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Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"General contractor Melanie Turner's latest restoration is a historic Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco's Cow Hollow neighborhood. Trouble is, she'll have to work around the owners, the Daley family, who refuse to leave during the construction. But when eerie things start happening around the site, the Daleys threaten to call off the renovation for fear that the work is disrupting ghosts who live on the property. But the ghosts aren't the only...
22) A lot like love
Author
Series
Blue Moon Bay novels volume 1
Publisher
Amara, is an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Sarah Lewis inherits a run-down B & B from her late grandmother ... she feels a sense of obligation to her grandmother to get it back to the landmark tourist destination it once was ... even if that means hiring the best contractor for the job, who happens to be her old high school crush ... As they spend more time together ... the spark between them ignites. But will saving the B & B be enough to convince them both to take a second chance at...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Hurricane Fanny left no one in Blessings, Georgia, unscathed--including Rowan Harper, the only surviving member of her family. Rebuilding her life now seems almost impossible. Bowie James comes back to help repair his grandmother's house, but he doesn't intend to stay long. He and his mother were forced out of Blessings a decade ago, and he's neither forgiven nor forgotten those responsible. But Rowan is kindhearted, beautiful, and lost, and Bowie...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A spare, powerful, timeless parable of two men, Western contractors sent to work far from home, tasked with paving a road to the capital in a dangerous and largely lawless country. "Four and Nine are partners, working for the same company, sent without passports to a nation recovering from ten years of civil war. Together, operating under pseudonyms and anonymous to potential kidnappers, they are given a new machine, the RS-90, and tasked with building...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Word has spread that contractor Mel Turner can communicate with the spirits of the dead, and she{u2019}s having a hard time maintaining a low profile. She decides to embrace her reputation for the chance to restore a historic house that calls to her. The new owners, who hope to run a haunted bed-and-breakfast, want Mel to encourage the ghosts that supposedly roam the halls to enhance the house{u2019}s paranormal charm. The catch: Mel has to spend...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Shannon Hammer is about to embark on one of the biggest projects of her career. Her best friend Jane Hennessey has purchased one wing of the Gables, formerly the old state insane asylum, located on a bucolic hillside two miles northeast of Lighthouse Cove. Jane plans to turn her section into a small luxury hotel complete with twenty ocean-view rooms, a spa, and a restaurant. Shannon is raring to get started on the enormous project and is shocked when...
Author
Series
Central Park pact volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
There are no good men left in New York City. At least that's Claire Hayes's conviction after finding out her late husband was not the man she thought he was. Determined to rid her home of anything that reminds her of her cheating husband, Claire sets out to redesign her boring, beige Upper East Side brownstone and make it something all her own. But what starts out as a simple renovation becomes a lot more complicated when she meets her bad-tempered...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Shannon's good friend and retired tech billionaire, Raphael Nash, is loving his new retired life but he can't stay unoccupied for too long. He's started the Marigold Foundation that helps fund small companies and individuals who do humanitarian work around the world. It's an exciting time in Lighthouse Cove as Raphael hosts the first ever global conference inviting big thinkers from every area of industry to give presentations on eco-living. Raphael's...
29) Mulberry Hollow
Author
Series
Riverbend romance volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Avery Robinson decided to be a physician after helplessly watching her mother lose a battle with a terrible disease. Now at risk of developing the same illness, Avery guards her heart from love. She's driven to protect her loved ones as a workaholic doctor in the tiny mountain town of Riverbend Gap, North Carolina. Contractor Wes Garrett is hiking the Appalachian trail, in memory of the man who died saving his life, when an illness racks his body....
30) Aloha with love
Author
Publisher
Rosewind Romance
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After a tough week that includes losing a big job opportunity and being dumped by her long-term boyfriend, Jenna Burke receives word that her beloved Aunt May passed away. Traveling back to her Hawaiian hometown for the reading of the will, Jenna discovers she and her sister have inherited May's dilapidated Victorian home on desirable beachfront land. The sisters can do whatever they want with the property, but there's one catch: the house must be...
31) Goodbye again
Author
Series
Wyndham Beach volume 2
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of her daughter's unexplained suicide and her husband Jim's sudden abandonment, Liddy Bryant is determined to move on and make some positive changes in her life. In her hometown of Wyndham Beach, the neglected and shuttered bookstore is also in need of renewal, and Liddy recognizes an opportunity to get herself and the bookshop back on track. With a little help from her friends, she's well on her way. Local contractor Tuck Shelby has...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lyrical Underground/Kensington Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Even in a lovely town like River Bluffs, Indiana, flipping houses can be a challenge. Especially when there's the proverbial skeleton in the closet-and a literal corpse in the driveway... House-flipper Jazzy Zanders has her work cut out for her. Her latest flip, which she co-purchased with her fiancée Ansel and cousin Jerod, is a three-story fixer-upper that's more of a droopy-downer. One corner of the house is sinking and needs to be jacked up with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Shannon could not be happier that her hunky thriller-writing boyfriend, Mac, has moved in, and it is a good thing they are living together because they are both busier than ever. Mac is hosting writing retreats at his now vacant lighthouse mansion, while Shannon and her crew build Homefront, a quaint Victorian village of tiny homes for veterans in need. Mac's latest guests are proving to be a handful though, and Shannon has heard some grumbling from...
34) Low Country hero
Author
Series
Safe Haven novels volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sunny, carefree days splashing in the ocean--it's the life Anna George has always wanted for her five-year-old twins. And now that they've made it to Safe Haven, South Carolina, she won't let anyone stand in her way. Not the abusive ex she's just escaped and not the rugged contractor who caught her setting up house in the shuttered beachfront cabins he's refurbishing. When he offers Anna and her daughters a place to stay in exchange for her help with...
Author
Series
Jason Bourne/Treadstone novels volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The final days of the American presence in Afghanistan bring Adam Hayes a summons he can't ignore in the latest electrifying thriller from the world of Robert Ludlum. Adam Hayes has stepped away from the field for the last time. He's promised his wife that he won't put his life on the line any more, and there's nothing that will make him break a promise to his wife. Well...almost nothing. With America withdrawing from Afghanistan and the Taliban...
Author
Series
Jewell Cove novels volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Abby Foster is a fish out of water in the Maine coastal town of Jewell Cove. The crumbling Foster estate, left to her by a relative she never even knew, has everyone's eyes on her--an eerie reminder of the long-buried family secrets that have haunted her...forever. Single, stunning, and sometimes too strong-willed for her own good, Abby's plan is to sell the house and hightail it back to Nova Scotia. But another part of her is intrigued by the idea...
Author
Series
Jazzi Zanders mystery volume 1
Publisher
Lyrical Underground, Kensington Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to River Bluffs, Indiana, a cozy small town populated with charming homes, close-knit families, and the occasional deadly secret . . . House-flipper Jazzi Zanders and her cousin Jerod have found their latest project. The property, formerly owned by the late Cal Juniper, is filled with debris that must be cleared before the real renovation begins. But a trip to the attic reveals something more disturbing than forgotten garbage--a skeleton wearing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Bailey King, star of TV's Bailey's Amish Sweets, is building her dream candy factory in Harvest, Ohio. But no sooner is the frame of the new building up than she finds the dead body of a surly contractor who has a long list of enemies--including people in the Amish community. To add to the drama, Bailey is being filmed by a crew for her upcoming show ... When Bailey's TV producer pitched a reality show about building the factory, Bailey was shocked...
39) Home to stay
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In the New Order Amish community of Pleasant Valley, a helping hand is never far away, and a baby's smile can be reason enough to start over--and risk love again . . . Since losing his family in a tragic accident, building contractor Max Lambright can't seem to find purpose in anything but hard work . . . until he meets feisty newcomer, Willa Richards. As she struggles to make a new life for herself and her baby girl, she challenges him in just about...
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