Sandra Burr
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Jessica is on the Hawaiian island of Maui, giving a lecture at Maui College on community involvement in police investigations - a subject she knows well. Her co-lecturer is legendary retired detective Mike Kane, a behemoth of a man who shares his love of Hawaiian lore, legends, and culture with Jessica. Sadly all the talking stops when the body of a colleague is found at the rocky foot of a cliff. Mala Kapule was a botanist and popular professor at...
Author
Pub. Date
p2009
Description
High school sweethearts Katie and Jason haven't seen each other in ten years, and now she's walked back into his life. With one look, the love they shared comes flooding back, only now the odds seem stacked against them. But when something's meant to be, all bets are off.
87) Desert rain
Author
Description
Holly Shannon North is a contradiction: assured yet vulnerable, irresistible yet untouched. Destiny has brought her back to Hidden Springs, and back to Lincoln McKenzie, the proud California rancher and the only man she can ever truly love. Now they must find the way back to love together--to rekindle the fire whose healing warmth has drawn them home.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
In True Colors, the Grey sisters of Water's Edge, a small Washington town, have just buried their mother. Their father Henry, devastated by this, decides to bury his pain in the bottom of a liquor bottle. Moving forward thirteen years, the author delves into the lives and hearts of these young women, their families, and the strong bonds of sisterhood that is tested by jealousy, passion, and betrayal.
In Summer Island, thirty-four year old Ruby Bridge...
Author
Pub. Date
p2008
Description
Pressures of the celebrity lifestyle weigh heavily on Dayne and Katy Matthews as they take on separate movie projects. Tabloid rumors talk of trouble and unfaithfulness between the two, but finally something drastic catches Daynes attention and makes him realize the destruction they're playing with. But will it be too late? The Flanigan family recognizes the deep loss of the Christian Kids Theater program, and they lead a final effort to keep the...
Author
Pub. Date
p2010
Description
"Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploraiton is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? As Mary Roach discovers, it's possible to preview space without ever leaving Earth. From the Space Shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule, (cadaver filling in for astronaut), Roach takes...
91) The Stork Club
Author
Pub. Date
p1993
Description
Rick is famous movie director on the brink of his fiftieth birthday. Despite his wealth and his many conquests, he's floundering until he decides to adopt a baby. Ruthie and Shelly are the hottest comedy writers in Hollywood, and lifelong best friends. But their real partnership begins when they decide to create a baby together, even though Shelly is gay and Ruthie is straight. Lainie and Mitch spent years building a strong marriage and a very exclusive...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
This brilliant, readable synthesis of the history of mythology and the function it serves to humanity is the launch title of the groundbreaking publishing event, The Myths. Human beings have always been mythmakers. So begins Karen Armstrong's concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters, right up to the...
Author
Series
Second chances (Terri Blackstock) volume 1
Pub. Date
1996.
Description
Normally, Wes Grayson would be attracted to the striking woman with the camera. But this woman has clearly been stalking Amy, his adopted daughter and the center of his life. And a threat to Amy is a threat to Wes. Laney Fields has no intention of threatening anyone- Just a longing to see the child she brought into the world six years ago and then was forced to release for adoption. But when she learns that Amy's adoptive mother has died, Laney becomes...
Author
Series
Sun Coast chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
1996
Formats
Description
This rape case is an exception: The victim is more than willing to testify. And there's abundant evidence to put the suspect behind bars. Just one thing bothers Detective Larry Millsaps. Young and beautiful Melissa Nelson seems to know almost too much about the evidence needed to convict her attacker. The unfolding investigation unearths a brutal track record on the part of the suspect...and a stunning revelation of Melissa's own haunting past that...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
p2002
Description
Presents three novels about three young women united by a common magical legacy to battle an ancient evil. Dance upon the air--After a year on the run, Nell Channing feels that she can make a home for herself on Three Sisters Island and, aided by Mia, the proprietor of the Island's small book store and Ripley, the town's assistant sherriff, she finally dares to envision a brighter future. Heaven and earth--Mia, the proprietor of the island's small...