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"It is the early 1860s and twelve-year-old Erik Larson and his Swedish family are headed west in a wagon train from Minnesota to find a valley in pre-Idaho Territory. The family holds high hopes that their new home will provide the happiness they seek--that is, until a deadly illness strikes. When Erik's own mother becomes ill, the wagon master decides to push ahead, intent on outracing a blizzard. Unfortunately, winter arrives with a vengeance, and...
102) Season of the snake
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"When tragedy leaves her life in shambles, Nance flees her Wisconsin hometown and its reminders of grief, creating a new life in the West. She is a scientist, specializing in rattlesnakes and attrition rates in dens, believing that "you can overcome fear, control the level of risk by being prepared, by knowing your subject." Now with a home in Lewiston, Idaho, overlooking the Snake River, and her marriage to Ned Able, a grade school principal, Nance...
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"It is 1862 as nine-year-old Katrine Larson heads west to a mountain valley in pre-Idaho Territory with her family and several other Swedish families. But when her parents and older brother are separated from the main wagon train, Katrine suddenly becomes an orphan. The Swedish families want nothing more than to create new lives in America. Unfortunately none are prepared for the brutal realities of farming in wilderness populated by Sheepeater Indians...
106) A Hopeless spring
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"Spring is in full bloom in Hopeless and that means several things. Hope and Alex are finally together. Three new candidates for mayor have been announced. And the best shooter in town just wound up dead. Can Hope discover the truth once again?"--Back cover.
108) A Hopeless Rodeo
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The people closest to Hope have been keeping secrets. First, there's Granny who's about to embark on a very unexpected adventure. Then there's Alex. And now that the Rodeo has come to town, his secret is about to come out. There's just one problem. Alex's secret might just get someone killed.
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"Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels ... off. As the days pass, Ethan's investigation into the disappearance...
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The Addisons - Julia and Tonio, ten-year-old Dewey and derelict Uncle Robbie - are driving home, cross-country, after collecting Robbie from yet anohter stint in rehab. When a blizzard strikes outside the town of Good Night, Idaho, they seek refuge at the Travelers Rest, a formerly opulent but now crumbling and errie hotel where the physical laws of the universe are bent.
116) A Hopeless storm
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"A Hopeless Storm is the exciting conclusion to Season Two of the Hope Walker Mysteries. Questions. There are still important questions in the small town of Hopeless, Idaho. Like...What will happen with Hope and Alex? Why did Hope's mom leave so many years ago? Why do dead bodies keep showing up? And what will happen when the biggest storm in decades comes to Hopeless?"--Back cover.
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When six hunters are found dead shortly after the season opens, law enforcement investigates the seemingly connected murders, a link that's confirmed when an unknown anti-hunting extremist demands that the season be closed. Despite safety concerns, the state refuses, an angered hunting community reacts, and more hunters fall victim. As FBI Agent Max Miller learns about the deadly, ghost-like killer and takes to the mountains trying to cross his path,...
120) Then came you
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Veterinary intern Emily can't believe she wound up in the small town of Sunshine, Idaho, instead of in a Los Angeles clinic like she had always imagined. Now she has to put her plans to move to L.A. on hold for a whole year while she fulfills the obligation of her vet school scholarship. Then Wyatt, her gorgeous one-night stand from a Reno vet conference, introduces himself as her new boss. And Emily is just as drawn to his seductive looks and quiet...