Bernadette Dunne
1) Son
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Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
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Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. One day on the lake, Casey saves Katherine from drowning, and the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more...
5) Thankful
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"From bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray, comes a tender story of faith, family, and finding love with the Amish of Sugarcreek... Christina Kempf has always known that God chose Aden Reese to be her husband. As children, Aden was there to save her when she fell through a patch of thin ice, and he's been by her side ever since. After his parents died in a car accident ten years ago, the Kempfs raised Aden as one of their own, and everyone sees...
6) Missing
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Secrets of Crittenden County volume 1
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When Perry Borntrager's lifeless body is found in an abandoned well, the quiet Amish community of Crittenden, Kentucky, is shaken by this terrible tragedy, and Perry's former girlfriend and his best friend, suspects in the crime, form an unlikely friendship as they try to prove their innocence.
8) Squire
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Protector of the Small volume 3
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After becoming a squire to Lord Raoul, commander of the King's Own, Kel of Mindelan, must face a terrifying test in the Chamber of the Ordeal before she can be a knight.
9) First test
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Protector of the small volume 1
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Ten-year-old Keladry of Mindalen, daughter of nobles, serves as a page but must prove herself to the males around her if she is ever to fulfill her dream of becoming a knight. When Alanna became the King's Champion, it was decided that girls would henceforth be allowed to train for the knighthood. But ten years have passed, and no girls have come forward. Now, however, someone is about to change all that. Her name is Kel. In this first book in a new...
10) Page
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Protector of the small volume 2
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Keladry of Mindelan continues her training to become a squire with the aid of a new maid, the support of her friends, interference from some other pages, and some serious, even dangerous opposition.
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When Beth Byler, an Amish woman, met Chris Ellis, who was working undercover in Crittenden County as a DEA agent, she knew they could never get together. But they were both attracted to each other. When, three days before Christmas, Ellis arrives at the Yellow Bird Inn, where Beth is working, he is wounded and needs a place to hide. Beth agrees to help him and keep his whereabouts a secret. What are they willing to sacrifice for a chance at love?
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Ruth Stutzman is a wonderful caregiver--but she has no experience with children. Laid off from her job at a retirement home due to budget cuts, she's relieved to find work--even if it means temporarily watching widower Martin Rodes' brood of six. Martin has done the best he can since his wife's passing, but he and the children need help. Their house, once full of laughter and light, has been darkened by sadness. Soon after Ruth arrives, the children...
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It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering...
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Judith Kratt inherited all the Kratt family had to offer -- the pie safe, the copper clock, the murder no one talks about. She knows it's time to make an inventory of her household and its valuables, but she finds that cataloging the family belongings won't contain her family's secrets, not when her wayward sister suddenly returns, determined to expose skeletons the Kratts had hoped to take to their graves.
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When America entered World War II, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books. Outraged librarians sent donated books to our troops. The War Department joined the publishing industry in an extraordinary program: 120 million books printed in small, lightweight paperbacks. Beloved by the troops and still fondly remembered, theirs is an inspiring story.
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"Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job a millions girls would die for. Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine. A recommendation from Miranda that will get Andrea a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, however, Andrea beings to realize that the job a millions girls would...
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When her black sheep brother disappears, Amanda Janvier eagerly takes in her sixteen year-old niece Tally.The girl is practically an orphan: motherless, and living with a father who raises Tally wherever he lands-- in a Buick, a pizza joint, a horse farm-- and regularly takes off on wild schemes.