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Perfect destinies volume 3
Publisher
MIRA Books
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English
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"Despite the wealth and power of his remarkable family, Ben Carlton stayed hidden away in rural Virginia with only his artistic talent and his troubled memories for company. But when he met beautiful gallery owner Kathleen Dugan at the urging of his matchmaking aunt Destiny, his wounded heart began to open{u2014}yet he couldn't completely forget the tragedies of his past. Vivacious, driven Kathleen was intrigued not only by Ben's paintings, but also...
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English
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"Widower Mitch Jensen is at a loss with how to handle his mother's odd, forgetful behaviors, as well as his daughter's sudden return home and unexpected life choices. Little does he know Grandma June has long been keeping a secret about her past-but if she doesn't tell the truth about it someone she loves will suffer, and the lives of three generations will never be the same"--
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Crawford Hunt wants his daughter back. Following the death of his wife four years ago, Crawford, a Texas Ranger, fell into a downward spiral that left him relegated to deskwork and with his five-year-old daughter Georgia in the custody of her grandparents. But Crawford has cleaned up his act, met all the court imposed requirements, and now the fate of his family lies with Judge Holly Spencer. Holly, ambitious and confident, temporarily occupies the...
67) Bag of bones
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English
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Four years after the sudden death of his wife, forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is unable to write and plagued by vivid nightmares set at the Maine summerhouse he calls Sara Laughs. Mike reluctantly returns to the lakeside getaway and finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a vindictive millionaire, Max Devore, who is trying to take his three-year-old granddaughter away from her widowed young mother, Mattie. As Mike is drawn...
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English
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As the most joyful holiday draws near, three couples discover the recipe for love includes faith, hope, and the sweetest blessings . . .A CHRISTMAS CAKE FOR REBECCA [by] Shelley Shepard Gray: When carpenter Aden returns to Lancaster after twenty years away, bakeshop owner Rebecca is dismayed to find he's still as handsome and kind as ever. He broke her heart when he left the community back then. Will a holiday emergency provide a second chance at...
70) The ex: a novel
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English
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Criminal defense lawyer Olivia Randall represents her former fiance, who's been arrested for a triple homicide. As the evidence against him mounts, she wonders if she really knew him.
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English
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Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers...
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A professor in Denmark and a grandmother in England begin a correspondence, and a friendship, that develops into something extraordinary.
In Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn't remember choosing. Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, subject of Seamus Heaney's famous poem, they begin writing letters to one...
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Series
Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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To bring his daughter home to Texas, widowed rancher Jack Burnett needs a wife. And the well-bred Ada Westmore, his neighbor's niece, will surely meet his father-in-law's approval. Not willing to open his heart again to love, Jack proposes a marriage in name only. But his independent bride proves more intriguing than he expected. Needing to support her sisters after the collapse of their father's fortune, Ada reluctantly agrees to the handsome cowboy's...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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When the theft of a watch leads to a position as governess to Scottish barrister Sinclair McBride's two mischievous children, Roberta Frasier, on the run from some unsavory characters, is happy in her new role, and even happier to mend her employer's broken heart.
75) The Magnolia Inn
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Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
c2019.
Language
English
Description
Inheriting the Magnolia Inn, a Victorian home nestled in the East Texas pines, is a fantasy come true for Jolene Broussard. After living with the guilt of failing to rescue her self-destructive mother, Jolene knows her aunt and uncle's B&B is the perfect jump start for a new life and a comforting place to call home. There's just one hitch: stubborn and moody carpenter Tucker Malone. He's got a half interest in the Magnolia Inn, and he's planting his...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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As summer gives way to fall in Rustlers Gulch, widow Maddie McLendon begins to have second thoughts about uprooting her life to move there with her son and grandson. Contractors have yet to break ground on their new house, leaving them-- along with four horses, three dogs, and six cats-- to live in a makeshift camp of trailers, tents, and sheds, while a brutal Montana winter looms on the horizon. Millionaire rancher Sam Conacher doesn't take kindly...
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Series
Honey Brook volume 2
Publisher
Amara
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When her father asks widower Isaac King to come to their farm and train a VIP stallion for a client, Grace Zook is determined to undermine him to prove her training skills in the ring, which puts both her heart and career at risk.
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Series
Advertisements for love volume 3
Publisher
Entangled Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Frederica Burghley wants to be married by Yuletide. Or else her father will set her up with one of his friends. The bonbon-loving illegitimate daughter of the duke wants to choose her own husband. Advertising in the newspaper seems like the way to go. But a sinister response, with threats against her life, leads her to enlist the help of her very handsome, dear friend Jasper Fitzwilliam, Lord Hartwell. A father and widower, Jasper is not only tasked...
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Christmas Tree Ranch volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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The lone lawman in the small Texas town of Branding, widowed single father Sheriff Sam Delaney shoulders a lot until a special someone enters the picture.
Author
Series
Forever yours volume 1
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Newly widowed dad Sebastian Dorner was unraveling at the edges--until his son's teacher, Via DeRosa, threw him a lifeline. Now, two years later, they reconnect at Matty's new school, and an inconvenient but unmistakable jolt of attraction crackles between them. But why does the first person to spark with Sebastian in years have to be a millennial? Is twentysomething Via really too young for him or does fortysomething Sebastian just feel too damn old?...
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