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Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Callie, a lonely small-town waitress, is still reeling from the discovery that she's adopted when she arrives in Montevino, Italy in search of answers - the keys to the stunning hillside villa she has just inherited clutched tightly in her hand. Inside the rusted gates, and through a large wooden front door dripping with sun-kissed flowers, Callie can't decide if she's more astonished by her new home or her first encounter with the mysterious young...
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Language
English
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Description
Rynn was born with a hole in her heart--literally. Although it was fixed long ago, she still feels an emptiness there when she wonders about her birth family. As her relationship with her adoptive mother fractures, Rynn finally decides she needs to know more about the rest of her family. Her search starts with a name, the only thing she has from her birth mother, and she quickly learns that she has a younger sister living in foster care in a nearby...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"As if Dio wasn't diabolical enough, now he's an immortal vampire with incredible strength! But Jonathan Joestar's not one to back down, even when it seems like victory is impossible! It's a classic battle! Good versus evil! Grit and determination against power and arrogance! Who will win?!"--
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Language
English
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Helen Moran is thirty-two years old, single, childless, college-educated, and partially employed as a guardian of troubled young people in New York. She's accepting a delivery from IKEA in her shared studio apartment when her uncle calls to break the news: Helen's adoptive brother is dead. According to the internet, there are six possible reasons why her brother might have killed himself. But Helen knows better: she knows that six reasons is only...
46) The Confession
Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Dramatic Sequel to The Shunning... Katie Lapp is torn from her close-knit Plain community in the painful ordeal called the shunning. But as she strikes out alone into the strange and sometimes dangerous "English" world, she is unaware that the man she loves is planning to return to his Amish family...and to her.
Author
Publisher
World Castle Publishing
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In her search for the truth, seventeen-year-old Tia Thornton leaves the sophisticated world of Boston to come to the wilds of Montana. Abandoned soon after her illegitimate birth by her mother, sixteen-year-old Jessie Thornton, Tia finds more than she bargained for in her search for her father. While staying with her grandmother at the Thornton ranch, she comes across a drawing of a young Indian couple drawn many years ago. To her horror she finds...
48) Toxic prey
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Series
Prey series volume 34
Letty Davenport novels volume 3
Thorndike Press large print top shelf
Prey novel volume 34
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Letty Davenport novels volume 3
Thorndike Press large print top shelf
Prey novel volume 34
More Series...
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English
Description
"Lucas Davenport takes on another challenging case in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author"-- Provided by publisher.
"Gaia is dying. That, at least, is what Dr. Lionel Scott believes. A renowned expert in tropical and infectious diseases, Scott has witnessed the devastating impact of illness and turmoil at critical scale. Society as it exists is untenable, and the direct link to Earth’s death spiral; population...
50) Little Bird
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her...
52) Mansfield Park
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Language
English
Description
When Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relations at Mansfield Park she seems shy and withdrawn beside her witty and vivacious cousins. But Fanny's steadfast and purposeful character makes her an indispensable part of the household. As the others become entangled in a maze of flirtation and intrigue, it is only Fanny whose deep but secret love for Edmund Bertram remains true despite his fascination with her brilliant but frivolous cousin...
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Publisher
Umbriel, Ediciones Urano, S.A.U
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Con treinta y cinco años, la vida de Mika Suzuki es un desastre. Su última relación terminó muy mal. Su compañera de habitación y mejor amiga podría ser una acumuladora compulsiva. Ella es una continua decepción para sus padres, japoneses tradicionales. Y, hace muy poco, la despidieron de su último trabajo. Mika está en su peor momento cuando recibe una llamada de Penny, la hija que dio en adopción hace dieciséis años. Penny está decidida...
54) Sanibel mornings
Author
Series
A Shellseeker Beach Novel volume 3
Publisher
[Hope Holloway]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"With the ownership of the property settled, Eliza knows that she's found the place where she belongs. But she can't take a chance on something completely new until she finally lets go of the grief that has gripped her heart, and saying that last goodbye is one of the hardest things she's ever had to do. Her sister, Claire, is tackling her own emotional challenges. While her lifelong fantasy for a reunion has finally happened, it comes with a cost....
Author
Series
Harlequin Bianca volume 936
Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
La heredera Bella Haverton estaba furiosa porque su difunto padre le había dejado todo a Edoardo Silveri: su hogar familiar, su fortuna en fideicomiso y, lo más irritante de todo, el derecho a decidir con quién y cuándo podría casarse. Bella estaba empeñada en liberarsede esas cadenas. El plan de enfrentarse a Edoardo se le fue de las manos cuando descubrió que el problemático chico que adoptó su padre se había convertido en un hombre autoritario,...
56) Countdown
Author
Series
Eve Duncan novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Orphaned at an early age, Jane grew up the hard way, but she was given a new life, a loving family, and a chance to pursue her interest in one of the greatest archaeological finds ever unearthed. Now someone was trying to destroy that new life before it could even get started.
Publisher
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Piano Lesson: The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm--the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of pride and struggle that symbolizes their survival as a family. To resolve the conflict they must first...
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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2019, ©1986.
Language
English
Description
A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil! The beginning of the Stardust Crusaders Arc! A fiendish villain once thought to be dead has resurfaced and become even more powerful! To fight this evil, the aging Joseph Joestar enlists the help of his hot-blooded grandson, Jotaro Kujo. Together they embark on a perilous adventure that will take them around the world!
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Young Jonathan Joestar's life is forever changed when he meets his new adopted brother, Dio. For some reason, Dio has a smoldering grudge against him and derives pleasure from seeing him suffer. But every man has his limits, as Dio finds out. This is the beginning of a long and hateful relationship!"--
60) Lost birds
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Series
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 9
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 9
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 27
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 27
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 9
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 27
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 27
Language
English
Description
Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilagaana family but believes she is Dine based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child's blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client's adoption was questionable,...
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