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21) River rising
Author
Series
Jazz age series (Dorothy Garlock) volume 4
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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22) The apology
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come. Hak Jeonga has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have...
Author
Publisher
David C Cook
Pub. Date
©2012.
Language
English
Description
Off the field, baseball star Cory Brand is spiraling out of control. One moment... one mistake... changes everything. To save his career, Cory must go back to the town where it all began. His plan is simple: coach the local Little League team, complete a recovery program, and get out as fast as possible. Instead, he runs headfirst into memories he can't escape... and the love he left behind. Cory embarks on a journey of faith, transformation and redemption...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"From debut author Asha Lemmie, a sweeping, heartrending coming-of-age novel about a young woman's quest for acceptance-and the unexpected ally that will change everything-in post-World War II Japan. Kyoto, Japan, 1948. "If a woman knows nothing else, she should know how to be silent. . . . Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist." Such is eight-year-old Noriko "Nori" Kamiza's first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with...
30) Oceans apart
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby's father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant's paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don't know that she -- or their grandson -- exists. When Amelia discovers that the family is wealthy and influential, dare she disclose the truth of her relationship with their son? Or could the celebration...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Old Order Amish wife and mother Jemima has put her marriage and family ahead of herself for years. She's set herself aside. Raising four children, she's followed all the rules and has been patient in looking forward to her time to chase a dream of her own. But when she finds out that her life savings for pursuing that dream is gone--and her husband, Roy, has been hiding a child with another woman--her entire world is shattered. Will she be able to...
Author
Series
Desperate duchesses by the numbers volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Having made a fortune, Thorn Dautry, the powerful bastard son of a duke, decides that he needs a wife. But to marry a lady, Thorn must acquire a gleaming, civilized façade, the specialty of Lady Xenobia India. Exquisite, headstrong, and independent, India vows to make Thorn marriageable in just three weeks. But neither Thorn nor India anticipate the forbidden passion that explodes between them.
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.
36) The professional
Author
Series
Game maker series volume 1
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mafiya enforcer Aleksandr "The Siberian" Sevastyan's loyalty to his boss is unwavering, until he is ordered to protect the boss's long-lost daughter, a curvy, tantalizing redhead who haunts hs mind and heats his blood like no other. Grad student Natalie Porter has barely recovered from her first encounter with the dak and breathtaking Siberian when he whisks her away to Russia, thrusting her into a world of extreme wealth and wanton pleasures. Yet...
38) Philomena
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment]
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In 1952, a young Philomena was sent the convent of Roscrea in Ireland, after giving birth to her first child. When her son became a toddler, the nuns sent him to America for adoption. Philomena then spent the next fifty years seeking for him in vain.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their grandmother dies, Grace and Andrew Easton inherit her sprawling, book-filled London home, Dinmont House. Rather than sell it, the adult siblings move in together, splitting the numerous bedrooms and studies. The arrangement is unusual, but ideal for the affectionate pair--until the day Andrew brings home a new boyfriend. A devilishly handsome novelist, James Derain resembles Cary Grant, but his strident comments about Grace's doctoral thesis...
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