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22) The law of nines
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Turning twenty-seven may be terrifying for some, but for Alex, a struggling artist living in the midwestern United States, it is cataclysmic. Inheriting a huge expanse of land should have made him a rich and happy man; but something about this birthday, his name, and the beautiful woman whose life he just saved, has suddenly made him, and everyone he loves, into a target. Alex Rahl, the book's unwitting hero, saves the beautiful Jax from being run...
23) Dangerous lies
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After witnessing a murder, high school senior Stella Gordon is sent to Nebraska for her own safety where she chafes at her protection, but when she meets Chet Falconer it becomes harder for her to keep her guard up, and soon she has to deal with the real threat to her life as her enemies are actually closer than she thinks.
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Pub. Date
2001
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326 p. ; 25 cm.
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It's the hottest summer ever in Falls City, Nebraska. Acting deputy Billy Tree is struggling to readjust to his old hometown as well as recover from the shattering tragedy that ended his Secret Service career. But amid the shimmering heat, deserted barns, and burning plains, a horrifying, decades-old injustice is about to rear its ugly head when a stranger with a vendetta arrives, hell-bent on making Falls City pay for its sins..
25) Dalva: a novel
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[1989], ©1988
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324 pages ; 21 cm
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At the age of 45, Dalva leaves her home on the California coast in search of the life she left on the Nebraska prairie, the son she gave up for adoption, and the half-Sioux lover of her youth.
26) Fields of bounty
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Leah's garden volume 3
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"Lilac Nielsen must learn to balance her new courtship with the young reverend and her pursuit of another dream--the publication of her artwork in a New York newspaper. But when a family crisis back in Ohio shakes the Nielsen sisters, can they continue the new life they've begun in Nebraska? And will Lilac be prepared for what God has in store for her future?"--
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Quilt chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
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"Enter a historic Nebraskan prison where three women find betrayal, love, and ultimate truth. Jane Prescott is serving a ten-year sentence for murder. Can a broken spirit be healed behind bars? Matron Mamie Dawson feels called to help the wounded women in her charge. Will a guard's attentions keep her from her mission? Warden's wife Ellen McKenna has changed her preconceptions about these female prisoners. Will it be enough to save her from a life-or-death...
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Daughters of the Mayflower volume 11
Pub. Date
2020
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"Abigail Bracey arrives in Nebraska in January 1888 to teach school...and to execute a task for the government: to identify a student as the hidden son of a murderous counterfeiter--the man who killed her father. Agent Dashiell Lassiter doesn't want his childhood sweetheart Abby on this dangerous job, especially when he learns the counterfeiter is now searching for his son, too, and he'll destroy anyone in his way. Now Dash must follow Abby to Nebraska...
29) Rusted tin
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p2013
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6 sound discs (7 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Sheriff of Keith County, Nebraska, Zeke Wolpert wears a tarnished badge--taking bribes from criminals and turning a blind eye to their misdeeds. But with a shipment from Wells Fargo on its way into town, Zeke is torn between visions of setting himself up for life or finally living up to his job's mandate.
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[2021]
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308 pages ; 21 cm
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"Chloe Howard's devotion to her job has come at a cost: spending time with the most important person in her life--her mother. Vowing to change, she plans a trip home. Sadly, hours before she arrives, her mother passes away, leaving Chloe without a goodbye and riddled with grief and regret. But maybe...maybe it's not too late. Just days before the funeral, Chloe finds her mother unaccountably alive and well. And it's no longer May; she's been transported...
31) Mazie
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Nebraska, 1959. Mazie has dreamed of being on Broadway since she could walk. When her grandmother dies and leaves her a letter and enough money for a six-week stay in New York City, Mazie jumps at the chance to follow her dream. New York City is a shock to the senses, and soon she's homesick for her family-- and for Jesse, the boyfriend whose heart she broke when she left. With her money running out, and faced with too many rejections to count, Mazie...
32) A time to bloom
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Leah's garden volume 2
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"Will their dreams fall apart when confronted with all that is stacked against them? Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching...
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2021.
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277 pages ; 22 cm
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Pickard County, Nebraska, July 1979. Sheriff's deputy Harley Jensen is restless, looking for something to take his mind off the past. Pam bristles against her role as wife and mother; her husband, Rick, struggles with the wreckage of his youth. Paul Reddick, town miscreant, is flint to Harley's steel. It's just a matter of time before their conflict burns Pickard County to the ground. -- adapted from jacket
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Quilt chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
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463 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Will Juliana Sutton let the shadow of her dead husband's name overpower her feelings for Cass Gregory, who feels unworthy to offer comfort to a woman of Juliana's standing, or will wounded Juliana choose a love she never thought possible?
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A Lone McGantry Western volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
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343 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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"Former Indian scout Lone McGantry is hired by Harriet Munro, a fiery woman lawyer seeking to make a name for herself on the western Nebraska frontier. Munro has taken the case of beautiful young Roxanne Bigbee -- a desperate fugitive fleeing a trumped-up murder conviction and a hangman's noose. But before she can appear for the re-trial that Harriet has arranged, Roxanne must be rescued from the current threatening situation her flight has placed...
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