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Unbridled cowboy / by Yates, Maisey.; Yates, Maisey.Once upon a cowboy.;
"Cowboy Sawyer Garrett has no intention of settling down. But when he becomes a single dad to tiny baby June, stepping up to the responsibility is nonnegotiable. And so is finding a woman to be a mother to his infant daughter. So he decides to do it the way the pioneers did: by putting out an ad for a mail-order bride. Evelyn Moore can't believe she's agreed to uproot her city life to marry a stranger in Oregon. But having escaped one near-disastrous marriage, she's desperate for change. Her love for baby June is instant. Her feelings for Sawyer are...more complicated. Her gruff cowboy husband ignites thrilling desire in her, but Sawyer is determined to keep their marriage all about the baby. But what happens if Evelyn wants it all?"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Western fiction.; Mail order brides; Ranchers; Single fathers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Great expectations [videorecording] / by Bonham Carter, Helena,1966-; Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.Great expectations.Videorecording.; Fiennes, Ralph,actor.; Irvine, Jeremy,1990-; Newell, Mike.; BBC Films.; British Film Institute.; HanWay (Firm); Hart/Lunsford Pictures (Firm); LipSync Productions.; Number 9 Films.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Unison Films (Firm);
Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irvine.After Pip, an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice inherits a fortune from an anonymous benefactor, his future seems promising. But a bitter heiress is intent on preventing Pip from finding true love.MPAA Rating: PG-13.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Benefactors; Ex-convicts; Feature films.; Orphans; Pip (Fictitious character : Dickens); Poor children; Revenge; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Young men;
© 2014., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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As the devil dares / by Harrington, Anna(Romance fiction writer);
Whether it's business or pleasure, Lord Robert Carlisle never backs down from a dare. But finding a husband for scandalous Mariah Winslow? It's one challenge he instantly regrets accepting. Even with all his connections--and rakish charms--Robert will have to use every trick in the book to marry off a woman with no dowry and no sense of decorum...no matter how stunningly beautiful she is. Mariah Winslow has no intention of being a pawn in Lord Robert's game. She knows he agreed to play matchmaker only to secure a partnership in her father's shipping company, a partnership that's rightfully hers. For now, though, she'll dress for the elegant balls he throws and dance with the eligible bachelors he chooses. But she won't be outwitted by the devil himself--no matter how tempting and irresistible she finds him.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The steel kiss / by Deaver, Jeffery,author.;
"Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer. She's chasing him through a department store in Brooklyn when an escalator malfunctions. The stairs give way, with one man horribly mangled by the gears. Sachs is forced to let her quarry escape as she jumps in to try to help save the victim. She and famed forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme soon learn, however, that the incident may not be an accident at all, but the first in a series of intentional attacks. They find themselves up against one of their most formidable opponents ever: a brilliant killer who turns common products into murder weapons. As the body count threatens to grow, Sachs and Rhyme must race against the clock to unmask his identity--and discover his mission--before more people die."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Forensic scientists; Police; Quadriplegics; Rhyme, Lincoln (Fictitious character); Serial murder investigation;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 6
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The armor of light / by Follett, Ken,author.;
"The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother's husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects his wealth no matter the cost, all the while war cries are heard from France, as Napoleon sets forth a violent master plan to become emperor of the world. As institutions are challenged and toppled in unprecedented fashion, ripples of change ricochet through our characters' lives as they are left to reckon with the future and a world they must rebuild from the ashes of war."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Social conflict; Industrial revolution;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Chlorine : a novel / by Song, Jade,author.;
A high school swimmer, intent on being scouted and awarded a scholarship, tries to deal with the pressure of it all while feeling a strange, dark suspicion that she is actually a mermaid.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Chinese American teenagers; Lesbian teenagers; Mermaids; Monsters; Teenage girls; Women swimmers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Birds on the brain / by Krishnaswami, Uma,1956-; Swaney, Julianna.;
Reeni is wild about birds! So when she and her best friend, Yasmin, have to pick a survey topic for a school project, asking their neighbors what they know about birds is an obvious choice. They are shocked to learn that no one -- not one single person! -- has heard about Bird Count India and the major event it is about to launch all over the country. Thousands of birdwatchers will be out counting birds as part of a global movement. Global means world, and isn't this city part of the world? How come people don't seem to care about the threats to city birds? And why is the mayor intentionally thwarting their city's bird count event? Reeni and Yasmin enlist help from Book Uncle, Reeni's family and even their school bus driver. They must get people interested in the bird count, get them to ask the city government to support the event. After all, what's good for the birds is good for all of us ... right?
Subjects: Birds; Children; Communities;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Obsession [electronic resource] : by Woods, Stuart.aut; Battles, Brett.aut; Roberts, Tony.nrt; cloudLibrary;
Teddy Fay must put all his skills to the test in this electrifying new adventure in the New York Times bestselling series. While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Studios' business by making a deal with a young Croatian tech billionaire. But when the magnate’s wife is kidnapped, Teddy Fay is brought in to assess the threat and recover the young woman. As Teddy unravels the threads of her disappearance, he quickly comes to find an old vendetta seethes at the center, one that puts them all at risk. And danger is lurking even nearer to home as an obsessive fan with perilous intentions weasels his way onto the film set. It’s only Teddy who can stop him from getting too close for comfort.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Action & Adventure; Suspense;
© 2023., Penguin Random House,
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Burning daylight / by Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.;
"Luke Jensen has seen some sorry looking bounties in his time, but this one takes the cake. A wanted poster is offering a reward of one dollar and forty-two cents--plus one busted harmonica--to capture Three-Fingered Jack McKinney. Turns out, McKinney's twelve-year-old son Aaron wants revenge on his daddy for abandoning him and his mom. The reward is all the money Aaron can scrape together. Luke can't say no to the poor boy--or his beautiful mother--so he agrees to go after McKinney and his bank-robbing gang. Good deeds, however, are like good intentions--the road to hell is paved with them. And when Aaron McKinney decides to tag along, it puts Luke in the middle of a father-and-son reunion that's life-or-death, blood-for-blood, and kill-or-be-killed."--
Subjects: Western fiction.; Bounty hunters; Thieves; Fathers and sons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The prisoner / by Paris, B. A.,author.;
"With Behind Closed Doors, New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris took the psychological thriller to shocking new heights. Now she'll hold you captive with The Prisoner--a stunning new thriller about one woman wed into a family with deadly intentions. Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the handsome billionaire Jed Hawthorne. But then, Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband Jed? In the vein of Behind Closed Doors and The Therapist, multimillion-copy bestseller B. A. Paris is back with a gripping new suspense novel"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Kidnapping victims; Married people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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