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Shaker novels volume 4
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It is 1844 and Lacey Bishop's life is a tangled mess. Estranged from her own family, at age 16 she went to work for a preacher and his wife. When his wife died, the preacher convinced Lacey that the only decent thing to do was to marry him. That way she could continue to act as mother to the little girl who was left on his doorstop. But Lacey never expected he would decide to take them all off to a Shaker village. There she's still married but living...
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Canadian West series volume 1
Kennebec Large Print superior collection
When calls the heart volume .01
Kennebec Large Print superior collection
When calls the heart volume .01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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Elizabeth Thatcher is young, pretty, cultured, and educated. But when she journeys west to teach school in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, she's completely unprepared for the conditions she encounters. Still, she's determined to succeed at the formidable task of fitting in with the locals and shaping the hearts and minds of the schoolchildren in her care. She's just as determined not to give her heart to any of the local frontiersmen. Until...
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Moses Lake volume 2
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Heather Hampton returns to Moses Lake to help sell the family farm but finds herself on an unexpected journey into the area's history, hope, and heart.
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Award-winning author Lori Copeland has written more than 50 Christian romance novels. Her best-sellers are highly entertaining stories that affirm upstanding principles and values. Wynne Elliott is tracking down Cass Claxton, the scoundrel who ran off with her money just before the start of the Civil War and left her standing at the altar. Now that the war has ended, Wynne wants revenge. But she never expects Cass' older brother, the pompous Cole,...
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Courtships of Lancaster County volume 2
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When Addie Cramer's mutter and daed decide Phillip Eicher is the man for her to marry, they claim she must honor them by obeying their wishes. But then she falls in love with Jonathan Mosier--part of the family with whom the Cramers have a long-held grudge. With the help of others in her community who long to see the quarrel healed, Jonathan and Addie struggle to continue their relationship against both sets of parents' wishes. But when one of Addie's...
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Amy Knackstedt hopes a new start in Weaverly, Kansas, will help heal the pain of losing her husband and provide a better future for her three children. But her new neighbor, Tim Roper, is not pleased to have an Old Order Mennonite family living next to his apple orchard. Tim left the Mennonite faith years ago and doesn't want any reminders of his former life. Yet when circumstances throw Amy and Tim together, they form a friendship that surprises...
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Time seems to stand still in Naomi Fisher's tranquil community, but it cannot hold back tragedy. Helping her widowed father run a store, manage a household, and raise seven children is a daunting task. There is no time to think about courtship or having her own family, though her heart yearns for the attention of Caleb Hoffmeir. But her days are plotted for her-until the afternoon her baby brother disappears from the yard.
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"One dress. Four women. An amazing destiny. Charlotte Malone is getting married. Yet all is not settled in the heart of Birmingham's chic bridal boutique owner. Charlotte can dress any bride to perfection--except herself. When she discovers a vintage mint-condition wedding gown in a battered old trunk, Charlotte embarks on a passionate journey to discover the women who wore the gown before her. Emily in 1912. Mary in 1939. And Hillary in 1968. Each...
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"Abby Miller's life is picture-perfect. She runs a successful quilt shop and is engaged to a wonderful Amish man. But then duty calls. When she leaves her beloved shop and patient fiancé to attend to her mother in need, a double tragedy strikes, shattering Abby's world in one fell swoop. Once Abby wipes away the tears and ashes, she is forced to look for answers outside her Amish community. Can God make anything good come out of her heartache? ......
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Orphaned in the cholera epidemic of 1883, Adria Starr was found by a slave named Louis, a man who passed up the opportunity to escape his bondage and instead tended to the sick and buried the dead. Adria needed a caring family, and Louis helped to bring her together with Aunt Ruth, a newly widowed schoolteacher. Twelve years later, Louis is being sold by his owners despite his heroic actions. Now nineteen, Adria has never forgotten what Louis did...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
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As the Baxters make plans to come together for a summer lakeside reunion, the unthinkable happens, the family rallies together, and memories come to light that bring healing and hope during a time when darkness might have the final word.
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Shaker novels volume 5
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English
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By 1849, Jessamine Brady has been at the Harmony Hill Shaker Village for half her life, yet in spite of how she loves her sisters there, she struggles to conform to the strict rules. She continues to entertains dreams of the world outside. When Tristan Cooper seems to step out of those dreams to entice her into the forbidden realm beyond the Shaker Village, her life turns upside down. Will Jessamine be able to survive the storms of the world? Or will...
15) Tangled webs
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Men of valor novels (Irene Hannon) volume 3
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"Former Army Ranger Finn McGregor retreats to the woods looking to decompress. Instead, he's plunged back into a high-stakes fight when he crosses paths with a beautiful neighbor being targeted by a mysterious foe with deadly intent"--
16) Fired up
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Glynna Greer came west as a mail-order bride. Now her husband is dead, and she's determined to make a go of it on her own with two children. Glynna decides to open a diner 14 never mind that cooking is not her greatest talent. Dare Riker is a doctor who saves lives, but someone seems determined to end his. Dare can't let his guard down for a moment 14 which is a challenge while he's trying to win the heart of the recently widowed Glynna.
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Yada Yada House of Hope volume 4
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Gabby's estranged husband, who threw her out when she didn't live up to his image of a "corporate wife," now needs her in a way neither of them ever expected. He wants to reconcile, but Gabby has carved out a future for herself and her sons at the House of Hope, a shelter for homeless mothers and their children. Still, there's a hole in her life.
18) Larkspur Cove
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Social worker/single mother Andrea Henderson and Moses Lake game warden Matt McClendon are drawn together in the search for the identity of a little girl who is seen with the town recluse.
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The lifeblood of the village of Ivy Hill is its coaching inn, The Bell. When the innkeeper dies under mysterious circumstances, his genteel wife, Jane Bell, becomes the inn's reluctant owner. Jane has no notion of how to run a business, but with a loan due and the town's livelihood at stake, can she find a way to bring new life to the inn and her heart?
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In a community where conformity flourishes, seeds of Rhoda's odd behavior were planted long ago. Can she cultivate her relationships with the same care and tenderness that she gives her beloved garden? Old Order Amish Rhoda Byler's unusual gift and her remarkable abilities to grow herbs and berries have caused many to think her odd. As rumors mount that Rhoda's "gift" is a detriment to the community, she chooses isolation, spending her time in her...
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