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41) The dysasters
Author
Series
Dysasters (Graphic novels) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
P.C. and Kristin Cast, the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of the House of Night phenomenon, return to the scene with The Dysasters--the first action-packed novel in a new paranormal fantasy series. Adoptive daughter of a gifted scientist, Foster Stewart doesn't live a "normal" life, (not that she'd want to). But controlling cloud formations and seeing airwaves aren't things most eighteen-year-olds can do. Small town star quarterback and quintessential...
42) Never knowing
Author
Language
English
Description
Struggling with a need for closure, Sara Gallagher attempts to reconnect with her birth parents only to learn that her biological father is an infamous serial killer, a discovery that causes her to fear she has inherited violent tendencies.
43) Someone like you
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When Maddie West discovers that she was adopted as an embryo and may have a sister, she feels betrayed, angry, and confused. Maddie moves away, leaving her job, fiancé, and family. Dawson Gage is mourning the death of his best friend, London Quinn. Then London's mother reveals she and her husband donated a frozen embryo decades ago, meaning that London might have a sibling. When Dawson finds Maddie and takes her to the Quinns, they welcome her into...
Author
Series
The Secrets of Bliss Valley volume Book 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Every little secret is a chain to the past...For Amish widow Naomi Ropp, moving back to her parents' Bliss Valley home -- with her boisterous twin toddler boys -- is a chance to start over and bury the painful secrets of her marriage forever. But her life is turned upside down once again when she learns she's not the only one hiding things. The parents she believed were always open and honest have been keeping a secret her whole life. And now her...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"The first book in a major new series from the #1 internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley. Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, "Atlantis"--A fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva--having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage--a clue which takes Maia across the world to a...
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Description
In The Shunning, Katie Lapp stumbles upon a satin infant gown in the dusty leather trunk of her parents' attic and determines to discover the story behind it. Why would her mother, a Plain woman who embraces the ways of the Old Order, hide such a beautiful worldly gown? In The Confession, Katie is now torn from her close-knit community in the frightening ordeal known as shunning, and she sets out on a journey of discovery. In The Reckoning, Katie--now...
Author
Series
Road to Perdition novels volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Author
Series
Seven sisters (Lucinda Riley) volume 6
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
50) The Noel diary
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Romance author Jacob Churcher hasn't been home for almost twenty years, since his mentally ill mother kicked him out of the house at sixteen. A lawyer calls to inform him, days before Christmas, that his estranged mother has passed away and left her house to him; Jacob returns not just to settle the estate but to try and reconcile with the past and the pain and abuse he experienced as a child. But Jacob's mother had become a hoarder, and as he excavates...
51) Twist of faith
Author
Series
Ava Saunders volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her adoptive mother, a woman discovers a photograph that leads her into a dangerous investigation of her past.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Born a pure blood Cheyenne, raised by whites when his family was massacred, Johnny Logan rode a treacherous trail between two worlds. But when he saw the ruthless exploitation of his people by villainous whites, he knew it was time to take a stand -- even if it was his last. Tyrannical swindlers were bringing a herd of diseased cattle to the Cheyenne reservation -- and only Logan could stop the approaching stampede of death. Beaten within an inch...
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Since her mother was institutionalized, sixteen-year-old Celeste has been in and out of orphanages. Celeste is overjoyed when Wade and Ami Emerson adopt her. But when she discovers Ami's real reason for adopting her - a reason that involves a sexual tryst with Ami's father-in-law - Celeste is terrified.
Author
Series
Chesapeake Bay volume 1 & 2
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In "Sea Swept" Cameron, a champion boat racer, returns home at the behest of his dying father to care for a troubled young boy, while in "Rising Tides," Ethan Quinn struggles to succeed and find happiness with the woman he loves.
56) The sisterhood
Author
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Pub. Date
�2012
Language
English
Description
Reeling from a broken engagement, adopted 19-year-old Menina Walker flees to Spain to bury her misery by writing her overdue college thesis on a 16th century Spanish artist. When she discovers that a tiny swallow in the artist's painting is the same one on a medallion that is Menina's only link to her birth family, Menina digs deeper into the swallow's significance and uncovers an adventure involving orphans sent to the New World after the Spanish...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
'You were adopted'. Three short words and Sabina's life fractures. There would forever be a Before those words, and an After. Pregnant with her own child, Sabina can't understand how a mother could abandon her daughter, or why her parents have kept the past a secret. Determined to find the woman who gave her away, what she discovers will change everything, not just for Sabina, but for the women who have loved her all these years.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Bestselling romance author Jacob Churcher hasn't been home for almost twenty years -- not since his mentally ill mother kicked him out of the house when he was just sixteen. When a lawyer calls, days before Christmas, to inform him that his estranged mother has passed away and left her house to him, Jacob returns not just to settle the estate but to try and reconcile with the past and the pain and abuse he experienced as a child. Also, maybe cleaning...
59) The less dead
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"She thought she was finding her birth mother. Now she's searching for a killer. Dr. Margo Dunlop is at a crossroads. Her adoptive mom just passed away, and Margo misses her so much she can't begin to empty the house-or, it seems, get her brother on the phone. Not to mention she's newly single, secretly pregnant, and worried about her best friend's dangerous relationship. In an effort to cheer herself up she goes in search of her birth mother. Instead...
60) Cut and run
Series
Criminal profilers (Mary Burton) volume 2
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Twin sisters separated by the past are reunited by unspeakable crimes in New York Times best-selling author Mary Burton's throat-clutching novel of suspense.
Medical examiner Faith McIntyre is called in on the case of an unconscious woman clinging to life after a hit and run. The woman is FBI agent Macy Crow is Faith's mirror image-- the twin sister she never knew she had. Faith knew that she was adopted, but now she and Texas Ranger Mitchell Hayden...
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