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Large Print New Releases December 2022
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The Choice
by Nora Roberts
When the enemy's witches, traitorous and power-mad, appear to her in a dream, practicing black magic and sacrificing the innocent, Breen, united with Keegan and all of Talamh, must save those in need of rescue and, with every weapon she has, confront the darkness once and for all.
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Rules at the School by the Sea
by Jenny Colgan
Engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Maggie Adair, a teacher at Downey House the sea in Cornwall, must stop thinking about her colleague at the boys' school down the road, while her boss, headmistress Veronica Deveral, must confront a scandalous secret she thought she'd buried forever.
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Sharpe's Command
by Bernard Cornwell
Featuring his iconic hero Richard Sharper, the author returns to the early years of the nineteenth century, capturing the bravery, battles and bloodshed of Britain's peninsular wars.
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Hope Creek
by Janet Dailey
Returning home to Hope Creek, South Carolina, to bury her mother, Kit Teague finds her remaining family divided and her twin sister working for a rival fishing business, in the sixth novel of the series following Paradise Peak.
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Like the Wind
by Robin Lee Hatcher
When her estranged 15-year-old daughter comes to live with her, Olivia Ward, whose manipulative ex-husband destroyed everything, discovers that a 100-year-old journal holds the power to heal their relationship, while coming to terms with her feelings for a man, who, unbeknownst to her, has been hired to investigate her.
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Shades of Light: A Second Chances Novel
by Melody Carlson
When her only child leaves home for college, widowed Gwen Sullivan discovers just how lonely an “empty nest” can be. How will she adjust and fill her empty days? At the urging of friends, Gwen takes a job with an interior designer—whom she soon discovers to be domineering and jealous of Gwen’s creativity. Suddenly she’s stuck doing menial tasks. When a sleazy client starts to harass her, Gwen begins to wonder if she’s cut out for the working world. She eventually meets Oliver Black, who gives her an opportunity to use her decorating skills, and suddenly Gwen sees herself in a more confident light. But Oliver is a man of many secrets, and Gwen wonders if she can trust her heart to him.
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The Sisters of Sea View
by Julie Klassen
eAfter the death of their father, the Summers sisters open their seaside home to guests to provide for their ailing mother, but instead of the elderly invalids they expect to receive, they find themselves hosting eligible gentleman, forcing them to make some difficult decisions when love enters the picture.
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Blended Amish Blessings
by Patricia Johns
Sometimes a little disaster can be a great blessing. The last thing widower Paul Ebersole needs after discovering he has a teenage daughter and a granddaughter is for his kitten to cause havoc in Haddie Petersheim's Amish creamery. Yet working with Haddie to repair her store might be the answer to his prayers...if he and the widowed mother join forces on their parenting problems. But what happens when their two little families start to feel like one?
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Mistaken for His Amish Bride
by Patricia Davids
Traveling to Maine in search of family, Mari Kemp is injured in an accident--and ends up with amnesia. Mistakenly believing she's the fiancée he's been exchanging letters with, wheelwright Asher Fisher will do anything to help Mari recover her memories. He's kind, caring--maybe even her perfect match. But she'll need to remember the past before she can see their future.
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A Model of Devotion
by Mary Connealy
A brilliant engineer, Jilly Stiles sets her focus on fulfilling her dream of building a mountaintop railroad--and remaining independent. But when a cruel and powerful man goes to dangerous lengths to try to make Jilly his own, marrying her friend Nick may be the only way to save herself and her dreams.
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The Wishing Quilt
by Jodi Thomas
Three best-selling authors piece together stories of women whose quilting craft ultimately leads them down the path to love, including Jodi Thomas' The Secret Wish, in which a former dancer, running her late great-grandmother's quilt shop, catches the eye of the local sheriff who is captivated by her spirit.
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An Amish Christmas Star
by Shelley Shepard Gray
Three holiday stories celebrate the spirit of the season, the warmth of Amish traditions, and the joys of coming home for Christmas.
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Bones of Holly
by Carolyn Haines
When a feud erupts between two authors at a Mississippi library's tree decorating contest, Sarah Booth and Tinkie investigate after one of them goes missing, in the latest novel of the series following Lady of Bones.
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A Catered New Year's Eve
by Isis Crawford
Sisters Bernie and Libby are contacted by a long-estranged family member, who asks for their help uncovering the truth about the suspicious long-ago deaths of their father and his business partner.
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The Christmas Hummingbird
by T. Davis Bunn
As policewoman and single mother Ryan Eames and newcomer Ethan Lange work on an animal rescue operation together, they are drawn into something deeper and surprising by her extraordinarily gifted son that makes Christmas in Miramar Bay a season of love, healing and second chances.
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A Christmas Memory
by Richard Paul Evans
Reeling from the loss of his brother in Vietnam, Richard moves with his family from California to his grandmother's abandoned house in Utah, where he finds the holiday spirit with the help of an elderly neighbor and his dog.
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The Second Christmas
by Marta Perry
When Josiah Burkhalter, the man who once broke her heart, insists on helping her open a tea shop, Leah Beiler, as Christmas approaches, finds herself confused by her feelings for Josiah as they work closely together, forcing her to confront her fears and reach for the love she deserves.
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A Yuletide Kiss
by Sabrina Jeffries
Collects three Christmas romance tales, including Madeline Hunter's "The Unexpected Gift," in which a mysterious guest of Jenna Waverly's inn catches her eye during a Christmas snowstorm.
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Amish Jane Doe
by Shelley Shepard Gray
Escaping his Amish community as a teen was about survival, but leaving meant breaking LizBeth Troyer's heart. Now Detective Jackson Lapp is working a cold case--and the clue to a murdered Amish girl's identity leads him back to his hometown. Can Jackson and LizBeth rebuild their broken trust and work together to catch a killer before another young Amish woman is murdered?
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A Dangerous Business
by Jane Smiley
A 1851 Monterey widow working at a brothel investigates when the dead bodies of young women start appearing on the outskirts of town in the new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres.
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The Joy and Light Bus Company
by Alexander McCall Smith
While enjoying all that life has to offer with her loving family, good friends and a thriving business doing what she enjoys most—helping people, Mma Ramotswe finds herself up to her neck in mysterious trouble.
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The Last Party
by Clare Mackintosh
When homegrown celebrity Rhys Lloyd is murdered after opening the doors to his new luxury resort on New Year's Eve, Ffion Morgan, called in to investigate, fears her deep ties to this once tranquil village will reveal dark truths about her neighbors, friends, family and even herself.
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Sundown
by Susan May Warren
Everyone else might believe the mysterious woman at Sky King Ranch has lost her memory, but Colt Kingston knows when someone is lying. Now he just has to find out if the lies are meant to save her . . . or protect them.
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A World of Curiosities
by Louise Penny
Chief Inspector Gamache investigates after a 150-year-old letter points to the discovery and opening of a bricked-up room in an attic that's filled with curiosities, in the 18th novel of the series following The Madness of Crowds.
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Bark to the Future
by Spencer Quinn
When dog Chet and his human, Bernie Little, run into a homeless panhandler who turns out to be an old classmate, they investigate his past, in the 13th novel of the series following It's a Wonderful Woof.
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The Paper Caper: A Bibliophile Mystery
by Kate Carlisle
During the Mark Twain Festival, wealthy media mogul Joseph Cabot runs a citywide contest based on The Prince and the Pauper, giving one lucky lookalike access to his wealth for a few days, which leads to murder, and Brooklyn must quickly solve this case before another murder becomes front-page news.
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Put Out To Pasture
by Amanda Flower
When her best friend Kristy Brewer is accused of murdering her philandering husband, organic farmer Shiloh Bellamy must dig up the dirt on the real killer to save Kristy from prison.
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Fallen: A Kate Burkholder Novel
by Linda Castillo
Painters Mill Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the murder of a troubled Amish girl who left both the Plain life and town years ago in the latest novel of the series following Disappeared.
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The Furies: Two Charlie Parker Novels
by John Connolly
When murder and mayhem arrive in Portland, Maine, Charlie Parker is faced with two connected crimes involving the enigmatic sisters Strange, new clients who are more capable of taking care of themselves than anyone could have imagined as the city shuts down in the face of a global pandemic.
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Night Shift
by Robin Cook
When her longtime friend, Dr. Sue Passero, dies mysteriously in the hospital parking garage, newly appointed chief medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery asks her husband to investigate, which pits him against a clever and deranged killer determined to administer another lethal blow.
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Tom Clancy Red Winter
by Marc Cameron
When possibly Soviet defector offers the CIA details of his governments espionage plans in return for asylum, former Marine and brilliant CIA analyst Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to find answers before the Cold War turns into a Red Winter.
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon
by Kate Andersen Brower
The author of the New York Times best-seller The Residence returns with the first authorized biography of the Hollywood icon, including her rise to fame at age 12, her eight marriages and her efforts to fight AIDS.
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Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
by Nina Totenberg
In this moving story of the joy and true meaning of friendship, NPRs award-winning legal affairs correspondent recounts her nearly 50-year friendship with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, presenting an extraordinary account of how they paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and legal barriers.
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A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré
by John Le Carré
Published for the first time, the correspondence of the popular Irish-British author best known for his espionage novels including his letters to writers, spies, politicians, artists, actors and public figures that reveal his humor, generosity and wit.
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Split Decision: Life Stories
by Ice-T
In this no-holds barred memoir, the award-winning actor, rapper and producer and Spike, his former crime partner, recount the shocking stories of their shared pasts and how a split decision set them on very different path - one to stardom and one to prison after a robbery ended tragically.
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