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Deaf
Characters in
Fiction
Romance
(recently
dicovered)
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Rachel
Lee/ Mercedes Lackey/Catherine Asaro - Charmed Destinies
(Short Stories)
(Harlequin
LUNA)
Moonglow
by Nebula Award?winning author Catherine Asaro
In a world where kings married for magic,
Iris Larkspur was required to wed the prince—despite the
spell that kept him deaf, mute and blind. Healing her bridegroom
would take a power greater than any she'd ever known—one
only two bonded hearts could provide! |
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Kelly
Adams - The
Silent Heart
(Second
Chance at Love, No 461)
Sensitive
and vulnerable, Laura finds herself responding to David's pursuit
wholeheartedly, yet fearfully. Her deafness has led to conflict
before.....
[Kelly
Adams aka Kelly Jamison, aka Linda Buechting] |
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Catherine
Anderson - Annie's Song
Alex
is horrified to learn his brother forced himself on a helpless
girl. Tormented by guilt, Alex marries her and intends to
raise the child she carries. Soon after the wedding, Alex
discovers that Annie, the "idiot" daughter of a
local judge, is not mentally handicapped but deaf. As
Alex learns to communicate with Annie, he awakens her unexplored
self to a world of love.
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Rebecca
Anderson - Christmas Spirit
(Paranormal Romance)
Diana Christmas grew up hearing her jovial grandfather, Sparky,
talk about the family's indomitable "Christmas spirit."
She assumed he meant a general attitude of humor and determination.
When she inherits Christmas House, however, the family's rambling
turn-of-the century home high on a seaside cliff in North
California, she discovers Sparky might have been talking about
more than attitude when he referred to Christmas spirit...
Christmas House has a ghost! And not your run-of-the-mill
specter moving furniture and rattling chains. This earthbound
spirit, Alex White, is playful, handsome, and very sexy.
Deaf Character - 5-year old Emma Christmas
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Susan
Andersen - Baby I'm Yours
heroine is a hearing daughter of deaf parents. A teacher for
the Deaf. ASL plays a part in the plot. And there is a minor
deaf character in the story.
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Jennifer
Armstrong - Mary
Mehan Awake
The close of the civil war finds Maryl emotionally traumatized
and she travels to Lake Ontario. There she meets another "wounded
chick", Henry Till, who returned from the war deaf. (Young
Adult)
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Jennifer
Ashley - The Pirate Hunter
Historical
Romance [Setting: 1813, Regency London]
Heroine
is Diana. Her daughter, Isabeau Worthing is deaf. |
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Kathy
Attalla - Silent Heart
(Avalon Romance)
When
Luke Clayborne accepts the invitation to his younger sister's
commencement ceremony, his tightly woven existence begins
to unravel. His deaf sibling leaves him with no doubt that
she resents his failure to learn how to communicate with her
in Sign Language. Jade Allenwood is a woman caught between
her two cultures. The one-time musical prodigy lost her hearing
in an accident. Necessity forced her to trade her piano keys
for computer keys and get on with her life. As a business
teacher and guidance counselor at the Kennelworth Institute
for the Deaf, she has become a passionate spokesperson for
her students.
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Amazon |
Elizabeth August - Lucky Penny
(Silhouette Romance, No. 945)
All Celina Warley craved in her silent world was a child.
But in a small town like Smytheshire, Massachusetts,
a baby needed a father-and a woman needed a husband! “Mr.
Maybe” had eluded her all her life, until Celina unearthed
a penny and its luck brought her Dr. Reid Prescott.
Reid knew the town wanted a "family-oriented" physician.
Trouble was, he didn't think he could handle the emotional
entanglements of marriage. He found his solution in Celina's
own dilemma and agreed to the convenient union. It would work
out perfectly. Unless his luck turned . . . and he fell in
love!
Heroine is deaf
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Elizabeth
August
- A Father's Vow
(SR 1126 - 1/96) Daddy wants
a wife
Lucas Carver owed Felicity Burrow a debt he could never repay.
She had miraculously transformed his son's silent world while
adding joy to his own. And though they had never met before,
Lucas felt Felicity was tied to him in unimaginable ways....
Felicity was certain that Lucas would do anything for his
little boy--even convince himself that he loved her! It was
hard to resist the boy's plea to become his mommy, but ignoring
Lucas's powerful attraction proved even harder. Could Felicity
believe his claims that they shared a special bond? Or was
her hope for a family of her own just wishful thinking?
This Smytheshire single dad has marriage on his mind!
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Jane
Austen - Mansfield Park
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you know of this title or deaf character, please email the
info to me at info@myshelf.com
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Mary
Balogh - Heartless
Georgian-era Romance
"Life has taught Lucas Kendrick, Duke of Harndon, that
a heart is a decided liability. Betrayed by his brother, rejected
by his fiancée, Luke fled to Paris, where he became
the most sought-after bachelor in fashionable society. Ten
years later, fate has brought him back home, to the rescue
of the very people who had once shunned him. Luke is amused
by the advice that a wife will make his takeover of both the
title and the family estate smoother, but amusement turns
to desire once he sets eyes upon Lady Anna Marlowe. Unbeknownst
to Luke, Anna is also no stranger to pain, but her suffering
can't be so easily overcome, not when her tormentor stalks
her to the very doors of Bowden Abbey. Luke and Anna, each
made fragile by the past, must learn to trust both each other
and their love if they are to have any chance for a future
together." -- Publishers Weekly
Deaf character is heroine's sister. Later a main character
in Silent Melody, listed below
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Mary
Balogh - Silent Melody
(Historical Romance )
Lady
Emily Marlowe has never forgotten Lord Ashley Kendrick, who
went to India when she was very young and married someone
else there. She is engaged to another man when Ashley returns,
widowed and alone and desperately unhappy. Emily's love is
revived, but Ashley harbors a deep, dark, dangerous secret,
and she can neither hear not speak.
Heroine
is deaf.
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Leanne
Banks - Some Girls
Do
(Contemporary Romance)
Heroine's
brother Jeremy is deaf, and his school requires a large tuition,
thus her new job. Unknown how much if any time is spent with
Jeremy in the book.
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Deborah
Benét - Wrangler's Lady
( Rapture Romance 64)
-- Hero's
nephew is deaf.
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Amazon |
Ariel
Berk - Silent Beginnings
(Silhouette Desire #93 - 10/83)
-- Hero's
daughter, Amy is deaf.
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New Concept Publishing |
Crystal B. Bright - Kissing
Casanova
e-Book - Contemporary Interracial romance
In order to ignite some spark into their professional wrestling
company, the owners are hoping a week-long expose article on
their top wrestler, Casanova, will bring in new fans. However,
Casanova is no fan of journalists or opening up about his life,
especially with the secrets he's trying to hide. Not good for
Soledad Monroe, a spoiled, rich socialite-party girl who hates
that her parents have forced her to work as a journalist at
one of their magazines so that she can start being more responsible.
Plus her parents want to keep her from the altar. A seven-time
divorcee, Soledad marries like it's a hobby. For a wrestler
whose shtick is asking planted women in the audience to marry
him, the world is waiting for him to propose and fill in spot
number eight....
Secondary character is deaf. Best friend of the hero.
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Sandra
Brown - Unspeakable
(Romantic Suspense)
A deaf
woman, her child, and father-in-law who are targets of some
violent escapees.
(Plenty of deaf characterization and signing. A mature subject
with strong language.)
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Rachel
Ryan (aka Sandra Brown) - Eloquent
Silence
(Romantic Suspense)
(Dated
storyline. Somedeaf characterization and signing.)
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Sandra
Canfield - Star Song
(Harlequin
Superromance, 519)
Romance
about Claire and Nash. Claire is deaf and so is Nash's daughter
Amy Anne. Nash is hearing.
[Sandra
Canfield (aka Sandi Shane, Karen Keast) ] |
Amazon |
Susannah
Carleton - A Twist
of Fate
(Signet Regency Romance)
Madeline
Graves is a severely hearing imparied widow, injuries caused
by her abusive husband. Note: I gave this a B Kisses Only.
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Amazon |
Marisa
Carroll - Last-Minute Marriage
(HSR 942 - 10/00)
-- Hero
has a hearing impaired son.
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Dick
Claassen - Love Signs
(ebook)
Peter
is deaf. Molly is hearing. They meet in a most gentle way
and learn to communicate; not just in thought, but in love.
But the outside forces that bring them together are anything
but gentle as Peter and Molly are taken through the terrifying
tragedy of past lives that haunts them in their present life.
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Amazon (click on covers) |
Catherine
Cookson - The Mallen Girl
- Our John Willie, (Thunder
on the Right???)
The
Mallen Girl - Even as a child Barbara was beaufiful. But
as her beauty grew, so did the affliction which shadowed it.
She was becoming more and more deaf. Yet, living in
an almost silent world, Barbara was protected from the knowledge
which might otherwise have destroyed herthe secret of
her own origins.
Our John Willie - Two
orphans, one deaf and mute, struggle to stay alive by
relying on their own wits and stolen food from a formidable
recluse.
Thunder
on the Right was a title mentioned to me, but I can't
seem to find it.
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Catherine
Coulter - Season
of the Sun
Magnus
is a Viking farmer-merchant who seeks revenge on Zarabeth.
He saves her from the court and takes her home to be his slave.Accompanied
by her young, deaf half-sister Lotti, Zarabeth sails
for Norway to make a new life as Magnus's slave.
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Barbara
White Daille - A
Rancher's Pride
(Harlequin
American Romance) Sam Robertson's life just changed. In one
short day, he found out that he's a daddy; that his beautiful
little girl, Becky, is deaf; and that her aunt, sign language
teacher Kayla Ward, intends to fight him for custody.
There are plenty of reasons Sam shouldn't fall for Kayla.
A city girl like her has no place on his ranch, particularly
when she's his ex-wife's gorgeous sister. But thanks to the
judge's orders, Sam's spending a lot of time with Kayla, trying
to give Becky the stable home she's never known.
Despite their ongoing custody battle, Sam and Kayla's love
for Becky brings them closer than they ever expected, and
Sam knows that no matter who wins in court, he could still
lose—Kayla or his daughter.
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Lee
Damon - Summer Sunrise
(Harlequin Super Romance 135)
Tally,
the heroine, has a deaf sister who is married to a wonderful
husband and they are fantastic dancers. (From notes I gleaned
on a previous Book Sleuth query, I think it was).
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Echelon Press
Dollar Download |
Natalie
J. Damschroder - To Heal
the Soul
The
senseless murder of Lexa Roberto’s father has left her
empty and alone. She needs a miracle. What she gets is Logan
McKnight, a deaf mute. He wanders onto her property from nowhere
and soon she wonders how she ever managed without him.
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Lacy
Dancer - His Woman’s
Gift
(Kismet Romance #163 Published
by Meteor Publishing Corporation. 1993. ISBN: 1-56597-078-0.)
Deaf
character is Eve Noble.
Then Professor Sloane McGuire was asked to escort a certain
guest lecturer during her visit to Duke University, he couldn't
say no. Eve Noble's writings had touched him, made him think,
wish and remember. She was living proof that a silent world
was not a prison, but a way to embrace life with a new perspective.
As her personal guide, Sloane would give her the respect and
privacy she deserved.
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Amazon |
Rebecca Daniels - L.A.
Midnight
(Silhouette Intimate Moments 431)
Suddenly Miles Richards had to be a father to an orphaned
deaf boy he couldn't communicate with. And the only woman
he wanted help from was the same woman who'd walked out on
him without an explanation. Teresa Sandoval worked with the
hearing impaired, and she wouldn't turn away a helpless child.
And this time, Miles wouldn't let her turn him away, either.
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Karen
Denison - Amy
(filmed, starring Amy Irving)
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you know of this title or deaf character, please email the
info to me at info@myshelf.com
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Barbara
Delinsky - The Passions of Chelsea Kane
(There is a deaf character, but I don't want to spoil the
read)
After the death of her adoptive
mother, thirty-six-year-old Chelsea Kane is consumed by the
need to uncover her biological heritage. Taking a break from
her successful architecture career, she arrives in the New
Hampshire town where she was born, determined to learn the
truth, her only clue a tarnished silver key.
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Charles
Dickens - Dr. Marigold
(a copyright free text file
on the Net)
Originally
published in 1865, Dr. Marigold was extremely successful,
as were Dickens's public performances of a play based on the
story - fascinating and easy to read. Doctor (it is his given
name) Marigold is a "Cheap Jack" or what we would
call a street peddler. Doctor Marigold's fortunes reverse
when he adopts a deaf and mute girl whose mother is dead
and whose stepfather, owner of a traveling circus, beats her.
Dr Marigold recalls an overwhelming passion across two cultures
- hearing and deaf.
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Susan
Drake - Hear No Evil
(Silhouette Intimate Moments,
No 588)
Molly
Light is deaf and uses her painting to speak for her.
Stefanos Metadorakis wants her to paint pictures for his hotels
in Greece.
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Amazon |
Elizabeth Doyle -
Beyond Paradise
(Renaissance/Pirate )
Hero is deaf and reads lips. (Another book sleuth query note,
I believe).
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Amazon |
Candace Bowen Early -
A Knight of Silence
(Medieval Romance)
Nineteen
year old Reina of Kenwick knows a lot about adversity. Deaf
from a childhood illness, she is about to be banished to a
convent by her cold and distant father. Baron Fulke of Erlegh
has a tragic past. Throwing himself into a life of battle
and debauchery, Fulke is removed from the field and commanded
to take a bride. King Henry I. is a changed man since losing
his only son and heir in the White Ship sinking. Intent to
name his only daughter, Matilda, the first Queen of England,
he seeks advantage over powerful opposition. Discovering Reina's
unique ability to lip-read, Henry separates the two lovers
and coerces Reina to spy for the crown under threat of harm
to Fulke. In a battle between love and loyalty, Fulke and
his courageous band of knights enact a plan that will free
Reina from the king's grip or cause all of them to be executed
for treason in... A Knight of Silence.
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Suzanne
Ellison -
Words Unspoken
(HSR
308 - 5/88 )
-- Meredith Kelsey, an interpreter for the deaf,
was glad to help hearing-impaired marine biologist, Gunnar Nilsson.
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Amazon |
Marie
Ferrarella - Heart to Heart
(SR 632 - 12/89)
-- heroine is deaf and mute, works as a mime at a theme park.
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Amazon |
Gaelen
Foley - The Duke
(Historical
Romance)
A
female character in the book is deaf. The character it one
that is to be part of an assumed marriage.
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Amazon |
Roz Denny Fox - A
Mom for Matthew
(Single Father - Harlequin
Superromance #1290)
Zeke Rossetti likes things to run smoothly. He's the
single father of a deaf child, and his job managing offshore
oil sites in the Texas Gulf doesn't allow for distractions.
Grace Stafford is definitely a distraction.
She's searching for a downed plane, hoping to clear her grandfather's
World War Two record. Unfortunately, Grace's mission interferes
with Zeke's work--and he realizes the quickest way to get
rid of her is to help her.
Zeke's been burned before. His ex-wife left him and Matthew.
As he grows closer to Grace, Zeke begins to suspect she's
the woman for him--but can she be a mom for Matthew?
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Dorothy
Garlock - Sins of Summer
(Historical)
A lonely
mother and widow living among her mean-spirited brothers in
an Idaho logging camp meets a rugged but sorrowful frontiersman
who promises love and ignites a family feud. Frontiersman
has a deaf daughter.
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Amazon |
Jacqueline
Gilbert - The Chequered Silence
( Harlequin Romance no. 2631)
Heroine going deaf but has
an operation to restore her hearing.
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Amazon |
Kristi
Gold - Cowboy For Keep
(Desire,
1308)
Heroine's daughter is hearing-impaired |
Amazon |
Emma
Goldrick - Silence Speaks For Love
(Harlequin Presents 11465)
Female
lead is mute, not deaf.
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Lucy
Gordon - For
the Sake of His Child
High-flying
businessman Carson Page loves his young son, but Joey is deafand
Carson is unable to communicate with him.
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Amazon |
Kristin
Hannah - Once in Every Life
Moments
after her death, contemporary deaf woman Tess Gregory is reincarnated
into the body of Amarylis Rafferty, a hearing woman living in
post-Civil War America. In her new life, she is no longer deaf. |
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Barbara Hazard - Midnight
Magic
(Gothic Regency)
Elinor Fielding is the heroine and a heiress who comes to
the Cornish coast as the companion to Sir Robert Grenville's
deaf daughter.
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Metsy
Hingle - Navy Dad
(Silhouette Desire 1416)
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you know of this title or deaf character, please email the
info to me at info@myshelf.com
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Neesa
Hart -
A Kiss to Dream On
(Avon Light Contemporary Romances)
(From
Publishers Weekly) Hart offers a strong contemporary romance
that tackles deafness as both a personal problem and a sociopolitical
issue. While reporting in Bosnia, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
Jackson Puller is devastated when he witnesses the brutal death
of a boy he'd been writing about. When Jackson returns home
to Washington, D.C., his boss decides he needs a change of pace
and assigns him a series of columns on the Wishing Star
foundation, run by Dr. Cammy Glynn, a once-deaf psychiatrist
who can now hear with the aid of a Cochlear implant. Cammy's
immense distrust of journalists, as well as other issues including
her hearing impairment, makes her wary of getting too close
to Jackson. He has no such qualms, however, and is determined
to win her love and trust. For all of Jackson's inner turmoil,
he is a hero readers will admire. Both he and Cammy are among
the walking wounded, yet each maneuvers well in the world. Hart
spends too much time focusing on Cammy's underlying fears of
commitment, which by book's end seem unsubstantiated. However,
this is a small flaw in what is otherwise a truly enjoyable
read. |
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Meg
Hudson - Love's Sound in Silence
(Harlequin Superromance
No. 36)
He lost his hearing in an explosion in his Sr. Year at Annapolis
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Bobby
Hutchinson - Sheltering Bridges
Opening up young Bruce's silent world was the most rewarding
experience of her life--and living with Bruce's father was
the most exciting! But communicating with the gorgeous Rand
Evans was almost as great a challenge as with his deaf son.
The man was impossibly secretive, and Alana suspected his
activities weren't strictly legal-- or moral!
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Amazon |
Candace Irvin - The Impossible Alliance
(Family Secrets) (Silhouette
Intimate Moments, 1214)
Agent: Jared Sullivan
Mission: Rescue a missing CIA agent and thwart Rebelian Dictator
General DeBruzkya's plans for his collection of stolen gems.
Deepest Secret: Jared believed nothing could restore his
belief in the future, until he met the woman he wanted to
build one with.
Three months ago a dark secret forced Search and Rescue specialist
Jared Sullivan out of the secret agent game--a fact that meant
nothing to ARIES director Sam Hatch. Against his better judgment,
Jared agreed to his mentor's request to take on one last mission.
He had no idea his chase would lead him to beautiful but unknown
ARIES agent Alexis Warner. Alexis has shocking secrets of
her own. Somewhere in the woman's missing memory is the key
to a ruthless dictator's insidious intent. And if the truth
doesn't surface soon, not only will Jared and Alexis lose
their chance for a life together, they might not have a world
left to live it in.
The heroine is a deaf spy/agent, and she's gorgeous. Her
deafness is central to her character.
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Holly Jacobs - Do
You Hear What I Hear
(Silhouette Romance, No. 1557)
Single mom and hair dresser, Libby McGuiness is raising a deaf
daughter. A divorced doctor comes into their lives. Are they
ready for the change?
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Amazon |
Holly
Jacobs - Do You Hear What I Hear?
(Silhouette Romance, No. 1557)
Heroine
is deaf
(Christmas Theme)
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Amazon |
Arlene
James - The Heart's Voice
(Love Inspired)
Daniel
Holden had lost his hearing in an explosion while in the military.
Still struggling with the loss of his hearing in a military
exercise, Dan came back to his hometown to live quietly among
the people who knew him, prepared to renounce romantic love.
But when disaster struck Becca's home, Dan wondered if God's
plan was for him to rebuild her home. . .and her heart.
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Michele
Johns - Heart Sounds
(Harper
Monogram)
Left
nearly deaf after a gunpowder explosion, young Louisa Halloran
resigns herself to spending the rest of her life as an unmarried
servant in someone else's home--that is, until a handsome stranger
pays a visit.
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Sherryl
Jordan - The Raging Quiet
When
a headstrong young woman accused of witchcraft befriends a
deaf young man believed to be possessed by the devil,
a turbulent yet deeply satisfying romance evolves. Richly
realized and evocative. (young adult)
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Amazon |
Mary Kirk - Miracles
(SSE 628 - 10/90)
-- A deaf child regains hearing.
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Amazon |
Pamela
Klein - Stolen Time
(romance and suspense)
A teacher
of the Deaf witnesses a murder while attending a conference
in Miami. The man accused of murder catches a glimpse of a fleeing
form, and will stop at nothing to ensure his enemy's testimony
never echoes within a court of law.
Under police protection, Callie Masters
is transported to the Florida Keys to the family home of Detective
Jake Fowler, a cop with a rough exterior who holds a personal
vendetta towards the man guilty of murder
From the sultry shores
of Florida to the majestic mountains of the Canadian Rockies,
a web of deception unravels. The police are on the hunt for
the killer and gang activity is exposed. The ringleader is desperately
hunting down Jake and Callie, who may be running out
of time... |
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Nancy Landon - Sound
Waves
(HSR 424 - 10/90)
-- Heroine's deaf father is run down by joyriding teens.
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Amazon |
Katy Lee - Warning Signs
(Love Inspired Suspense)
When a drug-smuggling ring rocks a small coastal
town, the DEA sends Agent Owen Matthews to shut it down. A
single father with a deaf son, Owen senses that the town's number
one suspect—the high school's new principal—doesn't
fit the profile. Miriam Hunter hoped to shrug off the stigma
of her hearing impairment when she returned to Stepping Stones,
Maine. But her recurring nightmares dredge up old memories that
could prove her innocence—and uncover the truth behind
a decades-old murder. Yet Owen's help may not be enough when
someone decides to keep Miriam silenced—permanently. |
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Rachel
Lee - When I Wake
(Romantic Suspense)
Her mother died for it. Later came the terrible accident
that took so much of her own body and soul. Desperate to set
right a tragic past and fulfill her mother's legacy, archaeologist
Veronica Coleridge sets out in search of a treasure more valuable
than the plundered gold that paves the way to its discovery-the
ancient and mysterious mask of the Storm Mother.
Deaf Character is heroine who becomes deaf after a car accident.
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Victoria
Leigh - Bewitched
(Loveswept #523)
The
heroine is hearing impaired and uses hearing aids.
From
the back: The handsome single father who tempted her to run
wild... Hank Alton was irresistibly intrigued when his son told
him about Mad Sally, the horrible ugly witch whose apples he'd
tried to steal! Hank insisted on meeting the wicked one herself-
only to discover a reclusive enchantress whose warm, mysterious
eyes shimmered with sensual awareness and overpowering need.
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Claire
Lorrimer - Frost in the
Sun
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you know of this title or deaf character, please email the
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Jennifer
Macaire - Time for Alexander
(British romance)
Alexander
the Great has just beaten Darius for the second time, and
Ashley a time-traveling journalist is sent to
interview him. [A few minor deaf character parts]
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Amazon |
Tara
Manderino - Whisper My Name
Justin
Drake, Seventh Earl of Ashton, and Lucia are both looking for
her brother, Roger. She must learn to fit into high society
despite her deafness. |
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Erin
McCarthy -
Mouth To Mouth
(2nd
cover: 10/2007)
{from
booklist at amazon) Russ Evans is a Special Ops cop
on a stakeout waiting for a guy who has been preying on lonely
women and cleaning out their bank accounts. Laurel Wilkins
has taken a big leap. Isolated from life because of her deafness,
she's made a blind date online, hoping for some casual sex.
Russ is more than surprised when he enters the coffee shop
and is hailed by the woman he is pretty sure is the suspect's
next victim. Laurel is pretty embarrassed when she learns
that good-looking Russ isn't her date but not enough to be
swayed from her original purpose.
(recommended
by Claudia – Brazil)
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Mary
Kay McComas - To Give a Heart Wings
(Loveswept, No 506)
Hannah
Alexander is a professional photographer. She is deaf. Colt
McKinnon is a race car owner. His brother Trevor is the driver.
Willie is Hannah's assistant and interpreter. Colt hires Hannah
to do a brochure. Hannah and Colt. Willie and Trevor. It's two
love stories for the price of one. |
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Cathy
McDavid - The Gate to Eden
(Frontier/Robin Hood-type Theme)
Heroine has a deaf daughter and turns to robbery to support
them.
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Amazon |
May McGoldrick - The Promise
(Georgian/Colonial)
Rebecca is raising a young son, James, who has a deformed
hand and is partially deaf.
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Amazon |
Julie Miller - Police Business
The Precinct (Harlequin Intrigue
#841- 4/09)
-- Heroine is hearing impaired.
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Lucy
Monroe
- Moon Craving
A Children of the Moon series,
No. 2 (2/10)
When
Talorc-laird of the Sinclair clan and leader of his werewolf
pack- must wed an Englishwoman, he's shocked to find that
she is his mate. Deaf since childhood, Abigail hopes to keep
her affliction from Talorc as long as possible, just as he
has no intention of telling her that he's a werewolf. But
when Abigail learns that the husband she's begun to love has
deceived her, it will take all his warrior's strength-and
his wolf's cunning-to win his wife back.
(recommended
by Claudia – Brazil)
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Susan
Napier - Lonely Season
(Harlequin
Presents, No 940)
Self-control
was only a mask she wore. Gina Bennett, victim of a freak accident,
had suffered plenty. She wasn't about to let her publisher,
Leo Sterne, open old wounds--especially the memory of her disastrous
first infatuation. It was bad enough that Leo thought she'd
ruined his sister's marriage....Now he wanted much more than
an admission of her guilt. He needed her to help his deaf
young son. And against his will, he wanted her. All Gina
wanted was to forget--forget the past, her loneliness and her
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Victor
(Victoria) Pemberton - The
Silent War
A woman during the Blitz who is deafened by the bombing. While
she copes with her deafness, she meets a shockshelled soldier.
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Marta
Perry - Her Only Hero
(Love Inspired 313) (The Flanagans,
Book 4)
Penniless widow Laura McKay was determined to succeed on
her own, but when an arsonist threatened her deaf daughter's
safety, she was compelled to rely on firefighter Ryan Flanagan,
the high school football hero who'd never noticed her as a
shy underclassman.
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Marta
Perry - A Father's Promise
(Steeple Hill Love Inspired
Series)
- It
was an answer to a prayer when teacher Leigh Christopher bonded
with Daniel Gregory's deaf daughter. Finally, her God-given
gift for teaching was being used for a worthwhile purpose.
Until her plans to encourage young Sarah to gain more independence
were derailed by her promising pupil's fiercely protective
father.
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Susan
Spencer Paul - Beguiled
(Harlequin Historical,
No 408)
Lady
Lily Walford is mute, not deaf. But the story does show
how mutes and deaf-mutes were treated in Regency Society.
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Marta Perry - Her Only Hero
(Love Inspired)
Penniless widow Laura McKay was determined to succeed on
her own, but when an arsonist threatened her deaf daughter's
safety, she was compelled to rely on firefighter Ryan
Flanagan, the high school football hero who'd never noticed
her as a shy underclassman.
Physically fearless and an expert at avoiding romantic commitment,
Ryan had become his own worst enemy. But in the flames there's
only one enemy: time, which just might be running out for
Laura unless Ryan's courage and love can withstand the test
of fire.
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Eileen
Putman -
The Dastardly Duke
(Signet Regency)
Miss
Hannah Gregory has been deaf since the age of seventeen.
The Duke finds her ill in a hospital for prostitutes and trys
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Sara Reinke - Dark
Thirst
(Paranormal Romance)
The main character, Brandon Noble is both deaf and mute.
He is also one of the Brethren, an ancient clan of ruthless
vampires.
Horrified by his birthright, Brandon shuns the ritual of the
first kill, earning his family's lasting wrath. When he finds
love with a human woman named Angelina -- forbidden among
the Brethren -- his fate is sealed. Can Brandon protect Angelina
from his enemies -- and his own dark thirsts?
In the story, Brandon was attacked and severely injured as
a child and as a result, lost his hearing and the ability
to speak. He is taught to lip-read, read, write and use American
Sign Language by a human tutor. Even though he also possesses
some degree of mental telepathy and can communicate with other
members of the Brethren through his mind, a majority of his
communication in the book is presented in sign language or
hand-written notes. (Sara Reinke)
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Karen Rose - Nothing
to Fear
(Romantic Suspense)
Ethan Buchanan's deaf godson has been kidnapped. The boy
plays an active role in this plot. Note: I read this last
August and gave it a B+ Warm+, it's violent.
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JoAnn
Ross - Private Pleasures
Pregnant,
teenage Cassie finds herself destitute when her lover Roarke's
father forces him to abandon her. She uses her beauty and
a driving ambition to pull herself out of poverty and support
her deaf daughter. When Roarke reenters her life several
years later, she has been transformed into Jade, a top model.
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Deborah
Simmons - Silent Heart
(Harlequin Historical 185) - August 1993
A French noblewoman
who ventures into the heart of Revolutionary Paris in search
of her father finds allies in a mute stablehand and a mysterious
savior known only as the Panther in this homage to The Scarlet
Pimpernel and eighteenth-century France.
, , (Alexandre is mute)
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Linda
Hudson-Smith - Secrets & Silence
Heroine is a sign language instructor,
hero is a parole officer assigned to a young boy who is hearing
impaired.
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Cheryl
St. John - Rain Shadow
(Harlequin Historical 212)
Raised
by the Lakota Sioux, and performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild
West Show, Rain shadow pursues her dream of becoming a champion
sharpshooter. When her son is hurt, she must stay at Anton
Neubauer's farm long enough for the boy to recuperate...and
long enough to discover a love that can never be. "Cheryl
St.John demonstrates the promise of a great writer whose talent
could lead her to the top of her profession." --Affaire
de Coeur
Hero
is deaf in one ear from a childhood illness
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Adrienne
Staff and Sally Goldenbaum - Kevin's
Story
Loveswept, No. 165
Kevin
owns a cookie business. Suzy is the spokesperson and
model for his business. Keven is deaf.
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Adrienne
Staff and Sally Goldenbaum - What's a Nice
Girl...?
Loveswept, No. 97
(Kevin, from "Kevin's Story) is the secondary character
in this one
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Lyn
Stone - The Highland Wife
(Harlequin Historical
Series, No 551)
Reynard is the deaf character. Mairi doesn't know he's
deaf until after they are married. He doesn't want her to
settle for him until he proves he is a good man.
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Lyn
Stone - Bride of Trouville
(Harlequin
Historical, No.467)
Lady
Anne of Baincroft (Scotland) is a widow with a deaf son
named Robert. Edoard Gillet, comte de Trouville is looking
to marry Anne, but not for love. Anne's fears Trouville will
discovers her son's handicap and Robert will lose
his right as future lord of Baincroft. Through the story,
she works to hide her son's deafness from Trouville.
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Elizabeth
Tettmar - Cure for Love
When Jane Peters arrives at a holiday home for deaf children,
Luke Springer feels their paths have crossed before. Jane
is supposed to be checking up on him. When Luke discovers
this, their growing attraction is shaken by mutual distrust.
Can they put this behind them and concentrate on the future?
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Jodi
Thomas - The Texan's Wager
A
title in Jodi Thomas's Texas trilogy. Bailee Moore is "won"
in a lottery by a strong, silent farmer (selective mute, not
deaf) who could be the key to leaving her troubled past behind.
He
is the son of a deaf mother and later a deaf girl comes into
the story line towards the end. Later a deaf girl shows up.. |
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Jessica Trapp - Master Of Desire
(Historical Romance)
Blackmailed into exposing the naughty secrets of the nobility,
she became The Spy of the Night in a desperate bid to secure
her son's future. When the king's bounty hunter captures her,
all honor and duty fall aside in a night of forbidden desire.
But sins of her past thwart their future when she escapes
and he is imprisoned for her crimes. Now he will stop at nothing
to own her, body and soul.
The heroine has a deaf child. Thank you Jessica!
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Kris
Tualla - A Discreet Gentleman of Discovery
(Discreet Gentlman Series, Book 1)
Brander Hansen lost his hearing at age seven, his inheritance
at twenty-three. Furious at his father's betrayal, Brander
leaves home to make his way as Lord Olsen, a 'discreet gentleman
of discovery' in 1721 Christiania, Norway. He intends to gain
his own estate and begins buying the debt markers on Kildahlshus.
Baroness Regin Kildahl's husband has gambled away her estate
and sunk to more dangerous habits. She writes to Lord Olsen
soliciting his help saving both her husband and her home.
When her husband dies, Regin offers herself and her title
to anyone who will redeem his gambling debts, unaware of Brander's
plan and circumventing his efforts.
The Hansen heir accepts her offer and hires Lord Olsen to
deliver his bride. Brander's choices are clear: give the widow
and her estate to his younger brother, or claim them both
as his own. But who would accept a deaf husband?
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Kris
Tualla - A Discreet Gentleman of Matrimony
(Discreet Gentlman Series, Book 2)
(Historical
Romance) Brander
Hansen never planned to marry - until he fell in love with
Regin Kildahl, Baroness of Hamar. Now married, titled and
the owner of her bankrupt estate, Brander must come to terms
with his unexpected new life. He aches to continue his vocation
as a discreet gentleman of discovery, but Barons don't work
in trade. Even when they desperately need the income. Regin
Kildahl Hansen adores her deaf husband and sees him as more
capable than most hearing men. When two men turn up dead in
the same house in the same week, Regin pushes Brander to accept
the commission and resume his investigations - and allow her
to secretly work alongside him. He reluctantly agrees, until
their investigation turns deadly. Now it's up to the deaf
man to save her life. Will he reach her in time?
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Helen
Van Slyke - Always Is Not
Forever
Includes a deaf character.
If
you know of this title or deaf character, please email
the info to me at info@myshelf.com
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Debra Webb - Silent
Reckoning
(Silhouette
Bombshell #72)
A year ago, my dream had seemed impossible.
But I, Merri Walters, had used my lip-reading skill to bring
down criminals and had scored a job with Metro Police. Earning
my detective's badge took guts and nerve, which I had plenty
of. Now a serial killer was on the loose, targeting beautiful,
wannabe country stars, and I was lead on the hottest case
in town.
To complicate matters, the man I lusted after
was now my boss, and his overprotectiveness was cramping my
style. Still, no one could have predicted that I'd become
the killer's next target — or that my supposed weakness
would be the weapon I needed to survive....
Heroine is becomes deaf as an adult (Sequel
listed below)
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Debra Webb - Silent Weapon
(Silhouette Bombshell #33)
My name is Merri Walters. I'm twenty-seven years
old. Two years ago, I suddenly went deaf…
My teaching career ended and my fiancé
walked out. I survived — and learned to lip-read. I grew
very good at it. Maybe too good. So here I am, two years later,
starting my new life as a cold-case file clerk turned undercover
agent for the police.
My task: Infiltrate the mansion of a ruthless
crime boss and read his deadly plans off his lips. My contact
to the outside world: Detective Steven Barlow, a tough cop who's
convinced I'm on a suicide mission. And in a way, he's right
— because if I'm caught, I'll be dead without ever hearing
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Elizabeth
White - Sounds of Silence
(The Texas Gatekeepers #2) (Steeple
Hill Love Inspired Suspense)
Border Patrol agent Eli Carmichael knew the deaf child he'd
found outside a Mexican orphanage was harboring a dark secret
-- she was carrying a bloodstained knife and was clearly traumatized.
To keep her safe, he turned to trusted neighbor Isabel Valenzuela.
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Mary
Anne Wilson - Echoes of Roses
(SIM #438)
Heroine is deaf and her is a country music singer. . She
does not recover.
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Sherryl
Woods - A Love Beyond Words
(Silhouette Special Edition
1382)
Rescuing Allie Matthews (deaf) from the rubble of her home
should have been all in a day's work for Ricky Wilder. But
her quiet intensity sparked his protective instincts, and
unexpectedly, the sexy Latino invited Allie to stay with him
during her home's renovations. Soon the feisty beauty had
Ricky rethinking his bachelor ways. Yet how could he prove
his love when he couldn't find the words?
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