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If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia
My new next-door neighbor seems to have everything figured out. Small town golden boy? Check. Single dad extraordinaire? Check. Hot baker forearms? I didn’t notice them, I swear.I, on the other hand, don’t–at all–have anything figured out.Trust me, I didn’t think taking over my mom’s dream bed and breakfast in Copper Run Vermont was going to be easy...Categorized as:
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![Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse]()
Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 42 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... -
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![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... -
![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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![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...Categorized as:
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![Autumn by the Sea by Melissa Tagg]()
Autumn by the Sea by Melissa Tagg
A captivating new seaside romance brimming with mystery from USA Today bestselling, Christy Award-winning author Melissa TaggAbandoned as a toddler, Sydney Rose has spent years wondering who she really is, homesick for a life she's never lived...Categorized as:
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![Highland Justice by Heather McCollum]()
Highland Justice by Heather McCollum
Without mercy, there is no love in this third installment of the Sons of Sinclair historical romance series by award-winning author Heather McCollum.Gideon Sinclair, the third Sinclair brother, judges everything in stark terms of good and evil. There is nothing in between, and he is efficient at passing judgment without mercy...Categorized as:
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![Raven of the Sea by Stacey Reynolds]()
Raven of the Sea by Stacey Reynolds
Against the backdrop of windswept, coastal Ireland, two people are brought together under unlikely circumstances, one scarred by tragedy, the other by betrayal. Branna O’Mara never expected to be orphaned at the age of twenty-three. When she lost her father, Major Brian O’Mara, USMC in the Second Battle of Fallujah, she thought she’d taken the worst life had to give...Categorized as:
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![Four to Score by Janet Evanovich]()
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 105 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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![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer]()
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
Under the reign of Louis XV, corruption and intrigue have been allowed to blossom in France, and Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon and proud of his soubriquet 'Satanas', flourishes as well. Then, from a dark Parisian back alley, he plucks Leon, a redheaded urchin with strangely familiar looks, just in time for his long over-due schemes of revenge on the Comte de St. Vire... -
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![A Highlander Walks into a Bar by Laura Trentham]()
A Highlander Walks into a Bar by Laura Trentham
The timeless romance, soaring passion—and gorgeous men—of Scotland comes to modern-day America. And the rules of love will never be the same… Isabel Buchanan is fiery, funny, and never at a loss for words. But she is struck speechless when her mother returns from a trip to Scotland with a six-foot-tall, very handsome souvenir...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... -
![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... -
![A Scottish Highland Surprise: The brand new feel good escapist read for armchair travel in 2022 by Julie Shackman]()
A Scottish Highland Surprise: The brand new feel good escapist read for armchair travel in 2022 by Julie Shackman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDiscover the secrets and surprises that the scenic Scottish town of Briar Glen has to offer…‘A warm beautiful read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐NetGalley Reviewer‘A great story . . -
![Putting on the Ritz by Joe Keenan]()
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![The Marriage Arrangement by Kim Loraine]()
The Marriage Arrangement by Kim Loraine
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI need a wife. NOW.With this hockey season on the line, I can’t afford any distractions. And a dating reality show is one huge distraction. But there's a surefire way to get out of this dating show contract. All I have to do is get married.Even with a reputation like mine–the Scottish bad boy of hockey–I'm confident I can find someone to play Mrs. Taylor Savage for a year.Like Becca Barnes... -
![High Fidelity by Nick Hornby]()
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 78 ratingsIt 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... -
![The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg]()
The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 38 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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![Rules of Our Own by Jessa Wilder]()
Rules of Our Own by Jessa Wilder
Somehow, I’ve landed myself a do-over and this time we aren’t screwing it up. This time, I don’t want her all to myself. This time we're going to share. The second the Boston Bruins star forward steps out of the villa bathroom, looking like a god in nothing but a low slung towel…I should turn around and beg for a different room...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 · 39 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... -
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![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... -
![Well Matched by Jen DeLuca]()
Well Matched by Jen DeLuca
An accidentally in-love rom-com filled with Renaissance Faire flower crowns, kilts, corsets, and sword fights.Single mother April Parker has lived in Willow Creek for twelve years with a wall around her heart...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn]()
The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn
In this steamy tale by USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn, an American searching for her purpose escapes to a Scottish town but finds more questions than answers when she meets a brooding yet handsome handyman.Freshly fired from her third job in a row, Bonnie St. James has lost her way...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Goody Two Shoes by Janet Elizabeth Henderson]()
Goody Two Shoes by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTake one American singer who doesn’t believe in falling in love… Josh McInnes’ biological clock is ticking and he wants to get married—now. After 20 years singing soppy love songs, he knows that there is no such thing as romantic love. There’s only hormones and lust. At thirty-five, he’s tired of his playboy lifestyle. He wants a wife who isn’t interested in fame, money, or romance... -
![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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![Tall, Dark and Kilted by Lizzie Lamb]()
Tall, Dark and Kilted by Lizzie Lamb
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNotting Hill Meets Monarch of the Glen . . . Fliss Bagshawe longs for a passport out of Pimlico where she works as a holistic therapist. After attending a party in Notting Hill she loses her job and with it her dream of one day being her own boss. When she’s offered the chance to take over a failing therapy centre, she grabs it with both hands... -
![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... -
![Some Like It Scottish by Patience Griffin]()
Some Like It Scottish by Patience Griffin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the delightful new Kilts and Quilts novel by the author of To Scotland with Love and Meet Me in Scotland, the Real Men of Scotland are waiting. And it’s a match made in Gandiegow… Kit Woodhouse’s matchmaking business is such a success, she’s expanding to the Highlands of Scotland where the hot, prosperous, and kilted are anxious to connect... -
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![Hot For The Scot by Janice Maynard]()
Hot For The Scot by Janice Maynard
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s a dream come true for schoolteacher Hayley Smith. No homework to grade, no students to corral, no social media, Internet or cell phone…just a month amid the heather and rolling hills around Inverness. A brawny alpha male in a kilt is probably too much to ask for...Categorized as:
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![Cold Comfort Farm (Cold Comfort Farm) by Stella Gibbons, Lynne Truss]()
Cold Comfort Farm (Cold Comfort Farm) by Stella Gibbons, Lynne Truss
Stella Gibbons' novel is a wickedly funny portrait of British rural life in the 1930s. Flora, a recently orphaned socialite, moves in with her country relatives, the gloomy Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm... -
![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... -
![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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![Miss Buncle Married by D.E. Stevenson]()
Miss Buncle Married by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMiss Buncle Married is a sequel to Miss Buncle's Book , in which Barbara Buncle's novel caused havoc in her home village. Early in Miss Buncle Married Arthur thinks: ‘But I really hope, in a way, that [Barbara] won’t want to write .. -
![The Four Graces by D.E. Stevenson]()
The Four Graces by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLittle Women meets World War II in this heartwarming story from beloved author D.E. Stevenson Mr. Grace is vicar of a country parish in World War II England. Blessed with four grown-up daughters, three of whom live at home, he has constant help tending to his regular duties and responsibilities toward the war effort... -
![Return to Mandalay by Rosanna Ley]()
Return to Mandalay by Rosanna Ley
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEva Gatsby has often wondered about her grandfather Lawrence's past, and exactly what happened to him in Burma during the Second World War. But it is only when Eva's job as an antiques dealer suddenly requires a trip to Mandalay that Lawrence finally breaks his silence and asks her to return a mysterious artefact of his own - a chinthe - to its rightful owner... -
![What I'm Looking For by Karen Grey]()
What I'm Looking For by Karen Grey
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRecipe for a Boston Classic Cocktail: one part finance geek, one part starving actor, two shots of stubborn and a healthy squeeze of passion. Shake well and serve in a vintage glass. When Kate Bishop walks into Boston’s famous Bull and Finch pub, all she’s looking for is one guy from her investment firm that she can trust to have her back—a tall order... -
![Mad About Plaid by Kam McKellar]()
Mad About Plaid by Kam McKellar
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00GU50XFQ. In Kam McKellar’s fun, sexy contemporary romance novella set in Scotland, Ian MacLaren—retired U.S. soldier turned Innkeeper is keeping his family legacy going... -
![As Long As I Live by Emilie Loring]()
As Long As I Live by Emilie Loring
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoan Crofton had come to Boston to take a job at a prominent advertising agency. She loved her job -- it was stimulating and exciting -- but from the moment she had met Craig Lamont, the owner of the agency, her acquaintance with him had been marred by misunderstandings...Categorized as:
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![Tea with Mr. Rochester by Frances Towers]()
Tea with Mr. Rochester by Frances Towers
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen these captivating and at times bizarre stories were published posthumously in 1949, Angus Wilson wrote: 'It appears no exaggeration to say that Frances Towers's death in 1948 may have robbed us of a figure of more than purely contemporary significance... -
![Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes]()
Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
The fast lane is much too slow for Rachel Walsh. And Manhattan is the perfect place for a young Irish female to overdo everything. But Rachel's love of a good time is about to land her in the emergency room. It will also cost her a job and the boyfriend she adores. When her loving family hustles her back home and checks her into Ireland's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic, Rachel is hopeful... -
![Getting Hot with the Scot by Melonie Johnson]()
Getting Hot with the Scot by Melonie Johnson
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIT’S TIME TO FLIRT WITH A MAN IN A KILT Cassie Crow, a pop-culture reporter for a TV talk show, is focused on becoming a “serious” journalist. But when she stumbles into a kilted Highlander with a killer accent, Cassie decides that taking one night off from work and spending it with a sexy Scot couldn’t hurt. . -
![Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido]()
Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsStylish, suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the centre of Professor Jacob Goldman's rambling home and his large eccentric family. As his enchanting yet sharp-tongued wife Jane gives birth to her sixth child, Katherine meets the volatile, stroppy Jonathan and his older, more beautiful brother Roger, who wins her heart... -
![A Highlander is Coming to Town by Laura Trentham]()
A Highlander is Coming to Town by Laura Trentham
The third book in the Highland, Georgia romantic comedy series from Laura Trentham, A Highlander is Coming to Town, full of love, laughs...and highlanders!You better watch out. . .Holt Pierson is dreading Christmas. His parents absconded to Florida for the season and left him to handle the family farm which will be his one day—whether he wants it or not... -
![Lady Anne's Lover by Maggie Robinson]()
Lady Anne's Lover by Maggie Robinson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Imaculata Anne Egremont has appeared in the scandalous pages of the London List often enough. The reading public is so bored with her nonsense, she couldn't make news now unless she took a vow of chastity. But behind her naughty hijinks is a terrible fear. It's time the List helped her...
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