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  • Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Beckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans’ most prominent families. He’s the quintessential golden boy—great looks, money, and a political career in his future—until his wife murders him. Or at least that’s what everyone thinks. Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it’s overturned, she’s at a loss on how to proceed with her life...
  • Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    No smoke without a fire. It’s New Year’s in Sinful, and the competition for the New Year’s Queen is heating up as the warring churches go head-to-head. Fortune Redding is not the sequined dress kind of woman, but reluctantly agrees to partake in the debacle so that Ida Belle and Gertie can best their nemesis, Celia, who’s put up former Sinful mean girl RJ Rogers...
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  • Summer Nights at the Starfish Café by Jessica Redland

    Summer Nights at the Starfish Café by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 26 ratings
    Welcome back to The Starfish Café for a glorious summer, but with a few dark clouds on the horizon. .. A new beginning. .. As her summer wedding to Jake approaches, Hollie is excited for their new beginning as a family. But when some unexpected news threatens the future she and Jake had hoped for, Hollie will need to find the strength to overcome heartache once more. A fragile heart. .
  • A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott

    A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Do you believe in fate? Livvie Weatherill does…. This time last year, if anyone had told Livvie Weatherill she’d have fallen in love and would be making plans for her Christmas wedding to Zander Gillespie, she would have laughed in their face...
  • Final Vow by Kathleen Brooks

    Final Vow by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    As the ultimate bodyguard, Ahmed’s focus has been protecting the lives of everyone he cares about. When the darkest part of his past resurfaces, Ahmed knows he must go on the offensive to protect his future . . . a future with the one woman that can match his toughness and return the love that was once robbed from him...
  • Sunshine After the Rain: Escape to the Lakes with this heartwarming and uplifting page-turner from Jessica Redland by Jessica Redland

    Sunshine After the Rain: Escape to the Lakes with this heartwarming and uplifting page-turner from Jessica Redland by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Escape to the Lakes with million-copy bestseller Jessica Redland for a BRAND NEW uplifting story of family, friendship and love ☀️ Melanie knows she’s been running away. .. But maybe there really is no place like home 🌈 For the last seven years Mel has been hiding; from life, from her friends and from those who love her the most - her family...
  • Storm Surge by Christy Barritt

    Storm Surge by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A storm is brewing hundreds of miles away, but its effects are devastating even from afar. Laid-back and light: that's Cassidy Livingston's new motto. But when a makeshift boat with a bloody cloth inside washes ashore near her oceanfront home, her detective instincts shift into gear . . . again...
  • A New Dawn at Owl's Lodge by Jessica Redland

    A New Dawn at Owl's Lodge by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Could one chance meeting change your life forever? Zara is at a crossroads in life. While she adores her job as a producer's assistant working on hit TV shows, travelling around the country means she doesn't truly feel that she has a home. With a fractured relationship with her family and unrequited love weighing heavily on her heart, she is torn about what her next step in life should be. .
  • Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich

    Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The adventures continue for Stephanie Plum, Trenton's best-known bounty hunter, in these three Complete Plum Novels from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich! Four to Score: Stephanie Plum is forced to enlist the help of Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker and wannabe bounty hunter Lula, and transvestite rock musician Sally Sweet in an attempt to capture revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki...
  • Seabreeze Reunion by Jan Moran

    Seabreeze Reunion by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    What could possibly go wrong at a family reunion? At the Seabreeze Inn, you just never know. .. Ivy and Shelly are looking forward to hosting a long-awaited family reunion at the Seabreeze Inn. What better time than a reunion for family secrets to emerge? This season, gather on the shores of Summer Beach for the fun and ocean breezes, as well as unexpected events…...
  • Saltwater Cowboy by Christy Barritt

    Saltwater Cowboy by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When a mysterious woman washes up in Cape Corral, a wild horse sanctuary off North Carolina's coast, law enforcement officer Levi Sutherland is determined to figure out if she's connected with the crimes recently plaguing the island. The problem is, she can't remember anything . . .
  • A Breath of Fresh Air by Jessica Redland

    A Breath of Fresh Air by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The BRAND NEW uplifting novel from MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Jessica Redland Rosie feels like there's something missing in her life. She loves her job as the manager of Willowdale Hall Riding Stables, caring for the horses and teaching children to ride, and she loves the home she shares with her mother in the beautiful Lake District...
  • Bonfires & Hot Chocolate at The Little Duck Pond Cafe by Rosie Green

    Bonfires & Hot Chocolate at The Little Duck Pond Cafe by Rosie Green

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    If you love all the colours of autumn, you're sure to warm to this uplifting story of love, loss and starting over. Primrose Wilkins arrived in Sunnybrook with a burning desire to find the family she's never known. But after a heart-breaking false start, she's beginning to have second thoughts...
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    mystery  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • Flood Watch by Christy Barritt

    Flood Watch by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The tide is high, and so is the danger on Lantern Beach. Still in hiding after infiltrating a dangerous gang, Cassidy Livingston just has to make it a few more months before she can testify at trial and resume her old life. But trouble keeps finding her, and Cassidy is pulled into a local investigation after a man mysteriously disappears from the island she now calls home...
  • What Next? by Shari Low

    What Next? by Shari Low

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Val Murray and her best friend, Josie had been planning a ‘Thelma and Louise’ bucket list style holiday. Now Josie is gone, and Val needs to make the trip before it’s too late. But Val doesn’t want to do it alone, so she enlists the help of her nieces, Carly and Carole, and their best pal, Jess, who jump at the chance to join Val on a trip of a lifetime...
  • Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin

    Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 49 ratings
    Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues—gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest—visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences...
  • Movie Club Mysteries: Books 1-3: Dial P for Poison / The Postman Always Dies Twice / How to Murder a Millionaire by Zara Keane

    Movie Club Mysteries: Books 1-3: Dial P for Poison / The Postman Always Dies Twice / How to Murder a Millionaire by Zara Keane

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Alternate cover edition of ASIN B098CFSCQV. “Five weeks ago, I’d given my cheating ex and crumbling career in the San Francisco PD the proverbial middle finger, and moved to the Wild West…of Ireland...
  • The Old Gals' Bucket List by Karen King

    The Old Gals' Bucket List by Karen King

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ‘It’s time to really live our lives! ’ ✨It’s been eight months since Sandra lost her beloved husband, and she knows something has to change. Her son wants her to sell up her home and move into a retirement apartment, close to him. But she doesn’t feel ready for that yet. Then she bumps into her old friend Patti, heading off to get her first tattoo...
  • Coffee at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Coffee at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Ann and Rhonda continue to deal with guests at The Beach House Hotel on the Gulf Coast of Florida, including Bobby “Bugs” Bailey, a star player in the NFL. At the Vice-President’s suggestion, Bobby’s coach has sent him there to work to help adjust his behavior after Bobby’s life of fame gets out of control...
  • Buried Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    Buried Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Journalists are supposed to report the news, not be it. For Avery Shaw, though, that's easier said than done. Avery has spent the last month on her boss' list -- you know the one -- and she can't figure out a way to get off it...
  • The Wild Card by Carolyn Brown

    The Wild Card by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When Lady Luck deals her a roadside diner in small-town Texas, a professional poker player discovers home may be the best win of all in this heartfelt romance by. New York Times. bestselling author Carolyn Brown...
  • Celtic Justice by Rebecca Zanetti

    Celtic Justice by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A stolen treasure, a sabotaged pie, and a town full of trouble…. Silverville’s St. Patrick’s Day is bigger than ever, thanks to Nana O’Shea’s Pot of Gold display at her brand-new magic potion shop, Celtic Moon Herbals. The centerpiece? Antique gold nugget boxes that just might form a treasure map. Most people think it’s just another of Nana’s tall tales—until the display vanishes...
  • The Book of Irish Secrets by Susanne O'Leary

    The Book of Irish Secrets by Susanne O'Leary

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The woman looks out at the grand magnolia tree as it casts a shadow over the old house. ‘One day you will find out what destroyed our family, Claire. I only hope I’ve raised you to be strong enough to handle the truth…’. Claire takes a deep breath as sheturns the old leather book in her hands. Names scribbled inside in faded ink create a family tree, the words Magnolia Manor at the top...
  • Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the Siren of the Seas nears its next port of call, a group of disgruntled crewmembers circulate a petition to have the ship’s purser fired. Millie is shocked to learn that not only is her close friend’s name at the top of the list, but other loyal crewmembers’ names are listed as well...
  • The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    “Here’s the catch—even if I make it out of here alive, I need a reason to breathe again. ”. When MacThomas Pockets finished his last tour as part of the Scottish Special Forces, he was hired to consult for a film director to finesse some scenes that weren’t working. In a twist he never saw coming, he ended up moving to L. A. to work as the bodyguard for movie star Maybe Joe Sue...
  • His Sixth Sweetheart by Liz Isaacson

    His Sixth Sweetheart by Liz Isaacson

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She's had a crush on him for decades. He's finally in a place where he feels ready to date the boss's daughter. Can Cord and Jane take their relationship to the next level without getting burned? Jane Hammond has grown and matured a lot over the years. So much so that she's now working in the accounting department at the massive family company in downtown Denver...
  • Happy Endings at Mermaids Point by Sarah Bennett

    Happy Endings at Mermaids Point by Sarah Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Music sensation Aurora Storm finally has her career back on track, but then she’s caught up in a media storm. Desperate to distract from the story, she enlists the one man she trusts to pretend to be her boyfriend. Meanwhile, in the small seaside village of Mermaids Point, Nick Morgan never expected to see Aurora again. When she calls out of the blue needing his help, he agrees at once...
  • Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lilian doesn’t remember anything about her life before the day Maggie Muir found her on her front porch—a toddler, abandoned and alone. And maybe that’s okay. She has a beautiful life at Muir Farm, including an adopted family she adores and a successful career as a lawyer. But she also has a secret . . . one that raises just as many questions about her future as it does her unknown past...
  • Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    While Marina and Jack contemplate their future, her sister Kai and her new fiance Axe are planning their wedding. When disagreements threaten to derail the wedding, the sisters' grandmother, the indomitable Ginger Delavie, doles out unusual advice. Soon, an unforgettable event unfolds.
  • Devil in the Deadline by LynDee Walker

    Devil in the Deadline by LynDee Walker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Murder, intrigue, cults, mafia, and a love triangle. ". .. You won't be able to read fast enough. .. ". After crime reporter Nichelle Clarke is called to a murder scene featuring a bloody sacrificial altar in an abandoned power plant on the banks of the James River, the police enlist her to help identify the victim...
  • Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon

    Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A publishing event: #1 New York Times–bestselling author Jan Karon returns—and invites her millions of fans to join her again in Mitford. After five hectic years of retirement from Lord’s Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, from a so-called pleasure trip to the land of his Irish ancestors...
  • The Potter's House by Hannah Ellis

    The Potter's House by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes facing up to the past is the only way to create a better future…. Since the tragic death of his father, Lowen Treneary has kept to himself in his pottery studio on the remote island of Bryher. His quiet life is just the way he likes it. Until Pippa comes along. The local café owner plunges his peaceful existence into chaos and brightens his days while she’s at it...
  • The Bucket List by Rachel Hanna

    The Bucket List by Rachel Hanna

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I NEVER wanted to be a daredevil. Even as the 49-year old adult that I am, I still don’t want to ride a roller coaster or jump out of a perfectly good airplane. And I don’t understand people who want to do those things - even my lifelong best friend. And yet, here I am, holding a list of daredevil-ish things in my hand at my best friend’s will reading...
    Categorized as:
    christian  contemporary  humor  audiobook
  • The Sandcastle Hurricane by Carolyn Brown

    The Sandcastle Hurricane by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Family, wounded hearts, and a Texas bed-and-breakfast are in need of repair in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown’s inviting novel about down-home comfort and second chances. Cousins Tabby and Ellie Mae are due for a change...
  • No Escape by Julie Moffett

    No Escape by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Geek girl Lexi Carmichael thought meeting the in-laws would be easy as long as they met on neutral ground and she was fully prepared with a spreadsheet full of etiquette dos and don’ts. But unfortunately for Lexi, things don’t always turn out as she planned. Meeting the in-laws is a daunting task even for those who are outgoing and socially capable...
  • The Cottage by the Shore by Rachael Lucas

    The Cottage by the Shore by Rachael Lucas

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Small animal vet Sophie Jones has seen her daughter off to university in the USA. As a single parent with an empty nest, she surprises herself - taking a job in a tiny village of Applemore in the Highlands of Scotland. Hundreds of miles from home, she can try to escape the fear that her past might come back to haunt her...
  • A Summer of Surprises by Rosie Green

    A Summer of Surprises by Rosie Green

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When Ruby Watkiss lands a job at the True Loaf Bakery, she feels as if the sun has finally come out. Having been through a traumatic time, it’s a joy to be working for Ellie, and now all Ruby wants is to lead a quiet life and support her mum in getting the help she needs. But life, it seems, has other plans for Ruby...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • Saltwater Secrets by Amelia Addler

    Saltwater Secrets by Amelia Addler

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Life on San Juan Island isn't always as idyllic as it seems. .. Jade Clifton is more than ready for a fresh start. Finally free of her emotionally abusive ex, she's sure everything is about to get better for her. Except. .. it doesn't. A series of personal attacks on her property has her on edge, and Jade knows that she'll need help figuring out who is targeting her and why...
    Categorized as:
    christian  contemporary  humor  audiobook
  • Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Coral Weddings by Jan Moran

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Three weddings and a food truck. .. It's wedding season in Summer Beach, and you're invited! From a USA Today bestselling author. At the Coral Cottage, this summer is as busy as ever. Marina's sister Kai moved up her wedding, but she won't say why, and her new theater production is a guarded secret. Still, Marina is determined to expand her Coral Cafe with a new food truck and staff...
  • The Perfectly Imperfect Woman by Milly Johnson

    The Perfectly Imperfect Woman by Milly Johnson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The brand new, feel-good bestseller from the wonderful Milly Johnson.
  • Staying For Good by Catherine Bybee

    Staying For Good by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Zoe Brown may have been voted Most Likely to Never Leave River Bend, but the paper-thin walls and suffocating air of her family’s double-wide trailer were not what she wanted for her life. Other than BFFs Melanie and Jo, the only thing that kept Zoe sane during high school was her boyfriend, Luke...
  • The Mother of All Christmases by Milly Johnson

    The Mother of All Christmases by Milly Johnson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    THE MOST PERFECT CHRISTMAS FEEL-GOOD READ! 'Every time you discover a new Milly book, it’s like finding a pot of gold'. Heat. Eve Glace - co-owner of the theme park Winterworld - is having a baby and her due date is a perfectly timed 25th December. And she’s decided that she and her husband Jacques should renew their wedding vows with all the pomp that was missing the first time...
  • Fields' Guide to Voodoo by Julie Mulhern

    Fields' Guide to Voodoo by Julie Mulhern

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Laissez les bon temps rouler! The pleasure of your company is requested at the most over-the-top wedding New Orleans has ever seen…. When Poppy Fields, Hollywood IT girl and super-secret agent, agreed to be a bridesmaid, she anticipated gallons of Sazerac, memorable parties and handsome groomsmen. Instead, she’s dodging bullets...
  • Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

    Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    A compulsively readable debut novel—spiky, sharp, intriguingly dark, and tender—about a woman on the edge that combines the psychological insight of Sally Rooney with the sharp humor of Nina Stibbe and the emotional resonance of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Martha Friel just turned forty. Once, she worked at Vogue and planned to write a novel. Now, she creates internet content...
  • The Bluebonnet Battle by Carolyn Brown

    The Bluebonnet Battle by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    In Bonnet, Texas, Liddy Latham, the queen of funeral dinners, keeps a southern comfort-food tradition alive—until fancy-schmancy Matilda Monroe moves back to town. She wants room at the table for her own style of consolation and closure: healthy, modern, and vegan. But this is about more than fried chicken versus tofu turkey. Matilda’s return is also stirring up their volatile, unresolved history...
  • A Light in the Window by Jan Karon

    A Light in the Window by Jan Karon

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The second book in Jan Karon’s bestselling Mitford series confirms that a trip to Mitford is good for the soul. His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, uninvited. As you can see, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, is in need of divine intervention...
  • Lost Memories of the Cottage by the Loch: Heartbreaking and unputdownable Scottish fiction full of romance and family secrets by Kennedy Kerr

    Lost Memories of the Cottage by the Loch: Heartbreaking and unputdownable Scottish fiction full of romance and family secrets by Kennedy Kerr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gretchen Ross, white-haired and wrapped in a blanket, watches the nurses working around her. Lately, she cannot stem the memories of a long-hidden past. Memories of a tumbledown white cottage overlooking the loch, a beautiful child loved and lost, and a regret buried for decades…...
  • Nantucket Christmas: Cosy holiday romance reading by Melissa Hill

    Nantucket Christmas: Cosy holiday romance reading by Melissa Hill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A heartwarming holiday romance novel from the USA Today bestselling author of NANTUCKET SUMMER & more. Love, legacy, and one last Nantucket Christmas . .. When Clara returns home for the holidays, she expects a Christmas filled with family traditions and the comforting scent of her parents’ Nantucket bakery, The Flour Jar...
  • The Christmas Holiday by Phillipa Ashley

    The Christmas Holiday by Phillipa Ashley

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Let Sunday Times bestseller Phillipa Ashley whisk you away to the Lakes this Christmas, with a story full of unexpected romance, second chances, snowflakes and starlight! She’s planned the perfect Christmas. But fate might have other ideas…. Krystle didn’t have a normal childhood and longed for warm family Christmases with presents under the tree...
  • Fields' Guide to Fog by Julie Mulhern

    Fields' Guide to Fog by Julie Mulhern

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It isn’t easy having Hollywood’s biggest, brightest star for a mother—especially when her Russian oligarch boyfriend has been kidnapped. When Poppy Fields flies to London to be with her mother, she finds nothing but fog, danger, and phenomenal shopping. Too bad half the city wants Poppy dead, and she has no idea why...
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