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Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsThis eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Bertie returns to London from several weeks in Cannes spent in the company of his Aunt Dahlia Travers and her daughter Angela... -
![Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman Confino]()
Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman Confino
A wronged wife goes toe to toe with her cheating husband at the polls in this hilarious and heart-lifting novel by the bestselling author of Don’t Forget to Write.It’s a doozy of a bad day for Beverly Diamond when she catches her husband, Larry, in a compromising position with his secretary...Categorized as:
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![Star by B.B. Easton]()
Star by B.B. Easton
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn 1999, I met my Prince Charming. He was the tall, tattooed, wickedly handsome bass player for the up-and-coming rock band, Phantom Limb. But, more importantly, he was mine. I knew it the moment he flashed me that shy, dimpled smile. And he knew it too. Hansel "Hans" Oppenheimer wore his heart on one sleeve and scrawled lyrics about me on the other...Categorized as:
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![Drinker of Ink by Shannon Castleton]()
Drinker of Ink by Shannon Castleton
California, 1991“I only ever talk to this journal. Is there an alternate universe? Another planet? Please could you beam me up, Holy Father?”Paris-born Vivienne Lebrun longs for a different life. One where she doesn’t attend college three thousand miles away from her family in New York City... -
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![28 Barbary Lane by Armistead Maupin]()
28 Barbary Lane by Armistead Maupin
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsArmistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels—the first three of which are collected in this omnibus volume—have earned a unique niche in American literature and are considered indelible documents of cultural change from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium.“These novels are as difficult to put down as a dish of pistachios... -
![Cocky Origins by Faleena Hopkins]()
Cocky Origins by Faleena Hopkins
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA period-piece novel to charm the pants right off of you... New to the series? A prequel is a great place to start. Fan of the series? Oh boy, are you going to love this. Miss May Eloise Kearns meets for the very first time the young and oh-so-handsome Jerald Daniel Cocker, a submarine planesman for the Navy on special leave in Georgia, U.S.A., at the end of World War II... -
![Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr]()
Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr
A decorated U.S. Marine reservist, LAPD officer Mike Valenzuela was badly wounded in the line of duty, but has found hope and healing in Virgin River. When he agrees to become the town's first cop, he does so knowing it's time he settled down... -
![Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr]()
Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr
Marine corporal Rick Sudder is home early from Iraq--his tour ended abruptly on the battlefield. The carefree boy is gone, replaced by a man who believes his future is as bleak as his mirror image... -
![Four to Score by Janet Evanovich]()
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 112 ratingsStephanie Plum, Trenton, New Jersey's favorite pistol-packing, condom-carrying bounty hunter, is back - and on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who's skipped bail. With the help of 73-year-old Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker Lula, a transvestite musician named Sally Sweet, and the all-too-hospitable, all-too-sexy Joe Morelli, Stephanie might just catch her woman...Categorized as:
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![Thirst Trap by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Thirst Trap by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsToxic: very harmful or unpleasant in an invasive or sinister way.One word. Two consonants. Five letters. Two people.Quinn James Carter met Solei Shayne Rodriguez his senior year of high school.At first, he tried to stay away from her. But the heart wants what the heart wants, and if there were two people in this world who were meant to be together, it was Shayne and him... -
![Something New by P. G. Wodehouse]()
Something New by P. G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOne thing that constantly disrupts the peace of life at Blandings is the constant incursion of impostors. Blandings has impostors like other houses have mice. Now there are two of them – both intent on a dangerous enterprise... -
![An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea by Patrick Taylor]()
An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea by Patrick Taylor
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLong before Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly came to the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, young Surgeon-lieutenant O'Reilly answered the call of duty to serve in World War II. Fingal just wants to marry his beloved Deirdre and live happily ever after... -
![Until You Can't by Brittney Sahin]()
Until You Can't by Brittney Sahin
From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin comes a thrilling new standalone romance.She was the girl next door. His brother’s ex. And the woman he spent a decade pretending to hate . . .After twenty years of service, the Navy told me it’d be too risky to operate again, forcing me to retire as a Navy SEAL... -
![Aunt Crete's Emancipation by Grace Livingston Hill]()
Aunt Crete's Emancipation by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAll her life, Aunt Crete has been tormented by sister and her niece but fate has something else in store for her. The arrival of Aunt Crete's nephew suddenly causes a reversal in her fortune and she gets a chance to live a life of love and respect... -
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![Good Grief by Sara Goodman Confino]()
Good Grief by Sara Goodman Confino
A mother- and daughter-in-law. To move on, one of them will have to move out in a hopeful and hilarious novel about widowhood and family friction by the bestselling author of Don’t Forget to Write .It’s 1963, two years since Barbara Feldman’s husband died. Raising two kids, she’s finally emerging from her cocoon of grief. Not yet a butterfly, but she’s anxious to spread her wings...Categorized as:
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![The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg]()
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg
Janet Evanovich, author of the blockbuster Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, writer for the Monk television show, team up once again for the fifth book in their rollicking, New York Times bestselling Fox and O’Hare series! Nicolas Fox, international con man, thief, and one of the top ten fugitives on the FBI’s most-wanted list, has been kidnapped from a beachfront retreat in Hawaii... -
![Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr]()
Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThis year, Becca Timm knows the number one item on her Christmas wish list: getting over Denny Cutler. Three years ago Denny broke her heart before heading off to war. It’s time she got over her silly college relationship and moved on... -
![How Do We Survive Together? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory]()
How Do We Survive Together? by Ki Brightly, M.D. Gregory
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Mobster with HeartRowen Shaughnessy thought he had the only man he needed—Dr. Vail Mifflin. But when Fallon shows interest, Rowen starts to question his entire view on the world, along with his feelings. How much love can one man give? Fallon has been a constant in Rowen’s life for months, and Rowen never paid much attention to the younger man until now... -
![Lancaster Burning Trilogy by Linda Byler]()
Lancaster Burning Trilogy by Linda Byler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Amish community of Lancaster is being terrorized by barn fires. David and Malinda Beiler’s barn was the first to go. When a second Amish barn burns for suspicious reasons, the Amish grow more restless...Categorized as:
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![Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly by Marie Bostwick]()
Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly by Marie Bostwick
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the author of The Restoration of Celia Fairchild, comes a novel about the meaning of family and the places we call home. If you love "southern summer" fiction authors like Mary Alice Monroe and Kristy Woodson Harvey you'll love this delicious novel about family, friendship, and finding your true path in life... -
![Slow Burn: A Multi-generational Second Chance Romance by Cara Malone]()
Slow Burn: A Multi-generational Second Chance Romance by Cara Malone
As the new director of Sunnyside Assisted Living, Lauren has her hands full with everything from a budget-obsessed boss to a 90-year-old muffin-juggling resident.And now Lauren’s got a brand-new fire to put out.There’s a beautiful stranger outside her office, waiting to steal a moment of Lauren’s time –with a fox perched on her shoulder... -
![A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr]()
A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr
Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she's come to Virgin River to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him.Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby's shattered body onto a medical transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as their unit arrived stateside...Categorized as:
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![Strangers in Paradise, The Collected volume 1 by Terry Moore]()
Strangers in Paradise, The Collected volume 1 by Terry Moore
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Collected Strangers In Paradise begins the tale of two friends who share their lives and loves. It's a sometimes-heartwarming, sometimes-heartbreaking look at life and the relationships that we stumble through... -
![Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick]()
Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick
From the acclaimed writer Paul Rudnick, a riotously funny, perceptive, and life-affirming novel following the decades-long, rule-breaking romance between the son of one of American’s wealthiest families and a middle-class aspiring author.Devastatingly handsome and insanely rich, Farrell Covington is capable of anything and impossible to resist... -
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![Whose Turn for the Stairs? by Robert Douglas]()
Whose Turn for the Stairs? by Robert Douglas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an utterly charming story about twelve families and their tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the war, the close rebuilds its ties and the strong sense of community and friendly neighbourhood bonds are soon back in place... -
![Autumn Daffodils - Charlie's Story: Heart warming, thought provoking story. A look back on life and relationships. by Peter Turnham]()
Autumn Daffodils - Charlie's Story: Heart warming, thought provoking story. A look back on life and relationships. by Peter Turnham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the first book in the two-part "Autumn Daffodils" story. Five extraordinary people, having retired early in order to escape their past, find themselves reliving the very past they came to the 'Village' to forget. What unites the group is the guilt, shame or sorrow they have each tried so hard to leave behind... -
![Poppy Day by Amanda Prowse]()
Poppy Day by Amanda Prowse
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the million-copy bestseller Amanda Prowse, the queen of heartbreak fiction. Amanda Prowse is the author of The Coordinates Of Loss and the no.1 bestsellers Perfect Daughter, My Husband's Wife and What Have I Done? Ever since hairdresser Poppy Day married her childhood sweetheart, Mart, she's been deliriously happy... -
![More Than Enough by Sloane Kennedy]()
More Than Enough by Sloane Kennedy
Sawyer Hiding and running, that’s what I’m good at. It’s who I am. It’s who I have to be...For Sawyer Brower, the picture-perfect town of Pelican Bay was just supposed to be another place to take refuge for a few months before moving on. One year later finds the seemingly unflappable wildlife veterinarian settling into what’s supposed to be the quiet life of contentment he’s always wanted... -
![Putting on the Ritz by Joe Keenan]()
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![The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg]()
The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFollows 96-year-old Doris, who writes down the memories of her eventful life as she pages through her decades-old address book. But the most profound moment of her life is still to come...Meet Doris, a 96-year-old woman living alone in her Stockholm apartment...Categorized as:
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![Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers]()
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAmateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is forced to investigate when his own brother, the Duke of Denver, is put on trial for murder at a hunting lodge. The Duke was seen kneeling over the victim's body, the bullet came from his revolver, and he had previously quarreled with the recently deceased! The Duke refuses to defend himself, and so Lord Wimsey must find out the truth on his own... -
![Anna and Her Daughters by D.E. Stevenson]()
Anna and Her Daughters by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne by one the three charming and attractive Harcourt sisters fell in love with the tall, broad shouldered and talented bacteriologist. Jane, the struggling writer, met him first and made him the hero of her novel. Rosalie, pretty and quiet, met him on a holiday and made him the hero of her life. But when beautiful, graceful and elegant Helen met him on a weekend trip, she made him her slave... -
![Love from Paris by Alexandra Potter]()
Love from Paris by Alexandra Potter
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHow far would you go for love? When new boyfriend Jack stands her up at the airport, Ruby Miller dries her tears, jumps on the Eurostar and heads to Paris. She thinks she's going there to visit an old friend and have a total break from romance. But the City of Love has other ideas... -
![Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann]()
Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsNavy SEAL Ian Dunn went rogue in a big way when he turned his talents to a lawless life of jewel heists and con jobs. Or so the world has been led to believe. In reality, the former Special Ops warrior is still fighting for good, leading a small band of freelance covert operatives who take care of high-stakes business in highly unofficial ways. That makes Ian the hands-down choice when the U.S... -
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![The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton]()
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsIn a world of rules and reputation, love comes at the highest price.The Age of Innocence (1920), by Edith Wharton, is a masterful novel of romance and restraint, set in the glittering yet rigid world of New York's Gilded Age.At the heart of the story is Newland Archer, a promising young lawyer who is engaged to the beautiful and proper May Welland...Categorized as:
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![The Bodyguard's Fake Marriage by Bree Livingston]()
The Bodyguard's Fake Marriage by Bree Livingston
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA woman whose life is in danger, the bodyguard sworn to protect her, and a race against time to get her to safety…Medical student Lexi Maheras has one goal — get matched to a top hospital so she can complete her residency. When her father calls, telling her he’s arranged for her to marry a man she barely knows, Lexi is positive something is wrong...Categorized as:
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![Hester on the Run by Linda Byler]()
Hester on the Run by Linda Byler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe setting is the beginning of an Amish settlement in colonial America in the forests of eastern Pennsylvania. There, a young Amish couple, Hans and Kate Zug, are in their ninth year of marriage, still waiting to have a child. Then, one April morning, Kate finds a Native infant, wrapped in deerskin and placed next to the spring where she went to fill her water bucket... -
![Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym]()
Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt is surely appropriate that anthropologists, who spend their time studying life and behavior in various societies, should be studied in their turn," says Barbara Pym. In a wonderful twist on her subjects, she has written a book inspecting the behavior of a group of anthropologists. She pits them against each other in affairs of the heart and mind.Academia is an especially rich backdrop... -
![Shining Through by Susan Isaacs]()
Shining Through by Susan Isaacs
It's 1940 and Linda Voss, legal secretary extraordinaire, has a secret. She's head over heels in love with her boss, John Berringer, the pride of the Ivy League. Not that she even has a chance--he'd never take a second look at a German-Jewish girl from Queens who spends her time taking care of her faded beauty of a mother and following bulletins on the war in Europe... -
![High Fidelity by Nick Hornby]()
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
It has been said often enough that baby boomers are a television generation, but the very funny novel High Fidelity reminds that in a way they are the record-album generation as well. This funny novel is obsessed with music; Hornby's narrator is an early-thirtysomething English guy who runs a London record store... -
![Lily's Forest by Kat Baxter]()
Lily's Forest by Kat Baxter
My dearest Lily,I won’t ever send this letter despite all the ones we’ve shared in the past. Things are different. I’m home now, something else I won’t tell you. War changes everyone, that’s no secret, but some changes can’t be hidden. I am no longer the man I was and you, my beautiful Flower, deserve more. Better. I wish I’d said goodbye in our last exchange…told you how much you mean to me...Categorized as:
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![Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko]()
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
Moose and the cons are about to get a lot closer in this much-anticipated sequel. It's 1935. Moose Flanagan lives on Alcatraz with his family, the other families of the guards, and a few hundred no-name hit men, con men, mad dog murderers and a handful of bank robbers too. And one of those cons has just done him a big favor...Categorized as:
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![The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie]()
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsIn 'The Man in the Brown Suit,' Agatha Christie brilliantly weaves a tapestry of intrigue, encompassing the murky world of espionage and a young woman's quest for adventure. Nadina, a Parisian dancer tangled in a web of blackmail against the enigmatic 'Colonel,' and Anne Beddingfeld, a daring orphan who stumbles upon a mysterious death, are our guides through a story rich with twists and turns...Categorized as:
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![The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie]()
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 65 ratings"The Man in the Brown Suit" is an adventurous mystery novel written by Agatha Christie, first published in 1924. The story follows the spirited and adventurous Anne Beddingfeld, who finds herself embroiled in a thrilling mystery.The narrative begins when Anne witnesses the sudden death of a man at a London train station... -
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![Homefront by Jessica Scott]()
Homefront by Jessica Scott
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHe's always loved her... First Sergeant Gale Sorren waited a war and half a lifetime for a chance to get stationed near the ex-wife who left him years ago. When he finally musters the courage to see her, the life he imagined she was living was nothing close to the reality. She's never stopped loving him... Melanie never stopped worrying about Gale each time he headed off to war... -
![Forget About Me by Karen Grey]()
Forget About Me by Karen Grey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFORGET ABOUT ME, a nostalgic romantic comedyBoston Classics #2Ben Porter may be living the dream, but it’s not his. His dad’s health scare might not be the ideal reason to come home for the summer, but it’s a welcome break from the stellar glitz of Ben’s life in Los Angeles. Even if modeling has him rivaling Marky Mark’s fame, posing isn’t his passion...Categorized as:
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![Don't Forget to Smile by Kathleen Gilles Seidel]()
Don't Forget to Smile by Kathleen Gilles Seidel
In Oregon's timber country, inside a smoky bar, stands proprietor Tory Duncan. Once a hair's breadth from the Miss America crown, she's still just as beautiful and still searching for happiness. Joe Brigham, a forthright and handsome man from a logging family, divorced, and father of one, regards her with a love deep and pure... -
![The Fox From His Lair by Elizabeth Cadell]()
The Fox From His Lair by Elizabeth Cadell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Anabelle Baird, the fortnight’s holiday with her fiancé, Philip Ancell, in Lisbon has not been a happy one. At the Lisbon airport she has a surprise encounter with Angus Pemberton whom she had last seen seven years ago when he left Steyne under a cloud and went to Brazil... -
![The Cuckoo in Spring by Elizabeth Cadell]()
The Cuckoo in Spring by Elizabeth Cadell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAvailable on Kindle for the first time!!Julian was in love with Alexandra, Alexandra was in love with Julian. She had no doubts about that, and being engaged to Julian was delightful. Yet, somehow, as a husband, she felt he might prove less perfect—until she had taught him the little lesson he needed. Julian learnt it in Scotland, Yorkshire, Devon, London. His mystified family looked on... -
![Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott]()
Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott
NOTE: Little Women is sometimes published in two volumes, entitled Little Women and Good Wives. Amy looked relieved, but naughty Jo took her at her word, for during the first call she sat with every limb gracefully composed, every fold correctly draped, calm as a summer sea, cool as a snowbank, and as silent as the sphinx. In vain Mrs...Categorized as:
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