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1) Next of kin
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Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
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The death of Caro Meredith, an English farmer's wife, has a profound effect on her family.
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English
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The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings
Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted Black "stand-in...
Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted Black "stand-in...
4) Enemy women
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English
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For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family?s avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee. The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women?s prison. But young Adair finds that love can...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
By bestselling British writer Charlotte Bingham, The Chestnut Tree is a sweeping, romantic novel about the women who stayed behind in World War II.
It is the summer of 1939, and the residents of the idyllic Sussex fishing port of Bexham are preparing for war. Beautiful but shy Judy Melton, daughter of a naval hero; her determinedly feckless friend, the social butterfly Meggie Gore-Steward; seemingly demure Mathilda Eastcott, and Rusty Sykes, the...
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The Kelso/McIvey rehab center is a place of hope and healing for its patients—and for the dedicated staff who volunteer there. But David McIvey, a brilliant surgeon whose ego rivals his skill with a scalpel, wants to change all that. His plan to close the clinic and replace it with a massive new surgery center—with himself at the helm—means that the rehab center will be forced to close its doors.
Since he is poised to desecrate...
Since he is poised to desecrate...
12) Up in smoke
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English
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Discover an utterly captivating Midwest murder mystery from a bestselling author.
Grieving Police Chief Susan Wren's never been so pleased to see her cousin, footloose reporter Sean Donovan.
He turns up out of the blue, reeking of whiskey and Irish charm, to tell Susan he's on to something big, a dark secret in Governor Jack Garrett's murky past!
But smooth-talking Sean might be hiding a secret of his own.
A woman's battered body is found, locked...
13) The usual rules
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Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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It's a Tuesday morning in Brooklyn---a perfect September day. Wendy is heading to school, eager to make plans with her best friend, worried about how she looks, mad at her mother for not letting her visit her father in California, impatient with her little brother and with the almost too-loving concern of her jazz musician stepfather. She's out the door to catch the bus. An hour later comes the news: A plane has crashed into the World Trade Center---her...
15) Bombshell
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In an attempt to soothe growing Cold War tensions between America and Russia, Premier Nikita Khrushchev visits the US to see all that his "enemy" has to offer. Top of his to-do list? A trip to Disneyland and an introduction to sexual icon Marilyn Monroe.Thanks to the impossible security requirements, Disneyland is out of the question. Marilyn, on the other hand, jumps at the chance to put on a show for the Russian official. During her appearance,...
17) Alaska twilight
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English
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"Wonderful romantic suspense . . . took my breath away! Readers of Dee Henderson and Nora Roberts will love it!" —Hannah Alexander, award-winning author
USA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble brings her signature blend of suspense and romance to the beautiful—and deadly—Alaskan wilderness.
"You hide behind your camera instead of stepping out and engaging life with both hands. You're
...18) Simple gifts
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English
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Can anything else go wrong? Marlene Queens goes home to Parness Springs, Missouri, to put her late Aunt Beth's house on the market and settle the estate. But once she's back home, Marlene suddenly finds herself in over her head. Her Aunt Ingrid grows more demanding by the day. Marlene discovers her childhood sweetheart is now the local vet and the town's acting mayor. And when a group of citizens want to put up a statue in memory of Marlene's father-the...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time, he was one of Boston's most righteous ministers. Now, in 1875, Joshua Blue is a guilt-stricken man scouring the West to find the sister he drove away with his pride. When the trail leads him to Denver, a beautiful boardinghouse owner might be the key to unlocking past secrets. By sheer determination, Adelaide Clark has raised her young son alone. When Joshua arrives at her door, Adie fears he'll tear her family apart. But soon his...
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Twelve years ago, forensic anthropologist Jamie Cash survived a brutal kidnapping, torture, and rape. After years of therapy, she has made a life for herself - though one haunted by memories of her terrifying past. She finally lets herself get close to a man, FBI agent Dakota Richards, when signs start appearing that point to one frightening fact: her attacker is back and ready to finish the job he started all those years ago. Can whe escape his grasp...
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