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41) Take me home
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Miller's Creek, Wisconsin, 1945. Olivia Marsten never imagined she'd be a war bride. But when her childhood best friend surprises her with a marriage proposal, she reluctantly accepts. She can't bear to send him off to serve in the Navy with a broken heart ... even though her heart belongs to someone else. Sparks fly the moment mysterious stranger Peter Becker lays eyes on Olivia. He never hesitated to pull her out of harm's way, risking his own life...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An acclaimed storyteller returns with "a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery" that explores "family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream" (Jean Kwok). The residents of Haven, Wisconsin have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant's delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, happy to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. But when brash, charismatic, and tyrannical patriarch Leo Chao is found dead--presumed...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The actions of two young working men with secrets ignite the passions and violence of a small Wisconsin town still haunted by the unsolved disappearance of three boys in the 1970s"--
"What if? What if Sean Courtland's old Chevy truck had broken down somewhere else? What if he'd never met Denise Givens, a waitress at a local tavern, and gotten into a bar fight defending her honor? Or offered a ride to Dan Young, another young man like Sean, burdened...
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for seventy years. Known locally as the "funeral ladies," she and her cohort have worked hard to keep the mourners of Ellerie County fed-it is her firm belief that there is very little a warm casserole and a piece of cherry pie can't fix. But, after falling for an internet scam that puts her home at risk, the proud Larson family matriarch is the one in need of help these days....
45) Shoulder season
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling portrait of a young woman coming into her own, the youthful allure of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and what we lose-and gain-when we leave home. The small town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is an unlikely location for a Playboy Resort, and nineteen-year old Sherri Taylor is an unlikely bunny. Growing up in neighboring East Troy, Sherri plays the organ at the local church and has never felt comfortable in her own skin. But when her parents...
46) Once was a time
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In the war-ravaged England of 1940, Lottie Bromley and her best friend Kitty McLaughlin are inseparable. They read their favorite books, they play imaginary games, and they promise to stick together, no matter what the future may bring. But that future is more uncertain than they could imagine, as Lottie's scientist father has unearthed a staggering truth: time travel is real. And when this discovery attracts the attention of cruel forces, throwing...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eli North is not okay. His drinking is getting worse by the day, his emotional wounds after a deployment to Afghanistan are as raw as ever, his marriage and career are over, and the only job he can hold down is with the local sheriff's department. And that's only because the sheriff is his mother--and she's overwhelmed with small town Shaky Lake's dwindling budget and the fallout from the opioid epidemic. The Northwoods of Wisconsin may be a vacationer's...
48) Monkeewrench
Author
Series
Monkeewrench volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Haunted by a series of horrifying and violent episodes in their past, Grace McBride and the oddball crew of her software company, Monkeewrench, create a computer game where the killer is always caught, where the good guys always win. But their game becomes a nightmare when someone starts duplicating the fictional murders in real life down to the last detail.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
When her fiance Mike is left paralyzed following a tragic accident, Carrie Bell begins to question her familiar world, from her everyday life in Wisconsin to her relationships, as she sets out to rediscover her own identity.
Author
Series
Claire Watkins mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Tyrus Books
Pub. Date
©2010.
Language
English
Description
"Pepin County is in the grip of an icy winter; twenty degrees below zero as the new year rolls in. Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins is happy. She's been living with Rich Haggard, and as they sit together awaiting midnight, she feels ready to step into the marriage he's wanted all along. But not all marriages last. Car mogul Daniel Walker is celebrating New Year's Eve alone, roasting in his sauna with a bottle of Belvedere vodka by his side. His soon-to-be-ex-wife...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Preparing for a dangerous snowstorm in rural Wisconsin, sheriff Paul Summers finds his efforts hampered by the arrival of a mysterious group of criminals, a suspicious disappearance, rumors of cult activity, and the murder of a former lover.
Author
Series
Dairy queen trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
Author
Series
Claire Watkins mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Too often guys in pickup trucks drive on the ice of Lake Pepin before it's thick enough to hold their vehicles. A little drinking is usually one of the underlying causes of this stupid move. But Buck was tied to the driver's seat, and that makes it murder. Deputy sheriff Claire Watkins knows that Buck's been seeing Stephanie Klaus, and she knows Stephanie has been beaten. Does that mean Stephanie had something to do with his death? It wouldn't be...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
It's 1946, after the end of WWII, and Christina Tucker decides to take a nursing job in the small town of Longstock, Wisconsin, working with Dr. Samuel Barlow. Dr. Barlow is well-regarded by the people of Longstock, except for one man: Morris Doyle. Morris believes that his younger brother Jimmy died as a result of Barlow's shoddy care and he is determined to punish the doctor for what he's done -- even if it means hurting those the doctor loves most,...
Author
Series
Wilderness brides volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
After Tarver Elementary School's unpopular principal is murdered, PTA secretary and mother of two Beth Kennedy puts aside bake sales and class trip fund-raisers to catch a killer. And when members of the PTA become suspects, she realizes solving this murder will not be as easy as ABC ...
57) The off season
Author
Series
Dairy queen trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
High school junior D.J. staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.
58) Front and center
Author
Series
Dairy queen trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
During her junior year basketball season, D.J. faces the dual challenges of college recruiting and romance.
Author
Series
Holland Taylor mysteries volume 3
Publisher
A Foul Play Press Book
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
PI Holland Taylor of St. Paul searches for a missing woman, falling in love with her photo. Question is, was she murdered by a convicted rapist or, as Taylor hopes, did she disappear to get away from her husband.
Author
Series
Wilderness brides volume 3
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When Quaker Rachel Woolsey nurses a former Civil war soldier back to health, he agrees to help her achieve her dream of having her own bakery and a homestead in Pepin, Wisconsin"--
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