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"Starr Lewis returns home for the holidays, jobless and single, to attend her sister's wedding to Starr's ex-boyfriend. But when her brother's best friend offers to go with her to the wedding activities and she gives his struggling Christmas shop a makeover, she wonders if the holidays could bring her a love to keep all year long"--
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The unforgettable novel of a woman who must return to her small hometown in the South, only to discover that the years-old secrets and scandals of her past are right where she left them—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown
Sunny Chandler always said she’d never return to Latham Green, Louisiana. Just three years ago she was at the center of the small town’s juiciest scandal. Now she’s...
Sunny Chandler always said she’d never return to Latham Green, Louisiana. Just three years ago she was at the center of the small town’s juiciest scandal. Now she’s...
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Junie B. Jones series volume 13
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1999
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IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Six-year-old Junie B. is disappointed to find out that her aunt has asked someone else to be the flower girl at her wedding.
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2018.
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English
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After falling headlong into a passionate affair during a semester spent teaching in Ohio, theater professor Phillipa Maakestad returns home to Iowa for her daughter Ginny's wedding. She faces a wedding-day tornado, a menace of a mother-in-law who may or may not have been a Nazi collaborator, and the tragicomic revenge fantasies of her heretofore docile husband. Naturally, she does what any newly liberated woman would do: she takes a match to her life...
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"When Trevor Vaugh dies of an apparent allergic reaction at his wedding to Fiona, whose friends he had been blackmailing to convince Fiona to say 'I do, ' the authorities investigating this deadly destination wedding discover that anyone could be a suspect"--
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Marlow Murder Club volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"It's been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks - AKA the Marlow Murder Club - since the events of last year. The most exciting thing on the horizon is the upcoming wedding of Marlow grandee, Sir Peter Bailey, to his nurse, Jenny Page. Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the river Thames the day before the wedding, and Judith and Co. are looking forward to a bit of free champagne. But during the soiree, there's...
27) About a dog
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Series
Bluff Point romances volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Mackenzie "Mac" Harris fled her hometown of Bluff Point, Maine, after being left at the altar--and seeking solace in the arms of her best friend's off-limits brother. Now, seven years later, she's back to attend her best friend's wedding--safe, or so she thinks, from the mistakes of her youth. But Gavin Tolliver has never forgotten the woman who has always held his heart. And when Mac rescues a stray puppy named Tulip, only Gavin, the town's veterinarian,...
28) Royal blood
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To escape her hateful brother, Georgie Rannoch, penniless and thirty-fourth in line to the throne, accepts an invitation from the queen to represent the royals at a Transylvanian wedding in a macabre castle, only to find the bride with a bloody chin, a guest poisoned, and murderous mystery in the air
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Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Guy "encourages brides-to-be, and their ladies in tow, to say no to all things phony, frilly, and silly. Featuring personal essays that explore the nuances of the process, including a raw, unairbrushed look at the realities of the early days of marriage, she tells us that a Stone Fox Bride should never sacrifice her style, her story, or her sanity to please others; she reassures us that weddings don't have to be free of confusion, shades of gray,...
31) Matthew Robbins' inspired weddings: designing your big day with favorite objects & family treasures
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Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The author approaches each wedding design with an object that the couple finds meaningful, and in this inspirational guide, he shows you how to do the same.
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
This practical style guide presents various themes for weddings and all of the accompanying components, including table decorations, boutonnieres, flowers, favors, and much more, including a wedding guide with all the necessary details.
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Hanover Square Press
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English
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The best man in his hedge fund manager brother's spare-no-expense wedding in the Hamptons, Terry Rourke can't help but take another look at a decades-old murder trial that rocked the town--an investigation that turns even the most beautiful beach wedding into a wake.
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Bright Falls volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love-with all its complications-by debut author Ashley Herring Blake. Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls-nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it's...
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"Lulu has always been taught that money is the ticket to a good life. So, when Shanghai’s most eligible bachelor surprises her with a proposal, the only acceptable answer is yes, even if the voice inside her head is saying no. His family’s fortune would solve all her parents’ financial woes, but Lulu isn’t in love or ready for marriage. The only people she can confide in are her two best friends: career-minded Rina, who is tired of being...
36) True love
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English
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" ... first book in a ... new series--the Nantucket Brides trilogy. Set on the magical Massachusetts island, True Love introduces characters from a new generation of Montgomery-Taggerts, the beloved family from Deveraux's classic novels. Just as Alix Madsen is finishing up architectural school, Adelaide Kingsley dies and wills her, for one year, the use of a charming nineteenth-century Nantucket house. The elderly woman's relationship to the Madsen...
37) Smolder
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English
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"The wedding of the century between vampire hunter Anita Blake and the vampire king of America Jean-Claude is almost here, but an ancient evil arrives in St. Louis and even Jean-Claude's unmatched power isn't enough to save them. Only with the return of a lost love can they hope to combat the monster and save their loved ones and every vampire in the country from being consumed by darkness"--
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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As more of today's weddings are officiated by a friend or family member, novice officiants need a resource to guide them. Francesca breaks down the entire officiating process, from becoming an ordained officiant and interviewing the couple to drafting and performing a moving ceremony. She offers empowering advice, suggested readings, stories and lessons learned from new officiants, and practical tips from wedding planners.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Relationships are awful. They'll kill you, right up to the point where they start saving your life. Paul and Alice's half-sister Eloise is getting married! In London! There will be fancy hotels, dinners at "it" restaurants and a reception at a country estate complete with tea lights and embroidered cloth napkins. They couldn't hate it more. The People We Hate at the Wedding is the story of a less than perfect family. Donna, the clan's mother, is...
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