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21) Bone crossed
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Car mechanic/shapeshifter Mercy Thompson must protect her friends from vampire queen Marsilia's revenge.
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Accompanying a new series of the hit BBC podcast, a fascinating exploration of how the animal world has inspired human progress via new inventions and solutions that impact our daily lives. Did you know that mosquitoes' mouthparts are helping to develop pain-free surgical needles? Who'd have thought that the humble mussel could inspire so many useful things, from plywood production to a 'glue' that cements the crowns on teeth and saves unborn babies...
23) On-the-go
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Feminist
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Beautiful, full-color photos of kids with disabilities celebrate all types of movement and mobility aids (like wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, prosthetics, and service dogs), while simple, poetic text builds both vocabulary and empathy."--
24) Dark fire
Author
Series
Dark series volume 6
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
[2010], c2001
Language
English
Description
Hired as the mechanic for a traveling troupe of musicians, Tempest, gifted with the ability to communicate with animals, is astounded to discover an overpowering attraction to Darius, the troupe's leader.
25) Dirty for me
Author
Series
Motor City Royals volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ezekiel "Zee" Chase has a complicated past. Born into a family whose wealth grew from the seedy world of big-time crime, he ran away as a teenager and made a home for himself on the streets of Detroit. By day, the mechanic works at a local garage. But by night, he throws down with the best of them in Detroit's gritty underground fighting scene. With all those muscles, he's never had trouble with women--until he meets one who challenges him to the...
26) In your arms
Author
Series
For your love volume 2
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Against her better judgment, Emma, a kindergarten teacher with a straitlaced exterior and an inner wild streak, gets involved with the kind of guy she{u2019}s sworn off of forever{u2014}one who is a rebel, a bad boy and a heck of a lot of fun.
Author
Series
Fast track (Erin McCarthy) volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Pub Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When his on-track wardrobe malfunction becomes an Internet sensation, causing a PR nightmare, Eve Monroe agrees to date Nolan Ford, her race car brothers' jackman, to calm the sponsors, until a wild night in Las Vegas changes everything.
29) Turn up the heat
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"It's not you." There are only so many times a girl can hear those words before she believes that it is, in fact, very much her. Unexpectedly jilted by her locally famous boyfriend and haunted by a boss who makes Attila the Hun look like a lap dog, Bellamy Blake does what any self-respecting girl in her shoes would do. She rounds up her two best girlfriends and makes plans to get the hell out of Dodge. But Bellamy's plan takes a nosedive on the side...
Author
Series
Cottonbloom novels volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When garage owner Jackson Abbott enters into a relationship with his star mechanic, Willa Brown, he finds that the secrets of her past stand in the way of them both having a chance at real and lasting love
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Wind That Lays Waste begins in the great pause before a storm. Reverend Pearson is evangelizing across the Argentinian countryside with Leni, his teenage daughter, when their car breaks down. This act of God or fate leads them to the workshop and home of an aging mechanic called Gringo Brauer and a young boy named Tapioca. As a long day passes, curiosity and intrigue transform into an unexpected intimacy between four people: one man who believes...
Author
Series
Country roads novels volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Things Paige Morrison will never understand about Mirabelle, Florida: Why wearing red shoes makes a girl a harlot, Why a shop would ever sell something called "buck urine", Why everywhere she goes, she runs into sexy-and infuriating Brendan King. After losing her job, her apartment, and her boyfriend, Paige has no choice but to leave Philadelphia and move in with her retired parents. For an artsy outsider like Paige, finding her place in the tightly...
Author
Series
Eternity Springs novels volume 14
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A successful businesswoman returns to her hometown, where she pursues a sexy mechanic with a tragic past.
34) Night hawk
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing his comrade, Sergeant Gil Hanford thought a visit to the man's widow would be the decent way to honor his late friend. But Gil found more than comfort in Kai Tiernan-he had always secretly desired beautiful Kai, but a sudden, mutual passion helped assuage their grief...until duty reared its head, removing him from her amrs, seemingly forever. Four years later, Kai is starting over the Triple H Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Born a rancher,...
35) Gus's garage
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gus's workshop is chockful of useless odds and ends. But when his friend Rico comes over with a problem - his scooter seat is way too small for a rhino - Gus finds just the thing to solve it. He creates a fabulous new vehicular contraption with an old lounge chair! One by one Gus's friends bring him their vehicles and Gus solves their troubles with ingenious solutions - a cooling system made with a fridge that doubles as an ice-cream machine, a burst...
36) Bad neighbors
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Agnes Blythe and her glamorous Aunt Effie must take a break from restoring their inn to rake in the clues when a local mechanic is murdered"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Florist Joey Reeves is working overtime to stay away from Lou Cortez, the ace mechanic with a reputation for irresistible charm. She's a single mom with enough on her plate -- the absolute last thing she needs is entanglement with the hottest guy in town...
38) Trading places
Author
Publisher
Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the outside looking in, socialite Lexi North's life looks decadently perfect, right down to her diamond-dusted nails. But you know what they say about glass houses... When one night goes horribly wrong-with the whole world watching-she's challenged to swap lives with the salty, albeit gorgeous, man she rear-ends with her car. For mechanic Evan Bailey, life is definitely not a party. There's no "daddy's credit card" for fixing up his family's...
39) Storm cursed
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mercy Thompson has opened her garage again and is trying to get back to normal. Of course, now that the Tri-Cities are viewed as neutral ground, all kinds of supernatural beings are heading her way. With her mate Adam Hauptman's firm involved in providing security to a top-secret meeting with the US government and the fae, Mercy is tapped to handle everything else--including reports of a strange witch in town...
40) Phenomenon
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A simple, small town garage mechanic who suddenly develops amazing mental abilities must face governmental investigation, scientific scrutiny, and ostracism by even his closest friends. But with the love and support of a young single mother, he is finally able to accept his lot in life.
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