Orem Library

Joshua Duffy is a Close Protection Agent--a professional bodyguard--and, as such, he's one of the world's elite operatives. That is he was until his last mission in Lebanon. Against all odds, Josh got his primary out alive, but the cost was high--the loss of Josh's lower left leg. There's not much call for a high-end guardian with such an injury. So, Josh has to support his family working as a mall cop in Virginia. For a man like Josh, this is purgatory...

"Horror author and true-crime podcaster Andi Lockley has spent so long researching real-life horror stories, she's practically forgotten what dating is. But when a detective moves next door and provides new fodder for her podcast--and a sense of safety she hasn't felt in a long time--she starts to wonder if it's time to retire her trust-no-man mentality"-- Andi Lockley narrowly escaped a dangerous man years ago, and every relationship since has been...

"With her two younger sisters heading for the altar, will Samantha Castle exchange old dreams for new ones? Lately she'd rather be on the North Carolina coast with family than in New York with agents and actors. Though she vows not to let her teenage crush on Ethan Cole influence her decision, it's hard to ignore her feelings for the local war hero. Ethan lost more than his leg in Afghanistan. He lost his belief in love. Even being surrounded by couples...

In India, a girl who excels at Bharatanatyam dance refuses to give up after losing a leg in an accident.

When Dr. Mike Scanlon is called to serve as an army doctor in Afghanistan, he's acutely aware of the dangers he'll face and the hardships it will cause his wife Chloe and their newborn baby. But as Mike operates on a wounded soldier in a war-torn country, Chloe dies in their kitchen, a victim of an apparent household accident. Mike returns home to bury her only to discover that the life he left behind has fallen apart.

"Riley Callahan's plans to reveal his secret feelings for his best friend are ruined when his life is drastically altered by an IED while serving as a marine in Afghanistan"--

Fourth-grader Donavan is sensitive about the problems he has understanding math, and then when his favorite uncle, a former high school basketball star, returns from National Guard duty an amputee, Donavan's problems get even worse as he struggles to accept this "new" Uncle Vic.

Surviving a shark attack that cost her an arm, high school senior Jane, an aspiring artist, reevaluates her ambitions and sense of identity while harboring a crush on her attractive tutor and considering a relationship with a boy from her science class.

What's the point of pretending nothing has changed when everything has? It's the last summer before college, and Jonas Avery knows he should be excited. Instead, he hides out at home, avoiding his friends, his family, and everything that resembles his old life. Because nothing will be normal again--because of The Accident, when everything started falling apart. Brennan Davis knows she needs to stand up and face her anxiety--the deep, dark, debilitating...

Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing provides a fictional account of her parent's experiences during World War I, when her father was a farmer turned soldier who lost a leg, and her mother was a nurse stationed at Royal Free Hospital; and also describes their relationship after the close of the Great War, based on the real-life memories of the author.