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Ladies of liberty volume 1
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Much to the horror of her aristocratic family, 19th-century socialite Mia Stanley is employed by Godey's Lady's Book magazine. Researching the miserable lives of seamen's wives in Philadelphia, she uncovers a scheme that puts her own life in danger. Will it also drive away the one man her heart desires?
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Outspoken Daughtie Winfield finds herself in the middle of dissension and upheaval in nineteenth-century Lowell, Massachusetts over working conditions at the mill and unsanitary living conditions for immigrants, and tensions rise as a former employee threatens the future of the textile industry.
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Rachel Taylor's dedication to hard work has secured her a rare position as the house manager for the newest Harvey House in New Mexico. The job seems like an answered prayer until she hears that she will be working with Braeden Parker, a man she had hoped was part of a past long buried. The feelings she still holds conflict with her shattered trust and Rachel struggles to reconcile the two when a cunning new Harvey Girl, Ivy, appears on the scene....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
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When heartache and loss invade Karen Pierce's carefully ordered workd, she is devastated. Her plans for the future seem distant and she is bound by a promise to care for two young adults who are struggling with a loss of their own.
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"When tragedy strikes, Jasmine Houston must uproot her family from the Northern mill town of Lowell and take over her family's Southern plantation. Tensions are high, and the lives of the slaves they've promised to protect hang in the balance"--Provided by publisher.
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Jasmine Wainwright is the sheltered daughter of a Mississippi plantation owner; but when her father strikes a deal to sell his cotton to the Lowell mills through businessman Bradley Houston, he throws an arranged marriage with Jasmine into the bargain. Kiara O'Neill and her brother have escaped starvation in Ireland by traveling to America as Bradley Houston's indentured servants--but Bradley has more in mind for Kiara than she wants to imagine. Both...
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"Jasmine Houston, a widow with a young son, agrees to harbor former slaves at her horse farm outside of Lowell, even though her father, a plantation owner, supports slavery. When a boardinghouse keeper unwittingly becomes involved with a traveling peddler who sells something infinitely more valuable than shoes, Jasmine is devastated to discover that her son and the former slaves have been kidnapped. Jasmine's determination to free them threatens to...
10) Chasing the sun
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When her father disappears in war-torn Mississippi, Hannah Dandridge finds herself responsible not only for her younger siblings but for the ranch her father recently acquired on the Texas plains. Though a marriage of convenience could ease her predicament, she determines to trust God for direction.Wounded soldier William Barnett returns to his home only to discover that his family's ranch has been seized. Though angry and bitter at this turn of events,...
11) Destined for you
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In 1869, Gloriana Womack's family is much smaller since scarlet fever killed her mother and two of her siblings. She lives in a modest cottage in Duluth, Minnesota, with her father and young brother, and she has dedicated her life to holding her tiny, fractured family together--especially as her father is frequently gone on long fishing trips. Their livelihood may come from the waters of Lake Superior, but storms on the lake can be dangerous, even...
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