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Made for love

a novel
Moving to a senior citizen trailer park with her father, Hazel, the estranged wife of a corporate CEO who demanded she install a brain chip so that they could be constantly connected, tries to carve out a new life while her ex uses sophisticated technology to stalk her.

Stage dreams

Grace, a transgender runaway escaping Georgia and the threat of conscription during the Civil War, is kidnapped by the notorious outlaw The Ghost Hawk, who means to hold Grace for ransom. Learning of her plight, Flo, The Ghost Hawk's real identity, realizes that Grace won't make much of a hostage, and instead, the two ladies come up with a clever scheme to infiltrate a Confederate gala.

Stage dreams

Grace, a trans runaway escaping Georgia and the threat of conscription during the Civil War, is kidnapped by the notorious outlaw The Ghost Hawk, who means to hold Grace for ransom. Learning of her plight, Flo, as The Ghost Hawk is truly named, realizes that Grace won't make much of a hostage, and instead, the two ladies come up with a clever scheme to infiltrate a Confederate gala.
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All's well that ends well

The King of France gives Helena the hand of any man she wants in marriage, but the one she chooses, Bertram, flees to Tuscany, and she must use her wits to get him back. Includes an introduction, notes, and discussion of the theatrical world of Shakespeare.
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Kitchens of the great Midwest

Lars Thorvald, a midwestern chef, used to love three things--his kitchen, his wife, and his daughter, Eva. Then his wife left him for some sommelier. Left to raise Eva on his own, Lars instills in her his passion for cooking, and Eva grows up to become the chef at one of the most sought-after restaurants in the country, with a buried secret that drives her to be the best she can be.

Vanishing act

1995
Jane Whitefield is a Native American guide who helps people hide from their enemies. John Felker asks her for sanctuary and then draws her into an adventure of love and betrayal.

The death of Woman Wang

1979
An unhappy wife in seventeenth-century China returns home after running away, only to be killed by her husband.

All's well that ends well

2000
A scholarly edition of William Shakespeare's play "All's Well that Ends Well" that includes detailed notes and commentary, an illustrated introduction to the play's historical, cultural,and performance contexts, an in-depth survey of critical approaches to the play, and bibliographical references.

Mrs. Million

a novel
2000
When Barbaraannette Quinn wins the lottery, she offers to pay one million dollars to anyone who can find her missing husband Bobby, and soon every loser and schemer in town is trying to find a way to take her money, including Bobby and his new girlfriend.

The stray

2002
When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people's home, she meets five children and their parents who welcome her into their family.

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