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Strictly business…or is it? Air force pilot Levi Lambert has seen plenty of danger-but his infant daughter might be the death of him. Fortunately, Levi's found the answer to his sleep-deprived prayers: his next-door neighbor! Carly Gilmore is willing to be his nanny…until a small white lie turns their arrangement from business to very personal. The fake engagement was intended to keep Levi from losing custody of his baby girl, but is causing all...
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Claire Franklin has been left to bring up her sister's beautiful baby. She's convinced that Patrick Cameron is the father, though he insists that's impossible. Secretly suspecting that his late brother might well be the little girl's father, Patrick still believes it's his duty to care for Claire and baby Jess... As he becomes a permanent fixture in their lives, duty turns to burning attraction for one - and besotted devotion for the other! All thoughts...
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Men of Thunder Ridge volume 3
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Marriage is in this playbook! Football champion Ethan Ladd planned to spend the off-season dating beautiful women and living the good life. Until his ailing infant nephew is thrust into his care. Despite his best efforts, social services doesn't believe Ethan is up to the task. It's fourth and long…and the offense has a loaded diaper. Time to pull out a trick play. Marry Ethan Ladd? They dated once. It was so bad, people are still talking about...
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A STAND-IN FATHER. After his brother's death, Gil Boyer cared for a new mother and her child, his nephew. So when the young woman suddenly disappeared with the baby he'd come to love, Gil went to lady P.I. Paulina Stewart for help, thinking this an open-and-shut case. Then his sister-in-law turned up dead.... Something about this big man's fierce devotion to the little baby touched Paulina's heart. Somebody had the child, and with Gil's help, she...
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Fire burned bright in Tara McNeal's eyes when she thrust her shocking news on Matt Landers: "You're my niece's father." But the handsome doctor quickly doused her heated accusation with his firm denial of paternity-and delivered a shocker of his own. Though the birth certificate named HIM as father, another man was responsible! For a revengeful schemer had stolen Matt's identity…and now an innocent baby-and her beautiful guardian-were at risk. To...
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Every year in the United States, approximately 8,000 families lose a child. That's nearly one child per hour, and this isn't due to war, disease, or famine. Mothers and fathers are losing their children to accidental injuries-most of which can be prevented.
Knowing this fact now puts the responsibility squarely back on us, the parents. This is a problem only we can fix, and that's the purpose of this book: to empower parents with knowledge and a...
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As a Baby Boomer myself, I wrote this book specifically for "Baby Boomers" to chronicle not only the events of our youth in the 1950's and 1960's, but also the attitudes and the mores that formed the culture when we grew up which is a major part of our social DNA. There is no time like the present to stop and reflect on what life was like for "YOU" fifty years ago. Memories of family, friends, neighbors, merchants, teachers, clergy, pets, events,...
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Honoring strong new voices from around the world, the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is a global award, open to unpublished as well as published writers, with a truly international judging panel. This global anthology presents the winner of the 2014 Short Story Prize, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's "Let's Tell This Story Properly", alongside some of the most promising and original stories entered for the prize during the past three years by emerging...
9) Chouette
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Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted. "You think this baby is going to be like you, but it's not like you at all," she warns him. "This baby is an owl-baby." When Chouette is born small and broken-winged, Tiny works around the clock to meet her daughter's needs. Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby, Tiny vows to raise Chouette to be her authentic self. Even in those times when Chouette's behaviors grow...
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For anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered, "Are we alone?" A brilliant examination of the science behind the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and its pioneer, Jill Tarter, the inspiration for the main character in Carl Sagan's Contact.
Jill Tarter is a pioneer, an innovator, an adventurer, and a controversial force. At a time when women weren't encouraged to do much outside the home, Tarter ventured as far out as she...
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"Once upon a time in an enormous forest lived a woodcutter and his wife. The woodcutter is very poor and a war rages around them, making it difficult for them to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child. A Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest. While foraging...
12) The temp
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Emma would do anything to work for the woman who has the job she wants. Carrie is at the top of her game, with a dream career, a baby on the way, and a handsome screenwriter husband. For Emma, with parents who don't understand her ambition and a serious misstep behind her, this temp position might be her last chance. Carrie has given up more than anyone knows to get to the top of a ruthless business. She won't give up this baby too. But with Emma...
13) Tickle
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A baby tries to contain his giggles when his parents and pets tickle his feet, tummy, and armpits before snuggling up with him.
14) Baby party
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"A baby party introduces toddlers to basic shapes"--
15) Must love babies
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"Brant Wylder is a bachelor and loving it! He's in Misty Bottoms, Georgia, property-hunting for his vintage car repair shop when he gets the call. His sister's been in an accident, and Brant has to drop everything and take care of his five-month-old nephew. That's the end of the bachelor lifestyle. Bridal boutique owner Molly Stiles is all business all the time, until she sees that Brant's in trouble. In this Southern town, nobody ever has to go it...
16) Our new normal
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Liv Ridgely prides herself on being the responsible wrangler of all things family: stay at home mom, caretaker of elderly parents, supporter of husband Oscar's career, savior of her wayward sister. Now, with her son off to college, and her ambitious daughter, Hazel, a year away from following him, it's Liv's turn. She's even established her dream career of bringing beautiful old homes back to life in the most picturesque part of Maine. Until she learns...
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He'll do anything to protect a baby in jeopardy…
When a call from a friend in trouble leads Nick Delaney and Deputy Kaitlyn Lanz to a car crash that killed a single mother, they become the baby's protectors. Now figuring out why someone is after the child is the only way to save her. But they must find answers soon…or this baby's first Christmas might just be Nick's and Kaitlyn's last.
From Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger....
18) Don't go there!
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"Toilet training is tricky, especially if you're not from this planet, unless you know the toilet song" -- publisher's description.
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Unexpectedly pregnant! Having discovered her night with surgeon Sam Ryder had unexpected consequences, Kate Ashton is left reeling when he walks into her Emergency Department. Now she'll have to tell the 'emotionally broken' man she's been belatedly warned about that she's pregnant! Sam's feelings might be frozen, but he wants to be a dad. When Kate reveals she's afraid of becoming a mum, her heartrending story opens Sam's heart. He must convince...
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Family business volume 3
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Demetrius Shepherd is out for blood. His wife has been violated and is now pregnant. Demetrius wants that baby destroyed so his family can move past the nightmare hadn't been able to protect Angel from. however, Angel sees this baby as a gift from God. A child who will serve the Lord with all his heart ... and she'll do anything to keep her baby safe, even if it means defying her husband. Demetrius and Angel thought their love was everlasting and...