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A young girl asks her parents to tell her again the cherished family story of her birth and adoption.

After an American family adopts eleven-year-old Wen from a Chinese orphanage, she vows to find a family for her best friend, too.

Illustrations and rhyming text follow a young girl experiencing the joy of adopting a dog.

Charles wonders why Maltese puppy Stella won't follow commands, but when he realizes that the little dog is deaf, he teaches her to be the perfect pet nonetheless.

"My Three Dogs is a charming and heartfelt new novel from the #1 bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose, about humankind's best, most loyal friend, and a wonderful adventure of love and finding home. When a tragic accident separates three dogs from their human, they find themselves up for adoption--separately. But Riggs, an Australian Shepherd with a heart of gold, refuses to see his family torn apart. After the exuberant and fun-loving doodle Archie...

After Kelsey Moore's husband dies, she wants only one thing. To adopt her husband's son who she has come to call her own. But as she begins the process that her husband had dragged his feet on, she learns a secret so shocking she begins to question everything she knows except for the love she feels for her son. The child is not her husband's biological child, her former husband never had legal custody of the boy, and no one knows where he got the...

Two families awaiting the arrival of their adopted infant daughters from Korea meet at the airport. The families lives become interwined after the Donaldsons, a young American couple invite the Yazdan's, Maryam, her son and his Iranian American wife to an arrival party, which becomes an annual event. Maryam, who came to this country thirty-five years earlier, feels her values threatened when she is courted by a newly widowed Donaldson. A penetrating...

"Jake Stiles has no idea what he's signing up for when he dashes into the rain to help a stranger and her dog who have been in a car accident, but fate has stepped in. Jenna Dunning was on her way to return her sister's high-energy border collie to a shelter after another failed attempt at a forever home for him when a distracted driver ran into them. Jenna is being taken to the hospital and must rely on a caring stranger to take charge of the terrified...

"Content advisory: This book includes descriptions of domestic abuse, death of a child, and non-explicit references to sexual assault. Read with care," "She lost her daughter once. Now she'll go to hell andback to find her. Seventeen years ago, Sabina gave her baby up for adoption. She's wrestled with the decision ever since, clinging to the hope that she gave her daughter, Andrea, a better life. Then the letter from the police arrives. Andrea Beaumont...

She's tough as nails when defending criminals. Can a simple test destroy her resolve? Defense lawyer Cass Leary believes wholeheartedly in justice for all. So when her deadbeat dad suddenly reappears begging for help, she throws her better judgment out the window. But Cass's family drama takes a back seat when a new client's desperate search for her birth parents flips from happy to horrifying.The adoption investigation hits a dead end, so Cass gives...