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Author
Series
Midwives (Laurie Alice Eakes) volume 2
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"All Phoebe Lee wants out of life is to practice midwifery in Loudon County, Virginia. But when she refuses to accompany her pregant sister-in-law to help save her husband from prison during the War of 1812, Phoebe finds herself pressed aboard a British privateer."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
""Sam Thomas has created one of the most unique sleuths in modern mystery fiction." -The Plain Dealer. In this thrilling new mystery from the critically acclaimed author of The Witch Hunter's Tale, midwife Bridget Hodgson travels to London where she's forced into a new profession-as a spy. It's 1649. Three years have passed since midwife Bridget Hodgson and her deputy Martha Hawkins fled York for the safety of the English countryside. But when a mysterious...
23) Sarah's gift
Author
Series
Pleasant Valley volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Unjustly imprisoned for the death of her client, midwife Julianne Chevalier is exiled to the French colony of Louisiana in 1720. She marries a fellow convict in order to sail, but when tragedy strikes--and a mystery unfolds--Julianne must find her own way in this dangerous land while bearing the brand of a criminal"--
Author
Series
At home in Trinity volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, A division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In 1830s small-town Pennsylvania, midwife Martha Cade's world changes when she faces tense relationships, a new doctor in town whose arrival threatens her job, a town scandal, and an unexpected romance"--
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who found herself at the center of a murder trial"--
"Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Midnight Ink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The winter of 1889 is harsh in Amesbury, Massachusetts, but it doesn't stop Quaker midwife Rose Carroll from making the rounds to her pregnant and postpartum mothers. When Charity Skells dies from an apparent early miscarriage, Rose wonders about the symptoms that don't match the stated cause of death. She learns that Charity's husband may be up to no good with a young woman whose mother appears to offer prohibited medical procedures. A disgraced...
Author
Series
Women of Lancaster County volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A desire to learn about her biological family leads nurse-midwife Lexie Jaeger to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. There she meets a mysterious lay-midwife who needs her help after an Amish client and her baby die.
Author
Language
English
Description
Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine and eager to run away from her recent heartbreak, Mary leaves home and travels to Washington, D.C. to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Under the guidance of surgeons William Stipp and James Blevens, Mary resists her mother's pleas to return home and pursues her medical career...
Author
Series
Midwife mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015, ©2014.
Language
English
Description
Winter has come to the city of York, and with it the threat of witchcraft. As women and children sicken and die, midwife Bridget Hodgson is pulled against her will into a full-scale witch-hunt that threatens to devour all in its path, guilty and innocent alike. Bridget--accompanied once again by her deputy Martha Hawkins and her nephew Will Hodgson--finds herself playing a lethal game of cat and mouse against the most dangerous men in York, as well...
Author
Series
Hope Beach novels volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The charming Rosemary Cottage on the beach offers Amy Lange respite she needs to mourn her brother, Ben. She{u2019}s even thinking of moving her midwife practice to the Outer Banks community. It{u2019}s always been a refuge for her and her family. She also wants to investigate Ben{u2019}s disappearance at sea. Everyone blames a surfing accident, but Amy has reason to wonder. Coast Guard officer Curtis Ireland has lost a sibling too. His sister, Gina,...
Author
Series
William Murdoch mysteries volume 2
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"One warm summer day in 1895 Toronto, Dolly Merishaw is found dead on her parlour floor, apparently having hit her head in a drunken fall. But Detective William Murdoch soon finds evidence that she may have been murdered. When he learns of her past as a midwife and abortionist, he is not surprised she's been murdered, because although she kept quiet about her clients, her contempt and greed often left them angry and resentful. But when a young boy...
Author
Language
English
Description
Seduced by her employer's son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to "the land beyond the seas," Van Diemen's Land, a penal colony in Australia. Though uncertain of what awaits, Evangeline knows one thing: the child she carries will be born on the months-long...
Author
Series
Keepsake pocket quilt novels volume 2
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Grace Blauch is skilled at midwifery--and crafting quilts that help others pass on messages of enduring family love. But a disfiguring birthmark keeps the young Amish woman from a husband and home of her own--until Mark King arrives from another community. His helpfulness and independent nature earn Grace's respect. And he finds her outspoken ways and determination to do right irresistibly appealing. Soon Grace is planning a wedding quilt of her...
Author
Series
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"From 1950 until 2001, Lovie Beard Shelton practiced midwifery in eastern North Carolina homes, delivering some 4,000 babies to black, white, Mennonite, and hippie women; to those too poor to afford a hospital birth; and to a few rich enough to have any kind of delivery they pleased. This is a provocative chronicle of Shelton's life and work, which spanned enormous changes in midwifery and in the ways women give birth"--
Author
Series
Hope River novels volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When midwife Clara Perry's life takes a nosedive, she runs away to start over again in a place where no one knows her, or about the mess she's left behind in West Virginia. Heading to tiny, remote Seagull Island in Canada, Clara is ready for anything. Well, almost. -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock--the "Widow of the South"--has quietly built a new life for herself as a midwife to the women of Franklin, Tennessee. But when her ambitious, politically-minded grown son, Theopolis, is murdered, Mariah--no stranger to loss--finds her world once more breaking apart. How could this happen? Who wanted him dead? Mariah's journey to uncover the truth leads her to unexpected...
Author
Series
Hope River novels volume 4
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The women of Hope River trust midwife Patience Hester, whose skill in delivering babies is known for miles around. But though the Great Depression is behind them, troubles are not, for Europe is at war{u2026}and it can only be a matter of time before the U.S. enters the fray. And while some are eager to join the fight, Patience's husband, Daniel, is not. Daniel is a patriot{u2014}but he saw too much bloodshed during the First World War, and has vowed...
Author
Series
At home in Trinity volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In small-town Trinity, Pennsylvania, 1831, Martha Cade tries to balance the demands of her calling as a midwife, the delicacy of private information she learns in that role, and the hopes and expectations she has for her daughter and for herself"--
Author
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Germany, 1944. A prisoner in the labor camps, Anke Hoff is doing what she can to keep her pregnant campmates and their newborns alive. But when Anke's work is noticed, she is chosen for a task far more dangerous than she could ever have imagined. Eva Braun is pregnant with the Führer's child, and Anke is assigned as her midwife. Before long, Anke is faced with an impossible choice. Does she serve the Reich she loathes and keep the baby alive? Or...
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