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41) Love's dwelling
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English
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"The first in a new Amish romance series set in Kansas, Love's Dwelling reminds us that family is more than what you are born into; it's who you choose as well"--
Cassie Yoder loves her job as a housekeeper for elderly couple Job and Dinah Keim. Their only children, a son and daughter, left the Haven, Kansas, district and their faith more than twenty years earlier with no contact. When Child Protective Services shows up on the Keims' doorstep with...
42) Cavendon Hall
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English
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"Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them, just as their ancestors did over the centuries. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife Felicity and their six children: Guy, the heir, who is studying at Cambridge; their younger son Miles, attending Eton; and their four daughters Diedre, Daphne, DeLacy and Dulcie, affectionately called the Four Dees by the staff. Walter Swann,...
43) The help
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Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
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English
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""The Dollhouse. That's what we boys like to call it. The Barbizon Hotel for Women, packed to the rafters with pretty little dolls. Just like you." Fiona Davis's stunning debut novel pulls readers into the lush world of New York City's glamorous Barbizon Hotel for Women, where a generation of aspiring models, secretaries, and editors lived side-by-side while attempting to claw their way to fairy-tale success in the 1950s, and where a present-day journalist...
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English
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating epic saga of courage and honor, following the aristocratic Inghams and the loyal Swann family who have served them for centuries. It is 1938 in England, and Miles and Cecily Ingham have lead the family in bringing the Cavendon estate back from the brink of disaster. But now, with the arrival of World War II, Cavendon Hall will face its biggest challenge yet. It is a challenge that...
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English
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"For years things have run smoothly at Cavendon Hall, with very few quarrels, dramas, or upsets among the Inghams and the Swanns. But since the end of World War II, things have changed. The Secrets of Cavendon picks up in the summer of 1949, with the new generation of the estate at the forefront of the scandal and intrigue. With romance, betrayal, heartbreak, and possible murder threatening to tear them apart, the Inghams and Swanns will have to find...
47) Mrs. Miracle
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When her acting career does not take off, but her sister does with her fiance, Reba returns home to become a preschool teacher, and director of the Christmas pageant. After his wife dies, widower Seth Webster moves to town with his rambunctious twin boys. Mrs. Merkle, who is dubbed 'Mrs. Miracle' by the boys, is hired as a nanny and soon has the boys behaving nicely. It isn't long before Mrs. Miracle is sowing the seeds of love for Reba and Seth too....
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English
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"A woman hires a housekeeper to care for her aging parents--only to watch as she takes over their lives in this riveting novel of suspense from the New York Times bestselling author called "an ingenious master of domestic suspense" (Samantha M. Bailey). In the end, I have only myself to blame. I'm the one who let her in. Jodi Bishop knows success. She's the breadwinner, a top-notch real estate agent. Her husband, Harrison . . . not so much. Once,...
50) Mrs. Doubtfire
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English
Description
Daniel Hillard is no ordinary father, so when he learns his ex-wife needs a housekeeper, he applies for the job. With the perfect wig, a little makeup and a dress for all occasions, he becomes Mrs. Doubtfire, a devoted British housekeeper who is hired on the spot. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, the disguised Daniel creates a whole new life with his entire family.
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Series
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Love Inspired
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English
Description
"Returning home for the holidays after an unexpected pregnancy, Clara Fisher needs a fresh start. And working as a housekeeper for Tucker Church and his teenage niece is the first step. Clara still has hard choices to make, but Tucker might be just the person to help her forget her fears. Could the path to her new future also lead to love?"--Back cover.
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Publisher
Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Brand Merrick is a take-charge cowboy who considers relax a four-letter word. So when an injury lands him six weeks of physical therapy, he intends to keep right on working-until his grandmother hires a therapist to stay at their family ranch. He's not used to following orders, or slowing down, but Avery Grant has a way of getting him to do things he'd never thought he'd do ... Avery hates to admit it, but this super sexy rancher is testing her patience...and...
Author
Series
Montana strong volume 2
Publisher
Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Returning home to his family's ranch, cowboy Sam Monroe meets new housekeeper Penny Cash, who takes an instant dislike to him, until he proves his worth when trouble comes calling, in a volume that includes a novella by A.J. Pine.
55) Amelia Bedelia
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia series volume 1
Publisher
Lectorum Publications
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
Español
Description
Una ama de llaves crea mucho l�io en la casa cuando cumple con su trabajo al pie de la letra.
A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.
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Series
Carson City chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Walker Large Print
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Description
In an age when robber barons and get-rich-quick schemes abound, a charismatic land developer arrives in Carson City and into the lives of Judith and Judge Kingston. It doesn't take Major Lansford Fallon long to win the affections of widowed Marthellen Farnsworth--Judith Kingston's housekeeper and dearest friend. And it takes Fallon even less time to win the financial backing of the town's leading citizens when he presents a plan to build a health...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
After years of feeling lost, Lord Beckman Haddonfield agrees to restore a relative's estate in an effort to gain some purpose. As time passes, much at Three Springs isn't adding up and a dalliance with the shy and beautiful housekeeper might reveal much more than Beckman ever hoped for. Sara Hunt is enjoying the attention she's receiving from the estate's handsome visitor but knows his affection would die should he ever uncover her horrible secret....
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Series
Tsubaki Chou Lonely Planet volume Volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Fumi started her job as the live-in housekeeper for the acclaimed--and very crabby--author Akatsuki Kibikino, she never thought in a million years that she'd get along with him...yet here she is, her heart fluttering at every tiny gesture! Not that she's got time to dwell on what it could all mean--with the new kid at school treating her like a gofer, her dad stuck in bed with an injury, and the ever-present loan looming over her head, Fumi's...
Author
Series
Jane Jeffry mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Beeler Large Print
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English