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41) Stealing home
Author
Series
Sweet magnolias volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Language
English
Description
While dealing with a wealth of family issues, Serenity, South Carolina, resident Maddie Townsend, jobless and newly single, finds herself the talk of the town when her son's baseball coach declares his love.
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the Department of Balance adopts a radical new form of law enforcement, Kris, a new mother raising a child alone after her wife dies, finds support in a community of fellow misfits who defy the Department to lift one another up in solidarity and hope.
Author
Series
Amish greenhouse mystery volume 2
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sylvia has been nearly paralyzed with grief and anxiety since the tragic death of her husband, father, and brother in a traffic accident. She tries to help in the family's greenhouse while caring for her two children, but she prefers not to have to deal with customers. Her mother's own grief causes her to hover over her children and grandchildren. As a diversion, Sylvia takes up birdwatching, and meets an Amish man who teaches her about local birds....
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a community haunted by death and disappearances both past and present--and intent on keeping its dark secrets--in this explosive, unsettling thriller from acclaimed author C. J. Tudor. Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
As policewoman and single mother Ryan Eames and newcomer Ethan Lange work on an animal rescue operation together, they are drawn into something deeper and surprising by her extraordinarily gifted son that makes Christmas in Miramar Bay a season of love, healing, and second chances.
46) Fancy Dancer
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Finding himself in an awkward position when he is sentenced to community service--with his newly-found half-brother, Alex, as his parole officer--Jake St. Cloud decides to make the most of his work with Angelica Dancer and her daughter, Fancy, at their foundation for neglected children.
47) The new neighbor
Author
Publisher
Touchstone, An imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ninety-year-old Margaret Riley is content hiding from the world. Stoic and independent, she rarely leaves the Tennessee mountaintop where she lives, finding comfort in the mystery novels that keep her company, that is, until she spots a woman who's moved into the long-empty house across the pond. Jennifer Young is also looking to hide. On the run from her old life, she and her four-year-old son Milo have moved to a quiet town where no one from her...
48) Imaginary friend
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
705 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with Christopher at her side. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher...
49) Come home to me
Author
Series
A Whiskey Creek novel volume 6
Publisher
Harlequin Mira
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
410 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Presley Christensen returns to Whiskey Creek with her little boy after two years away, she has completely changed her life. She's made peace with her past and overcome the negative behavior that resulted from her difficult childhood. Now she's back in the small town that was the closest thing to "home" she ever knew--the town where she can be with the sister who's her only family. There's just one catch. Aaron Amos still lives in Whiskey Creek,...
50) Discovering you
Author
Series
Whiskey Creek volume 10
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
395 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
"India Sommers once had the perfect family until an ex-boyfriend broke in and shot her husband. Not only did that cost her the man she loved, a respected heart surgeon and the father of her child, but she also feels responsible. Charlie died because of the people she hung out with before she had the strength to change her life. Just after moving to Whiskey Creek with her little girl, Cassia, to start over, she's learned that her ex-boyfriend's trial...
51) One perfect lie
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One Perfect Lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being...
52) The unheard
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
447 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this new heart-pounding stand-alone from the internationally bestselling author that People calls 'razor sharp,' a single mother suspects her young daughter has witnessed a horrible crime when she draws a disturbing picture--but the deadly path to unravel the truth could cost her everything. Maybe Tess is overprotective, but passing her daughter off to her ex and his new young wife fills her with a sense of dread. It's not that Jason is a bad...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Claudia Morgan is a single parent trying the best that she can, but her four-year-old son, Henry, is a handful. When Claudia hears about a school with an atypical teaching style, she has to visit. The Hawthorne School is good for Henry. But there's something a bit off about the school. When Henry brings home stories of ceremonies in the woods and odd rules, Claudia's instincts tell her that something isn't quite right, and she begins to realize she's...
Author
Series
Quinn volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
310 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Single mother and Seattle prosecutor Mia Quinn's life is turned upside down when homicide detective Charlie Carlson tells her he believes her husband's death in a car wreck was by no means an accident.
57) Summer people
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A summer of healing turns turbulent when Beth, grieving widow, and her teenage twins experience passion and first love, but a dangerous secret from her past threatens to destroy the family.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Not since Good Grief has a book about a young widow been so poignant, funny, original, and utterly believable. A compelling debut novel about loss. Give grief a chance. Lilian Girvan has been a single mother for three years--ever since her husband died in a car accident. One mental breakdown and some random suicidal thoughts later, she's just starting to get the hang of this widow thing. She can now get her two girls to school, show up to work,...
Author
Series
Hana Westerman volume 1
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover editon.
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealand's indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Māori screenwriter and director. A tenacious Māori detective, Hana Westerman juggles single motherhood, endemic prejudice, and the pressures of her career in Auckland CIB. Led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man ritualistically hanging in a secret room and a puzzling inward-curving inscription....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hope Harbor police chief Lexie Graham has plenty on her plate raising her son alone and dealing with a sudden rash of petty theft and vandalism in her coastal Oregon hometown. As a result, she has zero time for extracurricular activities--including romance. Ex-con Adam Stone isn't looking for love either--but how ironic is it that the first woman to catch his eye is a police chief? Yet wishing for things that can never be is foolish. Nevertheless,...