Kate Forbes
2) City of lies
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"An exciting new series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles--from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries. Every woman plays a part--but some are more dangerous than others ... Like most women, Elizabeth Miles assumes many roles; unlike most, hers have made her a woman on the run. Living on the edge of society, Elizabeth uses her guile to relieve so-called respectable men of their ill-gotten gains. But brutal and greedy...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
Orphaned in the cholera epidemic of 1833, Adria Starr was cared for by a slave named Louis, a man who stayed in Springfield, Kentucky, when anyone with means had fled. A man who passed up the opportunity to escape his bondage and instead tended to the sick and buried the dead. A man who, twelve years later, is being sold by his owners despite his heroic actions. Now nineteen, Adria has never forgotten what Louis did for her. She's determined to find...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With America's entrance into the Second World War, the town of Blackberry Springs, Alabama, has exploded virtually overnight. Workers from all over are coming south for jobs in Uncle Sam's munitions plants--and they're bringing their pasts with them, right into Dolly Chandler's grand but fading family home turned boardinghouse. An estranged young couple from the Midwest, unemployed professors from Chicago, a widower from Mississippi, a shattered young...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Language
English
Description
In 1930's Kansas, Neva Shilling learns about her husband's secret family with another woman when he and the woman are both killed, leaving Neva to struggle with the question of whether she can accept her husband's other young children and raise them as her own.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
346 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As she helps her grandmother restore an old house, Kate Donovan begins to fall for Matt Jarreau, the man her grandmother has hired to renovate the house, who also happens to be an ex-NHL player trying to move on after his wife's death.
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Detective Josh Solomon believed his wife's death was the result of a home invasion, but when he is assigned to a similar case, he realizes that his wife's death was not random.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem.
10) Whisker of evil
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
xiii, 297 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With rabies on the rise and a new post office threatening her position, Harry Haristeen and her trio of feline detective friends find themselves in even more trouble when they start snooping around an irresistible mystery.
11) Dogwood
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from multiple perspectives and laced with startling twists, Dogwood by acclaimed author Chris Fabry is an emotionally rich tale of suffering, sacrificial love, and redemption. A single visit to a West Virginia prison can't resolve the tragic pasts of convicted child-killer Will Hatfield and his former sweetheart Karin. While she struggles with haunting regrets, Will vows to wait for her, no matter how long it takes.