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Traveling light Traveling light Katrina Kittle "Travel light and you can sing in the robber's face" was the best advice Summer Zwolenick ever received from her father, though she didn't recognize it at the time. Three years after the accident tha… OL102621W
The Virginian The Virginian Owen Wister The Virginian (1902) is Owen Wister's classic popular romance, and a significant shaping influence on cowboy fiction. Its narrator, fresh from the East, encounters in Wyoming cattle country a beautif… OL106175W
Adam and evil Adam and evil Gillian Roberts In Gillian Roberts's captivating novels of Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, with its narrow streets and venerable architecture, can suddenly shiver in the icy winds of menace. Then it become… OL111920W
A season for the dead A season for the dead David Hewson Whilst Sara pores over ancient texts in the Vatican reading room, a brutal murder is taking place in a nearby church. Then suddenly a crazed man enters the Vatican carrying a bloodied bag. He walks u… OL11415275W
If you follow me If you follow me Malena Watrous Hoping to outpace her grief in the wake of her father's suicide, Marina has come to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. But in Japan, as she soon discovers, you can n… OL13782083W
A torch for Trinity A torch for Trinity Colleen L. Reece The new schoolmarm in the one-room school outside Cedar Ridge, Washington, hardly matched the rough and tumble country kids' expectations. Trinity Mason was college educated, pretty and petite, and t… OL14848152W
Thầy giáo Thuỷ thần Thầy giáo Thuỷ thần Khang Phạm Vietnamese historical stories. OL15084088W
Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad Bee Rowlatt Would you brave gun-toting militias for a cut and blow dry?May's a tough-talking, hard-smoking, lecturer in English. She's also an Iraqi from a Sunni-Shi'ite background living in Baghdad, dodging bul… OL15182896W
The Irresistable Henry House The Irresistable Henry House Lisa Grunwald To the ranks of iconic mid-century modern men Gump and Garp, add The Irresistible Henry House. As imagined by Lisa Grunwald, inspired by the peculiar beginnings of a real baby, Henry's life unspools … OL15393733W
The seduction of water The seduction of water Carol Goodman Iris Greenfeder is a 36-year-old barely published New York writer and teacher whose long-term boyfriend, an artist, sees her schedule as strict and therefore will not spend the night, because he like… OL15513267W
The Brontë project The Brontë project Jennifer Vandever A novel about reconciling the mythology of romance with the reality of modern love.Young scholar Sara Frost's unsuccessful search for the lost love letters of Charlotte Bronte hasn't won her any favo… OL15835056W
Loving Leah Loving Leah Nikki Benjamin A LOVE WORTH FIGHTING FOR Years ago, Leah Hayes selflessly stepped aside when John Bennett fell for her vivacious stepsister. Now the man she still secretly cherished was ravaged by grief and stru… OL15859335W
Death on tour Death on tour Janice Hamrick "Texas high school teacher Jocelyn Shore and her cousin Kyla are on a once-in-a-lifetime guided tour of Egypt with a motley crew of fellow travelers when the most odious of the bunch, a nosy, disagre… OL15979926W
Signs of  life Signs of life Natalie Taylor Twenty-four-year-old Natalie Taylor has led a charmed life. Surrounded by her large, close-knit family, she enjoys her meaningful job as a high school English teacher, cherishes being married to her … OL15992209W
Thinking with theory in qualitative research Thinking with theory in qualitative research Alecia Youngblood Jackson "This book uses a common data set and utilizes various theoretical perspectives through which to view data. "Plugging in" the theory and the data produces a variety of readings through the applicatio… OL16014495W
Lie by moonlight Lie by moonlight Jayne Ann Krentz During an investigation into a woman's death, gentleman thief turned private inquiry agent Ambrose Wells finds himself at Aldwick Castle - and in the middle of chaos. The building is in flames. Men a… OL16042515W
And the bride wore red And the bride wore red Lucy Gordon Olivia Daley's travel itinerary might be unusual, but she believes the best cure for a broken heart is a radical change of scenery. Exotic, vibrant China is far enough from rainy gray England to be j… OL16042732W
One small miracle One small miracle Lance Wubbels Sixth-grade teacher Sopie Lawson reaches out to help a troubled child and finds her effort to change a girl's life rewarded beyond her dreams OL16477319W
How to Lasso a Cowboy How to Lasso a Cowboy Christine Wenger Catching herself a cowboy was the last thing on Jenna Reed's mind…. Until one moved in with her! Well, technically bull rider Dustin Morgan was staying at her brother's house for the summer—but so… OL17092244W
Rimfire Bride Rimfire Bride Sara Luck "Only the boldest of women would set off for the Dakota Territory without a man by her side. But schoolteacher Jana Hartmann is determined to build a new life for herself and her frail sister, Greta.… OL17480023W
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