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A once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage -- and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Halloween he has returned to the dying town of Elm Haven, his boyhood home, where he hopes to find peace in isolation. But moving into a long-deserted farmhouse on the far outskirts of town -- the one-time residence of a strange and brilliant friend who lost his young life in a grisly...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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Working with the Search and Rescue bloodhound team to find missing people, single mother Delia Hopkins anticipates her upcoming nuptials, until a series of unsettling flashbacks threatens to devastate her life and the lives of those she loves.
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Boston Fire volume 5
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Shannon Stacey.
Meet the tough, dedicated men of Boston Fire-and the women who turn their lives upside down
When faced with the opportunity to change shifts while staying in the same house, veteran firefighter Derek Gilman jumps at the chance. His new schedule means not working Saturdays, which means more time to spend with his two kids. His divorce may have been amicable, but being a firefighter and a...
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Charles Marlow teaches his high school English students that language will expand their worlds. But linguistic precision cannot help him connect with his autistic son, or with his ex-wife, who abandoned their shared life years before, or even with his college-bound daughter who has just flown the nest. He’s at the end of a road he’s traveled on autopilot for years when a series of events forces him to think back on the lifetime of decisions and...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Presents the hilarious and incisive story of Paul, a recently demoted adjunct instructor of freshman comp, who, outraged by the authoritarian creeps ruining the country, is plagued by indignities as he tries to right the world's wrongs.
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2014
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English
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"Chet and Kimberly have both failed when it comes to love. Willthey risk their hearts to love again?Chet Leonard's life was forever changed when his seventeen yearold son died and then, soon after, his wife walked out on their family. Over two years later, all he wants to do is hold onto his horse ranch and raise his remaining sons to be honorable men. Kimberly Welch, widowed mother of Tara, a rebellious fifteen-year-old, has reached the end of...
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Prodigy Gold Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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When Don Juan Jackson gets out of prison, he focuses his attention on becoming a good example for his six-year-old daughter, who has been terribly influenced by her mother and her mother's paramours. His plans to get a job and become a good father get derailed soon after his release, when a childhood friend draws him into a life of crime. With money flowing abundantly and secret service agents watching, Don Juan takes explosive measures to get custody...
9) Shadow Drive
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Landlord Gabriel Angueira is trying to put his life back together. His teenage daughter, Megan, was seriously injured in a car accident caused by her own drunk driving, though Gabe blames himself. Since the accident he has spent every day taking care of her, reflecting on his failures as a father, and trying to rebuild his relationship with his ex-wife, Anya. So, when a woman wants to rent the house on Shadow Drive, Gabe hands her the keys without...
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Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Ad executive Tomas Garcia shouldn't even be thinking about his daughter's alluring dance teacher, Yazmine Fernandez. Burned by a shattering divorce, he's laser-focused on his career and giving his young daughter, Maria, the secure home she deserves. Plus, he's certain that with her talent, Yaz will be leaving Chicago and heading back to Broadway as soon as she can. But Yaz's generous spirit and caring concern are sparking a desire Tomas can't resist...
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2001
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English
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Pete Morrison has always had doubts about whether his well-loved son Sam was really his, and when a paternity test proves his worst fears, his ex-wife cuts off visitation rights, and Pete "brings a lawsuit that breaks new legal ground in defining what a father is."
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Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Matthew Grzbc is a talented musician who plays the concert harp. He is a divorced dad who lives in Chicago, has a sexy girlfriend, and has a major, potentially life-changing audition with an orchestra on the horizon. At least that's how he appears on paper. But take a closer look and a very different man starts to emerge: an obsessive, self-sabotaging Midwesterner, fumbling through his relationship with his curiously neurotic six-year-old daughter...