Dorothy Brenner Francis / Dorothy Francis

• Apr-2012
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Rafa Blue fights hurricane winds to check on her boat at Key West's Daiquiri Dock Marina only to find dock master, Diego Casterano, dead in the water. Many are under suspicion: Rafa and her boyfriend, Kane Riley; Diego's son, Pablo; dock owners Brick...

• Jul-2011
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Kitt Morgan's hope of a singing career dies after a botched surgery. Moving forward, she earns a job on her Iowa town's police force, trying for a law enforcement career like her father's. While on suspension for shooting an unarmed criminal, Kitt...

• May-2011
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The Ramplings may not be the perfect family, but eleven year old Nicholas has the perfect life. Within the walls of Violet Hill he is king: every demand, every whim of his heart gets fulfilled, and this capricious hunger to possess it all, brings abo...

• Oct-2008
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Singer-songwriter Bailey Green happily accepts a welcome respite from a cold Iowa winter when her longtime friend and benefactor Francine Shipton asks her to come to Key West. But Bailey no sooner arrives at Francine's stunning beachfront estate when...

• Apr-2007
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• Apr-2007
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Key West foot reflexologist Keely Moreno can't say no when Maxine, her office cleaning lady, begs her to help her son Randy clear his name. Twenty years ago, Randy was convicted of murdering his fiancee, only to be newly released on DNA evidence. Now...

• Jan-2005
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Foot reflexologist Keely Moreno arrives for a house call at the home of wealthy Key West civic leader Margaux Ashford, only to find her client dead, a gun in her hand. Suicide? The police say no, it was murder, and Keely tops the suspect list because...

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• Mar-2003
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For newly licensed private investigator Katie Hassworth, it's both, but that's a long story. The short of it is now she's been hired to find the killer of Alexa Chitting, owner of a prosperous marina, bludgeoned by conch shell. While the ...

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• Dec-1987
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VONNIE HAD A SECRET She was determined not to share it with her classmates. After all, it wasn't their business. That would make moving easier. No one could call her "strange" or "different". She'd make a fresh start. This time, she promised herself...

• Aug-1987
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Who would have guessed it? They seemed like such an unlikely combination: square little Vonnie with her guileless blue eyes; tall, cool Monique with her blond mane and sexy figure. Yet now they were a team, pooling their talents and working toward ...

• Jun-1987
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Citing true accounts of computer crimes, this book examines software pirating, malicious computer hacking, and electronic bulletin board fraud; the security measures that hinder such crimes; and the consequences and costs of computer crime...

• May-1987
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Would Vonnie ever get it together ? Vonnie was just beginning to feel at home in Houston. She was doing well in school, had made new friends and was even getting to be known as a leader. Things had settled down after the unfortunate shoplifting epis...

• Nov-1986
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• Apr-1986
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Vonnie was above her head!... She was making new friends and enjoying academic life in Houston. Now it was time to give a party, and she had the perfect opportunity. Monique Wager, the school glamour girl, was returning from Europe to take up her old...

• Feb-1986
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• Dec-1985
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Vonnie was moving again. It was always a heartache and a challenge. This time she was less concerned about her diabetes, for she had picked up an exciting new skill. She knew it would be of help in setting new goals and in making new friends. Sure en...

• Mar-1985
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Vonnie had persuaded her parents to allow her to take a summer job in another town. She wanted her independence and she wanted to prove to her family she could handle her diabetes without supervision. She quickly learned the responsibilities of ...

• Oct-1984
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• Aug-1984
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SHE DIDN'T WANT TO WIN, SHE ONLY WANTED TO SURVIVE... All Allison wants is the chance to prove herself on a 450-mile bike trip her city has planned. What she gets instead is an ominous warning from a fortune-teller. Allison just laughs it off....

• Feb-1984
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• Jun-1983
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An analysis of the costly problem of vandalism in America discusses the young offenders, the juvenile justice system, the causes of vandalism, and what communities and individuals can do to prevent such criminal acts...

• Feb-1983
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• Jan-1983
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Tracy never believed in ghosts...until she saw one! After one night in the old Graydon mansion, Tracy is convinced the place is haunted. She has a frightening nighttime visitor -- Victoria Graydon a ghost girl from another century. Victoria sobs t...

• Sep-1982
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Sixteen-year-old Shay was looking forward to the big move from Connecticut to Oklahoma. There she would have a horse of her own, make new friends, maybe even have a steady boyfriend. Things turned out even better than she had planned. One by one she ...

• Apr-1982
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Cleaning the science room aquarium seemed like a funny way to get to know a boy, and anyway, Pam was too shy to take advantage of the situation. When Steve dropped off a newspaper clipping the next day, Pam hoped that he was expressing at least a cas...

• Oct-1981
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Resenting her parents restrictions Stacey Hipner creates a web of deception with the new boy Garr Garwin but is she really interested in him or merely creating her own independence? WHY WAS SHE CONSTANTLY TORN IN TWO DIRECTIONS? Sixteen-year-o...

• Dec-1979
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Eighteen-year-old Vicki Foster thinks she has her life planned: instead of going on to college, she will marry her boyfriend, get a job, and help him through law school. But it is summer, and she can't turn down the opportunity to go to Honolulu ...

"I need your help...I am being forced to sell Allamanda House... I feel threatened." So read the urgent letter from her grandmother in Florida to Allison Blue, a pretty commercial artist based in New York. More than a little worried, Allison requeste...

To Margo Landon, a willowy brunette, the name Cornwall had a special magic. She has often wondered what her mother's childhood home was like, and now she would be seeing Merton Manor for herself. On her deathbed Wanda Landon had made Margo promis...

Ellen Ferris was aghast at her first sight of Scarlet Point Lodge. When Aunt Madeleine invited her to be resident nurse for the summer, she hadn't mentioned that the hotel she'd recently purchased on the shores of Iowa's Big Spirit Lake was in fact a...

Two weeks on St. Croix with all expenses paid plus her regular salary! Nurse Kristy wells was charged with insuring that her fifteen-year-old patient learned to cope with her diabetes during their visit with her grandmother. While there were two attr...

Ellen Ferris was aghast at her first sight of Scarlet Point Lodge. When Aunt Madeleine invited her to be resident nurse for the summer, she hadn't mentioned that the hotel she'd recently purchased on the shores of Iowa's Big Spirit Lake was in fact a...

Shy, blonde Linda Carrol only felt at ease in her nurse's uniform, which gave her a sense of security and a true place in life. So it was with understandable trepidation that she greeted her uncle's proposal that she accompany him to the Cayman Islan...

Private duty in Marlin Point, Florida, was the last thing Cass Meredith wanted. The month-long assignment had been handed to her by Dr. Wellton, her friend as well as her boss, and he certainly expected her to accept it. The case itself was not what ...

Karin Douglas was leaving Houston Research Clinic forever. A man whom she had dated a few times, Ben Jarome, had committed suicide. The note he left gave the impression that Karin had led him on, then thrown him over. People were willing to accept th...

It had taken Sandy Stafford six years to graduate from music school, but with her Aunt Lotia's help, she had finally acquired the necessary diploma and was soon to begin teaching music in Chicago. But her dream was short-lived. Discovering that A...