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25462) The flower quilter
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Full of faith, hope, and romance, this new series takes you into the Heart of Amish country. Barbara Schwartz was born into a family of quilters, but she would rather eat dirt than partake in another quilting frolic or sew on another binding. When her parents send her to Indiana to help her grandmother in her quilting shop, she finds herself amongst a very different community. It's only one summer and then she will be back in Kentucky where she belongs....
25463) Fairest
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her "glamour" to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told . . . until now"--
25464) The sons of Philo Gains
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Philo Gaines is a legend-mountain man, Indian fighter, Texas Ranger and army scout. Philo is one other thing-a father with three sons; a scholar, a gambler, and a gunman. Each one is trying to leave his own mark on a hard land that requires the best out of hard men. In September 1873, Matthew Gaines arrives in the west Texas town of Mustang Flats. A quiet scholar, Matthew leaves Princeton to become the town's new school teacher. Haunted by a past...
25465) Penny for your secrets
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In 1919, the Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada's marital difficulties. Bourgeois-bred Ada, recently married to the Marquess of Rockham, is overwhelmed trying to navigate the ways of the aristocracy. And when Lord Rockham is discovered shot through the heart with a bullet from Ada's revolver, Verity fears her friend has...
25466) Every dog has his day
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lone Star groomer, Isabel Fuentes, agrees to foster a feisty rescued dachshund, and the two are inseparable . . . until the new Texans quarterback, Corey Wallis, announces a large reward for his missing female dachshund. Suddenly all of Houston are on the lookout for the MIA pooch that bears a strong resemblance to Isabel's new pup. Corey makes arrangements to come to Lone Star clinic to pick up the dog, but he arrives without any proof of ownership...
25467) While angels dance
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Jeston Nash bears a striking resemblance to his cousin, Jesse James of Missouri. After killing a Yankee soldier in self-defense, Jeston joins cousins Jesse and Frank to fight in Quantrill's guerilla forces. Later, he rides with the gang as they invent their special brand of bank and train robbery. All the while, Jeston seeks vengeance against Daniel Zanone of the Free Kansas Militia -- the man responsible for the death of his child." --
25468) Darkwater lies
Author
Series
Darkwater Inn ; 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Adelaide Fountaine, general manager of the Darkwater Inn, has just returned to New Orleans from a six-month sabbatical in Europe. She's rested and ready to take on the inn's busiest season: Mardi Gras. But Adelaide hardly has time to unpack before a jewel heist interrupts a visit from foreign royalty. A priceless tiara goes missing from the hotel's safe, and three people are left dead. Detective Beau Savoie discovers the robbery was an inside job,...
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A locked room. A mysterious death. Just another gig for the Dizzy Heights. When London's finest jazz musicians, the Dizzy Heights, are booked to play the glitzy Midsummer Ball at a country house in Oxfordshire, they expect a weekend filled with flappers and toffs having a roaring good time. But the festivities at Bilverton House take a turn for the worse when the group are stranded by a summer storm. And when a member of the Bilverton family turns...
25470) Grow
Author
Publisher
Magic Cat Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Discover facts about 15 plants, explore what makes them unique, and learn how to grow them. Grow beauty. Grow friendship. Grow flavor. Grow plants! Discover 15 plants with incredible powers, then learn how to grow them. Meet each plant's surprising relations (did you know the tasty tomato is a cousin of deadly nightshade?) and discover their history (bromeliads defended themselves against dinosaurs!). Then, follow the step-by-step instructions to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? How did the bullet that killed Sir Gervase shatter a mirror in another part of the room? And should the beautiful Valentine Chantry flee for her life from the holiday island of Rhodes? Hercule Poirot is faced with four mystifying cases--each a miniature classic...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It is 1941 and America teeters on the brink of war. Outgoing naval officer Ensign Jim Avery escorts British convoys across the North Atlantic in a brand-new destroyer, the USS "Atwood." Back on shore, Boston Navy Yard secretary Mary Stirling does her work quietly and efficiently, happy to be out of the limelight. Yet, despite her reserved nature, she never could back down from a challenge. When evidence of sabotage on the "Atwood" is found, Jim and...
25474) Darkwater secrets
Author
Series
Darkwater Inn ; 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The Darkwater Inn stands tall and proud in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Bourbon Street is bustling, and general manager Adelaide Fountaine has her hands full with a hotel at capacity. But she is shocked when a hotel guest is murdered and the murder investigation uncovers sordid secrets and haunting mistakes"--
Author
Series
Queen's secret ; 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Cal and Lilac are forced to face dark forces apart, the strength of their love--and their kingdom--are put to the ultimate test."--
Lilac's birthright makes her the Queen of Renovia, and a forced marriage made her the Queen of Stavin. But being a ruler does not mean making the rules-- taking the throne means giving up the opportunity to be with love of her life, the kingdom's assassin, Caledon Holt. Cal is forced to leave the castle when a...
25477) Barking up the wrong tree
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Inquisitive, detail-oriented veterinarian Kristin Keller prides herself on winning over any dog. But has this self-proclaimed dog whisperer finally met her match in a Sheltie named Remington who has just won the Texas state agility course competition? The champion pooch is acting out of sorts - almost as if he is not the same dog. Has he, by chance, been switched out with another dog just before the next big competition? Kristin and the other Lone...
25478) The eloquence of blood
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Christmas in Paris, 1686. The spirit of the season is shattered when Martine Mynette is murdered while trying to prove that she is the adopted daughter of the last surviving Mynette heir and thus claim her inheritance - money that the family otherwise intended to go to the Jesuit school, Louis le Grand. Now, with Jesuits being implicated in Martine's death, rhetoric teacher Charles du Lac will not rest until he finds her murderer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Traveling to London in 1934 to celebrate the triumphant final week of her play Richard of Bordeaux, popular writer Josephine Tey is caught up by the murder of a fellow train passenger, in a case that raises the suspicions of Detective Inspector Archie Penrose.
25480) The cattle drive
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"1880's, runaway orphans, kidnapping, Medicine Bow, Wyoming"--
"Michael and Michele Dunn, twelve-year-old twins, are wealthy orphans living with their socialite businesswoman aunt, Angela Dunn, in Chicago. Angela is too committed to running the family business to raise the twins and she makes arrangements with the Illinois Detective Agency to send them to California to live with distant relatives. The detective agency is run by the son of its founder,...
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