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Author
Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Violent Child portrays the life of a tenacious woman who struggled to make a home for her son, to nurture the disabled daughter of her lover, and to embrace the gift of an unexpected, unconventional love. It is the story of a son who finds himself, at the end of his mother's life, with a final opportunity for reconciliation.
4) Ruth
Author
Language
English
Description
Ruth is a young orphaned girl who works in a sweatshop. Mrs. Mason, Ruth's boss, runs the sweatshop in a respectable manner, earning a sterling reputation among her employees and society. However, the comfort and acclaim of Ruth's job is threatened when she attends a ball to repair any dresses that get torn during dancing. There, she meets an aristocratic man named Henry Bellingham, who is infamous for his immoral treatment of women and frivolous...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Two friends, two sons, two shocking and intense love affairs ... Roz and Lil have been best friends since childhood. But their bond stretches beyond familiar bounds when these middle-aged mothers fall in love with each other's teenage sons-taboo-shattering passions that last for years, until the women end them, vowing to have a respectable old age. With Adore, Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, once again proves her unrivaled...
6) No Good Deed
Author
Series
Saga of the redeemed volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cursed with a magic ring that forbids skullduggery, Tyvian Reldamar's life of crime is sadly behind him. Now reduced to fencing moldy relics and wheedling favors from petty nobility, he's pretty sure his life can't get any worse. That is until he hears that his old nemesis, Myreon Alafarr, has been framed for a crime she didn't commit and turned to stone in a penitentiary garden. Somebody is trying to get his attention, and that somebody is playing...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A strange twist of fate brings Elizabeth Jones face to face with her idol, the brilliant, eccentric historian Margaret Rosenberg, at the Copenhagen Airport. An even stranger accident makes Elizabeth the esteemed scholar's new private assistant. But luck can go from good to bad in an instant -- and less than twenty-four hours later, the great lady is kidnapped by persons unknown. Suddenly desperate in a foreign land, Elizabeth must cast her lot with...
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Harlequin Superromance brings you four new novels for one great price, available now! Experience powerful relationships that deliver a strong emotional punch and a guaranteed happily ever after. This Harlequin Superromance bundle includes Sweet Talking Man by Liz Talley, Tempted by the Soldier by USA TODAY bestselling author Patricia Potter, A Perfect Catch by Anna Sugden and To Protect Her Son by Stella MacLean. Enjoy more story and more romance...
9) Crossfire
Author
Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
'Luke could almost count the pig's strides as it closed in ... His father lay frantic in the dust, scarcely able to raise his head ... The pig would kill him.'Like father, like son. Luke's dad is a hunter, a rifleman, a hard man, everything Luke wants to be. So when he's invited to join his father on a forbidden hunting trip, Luke eagerly accepts.Guns, killing, danger, adventure. It's a boy's dream come true. But adventures don't always go as planned,...
Publisher
Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Harlequin Romantic Suspense brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! Looking for heart-racing romance and high-stakes suspense? This Harlequin Romantic Suspense bundle includes Cavanaugh Undercover by USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella, Executive Protection by Jennifer Morey, Traitorous Attraction by C.J. Miller and Latimer's Law by Mel Sterling. Look for 4 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin Romantic...
11) One More Day
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Don't look away No one wants to be the mother whose child disappears. It's unthinkable, the stuff of nightmares. But when she turns her back to pay a parking meter, Carrie Morgan becomes that mother. Ben is gone, and more than a year later, it's clear that he is never coming back. Until he does ... for just twenty-four hours, before once again vanishing from his crib without a trace. Rumors start to circulate through Carrie's small town. Whispers...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
An evocative, poignant saga of four people trapped-and ultimately destroyed-by their addictions Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant-and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend their days selling drugs and dreaming...
13) The Dogs
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Out of the corner of my eye, I catch something moving by the barn. When I look, it disappears. Wait. There it is again, at the cornfield. Some movement, some thing. Mom and I have been on the run for years. Every time he catches up with us, we move to a new place and start over. But this place is different. This place is full of secrets. And they won't leave me alone. "Brilliant, page-turning, and eerie. Had me guessing to the very end." -Joseph Delaney,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sometimes, coming home is only the beginning ... Don't miss this reader favorite McKettrick tale from #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller. Sierra McKettrick felt like a fraud. She might be moving to her family's ancestral ranch with her son, but being a McKettrick by blood wasn't enough to make her fit in. To make matters worse, from the moment she'd met the Triple M's ranch hand, he'd gotten under Sierra's skin. With his rugged...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An indefatigable, irresistible, and wildly inappropriate Jewish mother takes her 17-year-old son to school in this uproarious coming-of-age comedy Tall and scattered-looking, Joseph has just graduated from high school and is ready for college. But is college ready for him? Apparently not, judging by the rejection letter he receives from Bates and the deafening silence that greets his application to Columbia. While his friends pack their bags for schools...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this delightful new Regency romance from New York Times bestseller Candace Camp, a feisty commoner and a ruthless aristocrat spar in all the right ways.
Noelle Rutherford would do anything for her young son, Gil. A fiercely independent woman recently widowed, Noelle is determined to raise Gil alone. After all, her late husband Adam Rutherford married her for love, which infuriated his aristocratic family. Gil is Noelle's whole world, and she...
17) Open My Eyes
Author
Publisher
Running Wild Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"T.E. Hahn's debut novel "Open My Eyes" follows the story of Eddie, who in the present day is breaking free from the psychotropic drugs that have held him captive through much of his young life. As he goes through the physical symptoms of withdrawal, he reflects on key memories, including the death of his father, his complicated relationship with his mother, and events surrounding the relationship with his first love and high school sweetheart, Elizabeth....
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Two people who share a past--and a determination to protect one little boy--find themselves facing off with a killer! Kansas City has no better guardian than Sawyer Kincaid. The decorated police officer has a family legacy to uphold and a reputation that none could rival. Until one distress call ignites the most personal case of his career. He'd saved Melissa Teague's life once--long before she had a son. The boy would be safe with Sawyer, but she...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Sierra McKettrick felt like a fraud. She might be moving to her family's ancestral ranch with her son, but being a McKettrick by blood wasn't enough to make her fit in. To make matters worse, from the moment she'd met the Triple M's ranch hand, he'd gotten under Sierra's skin. With his rugged body and tender compassion, Travis Reid was a temptation she didn't need or want. But as Sierra began to form a connection to one of her ancestors, Hannah McKettrick...
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Charming, warm and uplifting... there is so much to love about this book." -- Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This is How It Always Is A triumphant and touching debut about the unlikeliest superstar you'll ever meet. Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and his best friend, Jax, are a legendary comedic duo in waiting, with a plan to take their act all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe. But when Jax dies, Norman decides the only fitting...
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