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Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books, Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Three generations of Swagger family members, Charles, Earl and Bob Lee, tell their stories in three interconnected novellas that describe hunting for a notorious gangster in Chicago, uncovering municipal corruption in Maryland, and returning from the Vietnam War.
Author
Series
Miss Dimple Kilpatrick volume 4
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It's the summer of 1944 and the world seems mired in a war that will never end. But even with a war on, the peaches are ripe for picking. As veteran teacher Miss Dimple Kilpatrick and her colleagues work in the orchard, they hear frantic calls for help. An eighteen-year-old girl, Prentice, has been missing -- and is later found murdered. Miss Dimple and her fellow teachers-turned-sleuths are determined to find the killer. Although Prentice had recently...
Author
Series
Epic Order of the Seven volume 9
Publisher
Living Ink Books, an imprint of AMG Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Powerful forces seek to cut off the head of their Don't Tread on Me snake by assassinating General George Washington as the unstoppable British fleet sails into New York Harbor. The Epic Order of the Seven must identify and stop the assassin, or the epic Battle of New York will be over before it even begins. The Declaration of Independence rallies patriots to tear down the statue of King George III, but will its words be worth dying for? The Howe...
7164) Rose among Thornes
Author
Publisher
Heritage Beacon Fiction
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
War might be raging overseas, but Rose Onishi is on track to fulfill her lifelong goal of becoming a concert pianist. When forced by her government to leave her beloved home in Vancouver and move to the Canadian prairie to work on the Thornes' sugar beet farm, her dream fades to match the black dirt staining her callused hands. Though the Thorne family is kind, life is unbearably lonely. In hopes that it might win her the chance to play their piano,...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
1927. Olivia "Livy" West is a fearless young pilot with a love of adventure. She yearns to cross oceans and travel the skies. When she learns of the Dole Air Race-a high-stakes contest to be the first to make the 2,400 mile Pacific crossing from the West Coast to Hawai'i-she sets her sights on qualifying. But it soon becomes clear that only men will make the cut. In a last-ditch effort to take part, Livy manages to be picked as a navigator for one...
7166) A silent stabbing
Author
Series
Lady and lady's maid mystery volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Eva is excited for a visit from her sister Alice, who lives in Suffolk with her husband and three children. But when Alice arrives alone, desiring a break from her family, Eva becomes concerned. Her dismay deepens as Alice starts spending time with a former beau, Keenan Ripley, who owns the nearby pear orchard. At the same time, Phoebe's sister Julia, now a widow and pregnant, is in a fretful state, and Phoebe struggles to be helpful to her. When...
7167) Kingdom of love
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A kingdom divided: raised in a home filled with violence, Arianne Pemberton experiences love and gentleness only after her arranged marriage to Richard, Duke of Gavenshire. But before she can feel confident both in Richard's love and in God's personal care for her, a mysterious enemy from Richard's Past over-powers the castle and takes Arianne hostage. Who is Tancred, and why is he set on revenge? What fuels the animosity between the two men? Exercising...
7168) The orphan's homecoming
Author
Series
Red Cross orphans volume 3
Publisher
One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After five long years of endless warfare, Red Cross nurse Kitty Pattison has seen her share of heartbreak and loss. And now, with her beloved fiancé Dr Michael McCarthy recuperating from a head injury across the ocean in Canada, and her dear friends Trixie and Jo scattered to the four corners of the war effort, it’s harder than ever to battle through the heavy-hearted moments that mark the passing days. But as she tends to the lost and wounded,...
7169) This man must die
Author
Series
Buck Trammel volume 5
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the criminal underworld of Laramie County, Lucien Clay was king. He terrorized the locals, robbed the coffers, and ruled the place with an iron fist. Thankfully he's behind bars now along with a load of other lowlife scum thanks to Laramie's new sheriff, Buck Trammel. Unfortunately, Buck can only enforce the law while others specialize in working around it: namely, lawyers. And no lawyer is more crooked or corrupt than the belly-crawling snake...
7170) Lavender house
Author
Publisher
A Forge Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist. Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene's recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret--but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who...
7171) The new kingdom
Author
Series
Ancient Egyptian volume 7
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the heart of Egypt, under the watchful eye of the Gods, a new power is rising. In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful facades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Ipsetnofret, and Hui's own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui's father,...
7172) Keeping faith
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Dr. Victoria Fenway and wagon-train captain Joseph Rickard promised to love each other forever, but a misunderstanding led to her marrying another man. Now determined to carry on her late husband's work of rescuing slaves, she is tracking his murderer. With dangerous slavers tracking her, Joseph becomes her protector, hoping for a second chance. --
7173) Hostile territory
Author
Series
Preacher and Jamie MacCallister volume 5
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Jamie MacCallister remembers the Alamo-especially one brave frontiersman who died fighting there. Now the fallen veteran's granddaughter needs Jamie's help. She's found a letter written by her grandfather with a map to the spot where Alamo legend Jim Bowie supposedly hid a fortune in silver and gold. Jamie never believed the story. Countless treasure hunters had scoured the area and come up empty handed. But his friend's grandaughter is convinced...
7174) The bullet stops here
Author
Series
Luke Jensen bounty hunter volume 10
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Someone is terrorizing the Arizona border. Burning down ranches. Butchering travelers. Blazing a trail of bloodthirsty raids and robbing the railroads blind. His name is Melichus. A ruthless half-breed outlaw with a mile-long record of cruelties and crimes, he’s the most wanted man in the territory. And the massive price on his head has attracted the attention of every trigger-happy, would-be bounty hunter this side of the Rio Grande. But Luke Jensen...
7175) Anne of Green Gables
Author
Series
Publisher
Manga Classics, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables - instead,they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anne turns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear.
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