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What can a woman--a mere governess--do against the scourge of slavery? Elizabeth "Lizzie" Clouston's quietly held principles oppose those of the Southern Cause--but when forty thousand soldiers converge on the fields of Franklin, Tennessee, the war demands an answer. The Carnton home where she is governess is converted into a Confederate field hospital, and Lizzie is called upon to assist the military doctor with surgeries that determine life or death....
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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...
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"Left at an orphanage, Thea Reed vowed to find her mother someday. In 1908, the search takes her to an asylum in Pleasant Valley, Wisconsin. Using her experience as a post-mortem photographer, Thea gains access and, with groundskeeper Simeion Coyle, photographs the patients and uncovers the secrets within. Her quest reawakens the legend of Misty Wayfair, a murdered woman whose appearance portends death. A century later, Heidi Lane's mother, who is...
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Mercy Hospital (Candace Calvert) volume 1
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After her brother dies in a trauma room, nurse Claire Avery starts a new career in nursing education, but she finds herself called back to the ER to counsel the medical staff after a day care center explosion, and is challenged to reach Logan Caldwell, a doctor with a tough love mentality.
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
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"From New Orleans to San Francisco, Cheney and Shiloh are now working at a large hospital - a contrast from their previous circumstances. Though Cheney is accepted and respected by most of the other doctors, the medical personnel under her supervision question her character, her intent, and her skills. Further, she and Shiloh must constantly be on alert to ensure that fair and conscientious medical treatment is provided to the city's down-and-outers....
7) Broken wings
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Mitzi Steiner, married to Gave for 60 years, watches helplessly as he slips into Alzheimer's. Meanwhile, on the other side of Tulsa, Brooke Woodson thinks she's found the perfect man. Has she? When as accident results in her being hospitalized in the hospital where Mitzi volunteers, Brooke learns lessons about life and love from Mitzi.
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"When concert pianist Vivienne Mourdant's father dies, he leaves to her the care of an adult ward she knew nothing about. The woman is supposedly a patient at Hurstwell Asylum. The woman's portrait is shockingly familiar to Vivienne, so when the asylum claims she was never a patient there, Vivienne is compelled to discover what happened to the figure she remembers from childhood dreams. The longer she lingers in the deep shadows and forgotten towers...
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Gone to the dogs volume 4
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Strange happenings are afoot in Brenham, Texas. Cassidy Carter is the office manager of the Lone Star Veterinary Clinic and volunteers with the Second Chance Ranch Dog Rescue. On a dark and stormy Valentine's night, she responds to a call about a stray dog, described as a large dark dog with a smudge of white on its side. She rescues the dog and discovers that the spot of white is actually the letter Z painted on the dog's side. Who would do such...
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About "Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal" L.C. Douglas : "As already mentioned in the Foreword, this book should be regarded as a prelude rather than a sequel to MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION. In that work the reader will learn how Dr. Wayne Hudson lost his life, and how the young Bobby Merrick, unwittingly though partly responsible for his death, decoded the Journal which was to influence his whole future. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION explains how Dr. Hudson and his...
11) The gray chamber
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On Blackwell's Island, New York, a hospital was built to keep its patients from ever leaving. With her late parents' fortune under her uncle's care until her twenty-fifth birthday in the year 1887, Edyth Foster does not feel pressured to marry or to bow to society's demands. She freely indulges in eccentric hobbies like fencing and riding her velocipede in her cycling costume about the city for all to see. Finding a loophole in the will, though, her...
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Gone to the dogs volume 3
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"Inquisitive, detail-oriented, Veterinarian Kristin Keller prides herself on winning over any dog. But has this self-proclaimed dog whisperer finally met her match in a Sheltie named Remington who has just won the Texas state agility course competition? The champion pooch is acting out of sorts--almost as if he is not the same dog. Has he, by chance, been switched out with another dog just before the next big competition? Kristin and the other Lone...
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Dawn of Hawaii volume 1
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[2010]
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Amid the looming spiritual and political crisis in Hawaii, Eden and Rafe are thrust into a conflict--the adoption of baby Kip, born to parents from the Kalawao leper colony--that threatens to derail their future marriage.
14) Off the chain
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Gone to the dogs mysteries volume 01
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2022.
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"Marigold Evans's first attempt at rescuing an abandoned pooch lands her in a drainage pipe in Brenham, Texas . . . and almost in jail, until Parker Jenson comes to her rescue. Then a bad day only gets worse as the Lone Star Vet Clinic, where they both work, is vandalized and the list of suspects starts to climb. With the help of her fellow employees, Marigold sets out to simultaneously solve the crime, rehab the rescued dog, and help more dogs in...
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Connie August, a Christian combat medic, one who had experienced healings and miracles on the battlefield similar to those in scripture, wasn't looking to make waves back home now that she was retired from the service. She opened Connie's Pizza and settled into her chosen community, wanting to be herself, content to lead a small group of paramedics, doctors, nurses and chaplains who were studying the scriptures and sharing their experiences from across...
20) Broken Bonds
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When Chris Beck comes to Mercy Hospital in search of answers regarding his family tree, his mother's dear friend Joy is there to help! Chris desperately needs a kidney transplant, but the cousin who volunteered to donate one turns ouy to be genetically unrelated to him. In fact, even though DNA evidence shows that Chris is his father's biological child, he is not related toe his father's parents. Chris's grandmother insists she gave birth to Chris's...
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