Dorothy Garlock
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
370 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Fertile, Missouri in 1922, Julie Jones helps raise her brothers and sisters on her father's farm, while a series of rapes shocks the town, newcomer Birdie Stuart threatens Julie's family, and Evan Johnson, who is courting Julie, faces murder charges.
2) Take me home
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Olivia Marsten is unable to deny her feelings for Peter Becker, an escaped POW who wants to spend every moment he can with her before he must turn himself in, threatening the fragile future they are trying to build.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A sheltered librarian in a small town finds her secret wish for adventure granted in unexpected ways by a reckless but alluring photographer who changes her life by taking her picture at the height of a local fall festival.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Clara Sinclair has learned to live one lonely day at a time. It was the only way she managed to survive her husband's death in World War II and raise their young son alone. But now she's at a loss as to how to handle the defiant teenager he has become, even as she struggles to keep her family financially afloat. She's fresh out of ways to turn her luck around-until a daring stranger's unexpected kindness sparks hope she hasn't felt in a long time...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their friend is assaulted in the street of their hard-drinking, gun-toting Colorado town, a young schoolteacher and a spinster set out in an open wagon to find a safer life, an endeavor that pits them against violent natural elements and their friend's assailant.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A source of strength for her neighbors and friends, midwife Rachel Watkins finds herself intensely drawn to a disfigured veteran who does odd jobs around the house, an enigmatic stranger who seems so mysterious yet so familiar.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1946, after the end of WWII, and Christina Tucker decides to take a nursing job in the small town of Longstock, Wisconsin, working with Dr. Samuel Barlow. Dr. Barlow is well-regarded by the people of Longstock, except for one man: Morris Doyle. Morris believes that his younger brother Jimmy died as a result of Barlow's shoddy care and he is determined to punish the doctor for what he's done -- even if it means hurting those the doctor loves most,...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma, Charlotte Tucker jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer to begin her new career. She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Devastated when her father leaves her entire inheritance to a repulsive social-climbing lawyer whom she must marry in order to reclaim what is rightfully hers, Adrianna Moore finds herself working off debts in a truck driver's home after an auto accident.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
467 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Buckton, Indiana, 1956. As post-war America brims with new opportunities, a young woman discovers the courage to follow her dreams-and her heart. Gwendolyn Foster's life seems like a dream come true. A bright future in front of her, the successful, traditional man her parents wanted at her side. What more could a girl ask for? But Gwen has a different dream altogether-to be a writer-and she won't rest until it comes true. Strong arms to support her,...
16) By starlight
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
While running an illegal speakeasy in Colton, Montana during the Great Depression, Maddy Aldridge must keep her secret from Jack Rucker, an ex-boyfriend who broke her heart and who is now a Prohibition agent working undercover.
20) Mother Road
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
385 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Managing a Depression-era garage in Oklahoma while his friend recovers from an animal bite, Yates finds himself falling in love with his friend's babysitter and housekeeper, who has scandalized the town by living with her employer.