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81) Against the tide
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As a child, Lydia Pallas became all too familiar with uncertainty when it came to the future. Now, she's finally carved out a perfect life for herself - a life of stability and order. She adores her apartment overlooking bustling Boston Harbor, and her skill with languages has landed her a secure position as a translator for the U.S. Navy. Then Alexander Banebridge, who equally attracts and aggravates Lydia, hires her to translate seemingly innocuous...
82) Arms of love
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"Pennsylvania in the late 18th century, once called William Penn's Woods, was an assortment of different faiths living together for the first time in American history. Included in this tapestry was a small and struggling population called Amish. Surrounding this peaceful people were unavoidable threats: both Patriots and the British were pillaging land and goods for the sake of the war, young Amishmen were leaving the faith to take up arms and defend...
83) Be still my soul
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Thorndike Press
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2012.
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English
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Pretty Lonnie Sawyer is shy and innocent, used to fading into the background. Despite her family's poverty and her abusive father, she clings to a quiet faith. But when handsome ladies' man and bluegrass musician Gideon O'Riley steals a kiss, Lonnie's fate is sealed. Her father forces her into a hasty marriage with a man she barely knows, and Gideon forces her on an arduous journey away from her home. What will it take to heal their two fractured...
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Ravaged by disease, preyed upon by ruthless bandits, the Bender family's second year in Mexico has taken a grievous turn. Faced with impossible choices, the expatriate Amish truly discover what it means to live by faith and not by sight. But it's Miriam who must make the hardest choice of all. Domingo. The chiseled native has proven himself a man of principle, grace, and power. Yet is he the pearl of great price for which Miriam would sacrifice everything?...
85) Dawn comes early
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Brides of Last Chance Ranch volume 1
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Looking for a woman of good character and pleasant disposition to learn the ranching business in Arizona Territory. Must be single and prepared to remain so. ... Disgraced dime novelist Kate Tenney fled the city that banned her latest book seeking a fresh start. What awaits is a hard life; Kate is ill-prepared but tenacious. And having been abandoned by a string of men, Kate has no intention of ever marrying. But she didn't plan on meeting Luke Adams,...
86) Hunter's prize
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Thorndike Press
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2012
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Addie McRae accepts a job as governess to young Cedric Whitfield, but she has no idea what lies ahead - especially when a string of attempted robberies and a kidnapping threaten the peace of the Whitfield household. Enter Pearson Foster, a visiting treasure hunter, looking for the lost treasure of the steamer Mittie Stephens. When Addie comes to Pearson for help, can the unlikely pair get to the bottom of recent events? Is anyone safe from the uncertainty...
87) In too deep
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Young widow Audra Gilliland agrees to a marriage of convenience with the brash Ethan Kincaid, and although they disagree on their daily lives on Ethan's ranch, they both fall deeper in love than they had ever planned.
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"In Depression-era Mississippi, Millie Reynolds longs to escape the madness that marks her world. With an abusive father and a 'nothing mama,' she struggles to find a place where she really belongs. For answers, Millie turns to the gypsies who caravan through town each spring. The travelers lead Millie to a key that unlocks generations of shocking family secrets. When tragedy strikes, the mysterious contents of the box give Millie the tools she needs...
89) A love forbidden
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Moved by a compassionate heart and the desire for adventure, twenty-year-old Shiloh Wainwright impulsively accepts a teaching position at the White River Indian Agency in northwestern Colorado. But soon Shiloh finds herself caught in the crossfire between the Utes, their unyielding Indian agent, and a demanding U.S. government. Her unexpected encounter with a half-Ute childhood friend complicates matters as they battle growing feelings for each other....
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Thorndike Press
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2013.
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"When her nieces and nephews fall victim to their alcoholic father's mistakes, Susanna Hanby vows to rescue them. In 1875, Susanna Hanby travels to her sister's Ohio farm--but no one is there. Her sister's alcoholic husband claims that she has run off and dumped their six children at the county orphanage, and he doesn't care. Desperate to keep the family together, Susanna seeks help from her uncle Will in Westerville. Johann Giere is heir to a thriving...
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Thorndike Press
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2012.
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Maggie Davis comes to town determined to find the bad guy lock him up and move on just as shes done so many times before. No one suspects the diminutive seller of feminine fripperies to be a U.S. Marshal in disguise. But thats what she is. So when the intriguingly handsome stage driver turns out to be her number one suspect shes surprised at the turmoil she feels. Can Cal McConnell the sweet caring man shes come to know be a scoundrel?
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Thorndike Press
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2012.
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When her doting father dies, Lady Kendra Townsend is given a choice: marry the man of her money-grubbing uncle's choosing or leave England to risk a new life in America with unknown relatives. Armed with the faith that God has a plan for her, Kendra boards a cargo ship and meets American sea captain Dorian Colburn. But the captain has been wounded by a woman before and guards his independent life. A swashbuckling man doesn't need an English heiress...
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1884 - When Rebecca Switzer hears that Jesse Montgomery is near Apple Grove, she must see the rugged but dissolute cowboy who had stolen her heart years earlier. Sheriff Colin Maddox is counting the days until he can quit and follow his dream of starting a church. When a lovely woman, looking travel-weary and lost, gets caught up and arrested with the leaders of a temperance riot, he can hardly believe she is a Plain and simple woman. Nor can he believe...
94) Sarai
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Wives of the patriarchs volume 1
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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"Sarai, the last child of her aged father, is beautiful and spoiled. She's aware of the way men look at her, including her half brother Abram. When Abram finally requests Sarai's hand, she asks one thing--that he promise never to take another wife as long as she lives. Even her father thinks the demand is restrictive and agrees to the union only if Sarai makes a promise in return--to give Abram a son and heir. But as the years stretch on and Sarai's...
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Thorndike Press
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2012, c2011
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Germany, 1918. Four years of fighting have finally ended, and an undercurrent of hope swells in the bustling streets of Munich. It's a dream come true for Annaliese Düray. Young and idealistic, she's fighting on the front lines of Munich's political scene to give women and the working-class a voice in the new government. But she's caught off guard by the arrival of Christophe Brecht, a family friend who's been sent to bring her home. That's the last...
97) The surrender
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Follow along as an upright man is caught up in the horrific events of the Civil War in the final book of the Last Cavaliers series. When Morgan Tremayne follows his employer, Robert E. Lee, into battle, he leaves behind everything hes worked hard to build: a horse farm, a good reputation, and a young orphan he has raised. It will take a life-changing injury on Gettysburgs blood-soaked fields to open Morgans eyes to whats really worth dying for.
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
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2012.
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Ben Hansby is determined to cast a young student, Kate Winter, in his musical as he guards his participation in the Underground Railroad, while Kate is determined to use the musical to flee from her mother's determination to marry her off to a wealthy suitor.
100) Waiting for morning
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There is nothing Molly Hatfield wouldn't do for her teenaged brother, Donny. She blames herself for the accident that left him wheelchair bound. So when she learns that an eccentric rancher in Cactus Patch, Arizona, is looking for an heiress - someone to take over managing the ranch in exchange for future ownership - Molly jumps at the chance to give Donny a real home. But she didn't bank on meeting the town's charming unmarried doctor. Falling in...