Summary: After the death of his wife, newspaper columnist George Turner decided to move his family from Sydney to the small New Zealand seaside town of Weld. He wanted his kids, Shay and Arlo, to have a fresh start, but all did not go according to plan. In Season Two George must reunite his family and bring Shay home from her self-appointed exile in Australia. George is also finding out what it means to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV EIGSummary: Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PURHarrington, Claudia
Summary: Lenny follows Destiny for a school project and learns about her life with her single dad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARThayne, RaeAnne
Summary: "A soldier's return: Returning home to Cannon Beach and living in Brambleberry House, a place where good things seemed destined to happen, had brought Melissa Fielding and her young daughter such joy. Perhaps it was no accident when the single mom "bumped" into Eli Sanderson, and discovered the handsome doctor was also back in town. The ex-soldier was still so captivating, but also more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Enterprises Limited 2019
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Summary: Matt and Liz Logelin were high school sweethearts. After years of long-distance dating, the pair finally settled together in Los Angeles, and they had it all: a perfect marriage, a gorgeous new home, and a baby girl on the way. Liz's pregnancy was rocky, but they welcomed Madeline, beautiful and healthy, into the world. Just twenty-seven hours later, Liz suffered a pulmonary embolism and died...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOGELIN, MATTHEW LOGGiffin, Emily
Summary: Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville's elite. Her husband's tech business is booming and her son is bound for Princeton. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs. His daughter, Lyla, recently earned a scholarship to attend Windsor Academy, Nashville's most prestigious private school. Then one devastating photo snapped at a drunken moment at a party changes...
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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 GIFSparks, Nicholas
Summary: "At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive and an expansive home. He is living the dream, and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is the center of that. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect existence, fault lines are beginning to appear, and no one is more surprised than Russ when he finds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Sparks 2016Summary: After the unexpected death of his wife, a sportswriter finds himself consumed with grief and completely unprepared to raise two boys. Determined to bring joy back into their lives, he takes a 'just say yes' approach to parenting. And as freedom reigns, chaos ensues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYSummary: Kakushi Goto is a wholesome single father with an unfortunate secret, he's the creator of a raunchy manga! He'll go to all sorts of ridiculous lengths to protect his ten-year-old daughter, Hime, from finding out what he actually does for a living.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME KAKSummary: On Christmas Eve, psychologist Marcia Fieldstone asks her radio audience to share their dreams for the holiday season. Eight-year-old Jonah calls in from Seattle, with a wish for his dad to find a new wife. Mom died a year-and-a-half ago. Baltimore Sun reporter Annie Reed also hears the broadcast, when Jonah's architect father Sam gets on the air. Sam talks about the magical moment he met his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tri-Star Pictures 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SLELiasson, Miranda
Summary: "Gabby Langdon has always tried to make people happy. She even went to law school to please her father, and now she's a highly successful-albeit bored-attorney. But Gabby secretly dreams of being a writer, so for once she does something for herself--she signs up for a writing class taught by best-selling novelist Caden Marshall. There's only one problem: her brooding, sexy professor is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIASummary: A Pulitzer winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forget connections of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Entertainment 2016
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Summary: "Candy shop owner Charlotte Caine knows temptation. To reboot her life, shed weight and gain perspective, she's passing up sweet enticements left and right. But willpower doesn't come so easily when hell-raiser Spencer Gregory comes back to Hope's Crossing, bringing with him memories of broken promises and teen angst. A retired pro baseball player on the mend from injury-- and a damaging...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THASummary: After relocating from the whirlwind of Sydney, newspaper columnist George Turner is slowly learning what it means to be a local in the quirky New Zealand town of Weld. He wanted his kids, Shay and Arlo, to have a fresh start after the death of his wife, but not all went according to plan. Following last season's harrowing boating accident, the townsfolk of Weld mount a search-and-rescue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV EIGCoben, Harlan
Summary: Marc Seidman awakens to find himself in an ICU, hooked up to an IV, his head swathed in bandages. Twelve days earlier, he had an enviable life as a successful surgeon, living in a peaceful suburban neighborhood with his beautiful wife and a baby he adored. Now he lies in a hospital bed, shot by an unseen assailant. His wife has been killed, and his six-month-old daughter, Tara, has vanished....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COBMartin, Gail Gaymer
Summary: "Josie Ryan arrives on Mackinac Island, looking forward to the Christmas season in the quaint setting with no automobiles and a back-in-time aura, but she learns that her longtime friend has to cancel her trip due to a family emergency. Disappointed, Josie decides to stay the day and then cancel her trip since it's no fun being alone. But her plans change when Chris Barnes, visiting his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forget Me Not Romances, a division of Winged Publications 2017
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARPalmer, Diana
Summary: A Wyoming rancher finds love where he least expects it--on his own doorstep!--in this heartwarming second-chance romance. Micah Torrance could use a helping hand. Between managing his expansive Wyoming ranch and caring for his willful little girl, Janey, Micah's plate is more than full. Usually, it's not in this cowboy's nature to ask, but when beautiful Karina Carter offers her help, Micah...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Palmer 2018Gray, Shelley Shepard.
Summary: Hiding the truth about her feelings for widower Jonathan because of her youthful indiscretions outside of their Amish community, Katie receives a note that threatens to expose her, forcing her to evaluate her understanding about the nature of forgiveness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Inspire 2009
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Summary: Felicity "Fizzy" Chen is lost. Sure, she's got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she's asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn't been practicing what she's preached. Fizzy hasn't ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can't-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAUMacomber, Debbie
Summary: Marriage of inconvenience: Rich Manning and Jamie Warren have always been friends-and nothing but friends. But that all changes when she asks him to father the child she so desperately wants. Rich agrees, with one condition: they get married. As they discover a new side to their relationship, they're both surprised by the emotions they feel. But can Rich prove to the headstrong new Mrs. Manning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA 2022
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Summary: With classes paused for the planting season, Alexandertol's schoolteacher Augusta Dyck is glad for some meaningful work to occupy her time. She even knows exactly who their town's benevolence society should help quiet, reserved widower Konrad Rempel and his young twin sons. Konrad Rempel, however, is adamant that he doesn't want help. His boys are mischievous but good-hearted. And though Konrad...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAWSummary: After the death of his wife, newspaper columnist George Turner decided to move his family from Sydney to the small New Zealand seaside town of Weld. He wanted his kids, Shay and Arlo, to have a fresh start, but all did not go according to plan. In Season Two George must reunite his family and bring Shay home from her self-appointed exile in Australia. George is also finding out what it means to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV EIGSummary: When Frank Goode's grown children cancel a family reunion, the recent widower sets off on a cross-country journey to reconnect with each of them. A family separated by physical and emotional distance finds a way to come together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010