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Crazy rich Asians volume 2
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English
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"On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, Rachel should be over the moon. Her fiancé is willing to defy his mother and sacrifice his entire inheritance--one of the greatest fortunes in Asia--in order to marry her. But Rachel still regrets the fact that her father, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: A shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here...
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990L
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In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident. He believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after 1953 is extraordinary and terrifying. A Prayer for Owen Meany is a coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished American classics....
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Pub. Date
2006
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English
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If Ridley Jones had slept ten minutes later or had taken the subway instead of waiting for a cab, she would still be living the beautiful lie she used to call her life. She would still be the privileged daughter of a doting father and a loving mother. Her life would still be perfect -- with only the tiny cracks of an angry junkie for a brother and a charming drunk with shady underworld connections for an uncle to mar the otherwise flawless whole....
4) Oceans apart
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English
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He failed his family only once, long ago, but they never knew about it. Now pilot Connor Evans's life and marriage are going great, until Connor finds himself face-to-face with his past in the form of a seven-year-old boy.
6) The hunter
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English
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Raised by loving adoptive parents, San Francisco private investigator Wyatt Hunt never had an interest in finding his birth family--until he gets a chilling text message from an unknown number: "How did ur mother die?" The answer is murder, and urged on by curiosity and the mysterious texter, Hunt takes on a case he never knew existed, one that has lain unsolved for decades. Hunt's birth father, twice tried but never convicted of the murder, is in...
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English
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"Kit Noonan's life is stalled: unemployed, twins to support, a mortgage to pay--and a frustrated wife, who is certain that, more than anything else, Kit needs to solve the mystery of his father's identity. He begins with a visit to his former stepfather, Jasper, a take-no-prisoners Vermont outdoorsman. But it is another person who has kept the secret: Lucinda Burns, wife of a revered senior statesman and mother of Malachy (the journalist who died...
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Publisher
Moon Finder Press
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
381 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Harper Rowe hires private investigator Jon Frederick to help her find her biological father, Billy Blaze. Her imagined possibilities were dashed when she finds out he was a dangerous psychopath who called St. Cloud his home for two decades, before disappearing. Even through COVID restrictions and the Minneapolis riots of 2020, Jon and his wife Serena discover the answers to Blaze's sordid history and find that dangerous secrets lie somewhere between...
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Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Jack Travis leads the uncomplicated life of a millionaire Texas playboy. He makes no commitments, he loves many women, he lives for pleasure. Until one day, a woman appears on his doorstep with fury on her face and a baby in her arms. It seems Jack is the father and this woman is the baby's aunt.
10) Remembered
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Series
Fountain Creek chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Veronique Girard sets off to Colorado Territory from France after the death of her mother. She is searching for her father, who set off to make his fortune in American as a fur trader twenty-five years ago. Unfamiliar with the language, customs, and the land, Veronique sets out on a dangerous journey to find a man she doesn't remember and answers to her questions. Jack Brennan has been working himself to death for the past fifteen years as a wagon...
11) Salt River
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English
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"Marine biologist and former government agent Doc Ford is sure he's beyond the point of being surprised by his longtime pal Tomlinson's madcap tales of his misspent youth. But he's stunned anew when avowed bachelor Tomlinson reveals that as a younger man strapped for cash, he'd unwittingly fathered multiple children via for-profit sperm bank donations. Thanks to genealogy websites, Tomlinson's now-grown offspring have tracked him down, seeking answers...
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Pub. Date
2005
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English
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Los Angeles, 3:58 a.m.: Elvis Cole receives the phone call he's been waiting for since childhood. Responding to a gunshot, the LAPD has found an injured man in an alleyway. He has told the officer on the scene that he is looking for his son, Elvis Cole. Minutes later, the man is dead. Haunted throughout his life by a lack of knowledge about his father, Elvis turns to the one person who can help him navigate the minefield of his past--his longtime...
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Dove Pond volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Ava Dove--the sixth of the seven famed Dove sisters and owner of Ava Dove's Landscaping and Specialty Teas--is frantic. Just as her fabulous new tearoom is about to open, her herbal teas have gone wonky. Suddenly, her sleep-inducing tea is startling her clients awake with vivid dreams, her romance-kindling tea is causing people to blurt out their darkest secrets, and her anti-anxiety tea is making them spend hours staring into mirrors. Ava is desperate...
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Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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"Bridesmaids Creek, Texas, loves weddings. So favorite son Ty Spurlock hatches a plan to bring his single cowboy friends to town to woo the local ladies as long as they stay away from Jade Harper. Ty secretly wants the gorgeous redhead for himself even though he's about to leave town to join the Navy SEALs. Jade refuses to stand in the way of Ty's dream of being a SEAL but she also can't hide her precious surprise--two precious surprises--when her...
16) Nelson's brand
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Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
472 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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Allison Hathoway and Gene Nelson, both of whom have been wounded by life, find solace in each other, while Colt Wakefield strives to win Kaylee Simpson back after discovering that he is the father of her two-year-old son.
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Publisher
Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
432 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Linny has been fascinated by disappearances, ever since her sister Grace ran away in the middle of the night without saying goodbye. Sebastian can tell you how many galaxies there are, and knows how much plutonium weighs. But the one thing he can't figure out is the identity of his birth father. They've never met, but Linny and Sebastian have one thing in common: an obsession with famous novelist and filmmaker Alvaro Herrera, who went missing three...
18) Winter cottage
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English
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"Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she's inherited - one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she's never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe - just maybe - this "Winter Cottage" will answer the endless questions about her mother's past...including the identity of her birth father....
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Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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When the affluent Lintons of Lenox Hill summon midwife Sarah Brandt to examine their teenage daughter, their worst fear is confirmed: She is with child. The pregnancy is a mystery, however, as the young woman - mentally still a child herself - is never left on her own and denies that any man has ever hurt her. To help her discover who is responsible, Sarah, after much prodding, enlists the aid of her friend, Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, who is...