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Hope Harbor volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Christi Reece arrived in Hope Harbor reeling from a series of setbacks and desperate for help. But Jack Colby wants nothing to do with the woman who betrayed him-until a turn of events finds him needing her help"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Family is everything to Siobhán: her five siblings; her dear departed mother for whom the family business, Naomi's Bistro, is named; and now her fiancé, Macdara Flannery. So precious is her engagement that Siobhán wants to keep it just between the two of them for a little longer. But Macdara is her family, which is why when his cousin Jane frantically calls for his help, Siobhán is at his side as the two garda rush from Kilbane to the rural village...
3) Every breath
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future. Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina but is summoned to Sunset Beach by a letter...
Author
Series
On Devonshire shores volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When the Duke and Duchess of Kent rent a nearby house for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon to host three of the royal couple's male staff in their seaside cottage--but soon they realize they've invited mysterious secrets into their home. With the arrival of their new guests, the sisters face surprising romance and unexpected danger."--
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Language
English
Description
Sensible thirty-six-year-old Sophie Anderson has always known what to do. She knows her role in life: supportive wife of a successful architect and calm, capable mother of two. But on a warm summer night, as the house grows quiet around her and her children fall asleep, she wonders what{u2019}s missing from her life. When her husband echoes that lonely question, announcing that he{u2019}s leaving her for another woman, Sophie realizes she has no idea...
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Language
English
Description
"On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer's favorite area for long walks and it's on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads,...
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
10) Coral Cottage
Author
Series
Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 1
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When Marina Moore's life implodes, she seeks refuge at her grandmother's beach house. In her mid-forties, Marina needs her grandmother's gutsy advice to life. Writer Jack Ventana is on a sabbatical to write a book, but soon faces the prospect of unexpected romance when he moves into the guest cottage."--Publisher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Miramar Bay novels volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
From an internationally best-selling author comes a novel set in Miramar Bay, an idyllic seaside town where a Hollywood star with a wounded heart and an insightful woman escaping a tragic past in Ukraine can find hope and redemption.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "The Summer People," a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious, never-quite-glimpsed visitors who inhabit the cottage behind her house. In "I Can See Right Through You," a middle-aged movie star makes a disturbing trip to the Florida swamp where his former on- and off-screen love interest is shooting a ghost-hunting reality show. In "The New Boyfriend," a suburban slumber party takes an unusual turn, and...
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 25
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It's early May in the small English village of Finch and the air is crackling with excitement: a newcomer is about to move into Pussywillows, a riverside cottage with a romantic reputation. Will the cottage's newest resident prove yet again its enchanting ability to matchmake? But when Crispin Windle arrives, no one knows what to make of him: seemingly a loner, he repels every welcoming gesture and appears altogether uninterested in being a part...
Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While exploring the attic in her cottage near the small English village of Finch, Lori Shepherd makes an extraordinary discovery: a gleaming gold and garnet bracelet that had once belonged to Aunt Dimity. When Lori shows the garnet bracelet to Aunt Dimity, it awakens poignant memories of a doomed romance in Aunt Dimity's youth. Regretfully, Aunt Dimity asks Lori to do what she could not: return the bracelet to her unsuccessful suitor--setting Lori...
Author
Series
Secrets of the Isles volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Fleeing to the beautiful Isles of Scilly, Lady Elizabeth Sinclair stumbles upon dangerous secrets left behind by her cottage's former occupant, and agrees to help the missing girl's brother, Oliver Tremayne, find his sister. As the two work together, they uncover ancient legends, pirate wrecks, betrayal, and the most mysterious phenomenon of all: love"--
Author
Series
Hope Beach novels volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The charming Rosemary Cottage on the beach offers Amy Lange respite she needs to mourn her brother, Ben. She{u2019}s even thinking of moving her midwife practice to the Outer Banks community. It{u2019}s always been a refuge for her and her family. She also wants to investigate Ben{u2019}s disappearance at sea. Everyone blames a surfing accident, but Amy has reason to wonder. Coast Guard officer Curtis Ireland has lost a sibling too. His sister, Gina,...
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