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Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club volume 124
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Stacey is baby-sitting for the Brooke family, who are new in town, and she thinks their single father would be a perfect for her single mother. But neither the Brooke kids nor Stacey's mom are so sure about her matchmaking plans.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2009], c1986
Language
English
Description
"Single mom Dori Robertson is suddenly under pressure to find a new father for her eleven-year-old son. And he's already chosen the guy--former pro-football player Gavin Parker. As it turns out, Gavin's daughter wants her dad to marry again, too. When the kids join forces, Gavin suggests he and Dori start dating, just to satisfy the kids. Dori figures it's safe enough... until he kisses her!"--P. [4] of cover.
6) Later
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes growing up means facing your demons. The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine - as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer...
7) Porch lights
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivans Island. Crossing the bridge from the mainland, Jackie and Charlie enter a world full of wonder and magic--lush green...
8) The newcomer
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Single dad and Thunder Point's deputy sheriff Mac McCain has worked hard to keep everyone safe and happy. Now he has found his own happiness with Gina James. The longtime friends have always shared the challenges and rewards of raising their adolescent daughters. With an unexpected romance growing between them, they are feeling like teenagers themselves; suddenly they cannot get enough of one another. And just when things are really taking off, their...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A taciturn carpenter has been too busy putting the final details on others' homes to pay much attention to his own fixer-upper. But when his wife becomes pregnant with their first child, he realizes he'll need to apply his art closer to home. For Taz and Marnie, their dreams are coming into focus, sustained by their deep sense of love and now family. The blueprint for the perfect life eludes Taz, plummeting him head first in the new strange world...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Josie and her husband have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée's family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation:...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Single mom Heather Donovan's dreams of home and family are seemingly within reach when she settles in Chesapeake Shores. The welcoming arms of the boisterous, loving O'Brien clan embrace her and her son. But accepting their support seems to further alienate her son's father, Connor O'Brien. His parents' divorce and his career as a divorce attorney have left him jaded about marriage. Then everything changes. Will the possibility of a future without...
12) The perfect man
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
When Holly Hamilton conceives a plan to create an imaginary secret admirer to sweep her single mother off her feet so they can stay in Brooklyn, the virtual relationship takes off and Holly soon finds herself having to produce a real face behind the emails, notes, and gifts.
When Holly Hamilton creates an imaginary secret admirer to sweep her single mother off her feet so they can stay in Brooklyn, the virtual relationship takes off and Holly has...
Author
Publisher
Viking, An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When two high school students with different ideas about their futures meet while touring colleges, they come to value each other's point of view, and an unexpected romance unfolds.
Fitz Holton waits in fear for the day his single mother's early-onset Alzheimer's starts stealing her memory. He vows to stay close to home to care for her, despite the college tour she's forcing him on. Juniper Ramirez is counting down the days until she can leave home,...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A man who loves adventure and the open sea, Devin Murphy returns for a short Christmas trip to his small hometown of Eternity Springs. Immersed in the joy and magic of the holiday season all around him, he doesn't hesitate to play along when a young boy phones Santa to ask for a very special wish. Devin never guesses that a wrong number has the potential to make everything in his life so right. A man who loves adventure and the open sea, Devin Murphy...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A cold creek homecoming: "When Quinn Southerland returns home to Winder Ranch, Idaho, to find former high school queen bee Tess Claybourn serving as his dying mother's hospice nurse, he's far from pleased. But recently widowed Tess has done a lot of growing up since then. And as the two reconnect, she can't help but wonder if there's room in Quinn's tortured heart for forgiveness--and maybe even love ..."--Page 4 of cover.
A cold creek reunion: After...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A heartbreaking and moving story about a daughter's quest to discover the truth about her father's hidden past. Ada Sibelius is raised by David, a single father and head of a computer science lab in Boston. Homeschooled, she accompanies her loving father--brilliant, eccentric, socially inept--to work every day. By twelve, she is a painfully shy prodigy. At the same time that the lab begins to gain acclaim, David's mind begins to falter and his mysterious...
17) One perfect lie
Author
Language
English
Description
"One Perfect Lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being...
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