Catalog Search Results
1) Noel Street
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen--a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner--isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to her...
Author
Series
Virgin River volume 19
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
When he returns home to Virgin River to take over his family's apple orchard and settle down, former Marine Tom Cavanaugh falls for single mother Nora Crane, who is helping out during harvest time.
4) One plus one
Author
Language
English
Description
With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best day after day. But it's hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn't. Because you have to . . . Jess's gifted, quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she'll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess's teenage stepson, can't fight the bullies alone. Sometimes Jess feels like they're sinking . . . Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls,...
Author
Series
Virgin River volume 9
Language
English
Description
Virgin River is abuzz with the news that a stranger bought the town's abandoned church on eBay. The buyer, a young widowed reverend, is a little like the building itself: in need of some loving care. Noah Kincaid arrives ready to roll up his sleeves and revitalize his new purchase, but he's going to need some help. An ad in the local paper brings an improbable candidate his way. "Pastor's assistant" is not a phrase that springs to mind when Noah meets...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"Set in near-future America, [this novel] introduces readers to a government-run reform program where bad mothers are retrained using robot doll children with artificial intelligence. Protagonist Frida Liu, a 39-year-old Chinese-American single mother in Philadelphia, loses custody of her 18-month-old daughter Harriet after she leaves Harriet home alone for two hours on one very bad day. To regain custody, Frida must spend a year at [the] newly-created...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When successful family law attorney Charlene Dugan announces that she plans to get remarried, chaos ensues as her maid of honor falls in love with a younger man, her daughter decides to reinvent herself, her fiance spends all his time with the wedding consultant, and her mind becomes preoccupied with thoughts about her ex-husband.
Author
Language
English
Description
In October 1947, after a summer long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast from Bar Harbor to Kittery and are soon racing out of control from town to village. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband, Gene, joins the volunteer firefighters. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosie's two young children, Grace watches helplessly as their houses burn to the ground, the flames finally...
Author
Series
Elsie Hawkins volume 2
Language
English
Description
Single mom Lizabeth Kane isn't exactly carpenter material -- she's never picked up a hammer in her life. But she desperately needs the construction job that builder Matt Hallahan is offering. And even though he knows trouble is ahead, Matt can't refuse Lizbeth's irresistible smile. Matt Hallahan isn't exactly relationship material -- he has always been too busy working on other people's houses to make a home of his own. And even though she knows better,...
10) Imaginary friend
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kate Reese flees an abusive relationship with her son, settling in the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. Then Christopher vanishes for six days. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sheila Crispin Cook, mother of four young children and nationally renowned glassblower, bites off more than she can chew when she agrees to co-chair the Nantucket's Children Summer Gala. Sheila is asked to chair the benefit, in part, because she is the former high school sweetheart of rock star Max West. Max agrees to play the gala and it looks like smooth sailing for Sheila-until she promises a "museum-quality" piece of glass for the auction, offers...
Author
Series
Danger sweetheart volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xi, 302 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Montana Creeds volume 3
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
407 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
15) Behind her eyes
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone. When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man from the bar. The very married man from the bar…who says the kiss was a terrible mistake, but who still can’t keep his eyes off Louise. And then Louise bumps...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
374 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Savannah Stephens returns to her hometown of Sunbonnet, Wyoming with a beautiful daughter and hidden secrets and scars that haunt her, but the support of her childhood love, Clay, helps her heal and learn to love again.
17) Chasing shadows
Author
Series
(Karen S.)South Shores volume 1
Language
English
Description
When forensic psychologist Claire Britten started working with lawyer Nick Markwood on his South Shores project, she had no idea it would endanger her life — and the life of her daughter. But when the little girl goes missing from her South Florida home and Nick insists his longtime nemesis is to blame, Claire frantically follows the trail to the Cayman Islands, desperate to save her daughter before it's too late. Nick always knew the man who staged...
18) The liar
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her husband Richard dies in a freak accident, Shelby Pomeroy is devastated. But his death reveals a horrible truth -- Richard was a liar and a cheat. Now Shelby is left with the consequences -- huge, terrifying debts and mounting proof that her late husband betrayed her in every conceivable way. Heart-broken but unbowed, Shelby is determined to fix her problems -- if only for the sake of her gorgeous little daughter Callie. Returning home to...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Luke Crisp graduates from business school, his father, CEO and co-founder of Fortune 500 Crisp's Copy Centers, is ready to share some good news: he wants to turn the family business over to his son, But Luke has other plans. Taking control of his trust fund, Luke leaves home to pursue a life of reckless indulgence. But when his funds run out, so do his friends. Humbled, alone, and too ashamed to ask his father for help, Luke secretly takes a...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now that her beloved daughter, the offspring of a terrible event, is twenty-seven and recently married, Eden decides to build a separate life and takes ownership of a beautiful old home willed to her by someone who cared for her during a very difficult time. Her move is met with mixed emotions from the town's residents, and while she is pursued by two eligible bachelors she is plunged in the middle of a mystery that may threaten her life.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request