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"For Katie Matthews life held no promise of true happiness. Life on the prairie was filled with hard labor, a brutal father, and the knowledge she would need to marry a man incapable of truly loving a woman. Men didn't have time to dote on women-so Katie's father told her. To Katie, it seemed life would forever remain mundane and disappointing-until the day Stover Steele bought her father's south acreage. Handsome, rugged and fiercely protective of...
4) Home front
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"From a distance, Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid marriage, two exciting careers, and children they adore. But after twelve years together, the couple has lost their way; they are unhappy and edging toward divorce. Then the Iraq war starts. An unexpected deployment will tear their already fragile family apart, sending one of them deep into harm's way and leaving the other at home, waiting for news. When the worst happens,...
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'With the sea at its side, the beautiful township of Bostchelan was home to many, including the lovely Coquette de Bellamont, her three sisters, and beloved father. In Bostchelan, Coquette knew happiness, and as much contentment as a young woman whose heart had been broken years before could know. Thus, Coquette dwelt in gladness until the day her father returned from his travels with an astonishing tale to tell. Antoine de Bellamont returned from...
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Years ago Angelina Hunter fell in love--only to have her heart broken. Now she runs her father's ranch, all businesslike and severe ... until a cattle drive brings back the man responsible for her hopes. Will Angelina's heart be softened? Will she learn to hope again? Will her long-lost dreams become a blessed reality?
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"Genieva Bankmans and Brevan McLean had agreed to a marriage of convenience when she responded to his advertisement for a wife. Yet even as their attraction to each other becomes stronger, secrets concerning the McLean family and land threaten their relationship and endanger their lives"--
15) Love me
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Jacey had always loved Scott, the boy next door, and eventually she won his attentions, at least for a while. When she lost him, she carried on and lived a relatively happy life, but never forgot her first love. One day a man walked into her life and she began to wonder if he was the one to heal her broken heart and be her true love.
16) A new song
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Mitford years volume 5
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In A New Song, Mitford's longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters: a church organist with a mysterious past, a lovelorn bachelor placing personal ads, a mother battling paralyzing depression. They also find that Mitford is never far...
17) Daisy
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Newport ladies book club volume 2
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Forty-six-year-old Daisy feels like her life is finally where she wants it to be. Her last daughter is almost out of the nest, she's remarried to a wonderful new man, and she's just recently joined a book club with some fascinating women. But when Daisy faces an unexpected pregnancy, she'll have to rely on her family and her new friends like never before.
18) Olivia: a novel
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Struggling as a busy mother, wife, and neighbor, Olivia Robbins has forgotten how to be a unique and vibrant individual. Determined to make a change, she joins a local book club, where she nurtures new friendships and explores new ideas. But her growing confidence falters when her husband Nick declares his independence--and while her new friends lovingly encircle her with support, only Olivia can reach into the depths of her fledgling self to find...
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When the war on terror calls their husbands to duty, five LDS women are left behind to fight battles of their own. In good company, they worry over safety in the field and stability at home and offer one another counsel and comfort. But as their personal crises build, each woman faces the risks of forming deep bonds of trust. And when tragedy strikes, they must confront the painful realities of war that pull families apart and bring friends together...