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In small towns between the North Carolina Piedmont and the coast the best scenery is often in the sky. On flat sweeps of red clay and scrub pine the days move monotonously, safely, but above, in the blink of an eye, dangerous clouds can boil out of all four corners of the sky...The flat slow land starts to shiver and anything can happen. In such a storm, on Annie Peregrine's seventh birthday, her father gave her the airplane and minutes later drove...
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Series
My sister the vampire volume no. 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Ivy and Olivia can't lose each other again! Even though twin sisters Ivy and Olivia, separated at birth, have only been reunited for a few months, they can't imagine life without each other. But Mr. Vega has decided to move to Europe-and he's taking Ivy with him! Oh, no! With Olivia's cheerleader optimism and Ivy's vampire craftiness, they're determined to come up with a plan that will keep Ivy and her dad in Franklin Grove. But what?
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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"[Ahern] gives us full permission to believe in magic." - Redbook Magazine One of the world's most popular writers of women's fiction-author of the beloved international bestseller, P.S. I Love You, basis for the popular film starring Hilary Swank-Cecelia Ahern now gives us Thanks for the Memories, a heartwarming tale of déjà vu and second chances. Reminiscent of The Time Traveler's Wife, Thanks for the Memories is a love story brimming with hope...
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University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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And bigger than all of that, I knew that sometimes you had to do the impossible like eat oysters or go shopping even when you could hardly breathe because that is what people did when they truly loved one another and it had nothing to do with freckles or anklebones or lipstick." Dave is dying. Chrissie, Mum, Nan and Badger are going to be left behind. Because sometimes life is like that. "painted love letters" ... a story of the heart.
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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An enthralling fourth trip to the house at Badgers Brook sees a young woman facing tension at home and in the office Meriel Evans has worked for her father's estate agency ever since she left school. While happy there, she knows she must carve a career of her own, so lands a job with Cwm Derw's Ace Estate Agency. Soon she discovers her new boss, George Dexter, dislikes her father intensely, though she cannot understand why. Just what is at the root...
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English
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Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
27) Here lies Alice
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Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Wow . . . one of the best books I have read!" --Goodreads reviewer, five stars A widower lets a new woman into his heart and his home--but she has her own agenda, in this thriller from the bestselling author of The Girl I Used to Be . Ever since Sophia Saunders was murdered, her husband, Peter, and daughter, Lauren, have been trying to rebuild their lives. Desperate to fill the emotional void, Peter becomes involved with a woman from his grief support...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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"Sophie Jordan is one of a kind!" -- Samantha James Wicked Nights With a Lover is the final installment of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sophie Jordan's smart and sexy historical romance series in which students from the Penwich School for Virtuous Girls rise from simple beginnings to conquer the hearts of the ton's most sought after bachelors. A wonderful Victorian romantic adventure, Wicked Nights With a Lover will thrill readers...
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Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Danita knows that nobody's perfect, but it's never easy to admit that might include your own parents Danita's parents love to remind their daughter that she weighed less than a loaf of bread when she was born, but now that she's almost fourteen and perfectly healthy, Danita really wishes they'd give her some space. Obviously still in love and completely devoted to their family, even Danita's best friend, Laredo, thinks Mr. and Mrs. Merritt are the...
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Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Half-sisters Silver and Athalie Greeves have grown up worlds apart. Silver is a humble, faith-filled young lady; Athalie is a flapper who takes after her socialite mother. When a chance visit suddenly reunites Silver and Athalie with each other and a father they've never known, will a true family emerge where only a family by name existed before? Terrance Bannard, the local minister, is soon taken by Silver's beauty and spirit, but will a rising jealousy...
31) Hearts Entwined
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Publisher
Harlequin Heartwarming
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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A man looking for answers. Widower Alan Ridge has to believe that Laurel Ashline, a weaver who's just arrived in Ridge City, Kentucky, can do what no doctor has: help his daughter, Louemma. He's skeptical about weaving as therapy, but he'll do anything for his little girl, especially after the accident that injured Louemma and took her mother's life. A woman looking for a home. Laurel Ashline's grandmother was from this small town, and Laurel has...
32) Twisted
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English
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Guilty until proven innocent ... Bex has always been her daddy's little girl. After her mother left, it was just the two of them. Sure he spoiled her with clothes and jewelry, but what father doesn't dote on his daughter? Except Bex's dad is alleged to be a notorious serial killer. Dubbed "The Wife Collector" by the press, her father disappeared before he could stand trial. And Bex was left to deal with the taunts and rumors. Foster care is her one...
33) Dream on, Amber
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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My name is Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto. I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names but they must have wanted to ruin my life, and you know what? They did an amazing job. As a half-Japanese, half-Italian girl with a ridiculous name, Amber's not feeling molto bene (very good) about making friends at her new school. But the hardest thing about being Amber is that a part of her is missing. Her dad. He left when she was little...
34) Dance of Life
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Publisher
Pelican Book Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Charice Marin has lived her entire life with a father who is nothing more than a shadowy figure who dances on the fringes of her consciousness. While in Paris, the American prima ballerina finds herself partnered with Domitri Auberchon, a danseur noble with his own share of shadows and secrets, and from their first meeting, her life is never the same. When an unscrupulous man from her mother's past reappears, dangerous complications arise, and Charice...
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MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Don't miss this all-time favorite story about finding happiness in unexpected places from New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods Slade Sutton never really thought of himself as a father, but his motherless young daughter was proof to the contrary. So when Annie was suddenly dropped into his lap, Slade knew he needed help. And he'd take it from anyone -- except, that is, the infuriatingly flirtatious Val Harding. Why, if Slade wasn't careful,...
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Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Life will test Queenie at every step, but determination and love might just get her through. First in the heart-warming Queenie Novels, from one of England's bestselling authors When Queenie's mom dies giving birth to her, leaving her at the mercy of her drunken father, only her beloved Auntie Biddie provides an anchor for the little girl. But when her aunt dies, there is no one to protect Queenie from her father, who blames his daughter for her...
37) Amish Outsider
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Series
River Haven volume 1
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Amish of River Haven offer sanctuary and solace...even to those with a dangerous past.
In the wake of his estranged wife's murder, widower Michael Forster returns to the Amish community he'd left as a teen. He wants a fresh start for himself and his daughter, Allie, away from those who still believe he's guilty. In River Haven, a quieter life seems possible. If only Allie's Amish schoolteacher, Catherine Brandt, was easier to ignore.
A problem...
38) Tempting
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Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
Description
After three romantic flame-outs in a year and a restaurant career going nowhere, Dani Buchanan needs a fresh start. She goes looking for her biological father, but never expects to find a senator running for president. As his long-lost love child," Dani could seriously derail the election something his handsome campaign manager Alex Canfield isn't going to let happen. Dani isn't about to let Alex run her life, no matter how tempting she finds him...
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MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Seven years ago, Maggie Malone left Ruby Falls, Texas, in disgrace. The wild child went on to become a million-dollar face ... a supermodel who still hides her father's rejection behind an outrageous, glamorous lifestyle. Now, Maggie Malone has come home. Her father is dying and so is their proud family business. Her mother insists Maggie is the family's last chance. Once, Maggie had a dream of running the empire. Then she lost everything one hellish...
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Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Instant Father
One minute, Caleb Mast is an oil-rig roughneck who answers to no one but himself. The next, he's the father of a special-needs child he never knew existed. What kind of home can a man like him-;without faith or community-;provide for an eight-year-old girl? For little Joy's sake, Caleb returns to the Amish community he left behind years ago. His daughter bonds with Amish schoolteacher Leah Belier, and Caleb feels hopeful for once....
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