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41) Beloved
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Español
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Una madre: Sethe, la esclava que mata a su propia hija para salvarla del horror, para que la indignidad del presente no tenga futuro posible. Una hija: Beloved, la niña que desde su nacimiento se alimentó de leche mezclada con sangre, y poco a poco fue perdiendo contacto con la realidad por la voluntad de un cariño demasiado denso. Una experiencia: el crimen como única arma contra el dolor ajeno, el amor como única justificación ante el delito,...
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"Tragically losing her parents as a child, Lisa Miller has grown up being afraid of loving and losing. She dedicates herself to teaching at an Amish schoolhouse and helping the grandparents who raised her, all the while avoiding the advances of newcomer Paul Herchberger. Paul enjoys antiques and meets Orley Troyer while looking for unique old milk bottles at yard sales. Orley and his wife offer prayers and advice as Paul tries to reach Lisa's closed...
44) Hold on tight
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Series
Bridgeport Social Club volume 3
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Get ready to fall in love with Shelley Shepard Gray's Bridgeport Social Club again, where a poker night is so much more than a game of cards and an extraordinary community of ordinary men and women come together to offer love, light, and hope to everyone they encounter." --Amazon.com.
Jackson Koch lost his wife to cancer, and lost his job when the town's coal mines shut down. Moving across the country, he finds a new life in Bridgeport, Ohio, where...
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Theresa MacLean novels volume 2
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English
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Jillian Perry has been found dead in the woods, leaving behind a husband of three weeks and a young daughter. The police can't determine how she died--but forensic investigator Theresa MacLean suspects foul play. To complicate matters, a former boyfriend of Jillian's unexpectedly petitions for custody of the daughter. Obsessed with Jillian, he also suspects that Jillian was murdered, and now he and Theresa believe Jillian's daughter may be in danger...
47) A sister's test
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Sisters of Holmes County volume 2
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
50) A sister's hope
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English
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Although Martha Hostettler is pleased with the success of her dog breeding business, she really lights up in the presence of Luke Friesen. Unfortunately, her father wants her to steer clear of him. Her dad has already fired Luke and now he's convinced the young Amishman is behind the destruction and mayhem that plagues the Hostettlers. Not content to sit idly by, Martha determines to ferret out the true culprit and exonerate her secret beau. As she...
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Cleveland forensics expert Maggie Gardiner and her partner, Jack Renner, investigate after two young people turn up dead at a secure facility for juvenile offenders.
Rachael Donahue was raised in foster homes, and has been living at Firebird, a secure facility for juvenile offenders in Cleveland. When her body is discovered at the bottom of a stairwell, there's evidence the girl may have been involved with a much older man. Other children are also...
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During a rumschpringe visit to Niagara Falls, Phoebe Miller meets Eli Riehl, who charms her--and everyone else--with his exceptional storytelling ability. When Phoebe sketches scenes to illustrate one of his tales, Eli encourages her talent, and together they embark on a lofty and unlikely business venture for two young Amish people--writing and illustrating a children's book.
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Cincinnati novels (Karen Rose) volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Psychologist Faith Corcoran is desperate to escape the stalker who's made her life a nightmare for the past year - desperate enough to run to the one place that has been her nightmare far longer. Both boon and bane, her recent inheritance of her grandmother's old house in Cincinnati offers sanctuary in which she can start her life anew, but requires that she face the dark memories that still resonate to this day. But she has no idea how close to home...
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Hollows (Kim Harrison) volume 3
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English
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Bounty hunter Rachel Morgan has her hands full fending off the attentions of her blood-drinking partner, keeping a deadly secret from her backup, and resisting the otherworldly attractions of a hot new vampire suitor, when she must make good on her deal with a powerful demon, coming to collect his due.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"With Juliet Brody and Reverend Brook tying the knot in Ohio's Amish Country's most anticipated nuptials of the year, Bailey King is determined to do everything in her power to make the event a sweet success. Except midsummer heat waves and outdoor ceremonies don't mix, and an exasperated Bailey soon finds herself struggling to fulfill bridesmaid duties and keep her stunning marshmallow-frosted wedding cake from becoming a gooey disaster. Then much...
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League of Literary Ladies volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
Description
"For Halloween, the Literary Ladies have chosen to read Washington Irving's spooky classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with its infamous headless horseman. But South Bass Island has its own headless legend--of a Prohibition bootlegger named Charlie "Sleepy" Harlow. Decapitated by rival rumrunners, Harlow appears once a year in spectral form to search for his noggin. This October, the Elkhart Ghost Getters (EGG) have returned to the island. The group...
59) Cooper's charm
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Love at the resort volume 1
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English
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"Before the burglary that shattered her confidence, Phoenix Rose had a fianče, a successful store and a busy, happy existence. After months spent adrift, she takes a job at the lakeside resort of Cooper's Charm. Surrounded by beautiful scenery, friendly colleagues and a charismatic, widowed boss, Phoenix is slowly inching her way back into the world. Visiting Cooper's Charm to check up on her little sister, Ridley Rose impulsively agrees to fill...
60) Ohio: a novel
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"On one feverish, fateful summer night in 2013, four former classmates converge on the rustbelt town they grew up in--a region ravaged by the Great Recession, an opioid crisis, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan--each of them with a mission, all of them haunted by regrets, secrets, losses and love"--
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