Richard Paul Evans
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"The second holiday love story in New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans's Mistletoe Collection. At thirty-two Kimberly Rossetti, a finance officer at a Lexus car dealership, has had her heart broken more times than she wants to remember. With two failed engagements, a divorce and again alone with no prospects, she hardly seems the type to dream of being a published romance author. Dreading another holiday alone, she signs up for The...
Author
Series
Walk volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alan Christoffersen lost his heart when his wife was killed in an accident almost one year ago. So Alan decided to leave his painful memories behind and walk from Seattle to the farthest point on the map, Key West, but in St. Louis, he is forced to stop. Because his severe vertigo is diagnosed as the side effect of a brain tumor, Alan must go to Los Angeles for treatment. He is surrounded by those who care most for him: his father, who is happy to...
Author
Series
Michael Vey volume 5
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
4) Grace
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
An old man reminisces about his first love, a young runaway who taught him more about life than anyone had before or since.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In this fifth entry in the New York Times bestselling Walk series, Richard Paul Evans's hero Alan Christoffersen must say some painful goodbyes and learn some important lessons as he comes to the end of his cross-country walk to Key West. After the death of his beloved wife, after the loss of his advertising business to his once-trusted partner, after bankruptcy forced him from his home, Alan Christoffersen's daring cross-country journey--a walk...
7) The walk
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
What would you do if you lost everything--your job, your home, and the love of your life--all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he's tempted by his darkest thoughts but then decides to take a walk, heading for the farthest point on his map: Key West, Florida. The people he encounters along the way, and the lessons they share with him, will save his life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicago celebrity and successful pitchman Charles James is supposed to be dead. Everyone believes he was killed in a fiery plane crash. But thanks to a remarkable twist of fate, he's very much alive and ready for a second chance at life -- and love. Narrowly escaping death has brought Charles some clarity: the money, the fame, the fast cars -- none of it was making him happy. The last time he was happy -- truly happy -- was when he was married to...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tired of spending the holidays alone since her bitter divorce three years ago, Elise accepts a proposition from a man in her building to be a pretend couple until Christmas. As the charade progresses, her badly broken heart begins to mend, but secrets threaten to destroy the emerging relationship"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette's syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special--he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Michael's friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their...
12) Lost December
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
As heir to the Crisp Copy Center fortune, Luke has it made--until he burns through his entire inheritance in just one year of partying. Ashamed to ask his famous father for help, he finds employment--and romance--as an entry-level clerk. Can his new love get him back on track?
Author
Series
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Michael Vey, born with Tourette's syndrome and special electromagnetic powers, joins his techno-genius best friend and an alliance of other "electric" teenagers to battle powerful foes in the jungles of Peru, where Michael learns the Order of Elgen's plan to "restructure" the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mercury Ink/Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
To stop Hatch from using the Elgen fleet to gain world power, Michael and the rest of the Electroclan must destroy the lead ship, but divisions within the Electroclan threaten the success of their operation.
15) The broken road
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Chicago celebrity, Charles James can't shake the nightmare that wakes him each night. He sees himself walking down a long, broken highway the sides of which are lit in flames. Where is he going? Why is he walking? What is the wailing he hears around him? By day, he wonders why he's so haunted and unhappy when he has all he ever wanted-fame, fans and fortune and the lavish lifestyle it affords him. Coming from a childhood of poverty and pain, this...
17) The last promise
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
18) Noel Street
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen--a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner--isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to her...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
On the night of her high school graduation, Richelle Bach's father gives her and her identical twin sister, Michelle, matching opal necklaces. "These opals look identical," he tells them, "but the fire inside each is completely unique--just like the two of you." Indeed, the two sisters couldn't be more different, and their paths diverge as they embark on adulthood. Years pass, until--at their father's behest--they both come home for Christmas. What...
20) Timepiece
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
In 1910s Salt Lake City, Mary Ann Chandler, an Englishwoman, is hired by a millionaire collector of clocks as his secretary and eventually he marries her. The novel traces their bitter-sweet romance. A prequel to The Christmas Box.