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Fifteen-year-old Mary Donahue of suburban Chicago is a kid on the cusp of failure during the brutal blizzard winter of 1978-79, the end of a hard luck, hard rock era sunk in the cynical aftermath of the Vietnam War.Though a smart, beautiful kid, she’s a motherless girl raised by an uneducated, alcoholic father within an… Continue reading Winter Light by Martha Engber
In a town filled with lies, is there room for one more? When widow Devonny Campbell arrives in tiny Red Bud, Iowa, she is determined to make a new life for herself and the child she carries. But when her former career in adult films is uncovered, she becomes the catalyst for a nasty political campaign… Continue reading If You Knew (Red Bud, Iowa #1) by Barbara Meyers
"I will not become my mother." These were famous last words from Domenica (Nikki) Ruta. It was touch and go for a while. Nikki's mom, Kathi, was a drug addict who wanted her daughter to have more than she did. This book is not only about Nikki's fight to try and find a "normal" life,… Continue reading With or Without You by Domenica Ruta
"Merry" Mary Smith, the late vicar's daughter, is in a very bad predicament. Her half brother is gambling and drinking her inheritance away and has decided to sell her to the highest bidder who happens to be a devastatingly handsome man and seems to be ill. Little does she know she is in for the… Continue reading Hero of My Heart by Megan Frampton