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62) Maybe a mermaid
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When her mother, who sells Beauty & the Bee cosmetics and drives a Beemobile, surprises soon-to-be a sixth-grader Anthoni with a trip to the Showboat Resort, Anthoni plans to finally make a "True Blue Friend."
63) Can't forget you
Author
Series
Risking it all novels volume 3
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Jessica Flynn goes up against her old high school flame Mark Dalton when they both want a patch of unspoiled North Carolina woodland, but when they are stranded in the woods together, things take a romantic turn until she discovers what he has been hiding all these years.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A year after Superstorm Sandy, Lucy's life is returning to normal at the New Jersey shore, where she has grown up surfing with her twin brother, crabbing and long-boarding with friends, and working at Surf Taco, but the torch she holds for summer resident Connor, the center of The Big Mistake, still burns.
65) The look of love
Author
Series
Wedding cake mysteries volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
On an all-expenses-paid trip to a Hollywood Hills luxury spa to create a unique wedding cake, Piper Donovan discovers the gruesome murder of another guest.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1953 at Haggerman's Catskills Resort, daring young widow Elizabeth must solve the mystery surrounding the death of a reclusive guest whose body was found in the lake on the grounds in order to save the business from going under.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aracadia Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Since the first rustic vacation retreat for hunters and fishermen was built in 1871, Okoboji and the Great Iowa Lakes have been a drawing card for families, generation after genration. Over the decades, dozens of vacation resorts, from the magnificent Hotel Orleans on Big Spirit Lake to the iconic Inn on West Okoboji, have lured happy summertime visitors. Just mentioning the name of a resort often evokes memories of swimming, boating, fishing, waterskiing,...
Author
Series
Razor Bay volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"He's the last man on earth she should want... For a guy she's fantasized about throttling, Jake Bradshaw sure is easy on the eyes. In fact, he seriously tempts inn manager Jenny Salazar to put her hands to better use. Except this is the guy who left Razor Bay--and his young son, Austin, whom Jenny adores like her own--to become a globe-trotting photojournalist. He can't just waltz back and claim Austin now. Jake was little more than a kid himself...
71) Wench: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much to bear. The main building, with its luxurious finishes, is loftier than the white cottages that flank it,but then again, the smaller structures are better positioned to catch any breeze that may come off the pond. And they provide more privacy, which...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The Carson dynasty rules the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Founded by patriarch Adam, the town is the site of the Mammoth Cup ski race-a qualifier for the Olympics. But when Wylie Welborn, Adam's illegitimate grandson, returns after a stint in Afghanistan, it reopens a dark moment in Carson family history: the murder of Wylie's father by his jealous and very pregnant wife, Cynthia. Her son Sky, born...
Author
Series
Lucy Kincaid thrillers volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
While helping their friends stop malicious vandals targeting their new resort, aspiring FBI agent Lucy Kincaid and her P.I. boyfriend, Sean Rogan, stumble upon a dead body, which then disappears, leading them into the middle of a violent conspiracy.
Author
Series
Bayberry Island novels volume 1
Publisher
Signet Select, an imprint of New American Library
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
For years Rowan Flynn distanced herself from Bayberry Island and its infamous mermaid legend. But after her investor fiancé lost what was left of her family{u2019}s fortune, Rowan reluctantly agreed to run the Safe Haven Bed-and-Breakfast, determined never again to fall for the ridiculous fantasy of the mermaid matchmaker.
76) Shoulder season
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling portrait of a young woman coming into her own, the youthful allure of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and what we lose-and gain-when we leave home. The small town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is an unlikely location for a Playboy Resort, and nineteen-year old Sherri Taylor is an unlikely bunny. Growing up in neighboring East Troy, Sherri plays the organ at the local church and has never felt comfortable in her own skin. But when her parents...
Author
Series
Book retreat mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Jane Steward is organizing a week of activities for fans of love stories at her book-themed resort. But her Regency readers barely have time to brush up on their Jane Austen before tragedy strikes Storyton Hall. Rosamund York, one of the most celebrated authors in attendance, is killed. Rosamund had as many enemies as she did admirers, including envious fellow novelists, a jealous former lover, and dozens...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious 'wellness center' at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure.
79) Jingle bell wolf
Author
Series
Wolff brothers volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Florida wolf shifter veterinarian Gabrielle Lowe, while staying alone at a ski resort in Silver Town, Colorado, catches the eye of gray wolf shifter Landon Wolff, the part-owner of the ski lodge, who is looking for both a new veterinarian for the town and a lifemate.
Author
Series
Passion Grove volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin Kimani Romance
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Childhood rivals and co-CEOs of a billion-dollar business conglomerate find sparks flying between them, but must contend with shocking secrets and a breaking scandal.
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