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Author
Language
English
Description
Julia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen, didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James's seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother's loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness.
2) Cinder
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take onthe Cinderella story.
3) Two Naomis
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Other than their first names, Naomi Marie and Naomi Edith are sure they have nothing in common, and they wouldn't mind keeping it that way. Naomi Marie starts clubs at the library and adores being a big sister. Naomi Edith loves quiet Saturdays and hanging with her best friend in her backyard. And while Naomi Marie's father lives a few blocks away, Naomi Edith wonders how she's supposed to get through each day a whole country apart from her mother....
5) White smoke
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Believing her new home to actually be alive, especially when her brother almost dies, Marigold and her new blended family won't be safe until she brings the truth to light once and for all.
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Every year more American women become stepmothers, just as Dorothy Bass did. In Stepmother, Bass explores the complicated, and oft-maligned, role. Brimming with practical insights from sociology, history, and clinical studies, Stepmother points readers to the central necessary work--the work done in our own heart--so we can find grace and peace.
9) Heart bones
Author
Language
English
Description
"Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself. With only two short months separating her from the future she's built and the past she desperately wants to leave behind, an unexpected death leaves Beyah with no place to go during the interim. Forced to reach out to her last resort, Beyah...
10) Missing child
Author
Publisher
Severn House Pub Ltd
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"When Caitlin Eckhart drops her six-year-old stepson Geordie off at school, it never crosses her mind that he won't even make it to class. But a phone call changes her life forever. Geordie is missing. Marrying Geordie's father, Noah, two years ago, Caitlin hoped to put her past behind her. But as she searches frantically for her stepson, Caitlin uncovers a dark secret--one that further entwines her own tragic past with the Eckharts'. Could it also...
Author
Publisher
Northfield Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Learn how to create a loving and safe environment amidst the unique challenges of a blended family in this new book from Ron Deal and bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages®, Gary Chapman"--
Blended families face unique challenges, and good intentions aren't always enough. Chapman and Deal teach you how the five love languages can help your blended family. From understanding the unique dynamics of stepfamilies, to developing healthy parenting...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Stepmother tells the story of Marianne Lile, who met a man, fell in love, got married, and arrived home from the honeymoon with a new label: stepmom. It was a role she initially embraced--but she quickly discovered she was alone in a difficult situation, with no handbook and no mentor. Here, Lile describes the complexities of the stepmom position, in a family and in the community, and shares her experience wearing a tag that is often misunderstood...
Author
Series
Rosemary Beach novels volume 2
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Just when Blaire allowed herself to fall for her stepbrother, Rush, he revealed a life-altering secret so devastating that she couldn't forgive him. Unable to face him again, Blaire leaves the promise of true love behind in Rosemary Beach and returns to the comforts of her small town in Alabama, wanting nothing more than to put the summer behind her. But unexpected news complicates Blaire's plans, and she's forced to trust the one man she shouldn't....
Author
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From the trusted author of the bestselling DOWNSIZING THE FAMILY HOME, this new book by Marni Jameson guides to couples merging households toward fairly, sensitively, and beautifully blending two homes into one. From learning how to most efficiently clear out a house to seamlessly mixing disparate styles, couples will gain a clear understanding of what matters and what doesn't to arrive at a harmonious blend. Jameson humorously weaves her own experience...
17) Judge's girls
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Beloved Georgia judge Joseph Donaldson was known for his unshakable fairness, his hard-won fortune--and a scandalous second marriage to his much-younger white secretary. Now he's left a will with a stunning provision. In order to collect their inheritance, his lawyer daughter Maya, her stepmother Jeanie, and Jeanie's teen daughter, Ryder, must live together at the family lake house. Maya and Jeanie don't exactly get along, but they reluctantly agree...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew returns with an electrifying new novel about how the past will always find us... "Literary suspense at its finest. Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Baby A wonderfully addictive book with virtuoso plotting and characters - for anyone who loved Girl on the Train, it s a must read. Rosamund Lupton Zoe Maisey is a seventeen-year-old musical prodigy with a genius IQ. Three years...
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