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After one too many heartbreaks, Travis Blake hung up his cowboy hat and put Big Verde, Texas, behind him. But when he gets the call that his young nephew needs him, he knows he has to return home. His plan is to sell the family ranch and hightail it back to Austin, but there's a small problem: the one person who stands in his way is the one person he can't resist. Maggie is pretty sure she hates Travis Blake. He's irritating, he's destroying her...
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 38
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Everything keeps going wrong for Geronimo when he goes to his nephew Benjamin's school to speak for Career Day.
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Brant Wylder is a bachelor and loving it! He's in Misty Bottoms, Georgia, property-hunting for his vintage car repair shop when he gets the call. His sister's been in an accident, and Brant has to drop everything and take care of his five-month-old nephew. That's the end of the bachelor lifestyle. Bridal boutique owner Molly Stiles is all business all the time, until she sees that Brant's in trouble. In this Southern town, nobody ever has to go it...
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This prequel to the Old Kingdom series tells the story of how Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, met.
In the Old Kingdom, a land of ancient and often terrible magics, orphan Terciel learns the art of necromancy from his great-aunt Tizanael. He is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and Tizanael is the Abhorsen, the latest in a long line of people whose task it is to make sure the Dead do not return to Life. Across the Wall in Ancelstierre, Elinor's only...
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Widowhood has freed Charlotte Wylde from a demoralizing and miserable marriage. But when her husband's intriguing nephew and heir arrives to take over the estate, Charlotte discovers she's unsafe in her own home....Alec Wylde was shocked by his uncle's untimely death, and even more shocked to encounter his uncle's beautiful young widow. Now clouds of suspicion are gathering, and charges of murder hover over Charlotte's head.
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Rachel de Luca has a bad feeling about the new woman in Detective Mason Brown's life, the nurse taking care of him after he's injured in the line of duty. She'd like to think it's just jealousy, but intuition tells her it's something more, maybe something dangerous. Mason knows Rachel's wary of commitment, and asking her to stay when he's in this condition would be the worst thing for their relationshipages Then they receive chilling news that drives...
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When a reluctant partnership Leads to a startling attraction. With a serial killer on the loose, FBI special agent Sinead Colton was assigned to work with Wells Blackthorne. The NYPD detective truly didn't want her assistance on the Landmark Killer case, but lives were at stake. After a shooting and explosion, one of those lives just might belong to Wells. As guardian to his infant nephew, Wells had much to lose. And, Sinead soon realized, she had...
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One Author, One Kirkwood Over the Years
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"Patrick O'Hara is back. It's been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie and nephew Grant's caretaker after their mother's passing. The kids are back in Connecticut with their dad, and Patrick has relocated to New York to remain close by, and relaunch his dormant acting career. After the run of his second successful sit-com comes to a close, Patrick feels on top of the world... professionally. Some things have had to take a back seat. Looking...
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"When kidnappers attempt to abduct her nephew, Tanya Rivera will do anything to protect him--even team up with bounty hunter Danny Ryan. But after Tanya unknowingly crosses the path of a criminal mastermind, she becomes the new target. With Danny by her side and nephew finally safe elsewhere, it's a race to untangle the culprit's web before deadly danger catches up with them..." --
12) The guncle
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One Author, One Kirkwood Over the Years
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One Author, One Kirkwood Steven Rowley's Books
One Author, One Kirkwood with Steven Rowley
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Patrick O'Hara is a bit out of his league. Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for week-long visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. So when tragedy strikes and Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian, he is, honestly, overwhelmed. Patrick has no idea what...
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Hidden in Plain Sight
An Amish Country Justice story
After police dispatcher Elise St. Clair's home is invaded by her murderous brother-in-law, her nephew is hidden in Amish Country by her cleaning lady. Now relying on police officer Ryan Parker is Elise's only hope of reuniting with the child...and evading the killer. And Elise and Ryan quickly discover their temporary partnership has long-term potential-if they can stay alive.
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All the beloved, irascible Auntie Poldi wanted from her Sicilian retirement was time to enjoy the sunshine, a free-flowing supply of wine, and a sultry romance with Chief Inspector Vito Montana. But then her idyll is rudely disrupted by the last person she wants to see on her doorstep: John Owenya, detective inspector with the Tanzanian Ministry of Home Affairs, who is also her estranged lying cheat of a husband.Not only is John's sudden reappearance...
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"Overworked and overwhelmed, all Sheriff Wyatt Holcomb wants is to be the best guardian to his seven-year-old nephew--and dealing with a runaway alpaca and the animal's frustrating owner isn't helping. Then veterinarian Remy Evans offers a solution for them both. She'll watch his rambunctious nephew, Samson, this summer if he'll fast-track her permit application for a petting zoo. But this temporary solution might just be their chance at forever ..."--Page...
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1892 : Mae Wilkey's sweet next-door neighbor, Pauline, is suffering from old age and dementia and desperately needs family to come help her. Put Pauline can't recall any kin. Mae searches through her desk and finds a name--Tom Curtis. Tom can't remember an aunt named Pauline, but after desperate letters from Mae he pays a visit. An engagement, a runaway train, and a town of quirky people make for more of an adventure than Tom is expecting, but it...
17) Nowhere to Hide
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In the seventh novel of the acclaimed Tony Valenti Thriller series, Tony battles to save his girlfriend's recently orphaned nephew from the jaws of injustice. Will fifteen-year-old Kevin Tyler be ripped away from the only home he's ever known? The ensuing legal battle sets the courts of Texas and the Canadian province of Alberta on a collision course.
Tony and his partners are up against the Texas Tylers, who have money, connections, and what appears...
18) Now & then
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"Anna O'Shea has failed at marriage, shed her job at a law firm, and she's trying to re-create herself when she and her recalcitrant nephew are summoned to the past in a manner that nearly destroys them. Her twenty-first-century skills pale as she struggles to find her nephew in nineteenth-century Ireland. For one of them, the past is brutally difficult, filled with hunger and struggle. For the other, the past is filled with privilege, status, and...
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"All he wants for Christmas is a family...To make his little nephew happy, this bachelor will need help...After his nephew, Cole, is orphaned, Jake Sanders vows to give the little boy the best Christmas possible...except Jake doesn't know the first thing about kids! So when Cole's preschool teacher, Emma Mullins, offers to pitch in, Jake's grateful for her guidance. But while Jake and Emma share an immediate connection, their blossoming love must...