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Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors.
HOLIDAY ON THE HOMESTEAD
Montana, Christmas 1910: For widowed rancher Lincoln Creed, the holiday serves as a harsh reminder of what a tough year it's been-and who he's lost. His ranch has fallen on hard times, and he must find his little daughter Gracie a governess, a lady who can teach and cook-yet won't set her sights on him.
For schoolteacher Juliana Mitchell,...
237582) The Pack
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Dogs of the drowned city volume 2
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Fans of WARRIORS and WOLVES OF THE BEYOND have a new animal adventure series to sink their teeth into!The thrilling DOGS OF THE DROWNED CITY trilogy continues! Shep the German shepherd doesn't know why his family has left him alone, nor does he understand the terrible, shrieking storm that has torn apart his city. He just knows that the new dogs he's met are his best chance at survival -- especially now that they've made enemies of the wild dogs in...
237583) Chippie the Squirrel
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Chippie the squirrel was really strong, but maybe not so wise. Can his great strength help him survive the winter snow and cold?
237584) A Pineville Memorial Day
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Though she loves her new home, kindergarten teacher, Stephanie Cannady, has doubts if she can continue to live where her former boyfriend, the sheriff, has strong ties to the community and whose family goes back several generations in the little, central Wisconsin town. To complicate things even further, Sheriff Joseph Anderson's daughter is in her class, and her best friend is engaged to Joseph's brother. Can she keep herself together through all...
237585) Christmas on Crimson Mountain
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LOVE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Peace and quiet-;that's all Connor Pierce wanted from the rented cabin on Crimson Mountain. Yet the caretaker turned out to be lovely April Sanders-;a total distraction. As were the two little girls she was caring for. Connor's plan to forget his painful past soon detoured into giving the ladies a Christmas to remember.
Being named guardian of two motherless girls has upended April's world. Add to the mix a mysterious, brooding...
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Available for the first time as an ebook pairing, these two short stories were specifically chosen by the author Poppy Z. Brite and her fans as favorite examples of her work. Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz is a thrilling mix off historical fact and fiction surrounding Freemasons, WWI, and New Orleans' only verified serial killer, the Axeman. Are You Loathsome Tonight? showcases the author's dark, unique take on the man and the myth that was Elvis...
237587) Dead Winter
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Brady Coyne mysteries volume 8
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When a minister's son is accused of murder, Brady doesn't know whom to trust Desmond Winters has had more trouble than a Unitarian minister deserves. Over six years ago, his wife disappeared with their fourteen-year-old daughter, promising to return someday. The daughter came back after six months; the wife never did. The experience scarred Desmond's son, Marc, who acted out by getting involved with cocaine smugglers and marrying an exotic dancer....
237588) Mein Name ist Mensch
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Lyrik ist eine ganz eigene Sprache, ein Herzschlag, dessen Takt die Worte folgen. Sie vermag auszudrücken, wofür einem sonst die Sprache fehlt.
In diesem Band geht es um die Fragen der Menschlichkeit, die Freiheit und Verantwortung des Mensch-Seins. Neben den eigenen Erfahrungen und der Suche nach Sinn und Identität tauchen die Verse in eine Welt zwischen Sehnsucht und Schmerz, Krieg und Frieden.
Ebenso sanft wie schonungslos legen die Worte einen...
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This book sparked shocking conspiracy theories about a historical incident. Here's why...
The novel follows John Rowland, an alcoholic former US Navy officer who works as deckhand on the Titan. "She was the largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men. In her construction and maintenance were involved every science, profession, and trade known to civilization."
The ship was described as "unsinkable" by the author. However, it...
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The journal entries of the dauntless Mr. Peter Paul Sherman lend unique insights to the treacherous world of Reconstruction-era river-boating. This humorous epistolary novel brings history to life as it transports the reader to the time of majestic steamers and cunning river pirates.
237591) Su Lord Gitano
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Una aventura encantadora, eso es todo lo que Lady Charlotte Beck anhelaba, pero nunca la tuvo. No con dos hermanos mayores siendo los acompañantes más diligentes. Sin embargo, cuando su familia es convocada al Castillo Keyvnor para la lectura de un testamento, Charlotte difícilmente puede contener su emoción. No es que crea en esas tonterías sobre fantasmas o magia.
Lord Adam Vail ha pasado los últimos dos años en la finca de su abuelo...
237592) The Long Haul Home
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When the Earth's magnetic fields began to wobble, huge earsplitting "cracks" began to form. They weren't physical cracks, but the ripping apart of the atmosphere. The shock waves created much destruction in addition to mini EMPs. These EMPs began knocking out the electrical grid and cell service. They disabled anything with a circuit: computers, phones, newer cars, etc.
Marie watched and waited for her son, Jarud, and daughter, Emma, to make their...
237593) Escape
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When Amelia Telford, a young and brilliant student, receives word that she's been accepted into the college of her dreams, she thought her life might finally take a turn for the better after becoming estranged from her busy workaholic parents. But when she falls through a mysterious hole in her basement, she discovered that was far from the truth. Now immersed into an alternate reality filled with monsters and mythical creatures, all her book knowledge...
237594) The Long Way to Mexico
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The Long Way to Mexico by Roger Rodriguez is a contemporary Western/Suspense Thriller filled with irony and mystery. Peter "Boy" Jenkins has a very bad temper. It does not take much to get him into a raging bad mood, so when his girlfriend Mary Beth dies after he slaps her, he's sure he is, responsible for her death. "Boy" is obviously not, as tough as his reputation and he doesn't think he'll survive life behind bars. With his best friend and only...
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Two cultures met in Minnesota-one striving to maintain its homeland and traditions, another trying to create a life of freedom, prosperity, and abundance.
Samuel Copeland was just a teenager in 1859 when he and his family left Vermont for the promise of a new life in Minnesota. But life is harder and more dangerous than he expected. Devastated by the loss of his father at the hands of Indians and seeking to protect his brother, Samuel joins the...
237596) Wolf Pit
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Tess Montgomery isn't your typical member of the Chicago wolf pack. In fact, she's not a wolf at all. She's an adopted fire magus of the pack and thus doesn't always "play by the rules." When her father and her best friend Nick are kidnapped in what the parahumans assume is a Hunter operation, Tess's pack is thrown into turmoil. With Alpha Paytah unable to step outside the bounds of his new position as Violet Marshall of Chicago's Purple Door District,...
237597) Tierras Ocultas
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A raíz del atentado fallido del Imperio Dragot en la Montaña Skyport, Amber, de 17 años, pareja del comandante invasor y actualmente traidora al Imperio, está huyendo. Sola y perseguida por asesinos Dragot, busca asilo político en las misteriosas Tierras Ocultas, que se encuentran aisladas de los países de la alianza en un recóndito lugar del Mundo. Llevándola al Distrito de las Embajadas, un refugio de delincuentes políticos, espías olvidados...
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12 short stories those who love strange, heartbreaking, and unforgettable fantasy.
What if you woke up to a city overgrown with briars and a dragon overhead? What if mermaids unleashed their wrath against Copenhagen using mechanoid war-machines? What if the man you loved wanted nothing more than running away to live with the faeries, but you were the one they wanted to take with them?
The Birdcage Heart & Other Strange Tales gathers together twelve...
237599) I Just Can't Sleep
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No child wants to go to bed at night, and no parent looks forward to the fight. In this book, children's imaginations will be set free, and they will envision themselves as anyone anywhere they want to be. All of the fun will make them so sleepy. Sports stars, rockers on their guitars, aliens walking on mars, crazy train rides, and superheroes who can fly are just a few of the characters' daydreams that will delight and entertain both children and...
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With sixth grade behind them, Tommy Weebler and his best friends, Raul Mendoza, Dory Drake and Wilbur Federson, have all been invited to the North Pole to celebrate Mary Christmas' 158th birthday party. Never mind that they have no idea how they're going to get there. One way or another, they are determined to make the journey.That's when Tommy gets caught in a blizzard at the bottom of his driveway, something that's never happened in Fillmore, and...
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