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521) Still the one
Author
Series
Publisher
Sunrise Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
"Cole Barrett, former Army Ranger, has a new mission objective. Sell his grandfather's house and put Deep Haven in his rearview mirror as fast as possible. Deep Haven holds the hurts of physical abuse at the hands of his grandfather, a man now in a memory care facility with dementia. Recently divorced, single, and unattached, Cole just wants a new life as a US Marshal. One where he can forget the past and start new. Unfortunately, there's a tenant...
522) Noel Street
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen--a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner--isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to her...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sam, a single mother and working actor with no filter, raises her three daughters, Max, Frankie, and Duke in Los Angeles. She also looks after her mother, Phil, an English expatriate with questionable faculties who lives across the street. Whether she's struggling to keep her daughters close or trying to push one of them out of the nest, Sam approaches every challenge with fierce love, raw honesty, and humor. At the end of the day, Sam's just trying...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Psychiatrist Imani Banks and her restaurateur husband Philip are living the New York City dream. They own a posh townhouse in Brooklyn Heights, their two children are standouts at their private school, and they are well-liked in their affluent community. Tonya Sayre is living the NYC nightmare. After moving to Manhattan with dreams of becoming a Broadway star, she has found herself stuck in a waitressing job and struggling to support her teenage...
Publisher
Hallmark
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A family drama following the O'Briens as they navigate through life's triumphs and struggles with the unwavering support of every family member. From Mick and Megan's rekindled love to Connor's health challenges to who Abby called. Chesapeake Shores is full of romance, drama, laughs, tears, and surprises set amongst the stunningly beautiful, picturesque town of Chesapeake Shores.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Single mum Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaking roof over her head when her boss at the "Island Times" gives her a new assignment - taking over the paper's food column. Hayley's not sure she has the chops--she's an office manager, not a writer, even if her friends clamor for her mouth-watering potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting, and Hayley's chatty first column is suddenly on everyone's menu - with one exception. When rival food...
527) Wild Rose
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Rose-Lynn Harlan is bursting with raw talent, charisma, and cheek. Fresh out of jail and with two young kids, all she wants is to get out of Glasgow and make it as a country singer in Nashville. Her mom Marion has had a bellyful of Rose-Lynn's Nashville nonsense. Forced to take responsibility, Rose-Lynn gets a cleaning job, only to find an unlikely champion in the middle-class lady of the house.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
O'Connell is a smart twentysomething who treats her pregnancy like a new project, researching and planning. She envisions a natural birth and a year of wholesome breast feeding. But things do not go as she expects. Life throws curveballs, and after 40 hours of contractions, she opts for a C-section. She manages to nurse for a year but resents her baby's control over her body. This is not a book about the wonders of motherhood but about the tension...
529) Resurrection
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A woman's carefully constructed life is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns, forcing her to confront the monster she's evaded for two decades.
530) Frozen river
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Ray, a white woman and Lila, a Mohawk are both single mothers, both earning minimum wage and facing desperate circumstances, are drawn by the lure of fast money into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. New York State Trooper Finnerty ultimately brings the two to justice....
531) Mommy
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Description
A feisty widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her explosive fifteen year old ADHD son. As they try to make ends meet and struggle with their unpredictable menage, the peculiar, new girl across the street, Kyla, benevolently offers her help. Together, they find a new sense of balance, and hope is regained.
532) Railroaded 4 murder
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Phee's marriage to Marshall Gregory promises to be the wedding of the year in Arizona's Sun City West -- that is, if you ask her mother Harriet. But before she can walk down the aisle, it looks like she has to solve one more murder. At a model train exhibit, Phee, Harriet, and their beloved Chiweenie, Streetman, discover the body of Sun City West's railroad club president, with an incriminating tap shoe near his lifeless corpse. Wilbur Maines may...
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In 2006, Mary Turner Thomson's world shattered when she discovered her husband Will was a bigamist, con man and convicted sex offender. Unbeknownst to her, this would be the start of a bold new chapter in her life, fighting to protect other women from his heartless gaslighting campaigns -- and putting a stop to his endless deception. Mary thought that her story would end with the revelation that Will in fact had several families -- and numerous children....
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Escaping New York City and the espionage case that made her question everything, recently widowed Lina returns home to sell the house she has inherited in tony Greenfield, California. With her teenage son Rory, Lina hopes to reassemble her life, reevaluate her career, and find a clear way forward. Adrift and battling insomnia, she discovers that her father's sleepy hometown has been transformed into a Silicon Valley suburb on steroids, obsessed with...
Author
Publisher
Hurtubise
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
"Dans ce roman intimiste et sensible, nous suivons quatre personnages dont les trajectoires se croisent et s'entremêlent pour créer une passionnante courtepointe de relations riches en enseignements sur la nature humaine. Il y a Pierre, l'enseignant quinquagénaire qui, depuis la mort de sa femme, élève seul une fille adolescente avec qui les atomes crochus ne sont guère au rendez-vous. Il y a Rose, une veuve misanthrope habitant une résidence...
536) St. Vincent
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her twelve-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka, Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine,...
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
Emmalee Bullard is on her own with a new baby. She has no husband, no running water in her house,no know-how about caring for an infant, and no help from her cruel father, who's furious she got herself into this situation. Only Leona Lane, the older seamstress who sat beside her sewing collars on the neighboring machine at the local shirt factory, has befriended her. Much to Emmalee's wonder, Leona even offers her a place to live. But before Emmalee...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Abandoned by his parents and separated from his brothers, Ryan Devaney doesn't believe in love. Until Maggie O'Brien storms into his Irish pub and her bright smile and tender touch have him reconsidering. The beautiful redhead warms his frozen spirit and awakens forgotten dreams--like the desire to search for his long-lost brothers. Will he dare to believe there's a place for them in happily-ever-after? Sean's Reckoning Son of a shattered family,...
539) XX
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Don't Fall: A group of adventurous friends get into trouble when they venture off the beaten path and trespass on someone--or something--else's land on a camping trip.
Her Only Living Son: 18 years after narrowly escaping Manhattan, a narcissistic actor husband, and a cult with designs on her unborn child, "Cora" now finds herself face to face with a son who can no longer deny his monstrous heritage.
The Birthday Party: A harried housewife tries...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the bestselling author of Prayers for Sale, an inspiring celebration of sisterhood on the perilous Overland Trail "If you are an adventuresome young woman of high moral character and fine health, are you willing to travel to California in search of a good husband?" It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees the postings soliciting "eligible women" to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter...
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