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Learning she has witch blood in her veins, bride-to-be Bailey Tomlin, while figuring out seating charts and bouquets, must navigate her new witch family, keep an enemy from hexing the cermony and send a man from 1929, to whom she is drawn, back to his owntime.
3) Lone Witness
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She's keeping secrets. He must keep her safe.
An FBI: Special Crimes Unit page-turner
Were it not for Tessa Carlson, Special Agent Henry Miller's daughter would have been abducted. But rescuing the little girl has thrust Tessa-a woman in hiding-into the media's spotlight…and into a criminal's crosshairs. Now her survival depends on putting her faith in widowed single father Henry if she wants to live to see another day.
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To Do: Investigate the French Quarter. Buy new hammer. Stop worrying that hard hat is going to ruin my hair. Stop thinking about ex-boyfriend. No guys this summer! Find some cool jazz clubs to visit later. Get psychic readings with Jenna and Amber. Get Jenna and Amber to stop talking about psychic readings, the cute guy the psychic said I would meet, and the cute guy I just met. No guys this summer!!! Throw self into work. Stop thinking about the...
5) The Promise
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She was of American blood, born in the islands. He was a native islander. Their love bridged two worlds that would one day threaten to tear them apart. As a child, Jana Rutherford played barefoot on the sparkling Hawaiian beaches with her friend, Akela, and Akela's handsome cousin, Kimo. But that carefreeness would change as Jana grew...and the quality of her and Kimo's friendship grew as well into something deeper, stronger. It was then that Jana...
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In the eloquent tradition of Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy, an award-winning leader in the movement to end mass incarceration takes on the vexing problem of violent crime Although over half the people incarcerated in America today have committed violent offenses, the focus of reformers has been almost entirely on nonviolent and drug offenses. Danielle Sered's brilliant and groundbreaking Until We Reckon steers directly and unapologetically into the...
7) Immortal
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Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, housed in a Gothic mansion on the bleak northern moors, is elite, expensive, and unwelcoming. When Evie Johnson is torn away from her home by the sea to become the newest scholarship student, she is more isolated than she could have dreamed. Strict teachers, snobbish students, and the oppressive atmosphere of Wyldcliffe leave Evie drowning in loneliness. Evie's only lifeline is Sebastian, a rebellious, mocking,...
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Proving her innocence…
…means running for her life.
Framed for her foster brother's murder, FBI special agent Wren Santino must clear her name-but someone's dead set on stopping her from finding the truth. Her estranged childhood friend, Titus Anderson, comes to her aid...but standing by her puts him in the killer's crosshairs, too. And unraveling a conspiracy may be the only way for either of them to survive.
FBI: Special Crimes Unit.
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In Patricia Potter's high-octane romantic thriller, a young woman discovers she is not only the daughter of a notorious crime boss but a person of interest to a steely FBI agent Clutching her babies, a mother flees through the streets of Boston, desperate to escape the monster she married. Thirty-four years later, two men enter Samantha Carroll's Colorado art gallery, and her safe, secure world explodes. Now Sam is en route back to Boston to meet...
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It's goodbye Maine and hello Washington, D.C. as Maya, a private investigator, and Sandra, a pampered housewife and P.I. in training, play chaperone on a high school class trip to D.C. with their kids. The last thing they expect to encounter is another murder!
Friends, moms, and P.I. partners Maya and Sandra have left their hometown of Portland, Maine, on a school trip to Washington, D.C.-where a killer has just added murder to the itinerary. ....
11) Seeds of Summer
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"When opposites attract, sparks fly--like an electrical malfunction. That's what happens when former rodeo queen, Natalie Adams meets the new pastor in Diamond Falls. Upon the death of her father, Natalie returns to the Flint Hills to raise her two half-siblings and run the family ranch, giving up her dreams for the future. She soon realizes her time in college and as Miss Rodeo Kansas is not enough to break the bonds that held her as a girl. Jared...
12) The Pattern
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Johanna Shelby could never have anticipated where that "fateful encounter" would lead her. She could not have known then how love for the young, rough-hewn, mountain doctor would cause her to turn her back on her privileged lifestyle, threaten to estrange her from her family, and bring her to the wild mountains of Appalachia. If she had known . . . But no! Nothing could hold her back. Not her adoring, worried parents. Not her snooty, so-called "friends."...
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Lexi Carmichael: saving scientists one snake at a time.
Weddings aren’t my thing—never have been. But eloping would break my mother’s heart, especially since the president of the United States put in a good word for me with his daughter’s wedding planner. I’m going to have the wedding of the year…whether I like it or not.
Before we can say I do, Slash and I are flying off to the Brazilian rain forest. Our mission: stop hackers from stealing...
14) The Pledge
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For the sake of peace in the family, Jo-Beth kept her feelings to herself. But she and Wes were pledged to each other, and nothing could change that. Not even war. With the death of her father, Jo-Beth and her family, moved in with relatives. There, her mother makes a living sewing her exquisite quilts-and Jo-Beth discovers a special friend. Wesley Rutherford draws Jo-Beth like a magnet ... and their attachment to one another becomes strong enough...
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Most people think The Zone is an amusement park, but Candy Thompson knows it's really a slave labor camp. What else would you call a summer job that requires a sixteen-year-old girl to set aside her whole social life for the privilege of standing out in the hot sun selling cotton candy? Still, there are perks-particularly the mysterious hunk in the Lone Ranger costume. Behind that mask are the most amazing eyes Candy has ever seen. Who is that masked...
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Mission: rescue his fellow agent
The next exciting FBI: Special Crimes Unit story
FBI agent Radley Tumberg must rescue his fellow agent, Honor Remington, from a spiritual sanctuary where she's being held against her will. But when he reaches her, posing as her estranged husband, he discovers the motives for her capture are deadlier than he expected. Can they escape the sanctuary and find evidence that its leader isn't what he's pretending to be?...
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They're fun! They're quirky! They're Sweet Seasons-unlike any other girls' books you've ever read. You could call them alternative, God-honoring chick lit. Join Candy Thompson on a sweet, lighthearted, and honest romp through the friendships, romances, family, school, faith, and values that make a girl's lie as full as it can be. It's the end of Candace's senior year, and life's getting sticky. A promotion to The Zone's Candy Counter means Candace...
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A New York Times 2018 Holiday Gift Selection
Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America's native bees-endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies-is just as crucial. Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts, Our Native Bees explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why they play a key role in gardening and agriculture. The people and stories are compelling:...
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This user-friendly book is filled with guidelines to help you write performance objectives, reviews, appraisals, and other performance documentation. The book's tips and tools help you find language that's clear, descriptive, objective, and acceptable in today's workplace. Examples, questions, and activities will help you learn on your own, with your team, or with others in your organization.
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A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care.
Americans knew polio as the "summer plague." In countries further North, however, the virus arrived later in the year, slipping into the homes of healthy children as the summer waned and the equinox approached. It was described by one writer as "the autumn ghost."
Intensive care units and mechanical ventilation are the...