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61) Lucky penny
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When Colorado marshal David Paxton gets a letter from a stranger claiming to be his wife and pleading with him to come for her and his daughter, he dutifully responds and is saddled with a ready-made family.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house, built in 1737, is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss, since she's tall, stoic, and originally from Switzerland. Greta is fascinated by Big...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When an anonymous benefactor offers to put Samantha Moore through school, with the stipulation that she write frequent letters to him on her progress, Sam finds safety in the letters as her program and her peers force her to confront her past.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Lying is a normal part of human communication and is sometimes necessary to protect someones feelings, but there are also malicious lies meant to deceive, cheat, and defraud. You can't always rely on what comes out of someone's mouth. It doesn't take mind reading superpowers to be able to tell when someone is lying, but it does take special skills and a little practice. In Lie Detecting 101, international expert in undercover operations Dr. David...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bryan James's job is on thin ice unless he can secure a contract with a popular design house. He knows his best friend's sister can ehlp -- but her terms are more than he bargained for. Alexis Devers's debut fashion line is a hit. But when Alexis's publicist tells buyers that it landed her a wealthy, gorgeous fiance, Alexis needs to come up with one -- fast. Bryan's offer to strike a deal is perfectly timed. She's more than willing -- on one condition......
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Tia Monroe moves to New York City, she plans to put herself on the culinary map in no time. But after a coveted internship goes up in smoke, Tia's suddenly just another young food lover in the big city. But when Michael Saltz, a legendary New York Times restaurant critic, lets Tia in on a career-ending secret--that he's lost his sense of taste--everything changes. Now he wants Tia to serve as his palate, ghostwriting his reviews. In return he...
Author
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"My Best Friend's Wedding meets Never Have I Ever in this utterly charming, heart-stealing debut romance about two completely different people who get engaged under false pretenses. "I couldn't put down this page-turner . . . A warm, smart, sexy, and absolutely charming debut." -Colleen Hoover When Seth, Meghna's one-who-got-away writing partner and best friend, asks Meghna Raman to be the "best man" for his last-minute wedding, Meghna is determined...
Author
Series
Windsong volume 1
Publisher
Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Kennedy Martin is spurred into action when her ex calls her, days before his wedding, to express his doubts about the upcoming marriage. She needs to convince him that marrying his fiancée is the right choice, and so she crashes the pre-wedding in order to talk to him. As if that situation isn't difficult enough--she runs into Maverick Owens, her old college nemesis, and is forced to pretend she's with him so she can attend all the events.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What starts out as a fake wedding date turns into something these childhood enemies never expected in The Plus One, a sparkling romantic comedy by Mazey Eddings. She's not looking to fix him. She's looking to love him, if he'll let her in. Some facts are indisputable. The sun rises in the east, sets in the west. Gravity exits. Indira doesn't like Jude. Jude doesn't like Indira. But what happens when these childhood enemies find the only thing they...
Author
Series
Cartel novels volume 2
Publisher
Urban Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Cartel runs Miami, and loyalty to their organization runs deep, but when someone breaks the rules, things may be beyond repair. A snitch in the crew has dismantled the notorious Cartel, and now disloyalty threatens to tear the family apart. Young Carter is in the fight for his life, as he faces drug kingpin charges due to the treachery of his best friend, Ace. Kidnapping, murder, deception, and seduction fill this highly anticipated sequel.
72) Evidence of life
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Mira
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
On the last ordinary day of her life, Abby Bennett feels like the luckiest woman alive. But everyone knows that luck doesn't last forever. As her husband, Nick, and daughter, Lindsey, embark on a weekend camping trip to the Texas Hill Country, Abby looks forward to having some quiet time to herself. She braids Lindsey's hair, reminds Nick to drive safely and kisses them both goodbye. For a brief moment, Abby thinks she has it all-- a perfect marriage,...
73) The love plot
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"There's a magnetic attraction when a happy-go-lucky gig worker agrees to a fake relationship with a rich, uptight New Yorker in this steamy romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young. Star Shine Meadows is all about freedom, thanks to the hippie parents who raised her. Juggling her jobs as a professional costume character actor and a line sitter, she believes in no expectations, no stressful ambitions, and no-strings-attached...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
England, 1976. Mrs. Creasy is missing and the Avenue is alive with whispers. The neighbors blame her sudden disappearance on the heat wave, but ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly aren't convinced. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, the girls decide to take matters into their own hands. Inspired by the local vicar, they go looking for God--they believe that if they find Him they might also find Mrs. Creasy and bring her home. Spunky, spirited Grace and...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A music critic pining for her ex-girlfriend targets her high school crush for a career comeback and a chance at revenge in this fresh and original enemies to lovers romance debut. What could possibly go wrong? Sammy Espinoza is known for her smart and hilariously cynical music criticism, and she has a successful column to prove how notoriously hard to please she is in the music biz. But when her singer ex-girlfriend breaks up with her via song on...
Author
Series
Fast track (Erin McCarthy) volume 8
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Aguilar, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
¿Quieres descubrir las las sęales de la mentira? No te dejes engąar. ¡Vive con ventaja! Cuando las personas mienten o no conf̕an en lo que cuentan, se comunican de manera diferente y tanto su lenguaje como su cuerpo pueden delatarlas. Lo mejor de todo es que no son conscientes, no lo pueden evitar. Sin la preparaci̤n adecuada, nuestra capacidad de detectar la falta de honestidad es puro azar. Conocer los indicadores concretos de engąo y la...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
By day, she is Lady Georgiana, sister to a Duke, ruined before her first season in the worst kind of scandal. But the truth is far more shocking. In London's darkest corners, she is Chase, the mysterious, unknown founder of the city's most legendary gaming hell. For years, her double identity has gone undiscovered, until now.
Author
Series
John Keller novels volume 5
Language
English
Description
With a new wife and a baby on the way, Keller, a.k.a. Nicholas Edwards, is done killing people for money until a phone call from Dot draws him back into the old game, taking him to Dallas to settle a domestic dispute, to New York, where people might remember him.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Revealing herself as the illegitimate daughter of a recently deceased English lord, young Frenchwoman Phaedra gradually overcomes her outraged relatives' frosty reception, only to have her position threatened by a forbidden passion.
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