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EMT Anne Lundstrom is running from her past. But it's about to catch up. She thought she'd escaped it when she moved out of the city and into the quiet town of Deep Haven. She certainly never expected to get roped into helping Noah Standing Bear run his summer camp for inner-city kids. Yet Noah has a charisma she can't ignore, and romance is in the air. But when the very danger she was trying to escape threatens her peaceful haven—and her life—Anne...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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When the Earl of Rule proposes marriage to her sister Lizzie, Horatia offers herself instead. Her sister is already in love with someone else, and Horatia is willing to sacrifice herself for her family's happiness. Everyone knows she's no beauty, but she'll do her best to keep out of the Earl's way and make him a good wife. And then the Earl's archenemy, Sir Robert, sets out to ruin her reputation.
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Thorndike Press
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2010.
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English
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Sarah Anderson escaped her stepfather and his unruly children, joining her brother Seth in California. Matt Sterling rescued Seth from danger and taught him to become a top hand on the Sterling ranch. Betrayed by one selfish girl, Matt has vowed the San Joaquin River will run dry before he ever gets involved with another woman. He's better off fighting cattle rustlers, floods and drought to make his spread one of the finest in the valley. Why, then,...
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Thorndike Press
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2013.
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Sarah Anderson refuses to become a drudge for her stepfather and his children after her mother dies -- or a pawn for his indebtedness to a riverboat gambler. Escaping from her Missouri home, Sarah heads for California to find her brother Seth, trusting God to keep her safe. Matt Sterling rescued Seth and taught him to become a top hand on the Sterling ranch near Madera. Betrayed once, Matt vows the San Joaquin River will run dry before he ever gets...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Sadie Spencer would stop at nothing to help her students. Even if it meant winning a date with one of Oklahoma's most eligible bachelors, Andrew Knight, to persuade him to sponsor their Special Olympics team. But on their "date," Sadie quickly saw that Andrew Knight was more than the cold businessman she'd assumed he was, and he had a lot more to offer than mere money. Experience had taught Andrew that he didn't need anyone in his life, including...
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2015.
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Emmalyn Ross never thought a person could feel this alone. Sustaining a marriage with a man who's not by her side is no easy task, especially since her husband currently resides behind impenetrable prison walls. His actions stole her heart's desire and gave their relationship a court-mandated five-year time-out. What didn't fall apart that night fell apart in the intervening years. Now, on a self-imposed exile to Madeline Island --- one of the Apostle...
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Kate Walker used to believe in true love and happily ever after. While her own love life may have left her brokenhearted, it hasn't kept her from churning out made-for-TV romance movie screenplays ... until a major career slump and a longing to do something meaningful send her running back to her hometown of Maple Valley. Permanently sidelined by an injury, former NFL quarterback Colton Greene is temporarily hiding out in a friend's hometown to avoid...
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2015.
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Long before anyone would christen it "The Dust Bowl," Nola Merrill senses the destruction. She's been drying up bit by bit since the day her mother died, leaving her to be raised by a father who withholds his affection the way God keeps a grip on the Oklahoma rain. A hasty marriage to Russ, a young preacher, didn't bring the escape she desired. Now, twelve years later with two children to raise, new seeds of dissatisfaction take root. When Jim, a...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Yule Be Mine by Jo Ann Ferguson: Priscilla Flanders Hathaway and her new husband Neville are intending to spend Christmas together at their country estate with family -- until a group of friends alight on their doorstep. The more the merrier ... until they discover that one of their guests is about to commit murder ... No Room At the Inn by Karen Frisch: All the widow Rosemary Boughman wants for Christmas is to spend a joyous holiday with her young...
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Thorndike Press
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2016.
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English
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When Julia, Lady Fieldhurst, returns from her sojourn to Scotland restless and out of sorts, her friend Emily, Lady Dunnington, decides what Julia needs is a lover. Lady Dunnington plans a dinner party with carefully selected male guests from whom Julia may choose a paramour. Emily also invites a potential lover for herself: Sir Reginald Montague, a man whose urbane manner and dangerous good looks hide a host of unsavory secrets. Also, Emily's dinner...
11) Finding promise
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2016
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She may be an heiress, but Parker Promise Sinclair cares more about living an adventurous life than snaring a suitable husband. So it's no surprise when she joins a Wyoming wagon trail -- only to survive a massacre that leaves her with no memory, a target on her back -- and her abiding faith tested by the only man who can possibly protect her. His gunfighting skills and trail savvy have saved U.S. Marshal Jake McBride more times than he can count....
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Daughters of New France volume 1
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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""In her illuminating debut novel, Aimie K. Runyan masterfully blends fact and fiction to explore the founding of New France through the experiences of three young women who, in 1667, answer Louis XIV s call and journey to the Canadian colony. "They are known as the "filles du roi," or King's Daughters, young women who leave prosperous France for an uncertain future across the Atlantic. Their duty is to marry and bring forth a new generation of loyal...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Synopsis: With its tree-lined streets, vibrant downtown and curbside planters of spring bulbs, Amberley, Massachusetts, seems a good place for Cate Saunders to start over. It's been two years since her husband, John, was killed in Iraq and life has been a struggle. But when she meets a Holocaust survivor, Cate feels a deep connection and finds an unexpected way forward" --
14) Sweet haven
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Neighbors who care, a peaceful routine -- accountant Adeline Lamont is glad some things about her beloved hometown never change. But when her grandfather is injured, she has to run the family store, Chocolate Haven, and make its legendary fudge. Trouble is, she can't get the recipe right to save her life -- or Chocolate Haven. And she doesn't need her ornery new tenant, Sinclair Jefferson, stirring up the pot with his help -- and daring Addie to taste...
15) Sweet surprises
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Home sweet home (Shirlee McCoy) volume 2
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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In Benevolence, Washington, the Lamont family's delectable handmade chocolates are a precious tradition -- and always a reason to return home. And for the most rebellious of the three Lamont sisters, they provide a chance to create a tempting new future, complete with delicious happiness ... Neighbors always ready to help, a laid-back pace -- former model Brenna Lamont needs everything that once made her leave her hometown. To help her pregnant sister...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Weddings are the last thing beekeeper Huck Anderson wants to be associated with, considering his past. So when he inherits a building occupied by a bridal boutique, he aims to evict the failing business and open a sporting goods store. Until his tenant ends up being Arianne Winters, a woman he's indebted to from a mistake made years ago. When a life-threatening injury derails Huck entirely, Arianne offers a compromise to keep her boutique, and her...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"With the help of the Archer Matrimonial Company, Yancey Palmer has finally put Hale Adams, the man she's loved for ten years-sometimes not wisely or well-behind her. Yancey is so sure of her love for the man the agency matched her with, she readily promises a friend that she'll help Hale with his mayoral campaign without chasing him. Hale has also engaged the services of the matrimonial agency. He's so pleased with one lady, he requests that she...
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"Can the magic of mistletoe bring together two busy single parents? Mallory Maitland knows all too well what it's like to feel abandoned, which is why she's sworn never to give up on her two stepsons -- her late husband's children. But when the teens land in hot water, she's got a whole new problem: how to resist the caring and incredibly hot Chief of Police Gabriel Buchanan. All Mallory wants is to give the boys a magical holiday. She doesn't need...
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Off season volume 1
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English
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"When an injury forces K-9 officer Trey Harrison onto the sidelines, his only thought is getting back to the police force where he belongs. And he'll do anything to make that happen--even volunteer in a small waterfront community, just to please his boss. But no one ever said Trey had to enjoy it. Since the surgery that destroyed her dreams of having children, schoolteacher Erica Rowe has grown even more dedicated to her work with at-risk teens. So...
20) A fatal yarn
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The trees in Arborville, New Jersey, have started sporting sweaters. Part of the trend of public knitting art? Not exactly. An anonymous activist has been wrapping trunks in yarn to cover red X's that mark certain trees for removal by the town so they don't interfere with power lines. When the town's mayor--who supports cutting down the trees--is murdered, Pamela wonders if the tree hugger committed homicide to prevent arborcide. A knitter is arrested,...
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