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42) Chasing darkness
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
The most dangerous place to hide is in the dark . . . A tough special-agent with the Department of Justice, and a dedicated single mother to her orphaned nephews, Samantha Chase is unbreakable. Until two women, both from the shadows of Sam's past, are discovered strangled. For Sam, the most unnerving detail is the eucalyptus branch tucked behind the victims' ears-the signature of a notorious serial murderer already convicted and executed for his crimes....
43) Ruby River
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Booklist hails the "snappy, smart writing, and memorable characters" in this novel that is steeped in Southern sensibility. The last thing widow Hattie Bohannon expects when she opens a truck stop in Alabama is controversy. But that's just what she gets when allegations surface that the parking lot is a haven for prostitution. With the local Bible-thumping minister crusading to close the truck stop, Hattie and her unruly daughters must fight to preserve...
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Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Michelle Turner thought she lost everything at 17. Her father, a Hollywood legend, had finally summoned her to his Montana ranch. But when he learned of her affair with Sam McPhee, a hired hand, he had Sam fired and destroyed his family. Michelle, pregnant and alone, fled to Seattle.
Now a successful advertising exec, Michelle is safe - safe from love, safe from hurt. But her son is lost to her, a troubled teen on the verge of self-destruction,...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Eden Palmer knows how to make it on her own. This forty-five-year-old single mother has worked hard to raise her beloved daughter. Melissa, Eden's daughter, has long been the jewel of her life but there comes a time when a mother must come into her own. So Eden moves to Arundel, North Carolina to take ownership of Farrington Manor. Her move is met with delight in some quarters, and jealousy in others. Pursued by two eligible bachelors, Eden is flattered,...
51) Somebody to love
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After her father loses the family fortune in an insider-trading scheme, single mom Parker Welles is faced with some hard decisions. First order of business: go to Gideon's Cove, Maine, to sell the only thing she now own - a decrepit house in need of some serious flipping. When her father's wingman, James Cahill, asks to go with her, she's not thrilled... eve if he is fairly gorgeous and know his way around a tool box. Having to fend for herself financially...
52) The house guests
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When her step-daughter steals money belonging to Amber, a woman who has since been evicted along with her teenage son, Cassie invites them to move in with her and as they each form friendships, Cassie discovers that Amber is trying to outrun her dark past.
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Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A Family For Christmas
No one expected Erin McCauley to arrive in Saddlebank, Montana, with a baby...;and no wedding ring. Especially not Dean Moore, who cared for Erin but knew the by-the-book girl would never go for a hard-living cowboy like him. While helping renovate Erin's new home, Dean realizes he's still in love with her-;and with her beautiful daughter. As far as he's concerned, past mistakes don't have to define them-;but guilt is holding...
54) Angel's peak
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Four years ago, Air Force sweethearts Franci Duncan and Sean Riordan had reached an impasse: she wanted marriage and a family; he didn't. But now a chance meeting proves that their bitter breakup hasn't cooled their sizzling chemistry.
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Pub. Date
2012
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Tallie Jones is happy with life. She's at the top of her career as a hugely successful, renowned movie director, she's in a relationship with a handsome producer and her personal assistant is also her devoted best friend. But Tallie's perfect life comes crumbling down around her when she discovers that her boyfriend's been unfaithful and, worse yet, someone's been stealing from her for years.
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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the...
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"Meet Linda Breland, single parent of two teenage daughters. Linda's personal life? Well, between the married men, the cold New Jersey winters, her pinched wallet and her ex-husband who marries a beautiful, successful woman 10 years younger than she is - let's just say, Linda has seen enough to fill 1000 pages.
As the story opens, she is barreling down Interstate 95, bound for Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, the land of her ancestors. Welcomed by...
60) One false move
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Internationally bestselling author Alex Kava delivers a searing thriller of one woman's encounter with her past which could jeopardize her future… Melanie Starks has never lived life by the rules. She and her seventeen-year-old son, Charlie, have been running one con job or another for as long as she can remember, justifying the petty crimes as the necessary survival moves of a single mother. But Melanie is ready to give it up. Then Jared Barnett...
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