Vanderah, Glendy
Summary: A mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again. After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. When a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin, barefoot and covered in bruises, Joanna enlists the help of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2019
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Summary: The unforgettable tale of a girl, her maybe-criminal mom, her babysitting business, and her pet pineapple.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1996
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Summary: A middle-aged anthropology professor contemplating his future becomes romantically involved with a woman released from jail after shooting her husband, the pastor of a snake-handling church.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1998
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Summary: Turkey dinners, tree trimming, and decking the halls -- it's that time of year again! And I, Jodi Baxter, can't wait to celebrate. My kids are coming home for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and then all of us Yadas are getting decked out for a big New Year's party. But God's idea of "decked out" might just change the nature of our party plans. A perplexing encounter with a former student, a crime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2007
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Summary: "Edgar award winner Theresa Schwegel returns with The Good Boy, her most dramatic and emotional novel to date, a family epic that combines the hard-boiled grit of her acclaimed police thrillers with an intimate portrait of a young boy trying to follow his heart in an often heartless city. For Officer Pete Murphy, K9 duty is as much a punishment as a promotion. When a shaky arrest reignites a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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Summary: Leslie McHugh feels as if she is falling further and further out of touch with her husband Craig. She knows he's a cop and that he's working deep undercover, but that's about all. Lonely and taking to the bottle, she's growing increasingly fearful of all that she doesn't know about him and his secret second life. Then something odd happens: a thousand dollars suddenly goes missing from their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2007
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Summary: "Josie and Frank Moore are happy... at least Josie thinks they are. As parents of two young girls in the Chicago suburbs, their days can be both busy and monotonous, and sometimes Josie wonders how she became a harried fortysomething mother rather than the driven career woman she once was. But Frank is a phenomenal father, he's handsome and charismatic, and he still looks at his wife like she's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2018