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Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920's, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Honh Kongm she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reasses her life and learn how to love.
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2023.
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"Driven and recklessly daring, Martin Sabater follows his lifelong dream of owning a cacao plantation in Valle del Cauca. But on the night of a spectacular gala, he disappears--and is never seen again. Now his hacienda is a budding Catholic hospital saving lives during an emerging epidemic. And novice nun "Sor Puri" is there to uncover the truth behind Martin's disappearance. But her real identity--and her past with the heartbreakingly charismatic...
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c1995
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
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Cheney Duvall's attempt to help the mountain folks in the primitive wilderness of the Ozark Mountains had proven to be a difficult experience for both her and her nurse, Shiloh Iron. When they return to her home in New York, Cheney determines to go into private practice with Devlin Buchanan, a highly successful physician who had previously asked her to marry him. A cholera outbreak threatens when an infected steamship arrives.
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Benjamin January mysteries volume 2
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1998.
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Benjamin January must solve a murder mystery while he is trying to save the people of New Orleans from the deadly cholera epidemic.
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c2012
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When a cholera epidemic sweeps through London, Irish healer and accused murderer Rachel Dunne feels compelled to nurse the dying daughter of the enigmatic physician she has come to love. James Edmunds, wearied by the deaths of too many patients, has his own doubts about God's grace. Together, they will have to face their darkest fears ... and learn what it means to have real faith.
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Bregdan Chronicles volume 8
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[2015]
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"Carrie and her housemates battle cholera in Philadelphia. Her world is turned upside down when she discovers the truth of her heritage. Will it completely change her path? Robert watches his dreams fade before his eyes when he refuses to align himself with southern beliefs after the war. Rose has to face down a new threat, and Moses is forced to step into the role he has avoided. Janie has agreed to marry Matthew, but can she actually move beyond...
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Dr. Thomas Parks novels volume 2
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[2011]
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Busy putting in stitches and bandaging lumberjacks' injuries, young Dr. Thomas Parks has no idea that his worst enemy is lurking in the sleepy village of Port McKinney in the spring of 1892. When one of the working girls at the Clarissa Hotel is brought to the Clinic desperately ill, Thomas's newly arrived associate wastes no time in making the diagnosis--Asian Cholera has somehow found this back water near Puget Sound. The cholera strikes viciously...
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