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21) The witness
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Amanda Griffin is on the run. Eight years ago she disappeared after witnessing a terrible crime. Now her family thinks she's dead, but she's back in town, desperate to find a way to protect the ones she loves. Police Chief Luke Granger is determined to find out who is behind the threats against Amanda and her sisters. With danger pressing in, there isn't much time, and Luke must put everything on the line. Chief Granger and homicide detectives Connor...
22) A time to dance
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John and Abby Reynolds were the perfect couple, sharing a love born of childhood friendship and deep family ties. Now, after surviving twenty-one years of love, loss, and laughter, John and Aby are about to lose it all. John is no more the man Abby married than she is the long ago girl of his dreams. They are strangers whose days of dancing seem gone forever, and finally they make the saddest decision of all. But when John and Abby gather their children...
23) Vatican waltz
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Manifesting intense religious episodes after losing first her grandmother and then her priest friend, Cynthia becomes convinced that God intends for her to become Catholicism's first female priest and pursues her belief all the way to the Vatican.
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"The latest novel from #1 internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho is a classic of inspiration and reflection, a meditation on life, love, and the significance of change. A novel of philosophical reflection set in Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades. Here a community of Christians, Arabs, and Jews who have long lived together harmoniously have been warned of an imminent attack and certain destruction. Contemplating their demise, the...
25) The story of B
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Ishmael trilogy volume 2
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English
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A young American priest is sent to Europe to investigate an itinerant preacher considered to be Antichrist, only to be converted by him. He finds nothing anti about the preacher, everything he says makes sense to him, including animism as the solution to such ills as overpopulation and environmental damage. By the author of Ishmael.
26) The timepiece
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Adeline Pelham drives up in a sleek, red sports car to an Amish farm and upends the family inside, claiming to be a long lost daughter from another mother.
Sylvia Miller's Old Order family is upended with the arrival of Adeline Pelham. It isn't that Adeline means to be a threat, but her very existence is a reminder of a painful secret. As Sylvia and her mother struggle to come to terms with the news, it is a challenging time to welcome an Englisher--...
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Maddy is a social worker trying to balance her career and three children. Years ago, she fell in love with Ben, a public defender, drawn to his fiery passion, but now he's lashing out at her during his periodic verbal furies. She vacillates between tiptoeing around him and asserting herself for the sake of their kids, until the rainy day when they're together in the car and Ben's volatile temper gets the best of him, leaving Maddy in the hospital...
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To a casual visitor, the island of Heavenly Daze is just like a dozen others off the coast of Maine. It is decorated with graceful Victorian mansions, carpeted with gray cobblestones and bright wild flowers, and populated by sturdy, hard-working folks-most of whom are unaware that the island of Heavenly Daze is not just like the other islands of coastal Maine. The small town that crowns its peak consists of seven buildings, each inhabited, according...
29) Forever hidden
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2020.
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When her grandfather's health begins to decline, Havyn is determined to keep her family together. But everyone has secrets-- including John, the hired stranger who recently arrived on their farm. To help out Havyn starts singing at a local roadhouse-- but dangerous eyes grow jealous as she and John grow closer. Will they realize the peril before it is too late?
30) The seekers
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2017.
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"Married for eight years with no children to help fill her days, Heidi Troyer cooks up the idea of teaching classes in the art of Amish cuisine in her Holmes County, Ohio, home. But it is a recipe for drama when five very different men and women answer the advertisement. Charlene Higgins is engaged, but to the despair of her fiancé's family, she can't cook. Kendra Perkins, a teen estranged from her family, is facing an unwanted pregnancy alone. Loretta...
31) The maverick
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Men of the saddle volume 3
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2005.
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English
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Susanne McCord has outthought, outmaneuvered, and just plain outfought Cass Claxton every time. Now he's determined to get this spitfire off his hands once and for all. If only she'd stop finding ways to work her way into his heart.
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Rose Schrock is a plain woman with a plan. Determined to find a way to support her family and pay off her late husband's debts, she sets to work to convert the basement of her Amish farmhouse into an inn. While her family, especially her ailing mother-in-law, is unhappy with Rose's big idea, her friend and neighbor, Galen King, helps with the renovation. As Rose finalizes preparations for visitors, she asks God to bless each guest who stays at the...
34) Plain promise
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2009.
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Sadie Fisher wonders if she'll ever find true love again after the death of her husband. When wealthy Englischer Kade Saunders rents her guest cottage for a month, Sadie's world is turned upside-down. Kade has a five-year-old autistic son who is unexpectedly left in his permanent care. As Sadie's feelings for the child grow, so do her feelings for Kade. But is this man suitable for anything more than friendship?
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When Wendy Harper inherits her family's beachside cottage in Seaside, Maine, she sees it as a way to finally pay off the debts that have mounted since her husband died. But the neglected property needs renovation before it can be sold, so Wendy and her young son Jackson move in to fix the place up. Soon the town-- and local craftsman Caleb Colton-- make it difficult for Wendy to resists their charms.
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"A search for peace in Amish country proves anything but simple for a woman on the run from life ... and herself. On the rolling plains of Lancaster County, PA., Lillian Miller is searching for her grandparents' house ... and so much more. After years of neglect and abuse, she's turning to a lifestyle of simplicity among the Amish to find herself. As she discards the distractions of her former life, she befriends the young boy working on her family's...
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As Hannah Ryan waits for her family to return home form a camping trip, she realizes she has everything going for her-- a husband other women admire, two charming teenage daughters, and a loving Christian home. As the sunny afternoon turns into twilight, her uneasiness grows along with the shadows. Then a car pulls into Hannah's driveway, bring two police officers ... and devastating news that shatters her life forever.
38) The gift
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Amish of Hart County volume 3
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English
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The Schwartz family is happy to be spending Christmas on their new farm in Hart County until they experience a series of accidents. Neil Vance has been heartbroken ever since his parents lost their family farm. He knows it's not the Schwartz family's fault, but he can't help but be resentful. While Neil believes the accidents are just chance, Susanna's father is convinced that the Vance family is responsible. Susanna has fallen in love with Neil and...
39) The ebb tide
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When a well-to-do family asks Sallie Riehl to be their daughter's nanny for the summer at their Cape May, New Jersey, vacation home, she jumps at the chance to broaden her horizons beyond the Lancaster County Amish community where she grew up. Curious by nature, Sallie loves reading and learning, and she fears that her chances of making a good match with an Amish farmer will be hampered because of it. Though she loves taking care of nine-year-old...
40) Morte D'Urban
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"Father Urban is a man of the cloth who is also a man of the world. Charming, with an expansive vision of the spiritual life and a high tolerance for moral ambiguity, Urban enjoys a national reputation as a speaker on the religious circuit and has big plans for the future. But then the provincial head of his dowdy religious order banishes him to a retreat house in the Minnesota hinterlands."--Page 4 of cover.
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