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81) To tame a cowboy
Author
Series
Colorado cowboys (Jody Hedlund) volume 3
Language
English
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Description
While Brody McQuaid's body survived the war, his soul did not. He finds his purpose saving wild horses from ranchers intent on killing them. Veterinarian Savannah Marshall joins Brody in rescuing the wild creatures, but when her family and the ranchers catch up with them both, they will have to tame their fears if they have any hope of letting love run free.--
Author
Series
Van Shaw novels volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A favor for a dying ex-con turns into a violent battle against a mysterious enemy for Van Shaw in this emotionally powerful and gritty thriller from the award-winning author of Past Crimes and Hard Cold Winter.It sounds like a thiefs dream to Van Shaw: A terminally ill ex-con tells him of an easy fortune in gold, abandoned and nearly forgotten after its original owner died in prison. For the dying man, the money is a legacy to ensure his preteen daughters...
Author
Series
Tufa novels volume 1
Publisher
Tor Fantasy
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Named one of the Best Fiction Books of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews, The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe is an enchanting tale of music and magic older than the hills. . . .No one knows where the Tufa came from, or how they ended up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Enigmatic and suspicious of outsiders, the Tufa live quiet lives in the hills and valleys of Cloud County. While their origins may be a mystery, there are hints of their true nature...
84) The survivor
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease nine months earlier, Nate is about to leap off an 11th-floor ledge of a bank building in Santa Monica, Calif., when he notices a robbery in progress through the window next to where he's standing. Nate climbs back in the window undetected, grabs a handgun a masked man has conveniently set down, and, thanks to his ROTC firearms training, succeeds in shooting dead five of the six robbers. In revenge, the thwarted...
85) Ceremony
Author
Language
English
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Description
This story, set on an Indian reservation just after World War II, concerns the return home of a war-weary Laguna Pueblo young man. Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation only increases his feeling of estrangement and alienation. While other returning soldiers find easy refuge in alcohol and...
86) The arrangement
Author
Series
Survivors' Club septet volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"Desperate to escape his mother's matchmaking, Vincent Hunt, Viscount Darleigh, flees to a remote country village. But even there, another marital trap is sprung. So when Miss Sophia Fry's intervention on his behalf finds her unceremoniously booted from her guardian's home, Vincent is compelled to act. He may have been blinded in battle, but he can see a solution to both their problems: marriage. At first, quiet, unassuming Sophia rejects Vincent's...
88) Heat lightning
Author
Series
Virgil Flowers mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers receives a phone call notifying him another body has been found shot and the victim has a lemon in his mouth, the same as the body found the week before. Two bodies in two weeks, Flowers must find the killer before he's sorry.
89) Dead men's dust
Author
Series
Joe Hunter thrillers volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Joe Hunter solves problems. Or, as he likes to put it, he's "the weapon sent in when all the planning is done and all that's left is the ass kicking." And as a former military operative and ex-CIA agent, he's good at what he does. But when he's told that his brother--with whom he hasn't been on the best of terms--has disappeared, he learns that everything he's faced before is child's play compared to what's coming.--From publisher's description....
90) Veterans Day
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A simple description of Veterans Day, including its origins, purpose, and how it is celebrated.
91) Veterans Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Childre's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Explains the history of Veterans Day and why it is observed, and suggests ways of honoring veterans on this special day, such as flying the flag, attending parades, buying poppies, and visiting hospitals.
92) Tripwire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The bestselling novel featuring the "wonderfully epic hero" (People) who inspired the hit film Jack Reacher. Ex military policeman Jack Reacher is enjoying the lazy anonymity of Key West when a stranger shows up asking for him. Hes got a lot of questions. Reacher does too, especially after the guy turns up dead. The answers lead Reacher on a cold trail back to New York, to the tenuous confidence of an alluring woman, and the dangerous corners of his...
Author
Series
Charlie and Margaret Marder mystery volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author Jake Tapper's "absolute page-turner" (Gillian Flynn) transports readers to the 1970s underground world of cults, celebrities, tabloid journalism, serial killers, disco, and UFOs. It's 1977. Ike and Lucy, the kids of Senator Charlie and Margaret Marder, are grown up-and in trouble. US Marine Ike has gone AWOL after a military operation gone horribly wrong. Now he's off the grid, working on the pit crew of the moody stunt master...
Author
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
The wives of veterans who served in Charlie Company, a unit that fought in the Vietnam War, describe the drastic changes that occurred in their husbands and in their marriage as their families struggled to overcome the traumas of the war.
96) The Wall
Author
Series
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A Boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.
Author
Series
Van Shaw novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Former Army Ranger and thief Van Shaw is thrust into danger as lethal and unpredictable as the war he left behind in this emotionally powerful and gritty follow up to the acclaimed Past Crimes. When an old crony of Van Shaw's late grandfather calls in a favor, the recently-discharged Ranger embarks on a dangerous journey to the Olympic Mountains, in search of a missing girl tied to Van's own criminal past. What he finds instead is a brutal murder...
Author
Series
Tallgrass novels volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Therese Matheson doesn't know if she'll ever get over losing her husband in Afghanistan. Surviving Paul's death has been hard, but raising his sullen son and his thirteen-going-on-thirty daughter alone has been even harder. All they need is a fresh start, and Tallgrass, Oklahoma, could be the perfect new beginning . . . especially when Therese meets Sergeant Keegan Logan. The sexy combat medic and single dad soon awakens a desire she'd thought long...
Author
Series
Navy SEAL cowboys volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Jack Armstrong's been slowly piecing his life back together after a career-ending injury bounced him from the SEALs. The only trouble is, his family's on their way to his new haven in Montana...and Jack refuses to let them know he's still hurting. Desperate, he makes a deal with local bad girl Rose Rogers: in exchange for some extra security, she'll play the perfect loving girlfriend. Rose doesn't trust any man, much less some tough-as-nails former...
100) Burning heat
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
As darkness blankets the holy city of Charleston, South Carolina, Brack Pelton, an Afghanistan War veteran, steps out of a rundown bar after a long night. Before he gets to his truck, he finds himself in the middle of a domestic dispute between a man and a woman on the sidewalk. When a little girl joins the couple and gets hit by the man, Brack intervenes and takes him down. But the abuser isn't finished. He pulls a gun and shoots the woman. Brack...
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