Johnstone, William W.
Summary: "Smoke Jensen looks forward to spending a quiet holiday with the family. But an unexpected arrival from south of the border has him reaching for his guns, defending his land and risking everything he loves. Sally Jensen strikes up a friendship with a lovely Mexican woman, who turns out to be married to the mysterious stranger plotting to steal her ranch. Ace and Chance prepare to fight a gang...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHPerry, Anne
Summary: As Charlotte Pitt's grandmother Mariah Ellison finds herself investigating a long-unsolved slaying, it becomes clear that grappling with intrigue and foul play runs in the family. A festive Christmas package left on Mariah's doorstep contains an ominous present, sparking memories of a twenty-year-old murder that shattered her friendship with the victim's widow. Though the gift is a bitter...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PERPerry, Anne.
Summary: The year is 1904. Twenty-three-year-old Jemima Pitt, the daughter of Thomas Pitt, head of Britain's Special Branch, is crossing the Atlantic. She is traveling with an acquaintance, Delphinia Cardew, who is to marry the aristocratic Brent Albright in a high-society New York wedding--a grand affair that will join together two fabulously wealthy families, titans of the international financial...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PERJohnstone, William W
Summary: While most folks are busy preparing for Christmas, the tightknit Jensen clan can only hope they’ll make it home. Luke Jensen is in San Antonio tracking down a dangerous outlaw. But when he finds the man leading a wholesome life—as a charity-working Hill Country pastor—Luke agrees to wait until after Christmas to bring him to justice. Meanwhile, Smoke and Sally Jensen head out from Fort Worth by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JOHJohnstone, William W.
Summary: "Ever since he left Scotland to start a new life in America, Duff MacCallister has stayed true to the values and traditions of his clan in the Highlands. But as Christmas approaches, he yearns to reconnect with his family-even the ones he hasn't met yet. This year, two of his American cousins-twins Andrew and Rosanna-will be joining Duff for the holidays at the Sky Meadow Ranch. That is, if...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC JOHJohnstone, William W.
Summary: "Like most families, the Jensens gather together to celebrate the holidays. This year, since half the clan is scattered across the American West, they've decided to split the difference and meet up in Tucson. Matt and Luke will be there, for sure, and maybe Ace and Chance, too. That leaves Sally, Preacher, and Smoke Jensen, who've reserved three seats on a westbound stage to make sure they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHJohnstone, William W.
Summary: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the High Sierras. But Smoke Jensen and his children, Louis and Denise, won't let a little snow stop them from heading to Reno for the holidays. There are two ways for them to get there: the long way, going around the Sierra Nevada Mountains, or the short way, going right through them. Smoke decides to take a gamble. They'll follow the trail that,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Western, Call number: Western Johnstone 2018Perry, Anne
Summary: "Detective John Hooper, William Monk's right-hand man at the Thames River Police, has fallen in love with Celia, the cousin of the victim in their most recent murder case. Now Celia has discovered that the man her good friend plans to marry this Christmas is far from what he seems. His first marriage ended with his wife walking into the sea -- not of her own accord -- and Celia hopes Hooper can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC PERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PERPerry, Anne.
Summary: Just before the Christmas holiday, distinguished London mathematician Henry Rathbone comes to the aid of an old friend whose son Lucien has gone missing. Enlisting the aid of Squeaky Robinson and Crow, Henry soon discovers that Lucien may be involved with a murdered prostitute and a major drugs dealer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Perry 2010Perry, Anne.
Summary: Three days before Christmas, in the freezing slums of London's East End, thirteen-year-old Gracie Phipps and eight-year-old Minnie Maude Mudway join together in a search for Charlie, the donkey who belonged to Minnie Maude's Uncle Alf. Gracie is shocked to learn that only the day before, someone brutally murdered Uncle Alf and made off with his rag-and-bones cart and the beloved beast who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERPerry, Anne
Summary: "As beautiful as it may be, their friends' country home is not where Lady Vespasia wishes to spend Christmas with her new husband, Victor Narraway. She'd rather pass a relaxing holiday at home with him--especially because Victor, former head of the London Special Branch, seems to be hiding some undercover dealings with the other guests who have gathered in the spacious home. As tensions grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Perry 2019Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: M PERPerry, Anne
Summary: "When Victor Narraway, Thomas Pitt's close friend and former boss, and his new wife, Lady Vespasia, travel to Jerusalem for a Christmas holiday, Vespasia cannot shake the feeling that they are being watched. Then, an old man leaves a mysterious envelope for Narraway--and is murdered soon after. But it is only when the couple is ambushed the following morning that they realize they are in grave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Perry 2016Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: M PERSummary: This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time. Features classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth-century author Irène Némirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Vessel Press 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC VERMurphy, Julie
Summary: Kallum Liebermanis the funny one. As the arguably lesser of the three former members of the boy band INK, he enjoyed his fifteen minutes of fame and then moved home where he opened a regional pizza chain called Slice, Slice, Baby! He’s living his best dad bod life, hooking up with bridesmaids at all his friends’ weddings. But after an old one-off sex tape is leaked and quickly goes viral,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC MURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC MURPerry, Anne
Summary: A cold case adds an extra chill to the holiday season as Anne Perry whisks readers to an elegant home in the English countryside for a Christmas of secrets, soul-searching, and forgiveness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Publishing 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PERPerry, Anne.
Summary: "December, 1904. Jemima Pitt, now twenty-two, agrees to act as a "suitable companion" to her friend Delphinia, who is traveling to New York to be married to Brent Albright, toast of New York high society. Jemima is excited about the prospect of a Christmas adventure in a strange big city, but little does she expect to be enlisted on a top secret mission by Brent's brother Harley, to track down...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Perry 2014Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: M PERVanLiere, Donna
Summary: Thirty-two-year-old Amy Denison volunteers at Glory's Place, an after school program where she meets seven-year-old Maddie, a precocious young girl who has spent her childhood in foster care. Unbeknownst to Amy, Maddie is a mini-matchmaker, with her eye on just the right man for Amy at Grandon Elementary School, where she is a student. Amy is hesitant - she's been hurt before, and isn't sure...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC VANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VANWoodsmall, Cindy
Summary: Holly Zook is the lead technician for Greene's Pharmacy, which looks out for the Amish community, a group largely without secure healthcare plans. She's Amish, and knows she can't marry and hold onto her professional job. She spurns love and works toward addressing diseases like the one that claimed her father's life. Joshua Smucker is the one man who draws her like a warm hearth in winter....
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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 WOOSummary: After Avery's storybook Christmas wedding is canceled, a dance instructor helps her face her fears in life and fulfill her dream of learning to dance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD CHRSummary: Where does Santa's suit come from? Why does he slide down the chimney? Why does he live at the North Pole? The answers to all these questions and the origins of our favorite holiday traditions are revealed in this classic about Kris Kringle, the world's most famous gift-giver.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2010
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV SANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SANBenison, C. C.
Summary: When a performer at the annual Burns dinner at Thornford Regis is found dead under suspicious circumstances, town vicar Tom Christmas uncovers generations-old secrets in his quest for the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENPerry, Anne
Summary: James Latterly, Hester Monk's brother, travels to a lovely, remote island off the north coast of Sicily in the attempt to escape the numbing grief and overwhelming sense of loneliness that has overtaken him since his wife's recent death. But when things take a turn for the deadly at the isolated hotel where he is staying, the reluctant James finds himself trying to unmask a mysterious killer...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015