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Author
Series
Wilder brothers romances volume 1
Publisher
Brava/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Cameron, Stone, and T.J. Wilder are "three bad-boy heroes who effortlessly mix breathtaking adventure and scorching sex appeal ..." while running Wilder Adventures and Expeditions in the California Sierra Nevada mountains. Accountant Katie Kramer comes for adventure, and soon Cameron and Katie change each other's lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Mira
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
After learning that she needs a liver transplant and that her time may be limited, Callie Vanetta decides to move out to her late grandparents' farm, which hasn't worked in years. Callie fears that making the farm operational may be too much work; but things look up when a handsome, mysterious stranger offers to trade work for shelter. What initially seemed like an ideal temporary situation begins to look more permanent, and Callie has to try and...
3) Old bones
Author
Series
Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Nora Kelly, a young but successful curator with a series of important excavations already under her belt, is approached by the handsome Historian, Guy Porter, to lead an expedition unlike any other. Guy tells his story--one involving the ill-fated Donner Party, who became permanently lodged in the American consciousness in the winter of 1847, when the first skeletonized survivors of the party stumbled out of the California mountains, replete with...
Author
Series
Sequoia Lake (Marina Adair) volume 2
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"There's nothing that single mom Liv Preston won't do if it means making her six-year-old son smile again. After a heartbreaking two years, her little family is due for some fun in the sun. She just didn't expect to find it in the big, rugged, Search and Rescue hero next door--who shows her just how exciting, and sexy, life's adventures can be." -- page [4] cover.
Author
Series
Last ghost novels volume 2
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Emma Rose Finnis has never made peace with her death . . . or with her ghostly afterlife. Finally free from the mansion she haunted for more than a hundred years, she takes on a new, daring form, one that allows her to pass for living among the citizens of the remote Sierra Nevada town of White Bar. But the town is hiding its own deadly truth, buried in its Gold Rush past. As the sleepy town's secrets come to life, they inevitably bring Emma Rose's...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stella Harrison thought she had gotten away from the traumas of her past. Running the Sunrise Lake Resort high in the Sierra Nevada mountains has brought her peace, even though she doesn't truly share her quiet life with anyone. Not even Sam, the hired handyman who notices everything and always seems to know exactly what she needs. Stella doesn't know anything about Sam's past, but somehow over the last two years his slow, steady presence has slipped...
Author
Series
Sierra Falls volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
For Laura Bailey it wasn't easy weathering her teen years at her quaint family lodge in a boondock town at the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. Fleeing for San Francisco the minute she graduated high school seemed like a good idea--until she lost her job and her fiancee. The blow to her pride sent her back to Sierra Falls to figure out her life. But her hometown is undergoing a bit of renovation. A new Sierra Falls resort is posing a threat to the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Vienna Mortenson isn't your typical gambler. She prefers to stay under the radar, using her poker winnings to support her family and her community, including the local search and rescue team, which she heads up. Out in the backcountry there's no time for hesitation when lives are on the line. Vienna prides herself on being tough and decisive. She's not the sort to make a fool of herself over a guy, especially one who left her high and dry without...
Author
Publisher
Shiloh Run Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Three lone wagons on the California Trail become trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains by a sudden snowstorm. Stuck in tight quarters with others makes Cynthia Cooper reevaluate her reasons for being engaged to fellow-traveler Walter Prentice. When a widowed father heading to a California ranch and a gold prospector both show an interest in Cynthia, she has to reconsider here dreams for marriage alongside her responsibility to care for her mother....
Author
Series
Sequoia Lake (Marina Adair) volume 1
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Titania
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Stella Harrison pensó que se había escapado de los traumas de su pasado. Dirigir el Sunrise Lake Resort en lo alto de las montañas de Sierra Nevada le ha traído paz, aunque realmente no comparte su vida tranquila con nadie. Ni siquiera Sam, el personal de mantenimiento contratado que se da cuenta de todo y siempre parece saber exactamente lo que necesita. Stella no sabe nada sobre el pasado de Sam, pero de alguna manera en los últimos dos años...
13) Shotgun Johnny
Author
Series
Shotgun Johnny volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Armed with his weapons of choice--two sawed-off, double-barreled shotguns in custom-made holsters for pistol-quick draws--Shotgun Johnny ain't stopping for no one . . . not unless they want to die. Johnny Greenway was once a family man. A well-respected marshal who always played fair. Then his wife and son were killed by cutthroats. Johnny killed the killers. Then he hung up his badge and picked up a bottle. Now a shadow of his former self, he has...
Author
Series
Shotgun Johnny western volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The top dogs of bestselling western action thrillers hit the bullseye with Shotgun Johnny, a disgraced lawman whose quest for vengeance becomes a legendary fight for justice.Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he'd hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up his badge, and hit the bottle. But a pretty young woman gave him a second chance. Offered him a job riding shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine. Gave him a reason to live. But...
15) Mountain dog
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the High Sierras. But Smoke Jensen and his children, Louis and Denise, won't let a little snow stop them from heading to Reno for the holidays. There are two ways for them to get there: the long way, going around the Sierra Nevada Mountains, or the short way, going right through them. Smoke decides to take a gamble. They'll follow the trail that, decades earlier, brought the legendary Donner Party to...
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