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Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books, A Thomas Dunne Book
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Thwarting her sister-in-law's efforts to marry her off to a decidedly unwanted suitor, the sharp-witted Miss Dido Kent is sent to live with a wealthy hypochondriac aunt and investigates the disappearance of a visiting heiress.
102) Ivory apples
Author
Publisher
Tachyon
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
" Ivy--and her sisters, Beatriz, Semiramis, and Amaranth--have a secret. Their Great-aunt Maeve is actually Adela Madden, author of the fantasy classic, Ivory Apples. Generations of obsessive fans have searched for Adela, but the mysterious creator of Pommerie Town is now a recluse in rural Oregon. Shy and bookish, Ivy is the first in her family to discover the even deeper secret that her Great-Aunt protects. Magic is real--and despite what a charismatic...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Come home to Safe Haven, South Carolina, where the best Christmas surprises aren't the ones under the tree. Holly Gibson has one wish this Christmas season: to find her young niece's father. And she's traveled hundreds of miles to the small town of Safe Haven to make that wish come true. But the mysterious Cash O'Dwyer is nothing like she expected. Strong and kind, he makes her heart beat faster. And suddenly that little secret she's keeping about...
105) Frankie: a novel
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Frankie Vega is angry. Just ask the guy whose nose she broke. Or the cop investigating the burglary she witnessed, or her cheating ex-boyfriend, or her aunt who's tired of giving second chances. When a kid shows up claiming to be Frankie's half brother, it opens the door to a past she doesn't want to remember. And when that kid goes missing, the only person willing to help is a boy with stupidly blue eyes, a criminal record, and secrets of his own....
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
'"It's a perfect day for a walk through the redwoods," a girl's aunt tells her one gloomy morning. The two pack a lunch, zip up their jackets, and set off to explore a world of winding creeks, slimy banana slugs, and chittering birds that live among the giant trees"--Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club ; 78
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Claudia's wacky Aunt Peaches is moving back to Stoneybrook and she's going to have a baby. All is well until one of Peaches's adventures gets Claudia into trouble. When she blows up at Peaches something awful happens, and she has to make amends.
108) Threadneedle
Author
Publisher
HarperVoyager
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Anna's Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its deadly consequences. Now Anna counts down the days to the ceremony that will bind her magic forever. Until she meets Effie and Attis. They open her eyes to a London she never knew existed. A shop that sells memories. A secret library where the librarian feeds off words. A club where revelers lose themselves in a haze of spells. But as she is swept deeper into this...
109) Altoona up north
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Altoona the baboon goes to visit her aunt in the frigid north, but after some adventures in the snow, Auntie gives everyone a warm surprise.
113) Doorstep twins
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Gabi Turner is on the Greek island of Milos to find Andreas Simonides--the father of her late sister's baby twins. CEO Andreas is more comfortable chartering his yacht than pushing a pram. But he knows who the real daddy is--his brother! Waiting for his brother to arrive, Andreas is soon changing nappies and singing nursery rhymes. Andreas thinks he and Gabi make a good team, but what will keep them together when the twins are reunited with their...
Author
Series
Heartsong presents ; 1121
Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Ansley Potter just found out she's an aunt ...of three endearing orphaned children. Only Seth Dobson isn't planning to relinquish custody of his nephew and nieces. But Ansley didn't come all the way to Prairie Chicken, Kansas, to give up without a fight. She's determined to be part of the children's lives, even with the handsome farmer opposing her at every turn. As the children's paternal uncle, Seth is happy to do his Christian duty. Just when...
118) The eye of love
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1957]
Language
English
Description
Martha, our heroine, made her first appearance in The Eye of Love. She was a young orphan taken in by her spinster aunt Dolores. The main story belonged to Dolores, but Martha played an important role as her artistic talent was spotted and her inclination to plough her own course became clear. --fleurfisher.wordpress.com.
Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"With the unexpected news of her pregnancy, Molly's husband persuades her to leave her job in a bustling DC restaurant and move to the old-fashioned, run down house in small-town Pennsylvania that had belonged to his Aunt Tish. On the day they arrived, she already felt trapped in a life she didn't want. A century earlier, the same house was home to the adventurous Tish, who yearns to leave the family delicatessen behind to travel west and paint mountain...
Author
Series
Publisher
Summerside Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Caring for her three elderly aunts and their farmhouse inn near Sugarcreek, Ohio, policewoman Rachel Troyer reluctantly takes in Joe Matthews and his young son. Will she be able to uncover Joe's secrets despite her aunts'--and her own--growing affection for him?
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