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1881) The son's secret
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Maggie Lawson is the smart, capable dean of a boutique college, but even the most confident mother has a weakness - her child. When Maggie can't reach her college senior son, Aiden, to tell him that his father has been shot, she starts to panic. She texts. She calls. Is Aiden ghosting her, or have the dangerous stories Aiden's father, her investigative journalist ex-husband, pursues finally brought trouble to her door? Maggie is sure that something...
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Single mother Abbey Fuller loves her family more than anything, and she doesn't regret for a moment having had to put her dreams of being an interior designer on hold. But with her son, Max, growing up, she jumps at the chance when a friend recommends her for a small design job. How hard can it be? Nick Sinclair needs his house decorated in time for his family's festive visit--and money is no object. What he doesn't need is to be distracted from...
1883) Far and away
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
As Sophie De Luca has learned, many things really are better the second time around, whether that's a wonderful year of marriage with Goebel, her sweet second husband, or strengthening her bonds with childhood friends Toots, Ida, and Mavis. Yet ever since she and Goebel moved into their new home, Sophie has sensed something a little . . . unusual. Old houses often contain items left behind from previous owners, but what remains in this case is a painful...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"Rachel Starnes is young, an aspiring writer, and uncertain of her path when she runs into her brother's friend Ross and feels the beginnings of something new. What could have been a straightforward love story instead takes her life in a direction she never expected: an abrupt move across the country and a quick wedding squeezed in between training schools so that Ross could follow his dream to be a U.S. Navy strike fighter pilot,"--NoveList.
1885) Mermaid beach
Author
Series
Moonlight Harbor novels volume 7
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Bonnie Brinks and her all-woman band, The Mermaids, are the pride of Moonlight Harbor. They're the house band at The Drunken Sailor, and that's just the right amount of fame for Bonnie. A lifetime ago, she went to Nashville to make it big, but she returned home with a broken heart and broken dreams. Now she's got a comfortable life and a brilliant daughter, Avril, who plays for The Mermaids alongside Bonnie and Bonnie's mother, Loretta. Avril has...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Boy Mom is your handbook for growing an honorable, kind, and confident son. Filled with road-tested, real-world advice, each chapter offers insights from Monica's personal experience blended with biblical wisdom and compelling research to help you nurture your son's physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being in key areas... -- adapted from cover (page 4.)
1887) Our new normal
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Maine. Liv Ridgely is a stay at home mom, caretaker of elderly parents, supporter of husband Oscar's career, savior of her wayward sister. With her son off to college, and her daughter a year away from following him, Liv looks to establish her dream career of bringing beautiful old homes back to life. Then she learns that 16-year-old Hazel is three months pregnant. Liv and Oscar have very different ideas about what to do. As the family fractures,...
1888) Brass
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A waitress at the Betsy Ross Diner in Waterbury, Connecticut, Elsie hopes her nickel-and-dime tips will add up to a new life. Then she meets Bashkim, who is at once both worldly and naive, a married man who left Albania to chase his dreams-- and wound up working as a line cook in Waterbury, Connecticut. When Elsie she learns that she's pregnant, she wonders what he'll do about the wife he left behind. Seventeen years later, headstrong and independent...
1889) A flicker of light
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Widower Mitch Jensen is at a loss with how to handle his mother's odd, forgetful behaviors, as well as his daughter's sudden return home and unexpected life choices. Little does he know Grandma June has long been keeping a secret about her past-but if she doesn't tell the truth about it someone she loves will suffer, and the lives of three generations will never be the same"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As a child, Terry McDonell imagined epic stories about his father, a fighter pilot who died in World War II. But, as he discovers in this dazzling memoir, the real hero in his life was his mother, Irma, who moved with him to California hoping for a new life and raised him through difficult times. Like most headstrong boys growing up in mid-century America, McDonell took his mother for granted, never giving her life much thought. He was bright, cocky,...
1891) Steadfast mercy
Author
Series
Amish mercies novels volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
©[2020]
Language
English
Description
Posen, Michigan. After the tragic death of her parents, Jonica Muller must return to the Amish community she left in shame. Tasked with settling her father's estate, she plans to keep her visit as brief as possible so she can return to start a life with Ephraim, a widower who has offered her and her five-year-old son the stability of a family. But her father's sister, Aenti Edna, is showing signs of a slipping mind. Caleb is a young farmer working...
1892) The art of feeling
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Samantha Herring has been in constant pain ever since the car accident that injured her leg and killed her mother. After pushing her friends away, Sam has receded into a fog of depression until she meets Eliot, a carefree, impulsive loner who is unable to feel any pain at all. At first, Sam is jealous. She would give anything to not feel the pain she's felt for the past year. But the more she learns about Eliot's medical condition, the more she notices...
1893) Sodom Road exit
Author
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's the summer of 1990 and Crystal Beach has lost its beloved, long-running amusement park, leaving the lakeside village a virtual ghost town. It is back to this fallen community that Starla Mia Martin must return to live with her overbearing mother after dropping out of university and racking up significant debt. But an economic downturn, mother-daughter drama, and Generation X disillusionment soon prove to be to be the least of Starla's troubles....
Author
Publisher
Falcon Guides
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Moms Who Hike celebrates the athleticism, wisdom, and skill of over twenty of America's most inspiring adventurer mothers ranging from legends to rising stars of today. The book is both inspirational and aspirational as each adventurer tells her story in her own words through featuring their favorite hike, highlighting personal challenges, accomplishments, and philosophy, as well as providing readers with practical how-to suggestions on maximizing...
Author
Publisher
Delphinium Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Professor Maxine Sayers once found her personal and professional life so fulfilling that she founded the Institute of Future Studies, a program dedicated to studying the effects of technology on our culture and finding ways to prolong human life. But when her beloved husband dies, she is so devastated she can barely get out of bed. To make matters worse, her son, Zach, has abruptly quit his job in Silicon Valley and been out of contact for seven...
Author
Series
Cape Light novels volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Finding herself pulled in every direction with no room for her own dreams and goals, Cape Light mayor Emily Warwick struggles to balance town conflicts, the local election, and a family feud between her mother and sister.
1897) Find him
Author
Publisher
Polis Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Up until now, 18-year-old Lily Stevens has always been the perfect daughter of a Pentecostal preacher, but her insular Arkansas congregation is scandalized when Lily announces she's pregnant with the baby of Peter Cutchin, a young man in the church. When Peter disappears before they can get married, Lily's life is thrown into even greater turmoil. Everyone in their small town, including Peter's furious mother, thinks the boy has simply run off and...
1899) My heart went walking
Author
Publisher
Fire Drinkers Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Kept apart by their love for one man, two sisters embark on their own paths towards survival, love, and understanding, until all three finally meet again in the worst of circumstances. And the reality might break them all." -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Losing her mother to a hit-and-run at age 15 threw Beatrice "Beans" Bennett's life into turmoil. Bereft, she developed a life-threatening eating disorder, and went through a challenging recovery process which paved the way for her work as a clinical psychologist decades later. When a new patient arrives at her office and insists that Beans's mother is still alive-and in danger-Beans is forced to revisit her past in order to uncover the truth. She...
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