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Temptation Ridge

Robyn Carr · 416 pages

At twenty-five, after five years as her mother's caregiver, it's time for Shelby to experience freedom and adventure. Time for travel, college and romance. But when she visits Virgin River, she runs into Luke Riordan, decidedly not whom she has in mind. A handsome Blackhawk pilot, Luke exited the army after twenty years, four wars and having been shot out of the sky three times. At thirty-eight he

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Love After Dark

Marie Force · 312 pages

"Paul Martinez has been run ragged by the demands of managing the family's landscaping business and his mother's battle with dementia. It's been so long since he had sex, he can't remember the last time. The arrival of nurse Hope Russell brought some badly needed help to Paul and his brother Alex in managing their mother's illness, but Hope's presence has sparked a whole new problem for Paul, lust

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On Shadow Beach

Barbara Freethy · 354 pages

Lauren Jamison's return to the town of Angel's Bay to care for her ailing father brings her face-to-face with her old boyfriend, Shane Murray, who was accused of killing Lauren's sister Abby when they were all teenagers.

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Always on My Mind

Jill Shalvis · 339 pages

After dropping out of pastry school and messing up her big break on a reality cooking show, Leah Sullivan returns home to help her grandmother run her bakery, but finds herself distracted by her best friend, Jack Harper.

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Small Town Girl

LaVyrle Spencer · 375 pages

Eighteen years ago, young Tess McPhail left her tiny hometown of Wintergreen, Missouri, population 1,713. She headed for Nashville--and never looked back. Now one of country music's brightest lights, "Mac" McPhail is a millionaire many times over. Her career is her life. At thirty-five, Mac has no time for marriage, children, or kinfolk--until her sisters insist she come home to help care for thei

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The Gingerbread Bakery

Laurie Gilmore · 371 pages

**From the international bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store, comes the highly anticipated Dream Harbor romance for 2025!** A wedding in Dream Harbor can only mean one thing, everyone wants to get involved! With Jeanie and Logan set to tie the knot, and Kira desperate to hire out her newly renovated barn at the Christmas tree farm, everything seems to

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Catch of the Day

Kristan Higgins · 384 pages

First Date a la MaggieTake one lovelorn diner owner (me) A generous helping of nosy local gossips A dollop of envy at married sister's perfect life A splash of divine intervention (my matchmaking priest)Combine ingredients with one adorable puppy, add a strong but silent lobsterman with a hidden heart of gold--and watch the sparks fly.

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Falling for Gracie

Susan Mallery · 384 pages

First comes love, then comeses marriage...At least, that was Gracie's plan at the ripe old age of fourteen. She loved eighteen-year-old heartthrob Riley with a desperation that made her a town legend. Even now that she's all grown up, the locals in sleepy Los Lobos won't let her forget her youthful crush.And how can she, when she's face-to-face with Riley at every turn? The onetime bad boy has com

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On Lavender Lane: A Shelter Bay Novel

JoAnn Ross · 390 pages

Former Navy SEAL Lucas Chaffee and celebrity TV chef Madeline Durand return to Shelter Bay to help others and to heal themselves, not expecting to confront their ten-year-old heartbreak or their continuing feelings for each other.

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Suddenly Last Summer

Sarah Morgan · 377 pages

When surgeon Sean O'Neil returns to his Vermont hometown for a family visit and encounters French chef Élise Philippe, with whom he had a one-night stand the previous summer, they are both tempted to pick up where they left off. Amid the excitement and turmoil at summer's end, Dr. Steve announces that Camp Lakeview will soon close permanently, and while each camper reacts differently to the new

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The Choice

Nicholas Sparks · 299 pages

Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life—boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies—he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite his attemp

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Honey Pie

Donna Kauffman · 313 pages

Honey isn't sure how to put down roots when she has nowhere to plant them. But a sexy, softhearted mechanic is determined to help.

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The Winter Lodge

Susan Wiggs · 416 pages

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At the River's Edge

Mariah Stewart · 423 pages

While staying with her brother in St. Dennis, Maryland, to figure things out, Sophie Enright impulsively buys a boarded-up building to open a restaurant, which pits her against landscaper Jason Bowers, who also wants the property.

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Recipe for Kisses

Michelle Major · 254 pages

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Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams

Jenny Colgan · 465 pages

Were you a sherbet lemon or chocolate lime fan? Soft chewy ones or hard boiled sweeties (you do get more for your money that way)? The jangle of your pocket money . . . the rustle of the pink and green striped paper bag. Rosie Hopkins thinks leaving her busy London life, and her boyfriend Gerard, to sort out her elderly Aunt Lilian s sweetshop in a small country village is going to be dull. Boy, i

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The Strawberry Hearts Diner

Carolyn Brown · 286 pages

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Country Heaven

Ava Miles · 400 pages

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Staying For Good

Catherine Bybee · 320 pages

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Gimme Some Sugar

Kimberly Kincaid · 343 pages

Big city celebrity chef Carly di Matisse flees to the Blue Ridge Mountains to start a new restaurant but gets more than she bargained for when she meets rugged contractor Jackson Carter.

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The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe

Mary Simses · 352 pages

In this novel a high-powered Manhattan attorney finds love, purpose, and the promise of a simpler life in her grandmother's hometown. Ellen Branford is going to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish, to find the hometown boy she once loved, and give him her last letter. Ellen leaves Manhattan and her Kennedy-esque fiancé for Beacon, Maine. What should be a one-day trip is quickly complicated when

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The Cake Shop In The Garden

Carole Matthews · 432 pages

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