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"Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior's life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the city has ever seen. However, her dreams of a fresh start pulling shots instead of swinging swords are hardly a sure bet. Old frenemies and Thune's shady underbelly...
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Maggy Thorsen mysteries volume 10
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Severn House Publishers LTD
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"The choice of an antique silver coffee urn as the final resting place for elderly Celeste Bouchard's ashes might seem a cruel joke. After all, the wealthy boutique owner was taken ill and died while daughter Hannah was off having lattes at Uncommon Grounds. But Maggy Thorsen, the coffeehouse's owner, has more pressing things on her mind: a jail break and subsequent shoot-out has forced her main squeeze, Sheriff Jake Pavlik, to take refuge with her....
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Chelsea Chambers is on her own. After a public split from her NFL superstar husband, Chelsea takes a bold step out of the limelight and behind the counter of the Higher Grounds Café, an old-fashioned coffee shop in dire need of reinvention. But when her courage, expert planning, and out-of-this-world cupcakes fail to pay the bills, this newly single mom finds herself desperate for help. Better yet, a miracle. Then a curious stranger lands at Chelsea's...
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Cackleberry Club mysteries volume 1
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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Agotada después de pasar décadas luchando en batallas sangrientas, Viv, una orco bárbara, decide que es hora de colgar su espada y comenzar una nueva vida, una que le brinde alegría a ella misma y felicidad a los otros. Su nuevo objetivo la lleva a dirigirse hacia las calles de Thune, donde planea abrir la primera cafetería que haya visto la ciudad, sirviendo una bebida que ninguno de los ciudadanos ha probado antes. Pero emprender un nuevo negocio...
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Breakfast in bed (Sydney Landon) volume 1
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Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Zoe Hart owns the coffee shop in one of the hottest upscale resorts in Florida, run by her childhood best friend, Dylan Jackson. Even though Dylan is a workaholic, he still finds time to enjoy the beautiful women who pass through his hotel--all of them except Zoe. She has been in love with Dylan for years without him noticing. But with her thirtieth birthday fast approaching, she realizes she can't keep pining away for a man who doesn't show the merest...
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St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart knows how to treat her customers. But sometimes life can get a bit sticky. When a spat she has with a local blacksmith--one that could have been solved with a handshake and a mixed dozen--ends with his murder, Suzanne is caught dead in her tracks. Suddenly everyone in April Springs has their eyes on her.
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Poisoned Pen Press
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[2021]
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English
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"It's the holiday season in Harvest Park, and the town is in a flurry of activity leading up to the popular Festival of Lights display! Tessa Esposito, chef and owner of Anything's Pastable, is keeping all things merry, bright, and delicious for everyone. But a dark cloud looms when Mario Russo, the new proprietor of More Mocha, decides it's thyme to sleigh his competition. Mario's new espresso bar has been stealing customers from Java Time, owned...
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From Kona with love volume 1
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Rosewind Books, an imprint of Vesuvian Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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After Andrea Andie Matthews chooses her career over a marriage proposal and then loses a promotion she worked so hard for, she jumps at the chance to take a break and help run a friend's coffee shop. Alone in Hawaii, Andie befriends the staff and quickly grows to care for them, making her determined to revive the company. As luck would have it, she meets the mysterious Warren Yates on Christmas Eve. They share a cup of coffee, some conversation, and...
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Love Inspired
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Lydia Stoltzfus is content being a maidal, unwed but happily running an Amish coffee shop. Until her schoolgirl crush returns home and she falls in love, with his timid five-year-old daughter. Widower Simon Fisher has no plans to remarry, especially not his lighthearted former neighbor, but devotion to his timid girl, and a matchmaking community, shows them what their future could be.
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Six Mysteries Are Brewing in Small-Town Kansas The coffee shop on the corner of First and Main in Oak Grove, Kansas, seems to attract a series of mysterious events. Or perhaps it is the six women who frequent the shop for book club who are magnets for trouble. . . . Morgan Butler, owner of the Coffee Perk, finds a project worker hanged at her shop. Penny Parson finds a gun in one of her beehives. Evelyn Kliff discovers a dead church meal organizer....
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Ten years ago, my boyfriend killed my best friend. At least that's what Micah has believed ever since her high school sweetheart, Alex, was convicted of murdering her best friend, Emily. A decade later, Micah has finally moved on from the unforgivable betrayal and loss. Now the owner of a bustling coffee shop in her small hometown in Pennsylvania, she's happily coupled up with another old high school friend, the two having bonded over their shared...
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Kalamata's kitchen volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Kalamata and her friends Al Dente, Kyo, Dovie, and Knox are practicing their dance routine for the upcoming talent show. But none of them agree on what the routine is missing--Dovie thinks it needs more twirls, Knox wants more break-dancing, and everyone is getting frustrated! Luckily for the Electric (Fried Chicken) Sliders (as their group is called), all the magic they need to create a great dance routine is within reach! As Kalamata, Kyo, and...
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St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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When a mysterious stranger buys a whole box of heavily iced crullers, throws them at her friend Gabby's storefront, and then winds up dead, Suzanne Hart, the owner of April Springs' only donut shop, tries to find his killer.
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"Thanks to an accidental phone swap, two adorable rescue pups, and a coffeehouse clash, a holiday flirtation goes to the dogs and hilarity ensues, from New York Times bestselling author Julia London. All Harper Thompson wants for Christmas is the huge promotion she's worked so hard for-which she should get, as long as her launch of the hip new coffeehouse, Deja Brew, goes according to plan. Jonah Rogers is spending the holiday season trying to save...
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