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English
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Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing. But can she keep her past a secret? This tender story about fresh starts will charm...
2) Last dance
Author
Series
Carter House girls volume 8
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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As graduation and last good-byes approach, the Carter House girls make prom plans and find themselves in heated competion for the limelight in a Mother's Day fashion show.
Author
Series
Carter House girls volume 7
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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The wealthy fashion students in Mrs. Carter's boardinghouse spend a quiet spring break in Florida until the boys from Crescent Cove arrive and heiress Eliza goes missing.
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
It is 1937, and Lucy knows better than to wish for a pony this Christmas. Her mother has assured her in no uncertain terms that asking for a pony is the same as asking for the moon. Then an interesting pair of strangers comes to town, and Lucy's world changes forever.
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Series
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author Melody Carlson captures hearts with a beautifully written romance set just after World War II. It's almost New Year's 1946, a perfect time for Caroline Marshall to start a new chapter in her life. Widowed three years ago when she lost her husband in the war, she has decided to move with her nine-year-old son to join her sister's family in sunny California. Her sister's new house has a basement apartment for Caroline to rent, and...
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English
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When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby's father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant's paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don't know that she--or their grandson--exists. When Amelia discovers that the family is wealthy and influential, dare she disclose the truth of her relationship with their son? Or could the celebration of...
Author
Series
Mulligan sisters volume novel
Publisher
WhiteFire Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
December 7, 1941, San Francisco is on high alert following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Mulligan family is grappling with the news that Peter, beloved son and brother, is among the missing. Each of the Mulligan sisters Bridget, Margaret, Colleen and Molly strives to find her place in the rapidly changing world in these early days of World War II. With their father ailing, Margaret takes over management of the family's grocery store trying to...
Author
Series
Mulligan sisters volume novel
Publisher
WhiteFire Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1942 San Francisco, war has touched every part of the Mulligans lives. With their brother killed at Pearl Harbor, their father recovering from tuberculosis, and their eldest sister a nurse in the Army, those at home are left to keep on, wondering if it's possible to thrive...or only to survive. Pragmatic Margaret struggles with the gap between the dreams she d always fostered of married life and the reality of having a husband an ocean away combined...
Author
Series
Mulligan sisters volume novel
Publisher
WhiteFire Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Now in its third year, World War II still rages, taking its toll on everyone. On the home-front, the Mulligans continue to face war-related challenges ... and patience wears thin. The war will eventually end, but will the Mulligan family remain intact when it does?
10) String of pearls
Author
Series
Mulligan sisters volume novel
Publisher
WhiteFire Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
By 1943 the world is in the thick of war and the home-front continues to play a vital role. The Mulligans of San Francisco do their part in the war effort, but hardships and deprivations are taking a toll and each the four Mulligan sisters are tested in their own way. The war years urge young Molly to grow up quickly. Besides playing family 'war correspondent,' Molly manages the victory garden, finishes high school, and takes an internship at the...
11) Harbor secrets
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English
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"It's 1916 when newspaper woman Anna McDowell learns her estranged father has suffered a stroke. Deciding it's time to repair bridges, Anna packs up her precocious adolescent daughter and heads for her hometown in Sunset Cove, Oregon. Although much has changed since the turn of the century, some things haven t. Anna finds the staff of her father s paper not exactly eager to welcome a woman into the editor-in-chief role, but her father insists he wants...
Author
Series
Westward to home volume 3
Publisher
WhiteFire Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Fresh out of finishing school, Julianne Blackstone is eager to return to her sister's ranch in Colorado, but her parents have other plans. Plans that involve money, matrimony...and mayhem. While helping in her mother's chic dress shop, Julianne rekindles an old friendship with young attorney Levi Stanfield and his father Judge Stanfield. But when she discovers her father's self-serving plans are at odds with the law, her own life is placed in peril....
13) Surf smugglers
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English
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"In the summer of 1917, US troops join the allied forces in the Great War. Back in Sunset Cove, Oregon, other battles wage. Anna McDowell continues to fight old fashioned stereotypes as she runs a newspaper committed to truth. Despite opposition, she's determined to expose ongoing rum-running and prohibition lawlessness. Adding to Anna's frustrations, her good friend Dr. Daniel seems to run hot and cold. He loves Oregon, and maybe Anna too, but he's...
14) Riptide rumors
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Series
Language
English
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"As autumn of 1916 descends upon the once-peaceful town of Sunset Cove, Anna McDowell has great hopes that the excitement of the summer will be over, now that a few of the key players in the rum-running ring have been arrested. But with a daring jailbreak getting the town in a dither again, she knows that the danger hasn't passed for anyone in her coastal hometown. With a mayoral election keeping tensions high and the authorities busy searching for...
Author
Series
Westward to home volume 02
Publisher
WhiteFire Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An education back East is the last thing Miranda Williams wants, but since her stepfather had noted it in his will, her stepsister Delia is determined to see it through. Miranda doesn't want to go East, and she certainly doesn't want to be subjected to more schooling. When neighboring Colorado rancher Jackson O'Neil pays her attention, Miranda sees a way out. But Jackson has his own dreams, dreams of heading to Alaska and striking it rich in gold....
16) Turning tide
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English
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"As the Great War rages on, Sunset Cove continues to feel its impact. Running the small town newspaper, Anna McDowell can't escape the grim reports from the other side of the world, but home-front challenges abound as well. Dr. Daniel is serving the wounded on the front lines. And Katy, expecting her first child, with her husband in the trenches, tries to support the war effort with her Red Cross club. Even as the war winds down the costs are high...
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