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21) Together forever
Author
Series
Orphan train novels (Jody Hedlund) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Marianne Neumann takes a job as a placing agent with the Children's Aid Society in hopes of finding her younger sister. In 1858 New York she finds it's not always easy to offer children a better life. Former schoolteacher Andrew Brady suffers from a grief that won't go away-- and keeps hidden a secret from his past. As the two team up to place orphans across Illinois, a shocking tragedy threatens their work-- and changes one of their lives forever....
Author
Series
Scumble River mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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A health spa is the last place school psychologist Skye Denison wants to spend Thanksgiving. But when her best friend Trixie Frayne convinces her to take a complimentary weekend at the new Scumble River Spa, Skye prepares to be slathered, wrapped, and roasted--until a murder ruins the good time. Original.
23) Claim to fame
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Lindsay, a former child star whose career ended when she developed the ability to hear what anyone, anywhere says about her and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown, comes to see this as an asset when, after her father's death, she learns that she is not alone.
25) Ordinary people
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1982
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
After spending eight months in a mental institution following a suicide attempt, seventeen-year-old Conrad returns home and finds that he must rebuild his life.
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Series
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
A murder aboard a steamboat forces Abraham Lincoln to make a fateful choice—one on which the future of the nation may hang, if his client doesn’t first—in this gripping follow-up to the “masterfully crafted” These Honored Dead (Alex Grecian)
Newly minted trial lawyer Abraham Lincoln is riding the circuit, traveling by carriage with other lawyers and a judge to bring justice to the remote parts...
Newly minted trial lawyer Abraham Lincoln is riding the circuit, traveling by carriage with other lawyers and a judge to bring justice to the remote parts...
Author
Series
Scumble River mysteries volume 10
Language
English
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Description
When her mother forces her to enter Grandma Sal's Soup-to-Nuts Cooking Challenge despite her lack of culinary skills, Sky Denison must decipher a complex recipe for murder when a cocky contestant meets her fate in a chocolate fountain.
Author
Series
Scumble River mysteries volume 8
Language
English
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Description
Summary: After breaking up with her boyfriend, Skye Denison cheers up when a sexy contractor renovates her house. He looks too good to be true, and, sure enough, he has a reputation for conning the ladies. But before Skye can fire the hunk, he turns up with a bullet in his head.
Author
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
After her bachelorette party, Maggie Trueheart wakes up hungover and in bed with a stranger. Then she's hit with the harrowing news of Angie's murder; her friend who had been alive at the party last night. In the build up to the wedding day, more secrets are revealed and the murderer zeros in on another victim. Can the killer be stopped in time?
Author
Series
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The infamous Reverend Curtis Black's sordid past is no secret, as his wife, Charlotte, is well aware. But when Curtis' long-time mistress and mother of his illegitimate two-year-old, dies, he and Charlotte have no choice but to raise Curtina together. While the living, breathing reminder of her husband's infidelity infuriates Charlotte, Curtis couldn't be happier to finally have his whole family together. Despite her best efforts to keep her feelings...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. When a mysterious child shows up at her cabin, barefoot and covered in bruises, Joanna enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the mystery of the charming child. But the more time they spend together, the more...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"After fleeing her hometown three years earlier, Alyssa Harrison never planned to return. Then the Silicon Valley start-up she worked for collapsed and turned her world upside down. She is broke, under FBI investigation, and without a place to go. Having exhausted every option, she comes home to Winsome, Illinois, to regroup then move on as quickly as possible. Yet, as friends and family welcome her back, Alyssa begins to see a place for herself in...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A young workaholic avoiding home for the holidays discovers that you can't run away from who you are--a heartfelt Christmas novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Everly Lancaster always dreamed of leaving her hometown in ruralIllinois. Now she helps run a burgeoning startup in Chicago, where her professional goals leave little time for friends...or a vacation. When a massive snowstorm hits, Everly's mother urges her to...
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