reading this cozy series…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tin Man

  Winman, Sarah, 1964-

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  Available in multiple formats. It's always just been Ellis and Michael, together until they aren't anymore. Every review of this book says it is sad, poignant and bittersweet. Don't miss it.

• Brush With Death

  MacInerney, Karen, 1970-

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  Another cozy series featuring an artist who doubles as a sleuth, Midnight Ink's top selling, Agatha Award-nominated series about The Gray Whale Inn continues. Start with Murder on the Rocks, then continue the story of Natalie Barnes and her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Get a Life, Chloe Brown

  Hibbert, Talia

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  Available in multiple formats. Talia is this librarian's newest obsession in romance writers. Chloe Brown decides that Red Morgan is just the bad guy to help her knock out some key numbers on her "Get A Life" bucket list. Sexy, gruff and an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sketch Me If You Can

  Pape, Sharon

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  A Portrait of Crime Mystery series, book 1. A police sketch artist teams up with her house's ghostly inhabitant to solve a mystery investigated but never solved by her late uncle.

• The Collector

  Stone, Lane, 1954-

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  Art intrigue starts at the Metropolitan Museum with a murder and a vandalism in distinctive blue paint. Emma is the main character in this globe-skipping race to find the murderer and save the precious art that is being collected and destroyed by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Still Knife Painting

  Hollon, Cheryl,

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  When her ideal business model takes her to Appalachia to create a Paint & Shine shop where clients sip moonshine and paint Southern scenery, Miranda's inheritance seems to serve her well. Until a key player in her business ends up dead in her back…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Like This

  McCade, Cole

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  This second installment in the Albin Academy series by McCade features an art teacher facing off against the gruff, unkind football coach. Both men want to help the imperiled charges at their school, and neither wants to include the other in their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sing Anyway

  Kelly, Anita

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  Daring to be bold, and singing the way they want their life to be is the locus of this sweetly harmonic LGBTQ romance. Karaoke night at Moonie's is when Sam and Lily find one another, but will they have the bravery to keep their duet going after the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Better Than People

  Parrish, Roan,

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  Also available as a downloadable audiobook. When two introverts that only love their pets have their lives intersected, admitting they need each other is a tough task. Contemporary romance about a shy dog walker and the grumpy children's book…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'll Give You the Sun

  Nelson, Jandy

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  Available in multiple formats, and Spanish edition. This young adult Printz Award winner is a story about Jude and Noah, twins that are as different as night and day.

• The Painted Girls

  Buchanan, Cathy Marie,

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  Available in multiple formats. In this stunning historical snapshot of culture, art and change, two young women are forced to find their own way in the glittering world of Paris in the time of Edgar Degas. The main characters are sisters whose…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Starfish

  Bowman, Akemi Dawn,

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  When a young woman wants more than anything to be accepted to a premier art school, her life turns upside down when she is rejected. An opportune invitation from a friend to travel to the west coast and tour schools frees Kiko to find what she was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cat's Eye

  Atwood, Margaret

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  Also available as a downloadable audiobook. A famously controversial artist returns to Toronto to exhibit and face the demons of her past. Freeing herself from the snarl of old friendships and bad memories is necessary to finding her identity as an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Danish Girl

  Ebershoff, David

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  Available in multiple formats, and adapted to a movie on DVD. When an artist on a deadline is trying to finish her painting and asks her husband to stand in for the model, a drama based on the life of Einar Wegener ensues. As the first man medically…Read moreRead more of this annotation