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Wedding dates volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty multicultural romance debut by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory—author of the Resse Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick The Proposal.
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#5 LibraryReads Pick
“A swoony rom-com brimming with humor and charm.”—Entertainment...
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER
#5 LibraryReads Pick
“A swoony rom-com brimming with humor and charm.”—Entertainment...
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From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince--while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood....
3) Emma
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 30
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English
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Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance.
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Whether it's why women should enforce a "90-Day Probation Period" before they give their men sexual "benefits" -- the way Ford motor company withholds medical and dental benefits until an employee has been on the job for 3 months, or explaining to women why men would rather "fix it" than talk about it, Steve Harvey's advice is always spot-on and laden with warmth and humor. But behind the laughter is his sincere desire to help women understand men....
5) Tiger magic
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Shifters unbound volume 5
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English
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With no name or clan, and only a memory of savage captivity, Tiger now lives in the Austin Shiftertown, where he meets a beautiful stranger named Carly who might be able to help him--but only as she's drawn deeper into his forbidden, passionate and dangerous shifter world.
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2010
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English
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"Catriona Daly is no stranger to the business of love -- even though personally she has yet to find it. Eager for a match of her own and a fresh start away from her sleepy village, she makes grand plans for the annual Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival. She never expects a shy, widowed sheep farmer to distract her from her goal"--
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"How far would you go to find The One? A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you'll be matched with your perfect partner--the one you're genetically made for. That's the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been matched. But the discovery has its downsides: test results...
10) Always: a novel
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Torn between two men, Kailey Crane is faced with an impossible choice: embrace the bright future she has with her new fiance, or dedicate herself to reclaiming a past love that may be gone forever. Set amidst the Seattle music scene of the 90s as well as the present day, Always parallels the past and present in a unique love story about a woman who discovers what she's willing to save and what she will sacrifice"--
11) The spring bride
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2015.
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English
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Jane Chance's resolve to make a safe and sensible marriage is threatened by her attraction to Zachary Black, a former spy wanted for murder who helps her to rescue a dog.
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English
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In this new novel, Emily Giffin introduces a pair of sisters who find themselves at a crossroads. Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes their family, their different responses to the event splinter their delicate bond. Fifteen years later, Josie and Meredith are in their late thirties,...
13) Matched
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Matched trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?
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Runaway royals (Alyssa Cole) volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it's nothing like she imagined. Shanti and her husband may share an immediate and powerful attraction, but her subjects see her as an outsider, and everything she was taught about being the perfect wife goes disastrously wrong. A king must rule with an iron fist, and newly crowned King Sanyu was born perfectly fitted for the gauntlet, even if he wishes...
15) Give it up
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2015.
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English
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He sees you when you're sleeping: What Booker Dean wants for Christmas isn't under the tree, it's right next door. Frances Kennedy is everything Booker desires...and the gift he has planned for her involves a lot of delicious unwrapping.... Some like it hot: Family practitioner Cary Rupert wants Nora Chilton so badly he can barely keep a hold of his stethoscope. Now he's out to prove that when it comes to loving her forever, he's just what the doctor...
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Highland trouble volume 1
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English
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When he is tasked with delivering a shipment of orphans, a massive treasure and Lady Marie Colette, a sharp-tongued French heiress, to her Highland fiancé, Sir Gave Patrick finds their relationship taking an unexpected turn when they are forced to pose as a married couple in order to sneak out of France.
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Taking chances is part of life, but when you bet your future against the odds, it's a high-risk game. Kate Madison's stylish resale shop has been a big SoHo success, supporting her and her four kids since her husband's untimely death. Now they are grown and ready to forge lives of their own. And they all choose to play against the odds, to their mother's dismay. Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, is in line to make partner at her Wall Street firm when...
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With Joy, Love and a Little Trepidation, Courtney, Sienna and Rachel Invite You to the Most Emotional Wedding of the Year - Their Mother's Courtney ̃The Misfit ̃As the awkward one, Courtney Watson may not be as together as her sisters, but she excels at one thing, keeping secrets, including her white-hot affair with a sexy music producer. Planning Mom's wedding exposes her startling hidden life, changing her family's view of her and how she views...
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"Alison Moore leaves her Cincinnati home, and, not incidentally, Kyle Wallace, the high school boyfriend with whom she's had a tumultuous, on-again/off-again relationship for years-complicated by his strict conformity to Catholicism-and follows her dream of being an actor. A bit part in a New York City-based television drama propels her into a leading role in a TV series, and then she gets a big break to star in a major motion picture. Kyle, now a...
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