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1) The grownup
Author
Language
English
Description
"A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection. However, when the 'psychic' visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of...
2) Harvest moon
Author
Series
Virgin River ; 15
Language
English
Description
Return to Virgin River with the books that started it all... The recipe for happiness: making it up as you go along Rising sous-chef Kelly Matlock's sudden collapse at work is a wake-up call. Disillusioned and burned out, she's retreated to her sister Jillian's house in Virgin River to rest and reevaluate. Puttering in Jill's garden and cooking with her heirloom vegetables is wonderful, but Virgin River is a far cry from San Francisco. Kelly's starting...
4) Cinderella
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown, and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving only a single glass slipper, the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending! Bonus features included." --
5) Stepfamilies
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the changes involved in becoming part of a stepfamily and ways to deal with the new situation.
Author
Series
Time twisters ; 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a spaceship carrying Neil Armstrong accidentally time travels to 1869 Texas, cowboy Nat Love decides to trade in his horse for a trip to the Moon, and stepsiblings Abby and Doc must untwist history and get everyone back to their own time." --
Author
Series
Time twisters ; 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Amelia Earhart accidentally time travels back to ancient Greece, Abby and her stepbrother, Doc, must persuade her to return to her own time and finish her solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean." --
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed in an accident. A shellshocked Tam learns she is named the guardian to Mia's five-year-old daughter, Angela. Tam has no...
11) A season in hell
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young widow, Sarah Talbot, is determined to uncover the suspicious circumstances surrounding her beloved stepson's murder.
12) Cinderella
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A slighted beauty outshines her evil stepsisters at a royal ball, then returns to her grim existence before the handsome prince finds her again.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the aftermath of her beloved husband's drowning death, Ella's initial support from her in-laws dissolves as long-buried secrets and family tragedies are revealed in the wake of a bitter custody battle against her stepchildren's biological mother.
14) Stepparenting
Author
Language
English
Description
In this newly revised and updated edition Lofas draws on her twenty-year track record of counseling and coaching stepfamilies and provides up to the minute advice for dealing with the many baffling and emotional issues that beset them today.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Designed to help couples with children from prior relationships navigate the challenges of stepfamily life, The Happy Stepcouple is an indispensable self-help guide that instructs couples how to establish realistic stepfamily expectations, communicate effectively, and handle stepfamily problems in ways that strengthen their emotional connection"--
16) Family gathering
Author
Publisher
The Friendly Air Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Natalie Rome, timid and retiring, discovers that a new life at forty is not, after all, as difficult of achievement as she had feared. With new relations and a new home, she finds security and happiness. She also finds a stepdaughter as timid as herself and a stepson of exceptional charm; a mother-in-law in garden boots and ancient, formal hats who talks loudly and a great deal; and a father-in-law who seldom talks at all. Into this assembly comes...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
"The Stanley kids and their stepsister try to keep secret a dog that Blair finds, keep David out of the clutches of the school bully, and find out if some escaped convicts really are nearby. Sequel to "The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case."" --
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