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Author
Series
Sweet magnolias series volume 6
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Emotionally wounded single mom Sarah Price has come home to Serenity, South Carolina, for a fresh start. With support from her two best friends -- the newest generation of the Sweet Magnolias -- she can face any crisis. But sometimes a woman needs more than treasured friends can provide. Sexy Travis McDonald may be exactly what Sarah's battered self-confidence requires. The newcomer is intent on getting Sarah to work at his fledgling radio station...
Author
Series
Welcome to Night Vale episodes volume 2
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This includes the episodes from season two of the podcast, in which we witness a totalitarian takeover of Night Vale that threatens to forever change the town and everyone living in it, and offers both an entertaining reading experience as well as a valuable reference guide to past episodes.
Author
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Come home to Shelter Springs this Christmas, where hearts are warm and hopes are bright...Growing up at the Shelter Inn hotel, Natalie Shepherd envied guests who could come and go as they pleased. So when it was time to finally leave for college and put the lush green mountains around Shelter Springs--along with the cloud of loss that seemed to follow her family--behind her, she swore she'd never come back. But now her sister McKenna needs a favor....
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Minnesota, 1977. For the teens of one close-knit community, summer means late-night swimming parties at the quarry, the county fair, and venturing into the tunnels beneath the city. But for two best friends, it's not all fun and games. Heather and Brenda have a secret. Something they saw in the dark. Something they can't forget. They've decided to never tell a soul. But their vow is tested when their friend disappears--the second girl to vanish in...
Author
Series
Watervalley novels volume 2
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When he comes to the aid of a woman at the grocery store, Luke is fascinated to learn she is Estelle Pillow, the cheery sister to his prickly housekeeper, Connie. Estelle wants to open a bakery in town--and Connie's disapproval of the venture stirs up a whirlwind of emotions between the siblings. But Luke's attention is soon diverted when he learns about a long-ago double murder.
86) Soon
Author
Publisher
Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"On winter solstice, the birds disappeared, and the mist arrived. The inhabitants of Nebulah quickly learn not to venture out after dark. But it is hard to stay indoors: cabin fever sets in, and the mist can be beguiling, too. Eventually only six remain. Like the rest of the townspeople, Pete has nowhere else to go. After he rescues a stranded psychic from a terrible fate, he's given a warning: he will be dead by solstice unless he leaves town - soon"--...
Author
Series
Sunshine Corner volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Abby Engel has a great life. She's the owner of Sunshine Corner, the daycare she runs with her girlfriends; she has the most adoring grandmother (aka the Baby Whisperer); and she lives in a perfect hidden gem of a town. All that's missing is the thing she wants the most: a family. But after a stint of online dating and a string of bad blind dates, she's ready to give up. And then her ex-boyfriend (aka the love of her life) walks back into town ......
88) Pelican Point
Author
Series
Bachelors of Blueberry Cove volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her life thoroughly broken, fixer Alex has signed on to renovate the dilapidated Pelican Point lighthouse in Maine. She's falling in love with the glorious coastline, age-old secrets, welcoming smiles, and rugged Logan McCrae. DIY is so much better with two.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Is a lie of omission still a lie? Larisa Pearl didn't think so and it got her into a heap of trouble. When Larisa Pearl returns to her small seaside hometown in Massachusetts to manage her beloved great aunt's estate, she's a bit of an emotional mess. She's just lost her job and her boyfriend and she's struggling to cope with her mother's failing health. When she passes by the window of The Little French Bridal Shop, a beautiful ivory satin wedding...
Author
Publisher
ChiZine Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Based, as they say, on a true story... Jack Levin is the boy who finds things. "Gus" Berry is the boy who wants things. Annie Barker is the girl who believes in things. And together they stumble upon a gut-wrenching secret that threatens to destroy their families and their lives. Welcome to the 1960s and sleepy small-town Trenton, Ontario. Where a silent movie studio once prospered. Where hunting, fishing, arson, and drowning are the favored pastimes....
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Holly Banks could not have made a worse first impression on the seemingly perfect moms in her new affluent community, the Village of Primm. Turns out wearing pink piggy pajama bottoms while dropping off her kindergartener late to the first day of school wasn't her best look. Not to mention Holly's worried her husband may be having an affair, she can't get her daughter to stop sucking her thumb, her hard-won film degree is collecting dust, and to...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"With raw, poetic ferocity, Kimberly King Parsons exposes desire's darkest hollows--those hidden places where most of us are afraid to look. In this debut collection of enormously perceptive and brutally unsentimental short stories, Parsons illuminates the ache of first love, the banality of self-loathing, the scourge of addiction, the myth of marriage, and the magic and inevitable disillusionment of childhood. Taking us from hot Texas highways to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Riley Madigan moves to Miracle Creek to nurse a broken heart, but when she meets Mark Rivers, a former firefighter who was badly burned during a rescue operation, she must decide if she is willing to risk loving again"--
When Riley Madigan moves to the sleepy mountain town of Miracle Creek, she hopes her new job as a high school art teacher will help her mend her recently broken heart. Former firefighter Mark Rivers has spent the last year recovering...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As a successful film liaison, Elisha Rowe has her heart set on one thing and one thing only: putting her hometown back on the map. So, when she gets the chance to secure the long-hoped-for sequel to Sleighbells under Starlight, a beloved holiday movie, she's willing to do whatever it takes to make sure everything goes smoothly. Unfortunately, that includes claiming to have already gotten permission to film at the historic Christmas house--permission...
Author
Series
Knockemout volume 3
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lucian Rollins is a lean, mean vengeance-seeking mogul. On a quest to erase his abusive father's mark on the family name, he spends every waking minute pulling strings and building his empire. The more money and power he gains, the safer he feels. Except when it comes to one feisty small-town librarian ... Bonded by an old, dark secret from the past and their current mutual disdain, Sloane Walton trusts Lucian about as far as she can throw his designer-suited...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On a wintry morning, in the remote Adirondack village of Wedeskyull, New York, Nora Hamilton wakes to find her life utterly changed: her rock-solid policeman husband has committed suicide. The life that Nora has grown to know and love in her husband's peaceful hometown is gone. And almost immediately, the pieces don't add up: solid as an oak Brendan was prescribed sedatives a week earlier, an odd local mechanic tells Nora strange stories about her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Blessings, Georgia, the small town with a big heart! Anyone from a small town can tell you that gossip never stays quiet for long. The biggest news lately is Ruby Dye: she's been receiving gifts from a secret admirer. But Ruby isn't sure she can trust this newfound happiness. Nobody knows the dark secrets she keeps about her life before she arrives in Blessings. Is this the beginning of a would-be romance, or is she the target of something...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"How do you hold onto hope in a difficult time? In the small city of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are beginning to unravel. A woman loses the love of her life. A son struggles with addiction. A widow misses her late spouse. A husband betrays his wife. At the heart of these interlinking stories is one couple: Freddie and Greg Tyler. Greg has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a brutal form of cancer. He has never been dependent or weak, and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sadie Keller is determined to find out how her brother died, even if no one else thinks it's worth investigating. Untimely deaths are all too common in rural Blackwater, Kansas, where crime and overdoses are on the rise, and the small-town police force is consumed with the recent discovery of a child's skull in the woods. Sadie is on her own, delving into the dark corners of a life her brother kept hidden and unearthing more questions than answers....
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