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Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He's all Marine, fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife, beautiful, Southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble. Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man. Ben's got to stand up, even fight back, against a father who doesn't give in, not to his men, not to his wife,...
2) Ever after
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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Twenty-year-old Emily meets Justin, a young Army reservist, and their deep love built on the foundation of faith blossoms into plans for marriage, while Emily's parents must learn to set aside their opposing views on the war in Iraq.
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"'Women can be heroes, too.' When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins...
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Seattle, Washington: Larkin Bennett has always known her place, whether it's surrounded by her loving family in the lush greenery of the Pacific Northwest or conducting a dusty patrol in Afghanistan. But all of that changed the day tragedy struck her unit and took away everything she held dear. Soon after, Larkin discovers an unexpected treasure-the diary of Emily Wilson, a young woman who disguised herself as a man to fight for the Union in the Civil...
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"Kurt Wallander becomes involved in the case of the disappearance of a retired naval officer--who is Wallander's daughter Linda's future father-in-law--which leads him into a story of Cold War espionage. Wallander also confronts his own age and mortality, while welcoming his first granddaughter"--Provided by publisher.
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Home to Heather Creek volume 21
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[2010]
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"For Memorial Day, the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department decides to host a reenactment of a World War II battle and a USO-style dance. The whole community gets involved, and when Bob pulls out his father's old uniform, Charlotte is delighted to see that Bob is taking an interest in something outside the farm. With patriotic spirits running high, Sam begins to rethink whether to join the military. As his final days of high school approach, will he...
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In post-Civil War Missouri, quiet twenty-seven-year-old Margaret Mayfield marries the brilliant and eccentric scientist Andrew Early. The couple eventually make their way by train to their new life in California where their marriage grows troubled as Margaret gradually comes to realize she has married a madman.
8) Radar girls
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"Daisy Wilder prefers the company of horses to people, bare feet and salt water to high heels and society parties. Then, in the dizzying aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Daisy enlists in a top-secret program, replacing male soldiers in a war zone for the first time. Under fear of imminent invasion, the WARDs guide pilots into blacked-out airstrips and track unidentified planes across Pacific skies. But not everyone thinks the women are up...
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Outlander novels volume 1
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The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly, she is a Sassenach -- an "outlander"-- in a Scotland torn by war and raiding Highland clans in the year of our Lord ... 1743. Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into intrigues...
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"During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this historical novel with a speculative twist."--
January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, she receives word of Freddie's death in combat, along with his personal...
11) Navy grooms
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Navy brat: Erin MacNamera has one rule: never fall for a navy man. But from the pulse-stopping moment her eyes meet Lieutenant Brandon Davis's across a crowded lounge, Erin knows life will never be the same. Sexy, tender and strong, Brandon is all she'd ever dreamed of in a man, but he's also navy--and as a navy brat from way back, she knows better than to give her heart to a seafaring man.
Navy woman: Busy attorney Catherine Fredrickson loves her...
12) The pale house
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Gregor Reinhardt novels volume 2
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"As the Nazi war machine is pushed back across Europe, defeat has become inevitable. But there are those who seek to continue the fight beyond the battlefield. German intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt has just been reassigned to the Feldjaegerkorps-a new branch of the military police with far-reaching powers. His position separates him from the friends and allies he has made in the last two years, including a circle of fellow dissenting...
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Away fo the keyboard volume 6.5
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2019
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The men and women from the Away From Keyboard series have much to be thankful for this holiday season. Step back into their world with this collection of completely new bonus scenes that all lead up to a much-anticipated event on New Year’s Eve. Finding Their Forevers should NOT be read unless you have also read at least On His Six, Second Sight , and Fighting For Valor. This is NOT an independent short story, but a set of previously unreleased...
14) The kill box
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Tyce Asher novels volume 2
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[2021]
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"The United States has been invaded. The Russians have seized control. Now US Marine hero Tyce Asher has one final mission--to make America free again--in this explosive series from Lt. Col. Hunter "Rip" Ripley Rawlings IV... The cities have fallen. America is under new management. Russian forces have occupied both coasts. They are taking our weapons, pillaging our resources, and destroying our nation. Those who resist are swiftly punished. Those...
15) The tea chest
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Boston, 1773 Emma Malcolm's father is staunchly loyal to the crown, but Emma's heart belongs to Noah Winslow, a lowly printer's assistant and Patriot. But her father has promised her hand to Samuel Clarke, a rapacious and sadistic man. As his fiancee, she would have to give up Noah and the friends who have become like family to her--as well as the beliefs she has come to embrace. After Emma is drawn into the treasonous Boston Tea Party, Samuel blackmails...
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Gregor Reinhardt novels volume 4
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[2021]
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"In the waning days of World War I, a horrific crime behind the lines sends Lieutenant Gregor Reinhardt on a search for a killer in this electrifying thriller from the author of The Man from Berlin. It's the final days of the Great War and four years of grinding conflict has warped more than one man's mind. When a secret meeting of top brass is called someone sets off a bomb that kills all the attendees. It looks for sure that one of the men in Gregor...
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Born into bondage on a "miserable tobacco farm," Cathy Williams was never allowed to consider herself a slave. According to her mother, she was a captive, destined by her noble warrior blood to escape the enemy. Her chance at freedom arrives with Union General Phillip Sheridan, who takes her into service. At war's end, desperate to remain free, Cathy disguises herself as a man and joins the legendary Buffalo Soldiers. Alone in a man's world, Cathy...
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"P.T. Deutermann's World War II Navy series began with the award-winning Pacific Glory, followed by the brilliantly reviewed Ghosts of Bungo Suido. His new novel Sentinels of Fire tells the tale of a lone destroyer, the USS Malloy, part of the Allied invasion forces attacking the island of Okinawa and the Japanese home islands. By the spring of 1945, the once mighty Japanese fleet has been virtually destroyed, leaving Japan open to invasion. The Japanese...
19) Sailor proof
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Shore leave volume 1
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It's petty, but Naval Chief Derrick Fox wishes he could exact a little revenge on his ex by showing off a rebound fling. His submarine is due to return to its Bremerton, Washington, home base soon, and Derrick knows all too well there won't be anyone waiting with a big, showy welcome. Enter one ill-advised plan...Arthur Euler is the guy you go to in a pinch - he's excellent at out-of-the-box solutions. It's what the genius music-slash-computer nerd...
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"Captain Dan Lenson is under fire both at sea, and in Washington. His command of the first antiballistic-missile-capable cruiser in the Fleet, USS Savo Island, is threatened when he's called home to testify before Congress. There, he must defend his controversial decision to prevent a massive retaliatory missile attack by Israel against civilian targets in the Mideast. Shaken by the near-end of his career, Lenson returns to command uncertain of his...
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