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1) Atonement
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 360
Language
English
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"On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along with Briony's sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have...
Author
Series
Land rush dreams volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A gambler seeking forgiveness for accidentally killing a man attempts to help the dead man's widow, but she wants nothing to do with him--no matter how badly she needs him.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Grant McKay forges a path through the ravaged Eververse, determined to undo the damage he caused. His first stop is a world where his estranged daughter Pia has managed a peace offering between three godlike races, ending eons of brutal warfare. Grant's appearance threatens to destroy the fragile truce, sending him on a quest to finally bring his family home...but what he finds waiting for him there may be worse than the multitude horrors he encountered...
6) Sarah Jane
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sarah Jane Pullman is a good cop with a complicated past. From her small-town chicken-farming roots through her runaway adolescence, court-ordered Army stint, ill-advised marriage and years slinging scrambled eggs over greasy spoon griddles, Sarah Jane unfolds her life story, a parable about memory, atonement, and finding shape in chaos. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she is named the de facto sheriff of a rural town, investigating the mysterious...
7) Abandoned
Author
Series
Donovan novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Supervisor Kalico Aguila has bet everything on a fragile settlement far south of Port Authority. There, she has carved a farm and mine out of wilderness. But Donovan is closing in. When conditions couldn't get worse, a murderous peril descends out of Donovan's sky--one that will leave Kalico bleeding and shattered. Talina Perez gambles her life and reputation in a bid to atone for ruthlessly murdering a woman's husband years ago. Ironically, saving...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"TWO ACROSS is a funny and poignant debut novel about trust, forgiveness, and the wisdom of listening to your heart. Stanley and Vera, academically precocious but awkward teenagers, form a bond when they tie for first place in the National Spelling Bee. Though their mothers have big plans for them-Stanley will become a senator, Vera a mathematics professor-neither wants to follow these pre-determined paths. So Stanley hatches a plan to marry Vera...
Author
Series
Morgana trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Despite Morgan's best efforts, things have been spiraling out of control since the day she set foot in Lake High. The war for survival between humans and Fey, already exacerbated by the appearance of the Dark Sidhe Mordred, has become full blown with the release of the evil sorceress Carman. Not only have Carman’s forces managed to take over Lake High, but Mordred has succeeded in opening the Gates to Hell. Worse, in an attempt to divert attention...
10) Spy of Richmond
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Trust none. Risk all. 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. But she can't do it alone. Former slave Bella Jamison sacrifices her freedom to come to Richmond, where her Union soldier husband is imprisoned, and her twin sister still lives in bondage in Sophie's home. Though...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters work to heal lingering childhood wounds and seek a new balance in work, family, marriage, and love when one receives a diagnosis that sets the clock ticking. Determined to save Sherri's life, Kristen drops everything to guide her sister on the harrowing cancer treatment journey. When she's unable to balance the strain of caring for her patients, being a wife and mother, and her frantic efforts to save her sister, Kristen's carefully balanced...
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Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
As the feared assassin of the Bakumatsu, Himura Kenshin killed in the name of the new era. As the rurouni of Meiji, he wielded a sakabato to protect those who counldn't protect themselves, all along holding true to his vow to never take another life. Now Kenshin's fight with Enishi has entered its final stage, as has his quest for atonement. Will another life be required to complete the circle? The road of redemption has been a long one for the world-weary...
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