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(0)Jocelyn Green
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On Central Park volume 1
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English
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"For years her explorer father promised Dr. Lauren Westlake she'd accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. But as the empty promises mounted, Lauren determined to earn her own way. Now the assistant curator of Egyptology for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lauren receives two unexpected invitations. The first is her repentant father's offer to finally bring her to Egypt as his colleague on a new expedition. The second is a chance to enter...
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"In 1871, as Chicago's Great Fire destroys their bookshop, Meg and Sylvie Townsend make a harrowing escape with the help of reporter Nate Pierce. But when their father is committed to an asylum after being accused of murder, they must prove his innocence before the asylum truly drives him mad"--Provided by publisher.
Chicago, 1871. Meg and Sylvie Townsend manage the family bookshop. Their father, Stephen is a veteran still suffering in mind and spirit...
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Windy City saga volume 3
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English
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"A birthday excursion turns deadly when the SS Eastland capsizes with Olive Pierce and her best friend on board. Hundreds perish during the accident, and it's only when Olive herself barely escapes that she discovers her friend is among the victims. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Olive returns to her work at a Chicago insurance agency and is immersed in the countless investigations related to the accident. But with so many missing, there are few...
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"She promised a dying father she would keep his daughter safe. She can't fail now. The one thing Sylvie Townsend wants most is what she feared she would never have--a family of her own. But taking in Polish immigrant Rose Dabrowski to raise and love quells those fears--until seventeen-year-old Rose goes missing at the World's Fair, and Sylvie's life unravels. With nowhere else to turn, Sylvie seeks help from her boarder and Rose's violin instructor,...
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Lacemaker Vivienne Rivard never imagined her craft could threaten her life. Yet in revolutionary France, it is a death sentence when the nobility, and those associated with them, are forced to the guillotine. Vivienne flees to Philadelphia, but finds the same dangers lurking in the French Quarter as revolutionary sympathizers threaten the life of a young boy left in her care, who some suspect to be the Dauphin. Can the French settlement, Azilum, offer...
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"Unjustly imprisoned for the death of her client, midwife Julianne Chevalier is exiled to the French colony of Louisiana in 1720. She marries a fellow convict in order to sail, but when tragedy strikes--and a mystery unfolds--Julianne must find her own way in this dangerous land while bearing the brand of a criminal" --
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In 1759 Montreal, Catherine Duval has a Mohawk mother and French father, yet is remaining neutral among warring sides, but when her British ex-fiancé is captured by her father she must choose whom to fight for.
With a Mohawk mother and a French father in 1759 Montreal, Catherine Duval finds it easiest to remain neutral among warring sides. But when her British ex-fiance, Samuel, is taken prisoner by her father, he claims to have information that...
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Heroines behind the lines Civil War volume 2
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English
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When a horrific battle rips through Gettysburg, the farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is turned into a Confederate field hospital, bringing her face to face with unspeakable suffering-- and a Rebel scout who awakens her long dormant heart. As Liberty's future crumbles and her home is destroyed, the past comes rushing back to Bella, a former slave and Liberty's hired help, when she finds herself surrounded by Southern soldiers, one of whom knows...
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Heroines behind the lines Civil War volume 1
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English
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"This is the first book in a series based on the real life stories of women who lived and worked during the Civil War. The author has done extensive research around the lives of military women during the Civil War for a nonfiction title and became inspired to share their stories in a fictionalized depiction based on her historical research. Charlotte Waverly is a 28 year-old upper-class woman from New York and one of only 100 women chosen for nursing...
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On Central Park volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Elsa Reisner's lifelong dream of working as an ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History is fading as the job begins to drain her passion. But fate takes an unexpected turn when she is assigned to catalog the bequest of a recently deceased patron whose Gothic country mansion holds secrets and treasures waiting to be discovered. As Elsa delves into her task, she forms an unlikely bond with the estate's delightful gardener and her daughter,...
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015, c2014.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition ; Unabridged.
Physical Desc
575 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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English
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"When Union soldier Caitlin McKae wakes up in Atlanta, the doctor believes she's been fighting for the Confederacy disguised as a man. Hiding her identity, she accepts a job as governess for a rebel soldier's daughter. Both Union veteran and rebel soldier will test the limits of loyalty and discover the courage to survive." --
12) Spy of Richmond
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
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Center Point Large Print edition.
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575 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm.
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English
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"Richmond, Virginia, 1863. Compelled to atone for the sins of her slaveholding father, Union loyalist Sophie Kent risks everything to help end the war from within the Confederate capital and abolish slavery forever"--
