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Author
Series
Coming home to Ruby Prairie volume 3
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
238 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ingrid, a smart, free-spirited, and somewhat narcissistic artist kills her deceitful lover in a crime of passion. Even while serving a prison sentence, she exerts control over her adoring teenage daughter, Astrid, who's forced to spend her teenage years in a series of foster homes before becoming her own person. Explores the strange relationship of Ingrid and Astrid, and includes Astrid's relationship with her foster mothers. At first merely an appendage...
5) Night road
Author
Language
English
Description
After a string of foster homes and the death of her heroin-addict mother, Lexi Baill is taken in by a newly discovered great-aunt who lives a spartan life near Seattle. Lexi soon meets Mia and her loving twin brother, Zach. The friendship flourishes, and Mia's mother draws Lexi into the family circle. A slowly growing attraction between Zach and Lexi begins, but then Lexi, Mia, and Zach collectively make a bad decision that results in a tragedy with...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Famed swordfish boat captain Linda Greenlaw faces her greatest battle with nature-- a newly adopted teenage daughter. Linda Greenlaw isn't a woman who shies away from a challenge-- a nationally renowned swordfish boat captain made famous in the film The Perfect Storm, Greenlaw is also a bestselling author and a television celebrity. Through hard work and determination, she had created a life of peaceful independence, living on a rugged island off...
Author
Publisher
HarperElement
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Damaged is the true story of the relationship between Jodie and her foster mother, Cathy Glass. Jodie, a troubled eight-year old, was the most disturbed and abused child Glass had ever taken care of. In Cathy, Jodie found the one adult worthy of her trust, one who could help her begin the process of recovery.
Author
Series
Honeymoon Harbor volume 3
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
When he lands in the emergency room after collapsing at the funeral of a colleague and friend, Wall Street hotshot Gabriel Mannion initially rejects the diagnosis of an anxiety attack. But when warned that if he doesn't change his adrenaline-fueled, workaholic lifestyle he could end up like his friend, Gabe reluctantly returns to his hometown of Honeymoon Harbor to regroup. As he adjusts to the sight of mountains instead of skyscrapers, Gabe discovers...
10) Memory in death
Author
Series
In Death series volume 22
Language
English
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb presents a memorable tale of suspense set in 2059 New York City, as Lieutenant Eve Dallas walks a tightrope between her professional duties and her private demons.
Eve Dallas is one tough cop. It should take more than a seemingly ordinary middle-aged lady to make her fall apart. But when that lady is Trudy Lombard, all bets are off. Just seeing Trudy at the station plunges Eve back to...
Eve Dallas is one tough cop. It should take more than a seemingly ordinary middle-aged lady to make her fall apart. But when that lady is Trudy Lombard, all bets are off. Just seeing Trudy at the station plunges Eve back to...
Author
Series
Liaden universe novels volume 24
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jethri Gobelyn, who has risen from his childhood on a Terran family Loop ship to second trader on Liaden tradeship Elthoria, takes on his father's mission to allow family Loop ships to survive the encroachment of Rostov's Dust. Several prominent Looper families are scheduled to meet and plan at the South Axis Trade Fair. Jethri's foster mother, Master Trader ven'Deelin, promotes Jethri to lead trader on his own small ship, also scheduled to attend...
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
364 pages (large print) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A terrible tragedy neary broke him. Can love put him back together again? Widowed history teacher Neil Hamilton has lost his way - at work, with people and even with his faith. But Neil's shut-down existence is disrupted when a small toddler and his would-be foster mother, vibrantly pretty Maggie Byrne, come crashing into Neil's yard and his life. Can this absentminded teacher find himself again . . . and take a chance on love, too?" --from back...
Author
Series
Harlequin desire volume D401
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Putting his ravishing assistant in danger makes billionaire investigator Jack Carson uneasy and he can't bury his feelings any longer, especially not while watching Vivianna care for the baby she's fostering; his desire is driving him to the limits of self-control!"--Back cover.
Series
Criterion collection volume 646
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special édition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
Eleven-year-old Cyril is living in a group home and refuses to believe he has been rejected by his single father. He spends his days frantically trying to reach his father, either by the phone or on his bicycle. It is only the patience and compassion of Samantha, a stranger who agrees to care for him, that offers the boy the chance to move on with his life.
16) The kill club
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jazz and Joaquin's foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens thirteen-year-old Joaquin's life. Over and over, child services fails to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time. Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. There are others like her--people the law has failed. They've formed an underground network of 'helpers', each...
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