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Virgin River volume 6
Language
English
Description
After five years of being her mother's caregiver, twenty-five-year old Shelby McIntrye is looking forward to fun, college, and the right man-- who is definitely not Luke Riordan, an ex-Army helicopter pilot with commitment problems.
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Series
Montana rescue volume 1
Language
English
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The last thing Search and Rescue helicopter pilot Kacey Fairing needs upon returning home to Mercy Falls, Montana, is to run into her mistakes. After a devastating crash during her recent military tour in Afghanistan, she is emotionally broken but ready to start putting her life back together. She just wants to reconnect with her teenage daughter and spend the summer working as the new lead pilot of PEAK Rescue in Glacier National Park. But her mistakes...
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Series
Firehawks volume 2
Language
English
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The elite fire experts of Mount Hood Aviation fly into places even the CIA can't penetrate. When Australian helicopter pilot Jeannie Clark rescues wildfire photographer Cal Jackson from a raging burnover, she doesn't know she's bringing aboard a firebrand. Cal is quickly recruited for MHA's covert operations that reach far beyond the flames. Together Jeannie and Cal are assigned to an overseas operation with a lot more at risk than burning trees....
Author
Series
Firehawks volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"The elite fire experts of Mount Hood Aviation fly into places even the CIA can't penetrate. Carly Thomas could read burn patterns before she knew the alphabet. A third-generation forest fire specialist who lost both her father and her fiancé to the flames, she's learned to live life like she fights fires: with emotions shut down. Former smokejumper Steve "Merks" Mercer can no longer fight fires up close and personal, but he can still use his intimate...
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Series
Night Stalkers (M. L. Buchman) volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Ace-pilot Captain Emily Beale goes undercover as bodyguard to the First Lady, with her rugged commander, Major Mark Henderson, who is determined to cover her back. Can she learn to keep desire at bay before her covert mission implodes?
6) Wait for me
Author
Series
Montana rescue volume 6
Language
English
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Description
"When two women go missing in the Montana wilderness, Pete Brooks must trust his skills, teammates--and the woman who broke his heart--if he hopes to bring them all home alive."--
A series of mistakes on the job has cost lives, and Pete Brooks isn't sure he wants to continue to work in search and rescue. Ever since Jess Tagg broke his heart, Pete thinks leaving Montana might be the best way to move forward. When Jess-- along with two other women--...
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Series
Firehawks volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Master mechanic Denise Conroy-- with a reputation for being as steel-clad as the aircraft she keeps aloft-- shuns useless flyboys who don't know one end of a wrench from the other. Firehawk pilot Vern Taylor--known for unstoppable charm and a complete lack of mechanical skills-- proves his talent for out-of-the-box thinking with every flight. He's a survivor and a natural-born hell-aviation firefighter. When Denise and Vern crash together in the Central...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"When a special mission slowly unravels, it is up to Kee and Archie to get their team out of an impossible situation with international implications. With her weaponry knowledge and his strategic thinking, plus the explosive attraction that puts them into exact synchrony, together they might just have a fighting chance"--P. [4] of cover.
10) Life flight
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Series
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English
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""A heart-stopping, breath-stealing masterpiece of romantic suspense!"-- Colleen Coble, USA Today bestselling author ***EMS helicopter pilot Penny Carlton is used to high stress situations, but being forced to land on a mountain in a raging storm with a critical patient--and a serial killer on the loose--tests her skills and her nerve to the limit. She survives with FBI Special Agent Holt Satterfield's help. But she's not out of the woods yet.In the...
11) By break of day
Author
Series
Night Stalkers (M. L. Buchman) volume 7
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Two new captains join The Night Stalkers with two different strategies in life, love, and combat. When Brooklyn-raised Kara joins the crew, she knows one thing as an absolute truth: to stay safe, keep everything and everyone at a distance. Born in Texas, Justin knows only one honorable way to make up for losing his first crew to a suicide bomber: he flies with all his heart. When Kara and Justin collide on a top secret mission deep in the Israeli...
12) San Andreas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a magnitude nine earthquake leaves California in ruins, a helicopter pilot and his estranged wife make their way to San Francisco to save their only daughter.
13) Somebody to love
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen years ago, Hunter Knox abruptly left Georgia amid violence and family secrets. He never thought he'd show his face in Blessings ever again, but with his mom on her deathbed, Hunt is back for one final goodbye. Nurse Ava Ridley is surprised when Hunt joins her at his mother's bedside. They were teenagers when she last saw him, and she had a wicked crush on him even then. Although many years have passed, Ava can't help but feel those same butterflies...
Author
Series
Evil thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Brannon Callaham, a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot working for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is a beautiful and tough as the terrain surrounding her. When a small helicopter crashes carrying U.S. Marshal Roark Holland, she must save him and the donor heart he's transporting to a comatose government witness who has crucial information about a large child trafficking ring that threatens to slip into the darkness somewhere along the Appalachian...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Respected biographer Katie Nicholl details the most insightful book on Prince Harry to date, based on exclusive interviews with former Palace aides, courtiers, friends, and family members, and including stories, clandestine lovers, family feuds, and family secrets never before revealed."--Provided by publisher.
16) Chickenhawk
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason[alpha]s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions...
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