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The overland escape
Par Lee Roddy. 1989
Ozark mountains, 1934. Hildy Corrigan, twelve, spent the night with her cousin Ruby. Returning home she finds the house empty…
and her stepmother, four younger sisters, and baby brother gone. Running to her grandmother, Hildy learns she has been left behind on purpose. Hildy is determined to find the children she promised to stay with forever. Prequel to The Desperate Search (BR 10403). For grades 4-7Fire diary
Par Lily Rosenblatt. 1994
One night April wakes up and her house is on fire. She is rescued along with her mother and grandmother,…
but the house is destroyed. It is hard for April to get over being scared, so she talks to the school psychologist, Dr. Brandon. For grades 3-6The hellion
Par LaVyrle Spencer. 1984
Tommy Lee Gentry is known as a hellraiser in his hometown of Russellville, Alabama. He has been married three times,…
drives fast cars, drinks, and almost always has a woman with him. He has never been happy, but there is a chance for things to change. Rachel, his childhood sweetheart, is free again. Descriptions of sexShe
Par H. Haggard. 1994
An Englishman journeys to Africa to track down the evil queen who, according to an ancient manuscript, murdered one of…
his ancestors. In the jungle he meets with the beautiful, ageless white goddess, "She," who falls in love with him and shares the secret of the Pillar of Life. Some violenceThe legacy
Par Linda Miller. 1994
Jacy Tiernan returns to South Australia when her father, Jake, has a heart attack. Ian Yarbro is not happy to…
see her: ten years ago Jacy broke Ian's heart by fleeing to America when his ex-lover announced she was pregnant by him. Now Jake wants Jacy and Ian to marry and take over his land. But their lust for each other may not be enough to sustain a marriage. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. BestsellerThe silent suitor (Signet Regency romance)
Par Elisabeth Fairchild. 1994
Miss Sarah Wilkes Lyndle's mother died from a feverish malaise when Sarah was still quite young. That same fever took…
away Sarah's sight. Now, at twenty-four, Sarah has left her sheltered country life behind and come to London for the first time. Lady Castleford, who happens to have a son known as the "Beast" and a handsome nephew known as "Beauty," has agreed to introduce Sarah at Almack'sBorder music
Par Robert Waller. 1993
Texas Jack Carmine is a wandering man who spends very little time on his one-horse ranch in Texas. He happens…
to be in Dillon, Minnesota, one autumn night in 1986, when a man rips off Linda Lobo's G-string instead of putting money in it. Jack attacks the man, and he and Linda run out the back door and keep on going. Thus begins an odyssey that takes Jack back into his troubled past. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerSlow waltz in Cedar Bend
Par Robert Waller. 1993
Michael Tillman is a middle-aged college economics professor in Cedar Bend. He first meets Jellie Braden, forty, during a reception…
at the dean's home. They are immediately attracted to each other, but she is married and Michael does have some scruples. When Jellie unexpectedly returns to India, Michael follows, and learns of a secret that has haunted her for a long time. Some descriptions of sex. BestsellerTemptation's trail
Par Dana Ransom. 1994
Seventeen-year-old Amanda Duncan has come to Texas to find her brother, a courier who disappeared with some jewels. A wealthy…
orphan, Amanda is able to hire the tracker she has read about in dime westerns: Harmon Bass. But Bass is not what she expected. He is small and wiry, one-quarter Apache, and obsessed with a nightmare from his past. And Amanda falls in love with him. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexPromise me anything
Par Meryl Sawyer. 1994
When his uncle dies, Alex Savich inherits the failing British diamond company that his uncle sunk all of their savings…
into. As Alex tries to save the firm by sneaking diamonds smuggled by his uncle onto the market, he fights a wild attraction to jewelry designer Brett Lamont. Just as their relationship begins, Brett's missing lover returns and Alex is caught up in Russian political intrigue. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexThe bridges of Madison County
Par Robert Waller. 1992
Robert Kincaid, a photographer for National Geographic, arrives in Madison County, Iowa, on August 16, 1965, to photograph covered bridges.…
He stops at the home of Francesca Johnson to ask directions, but stays for four wonderful days--days that awaken within them a deep and abiding love, which creates another being called "us." But she is married, and they must let go of one another. Some descriptions of sex. BestsellerA time for love
Par Constance O'Day-Flannery. 1991
In the dentist's chair with her mind clouded by laughing gas, businesswoman Elle Mackenzie is suddenly transported back to 1876.…
She is mistaken for Jordan McCabe's mail-order bride and taken to his Texas ranch. Other twists of fate find her actually married to Jordan, and mother of two orphaned children. But fear of returning to the 1990s threatens her happiness. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sexTreason's harbour
Par Patrick O'Brian. 1983
Following a battle off the Ionian islands, Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin are in Malta, where both of…
Aubrey's ships, the Worcester and the Surprise, are undergoing repairs. While Aubrey concerns himself with the reconditioning work, Maturin, surgeon and spy, learns that agents of Napoleon are planning to sabotage Aubrey's next mission"Earth angel"
Par Eileen Hehl. 1993
Fifty-three-year-old Kathryn Stuart is shocked when former high school classmate Jamie Chandler answers an ad for her fifties' records. Jamie…
is thrilled to find Kath, who had dated and married his best friend Gary. Kath refuses to discuss the past, including Gary, who died in Vietnam. But Jamie, who is opening a fifties' restaurant, is stuck on the past and has always loved Kath. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexThe reverse of the medal
Par Patrick O'Brian. 1986
Having successfully completed his mission in the Atlantic, Captain Jack Aubrey is now back in London. While there he makes…
some investments that suddenly put his career in jeopardy. Once again his ship's surgeon, Stephen Maturin, comes to his rescueHalfway to paradise
Par Emily Bradshaw. 1993
Royalist Matthew Hawkins, earl of Chester, is stripped of his title and thrown in prison for treason. Puritan widow Jane…
Alexander learns Hawkins's servants are trying to find a home for his young son Gideon. Against Hawkins's strong objections, the childless woman takes Gideon in. But Hawkins escapes, becomes a successful underworld thief, and plots to retrieve his son and leave England. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexDoctor De Soto goes to Africa
Par William Steig. 1992
Doctor Bernard De Soto is a humdinger of a dentist, known worldwide for his marvelous work that his wife, Deborah,…
assists him with. So, it is no surprise when they receive a cablegram from an elephant in Africa who has an excruciating toothache. They leave right away, but before they can help poor Mudambo, they are kidnapped by a monkey who is angry with him. Sequel to Doctor De Soto. For grades K-3Ransom
Par Lois Duncan. 1966
Five very different teenagers, kidnapped on a school bus, react to their situation in various ways but work together to…
escape. In the process, they learn a great deal about themselves. For grades 6-9 and older readersForever Victoria
Par Dorothy Garlock. 1993
After her father dies, Victoria McKenna is shocked to learn that her English halfbrother has sold the ranch that was…
left to her. When the buyer, Mason Mahaffey, arrives with his brood of younger siblings, Victoria is forced to share the ranch with them until legal ownership is proven. When Victoria is stalked by an unknown assailant, her feelings about Mason take an unexpected turn. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexUncommon vows
Par Mary Putney. 1991
In twelfth-century England, there are two warring earls of Shropshire--one appointed by the king and one by the ousted Matilda.…
Because Meriel de Vere lives with her brother, a knight loyal to the king, she lies when she encounters Matilda's earl, Adrian. Taken by her, Adrian holds Meriel prisoner, hoping she will grow to love him. Instead she tries to kill herself, only to awaken without a memory. Violence and explicit descriptions of sex