Grant, Libbie
Summary: In 1827, in rural Pennsylvania, Emma Hale marries an itinerant treasure-digger who claims he can speak directly to God. In a few short years, Joseph Smith will found his own religion, gain tens of thousands of zealous followers and fracture Emma's life and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRAKilpack, Josi S.
Summary: Young author Walter Scott is desperately in love with Mina, but after she rejects his marriage proposal, Walter travels to England, where he meets and courts a young Frenchwoman, Charlotte Carpenter and discovers there is a difference between a man's first love and his best love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KILKilpack, Josi S.
Summary: Young author Walter Scott is desperately in love with Mina, but after she rejects his marriage proposal, Walter travels to England, where he meets and courts a young Frenchwoman, Charlotte Carpenter and discovers there is a difference between a man's first love and his best love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2017
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Summary: Housekeeper Santina becomes deeply enmeshed within the family she works for while she navigates her feelings for her employer and hides secrets that could shatter the home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALEInouye Huey, Emily
Summary: With the recent death of her mother and the possibility of her family losing their farm, Samantha Sakamoto does not have space in her life for dreams, but when faced with prejudice and violence in her Washington State community after Pearl Harbor, she is determined to use her photography to document the bigotry around her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC INOKendrick, Stephen
Summary: The murder of a priest in a London church that is hosting a secret meeting of religious leaders leads to the meeting of Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KENGurnah, Abdulrazak
Summary: The adventures of a 12-year-old African boy sold into slavery by his father to pay off a debt. The setting is East Africa, a place of trade caravans, tribal warfare and the beginnings of European colonization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GURMontgomery, Jess
Summary: When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel Ross, the town's widely respected sheriff, is killed while transporting a prisoner, she is devastated and vows to avenge his death. Hours after his funeral, a stranger appears at her door. Marvena Whitcomb, a coal miner's widow, is unaware that Daniel has died, and begs to speak with him about her missing daughter. From miles away but worlds apart,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Montgomery 2019Quinn, Julia
Summary: Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. The two families have been neighbors for centuries, and as a child the tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew. Either one would make a perfect husband, someday. There is only one Rokesby Billie absolutely cannot tolerate, and that is George. He may be the eldest and heir to the earldom, but he's arrogant,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC QUISnelling, Lauraine
Summary: After years of not being willing to commit to Deborah MacCallister, Toby Valders watches as sparks fly between her and the new schoolteacher Anton Gendarme, leaving Toby to wonder whether it is too late to win her over.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Snelling 2016Gonzalez, Xochitl
Summary: It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo are bold faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular Congressman representing their gentrifying, Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GONSexton, Margaret Wilkerson
Summary: At home they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The Salvations. Ruth, Esther, and Chloe have been singing and dancing in harmony since they could speak. Thanks to the rigorous direction of their mother, Vivian, they've become a bona fide girl group whose shows are the talk of the Jazz-era Fillmore. Now Vivian has scored a once-in-a-lifetime offer from a talent manager, who promises to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SEXShearer, Eleanor
Summary: "Rare. Moving. Powerful. This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children in the aftermath of slavery marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent. Her search begins with an ending.... The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHECallahan, Patti
Summary: "The love story of C.S. Lewis and his wife, Helen Joy Davidman Gresham, was improbable--and seemingly impossible. Their Eros-story led to some of Lewis's greatest works, yet Joy is most commonly known for how she died. Becoming Mrs. Lewis allows us to see how this brilliant and passionate woman lived--and why she stole Jack's heart"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction CallahanNewton, Andie
Summary: Rumors of the Reich's dreaded Brown Sisters coming for Czech children swept through the villages like a breeze through the trees, but the story was always the same. The Reich wanted Aryan looking children to raise as their own. Since her husband, Josef, joined the Czech resistance three years ago, Anna Dankova has done everything possible to keep her daughter, Ema, safe. But when blonde haired,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One More Chapter 2023
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Summary: "Thaddeus, the new Duke of Hasford, holds his new title reluctantly, but his sense of duty is strong. Task number one: find a wife and secure an heir. He thinks he's found the perfect choice in Lady Jane Capel--until her sister Lavinia bursts onto the scene. Vivacious, rebellious, and strikingly beautiful, Lavinia is determined to keep him away from her shy, sweet sister. And she's also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRALindsey, Johanna
Summary: Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter Vanessa. When she comes of age William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the mold of a proper young lady. Still, she agrees to re-enter...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LINRosner, Jennifer
Summary: "It is wartime in German-occupied Poland. A mother hides with her five-year-old daughter, a musical prodigy whose slightest sound may cost them their lives. The girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. Music helps the flowers bloom. When the daisies grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC ROS BOOK CLUB KIT ( 8 paperbacks)Rosner, Jennifer
Summary: "It is wartime in German-occupied Poland. A mother hides with her five-year-old daughter, a musical prodigy whose slightest sound may cost them their lives. The girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. Music helps the flowers bloom. When the daisies grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020