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Sweat and Soap, Vol. 11 by Kintetsu Yamada
WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGINGThe ceremony is just around the corner, but there’s still a lot to be done: finalizing the guest list, sending out invitations, picking out wedding favors, figuring out flower arrangements… The tasks are endless and exhausting... -
Sunshine After the Rain: Escape to the Lakes with this heartwarming and uplifting page-turner from Jessica Redland by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEscape 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... -
あせとせっけん 11 [Ase to sekken 11] by Kintetsu Yamada, 山田金鉄
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWEDDING BELLS ARE RINGINGThe ceremony is just around the corner, but there’s still a lot to be done: finalizing the guest list, sending out invitations, picking out wedding favors, figuring out flower arrangements… The tasks are endless and exhausting... -
Sweat and Soap, Vol. 3 by Kintetsu Yamada
The office romance between the quiet and sweet accountant Asako, who's spent her life ashamed of how much she sweats, and rising star of the bath and toiletry world Kotaro got off to a fast and steamy start! Kotaro's status at the company has made her wary of revealing their relationship to their colleagues at Liliadrop, and she's stumbled into the discovery that Kotaro has been mentoring an... -
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Spring Tides at The Starfish Café by Jessica Redland
Welcome back to the Starfish Café - where you will find stunning views, delicious food and lifelong friendships.A new season...As winter turns to spring, Hollie - owner of The Starfish Café - is feeling content as she settles into her new life with her loving boyfriend, Jake, and their adorable dog Pickle... -
Sweat and Soap, Vol. 4 by Kintetsu Yamada
Natori and Asako are back from their first trip together, a romantic getaway to Hokkaido. But when Asako returns to the office, her anxiety comes back, too, because it’s time to let their secret out and reveal their relationship to their coworkers. Natori sets up a lunch to introduce Asako to his teammates in product development... -
Sweat and Soap, Vol. 9 by Kintetsu Yamada
COME WHAT MAY Now that Kotaro and Asako have gotten used to living together, they’ve started to think about what their future holds. It’s an exciting—and somewhat terrifying—prospect, one made all the more difficult when the haunting reappearance of a ghost from Asako’s past threatens their happily ever after.. -
Healing Hearts at Bumblebee Barn by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWelcome to Bumblebee Barn, home to wonderful animals, stunning views and spectacular sunsets - and resident young farmer, Barney.While Barney loves his life at Bumblebee Barn - a farm that has been in his family for generations - he's struggling to find someone to share it with... -
Sweat and Soap, Vol. 3 by Kintetsu Yamada
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe office romance between the quiet and sweet accountant Asako, who's spent her life ashamed of how much she sweats, and rising star of the bath and toiletry world Kotaro got off to a fast and steamy start! Kotaro's status at the company has made her wary of revealing their relationship to their colleagues at Liliadrop, and she's stumbled into the discovery that Kotaro has been mentoring an... -
Sweat and Soap, Vol. 7 by Kintetsu Yamada
After a lot of discussion and planning (and so many Post-It notes), Kotaro and Asako move in together, and a new era of their relationship dawns! But will these meticulously-laid plans stand up to the pressures and annoyances of real life? Pressures like.. -
Mistletoe and Magic for the Midwife by Jo Bartlett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe brand new instalment in the top 10 bestselling Midwives series!It’s the most wonderful time of the year…But for single mum and busy midwife Nadia, it’s quickly turning into her worst Christmas ever.Her marriage is over, and whilst her husband has moved on, Nadia finds herself back home, squashed into her mum’s spare room with her two small children... -
Sweat and Soap, Vol. 10 by Kintetsu Yamada
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES......well, a whole lot of stuff. Kotaro and Asako have been through a lot, and now they're finally ready to take the big plunge. Whatever comes next, they're committed to seeing it through -- together... -
Sweat and Soap, Vol. 5 by Kintetsu Yamada
With great effort, the notorious workaholic Natori has managed to carve out a real holiday break, with time away from the office to spend with his girlfriend Asako... -
Sweet Distraction by K. Bromberg
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sexy single dad, nanny, forbidden romance from New York Times bestselling author, K. Bromberg.The rock star never planned on fatherhood. The nanny never planned on staying. But sometimes the biggest surprises come wrapped in pink bows and second chances.Gavin “Rocket” Caldwell, member of the world’s biggest rock band, lives fast—sold-out tours, wild nights, and zero responsibilities... -
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Final Vow by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAs 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... -
Against the Current by Katie Winters
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCome and join the bubbly cast of characters coming this summer. An unfolding family drama of heartache, longing, friendship, and secrets on the island of Nantucket.Against the Current is book six of The Sutton Book Club series, a heart-wrenching yet hopeful family drama that unfolds between the glittering shores of Nantucket Island... -
New Beginnings on Railway Lane by Alison Sherlock
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWhen high flying, workaholic Katy Smith is suddenly made redundant, she needs to find a job fast!After mistakenly answering an advert online, she quickly realises that the rundown railway station in sleepy Cranfield isn’t the 5-star London hotels she’s used to working in!But a job’s a job. Right?Chef Ryan Connelly is having a crisis of confidence after his Italian dream turns sour... -
Sunset by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratings"Sharon Sala is a consummate storyteller." —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling authorCrossroads, Texas, just might be the place to settle down and find the love of your dreams in this new small town romance series from Sharon Sala, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Blessings, Georgia series... -
Over the Verdant Hills by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOnce, Claire had the life others dreamed about—but now she’s drowning in debt, loss, and loneliness. At thirty-five, Claire never imagined herself divorced, a single mom, unemployed, and moving back to her grandmother’s ramshackle farmhouse in the quiet countryside of Raspberry Ridge... -
Take Me Home by Beth Moran
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSophie Potter’s job is helping people deal with the worst, because Sophie Potter knows what the worst feels like. An expert at keeping moving, with her trusty motorhome and faithful dog Muffin, Sophie has built her life around keeping her loves and loyalties as few as possible. Fabulous fifty-something Hattie Langford has kept her heart and past safely stored away too... -
All You Need Is Love by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen you’ve loved and lost, how do you find the strength to let love in again?Jemma thinks she’s found the love of her life. Scott is everything she ever dreamed of and she can’t wait to begin the next stage of their life together. But just as she is heading for her happy ever after, a shock revelation shatters Jemma’s life as she knows it... -
Sweat and Soap, Vol. 2 by Kintetsu Yamada
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn an office romance, there's a fine line between sexy and awkward... and that line is where Asako — a woman who sweats copiously — met Koutarou — a perfume developer who can't get enough of Asako's, er, scent. Don't miss a romcom manga like no other! Asako's living her dream, working at the toiletry maker Liliadrop... -
Finding Friends at the Cornish Country Hospital by Jo Bartlett
A fresh beginning…Esther Hamilton, is finally finding her feet after her split with her horrible ex, and is looking forward to her new single life. She has a job she loves in the busy Accident and Emergency department, a new home and for the first time ever, a chance to just have fun with her good friends...Categorized as:
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A New Dawn at Owl's Lodge by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCould 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.. -
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The Girls from Sandycove by Siân O'Gorman
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA mother and daughter adrift, a friend in need, and a village to really call home… When Kate O’Hare discovers she’s about to become a mother, she packs up her life in France to return home to regroup and put down some roots... -
Sweat and Soap Vol. 6 by Kintetsu Yamada
Despite all the anxieties and obstacles, Asako and Natori's relationship has proven its staying power. Since deciding to move in together, they've found a home they both like, and a new chapter in both their lives has begun! But now that they've taken this adult step, there's an even bigger one looming further up the staircase.. -
I Wish I Could Be The One by Monica Walters
Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJenahra Henderson Monroe knows what it means to be pretentious but strong. While her religious behaviors come off as condescending and judgmental of others, it’s deeply rooted in pain, drama, and abuse. Not wanting to get members of her family in trouble, she chooses to keep secrets for over twenty years, drowning herself in God’s anointing. When the truth finally emerges, it comes with a cost... -
The Starfish Sisters by Barbara O'Neal
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFrom the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes an emotional novel about two women facing the betrayals, heartbreaks, and refuge of true friendship.Phoebe and Suze used to be closer than sisters. Growing up in a quiet and wildly beautiful coastal town in Oregon, they shared everything... -
The View from Prince Street by Mary Ellen Taylor
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom the author of The Brighter the Light comes the story of two women connected by the grief they never got over and the journey they embark on to finally move forward.It’s been fifteen years since her sister died, and Rae McDonald still hasn’t recovered from the accident―or the ways she tried to cope with it. Not even a PhD in psychology has helped her deal with her feelings... -
Nantucket Longing by Katie Winter
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe was a prodigy born to perform, until her world collapsed in silence.Madeline Willis was destined for greatness. A piano virtuoso discovered at just five years old, raised by a mother who fled Poland with dreams as fierce as her daughter’s talent... -
Chasing the Horizon by Katie Winters
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA miracle pregnancy. A fractured father-daughter bond. A single moment that threatens to unravel everything.At forty-two, Valerie Sutton has finally found calm after the storm. Reunited with her husband Alex, expecting the baby she thought she'd never have, and leaving behind the chaos of her past, she’s ready to embrace a more hopeful future... -
The White Oak Lodge by Katie Winters
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt's been decades since a mysterious fire engulfed the White Oak Lodge. But what really happened that night?Why haven't Benjamin and Jack Whitmore been seen since?Can the remaining Whitmores discover the truth and restore the once-great White Oak Lodge to its former glory?The Fourth of July night Nina Whitmore's home went up in flames, she was ten years old... -
Seabreeze Reunion by Jan Moran
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhat 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... -
A Vintage Vacation by Maddie Please
Clover Harrington might be sixty-one, but she’s still bossing it in the corporate world and can still run rings around her younger colleagues. And then she is made redundant…... -
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A Mother for Christmas by Jackie Weger
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDecker Davenport is on a deadline. He has thirty days — Christmas Eve, to be exact — to remodel a St. Augustine Victorian house or the owner will put it back on the market. Not a good time for Decker’s decorator to take off on a honeymoon, leaving him with Annalise Owens, a stand-in with a malaise he isn’t privy to... -
A Breath of Fresh Air by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe 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... -
Sunrise over Strawberry Hill Farm by Alison Sherlock
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsPre-order the BRAND NEW romance from Alison Sherlock She drives a tractor. He arrives in a red Ferrari. What could possibly go wrong? Flora Barton is desperate to save her family home Strawberry Hill Farm. She only needs one thing - a great business idea to keep the farm afloat!So, when Nico Rossi arrives from Italy with a crazy plan to save the farm, Flora should be overjoyed... -
The Lucky Shamrock by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown’s bighearted novel about family, secrets, small-town Texas romance, and―with a little bit of luck―starting over. Family doesn’t mean everyone has to like each other. That’s the case when cousins Taryn, Anna Rose, and Jorja return to Shamrock, Texas, to help manage their grandmother’s flower shop, the Lucky Shamrock... -
Sweat and Soap, Vol. 6 by Kintetsu Yamada, 山田金鉄
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn an office romance, there's a fine line between sexy and awkward... and that line is where Asako -- a woman who sweats copiusly -- met Koutarou -- a perfume developer who can't get enough of Asako's, er, scent. Don't miss a romcom manga like no other! WOULDN’T IT BE NICEDespite all the anxieties and obstacles, Asako and Natori’s relationship has proven its staying power... -
Trick of Light by Katie Winters
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA Sutton daughter flees Savannah, a monstrous husband, and his sexist family. But when she returns to Nantucket, she learns that the past is not done with her yet -- and that a long-lost love may not have forgotten about her, either.Bethany Sutton is one of the most sought-after surgeons across the east coast. Her expertise has brought hundreds of patients back to good health... -
When We Were Young by Michele Brouder
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe orderly, sterile life of Martha Hahn Cotter is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of the teenage granddaughter she’s never met. Quick to send the girl back home, she reaches out to her estranged daughter. Days later, her daughter arrives, resulting in an inevitable showdown as old wounds and past secrets surface... -
We Are Family by Beth Moran
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom No. 1 bestselling author Beth Moran comes a story about family, friends and facing your fears. Thirty-three-year-old Ruth Henderson and her daughter Maggie have some hard choices to make. Following the tragic death of Maggie's father, they are left with a mountain of debt and broken hearts... -
What Next? by Shari Low
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsVal 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... -
Sweat and Soap Vol. 8 by Kintetsu Yamada
Now that Kotaro and Asako have met each other's families, things should be smooth sailing from here on out -- right? But there's still their first company trip as a couple, not to mention some unexpected... gains...of romantic bliss to navigate... -
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A Greek Island Escape by Kate Frost
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsCan a Greek escape be the start of something special?Xanthe Fox has it all: a famous, drop-dead gorgeous boyfriend, a dream career and bright future – until heartbreak sends her life into a tailspin... -
Heading Home to Lavender Cottage by Alison Sherlock
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith nowhere else to go, Harriet Colgan has returned to the sleepy village of Cranfield to sell her beloved aunt and uncle’s cottage, the only place she ever called home.When she arrives at Lavender Cottage, Harriet discovers plans to replace the beautiful lavender fields, her uncle’s pride and joy, with an industrial warehouse... -
One Last Thing Before I Go by Michele Brouder
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe retired librarian from Hideaway Bay, Carol Rimmer, has been handed a terminal diagnosis. As she looks over the course of her life, she decides she must do one more thing before she goes. But she’s going to need help and who better to ask than Thelma Schumacher. Despite their history, she puts aside any dislike she has for the woman and asks for help in her last task... -
The Next Best Day by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBeloved and bestselling author Sharon Sala brings you a brand-new contemporary romance filled with second chances, new beginnings, and a Southern small town you won't want to leave... -
Shar - A Woman Alone by J.E Daelman
Shar's story is a step away from the Raging Barons MC, but gaining a step toward the Rogue Legion MC. It is her story to tell, and you will find it's a lite MC read. Shar's story is best read after the Raging Barons MC where she is introduced.The Rogue Legion MC has been transitioning their business from illegal sales of drugs and guns to legitimate businesses... -
A Leap of Faith For The Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPre-order the brand new instalment in the top 10 bestselling Cornish Midwife series!Midwife Izzy is devastated to learn that her beloved grandmother is dying. Abandoned as a baby by her own mother, her grandparents have been the only family Izzy has ever known and she wants to spend every last precious moment with them...
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