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1141) She loves me not
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Life goes on. That's what young widow Rose Larrabee tells herself each day as she has to be both mother and father to her two young children, a task that leaves little time for new romance. That's why she's surprised to find the simple, homemade valentine in her mailbox, a paper heart with no signatrre. It could be a sweet reminder, but for Rose, the red heart has special significance..a link to a secret she shares with two other women ... a secret...
1142) Imitation of life
Author
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Bea Pullman, a white single mother, and her African American maid, Delilah Johnston, also a single mother, rear their daughters together and become business partners. Combining Bea's business savvy with Delilah's irresistible southern recipes, they build an Aunt Jemima-like waffle business and an international restaurant empire. Yet their public success brings them little happiness. Bea is torn between her responsibilities as a businesswoman and...
Author
Publisher
Urban
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Jream Colton's life has been rocked by the death of her husband, Cade. With two children to raise and a business to get off the ground, Jream feels overwhelmed. She used to turn to God for strength, but after unanswered prayers for her husband's health to be restored, Jream is no longer on speaking terms with Him. As one problem after another arises, Jream wonders if she will ever see a better day. She finally meets the answers to her prayers in Jaxon,...
1144) The drinking den
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"Gervaise Macquart struggles to provide for her two children and hopes that the marriage to Monsieur Coupeau will finally allow her to have a decent life; however, her husband's drinking and an unexpected visit from her past causes her life to unravel."--
1145) The pilot's daughter
Author
Publisher
Rainier Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Cora is scared to fly again after her husband died in a recent helicopter crash in Pago Pago. A thousand times she has told herself to turn around, not get on the flight, go back to her young children. But now, she's seated in first class across the aisle from the girlfriend of a famous billionaire pharmaceutical entrepreneur. Halfway across the Pacific, the flight is hijacked. Six people are dead--including the pilots. Cora is a young widow,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In this third Neapolitan novel, Elena and Lila, the two girls whom readers first met in My Brilliant Friend, have become women. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her husband and the comforts her marriage brought and now works as a common laborer. Elena has left the neighborhood, earned her college degree, and published a successful novel, all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished...
Author
Series
Publisher
[Lois Winston]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Anastasia and her fellow American Woman editors are steaming mad when minutes before the opening of a consumer show, they discover half their booth usurped by Bling!, their publisher's newest magazine. CEO Alfred Gruenwald is sporting new arm candy--rapper-turned-entrepreneur and Bling! executive editor, the first-name-only Philomena. During the consumer show, Gruenwald's wife serves Philomena with an alienation of affection lawsuit, but Philomena...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The folks in the Kentucky Appalachians are scraping by. Coal mining and hardscrabble know-how are a way of life for these isolated people. But when Amanda Rye, a young widowed mother and traveling packhorse librarian, comes through a mountain community hit hard by the nation's economic collapse, she brings with her hope, courage, and apple pie. Along the way, Amanda takes a shine to the MacInteer family, especially to the gentle Rai; her quick-study...
1149) A respectable woman
Author
Publisher
Allison & Busby Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"After losing her family in the Great War, Nell is grateful to marry Stan Hibbert, believing she can recapture a sense of family with him. But five years on, she is just another back-street housewife, making every penny do the work of tuppence and performing miracles with scrag-end. When she discovers that Stan is leading a double-life, she runs away to make a fresh start. Two years later, in 1924, Nell has carved out a fulfilling new life for herself...
1150) Safe with me
Author
Series
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Keeping others safe is what Caleb Montgomery does. He's never had a problem taking on an assignment, whether it was during his dangerous SEAL days or his most recent job of training war mercenaries. But being assigned to keep Brynna Vincent and her adorable daughters, Maddie and Josie, safe from an unknown threat has thrown Caleb off his axis. ... Brynna is sick and tired of being afraid. All she wants is a normal, quiet life for her and her precious...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Fleeing her native England with her three-year-old daughter, Justine Cantrell gives herself a new name and a new life in America. In a quiet midwestern town on the shores of glittering Lake Maxinkuckee, Justine hopes to recapture the fleeting days of happiness in the long-ago summers she spent with her grandmother. And though her memories of that time are scant, Justine knows they must have shared a special bond. After all, the power of her grandmother's...
1152) He's just a cowboy
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
For six agonizing years Heather Tremont Leonetti tried to make a lie of the breathless summer when rodeo rider Turner Brooks broke her innocence and branded her heart. But now only the truth could save her most precious, cherished memento. Which meant she'd have to beg the help of the one man who could drive her to her knees -- the proud, unforgiving loner she'd loved -- the unforgettable cowboy who'd sired her son.
1153) Escaping yesterday
Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In 1905, Lottie Chase arrives in Denver with her ten-year-old daughter, Elsa, after fleeing her abusive uncle in New York. She secures a job at Elitch's Gardens, one of the city's new amusement parks. Everything would be perfect if it weren't for the garden manager, Caleb Hudson. Cared for by park co-owner Mary Elitch Long since he was a boy, Caleb is fiercely protective and fears that Lottie plans to take advantage of the Longs. But a series of...
1154) Fiancée for one night
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Leo Zamos persuades his virtual PA, Eve Carmichael, to act as his fake fiancée at a business dinner. Thinking he's never met her before, Leo assumes that Eve's appearance will be as neat and professional as the work she's so efficiently performed for him. But soon he realizes how wrong he's been! With her soft curves, and lips that beg to be kissed, Eve is every bit as tempting as her namesake ... Eve has accepted Leo's commission reluctantly--how...
Author
Series
Harlequin special edition ; 2226
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Strong. Sensible. Dependable. That was Evie Dunn's type. Certainly not young, fearless gorgeous firefighter Scott Jones. She knew the wisest course was to keep her distance, but she couldn't resist the allure of a holiday fling. Now the widowed single mom found herself with an unexpected post-Christmas gift-she was having Scott's baby! Scott came to Crystal Point to see his sister tie the knot, not fall for the alluring owner of the town's oceanfront...
1156) Baby bootcamp
Author
Series
Harlequin intrigue ; 1275
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"War vet Matteo Soarez's assignment is simple: watch and listen. An undercover agent for Corps Security and Investigations, Matt learned patience the hard way on a dusty desert battleground. So sitting in a Texas café waiting for information is a piece of cake--make that a piece of pie. Faith Scott's cherry pie, that is. The young café owner and mother-to-be could light up a room with her smile, and send a jaded ex-soldier's heart racing like a...
1157) The sweet spot
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Single mom Palmer Clark will not be sidelined by the new man in town. Sure, the honey-tongued baseball legend is gorgeous, loves puppies, and has charmed his way into the community's heart, but Palmer craves stability. Nothing about Cole says forever. So why is he so hard to resist? Cole is swinging through town to visit his parents when he meets the kind of down-to-earth distraction he's been looking for since retiring from the majors. True, his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
All Rory Linfield wants is to give her little boy a perfect Christmas. A new job and new home would be nice, too! So when a mysterious benefactor asks her to manage a shop in a picturesque seashore town, she eagerly accepts. The only catch is her supergruff and supersexy! new boss. The last thing bachelor Erik Sullivan needs to deal with is an inexperienced "businesswoman." Especially one whose gentle manner and vulnerable allure awaken feelings...
1159) Connect: a novel
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In a world run by computers, hackers have power--and awkward, homeschooled Colt is among the best. But when Colt secretly submits his mother Naomi's breakthrough research to a biotech conference, and it is immediately shut down, mother and son are forced to go on the run. Now Colt is coding for his life. As the military, and Colt's father, hunt them through a Las Vegas of self-driving cars and surveillance drones, Naomi has to decide how far she...
1160) A Texas Christmas wish
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Karly Kalakona's new nursing job is the perfect Christmas gift she and her son needed for their future. The single mom just never counted on dealing with not only a stubborn patient, but also with his prodigal son. After years away, pilot Tyler Childress is only a temporary traveler to the Texas ranch he's spent his life escaping. But the chemistry he shares with his father's nurse is undeniable--and has him thinking of sticking around past the holiday...
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