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Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Widowed in Memphis during 1932, Cecile Dowd is struggling to provide for her three-year-old daughter. Unwittingly trusting a neighbor puts little Millie Mae into the clutches of Georgia Tann, corrupt Memphis Tennessee Children's Home Society director suspected of the disappearance of hundreds of children. With the help of a sympathetic lawyer, the search for Millie uncovers a deep level of corruption that threatens their very lives. How far will a...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Nine months after the massacre at Custer's Last Stand, Elizabeth Custer scheduled a reunion with the widows of the Little Big Horn. On June 25, 1887, the women met in Monroe, Michigan, to reflect on the events leading up to the battle, remember the loved ones that were killed, and share how they have been able to go on. The widows got together every year for more than twenty years. In between reunions they corresponded with each other, exchanged...
1344) Un seductor sin corazón̤
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Series
Ravenel volume 1st
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Devon Ravenel, el libertino mas perversamente encantador de Londres, acaba de heredar un condado. Pero su nuevo y poderoso rango viene acompanado de responsabilidades indeseadas y mas de una sorpresa. La propiedad esta llena de deudas, y la casa aun esta ocupada por las tres inocentes hermanas del anterior conde y por Kathleen, Lady Trenear, una hermosa y joven viuda, cuyo ingenio y determinacion compiten con los de Devon. Desde el primer momento...
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Series
Lone Star legacy (Gilbert Morris) volume 2
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
The Alamo as fallen, the fate of Texas is uncertain, and the strength of one woma's faith is hanging in the balance.
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
"Since losing her husband, Tobias, in a tragic accident, Carol Denman has been on a journey of self-growth. She's taken steps to finally grieve her daughter's death, forgive her first husband, and mend her broken relationship with her mother. The one heartbreak she can't seem to come to terms with is losing her husband... She knows her husband would want her to be happy again. She just has to figure out how to move forward. Coming to terms with being...
1347) A widow's walk
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
A playwright and comedienne whose firefighter husband was killed in the September 11 attacks traces the year after his death, during which she struggled with single parenthood and learned to find humor in the face of grief and loss.
1348) Love's Christmas journey
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Still mourning the loss of her family, Ellie agrees to watch her brother's children when he has to leave town. When a fire is set, Ellie works with a handsome deputy to clear a friends name and learns that if she can trust her faith, this Christmas may bring more miracles than she hoped.
1349) Grounded hearts
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
In the midst of World War II, Ireland has declared herself neutral. Troops found on Irish soil must be reported and interned, no matter which side they are fighting for. When midwife Nan O'Neil finds a wounded young Canadian pilot at her door, she knows she's taking a huge risk by letting him in. Not only is she a widow living alone, but if caught harboring a combatant, she'll face imprisonment. Still, something compels Nan to take in "flyboy" Dutch...
1351) Devil in my bed
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Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
"The three-year-old girl sitting on the steps of Brown's Club for Distinguished Gentlemen insists that one of its members is her papa. Aidan de Quincy feels obligated to help the wee thing, even though she certainly isn't his--or is she? To find answers, Aidan must first track down the lovely widow he swore to forget when their passionate affair came to a painful end It doesn't help that Madeleine Chandler is as sensual and enticing as ever. For three...
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"A bride opens shop in El Dorado, California: An ever-resourceful widow, Elenora Watkins arrives in El Dorado ready to go into partnership with Miles Rutledge. When he refuses, Elenora becomes the competition across the street. Can she run a successful business after for the competition? -- A bride sews with love in Needles, California: As Harvey Girl Meghan Thorson waits on doughboys at the El Garces Hotel in Needles, California, she meets Caleb...
1353) False report
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Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
While Bea Abbot worries that she's lost control of her domestic agency, she's asked to find some domestic help for an eccentric musician falsely accused of murder. She doesn't realize how dangerous this might be until Jeremy--fleeing from attempts on his life--lands on her doorstep.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A memoir of how Nancy Sharp rebuilt her world after her husband's death from cancer. Widowed with young twins, Nancy moved from New York City to Denver, Colorado. Never expecting to find love again, her life takes a surprising turn when she meets Steve, a widower with two children, who was to become her second husband.
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Pub. Date
[c2006]
Description
Close encounters of the third kind: Roy Neary is a cable worker who, along with several others, become stunned bystanders who have experienced a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soar across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents. Meanwhile, bizarre occurrences are happening around the world. Government...
1357) All I want for Christmas
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
"A Grandpa for Christmas:" Retired Hollywood actor Bert O'Reilly, having been estranged from his only daughter, must care for his ten-year-old granddaughter after his daughter is in a car accident and ends up receiving a gift of a lifetime.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Magic is in Revelation "Reve" Dyer's blood. Together, she and her husband Jeremy have three daughters, a beautiful home, and a world-famous Las Vegas magic act. But Reve has many secrets, secrets that have not only shaped her past but now threaten her family. When a mysterious intruder tampers with the weapon used in one of the illusions in Reve's act, igniting a fresh tragedy, Reve fears for the safety of her three daughters--the twins, Fai and Grace,...
1360) The robin's greetings
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
For the past two years Belinda King, along with her two grown daughters and teenage son, has been struggling to keep the family greenhouse running. Despite disconcerting events that have threatened to put them out of business, they have survived two growing seasons. And now Belinda can focus on the two suitors vying for her attention. Herschel Fisher, a new acquaintance, makes her feel relaxed, and Monroe Esh, an admirer from her past, reminds her...