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1) The honeymoon cottage

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Indiana Summers volume 1

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"She was fine arranging other people's weddings... But life had other plans. When it comes to creating the perfect happily-ever-after, Yardley Belanger is a bona fide miracle worker. From bridal bouquets to matching cowboy boots, the quirky wedding planner's country-chic affairs have caused quite a stir in the small town of Cemetery. But when it comes to her own love life? She's clueless. Completely clueless. Perhaps it's for the best. The thirty-one-year-old...

2) Johanna Porter is not sorry

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"Twenty years ago, Johanna Porter was a rising star in the art world. Now she's an unknown soccer mom. When an invitation arrives for an elite gallery opening for her former lover, the great Nestor Pinedo, Johanna wants to throw it in the trash where it belongs. But with some styling help from her daughter, she makes an appearance and comes face-to-face with the woman she was before the powerful and jealous Nestor ruined her. La Rosa Blanca is a portrait...

3) Best Friends: Friends Series, Book 2

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A National and New York Times Bestseller!
The creators of Real Friends Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a true story about popularity, first crushes, and finding your own path in the graphic novel, Best Friends.
Follow your heart. Find your people.
Sixth grade is supposed to be perfect. Shannon's got a sure spot in the in-crowd called The Group, and her best friend is their leader, Jen,

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4) In too deep

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Kincaid brides volume 2

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When Ethan Kincaid and Audra Gilliland, a young mother of two, agree to a marriage of convenience, their reluctant hearts must find the courage to risk falling truly, deeply in love.

5) Windfall: the prairie woman who lost her way and the great-granddaughter who found her

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Thorndike Press large print biography and memoir

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"Beneath the windswept North Dakota plains, riches await... At first, Erika Bolstad knew only one thing about her great-grandmother, Anna: she was a homesteader on the North Dakota prairies in the early 1900s before her husband committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. As Erika's mother was dying, she revealed more. Their family still owned the mineral rights to Anna's land--and oil companies were interested in the black gold beneath...

6) Whisper beach: a novel

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How far can love bend before it breaks? Fifteen years ago, Vanessa Moran fell in love and lost her virginity-- but not to the same boy. Pregnant, desperate, and humiliated, she fled friends and family and Whisper Beach, New Jersey, never breathing a word about her secret to anyone. Now a professional Manhattan organizer, she returns to the funeral of her best friend's husband. She intends on just paying her respects and leaving, but her girlfriends...

7) The good mother

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After taking a lover, Anna Dunlap finds herself in a custody battle for her four-year-old daughter Molly.

8) Summer Island: a novel

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[2022]

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"When reporter Phoebe Adams loses her job and her fiancé on the same day, it never occurs to her that she'll also have to support her mother, Ruth, through her divorce from Phoebe's father after thirty-five years of marriage. They both need a safe haven, and Phoebe knows just the place--Summer Island where Grandma Alice still rules the roost from the big New England beach house Phoebe and Ruth once called home... Phoebe's plan for a peaceful retreat...

9) Imagine summer: a novel

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[2021]

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"Skylar Mackenzie ... owns Imagine That, a toy and bookstore and creativity center in a small Rhode Island beach town where children, and adults, can use their imagination free from judgment. Skye is about to embark on her biggest venture yet, a weekend retreat of family exploration. But it begins to unravel when she finds her estranged half-sister Amy on the doorstep. And Amy's not alone. She's brought Skye's first love, Connor Reid; the boy who...

10) Lumara

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Landers, Melissa

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2022.

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In a world where magical Mystics exist alongside humans, sixteen-year-old Talia is thrust into the most powerful and secretive Mystic family--and accused of trying to murder them.

11) Christmas at Corgi Cove: a novel

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Noblin, Annie England

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[2023]

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"Rosie Reynolds had come to lakeside Corgi Cove as a lost, lonely girl abandoned by her own mother, but there she discovered a true place to call home. She loves her Corgis, Bonnie and Clyde; loves the lakeside life; and loves her aunt and uncle most of all. But when she discovers their struggling inn is about to be bought out by some big city chain, she hatches a plan: to win a contest naming theirs the best Christmas-themed inn in the USA. It's...

12) A miracle under the Christmas tree: real stories of hope, faith and the true gifts of the season

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Sander, Jennifer Basye

Pub. Date

c2012

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There's something truly magical about Christmas. Filled with remarkable true stories of the kindness of strangers and the blessings of answered prayers, this collection with its small miracles truly captures the spirit of the season. These stories of hope, faith and joy are a moving tribute to the true meaning of Christmas and remind us all that the greatest gifts in life can't be gift wrapped.

13) A Miracle Under the Christmas Tree: Real Stories of Hope, Faith and the True Gifts of the Season

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Basye Sander, Jennifer

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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There's something truly magical about Christmas. Filled with remarkable true stories of the kindness of strangers and the blessings of answered prayers, this collection with its small miracles truly captures the spirit of the season.
These stories of hope, faith and joy are a moving tribute to the true meaning of Christmas and remind us all that the greatest gifts in life can't be gift wrapped.

14) The enneagram & you: understand your personality type and how it can transform your relationships

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2020

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Unlock the power of personality types using the wisdom of the enneagram so you can strengthen your personal, professional, and romantic relationships today!

15) 15 minutes outside: 365 ways to get out of the house and connect with your kids

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Cohen, Rebecca P

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c2011

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This inspiring collection of activities gives families an idea for every day of the year, requiring little planning, no expertise and relatively little resources (time, cash, or patience), no matter where they live.

16) A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers

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Solden, MS, Sari

Pub. Date

2021

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If you are a woman with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you've probably known-all your life-that you're different. As girls, we learn which behaviors, thinking, learning, and working styles are preferred, which are accepted and tolerated, and which are frowned upon. These preferences are communicated in innumerable ways-from media and books to our first-grade classroom to conversations with our classmates and parents. Over the course...

17) Helldorado

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Brandvold, Peter

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Bounty hunter Lou Prophet
Lou Prophet Bounty Hunter

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In all his years of bounty hunting, not one injury could rival the pain Lou Prophet felt when he thought he'd lost his old partner Louisa Bonaventure. Now that he's rescued her from the brink of death in Mexico, they're seeking a fresh start in Juniper, Wyoming, which had once been called Helldorado before Lou's friend, Hell-Bringin' Hiram Severin, cleaned it up. Or thought he had... The two bounty hunters take on jobs as gold guards for a local bankand...

18) The Ranch: The Birch Creek Ranch Series, Book 3

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Birch Creek Ranch

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2022

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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A ranch they didn't expect to love. A family they didn't expect to find.

Amanda and Abigail Brooks didn't even want a ranch. They should be pleased the secondary beneficiary is trying to take it away. But now they've been in Birch Creek for a while and they've started to put down roots. They won't give up without a fight—even if the odds of winning are bleak.

Donna Ellingson started on the wrong side of

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19) The Vow: The Birch Creek Ranch Series, Book 2

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Birch Creek Ranch

Pub. Date

2022

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Three stubborn women, each of which made a promise. Who will yield, and who will break?

Abigail made a vow to her husband before he passed, one she could not, would not break. But life hasn't been easy without him by her side, and her children grow more with each passing day. Sometimes it feels like she'll be alone forever.

Amanda is tired of being a mess. She wants to achieve, to impress, to excel. If that means

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20) The Retreat

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Birch Creek Ranch

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2022

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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You can't win until you learn when to fall back. . .

Amanda Brooks can't seem to find a job that suits her. She's really hoping her new plan is a good one, because she needs something to keep her busy while her boyfriend's gone.

Abigail Brooks is opening a new legal practice in the middle of nowhere, but she's positive she can make it work. With more flexible hours, she's finally prepared to settle herself and

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