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The better mother
By Jen Sookfong Lee. 2011
In 1958, eight-year-old Danny Lim meets Miss Val, a burlesque dancer, who gives him a green silk belt. Years later,…
Danny spends his days working as a wedding photographer and his nights cruising Stanley Park. When he finds the belt, Danny realizes that the key to understanding himself and his family lies in his connection to Miss Val. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2011.Slander
By William Deverell. 1999
Fiery feminist trial lawyer Elizabeth Finnegan sets her sights on an arrogant Supreme Court judge, who has handed down a…
lenient sentence to a convicted rapist. When a woman comes to Finnegan claiming she was raped by the same judge, she jumps at the case. Her research looks damning, but is her client telling the truth? 1999.Cougar Cove
By Julie Lawson. 1996
Eleven-year-old Sam's first visit to the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is not what she expected. She's teased by…
her cousins for being a "city kid", when they're not ignoring her. Then, while exploring the woods on her own, she comes face-to-face with a wild cougar and her two cubs and her summer vacation gets much more exciting. 1996.Dakota born (Dakota series. #1.)
By Debbie Macomber. 2016
Buffalo Valley, North Dakota, is a dying town. Lindsay Snyder used to visit her grandmother there, and now she has…
become the town's only schoolteacher. As Lindsay comes to know the town and its people, she learns she has a serious disadvantage--she's not a native. Followed by "Dakota home". 2016.Dakota home (Dakota series. #2.)
By Debbie Macomber. 2016
People have started moving to Buffalo Valley, North Dakota--people like Lindsay Snyder, who came as a teacher and stayed, marrying…
local farmer Gage Sinclair. And now Lindsay's best friend, Maddy Washburn, has decided to pull up stakes and join her in Buffalo Valley, hoping for the same kind of satisfaction. And the same kind of love. Jeb McKenna is a rancher, a solitary man who's learned to endure. Maddy--unafraid and openhearted--is drawn to Jeb, but he rejects her overtures. Until one of North Dakota's deadly storms throws them together. Sequel to "Dakota born"; followed by "Always Dakota". 2016.Always Dakota (Dakota series. #3.)
By Debbie Macomber. 2016
A few years ago, Buffalo Valley in North Dakota was a dying town. Now it's come back to life! People…
are feeling good about living here again--the way they used to. They're feeling confident about the future. Stalled lives are moving forward. People like Margaret Clemens are taking risks on new ventures and on lifelong dreams and happiness. Margaret is a local rancher who's finally getting what she wants most: marriage to cowboy Matt Eilers. Her friends don't think Matt's such a bargain; neither did her father. But Margaret is aware of Matt's reputation and his flaws--she wants him anyway. And she wants his baby. Sequel to "Dakota home". 2016.An island of my own
By Andrea Spalding. 1998
Fifteen-year-old Rowan is sent to spend a summer with her cousins in an isolated area in British Columbia while her…
parents are on assignment in Africa. In an attempt to keep herself busy she decides to camp out on a near-by island to study an endangered group of sea otters. With the help of her family, friends, journalists and a marine biologist Rowan fights for the protection of the otters. Grades 5-8. 1998.A recipe for bees
By Gail Anderson-Dargatz. 1998
As Augusta Olsen waits for news about the surgery of her beloved son-in-law, she reflects on a harsh, sometimes magical,…
life. Bereft after her mother's death, she marries Karl, her first suitor. Her marriage is difficult and she battles with Karl's father, but when they move to a farm of their own, she begins to find her independence. She is soon at work on her mother's old beekeeping equipment. 1998.A mother's wish (Wed in the west #1916)
By Karen Templeton. 2008
Winnie Porter couldn't forget the child she'd given up for adoption all those years ago, or the wonderful family that…
had taken him in. Now it was finally time to see her son one last time. Still reeling from his wife's untimely death, the last thing Aidan Black needed to deal with was the unwed mother who brought his beloved Robbie into the world. Especially when she was all grown up into a beautiful, vivacious young woman who'd immediately drawn his boy into her spell - not to mention Aidan himself. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2008. (Wed in the west)Happy ever after (Bride quartet. #4.)
By Nora Roberts. 2010
Childhood friends Mackensie, Parker, Laurel and Emmeline have formed a very successful wedding planning business together. While helping thousands of…
happy couples to organise the biggest day of their lives, three of the four women have all found love themselves - but workaholic Parker remains resolutely single. Her business is her life and she devotes all her energies to it. But as she is forced to re-evaluate her friendships, Parker finds that someone is about to divert her focus. 2010. (Bride quartet ; 4)The last of the lumbermen
By Brian Fawcett. 2013
Middle-aged Andy Bathgate clings to a precarious life in the logging town of Prince George, British Columbia. He fears the…
balance he currently enjoys - his relationship with a good woman, the uneasy truce with her eco-activist son, senior hockey with his friends - will come undone the moment the truth comes out: that he is not, in fact, Andy Bathgate. What he doesn’t realize is that the people of his community aren’t as clueless as he believes - and that honesty, decency, and fairness still have a place in the 21st century. 2013.Still missing
By Chevy Stevens. 2010
British Columbia realtor Annie O'Sullivan bitterly recounts to a therapist being kidnapped from an open house by a rapist and…
enslaved for a year in a remote cabin. As sessions continue, Annie learns shocking information about her captor's identity. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2010.Betting the rainbow (Harmony novel. #7.)
By Jodi Thomas. 2014
Dusti Delaney enlists Kieran O'Toole to teach her poker so she can win enough to pay for her sister Abby…
to finish school, and widow Ronny Logan tries to resist her attraction to her new neighbor, Austin Hawke. Bestseller. 2014.Strangers among us
By L. R Wright. 1996
Karl Alberg finds his latest case one of his most troubling. Teenager Eliot Gardener has killed his parents and wounded…
his sister with a machete. The key is, why? Eliot won't talk to anyone about it, and Karl deals with his own sense of self-blame, even though no one could have foreseen the tragedy. Some violence and strong language.After that night: 9 Months Later (Harlequin superromance ; #1136)
By Ann Evans. 2003
Jenna Rawlins is a straitlaced kind of woman, but on the one night she allows herself to be seduced, she…
becomes pregnant. Trying to claim her independence from her overprotective family, she's determined to have the baby alone - after all, she's successfully raising two boys by herself after kicking out her good-for-nothing husband. Meanwhile, Mark Bishop has discovered Jenna's condition and wants to be part of his child's life, but Jenna doesn't believe the confirmed bachelor is up to the challenge. Some descriptions of sex. 2003. (Harlequin superromance ; 1136)Once upon a mattress: The Wrong Bed (Harlequin temptation ; #927)
By Kathleen O'Reilly. 2003
Employment in a new locale should help engineer Hilary Sinclair forget about her broken heart. Meeting the firm's security director,…
Ben MacAllister, is certainly a welcome distraction - until he makes her want things she shouldn't. Ben's not a "forever" guy, but could she be his reason to stay? Explicit descriptions of sex. 2003.Against the wall (Silhouette intimate moments ; #1295)
By Lyn Stone. 2004
One minute she was tending an injured patient; the next, her familiar world had vanished and Dr. Solange Micheaux was…
on the run with Special Agent Jack Mercier, his reluctant partner in a deadly race against time. She had been in the wrong place at the wrong time and Jack had no choice but to take her with him, but now Solange was critical to the success of his mission. All he had to do was keep her safe. 2004.Guardian of the night (Harlequin intrigue ; #701)
By Debra Webb. 2003
Former military intelligence officer Noah Drake exiled himself to a small island off the coast of Georgia after the side…
effects of an untested drug destroyed his body's tolerance to light. But because of his sacrifice, he brought down a dangerous traitor. Now, five years later, Noah's adversary is back to settle the score. The man moved as stealthily as a shadow, but Specialist Maggie "Blue" Callahan had her assignment -- to protect Noah at all costs. And no matter how much Noah protested, she would carry it out. Except that was becoming increasingly difficult with the seductive siren call of the night. Would its inexorable rhythm sentence them both to the all-consuming darkness? 2003.Treacherous longings (Dangerous Liaisons Ser.)
By Anne Mather. 1995
When Quinn Marriott is asked to track down Julia Stewart he knows he should give the assignment to someone else.…
He knew Julia ten years ago and believes that he is the reason she has tried to disappear. What he doesn't know is that Julia has a ten year old secret she has been keeping from him and if he finds her he'll get the shock of his life.Tainted love (Dangerous Liaisons Ser.)
By Alison Fraser. 1994
Clare had a good idea of how Fen Marchand saw her: his opinion was totally coloured by her past. Although…
Fen was prepared to try her out as his housekeeper - because he desperately needed one - she wasn't good enough for the likes of him! But that didn't stop there being an intense physical attraction between them. However, Clare's past had taught her to keep her distance.