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"In 1891 Texas, teacher Charlotte Atherton is on the run to keep a little girl entrusted to her care safe, while tracker Stone Hammond is in close pursuit--until he learns the truth of the situation and discovers his heart may have a new pursuit"--Provided by publisher.
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Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Sarah's Amish sister dies and Sarah must care for her children. But Sarah is not Amish and has her own life in Portland, so it is a case of finding an Amish family to adopt them. But Lyddie, the oldest child, has other plans.
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Ten-year-old Helen and her summer guardian, Flora, are isolated together in Helen's decaying family house while her father is doing secret war work in Oak Ridge during the final months of World War II. Their relationship and its fallout, played against a backdrop of a lost America will haunt Helen for the rest of her life.
6) Fin & Lady
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English
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In the Greenwich Village of 1964, eleven-year-old Fin moves in with his glamorous, careless older sister, and it's hard to tell who's raising whom.
It's 1964. Eleven-year-old Fin and his glamorous, worldly, older half sister, Lady, have just been orphaned. Lady, whom Fin hasn't seen in six years, is now his legal guardian and his only hope. That means Fin is uprooted from a small dairy farm in rural Connecticut to Greenwich Village, smack in the...
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New York heiress Marjorie McGann wants her new British guardian, Jonathan Deverill, to simply help land her a titled husband, but as they get to know each others, matters of the heart intervene.
My ward is driving me crazy. I have to marry her off and get her out of my life. Theres just one problem When Jonathan Deverill promised a dying friend hed be guardian to the mans daughter, he envisioned a girl in pigtails and pinafores, a child he could...
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Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
©2013.
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English
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He knows all about women, or so he thought... Dexter Yates leads a charmed existence in London, with money, looks, and girlfriends galore. Life's fantastic until Dex's sister dies and his world changes overnight. Astonishing everyone, including himself, Dex leaves the city behind, takes charge of his eight-month-old niece Delphi, moves to a beautiful Cotswolds village, and sets about working on his parenting skills. His neighbors, including cartoonist...
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Childhood of Jesus volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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"Nobel laureate and two-time Booker Prize winner J.M. Coetzee returns with a haunting and surprising novel about childhood and destiny that is sure to rank with his classic novels. Separated from his mother as a passenger on a boat bound for a new land, David is a boy who is quite literally adrift. The piece of paper explaining his situation is lost, but a fellow passenger, Simn̤, vows to look after the boy. When the boat docks, David and Simn̤...
11) Dark tribute
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English
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Despite her tragic childhood, violin prodigy Cara Delaney has finally found peace in her career as a professional musician and stability in her relationship with her guardians, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy SEAL Joe Quinn. If only Jock Gavin, Cara's lifelong friend and a man with his own twisted history, would even talk to her, everything would be perfect. But the carefully constructed life Cara has built for herself is suddenly threatened...
12) Four in hand
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English
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Max Rotherbridge couldn't believe it. Along with the dukedom of Twyford, he -- London's most notorious rogue -- had inherited wardship of four devilishly attractive sisters! Including the irresistible Caroline Twinning. The eldest Twinning was everything he had ever wanted in a woman, but even Max couldn't seduce his own ward . . . or could he? After all, he did have a substantial reputation to protect.
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The rakes of St. James volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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“A master storyteller.”Affaire de Coeur. Nearing thirty, the Duke of Rathburne is finally ready to make amends for the wager that caused him and his best friends such scandalbut taking on a ward who needs a husband is a feat hes not sure he can manage. The last he saw of Miss Marlena Fast, she was a spirited little ruffian, not the sort of bride most bachelors on the marriage mart sought. But one glance at the lovely lady she has become is enough...
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