Are You Alone on Purpose?
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Jack and Carrie are lost souls. Jack is an eminent university lecturer in English Literature who suffers from quadriplegia after a spinal cord injury in his late teens. Having convinced himself that he was better off on his own he has closed the door on any romantic entanglements and instead directed...
| Author | Stacey Wallace Benefiel |
She was drowning and he was the only one who could save her.
Brynn Garrett is unsure about a lot of things. Was taking a year off between high school and college to learn the family dry cleaning business a smart move or a stall tactic? Is she maintaining a long distance relationship with her boyfriend...
| Author | Kay Springsteen |
| ISBN | 1461051932 |
On a secluded beach in North Carolina, three lonely people find hope in each other.
Trish Evers is an artist and single mother, who has inherited her grandmother's Bed and Breakfast in a North Carolina coastal town. Though she must sell the house, she decides to bring her daughter to the beach...
| Author | Justine Davis |
| ISBN | 0373076746 |
DESTINY CAN BE DANGEROUS
A brief, fated moment at a wedding, and Cassie Cameron was hooked. She'd been unable to forget Dar Cordell, though months had passed. Who could explain it? She was surrounded by handsome, glamorous men every day, and yet somehow Dar had touched her soul...in a once-in-a-lifetime...
A visit to the Highland games goes awry for Alasdair Buchanan when his cousin abandons him in the crowd. His guide dog is terrible at describing the sights, but he does a great job of finding the river. Too bad Alasdair has no clue where that river is in relation to his cousin’s apartment.
When...
Robin used to be the dependable friend and good girl, until Jason and his friends abused her trust. Now the once shy girl lives on the opposite end of the spectrum. Sordid nights filled with drug use and alcohol finds Robin now spiraling out of control.
And Jason will stop at nothing to gain her...
| Author | Lorrie Kruse |
| ISBN | 0984725431 |
A Surefire Way to Jinx Your Future... is to perfectly map it out and then expect your journey to go as planned. Twenty-six year old home builder, Matthew Huntz, is on his way to making his dreams a reality gorgeous fiance, perfect job, and the house he's always wanted. Until the accident. Paralyzed from...
Destined to go blind, a rake sets his sights on the toast of society, lighting a fire of passion that scorches the night, in this captivating novel from USA Today bestselling author Bronwen Evans.
Stephen Hornsby, the Marquess of Clevedon, has one goal: to see every exquisite thing he can before...
| Author | Sherri L. Smith |
| ISBN | 0440229278 |
Lucy Otswego is a big girl who towers over just about everyone and everything in her small Alaskan town, except for her father's horrible reputation as a mean drunk. At 15, she runs away from the cruel classmates who see her only as "the Giant," the embarrassed adults who pity her, and the abusive father...
Some years ago I went through a spell where I was addicted to an on-line multi-player D&D inspired game. I first picked this book because of the on-line gaming angle. I was curious about how that would play out in print.
But, after I started I realized that this was much different than what...
| Author | Terry Trueman |
| ISBN | 0064473775 |
How sick is this: I'm the major jock-stud in high school, but my brother has the brain of a badminton birdie and a body to match. I've got everything and he's got nothing. I'm a three-year, three-sport letterman and Shawn can't even stand up! Like I said, sick, huh?
It's hard to be a brother to someone...
| Author | Janet Tashjian |
| ISBN | 0590960474 |
mom read this one out loud. Skipped some words and a whole segment about Ouija boards. Mom remembers this being made into a Disney Original Movie and wanted to read it. Our brother has special needs so mom tries to find books about being a sibling to someone that is different from everyone else. Over all...
| Author | Carolyn Davidson |
| ISBN | 0373771495 |
He was a Civil War veteran, wounded in body and soul. And when his wife died unexpectedly, he retreated from life, craving only solitude and his happy memories. But his young son needed a mother's love and guidance -- even if Jake wanted no woman himself. So who better to choose than the town's spinster...
| Author | Thomas Fahy |
| ISBN | 1416940073 |
"In five years' time, your greatest fear will consume you. It will rob you of your last breath."
Five years ago six children who lived with their families in Jacob Crawley's Divine Path religious cult escaped by burning the compound to the ground. They are reunited at the funeral of Jacob's son,...
| Author | Doug MacLeod |
| ISBN | 0143565303 |
'Wouldn't it be funny if they were real?'
'Shiny red men?'
'What if I were the sane one and everyone else was mad?'
One night, the shiny guys visit fifteen-year-old Colin Lapsley. They don't speak, but Colin can read their thoughts. They want him to pay for the terrible thing that he has...
| Author | Nicola Morgan |
| ISBN | 0763634727 |
"The novel gallops along at a cracking pace, packed full of plot twisters." — THE HERALD (UK)
"I felt cold metal on the side of my skull before I heard the voice. I knew at once what it was. A pistol. Resting on the bone just behind my ear. The favorite place for murderers, robbers, highwaymen —...
Millie Glockenfeld's luck has finally turned around.
After years of terrible relationships, Millie has just gotten engaged to the man of her dreams. Sam Webber is adorably geeky, and most importantly, he's crazy about Millie. So what if Sam is disabled and uses a wheelchair full-time? And...
Staff Sergeant Matt Warwick returns from war with two broken legs—and a shattered future. Abandoned by his fiancée, he withdraws into a protective shell to hide from the pity filled glances thrown his way. His squad worries he’s fallen into depression, and arranges a 1NightStand through the...
Marcus doesn't even want to go away for the summer. And his Mum's fond memories of Diamond Beach turn out to be nothing like reality. This could be his worst holiday ever…
But things quickly become more interesting when Marcus discovers the hidden cellar in their smelly old caravan. There, he and...
| Author | Barry Jonsberg |
| ISBN | 0375844570 |
Michael Terny is at his seventh school in four years and he knows that whatever he does, he will be ridiculed and pushed around. Michael is the fat kid. But Michael is also a lucid dreamer–he can recognize when he is dreaming and make the dream unfold exactly as he wants. Here he is safe and completely in...
Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9781310212215.
A figure from Dexter’s past has uprooted all the memories he has tried so desperately to bury… to forget. The terrible events of his past have been blown wide open once again, immersing him a pool of guilt deeper than he’s...
There were so many reasons he
shouldn't love her.
Dr. Michael
Dennison put broken bodies back together so no one would have to live like he did. As many obstacles as he had overcome, he never wanted to burden a woman with his disability. He was safer never to risk his
heart.
His...
Claudio Roman is a world-famous tenor and perhaps even more well known lothario. His life is the envy of men in all walks of life, until a fateful random attack leaves him a shell of his former self.
Now, three years later and no longer performing opera, he is still a singer in very high demand—but...
