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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... -
![Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse]()
Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 45 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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![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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![Highland Holiday by Kasey Stockton]()
Highland Holiday by Kasey Stockton
One rejected kiss. Two clashing personalities. And a snowstorm that traps them in an isolated cottage. Callie Winter is the kind of person who holds everything together—for her family, her friends, her coworkers. But this Christmas, she’s hoping to catch her breath in the Scottish Highlands and maybe rediscover a little joy along the way...Categorized as:
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![Highland Hideaway by Lily Gold]()
Highland Hideaway by Lily Gold
One bubbly city girl lost in the Highlands. Three rugged Scots determined to keep her there. Yesterday, I was a fashion influencer on a trip to a luxurious Scottish spa. Today, I’m the internet's favourite trainwreck. All it took was one embarrassing viral video to end my career and leave me stranded in the Highlands. I find shelter on Lochview Sheep Farm... -
![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... -
![Four to Score by Janet Evanovich]()
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 118 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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![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...Categorized as:
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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. True Love. . -
![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 Tagg. Abandoned 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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![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... -
![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... -
![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. -
![Good Grief by Sara Goodman Confino]()
Good Grief by Sara Goodman Confino
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsA 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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![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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![Since We're Here by Chrissy Hopewell]()
Since We're Here by Chrissy Hopewell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaddie Hart has lost nine restaurant jobs since dropping out of college a decade ago, all because of nine relationships gone wrong... -
![Big Girls Don't Cry by Connie Briscoe]()
Big Girls Don't Cry by Connie Briscoe
Growing up in a loving and supportive middle-class family in Washington, DC, in the '60s, Naomi Jefferson worries about what to wear, her bra size and meeting boys, and she has dreams of one day opening her own clothing store. While she knows racism is a problem (occasional brushes with the uglier side of people don't let her forget it), Naomi is, at heart, just like any other teenage girl...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![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...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... -
![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... -
![Hollywood Games by Evie Alexander]()
Hollywood Games by Evie Alexander
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrace yourself Scotland, Hollywood’s coming…. Rory’s found the love of his life but can he be sure Zoe feels the same? What can he offer her when his job’s on the line, and his mother’s out to destroy her? When Hollywood superstar, Brad Bauer, shows up wanting to film Braveheart 2 at Kinloch castle, it seems like the answer to all his prayers. However, there’s a catch...Categorized as:
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![The Loch Effect by Genny Carrick]()
The Loch Effect by Genny Carrick
I’m here for the mountains, castles, and lakes, not the Scottish silver fox. When my long-term boyfriend overcomes his fear of commitment right after our break-up, I decide I need to face my fears, too. I’m terrified of flying, but a guided tour through Scotland sounds like the perfect way to distract myself and recharge... -
![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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![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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![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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![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... -
![Some Like It Scot by Pepper Basham]()
Some Like It Scot by Pepper Basham
She lives her life on the fly. His heart is double-knotted to home. Can two different souls create a life together? Popular travel writer and podcaster Katie Campbell roams the world collecting other people's stories...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Kilted Lovers by Megan Clawson]()
Kilted Lovers by Megan Clawson
The brilliant new novel from the Queen of royal-rom-coms! All Lady Alice Walpole wants is to be swept off her feet, but she keeps finding herself on one bad date after another. And when she’s caught partying too hard with her latest royal beau, her father banishes her to Balmoral to clean up her act. Fraser Bell just wants to do his job as Piper to the Sovereign at Balmoral... -
![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... -
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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 Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton]()
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 66 ratings"They lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only uttered by a set of arbitrary signs. ". Newland Archer is a man of the elite, a gentleman lawyer perfectly aligned with the rigid social codes of 1870s New York. His life is meticulously planned, beginning with his engagement to the beautiful, conventional May Welland...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... -
![The Highland Kiss by Amy McGavin]()
The Highland Kiss by Amy McGavin
As a successful wedding planner, I was sure my own big day would go without a hitch. But minutes before the ceremony, a phone call from my fiancé rips my life apart. Heartbroken, I flee to the Scottish Highlands, seeking sanctuary in Bannock, an idyllic town I visited as a child and which I still remember fondly. But the Bannock Hotel, once full of warmth, is now managed by a very grumpy Scotsman...Categorized as:
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![Whisky and Roses by Bella James]()
Whisky and Roses by Bella James
A slow-burn opposites attract romance set on a wild Scottish island! He's control - she's chaos. Somehow they've got to make it work. .. Tilda MacLean's life is officially off the rails. Her ex ran off with her business (and her bank balance), and her dad left her a crumbling cottage on a Scottish island. Even Flora, her basset hound, is judging her life choices...Categorized as:
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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... -
![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... -
![Goody Two Shoes by Janet Elizabeth Henderson]()
Goody Two Shoes by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Take 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...Categorized as:
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![Can't Tie Me Down! by Janet Elizabeth Henderson]()
Can't Tie Me Down! by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThere aren't many jobs available in the tiny village of Arness, Scotland, which is why Mairi Sinclair works online — as a virtual girlfriend. For a weekly fee, she emails, messages and sends photos to desk-bound geeks around the world. Nothing dodgy, mind you, she keeps her clothes on! Mairi loves her job, because the last thing she wants is to be tied down to one man forever... -
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![Some Like It Scottish by Patience Griffin]()
Some Like It Scottish by Patience Griffin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 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... -
![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 comedy. Boston Classics #2. Ben 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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![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... -
![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...
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