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1) Christy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 29
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"The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her - and her one-room school - as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is challenged and...
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Ardith has finally recovered from the heartbreak she suffered when pianist Gavin Parrish failed to meet her for a Paris rendezvous ten years earlier, but now a strange twist of fate has brought him back into her life again and she must find a way to save herself from the despair she is sure he will bring with him.
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Victoria 'Smokey' Simmons stands silently on deck as her father's body is lowered into the Atlantic, asking God for the strength she will need to command the Aramis alone. Not wanting to remain at sea forever, Smokey dreams of the time when she can trade her life aboard ship for a home and family. When she meets another captain, Dallas Knight, Smokey believes her dream will finally come true. But circumstances beyond their control and the schemes...
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King Henry commands Bracken of Hawkings Crest to marry into one of the Crown's most loyal families, but Marigold, Lord Vincent's oldest daughter, refuses to obey the king's order, forcing Lord Vincent to call his beloved Megan from the abbey to marry the young knight.
10) Logan's lady
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"Rediscover this classic romance from bestselling author Tracie Peterson. Journey to Colorado with Lady Amelia Amhurst, who leaves her regal home in England to discover the beauty of America in 1875. Traveling with her father, sisters, and intended fiancé, spoils the joy and adventure, until Amelia meets rugged Logan Reed, the party's guide to Estes Park, Colorado. Will the man and the land change Amelia's beliefs about life and love? Also included...
11) Prairie rose
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Rosenbloom Cotton Mills, known as Rosie, has spent her entire 19 years in an orphanage in Kansas City, Missouri. Then, in May of 1865, Rosie saves Seth Hunter from an attack by his brother-in-law. Seeing a chance to escape the orphanage, Rosie accompanies Seth and his son, Chipper, out west to act as their housekeeper. Rosie soon falls in love with Seth but feels she can never marry because she was an illegitimate child. Eventually, her Bible reading...
12) God's gift
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After being injured in Africa doing missionary work, James Graham comes back home to Chicago where he finally meets Rachel Ashcroft, the woman who has been sending him care packages, and tries to bring happiness and love back into her life.
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When her mother dies in childbirth, Jessica's father sends his infant daughter to New York to be raised by an older aunt. Aunt Harriet tells Jessica nothing of her father's offer to take her back, and pushes her into an arranged marriage with an abusive and unfaithful man. After her aunt and husband die, Jessica is alone in the world with her infant son. Returning to the Kansas ranch where her life began, she doesn't know whom to trust. Will Windridge...
15) Ransom of love
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In this fifth installment of the bestselling Mail Order Bride series, two young couples seek freedom and love amidst slavery-rich Charleston, South Carolina. When nineteen-year-old Benjamin arrives from South Africa, he is scheduled to be sold into slavery -- but is set free by a Christian who takes him in as a paid worker. The man's son, Dan Johnson, befriends Benjamin, and the two make plans to start a cattle ranch in Texas. With bold dreams and...
16) True devotion
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Kelly Jacobs watched with pride as her husband, Nick, triumphed in his demanding SEALs military training. When he dies on a mission three years later, she is wounded to the soul -- yet copes with the determination of a SEAL's wife; bracing herself to keep going despite the loss. In return, Nick's comrades watch over Kelly as part of their family. Joe Baker had been leading the team when Nick was killed. He takes the loss especially hard: Nick had...
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In this sixth installment in the popular Mail Order Bride series, Dorianne DeFeo is a lovely, loyal daughter to widower Franco DeFeo, who works on the docks in Brooklyn. When Franco catches two fellow workers smuggling diamonds, they stab him and he dies in Dori's arms. Persevering through her grief, Dori finds her employment opportunities diminishing and finally answers an ad from Arizona lawman Stone McKenna for a mail-order bride. Traveling west,...
18) City girl
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City girl Reagan Sullivan may know her way around New York City, but nothing back East has prepared her for the land of armadillos and tall Texans. Chasing after adventure to blur an unhappy past, the highly independent Reagan has landed a job out West--but quite clearly she is not out to land a husband. When the gentle rancher Cash Rawlings comes into her life, Reagan finds herself intrigued with the man and his faith--but love and commitment are...
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Romance and revenge, hot tempers, and cold feet frame a gripping story set in rural Elkton, Idaho, in the 1860s. Young Jordan Shaw angers easily and lives wildly, experiencing prison and kidnapping before his family attempts to tame him with marriage. To avoid their choice, he seeks a mail order bride, pretty Diana Morrow, who suffers the abuse of a violent father before escaping her tumultuous family home. When Diana arrives in Elkton and finds Jordan...
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