Married to the handsome, wealthy Garland Foxworth following a wildfire romance, and an unexpected pregnancy, young Corrine Dixon finds her life very different from how she imagined it. Often alone in the mansion of Foxworth Hall, she can practically feel the ancestors&; judgment of her as insufficient &; as not a Foxworth. Stern portraits glare at her from the walls, and the servants treat her strangely. Nothing in the vast place is truly hers.
Center Point Pub
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9781643585550
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Large Print
The Daisy Children
By Grant, Sofia
Inspired by true events, in Sofia Grants powerfully moving new novel a young woman peels back the layers of her familys history, discovering a tragedy in the past that explains so much of the present. This unforgettable story is one of hope, healing, and the discovery of truth. Sometimes the untold stories of the past are the ones we need to hear . . .
Center Point Pub
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9781643580463
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Large Print
One Way to Boot Hill
By O'hara, Max
The fourth installment in a bold, new, action-packed historical western series by Max O'Hara featuring fearless railroad detective Wolf Stockburn.Stretching across the wild western frontier, the railroad needs guardians like Wells Fargo detective Wolf Stockburn. Known as the Wolf of the Rails, the steely Scotsman is as cold and hard as the tracks he rides - and those too foolish to fear him will soon lie dead at his feet . . . THEY CAN RUN, BUT THEY CAN'T HIDE . . . When train robbers hit the Boot Hill Express - so called because of all the people riding it who have ended up dead - with a head full of steam, Wolf Stockburn makes quick work of them. But the gun smoke has barely cleared when a second gang attacks, catching Stockburn by surprise. In a hail of hot lead he falls from the train and the thieves kill two guards and make off with the cattle the train was hauling.
Pinnacle Books
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9781638085959
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Large Print
As the Tide Comes In
By Woodsmall, Cindy
A New York Times best-selling author releases her first southern novel, a Steel Magnolias-meets-Sweet Home Alabama story set on St. Simons Island. When an unthinkable loss sends Tara Abbott's life spiraling out of control, she journeys from North Carolina to Georgia's St. Simons Island. Although confused and scared, she hopes to find answers about her past - her life before the years of foster care and raising her two half-brothers as a young adult. Will she find steady ground on the island, surrounded by an eccentric-but-kindhearted group of older women called The Glynn Girls and a determined firefighter? Or will the truth splinter what's left of her identity into pieces?
Thorndike Press Large Print
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9781432855529
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Large Print
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
By Christie, Agatha
Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. In the village, Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot and, when the estate's trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.
Center Point; Lrg edition
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9781611739541
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Large print book
By Any Name
By Voigt, Cynthia
From the award-winning author of Homecoming and Dicey's Song comes a heartfelt adult novel perfect for readers of Judy Blume. Rida is an orphan out of California who dances for the troops in the USO. Spencer is a naval officer with roots deep in New England's upper crust. They meet during World War II at an Officer's Club dance, and Spencer might have been dissuaded if he saw just one engagement ring on her finger, but instead, he sees four. The courtship is easy, Rida wins him and wears his ring alone. But Rida is a wild card, and Spencer's family can't accept her unconventional approach to marriage, motherhood, and life. Even Rida's four daughters struggle to understand her, but for them it becomes a quest--to untangle the mystery of their stubborn, off-beat, clear-sighted, loving, and above all mesmerizing mother.
Thorndike Press Large Print
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9781432843762
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Hardcover
The Queen of Hearts
By Martin, Kimmery
A debut novel set against a background of hospital rounds and life-or-death decisions that pulses with humor and empathy and explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness... Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensity of medical school. Now they're happily married wives and mothers with successful careers--Zadie as a pediatric cardiologist and Emma as a trauma surgeon. Their lives in Charlotte, North Carolina are chaotic but fulfilling, until the return of a former colleague unearths a secret one of them has been harboring for years. As chief resident, Nick Xenokostas was the center of Zadie's life--both professionally and personally--throughout a tragic chain of events in her third year of medical school that she has long since put behind her.
Wheeler Publishing Large Print
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9781432850906
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Library Binding
Dewitts Strike
By Hunt, Greg
A Ridge Parkman Western Ridge Parkman was in Dewitt's Strike to do a job: get the little mining town's gold to the railhead at Adobe City. With almost as many robbers as rocks along the trail to Adobe, he knew the job was going to be tough. But then marauders made the mistake of killing his friends and stealing his horse, and it wasn't a job anymore. Ridge was riding for revenge.
Thorndike Press Large Print
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9781410489661
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Large print book
Dietland
By Walker, Sarai
The diet revolution is here. And it's armed. Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. With her job answering fan mail for a teen magazine, she is biding her time until her weight-loss surgery. But when a mysterious woman in colorful tights and combat boots begins following her, Plum falls down a rabbit hole into the world of Calliope House -- an underground community of women who reject society's rules -- and is forced to confront the real costs of becoming "beautiful." At the same time, a guerilla group begins terrorizing a world that mistreats women, and Plum becomes entangled in a sinister plot. The consequences are explosive.
Kennebec Large Print
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9781432852290
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eBook
Aftermath
By Blackstock, Terri
This gripping new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock will leave you on the edge of your seat.A devastating explosion.Three best friends are at the venue just to hear their favorite band . . . but only one of them makes it out alive.A trunk full of planted evidence.When police stop Dustin with a warrant to search his trunk, he knows it's just a mistake. He's former military and owns a security firm. But he's horrified when they find explosives, and he can't fathom how they got there.An attorney who will risk it all for a friend.Criminal attorney Jamie Powell was Dustin's best friend growing up. They haven't spoken since he left for basic training, but she's the first one he thinks of when he's arrested. Jamie knows she's putting her career on the line by defending an accused terrorist, but she'd never abandon him.
Thorndike Press Large Print; Large type / Large print edition
Out of the Attic
By Andrews, V. C.
Married to the handsome, wealthy Garland Foxworth following a wildfire romance, and an unexpected pregnancy, young Corrine Dixon finds her life very different from how she imagined it. Often alone in the mansion of Foxworth Hall, she can practically feel the ancestors&; judgment of her as insufficient &; as not a Foxworth. Stern portraits glare at her from the walls, and the servants treat her strangely. Nothing in the vast place is truly hers.
The Daisy Children
By Grant, Sofia
Inspired by true events, in Sofia Grants powerfully moving new novel a young woman peels back the layers of her familys history, discovering a tragedy in the past that explains so much of the present. This unforgettable story is one of hope, healing, and the discovery of truth. Sometimes the untold stories of the past are the ones we need to hear . . .
One Way to Boot Hill
By O'hara, Max
The fourth installment in a bold, new, action-packed historical western series by Max O'Hara featuring fearless railroad detective Wolf Stockburn.Stretching across the wild western frontier, the railroad needs guardians like Wells Fargo detective Wolf Stockburn. Known as the Wolf of the Rails, the steely Scotsman is as cold and hard as the tracks he rides - and those too foolish to fear him will soon lie dead at his feet . . . THEY CAN RUN, BUT THEY CAN'T HIDE . . . When train robbers hit the Boot Hill Express - so called because of all the people riding it who have ended up dead - with a head full of steam, Wolf Stockburn makes quick work of them. But the gun smoke has barely cleared when a second gang attacks, catching Stockburn by surprise. In a hail of hot lead he falls from the train and the thieves kill two guards and make off with the cattle the train was hauling.
As the Tide Comes In
By Woodsmall, Cindy
A New York Times best-selling author releases her first southern novel, a Steel Magnolias-meets-Sweet Home Alabama story set on St. Simons Island. When an unthinkable loss sends Tara Abbott's life spiraling out of control, she journeys from North Carolina to Georgia's St. Simons Island. Although confused and scared, she hopes to find answers about her past - her life before the years of foster care and raising her two half-brothers as a young adult. Will she find steady ground on the island, surrounded by an eccentric-but-kindhearted group of older women called The Glynn Girls and a determined firefighter? Or will the truth splinter what's left of her identity into pieces?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
By Christie, Agatha
Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. In the village, Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot and, when the estate's trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.
By Any Name
By Voigt, Cynthia
From the award-winning author of Homecoming and Dicey's Song comes a heartfelt adult novel perfect for readers of Judy Blume. Rida is an orphan out of California who dances for the troops in the USO. Spencer is a naval officer with roots deep in New England's upper crust. They meet during World War II at an Officer's Club dance, and Spencer might have been dissuaded if he saw just one engagement ring on her finger, but instead, he sees four. The courtship is easy, Rida wins him and wears his ring alone. But Rida is a wild card, and Spencer's family can't accept her unconventional approach to marriage, motherhood, and life. Even Rida's four daughters struggle to understand her, but for them it becomes a quest--to untangle the mystery of their stubborn, off-beat, clear-sighted, loving, and above all mesmerizing mother.
The Queen of Hearts
By Martin, Kimmery
A debut novel set against a background of hospital rounds and life-or-death decisions that pulses with humor and empathy and explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness... Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensity of medical school. Now they're happily married wives and mothers with successful careers--Zadie as a pediatric cardiologist and Emma as a trauma surgeon. Their lives in Charlotte, North Carolina are chaotic but fulfilling, until the return of a former colleague unearths a secret one of them has been harboring for years. As chief resident, Nick Xenokostas was the center of Zadie's life--both professionally and personally--throughout a tragic chain of events in her third year of medical school that she has long since put behind her.
Dewitts Strike
By Hunt, Greg
A Ridge Parkman Western Ridge Parkman was in Dewitt's Strike to do a job: get the little mining town's gold to the railhead at Adobe City. With almost as many robbers as rocks along the trail to Adobe, he knew the job was going to be tough. But then marauders made the mistake of killing his friends and stealing his horse, and it wasn't a job anymore. Ridge was riding for revenge.
Dietland
By Walker, Sarai
The diet revolution is here. And it's armed. Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. With her job answering fan mail for a teen magazine, she is biding her time until her weight-loss surgery. But when a mysterious woman in colorful tights and combat boots begins following her, Plum falls down a rabbit hole into the world of Calliope House -- an underground community of women who reject society's rules -- and is forced to confront the real costs of becoming "beautiful." At the same time, a guerilla group begins terrorizing a world that mistreats women, and Plum becomes entangled in a sinister plot. The consequences are explosive.
Aftermath
By Blackstock, Terri
This gripping new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock will leave you on the edge of your seat.A devastating explosion.Three best friends are at the venue just to hear their favorite band . . . but only one of them makes it out alive.A trunk full of planted evidence.When police stop Dustin with a warrant to search his trunk, he knows it's just a mistake. He's former military and owns a security firm. But he's horrified when they find explosives, and he can't fathom how they got there.An attorney who will risk it all for a friend.Criminal attorney Jamie Powell was Dustin's best friend growing up. They haven't spoken since he left for basic training, but she's the first one he thinks of when he's arrested. Jamie knows she's putting her career on the line by defending an accused terrorist, but she'd never abandon him.