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Author
Series
Invincible Girls Club volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
While volunteering at an animal shelter, Lauren and her three best friends--Ruby, Myka, and Emelyn--plan a cupcake adoption event to help older dogs find a home, but the big day does not go as planned.
Author
Series
Wishing Tree volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Until Camryn Neff can return to her "real" life in Chicago, she's in Wishing Tree to care for her twin sisters. She's not looking for forever love, not here. But handsome hotelier Jake Crane is a temptation she can't resist, so she suggests they pair up for the season. No golden rings, no broken hearts. At his side, she sees her hometown through Christmas-colored eyes. The cheer is cheerier, the joy more joyful. She thought she had put her future...
4) Puppy love
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sophie Vasquez and her sisters dreamed up Puppy Promise-their service puppy training school-it was supposed to be her chance to bring some good into the world. But how can she expect to do anything when no one will take her seriously? Enter Harrison Parks: a rough, gruff, take-no-bull wildlife firefighter in need of a diabetic service dog. He couldn't be a more unlikely fit for Sophie or Bubbles--the sweet Pomeranian she knows will be his perfect...
Author
Series
Murder is forever volume 2
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"HOME SWEET MURDER. Lawyer Leo Fisher and his wife Sue are a sixty-one-year-old couple enjoying a quiet Sunday dinner at home. Until a man in a suit rings their front door claiming to be an SEC agent. By the end of the evening, two people will be shot, stabbed, and tortured. And two others will fare worse . . . "-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Princess Mini can't believe her eyes! She spots a baby narwhal named Spice on the shores of Ice Cream Isles and discovers that he's lost. His family lives far away in the North Sea, and he doesn't know how to find them. Mini wants to help, but she will need her friends on this dangerous journey. Will there be a happy family reunion for Spice, or will Ice Cream Isles be his new home?"--
8) Bittersweet
Author
Series
Home sweet home (Shirlee McCoy) volume 3
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Caring family and friends, tranquil streets--ex-prosecutor Willow Lamont wishes these could make her feel truly at home. She's back to help her grandfather manage Chocolate Haven, a long held dream come true. But she's struggling to make their unique fudge--and to cope with a secret trauma that haunts her. Yet when she finds an abandoned baby who breaks her heart wide open, she wonders how long she can hide her emotions--especially from warm, handsome,...
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 40
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie can't wait to get to her best friend Maria's cabin for some rest and relaxation. When they arrive, the girls discover a box of three puggle puppies waiting for them. Lizzie loves taking care of the sweet dogs but it is a lot of hard work. Will Lizzie be able to find these cute cuddly...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The long-awaited new book from the best-selling and beloved author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook--a collection of essential recipes for meals you'll want to prepare again and again. Deb Perelman is the author of two best-selling cookbooks, the OG of the culinary blogosphere, the homegrown brand with more than a million Instagram followers, the self-taught cook who obsessively tests her recipes until they're perfect. Here, in her third book, Perelman...
11) Heart's ease
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Heart's Ease is the loveliest house anyone knows and home to the fortunate Blyth family. Siblings Felicity, Charity, Honor and Bruno enjoy a blissfully happy childhood there before life pulls them in very different directions. Beautiful Felicity gains her handsome husband, delightful children and elegant London house, but all is far from perfect ... Charity, the clever one, lives for her work, with no time for emotional involvement, until the least...
Author
Series
Wind River Valley romances volume 7
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After a harrowing tour of duty in Afghanistan, Army nurse Lily Thompson escapes to Wind River Ranch to find herself once more. Working as a caregiver to foreman Jake Murdoch's elderly mother, Lily almost feels at peace --- except for the unsettling presence of Jake, a tight-lipped, intimidating man everyone calls Bear. But one look in the powerful ex-Marine's eyes and Lily glimpses a vulnerability that shakes her soul: a hurt she understands all to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"At many animal shelters, older pets are often overlooked in favor of puppies and kittens. But you'll find only dogs over the age of six at the Senior Dog Sanctuary of Maryland. Mino, Jack, and Buffy are three dog roommates at the SDS, each having a unique personality but all of them in need of a new home. For every dog at SDS, the road to release is a different one but always features rescue, recovery, rehabilitation, and ultimately release. Join...
Author
Series
Rocky Mountain riders novels volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
As a single mother, Naomi Sullivan is used to doing things on her own. She's finally saved enough from working at the Cortez Ranch to buy a lovely home for her and her little girl. Life is going as planned. But when her high school sweetheart comes riding back to town, this self-sufficient woman feels something she hasn't felt in years: red-hot, unbridled need for the handsome cowboy who left her behind. Lucas Cortez doesn't plan on being in town...
17) Return to Glory
Author
Series
Home to Glory volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin HQN
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In Glory, Kansas, the best bakery in three counties not only brings together ingredients for sweet treats, but is the place where -- through the powerful mix of friendship, community and a well-stocked kitchen -- a wounded hero can forge a forever kind of love. Back in the hometown he left behind five years ago, Jack McConnell has returned battle-scarred and feeling like half a man. But Betsy Lewis only sees the hero who once saved her life and set...
18) Love me sweet
Author
Series
Bell Harbor novels volume 3
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Delaney Masterson isn{u2019}t looking for fame. Yes, she has famous parents and a reality TV show, but she{u2019}s not the wild-child celebrity the paparazzi have painted her to be. Until{u2026}The Scandal. When an old boyfriend releases a private video, Delaney{u2019}s name becomes every comedian{u2019}s favorite punch line. To escape the media, she sneaks away to Bell Harbor, Michigan{u2014}during the worst winter in fifty years. Adventure show...
Author
Series
Silverado Lake volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Shy and sensible romance writer Jane Harding's carefully ordered life is crumbling around her. With her latest novel due and her teaching contract at an end, returning home to help plan her best friend's wedding is a welcome distraction. Yet when Jane discovers that the too-hot-to-handle boy who once tempted her is now the best man -- and the rodeo circuit's sexiest bull rider -- her distraction is in danger of becoming a disaster . . .Toby Garrett...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Everyone in rancher Danny Miller's life wants to know how he feels about his teenage flame returning to Morgan Valley, California. Danny wishes he knew. After the disastrous ending of their relationship, and Faith's choice to leave town all those years ago, Danny's rebuilt his life without her. But he's about to have a very practical reason for needing her in it again -- despite the very impractical desire she inspires once he lays eyes on her. Faith...
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