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1) Bleak House
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 67
Language
English
Description
"In Bleak House, competing claims of love and inheritance--complicated by murder--have given rise to a costly and decades-long legal battle that one litigant refers to as 'the family curse.' The insidious London fog that rises from the river Thames and seeps into the very bones of the characters symbolizes the pervasive corruption of the legal system and the society that supports it, targets of Dickens's satirical wrath."--P. [2] of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Helen and her summer guardian, Flora, are isolated together in Helen's decaying family house while her father is doing secret war work in Oak Ridge during the final months of World War II. Their relationship and its fallout, played against a backdrop of a lost America will haunt Helen for the rest of her life.
4) The proposal
Author
Series
English garden series (Lori Wick) volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
5) The guncle
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), loves his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for visits. But in terms of caretaking and relating to two children, Patrick is honestly out of his league. So when tragedy strikes and Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick's brother has a health crisis, Patrick finds himself taking on the role of primary guardian. Quickly...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sarah Cain is a strictly modern woman living in Oregon and developing a burgeoning career in real estate. Her sister Ivy left to pursue a plain life in Amish country twelve years ago. When Ivy dies, Sarah is shocked to learn that she has been appointed guardian of her sister's five children.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When single attorney Steven Creed becomes guardian of an orphaned five-year-old boy, he trades his big-city law firm for a ranch near his McKettrick kin in the close-knit community of Stone Creek, Arizona. Steven takes on the pro bono defense of a local teen and meets his match in the beautiful county prosecutor Melissa O'Ballivan.
Author
Series
Veteran movers volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Evan Griffith has had many careers in his life. But who knew working for his family's moving company would hold just as much action as his stint in the Marine Corps? On an unforgettable job, Evan finds himself taken by a teenage conman and confronted by a woman wielding a knife - and promptly falls head over heels for her. Kenzie Sykes is doing her best to raise her little brother and keep him out of jail - all while dealing with her own broken heart...
10) Fin & Lady
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books; Farrar,Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the Greenwich Village of 1964, eleven-year-old Fin moves in with his glamorous, careless older sister, and it's hard to tell who's raising whom.
11) Four in hand
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After roguish Max Rotherbridge is saddled with four young wards, he must figure out a way to protect the Twinning sisters from his equally disreputable friends while winning the heart of the captivating Caroline Twinning.
12) Dark tribute
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestseller Iris Johansen is back with another high octane thriller that will leave your mind racing and your heart pounding. Despite her tragic childhood, violin prodigy Cara Delaney has finally found peace in her career as a professional musician and stability in her relationship with her guardians, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy SEAL Joe Quinn. If only Jock Gavin, Cara's lifelong friend and a man with his own twisted history,...
13) Forbidden love
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2013, c1997
Language
English
Description
Megan Kinkead returns to her family's estate in rural Ireland, much to the surprise of her childhood guardian, Justin Brant, Earl of Weston, who must struggle to stay true to his role as protector-- and as husband to another woman.
16) Dark secret
Author
Series
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Rafael De La Cruz, an immortal Carpathian, is determined to possess the fiercely independent and mortal Colby Jansen as his own.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Anne was not best pleased when her godmother's family dealt with their troublesome ward by shipping her off to school. After years of being ignored by the aristocratic young Debenham brothers, a bit of revenge may be in order. Especially that arrogant, overbearing, insufferable Charles needs a lesson, and Anne is determined to teach it to him.
Author
Series
Brides of Bellaire Gardens volume 2
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When his charge, heiress Clarissa, the daughter of a notorious rake, and her beautiful, yet penniless, half-sister Isobel launch themselves into society against his wishes, the new Earl of Salcott must protect Clarissa from fortune hunters while dealing with the sharp-witted, rebellious and utterly intoxicating Izzy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Cameron Shaw knows exactly what he's doing when it comes to coaching high school boys on the football field, but caring for a six-year-old girl is a whole different ballgame. When a gorgeous, highly opinionated woman shows up with his niece in tow and claims he's Piper's new guardian, Cameron's first response is "hell no." But he can't abandon a little girl who just lost her mother...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Caroline Shelby left Oysterville, Washington ten years ago to launch a career in the fashion world of Manhattan. Scandal and tragedy have forced her back, with Addie and Flick, the two orphans she is legal guardian for. But Oysterville - and her family - has changed. Will Jensen, a decorated Navy SEAL wounded overseas, has also returned. His wife Sierra, Caroline's best friend, is also reinventing herself as her modeling jobs dry up. At the sewing...
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