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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"All Margaret Campbell wants for Christmas is a safe journey home. When her plans for a festive holiday with her family in Stirling crumble beneath the weight of her brother's bitterness, the young schoolteacher wants nothing more than to return to the students she loves and the town house she calls home. Then an unexpected detour places her in the path of Gordon Shaw, a handsome newspaperman from Glasgow, who struggles under a burden of remorse and...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Amish widow-turned-newlywed Emma Yoder Miller has been teaching several quilting classes alongside her husband, Lamar, who has a knack for creating unique quilting patterns. But as sign-up for this new class is slow and only three people have responded by the class date, they start to think they should take a break. That is, until God sends them some last-minute students who are in special need of the friendship and wisdom that Emma and Lamar have...
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English
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Weary of the expectations imposed by her strict upbringing, eighteen-year-old Mazy Pelfrey leaves her Kentucky mountain home for the genteel city of Lexington to attend secretarial school. She knows her life is about to change, and only for the better. But business school is harder than she thought, and the big city not as friendly -- until she meets charming, young Loyal Chambers, who comes from a wealthy family. The only hindrance to her budding...
6) The calling
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English
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Twenty-year-old Bethany Schrock is restless. Her love life has derailed, her faith hangs by a thread, and she's spending the hot summer days wading through a lifetime's accumulation of junk at the home of five ancient Amish sisters. About the only distraction is the dangerously handsome -- and irritating -- Jimmy Fisher. Getting involved at the local soup kitchen and starting a community garden helps, but a childhood mystery continues to plague Bethany....
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
" Laura Rose White is one of the most gifted riverboat pilots on the Missouri River--her late father taught her and her brother Joe everything he knew, and even named their family's riverboat after her. But in 1867, the idea of a "skirt" being a captain is unheard of. At least until Joe takes ill and dies in the middle of a trip, leaving Laura grieving and halfway upriver with a full cargo. She successfully takes charge of the crew and expertly guides...
11) The river
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Language
English
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"When two sisters return home for a visit after leaving the Amish world, both are troubled by the secrets--and the people--they left behind"--
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English
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Facing financial ruin, Abigail and her father search for affordable lodgings until a strange solicitor arrives with an astounding offer: the use of a distant abandoned manor house. The Fosters are startled to find Pembrooke Park entombed as it was abruptly left: tea set on the table, moth-eaten clothes in the wardrobes, a doll's house left in mid-play. The handsome local curate and his family welcomes them with a warning: Beware trespassers drawn...
13) The story keeper
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English
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Successful New York editor Jen Gibbs is at the top of her game with her new position at Vida House Publishing--until a mysterious manuscript from an old slush pile appears on her desk. Turning the pages, Jen finds herself drawn into the life of Sarra, a mixed-race Melungeon girl trapped by dangerous men in turn-of-the-century Appalachia. A risky hunch may lead to The Story Keeper's hidden origins and its unknown author, but when the trail turns toward...
14) Undetected
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English
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Researcher Gina Gray is on the verge of a breakthrough in sonar technology, and what she's told Navy Commander Mark Bishop is only the beginning.
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Language
English
Description
Lillian Porter has always wanted to fulfill her mother's dream of going west, so when she hears about a nanny position in Angels Camp, California, she defies her grandfather and takes a chance on a new future. But she quickly wonders if she made the right choice. There are rumors in town that her new employer, Woodward Colton, caused the death of his wife. This accusation doesn't match the man Lillian comes to know--and Mrs. Goodman, Woody's long-time...
18) The decision
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Moving from Pennsylvania, finding rewarding work, and leaving heartbreak behind is the best decision Jonah ever made. But is he ready to consider love again when he meets Elaine Schrock? Will his scarred heart mend when she chooses family loyalty over love?
19) The gift
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Series
Prairie State friends volume 2
Language
English
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Follow the heart-wrenching story of Adam Beachy, whose mother walked out on him and his family and away from the Amish faith. Now he balks at the idea of ever marrying and having a family of his own. But when tragedy strikes, Adam is suddenly a father figure to his three nieces and finds himself needing a wife. Despite their differences over her practice of reflexology, Leah Mast seems the best option to fill that role. Can they make it work in a...
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English
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"A vacation to Sunset Cove was her way of celebrating and thanking her parents. After all, Claire Dellamore's childhood was like a fairytale. But with the help of Luke Elwell, Claire discovers that fairytale was really an elaborate lie...The minute she steps inside the grand Inn at Ocean's Edge, Claire Dellamare knows something terrible happened there. She feels it in her bones. Her ensuing panic attack causes a scene, upsetting her parents. Claire...
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