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Young army vet Michelle Sanderson returns to Blackberry Island Inn, the home she left long ago, to claim her inheritance and recuperate. But she finds Carly Williams, her former best friend, running the inn and the business on the verge of financial collapse. To save the inn, the two women must put aside their feelings and work together, but can they overcome the betrayal that has come between them?
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"Former army communications specialist Maddie Jerrard may not remember the details of the deadly mission on the Texas-Mexico border, but she knows one thing. She's not responsible for the massive ambush that left only her and investigative journalist Chris Mason alive. Yet with suspicion--and danger--targeting Maddie and Chris, and a killer on their trail, partnering up is the only solution. But as Maddie and Chris get closer to uncovering the truth,...
4) Dragon day
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Ellie McEnroe is an Iraq War vet living in Beijing, where she represents the work of cutting-edge Chinese political artists. She has one bum leg, a taste for dumplings and beer, and an evangelical mother and a sweet-tempered rescue mutt for roommates. She also has Chinese Domestic Security on her tail and a dwindling number of Percocets to get her through her bad days. And she's about to have some bad days.
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Jack Reacher novels volume 26
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Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun, until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. A woman is slumped over the wheel. Dead? No, nothing is what it seems. The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. Most of them would rather...
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"Her ex-fiancé is back--with a baby. Can they find a second chance at Mercy Ranch? Paralyzed veteran Eve Vincent has built an independent new life at a ranch for wounded warriors. But when she and her ex-fiancé, Ethan Forester, are named guardians of an orphaned baby girl, they must face down past misunderstandings to make a future for Tori. And caring for the little girl together might just rekindle their love...this time for forever."--Back...
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"Can a dog lead the way to finding one's humanity? After spending years in prison for a crime she didn't intend to commit, Rose Collins is suddenly free. Someone who knows about the good work she has done--training therapy dogs while serving time--has arranged for her early release. This benefactor has even set her up with a job in the Massachusetts community of Gloucester. Meghan Custer is a wheelchair-bound war veteran. Ever since she was matched...
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Cassie Gale is on a solo trip in the backcountry. When she fails to return and searchers discover her abandoned campsite, it is evident that this is much more than a camping trip gone awry. Cassie's not the first person to disappear without a trace in Alaska's northern interior. But not all disappearances can be explained. Cassie's turns out to be one of them. Cassie has been kidnapped, and the reasons become horrifyingly clear once she regains consciousness...
10) Forever home
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If home is where the heart is, Dogwood County may have just what Delaney Monroe needs. Newly retired from the Marine Corps, Delaney is looking for somewhere to start over. It's not going to be easy, but when she finds the perfect place to open her dreammotorcycle shop, she goes for it. What she doesn't expect is an abandoned pit bull to come with the building. The shy pup is slow to trust, but Delaney is determined to win it over. Detective Sean Callahan...
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Colleen is an Iraq-war-veteran-turned-Pitchlynn, Mississippi-homemaker, and she works hard to keep her deployment behind her -- until her pregnancy churns up trauma so acute it threatens her husband, her family, and herself. Magnifying her anxiety is the media frenzy surrounding the retrial of Colleen's father-in-law, Hare Hobbs, for a Civil Rights-era murder. As Colleen struggles to sustain herself, and to prepare for the impact of her homeplace...
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The Morgan men thought they left their troubled pasts in the dust. But one by one, they find themselves returning to the northern California ranch where the bad times began. Together, they have a chance to forge a new future based on brotherhood, hope, and love... Professional rodeo cowboy "HW" Morgan has finally achieved his dream of competing in the national rodeo finals but his career has come at a price. His twin brother wants nothing to do with...
13) Dear killer
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When retired military intelligence officer Marley Clark finds the body of property appraiser Stew Hartwell in the jacuzzi of Dear Island, South Carolina's Dolphin Club with an assortment of bobbing vegetables, it marks the beginning of a bizarre killing spree, with each murder accompanied by twisted wordplay. Working with deputy sheriff Bradon Mann, Marley discovers shady real-estate dealings that spell even more danger for her as the killer closes...
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When an Army trucker goes AWOL before her third deployment, she ends up sleeping in Central Park. There, she meets a Vietnam vet and widower who inherited a tumbledown Borscht Belt resort. Converted into a halfway house for homeless veterans, the Standard--and its two thousand acres over the Marcellus Shale Formation--is coveted by a Houston-based multinational company. Toward what end, only a corporate executive knows. With three violent acts at...
15) The hiding place
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Some people take their secrets with them to the grave. Others leave them behind on their deathbeds, riddles for the survivors to solve. When her late grandfather's dying deputy calls Mercy to his side, she and Elvis inherit the cold case that haunted him-and may have killed him. But finding Beth Kilgore 20 years after she disappeared is more than a lost cause. It's a Pandora's box releasing a rain of evil on the very people Mercy and Elvis hold most...
16) Chasing justice
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"After losing her military K-9, former marine Maya Thompson swears she'll never work with dogs again. But when she returns home to Colorado and accepts a job with US Forest Service law enforcement, fate brings K-9 Juniper into her life just as another tragedy unfolds. Juniper, a beautiful two-year-old Malinois, isn't the only new addition to Maya's life. Josh Colten, the local deputy sheriff, insists on helping with her new case. Handsome and mysterious,...
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"Frankie Byrne Tennyson stunned everyone when she decided to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps. Now--after bravely serving her country in Iraq--she's finally come home. Home to a husband whose lingering feelings of abandonment make her wonder if their lives can ever be the same. Home to a daughter whose painful encounters with bullies can only be healed by a mother's love. And home to a father who still can't accept his daughter's decision to serve...
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"Pastor Carson Blair plans a quiet Christmas vacation for his twin girls--until veteran Lily Watkins gets snowed in with them. Lily is drawn to the warmth of this family, but she's hiding a secret about Carson's late wife that threatens more than their holiday. And the twins have their own plan--one that includes a gift-wrapped mommy to complete their family."--Back cover.
19) Don't cry for me
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Rebel Ridge novel volume 2
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When her ex-lover Quinn Walker takes her to his log cabin in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky to rest and recuperate, Mariah Conrad, badly wounded on active duty in Afghanistan, discovers that bad things are happening on the mountain and she must once again battle for survival.
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"Not so long ago, Reese Lockhart was commanding a company of Marines. Now his life is spiraling out of control. The Bar C ranch outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming may be his last chance to save himself ... Shaylene Crawford, an Afghanistan veteran herself, knows all too well the demons of PTSD--that's why she's determined to turn her family's cattle ranch into a place where wounded warriors can work, find a home, and rebuild their souls. Her embittered...
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