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2015.
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In Emily March's new novel set in her beloved Eternity Springs, a woman who has given up on dreams of a family meets a man who needs her to complete his own. Town physician Rose Anderson hides a well of sadness behind her cheerful and capable professionalism. Heartbreak has only reinforced her belief that marriage and children aren't in her future. Yet she's a woman with a pulse, and when sexy, brooding artist Hunt Cicero shows up at her office with...
82) Red mist
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. The murder of an Atlanta family years ago, a young woman on death row, and the inexplicable deaths of homeless people as far away as California seem unrelated. But Scarpetta discovers connections...
83) Autopsy
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Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has returned to Virginia as the chief medical examiner. After just weeks on the job, she's called to a crime scene by railroad tracks that are unnervingly close to her own historic neighborhood. At the same time, a catastrophe occurs in a top-secret laboratory in outer space, endangering at least two scientists aboard. Scarpetta is summoned to the White House and tasked with finding out what happened. But even as...
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Plastic surgeon Dr. Maria Martinez has Asperger's. Convicted of killing a priest, she is alone in prison and has no memory of the murder. Then she starts to remember images of a strange room and strange people. As Maria gets closer to the truth, she is drawn into a web of international intrigue and must fight not only to clear her name but to remain alive.
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Argeneau series volume 11
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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When vampire Decker Argeneau saves the life of Danielle McGill, who is the target of a group of rogue vampires, he must convince the beautiful doctor that he is her immortal soulmate and destined to love her forever.
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Peachtree Cove novels volume 1
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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When her mom announces she's marrying a man she only just met on a dating app, OB-GYN Dr. Imani Kemp is determined to stop the wedding but met with resistance from her potential stepfather's handsome son to whom she is irresistibly drawn, changing everything.
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Calder brand volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Emotionally ravaged by the loss of his wife and children, former US Army major Logan Hunter heads to Blue Moon to salvage whatever peace he can. Yet settling into his new home is fraught with challenges, especially since Logan's land borders the rival Dollarhide spread, pitting Logan against an adversary who stirs him like no other. From her first encounter with Logan, Dr. Kristin Dollarhide feels an instant connection to the sorrow in his beautiful...
89) Mercy
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2016.
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English
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"Dr. Julie Devereux is an outspoken advocate for the right to die - until a motorcycle accident leaves her fiancé, Sam Talbot, a quadriplegic. He begs to die, but Julie sees hope in a life together. With the help of an organization that opposes physician-assisted suicide, Julie has Sam coming around to her point of view when he suddenly dies from an unexpected heart attack. An autopsy reveals that Sam died of an unusual heart defect, one seen only...
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"Philadelphia, 1875: It is the start of term at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Lydia Weston, professor and anatomist, is immersed in teaching her students in the lecture hall and hospital. When the body of a patient, Anna Ward, is dredged out of the Schuylkill River, the young chambermaid's death is deemed a suicide. But Lydia is suspicious and she is soon brought into the police investigation. Aided by a diary filled with cryptic passages...
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Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Deputy Sheriff Seth Collier is content to serve and protect the citizens of Wickham Falls...until the sexy ex-marine meets his new next-door neighbor. Dr. Natalia Hawkins left the big-city ER for a small-town practice. And while Seth is everything her nasty ex wasn't...Natalia's head says to leave him in the friend zone. But her heart says this may be a second chance at love.
93) Do no harm
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Mother of a kindergartener, married to her police detective soulmate, Emma has a rewarding career as a doctor at the local hospital. When her son, Josh, is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, she is determined to save him. Emma makes the risky decision to sell opioids to fund the life-saving treatment Josh needs. When somebody ends up dead, a lethal game of cat and mouse ensues-- with her own husband leading the chase. With her son's life hanging...
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Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"In this novel, a doctor is faced with an ethical dilemma when her friend's child lands in the emergency room"--
Jess is a stay-at-home mother-of-three with boundless reserves of patience, energy, and love. After being friends for a decade, this is how Liz sees her. But when one of the children lands in the emergency room, Liz is left questioning everything she thought she knew about her friends-- and about herself.
95) Holmes coming
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Amy Winslow discovers a secret laboratory containing a sarcophagus, out of which springs a man who claims to be a real-life detective named Holmes, who, becoming uninspired by 1890s crime, devised this method to hibernate for a century to investigate future mysteries. Amy assumes he's a lunatic; it takes her a while to realize his amazing story is true. Holmes and Amy work together to solve a string of murders being committed by an exquisitely...
96) Under the knife
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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For David Ransom, it begins as an open-and-shut case. Malpractice. As attorney for a grieving family, he's determined to hang a negligent doctor. Then Dr. Kate Chesne storms into his office, dating him to seek out the truth -- that she's being framed. First, it was Kate's career that was in jeopardy. Then, when another body is discovered, David begins to believe her. Suddenly, it's much more. Somewhere in the Honolulu hospital, a killer walks freely...
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Sage Banks has worked hard to escape her sleepy Montana town. But as fate--or her scheming grandmother--would have it, home is exactly where this feisty and brilliant doctor is headed for her residency. When a dreadful car crash brings Sage face-to-face with irresistible star surgeon Dr. Spence Whitman, her childhood crush, the humiliating fact that he's forgotten her altogether only adds to the late bloomer's pain. She wants to hate him but her body,...
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Rocky Mountain riders novels volume 6
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"A COWBOY FOR CHRISTMAS: To save a friend's business, a widow pretends to be engaged to an irresistable bull rider with a famous brother who can bring tourists to their small town."--Provided by publisher.
"A COWBOY'S CHRISTMAS EVE: Even a wild blizzard can't keep cowboy Colin Malloy from spending Christmas with Dr. Anita Cross."--Provided by publisher.
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"Finally feeling like Sea Isle, Scotland is becoming her new home, American doctor Emilia McRoy is delighted when she is invited to a wedding at Morrigan's Castle. Her friends have warned her that it's a three-day party and it's bound to get wild, not to mention the impending snowstorm. Constable Ewan Campbell, owner of the castle, ensures their safety with the blizzard. What he didn't ensure, is that all of his guests would survive the night alive....
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