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The Red Thread The Red Thread Ann Hood “In China there is a belief that people who are destined to be together are connected by an invisible red thread. Who is at the end of your red thread?” After losing her infant daughter in a freak ac… OL15633551W
Taste of honey Taste of honey Eileen Goudge Gerry Fitzgerald confronts a painful secret when the daughter she gave up for adoption twenty-eight years earlier comes into her life, seeking answers. OL15856928W
Anything for her family Anything for her family Sharon De Vita Gentle and kind Natalie McMahon was everything rancher Jared Ryan wanted in his rambunctious children's nanny. While she was the perfect role model for his twin sons, she was also the embodiment of a… OL16041235W
A turn in the road A turn in the road Julie Ellis When a successful New York lawyer joins a small-town legal practice and seeks to find the daughter she has long ago given up for adoption, she finds herself drawn into a complex murder investigation … OL16070391W
Novels (Above and Beyond / Secret Splendor) Novels (Above and Beyond / Secret Splendor) Sandra Brown A Secret Splendor - SHE WAS A MOTHER WITHOUT A CHILD.After the death of her son, Arden Gentry felt a terrible emptiness. But she had another son, a child her ex-husband had forced her to give up at b… OL17520536W
The rancher she loved The rancher she loved Ann Roth "Learning that she was adopted is the biggest shock of magazine writer Sarah Tigarden's life. Falling in love with champion bull rider Clay Hollyer is a close second. Years ago, she shared a sizzling… OL17699092W
American Outrage American Outrage Tim Green Television tabloid journalist Jake Carlson become victims of the press when Jake uncovers a shocking secret about his adopted son's birth mother, forcing Jake to realize how his past mistakes have de… OL17727426W
Autofocus Autofocus Lauren Gibaldi "A senior photography project gives Maude the perfect opportunity to search for more information about her birth mother--but she may not like what she finds"-- OL17871274W
Cauchemar Cauchemar Alexandra Grigorescu Cauchemar tells the story of 20-year-old Hannah, who finds herself living alone on the edge of a Louisiana swamp after her adoptive mother and protector dies. Hannah finds solace in Callum, an easy-g… OL17904227W
The Texan's Cowgirl Bride The Texan's Cowgirl Bride Trish Milburn SHE WASN'T LOOKING FOR LOVE Savannah Baron is determined to turn The Peach Pit from a simple roadside stand on her family's Texas ranch into a bustling country store. She's too busy with her busin… OL18019362W
Find me Find me Laura Van den Berg After two acclaimed story collections, the author brings us her highly anticipated debut novel--a gripping, imaginative, darkly funny tale of a young woman struggling to find her place in the world. … OL19666155W
The Queen of Dreamland The Queen of Dreamland Ingrid Tomey After she discovers her birthmother, fourteen-year-old Julie is torn between her feelings for the parents who adopted her and the Queen of Dreamland. OL1974486W
Run CD Run CD Ann Patchett It's a winter evening in Boston and the temperature has drastically dropped as a blizzard approaches the city. On this fateful night, Bernard Doyle plans to meet his two adopted sons, Tip the older, … OL2046433W
Electricity Electricity Ray Robinson 330 p. ; 22 cm OL206793W
Invisiblethreads Invisiblethreads Annie Dalton At the age of 16, shy introverted Naomi makes a harrowing adult decision about the future of her baby daughter. Sixteen years later, Carrie faces painful challenges of her own. These two very differe… OL20849397W
Brother & sister Brother & sister Joanna Trollope We all need to know where we come from, where we belong. But for David and Nathalie, this need is more urgent, because they are adopted. Brought up by the same parents, but born to two different moth… OL29585W
Adoption is forever Adoption is forever Rhonda Pollero "One of the authors writes of the painful, yet remarkable decision to give up a child and describes the manner in which both the adoptive and biological families work together. The other author descr… OL31188679W
The Girls Who Went Away The Girls Who Went Away Ann Fessler In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for ado… OL5853514W
The snake-stone The snake-stone Berlie Doherty "James is a championship diver, with a shot for the Olympics. But when he thinks about his birth mother, something in him sinks like a stone. His adoptive parents love him, and his father is a terr… OL78779W
The old maid The old maid Edith Wharton Originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine in 1922, The Old Maid is an examination of class and society as only Edith Wharton could undertake. The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman ca… OL98543W
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