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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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Marion's life offers little excitement, until she buys a season ticket to the symphony and her life begins to change--first with mysterious crimson roses left each night on her seat, then with the attention of a wealthy gentleman. But will change prove to be welcome relief or potentially dangerous?
4) Remember
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 17
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Once again, the Baxter family is touched by love and loss, including the tragic events surrounding September 11. Ashley Baxter has locked up her heart, convinced that no one--including God--could love her because of the past behavior she is trying to forget. A few highly unlikely people help her open up to love and redemption.
5) 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...
6) Halos
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It was the halo that caught her heart between beats and made her pause to take notice ... "When Alessi Moore drives her red Mustang convertible into town, she wonders if this could be the place she was meant to find, a place to settle down. But when her convertible and all she owns is stolen, she is filled with doubt ...
7) Inescapable
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Lizzie Engel is used to running away. At eighteen, she left her Mennonite hometown, her family and her faith with plans never to return. Five years later, Lizzie finds she'll have to run again. False accusations at her job, a stalker, and a string of anonymous threatening letters have left her with no other options. This time, however, her escape is back to Kingdom, her hometown. There, with the support of old friend Noah Housler, Lizzie hides out...
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Second chances volume 01
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Having initially left the folds of the Christian church to pursue a life of crime and sin, Mary Bridget 'Bridie' Washburn finds herself rekindling her faith and once again seeking a quiet and pious life. It is during this endeavor that she meets Reverend Alastair MacPherson and quickly becomes nanny to his motherless children. As they grow closer, Mary and Alastair form an undeniable bond that will soon be tested.
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In 1876 Deadwood, South Dakota, twenty-year-old Mattie O'Keefe, having left a job working at a gambling house as a singer, looks for her younger brother while struggling with the temptation of gold mining and the message of a handsome preacher who warns against the storing of riches.
10) Crimson mountain
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Grace Livingston Hill romance novels volume 85
Kennebec Large Print superior collection
Love endure volume 7
Classic volume 15
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Kennebec Large Print superior collection
Love endure volume 7
Classic volume 15
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No longer heir to her father's fortune, Laurel Sheridan returns to her hometown of Carrollton to earn her living. But a wrong turn soon brings her to a life-threatening tight spot. Phil Pilgrim, a soldier, rescues Laurel and vows to stick by her for the remainder of his leave...then finds it hard to leave Laurel at all. With Phil gone, Laurel draws strength from beautiful Crimson Mountain....Then she overhears a plot to destroy the town's new munitions...
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"With the death of her grandfather, her only living relative, Christine Bennett felt a deep loneliness. The words of his will rang in her ears. Jeffers had watched her with an evil, self-satisfied look that made her shiver. Now, afraid of what might happen, she was obeying a note she had received saying she was in danger and must leave town immediately. After escaping to the small community of Baxter, Christine begins to piece together a new life."--P....
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In 1650s England, a young Puritan maiden is on a mission to save the baby of her newly widowed preacher--whether her assistance is wanted or not. Always ready to help those in need, Elizabeth ignores John's protests of her aid. She's even willing to risk her lone marriage prospect to help the little family. Yet Elizabeth's new role as nanny takes a dangerous turn when John's boldness from the pulpit makes him a target of political and religious leaders....
14) Return to me
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Roxy Burke returns home after trying to become a star in Nashville and squandering her inheritance from her grandmother, sparking upset in her family as her sister, Elena, now engaged to Wyatt, the boyfriend Roxy abandoned, resents their father's ready acceptance of Roxy back into the fold, and Wyatt, now a minister, has doubts about marrying Elena; meanwhile, Roxy struggles to accept her father's forgiveness.
15) Phoebe's light
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Phoebe Starbuck has always adjusted her sails and rudder to the whims of her father. Now, for the first time, she's doing what she wants to do: marrying Captain Phineas Foulger and sailing far away from Nantucket. As she leaves on her grand adventure, her father gives her two gifts, both of which Phoebe sees little need for. The first is an old sheepskin journal from Great Mary, her highly revered great-grandmother. The other is a "minder" on the...
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Although she's always longed to see the outside world, Johanna Ilg believes her future is rooted in the Amana community inhabited by devout Christians. But when she learns a troubling secret, the world she thought she knew is shattered and she is forced to make difficult choices about a new life and the man she left behind. Berta Schumacher has lived a privileged life in Chicago, and when her parents decide they want a simpler life in Amana, Iowa,...
17) The bishop's son
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"Leila Lantz is in danger of losing her heart to a Plain man until she discovers he's not so Plain after all. Leila has been drawn to Jesse Glick, the bishop's son, since the first day she met him at his father's store, and she knows he feels the same way about her. But she can't understand why he seems to make overtures one day, then withdraw the next. Jesse has a secret. He's considering making a choice that will forever affect his family and his...
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Finding himself the man of the family, London dancing master Alec Valcourt moves his mother and sister to remote Devonshire, hoping to start over. Stunned to learn the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing, Alec finds an unlikely ally in her daughter. Wary of Julia Midwinter's reckless flirtation, he comes to realize her bold exterior disguises hidden sorrows. With Alec's help, can Julia uncover old secrets and restore life to her somber village?...
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Edwardian brides volume 2
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Strong-willed and beautiful, debutante Katherine Ramsey feels ready to take the Longdon social season by storm, and she must. Her family estate, Highland Hall, has been passed to older male cousin Sir William Hall, and her only means of securing her future is to make a strong debut and find a proper husband. With her all-knowing and meddling aunt at the lavish gatherings, sparkling with Great Britain's elite. When a shocking family scandal sidelines...
20) No safe harbor
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Edge of freedom volume 1
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She came to America searching for her brother. Instead, all she's found is a web of danger. Lured by a handful of scribbled words across a faded letter, Cara Hamilton sets off from 1896 Ireland on a quest to find the brother she'd thought dead. Her search brings her to America, and to a man who claims to be a friend, Rourke Walsh. Cara reveals the truth about her purpose in New York, and is suddenly thrust into a world of subterfuge, veiled threats,...
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