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By Susan May Warren
Publication Date: August 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1414313144
ISBN13: 9781414313146
PJ Sugar receives shocking news that she’s inherited the Kellogg family mansion. Though she has no idea why, the timing is perfect—PJ has clearly worn out her welcome at her sister’s house. Unfortunately, the mansion is in shambles, and PJ is short on cash. Rescue comes in the form of Max Smith, a mysterious handyman willing to trade his services for PJ’s investigative skills. But PJ already has a full docket with cramming for her PI license and nurturing a growing romance with her boss, Jeremy Kane. Can she take on Max’s case without dropping the ball?
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By Lisa Wingate
Publication Date: July 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 0451230019
Topics/Issues: illiteracy, homelessness, economic, family relationships, friendships, neighborhood/community
Settings: Suburbia of Dallas., Declining neighborhood in Dallas
When Tam Lambert learns that her family's upscale home is in foreclosure, the life she's known is forever changed. Tam and her family must move to a changing Dallas neighborhood called Blue Sky Hill... New resident Shasta Williams knows nothing of real estate schemes when she and her husband purchase a home in Blue Sky Hill. To her it's the perfect place to raise her children. Better yet is getting to know Tam, who lives next door. When neighbors realize that a corrupt deal could force them from their homes, friendships and loyalties are tested. Over the span of one summer, two young women discover…
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By Michelle Sutton
Publication Date: July 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 098258704X
ISBN13: 9780982587041
Topics/Issues: sexual dysfunction, marriage, sex, healing, betrayal, forgiveness, redemption, adultery
Settings: New York
Hope believes she is above sexual temptation; that she would never break that commandment like her husband's previous wives had done. After all, she is a good Christian and a loving mother. She has no reason to stray . . . until her husband starts neglecting her needs and things begin to look hopeless. Though she clearly communicates her pain to her husband, he refuses to get help. She soon learns that she, too, is capable of such betrayal when she succumbs to the unthinkable. But things that first seemed sweet and reasonable given her painful situation soon produce a bitter taste when combined…
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By Carla Stewart
Publication Date: June 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 0446556556
ISBN13: 9780446556552
Topics/Issues: nostalgia, perseverance, love, healing, grief, community, family, suicide, shock treatments, depression
Settings: small town flavor, school, petroleum community, Texas
Living in a small Texas community in 1958 should be simple and carefree, but for Sammie Tucker, nothing will be settled until she finds the truth about her mother’s love. Twelve-year-old Sammie has plenty of questions about her mother’s “nerve” problems. About shock treatments. About whether her mother loves her. When tragedy strikes and a not-so-favorite aunt arrives, Sammie has to choose who to trust with her deepest fears. Her best friend with an opinion about everything? The mysterious kid from California whose own troubles plague him? Or her round-faced neighbor with gentle advice…
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By Marlo Schalesky
Publication Date: June 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1601420250
Topics/Issues: forgiveness, family estrangement, miscarriage, regret, Down syndrome
Settings: Maine coast, Pacific Grove, Monterey, California coast
Marnie Wittier has life just where she wants it. Quiet. Peaceful. No drama. A long way away from her past. In the privacy of her home, she fills a box with slips of paper, scribbled with her regrets, sins, and sorrows. But that’s nobody else’s business. Her bookstore/coffee shop patrons, her employees, her friends from church - they all think she’s the very model of compassion and kindness. Then Marnie’s past creeps into her present when her estranged sister dies and makes Marnie guardian of her fifteen-year-old son—a boy Marnie never knew existed. And when Emmit arrives, she discovers…
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By Deborah Raney
Publication Date: May 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1416599916
ISBN13: 9781416599913
Topics/Issues: guilt and forgiveness, mourning, remarriage after death of a spouse, honesty and integrity, community service
Settings: fictional town of Hanover Falls, MO
Almost Forever, first in the new Hanover Falls series from award winning, best-selling author Deborah Raney. After five heroic firefighters die in a horrific fire, their spouses band together to cope with the tragedy and try to make sense of their lives–– while unraveling the mystery surrounding the deadly fire. Bryn Hennesey harbors a terrible secret. Her husband was only on duty the night of the fire because of her deceit—and he died in the line of duty. Now she’s paying a terrible price. Garrett Edmonds has no shoulder to cry on, no one who really understands. His wife was the only…
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By Gina Holmes
Publication Date: May 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1414333056
ISBN13: 9781414333056
Topics/Issues: mom, mother's day, love, motherhood, cancer
Settings: rural North Carolina
Nothing deepens a stream like a good rain . . . or makes it harder to cross. Jenny Lucas swore she’d never go home again. But life has a way of upending even the best-laid plans. Now, years after she left, she and her five-year-old daughter must return to her sleepy North Carolina town to face the ghosts she left behind. They welcome her in the form of her oxygen tank-toting grandmother, her stoic and distant father, and David, Isabella’s dad . . . who doesn’t yet know he has a daughter. As Jenny navigates the rough and unknown waters of her new reality, the unforgettable story that unfolds…
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By Cynthia Ruchti
Publication Date: May 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1426702388
ISBN13: 9781426702389
Topics/Issues: loss, grief, friendship, faith, marriage
Settings: Canadian wilderness, Minnesota, Wisconsin, canoe
She'd leave her husband...if she could find him. When Libby's husband Greg fails to return from his two-week canoe trip to the Canadian wilderness, the authorities write off his disappearance as an unhappy husband's escape from an oatmeal marriage and unrewarding job. But was it? Libby enlists the aid of her father-in-law and best friend to retrace his wilderness journey in search of her husband and her flagging faith.
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By Alison Joy Strobel
Publication Date: April 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 0310289459
ISBN13: 9780310289456
Topics/Issues: guilt, forgiveness, domestic abuse
Settings: Ann Arbor
"After a difficult childhood, Kim has built a successful life for herself, but she'd leave it all if it meant being rid of the guilt she harbors over a tragic mistake she made years ago. When she meets Rick, she finds everything she needs—including a way to pay for her sins every time he hits her. Kim and Rick’s new neighbor, Joshua, knows more than Kim realizes about Rick’s abusive behavior, but Joshua has battles of his own to fight. Soon to intersect Kim’s and Rick’s lives is Debbie, who has saved countless women from abuse through the shelter she runs but might be as desperate…
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By Cathy Ann Liggett
Publication Date: March 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 9781414332
ISBN13: 9781414332123
Topics/Issues: Friendship, Faith, HIV-AIDS, Infertility, Career planning, Teen Pregnancy, Poverty
Settings: Suburb outside of Columbus, Ohio, and Mamelodi, South Africa
Sometimes, hope finds you when you least expect it. When three American women embark on a mission trip to Mamelodi, South Africa, they all have their own selfish reasons for going. One is running from a devastating loss; one is trying desperately to save her career; another is hoping this will be an opportunity to bridge the gap that has separated her from her stepdaughter. What none of them expect is how profoundly their lives will be changed by the women they meet, women who combat disease and poverty daily yet still embrace life with joy. Each American woman is touched and transformed in a…
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