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Exposed to fashionable society and romance--as well as clues about her mother--Lillian Haswell, brilliant daughter of a local apothecary, is torn when she is summoned back to her ailing father's bedside to save the family legacy at a time when women are forbidden to work as apothecaries and the suspicious eyes of a scholarly physician and a competing apothecary are upon her.
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Second chances volume 03
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Life is rewarding for Samuel Truelove. He's a gifted surgeon, he's married to the love of his life, and he has a beautiful daughter. But when he's called to perform an emergency surgery, a deadly cascade of events is set in motion, and his picture-perfect life begins to unravel.... Annie Truelove, hoping to escape painful reminders of her grief, leaves her beloved home in the mountains of North Carolina and begins a new life in faraway Seattle. But...
3) Dear lady
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"Montana rancher Garret Steele and his ten-year-old daughter, Janie, are still dealing with the death of Janie's mother when Lady Elizabeth Wellington arrives. Beth, Janie's British pen pal, has come to Montana to escape her engagement to a brutal man and start a new life. Soon, she and Garret are drawn to one another.." - from back cover.
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What Secrets Can Be Found by the Light of the Cajun Moon?
New Orleans may be the "Big Easy," but nothing about it was ever easy for international business etiquette expert Chloe Ledet. She moved away years ago, leaving her parents and their famous French Quarter restaurant behind. But when she hears that her father has been shot, she races home to be by his side and to handle his affairs-only to learn a long-hidden secret that changes everything she...
5) Ruby
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Ruby Torvald and her young sister, Opal, have received an inheritance from their long-lost father who left home years ago to seek his fortune in the Black Hills. When they leave their comfortable situation in Chicago and arrive at the mining town of Medora to claim their inheritance, the sisters discover that rather than the legacy of gold they expected, their father has left them a shocking bequest. Ruby's bold determination in the face of scandal...
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Forced to disguise her past in England, Catherine Newbury comes to America, takes on a servant's last name, and carves out a future as a seamstress; but when Carter Danby accompanies his mother for a design consultation, Catherine encounters her past face-to-face.
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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...
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Guardians of justice volume 3
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The police say her father's death was suicide. But Kelly Warren says it was murder--and she has new evidence that she believes proves it. Detective Cole Taylor doesn't put much credence in her claim, and nothing in his case review suggests foul play. But when Kelly ends up in the emergency room with a suspicious life-threatening medical condition, the incident strikes him as more than just coincidence. Digging deeper, he discovers she's linked to...
10) Remembered
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The threat of war--and a final request--send Véronique Girard from France to a distant and uninviting country. In the Colorado Territory, she searches for the man who has held her heart since childhood--her father. Pierre Girard left Paris for the Americas to seek his fortune in fur trading, vowing to send for his wife and daughter. But twenty-five years have passed and his vow remains unfulfilled. Sifting through shards of broken promises, Véronique...
11) Veiled in smoke
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"Meg and Sylvie Townsend manage the family bookshop and care for their father, Stephen, a veteran still suffering in mind and spirit from his time as a POW during the Civil War. But when the Great Fire sweeps through Chicago's business district, they lose much more than just their store.The sisters become separated from their father, and after Meg burns her hands in an attempt to save a family heirloom, they make a harrowing escape from the flames...
12) Dead end
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'When the police discover multiple corpses in a field in Iowa, the MO and remains point to imprisoned serial killer Ed Oliphant. Because Oliphant is FBI Special Agent Kaely Quinn's father, the police turn to her for help. Kaely promised herself she would never return to her hometown or set eyes on her father again, but to prevent any more deaths, she must come face-to-face with the man she's hated for years. As more bodies are discovered, Kaely races...
13) Hide & seek
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Ready to begin her life anew after six years in prison, where she became a Christian, Darcy moves to a small town where her growing relationship with Luke Easton helps to ease his burden of grief.
14) A song for Silas
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Place called home (Lori Wick) volume 2
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In late nineteenth-century rural Wisconsin, farmhand Silas Cameron hopes to win the love of Amy Nolan, his boss's daughter, who is ten years his junior.
15) Home another way
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Following her mother's death and her father's abandonment, infant Sarah Graham was left to be raised by her emotionally distant grandmother. As a child, she turned to music for comfort, and eventually was accepted by Juilliard. But an unplanned pregnancy and the birth of a stillborn baby put a screeching halt to her potentially brilliant career. Now twenty-seven, Sarah lives hard in an attempt to escape her past. But when her estranged father dies,...
16) Darkness follows
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Sam Travis lives in a Civil War era farmhouse in Gettysburg, PA, where he awakens one morning to find an old journal with an entry by a Union soldier, Lt. Whiting...written in Sam's own handwriting. When this happens several more times, both at night and during waking "trances," Sam begins to question his own sanity while becoming obsessed with Lt. Whiting and his bone-chilling journal entries. As the entries begin to mimic Sam's own life, he is drawn...
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No Place Like Home
Abby Diaz longs to reestablish a relationship with her father, so she heads to Canyon Springs, her Arizona hometown, with a painful past she can't share with anyone. But then she's needed to care for her young nephew. The little boy takes a shine to a happy-go-lucky cowboy, a handsome man who's everything Abby can never have. The more time she spends with Brett, the more she realizes he's harboring a heartache of his own. As...
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Infamous Amish novels volume 2
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"With her preacher father in prison for fraud, Elizabeth Yoder's life in the community of Bounti-ful has been painfully uprooted. Mindful of wearing out her welcome with her family, she jumps at the chance to stay with elderly Bridget Lantz while the woman's daughter is away. Elizabeth has secret plans to leave for another Amish community where she might get a fresh start, but here with Bridget, she feels comfortable--until Bridget's strapping grandson,...
19) A deep divide
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Secrets of the canyon volume 1
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"When her father's greedy corruption goes too far, heiress Emma Grace McMurray sneaks away to be a Harvey Girl at the El Tovar Grand Canyon Hotel, planning to stay hidden forever. There she uncovers mysteries, secrets, and a love beyond anything she could imagine-leaving her to question all she thought to be true"--
20) Beyond the tides
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Prince Edward Island shores volume 1
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"When Meg Whitaker's father decides to sell the family's lobster-fishing business to her high school nemesis, she sets out to prove she should inherit it instead. Though she's never had any interest in running the small fleet--or even getting on a boat due to her persistent seasickness--she can't stand to see Oliver Ross take over. Not when he ruined her dreams for a science scholarship and an Ivy League education ten years ago. Oliver isn't proud...
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