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"It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, fourteen-year-old Tommy and sixteen-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy."--Dust jacket.
3) Orphan X
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Evan Smoak thrillers volume 1
Thorndike Press large print basic
Orphan X novel volume 01
Nowhere Man volume 01
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Thorndike Press large print basic
Orphan X novel volume 01
Nowhere Man volume 01
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"The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It's said that when he's reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them. But he's no legend. Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help thosewith nowhere else to turn. He's also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as part of the off-the-books black...
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Schoolteacher Hallie Wolcott, her friend Pearl Parsons, and their friend Mary leave the lawless town of Whiskey Bend behind, hoping to start a new life, and when a violent storms forces them to take refuge with rancher Eli Morgan, who is facing his own troubles, they must all learn strength, perseverance, and courage in order to escape from their inner demons and the enemies that have followed them.
5) Hellbent
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After breaking with the Orphan Program, Evan reinvented himself as the Nowhere Man, dedicated to helping the truly desperate. He gets a call from Jack Johns, the man who raised and trained him, the only father Evan has ever known. Government forces trying to scrub the remaining assets of the Orphan Program have finally tracked down Jack. Evan receives his last assignment: find and protect his last protégé and recruit for the program. And the new...
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Danny Hansen volume 1
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Danny Hansen is a priest who lives by a law of love and compassion. It is powerful men and hypocrites who abide by legal law but eschew the law of love that most incense Danny. As an avenging angel, he believes it is his duty to show them the error of their ways, at any cost.
7) Game over
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With yet another successful assignment behind them, the ladies of the Sisterhood have enjoyed a relaxing break together and celebrated the wedding of Myra and Charles on Big Pine Mountain. But as soon as the newlyweds return from their shortened honeymoon, they are hit with some exciting yet unsettling news. It seems their dear ally Lizzie Fox, recently ensconced as Chief White House Counsel, is rumoured to be near the top of the short list for a...
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Maiden Lane romances volume 6
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The conservative Duke of Wakefield has a secret life fighting crime in the darkest parts of London, and the last thing he needs is the mousey Miss Artemis Greaves showing up at his townhouse jeopardizing his cover.
10) Kiss and tell
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Life comes in stages. Even the Sisterhood has been content to let their gold shields gather a little dust while they enjoy friends and family. But when a string of anonymous emails arrives at Pinewood suggesting shady dealings at a local assisted-living facility, Myra Rutledge and best friend Annie de Silva are ready to out-hustle a master con-artist at his own game. This time, they'll need to enlist some new allies in order to pull off their brilliant...
11) Gone too Far
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
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When high school senior Piper Woods finds a notebook with mutilated photographs and a list of student sins, she is sure the book is too gruesome to be true, but when a student from the list dies, and although everyone thinks it is a suicide, she suspects something much worse, and her fears are confirmed when she receives an anonymous text daring her to make things right.
12) Home free
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"United by a desire to overcome their personal misfortunes, seven very different women formed an indelible bond and vowed to right wrongs wherever they found them. They've succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. After years known as the Vigilantes, Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle are enjoying their hard-won freedom and the chance at a normal life.As it turns out, once you're a part of the Sisterhood, normal is a relative term....
13) Hide and seek
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Sisterhood series volume 8
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Rules of the game volume 01
Rules of the game volume 1
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Rules of the game volume 01
Rules of the game volume 1
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The Sisterhood's last assignment almost landed them in jail. Mitch Riley, assistant director of th FBI, intends to frame Cornelia Easter, the judge who helped them evade prison & their lawyer, in order to save his own career, as he creates a special task force to hunt the Sisters down.
14) Deja vu
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The Sisterhood volume 19
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Thanks to a presidential pardon, the Sisterhood can put their fugitive days behind them and resume their lives in peace. Still, all the women admit that lately things are a little too calm and peaceful. Meeting up for the first time in months to celebrate Kathryn's birthday - in the City of Sin, no less - seems like the perfect antidote. But before they can kick up their heels something too big to pass up is dropped into their laps. The time has come...
15) The vigilantes
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There's a sudden spike in murders in Philadelphia, but no one seems to mind much because the victims are all lowlifes. However, when vigilante groups spring up claiming credit for some of the murders, Homicide Sergeant Matthew Payne hopes it isn't true. As the targets get bigger and events start moving out of control, Payne realizes that if he and his colleagues can't figure out who's behind this very soon, the violence could overtake them all.
16) Payback
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Sisterhood series volume 2
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Meet the sisterhood-seven very different women who found one another in their darkest days and formed an indelible friendship, strong enough to heal their pasts and bring laughter and joy back into their lives. In Myra Rutledge's beautiful, Virginia home , amid hugs and fresh iced tea, shrimp fritters and shell-pink tulips, the friends have gathered to embark on their second mission of sweet revenge for one of their own. Julie Webster's husband a...
17) Burning bridges
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Retrievers novels volume 4
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Rediscover the world of the Retrievers and the Cosa Nostradamus, in book 4 of the popular series by Laura Anne Gilman.
Wren Valere used to be almost invisible. But now she's not only being seen, she's getting involved.
Recent attacks against nonhuman Fatae have escalated into hate crimes against magic users in general—humans included. With the Mage Council distracted by internal power struggles, Wren reluctantly steps
18) They never learn
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2020.
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"Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she's even better at getting away with murder. Every year, she searches for the worst man at Gorman University and plots his well-deserved demise. Thanks to her meticulous planning, she's avoided drawing attention to herself - but as she's preparing for her biggest kill yet, the school starts probing into the growing body count on campus. Determined to keep her enemies close, Scarlett insinuates...
19) Into the fire
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Evan Smoak lives by his own code. Once he was known as Orphan X. Trained as an off-the-books government assassin and spoken about only in whispers, Evan Smoak was one of the most talented - and most feared - men in the Program. But he broke free and reinvented himself as The Nowhere Man, a figure shrouded in mystery, known for helping the truly desperate. If anyone is truly desperate, it's Max Merriweather. Max is at the end of his rope. His cousin...
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Nikki Griffin volume 01
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"Nikki Griffin isn't your typical private investigator. In her office above her bookstore's shelves and stacks, where she luxuriates in books and the comfort they provide, she also tracks certain men. Dangerous men. Men who have hurt the women they claim to love. And Nikki likes to teach those men a lesson, to teach them what it feels like to be hurt and helpless, so she can be sure that their victims are safe from them forever. When a regular PI...
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