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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Gail and Jon Durbin moved to the Chicago suburbs to set up house as soon as Gail got pregnant. But then she miscarried - once, twice, three times. Determined to expand their family, the Durbins turn to adoption. When several adoptions fall through, Gail's desire for a child overwhelms her. Carli is a pregnant teenager from a blue-collar town nearby, with dreams of going to college and getting out of her mother's home. When she makes the gut-wrenching...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Grand Central Publishing edition.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Heather is devastated. There's no way she can keep her baby. She can barely pay the bills as it is. But when she meets Grace, a wealthy, single career woman, who wants a baby more than anything, Heather believes she has found the perfect adoptive mother. As Grace and Heather's lives become entwined, they are tested to breaking point, though neither can deny the other's love for the child. But just when they think they are learning how to live with...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Remy Wadia left India for the United States long ago, carrying his resentment of his mother with him. He has now returned to Bombay to adopt a baby--and to see his elderly mother for the first time in several years. Discovering that she is in the hospital, has stopped talking, and seems to have given up on life, he is struck with guilt for not realizing just how sick she has become. His unexpected appearance and assiduous attention revives her and...
84) Looking into you
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
363 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Every day, Paige Redwine is haunted by a choice she made when she was only seventeen. Now, just past forty, still single, she lives a tidy, controlled life as a well-respected English professor at a college in Nashville. Nothing could prepare her for the day Treha Langsam -- the daughter she secretly placed for adoption -- walks into her classroom as a student, unknowingly confronting Paige with both her greatest longing and her greatest fear. As...
Author
Series
Redemption's Amish legacies volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
283 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Unwed and heavily pregnant, Eve Shrock faces a difficult Christmas--soon her baby will arrive and be adopted by another Amish family. Though Eve finds a friend in Noah Wiebe, the baby's uncle-to-be, she can't afford to fall for him. He might just make her wish for a future that seems impossible...one with her baby in her arms and Noah at her side. From Harlequin Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope"--
86) Boone
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
433 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With his smooth talk, rugged good looks, and deep pockets, native Texan Boone McBride appears to be a man who has it all. Few people know about the heartbreak behind his decision to leave home, family, and career for the isolation of a small town in the Colorado Rockies. Luckily, time and life in Eternity Springs has worked its healing magic upon his wounded soul, so when he meets obviously troubled Hannah Dupree, Boone sees a chance to pay his good...
87) Byrd
Author
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Addie Lockwood believes in books. Roland Rhodes believes in blues guitar. Coming of age in the small-town South of the 1970s, they form a friendship as extraordinary as it is unlikely. They meet again in their disillusioned thirties, this time in California, where Roland's music career has landed him. Venice Beach is exotic, a world away from North Carolina and Addie's cloistered life as a bookstore clerk. But when her whirlwind reunion with Roland...
88) Rancher daddy
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
[Large print edition].
Physical Desc
362 pages (large print) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
All rancher Luc Cramer has ever wanted is to someday have a family of his own. And from the moment he meets five-year-old orphan Henry, he's determined to give the little boy a home and a father. So the good-looking cowboy enlists his neighbor Holly Janzen to help him with the adoption process. As she spends time with Luc and adorable Henry, she knows she's losing her heart to them. But once Luc finds out Holly's long-held secret, will he still see...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"India and Jeremy Halloway are happily married, have creative careers, and live in a remodeled bohemian cottage in a historic West Palm Beach neighborhood. The only thing missing from their charmed life is the baby they both desperately want. After two years of failed fertility treatments, they are cash-strapped and no closer to parenthood. That's when they decide it's time to look into adoption. Lainey Walker's unexpected pregnancy threatens to derail...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Richard MacMurray, a cable news talking head, is paid handsomely to pontificate on the issues of the moment. On New Year's Day he is scheduled to be a guest on a prominent morning talk show. As he awaits the broadcast, the network interrupts with news that a jet airliner has crashed in Dallas and that everyone aboard has perished. Within an hour, amateur videotape surfaces of the plane's last moments, transforming the crash into a living image: familiar,...
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Catriona and James are desperate for children, and embark on an IVF program. After a gruelling round of treatments, Catriona finally falls pregnant, and they donate their remaining embryo anonymously. Diana and Liam are on a waiting list to receive an embryo. Sooner than expected, they are thrilled to discover one is available. After a difficult pregnancy, Catriona gives birth to Sebastian. But severe postnatal depression affects her badly, and quickly...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1960s Glasgow, anti-nuclear activists Judith and Jimmy fall in love. But their future hopes are dashed when their protestors' squat is raided and many, including Jimmy, are sent to prison. Pregnant and with no word from Jimmy, Judith is forced to enter an unmarried mothers' home, give up their baby and learn to live with her grief. More than half a century later, Judith's Mending Shop restores broken treasures, just as Judith herself has been...
Author
Series
Bitter Creek series volume 18
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Dell mass market edition.
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Facing the unexpected consequences of a life-altering night of passion with a cowboy she met in a Jackson Hole bar, and with her life committed to protecting endangered species, Victoria Grayhawk does what she believes is the right thing. She hunts down the cowboy, seeking his agreement that their baby should be adopted by a loving family. Montana rancher Ryan Sullivan has no intention of giving away his own flesh and blood, and takes their son to...
94) Wild Texas Rose
Author
Series
Whispering Mountain novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five-year-old Rose McMurray may be beautiful, smart, and capable of running her family's ranch at Whispering Mountain, but she's backed away from marriage three times without giving anyone reasons. Everyone thinks she is a coward, afraid of any adventure, including falling in love. She's never done a single wild or reckless thing in her life...until now. Duncan McMurray, like Rose, was adopted into the family. As a Texas Ranger, he swears he'll...
95) Place of refuge
Author
Series
Baskin Family Foster journal volume 1
Publisher
Foster Fiction Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Second Print edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"She knew she was meant to be a mom. Her body disagreed. Will Heaven send a baby to a family full of love to give? Knoxville, 2007. Dyanna Jo Baskin couldn't wait to bring a child into the world. So with a wonderful husband and loving stepdaughter by her side, she's thrilled when she becomes pregnant after three years of trying. But just as the expectant mother begins reimagining their lives, she suffers a devastating miscarriage. Praying for God's...
96) Our new normal
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages (large print) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Liv Ridgely prides herself on being the responsible wrangler of all things family: stay at home mom, caretaker of elderly parents, supporter of husband Oscar's career, savior of her wayward sister. Now, with her son off to college, and her ambitious daughter, Hazel, a year away from following him, it's Liv's turn. She's even established her dream career of bringing beautiful old homes back to life in the most picturesque part of Maine. Until she...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
597 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Maine coast, Holly Chamberlin's novels are a summer staple. Now she weaves a heartfelt story of past and present summers and new beginnings, as a mother and daughter reconnect after decades apart... There are moments that change your entire life's direction. For Arden Bell, owner of a cherished bookstore in the seaside hamlet of Eliot's Corner, one such moment comes early on a summer day when she opens the...
Author
Series
Berlin Bookmobile volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Miriam and Calvin Gingerich have been trying for a baby for several years, but the Lord hasn't seen fit to bless them. Though Calvin claims he's content with their childless state, Miriam knows he's not, and when he starts spending more time off their farm, she worries he's found someone else. But just as she finds herself at her lowest point, she discovers the ultimate surprise. Unable to confide in anyone who might tell Calvin--out of fear she'll...
Author
Language
English
Description
Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate, the first automobile any of them have seen and a stranger arrives. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
499 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Three times, Adam Bain and his twin sister, Eve, escape capture by attacking Indians; once by Adam and his brother, Noah, jumping off a hundred-foot-high bluff into the Llano River. But the day comes when their luck runs out, and Adam and Eve are captured by Mescalero Apaches. Because of Adam's flaming red hair, the Indians name him Rojo Pelo. Eve is named Castaño Rojizo because of her auburn hair. They are carried to the Guadalupe Mountains of...
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