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This classic romantic novel about a woman and a land that can never be tamed is Dorothy Eden at her spellbinding best. Poor, orphaned Briar Johnson serves as maid to two gently reared young women on their voyage from London to New Zealand, a land their aunt in Wellington has assured them is teeming with potential husbands. Desperate for a home of her own, Briar disguises herself in one of her mistress's gowns and slips into the governor's masked ball,...
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Ella and her family moved to a small town with dark secrets. The woods holds something inside of it that has the residents scared and Ella wants to find out what it is. Her only source of information comes from the antique shop in town where an old woman gives her a doll that's connected to the secrets. When the doll behaves strangely, Ella must go back and talk to the shop keepers grandaughter, who in turn, helps her find the spell to break through...
83) Man in the Woods
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What I thought was a great real estate investment nearly got me killed, several times. In the midst of the mayhem, on a short road trip in my motor home, I tangled with a semi-truck while being stalked by a crazy woman.Nettie Small wanted a quiet retreat and perhaps a renovation project. She found her project on a river in western Maine. When the foreclosing banker told her he, nor anyone else in the town, would go near the property, she should have...
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THE HUNTED
The idea sounded like such fun to Susan Benning. Camping on the pristine mountains of Idaho with her old high school gang right after their thirty-year reunion. Even the kids were looking forward to it. But something felt wrong the deeper they traveled into the woods. Something was watching them from behind the thick undergrowth.
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THE HUNTERS
Their race had lived among the Great Trees in peace for centuries. The "others" came...
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He hasn't left his cabin in the woods in a long time, and he's not keen to give in to the woman who keeps trying to take his land away...until she shows up one night in danger.Phoenix Addler wants one thing: to live on his little patch of land and be left alone. He hasn't been into the town of Forbidden Lake in years, and that's just the way he likes it. After all, there's grocery delivery even to the woods, and he doesn't need everyone staring at...
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Warrior woman, Becca d'Firn, has a problem. People in her village are dying from a mysterious plague. She needs a wizard to save them. Cress, a wizard, has a quandary of his own-he needs to free his sister from a thousand year old spell. Becca doesn't trust men, but what choice does she have? She knows nothing about the art of healing or dragons the size of fireflies.
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Strangers in the Woods is the second book in the Laura McNaughty Adventures series. The stories are suitable for all age groups, from kids of all levels, to teens and adults too. It's just good family reading. And the books can be read in any order as the stories stand alone. Laura's brother, Johnny, and his pals have great fun clearing the local tidal pool of some unwelcome visitors; and Laura gets to grips with some strange "goings-on" while camping...
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It's September 1995, the first year of the rest of Hadley Todd's life. After living in Los Angeles, Hadley returns to her hometown in rural New York to write and be near her father. In addition to looking after him and teaching high school malcontents, Hadley hopes to channel her recent L.A. heartbreak into a play about the last moment of a woman's innocence. But she seeks inspiration. Enter Trey Harding, a young, handsome reporter who covers sports...
89) Man In The Woods
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A ghost from the past.
A parents' worst nightmare.
And a race against time through the heart of the wilderness. Eight years after the events of Man In The Water, Jack takes Joseph on a camping trip for some much needed father/son time. But when he wakes up to find Joseph missing from their tent, everything he thinks he knows about the past is suddenly brought back into question. As Stacey finds herself in the midst of a sinister plot back home,...
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In 1981, three fourteen-year-old boys witness a horrific murder in the Oregon woods near their homes. Sucked into becoming accomplices to the subsequent cover-up, they swear never to talk about what happened. Thirty years later, Tommy Devereaux has become a bestselling author, using writing as his therapy. Finally, he is ready to tell the world what happened, even if he disguises the killing as fiction. But his life is set to unravel when he is approached...
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July 1989, in a sleepy Michigan town, high school grad Nina Laramie heads out with her friends and is never seen alive again. Months later, her skeleton is found near a remote party spot in the forest.
The ME determines Nina has been brutally raped and bludgeoned to death. Fear and anger ripple through this tight-knit community when the case goes cold.
Thirty years later, Riley St. James, a Detroit PD assigned to Nina's case, is determined to get...
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The Woods in Marion N.Y. have a past. Hunters report unusual activity, hikers describe chilling experiences , parents warn their children to avoid the woods, and the lucky few who survive the woods alone have all gone insane. When a young girl does not heed her parents warning, she goes missing in the woods. Three friends decide to document their search for the truth. What they witness can't be explained. In the end only one is left wandering Awake...
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The parents are dead. The girls are hiding. The killer is still inside the house.
Gabriel Kensington and his wife Lydia have been brutally slain in their luxurious home in New Mexico. A frantic, whispered phone call from their teenage daughter Addis, and her best friend Emerson, quickly alerts the authorities to the killings.
But when detective Alyssa Wyatt and the squad appear at the house, the unthinkable has happened. The girls are nowhere to...
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Jill, a tenacious UMass freshman, abandons her studies for an off-the-grid snowboarding trip with friends. But after the sun has dipped below the horizon, their SUV mysteriously becomes lost in the freshly-logged mountains, eventually running out of gas. As temperatures fall, the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
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Andy isn't excited for camp. Things go downhill when the older boys start telling stories of mysterious fairy circles hidden in the ancient woods. If you disturb a circle, they say, you'll be snatched away forever by vicious creatures. Andy assumes it's a made-up tale to frighten newbies, but when he kicks over a circle made of stones and bones, he'll find out there may be some truth to the legends after all...In this Scary Graphics tale, easy-to-read...
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In this book, the main theme revolves around surviving in the wilderness with limited supplies. It emphasizes the importance of staying calm, utilizing available resources wisely, and maintaining a hopeful outlook in challenging situations. These survival tips aim to equip young adventurers with the skills and mindset needed to navigate the wilderness successfully. By following these guidelines, individuals can approach wilderness adventures with...
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