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The book swap [large print]
Bickers, Tessa, author.
Still reeling from a recent tragedy, Erin Connolly knows she needs to start living, but has no idea how. When she accidentally donates her favorite book--a heavily annotated copy of To Kill a Mockingbird containing a memento she can't be without--to a local little community library, she's devastated. But then the book turns up a week later, back in the library with fresh notes in the margins, along with an invitation in a copy of Great Expectations to meet her newfound pen pal. A life-changing conversation, written only in the margins of beloved classic books, begins between Erin and her Mystery Man. Following each other through the pages of their favorite novels as the book exchange continues, they both begin to open up, falling into a friendship...and maybe something more. But Erin and her pen pal have a shared history that neither of them has guessed. Faced with painful reminders of the past--and the one person she swore never to forgive--Erin finds herself at a crossroads. One that could change her life forever.....
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Fourth wing [large print]
Yarros, Rebecca, author.
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away ... because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter--like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.....
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And cowboy makes three [large print]
Breeden, Susan, author.
A normal childhood -- that's all single mom Vanessa Fraser wants for her son, PJ. And starting her own home care business will help her achieve that goal... unless she gets sidetracked by a handsome cowboy. Austin Cassidy needs a caregiver to help his grandmother recover from hip surgery, so Vanessa agrees to step in -- temporarily. Austin and PJ soon develop a sweet connection. And Vanessa is falling for the protective cowboy. But they're both leaving Destiny Springs, heading in different directions. Unless love puts them on a new path.......
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What happened to the McCrays? [large print] : a novel
Lange, Tracey, author.
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The holiday cottage [large print]
Morgan, Sarah (Romance fiction writer), author.
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Daydream [large print]
Grace, Hannah, author.
When procrastination lands him in a difficult class with his least favorite professor, Henry Turner knows he's going to have to work extra hard to survive his junior year of college. And now with his new role as ice hockey captain - which he didn't even want - Henry absolutely cannot fail. Enter Halle Jacobs, a fellow junior who finds herself befriended by Henry when he accidentally crashes her book club. Halle may not have the romantic pursuits of her favorite fictional leads, but she's an academic superstar, and when she hears about Henry's problems with his class reading material, she offers to help. But being a private tutor isn't exactly ideal given her own studies, job and the novel she's trying to write. New experiences are the key to beating her writer's block, though, and Henry's promising to be the one to give them to her. They just need to stick to their rulebook. Oh, and not fall in love.....
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A daughter of fair Verona [large print]
Dodd, Christina, author.
Once upon a time a young couple met and fell in love. You probably know that story, and how it ended (badly). Only here's the That's not how it ended at all. Romeo and Juliet are alive and well and the parents of seven kids. I'm the oldest, with the emphasis on 'old'--a certified spinster at twenty, and happy to stay that way. It's not easy to keep your taste for romance with parents like mine. Picture it--constant monologues, passionate declarations, fighting, making up, making out ... it's exhausting. Each time they've presented me with a betrothal, I've set out to find the groom-to-be a more suitable bride. After all, someone sensible needs to stay home and manage this household. But their latest match, Duke Stephano, isn't so easy to palm off on anyone else. The debaucher has had three previous wives--all of whom met unfortunate ends. Conscience forbids me from consigning another woman to that fate. As it turns out, I don't have to ... At our betrothal ball--where, quite by accident, I meet a beautiful young man who makes me wonder if perhaps there is something to love at first sight--I stumble upon Duke Stephano with a dagger in his chest. But who killed him? His late wives' families, his relatives, his mistress, his servants--half of Verona had motive. And when everyone around the Duke begins dying, disappearing, or descending into madness, I know I must uncover the killer ... before death lies on me like an untimely frost.....
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Healing her Amish heart [large print]
Brown, Jo Ann, author.
"Schoolteacher Mollie Lehman loves her job, but there's one problem-her family's medical debt means she can't afford to take school breaks off. The arrival of widower Noah Frye might just be the answer she's looking for. Working as a nanny for his two children is the ideal solution...until Mollie and Noah start to fall for each other. But they've both lost too much to trust in love. Will they find the courage to face their fears and realize their perfect arrangement could also be a perfect match?" -- !c Amazon.com.....
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Fort Buzzard [large print]
Johnstone, William W., author.
"They were innocent men, slaughtered in the Rockies. A party of land surveyors who met their grisly fate at the hands of the Crow Indians --- or so it seems. Some folks think the story is a lie. And now it's up to U.S. Army Lieutenant Ron Stanton to figure out what really happened up there in those desolate, bloodsoaked mountains. As his guides, Preacher and Jamie MacCallister agree to retrace the footsteps of the doomed party, but this road to justice only leads to more dead ends --- and the biggest, bloodiest showdown in Rocky Mountain history."--Back cover.....
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The Paris Express [large print] : a novel
Donoghue, Emma, 1969- author.
Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set on a train packed with a fascinating cast of characters who hail from as close as Brittany and as far as Russia, Ireland, Algeria, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia. Members of parliament hurry back to Paris to vote; a medical student suspects a girl may be dying; a secretary tries to convince her boss of the potential of moving pictures; two of the train's crew build a life away from their wives; a young anarchist makes a terrifying plan, and much more.....
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I was a teenage slasher [large print]
Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972- author.
1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton--and a place where everyone knows everyone else's business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid with more potential than application, seventeen, and about to be cursed to kill for revenge. Here Stephen Graham Jones explores the Texas he grew up in, the unfairness of being on the outside, through the slasher horror he lives but from the perspective of the killer, Tolly, writing his own autobiography.....
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Between a flock and a hard place [large print]
Andrews, Donna, author.
Back cover.....
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The co-op [large print] : a novel
DeWitt, Tarah, author.
"LaRynn Lavigne and Deacon Leeds had one short and contentious summer fling when they were teens-certainly nothing to build a foundation on. But a decade later, when their grandmothers have left them with shared ownership of their dilapidated Santa Cruz building, they're thrust back together and have to figure out how to brace up the pieces. LaRynn has the money, but in order to access her trust, she has to be married. Deacon has the construction expertise, but lacks the funds. A deal is struck: Marry for however long it takes to fix up the property, collect a profit, and cut ties. In a home without walls, the pair will have to break down emotional ones, deal with the exposure of living with the opposite sex (and none of the perks, much to their frustration), and learn what it means to truly cooperate as a team. Filled with cracking tension, The Co-op is a steamy second-chance romance about the never-ending construction project of marriage and uncovering all the things that build character within ourselves."--Page 4 of cover.....
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Creation Lake [large print] : a novel
Kushner, Rachel, author.
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An unexpected companion [large print]
Obenhaus, Mindy, author.
With his dog by his side... is a second chance within reach? After losing his family and his leg in a car crash, widower Dirk Matthews dedicates his solitary life to woodworking and his mobility service dog, Molly. That is, until a troubled kid steals from his truck. Desperate to reach her grieving oldest son, widow Tessa Wagner agrees to have the boy help Dirk work on her family's ranch. Only she doesn't expect her own connection with the carpenter. Soon they're feeling more than the shared loss of loved ones. But will past heartbreak stand in the way of their future? ....
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The lies we leave behind [large print] : a novel
Salazar, Noelle, author.
Somewhere in the Pacific, 1943. Kate Campbell is a nurse who bravely flies back and forth from the front to rescue wounded soldiers, amid long days, harsh conditions and often dangerous weather. Driven by a deep personal need to help in the war effort, she is conflicted when an injury results in her reassignment to the relative comfort of the English countryside.Love has never been part of her plan, but despite herself, she falls for an officer with three bullet wounds, startling blue eyes and a wicked sense of humor. For the first time, Kate sees a future far from the horrors of war and hate. But before she can pursue it, a secret from her past calls her to duty, and she'll have to travel back into danger one more time to rescue a part of herself she'd left behind. But will she make it back? And will that future still be waiting for her if she does?....
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More days at the Morisaki bookshop [large print]
Yagisawa, Satoshi, 1977- author.
Back cover.....
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Rockin' around the chickadee [large print]
Andrews, Donna, author.
"Meg's sister-in-law, Delaney is pregnant. Since her due date is on or around Christmas Day, this is putting a bit of a damper on the usual holiday festivities. Meg and Michael are NOT hosting the usual house full of relatives and parties. Instead, Meg, along with her mother, her grandmother, her cousin Rose Noire, and her good friend Caroline, are militantly doing everything they can think of to keep Delaney quiet and healthy. All the relatives are farmed out to friends and neighbors; all the parties are being held somewhere else, and while Delaney is bored and mutinous, she's doing well, and they're managing to maintain a serene, peaceful environment for her ... until a body is found in Meg and Michael's yard. Can Meg still keep Delaney calm in the middle of a murder investigation, all while trying to catch the killer?"-- Provided by publisher.....
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Private rites [large print] : a novel
Armfield, Julia, author.
Page [4] of cover.....
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