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WINNER OF 2023 IPPY GOLD MEDAL!
"Sharp-witted, big-hearted, and authentic, Implied Consent is a knock-out of a novel from a writer who knows both the letter of the law and the messiness of real life." —Catriona McPherson, multi-award winning author of In Place of Fear.
Attorney Maureen Gould has a dark secret and a hunger for justice.
When a powerful movie producer attacks, and then fires, his young female...
"Sharp-witted, big-hearted, and authentic, Implied Consent is a knock-out of a novel from a writer who knows both the letter of the law and the messiness of real life." —Catriona McPherson, multi-award winning author of In Place of Fear.
Attorney Maureen Gould has a dark secret and a hunger for justice.
When a powerful movie producer attacks, and then fires, his young female...
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In 1988, Sloan Hadfield's brother Ridge went fishing with their father and never came home. Their father, a good-natured Vietnam veteran prone to violent outbursts, was arrested and charged with murder. Ridge's body was never recovered, and Sloan's mother—a brilliant ornithologist—slowly descended into madness, insisting her son was still alive.
Now, twenty years later, Sloan's life is unraveling. In the middle of a bitter divorce, she's
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From elder voices opposing the Dakota Pipeline to women running for office to make a change, every day we see real-life stories about how women and girls are making a collective difference on climate justice. Women are also disproportionately impacted by climate change and thus are critical to transforming society away from dependence on fossil fuels and toward renewable energy and environmental equity.
As a mother and a professor of environmental...
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As we begin to contemplate death and to embark on practical planning for life's end, many of us long to leave a legacy beyond a transfer of money and property, one that ensures a sustainable earth for our loved ones, our communities, and generations to come. But, where do we even begin?
With the sudden deaths of both of her parents, Mallory McDuff found herself in a similar position. Utterly unprepared both emotionally and practically, she began...
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Great Peach experiment volume 2
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Mayhem ensues when the Peaches are gifted a historic mansion on the condition that they turn it into a bed-and-breakfast.
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Falling for Snow was the last thing this mafia prince intended to do.DimitriSilver Spoon Falls was supposed to be an easy mark.Instead, I'm up to my ears in cartels and complications.I waltzed into enemy territory to investigate...And waltzed back out with a new mission in life.Protecting Snow Buchanan from her stepmother and her cartel of henchmen.Her seven furry friends doubt me.Her stepmother wants to kill her.And all I want is to lay siege to...
8) Wild Forever
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A missing girl. A damaged heart. A love that risks it all.
Penny May would do anything to forget her past, even traveling all the way to the Colorado Territory to become a Gilbert Girl. Learning to be a good waitress wasn't easy, but Penny is happy with her new life and friends at the Crest Stone Hotel. At least until the handsome and infuriating county sheriff arrives in search of his kidnapped sister.
Sheriff Ben Young never thought his work could...
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Is Truth for Sale?
"The Millionaire" is in jail on a murder charge. Violent inmates beat him savagely, trying to extort money. To save his life, Maureen Gould must find the truth and free her client.
When Maureen Gould's former client, Tony Paredes, known as "The Millionaire," is accused of killing his abuser, she believes he's innocent. But the authorities don't care. They throw him into jail with violent criminals who almost...
"The Millionaire" is in jail on a murder charge. Violent inmates beat him savagely, trying to extort money. To save his life, Maureen Gould must find the truth and free her client.
When Maureen Gould's former client, Tony Paredes, known as "The Millionaire," is accused of killing his abuser, she believes he's innocent. But the authorities don't care. They throw him into jail with violent criminals who almost...
10) Building Forever
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When Emma Daniels's well-to-do family finds itself destitute, she answers an ad for the Gilbert Company seeking young women to be waitresses at hotel restaurants along remote railroad lines out west. The rules for a Gilbert Girl are strict: work hard, act respectably at all times, and no courting allowed. None of them present a problem for Emma, at least until she meets the hotel's builder, Monroe Hartley. His smile and teasing manner were the last...
11) Hidden Forever
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Dora Reynolds is just another Gilbert Girl at the Crest Stone Hotel, and she needs it to remain that way. If anyone found out who she truly is, she'd lose her friends and her position. But when money begins to disappear from the hotel's safe and a handsome new desk clerk arrives, she finds her security-and her heart-under threat.
Jacob Gilbert has finally found the opportunity he needs to prove to his father that he's more than the spoiled, carousing...
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A wanted man. A heart in hiding. A love to free them both.
The Crest Stone Hotel is the perfect place for a man like Thomas Drexel to hide. Wanted for crimes he didn't commit, Thomas hopes he can blend in as a handyman at the newly-opened hotel. But his past threatens his future when one of the hotel restaurant's waitresses discovers his identity.
Caroline Beauchamp ran from Boston to escape an arranged marriage to a despicable man. She's safe in...
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A lonely cowboy. A young widow. A Christmas to remember.
Elizabeth Hartley Campbell arrives at the Crest Stone Hotel, widowed and searching for the brother she hasn't seen in seven years. Distraught to learn he's left, she takes a job as a Gilbert Girl at the hotel's restaurant. She quickly befriends the other girls and finds comfort in helping the hotel prepare for Christmas-until a wayward cowboy wanders in from the snow and sits at her lunch counter.
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Edie Dutton left Kansas with nothing but a few pieces of clothing, a handful of stolen bills, and a forged letter of reference. Since then, she's found a home as a Gilbert Girl at the Crest Stone Hotel. Even despite her transgression at the hotel last fall, she has a second chance to live the life she wants. But Edie Dutton is not her real name, and arriving along with all the newcomers to town comes word that her past may be on its way to put her...
15) Aurora's Knight
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Sleeping Beauty just met Silver Spoon Falls' most dangerous criminal. And he's not letting her go.ConstantineI had one simple mission: Get in, take care of business, and get out.But even the best-laid plans go awry.Mine do the moment I set eyes on Aurora Branson.She's been missing, presumed dead, for months.Imagine my surprise when I find her being held hostage by a cartel.Now I have a new mission:Explain the trail of bodies I just left in my wake...And...
17) True North
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The North name is a heavy burden. Two things I learned young-the best way to keep my head on is to keep my head down, and… never fall in love.But I'm a sucker for a damsel in distress.Lillian came into my life swinging. Mistaking me for my abusive twin brother, she greets me with a swift kick to the balls and a busted lip. Then she really shakes up my world.She needs her job, but she needs a break just as much. And nothing silences my demons as...
18) Worth the Wait
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Ford Spears, star hockey player, is ready to grab the only goal he has ever wanted; a second chance with the mother of his child…
For our son. That's the explanation my hockey-playing ex gave as to why we needed to spend time as a family at his lake house in the small town where it all began. What I didn't expect was to show up and discover our son is spending another week at camp, and we are all alone. Oh, and fake a relationship to fulfill his...
19) Frozen Peaches
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A frozen family "business trip" to Sweden's Ice Hotel sets the Peaches on a new grand adventure.
Cashing in on his family's recent good-luck streak, ten-year-old Freddy Peach has been entering his family in a bunch of sweepstakes, but he doesn't really expect to win. And then he does, a free family trip to the Ice Hotel in Sweden! Since the Peaches are now the proud owners of their own bed-and-breakfast, they decide they can't pass up on the opportunity....
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Mix together a used food truck, a road trip that doesn't exactly go as planned, and a lot of pie, and you have the recipe for this sweet middle grade series starter brimming with humor, heart, and a family you'll fall in love with.
Sweet summer has taken a rotten turn . . .
After a tough year, Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach are ready for vacation. Lucy wants to read all of the books on the summer reading list. Freddy wants to work...
Sweet summer has taken a rotten turn . . .
After a tough year, Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach are ready for vacation. Lucy wants to read all of the books on the summer reading list. Freddy wants to work...