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Camille Lammenais has grown up in the beauty of the Napa Valley, surrounded by acres of her family's vineyards. Her parents, Christophe and Joy, still deeply in love after two decades of marriage, have built a renowned winery and château modeled after Christophe's ancient family estate in his native Bordeaux. Camille has had a perfect childhood, safe in her parents' love. After graduating from Stanford, she returns to help manage Château Joy, her...
2) Come home
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Jill Farrow is a typical suburban mom who has finally gotten her and her daughter's lives back on track after a divorce. She is about to remarry, her job as a pediatrician fulfills her---though it is stressful---and her daughter, Megan, is a happily over-scheduled thirteen-year-old juggling homework and the swim team. But Jill's life is turned upside down when her ex-stepdaughter, Abby, shows up on her doorstep late one night and delivers shocking...
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"From the lighthouse sporting a huge wreath to the Christmas Stroll along its quaint streets, holidays on Nantucket are always magical. However, while the town might be aglow like a scene from Dickens tale, unfortunately for newly married island newcomer Nicole Somerset, Christmas means a dreaded visit from her step-daughter. Headstrong Kennedy brings with her a family of her own--husband Archer and adorable 3 year old son, Maddox--but Kennedy's yet...
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"Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers-- Owen's sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah's increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen's boss, as a US marshal...
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A hysterical phone call from Henry Archer's ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend his well ordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. Henry is a lawyer, an old fashioned man, gay, successful, and lonely. Thalia is now 28, a hopeful actress, estranged from her newly widowed crackpot mother—Denise, Henry's ex. Hoping it will lead to better things...
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"Andi has spent much of her adult life looking for the perfect man, and at thirty-seven, she's finally found him. Ethan -- divorced with two daughters, Emily and Sophia -- is a devoted father and even better husband. Always hoping one day she would be a mother, Andi embraces the girls like they were her own. But in Emily's eyes, Andi is an obstacle to her father's love, and Emily will do whatever it takes to break her down. When the dynamics between...
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Alison's new stepfather, the charismatic plastic surgeon Peter Dunn, is certain he can turn Alison into a vision of loveliness. Reluctantly, Alison agrees to undergo the first procedure, and her transformation begins. But soon Alison discovers a picture of Peter's first wife. To Alison's horror, she notices a resemblance between the image in the photo and the work her stepfather is doing on her.--From publisher description.
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2019.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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"A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever after. From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula award-winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman comes this graphic novel adaptation by Colleen Doran"--
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[2009]
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1 videodisc (approximately 1 hr. 29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A man searching for the perfect family marries a widow with children, only to kill them all when they act more normal than his dream family should. When his new stepdaughter sees through his fake persona, he must drop his Ward Cleaver attitude and show her how a real daughter should act. Loosely based on a true news story of New Jersey mass-murderer John List.This DVD's release of the original 1987 movie in Oct. 2009 corresponds to the theatrical...
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Heaven Ridge novel volume 2
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2023.
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464 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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"Ever since Olivia Quinn lost her husband to a freak plane crash, she's been focused on one thing -- making a stable life for her teen stepdaughter, Taylor, of whom she's the sole guardian. But when she loses her job as a children's book editor because she refuses to relocate from Colorado to New York, all her hard-won stability is shattered. Then the opportunity arises to open Liv's dream bookshop in Haven Ridge, offering not only the solution to...
11) A sliver of sun
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[Piper Lee DeLuna] volume 2
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[2014]
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152 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Ever since Mama and Ben got married, 10-year-old Piper Lee's new family is like a crisp hardback book, stiff and hard to crack open. Piper Lee never gets to be alone with Mama anymore, her annoying stepsister Ginger is always right there wherever she goes, and she knows she's ruined any chance that Ben will scoop her up and make her laugh like he does with Ginger, even though she secretly wishes he would. So when Mama announces she's pregnant with...
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Wolf Creek Square volume 1
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[2014]
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353 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Two years after mourning the death of her husband, Marianna Spencer ventures alone to Wolf Creek, Wisconsin, in search of the perfect fabric for her latest original quilt design. Once there, she spots a For Sale sign in the front window of the quilt shop and makes a brash decision to buy the business. Back in Green Bay, with her new found excitement rising, the last person she expects to see on her doorstep is Rachel, her step-daughter, with a baby....
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[2014]
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360 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Widower Grant Adams loves his twin stepdaughters, but what does he know about pigtails and dresses and being a full-time dad? With his new job in a remote Canadian center for troubled boys, Grant needs a good nanny. But when he meets Dahlia Wheatley, who's loving, patient and kind to his girls, he realizes the twins need more than a sitter-they need a mother. With her own harrowing past, Dahlia is as reluctant to get emotionally involved as Grant...
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[2020]
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292 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Criminal psychologist Seonbyeong receives news that she will be allowed to interview Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer whose gruesome murders shook the world. At the same time, she realizes that her step-daughter is showing traits similar to those of Yi Byeongdo, and has a temper she can't control.
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2022.
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318 pages ; 24 cm
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Español
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Antes de que Owen Michaels desaparezca, logra pasar de contrabando una nota a su amada esposa de un año: Protégela. A pesar de su confusión y miedo, Hannah Hall sabe exactamente a quién se refiere la nota: Bailey, la hija de dieciséis años de Owen. Bailey, quien perdió trágicamente a su madre cuando era niña. Bailey, que no quiere absolutamente nada que ver con su nueva madrastra. Mientras las llamadas cada vez más desesperadas de Hannah...
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[2018]
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309 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A spellbindingly suspenseful new novel set in the moneyed world of the Hamptons, about secrets that refuse to remain buried and consequences that can't be escaped. After a whirlwind romance, a young woman returns to the opulent, secluded Long Island mansion of her new fiancé Max Winter-- a wealthy politician and recent widower-- and a life of luxury she's never known. But all is not as it appears at the Asherley estate. The house is steeped in the...
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