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Author
Series
Guncle volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Patrick O'Hara is a bit out of his league. Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for week-long visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. So when tragedy strikes and Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian, he is, honestly, overwhelmed. Patrick has no idea...
Author
Series
Dakota diaries volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Mae Wilkey's next door neighbor is suffering from old age and dementia and desperately needs family to come help her. But Pauline can't recall having kin remaining. Mae searches through her desk and finds a name-- Tom Curtis, who may just be the answer to their prayers.
4) Deception
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Olympia Wingfield, an old maid at twenty-five, is saddled with raising her motherless nephews. But her dreary life gets a bit more interesting when Mr. Jared Chillhurst arrives to tutor her three incorrigible charges. His plundering kisses and traveler's tales quickly win Olympia's heart . And soon she is swept up in a scandalous affair with a dangerous, desirable man who is haunted by old enemies and an even older mystery.
Author
Series
Old kingdom volume 6
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
This prequel to the Old Kingdom series tells the story of how Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, met
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
Language
English
Description
Tack Gentry has been away for a year when he returns to the familiar buildings of his uncle John Gentry’s G Bar ranch. To his amazement, the ranch has a new owner, who is unimpressed when Tack explains that his uncle was a Quaker, didn’t believe in violence, and never carried a gun. His advice to Tack is to make tracks. But Tack has other plans.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Betty Sweet is still recovering from the loss of her husband when she becomes the temporary guardian of a five-year-old nephew she never knew she had. As they struggle to move forward, they build a relationship upon the foundation of storytelling and its special kind of magic."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Alibis in Arkansas volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Alibis in Arkansas, Book 1
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After police dispatcher Elise St. Clair’s home is invaded by her murderous brother-in-law, her nephew is hidden in Amish Country by her cleaning lady. Now relying on police officer Ryan Parker is Elise’s only hope of reuniting with the child…and evading the killer. And Elise and Ryan quickly discover their temporary partnership has long-term potential—if they can stay alive."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Multnomah Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Marnie didn't know much about miracles. Mistakes maybe. Accidents. And monstrous mess-ups. She knew a lot about those. But miracles? Those were for other people. When her sister dies and makes Marnie guardian of her Down syndrome son, pieces of her dismal past surface again.
13) Shielding Riley
Author
Series
Delta Team Two volume 5
Publisher
[Susan Stoker]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Porter "Oz" Reed knows as well as anyone the damage words can do. So while he's not looking for a relationship, he has no problem standing outside his apartment looking intimidating as his sweet neighbor finally kicks her verbally abusive ex to the curb. Just in case. But it's Oz who's punched in the gut when, at that precise moment, his ten-year-old nephew Logan is dropped on his doorstep.
14) Burning Meredith
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The Meredith Mountain fire starts on Labor Day weekend and rages for days - an awesome sight, leaving a trail of havoc and destruction in its wake. Alice Adams edits the Clark's Fort Guardian newspaper, ably assisted by her nephew, Stuart Campbell, and the two cover the blaze for the paper, wowing the local community with their stunning photographs and features. When the fire is finally contained and the mop-up crew discover a burned male body under...
Author
Language
English
Description
Wine and murder--nothing is more likely to rouse Auntie Poldi's love of the chase. Still relishing the notoriety from her spectacular resolution of the Candela case, Poldi is alive to the faintest whiff of criminality. What to others might seem a series of misfortunes--the water supply cut off, a poisoned dog--is clearly, to Poldi, an escalation: the Mafia have had her in their sights ever since she solved Valentino's murder. Poldi has tasted blood....
Author
Series
Publisher
Hometown Hunters LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When Tucker causes trouble in his new school he is shipped off to live with his aunt and uncle in a remote area of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There is something magical and mysterious about Uncle Ed's place. He is warned early and often by his uncle never to venture into the West Woods. But why?
17) Now & then
Author
Publisher
Avon A
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Anna O'Shea has failed at marriage, shed her job at a law firm, and she's trying to re-create herself when she and her recalcitrant nephew are summoned to the past in a manner that nearly destroys them. Her twenty-first-century skills pale as she struggles to find her nephew in nineteenth-century Ireland. For one of them, the past is brutally difficult, filled with hunger and struggle. For the other, the past is filled with privilege, status, and...
Author
Series
Scottish Bakehouse mysteries volume ; 20
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Henry pushed through the multi-armed power blaster, then plowed into the heavy hanging dummy. Laura cringed at the force with which her nephew smacked the thing, which was likely filled with a hundred pounds of sand. Digging his feet into the soft earth, Henry drove the equipment down the rail -- but the hefty dummy didn't stop at the end. It whizzed off its support arm and crashed to the ground, taking Henry with it. Behind Laura, the cheerleaders...
Author
Series
Guncle volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Nothing will be merry about Steve Weston's Christmas if he doesn't find a nanny for his newborn nephew fast. But the best choice is Chloe Richardson, the woman he pushed away years ago. He has a second chance at making the season's joy last for a lifetime--unless he allows old wounds to separate them once more..."--Page 4 of cover.