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Born in Fire

Nora Roberts · 385 pages

*Three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland...* The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning. Margaret Mary is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as her volatile temper. Hand-blowing glass is a difficult and exacting art, and while she may produce the delicate and the fragile, Maggie is a s

Small TownRomanceIrelandMultigenerational Family
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Barefoot Summer

Denise Hunter · 336 pages

In the years since her twin brother's drowning, Madison has struggled to put it behind her. Despite the support of her close-knit family and her gratifying job as a veterinarian in their riverside town, the loss still haunts her. To find closure, Madison sets out to fulfill his dream of winning the town's annual regatta. But first she has to learn to sail, and fast. She'll even work with the infam

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Big Sky Summer

Linda Lael Miller · 344 pages

"With his father's rodeo legacy to continue and a prosperous spread to run, Walker Parrish has no time to dwell on wrecked relationships. But country-western sweetheart Casey Elder is out of the spotlight and back in Parable, Montana. And Walker can't ignore that his "act now, think later" passion for Casey has had consequences. Two teenage consequences! Keeping her children's paternity under wrap

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Up at Butternut Lake

Mary McNear · 400 pages

It's summer, and after ten years away, Allie Beckett has returned to her family's cabin beside tranquil Butternut Lake. She's promised her five-year-old son, Wyatt, that they will be happy there. She's promised herself that this is the place to begin again after her husband's death in Afghanistan. The cabin holds so many wonderful memories, but Allie is seized with doubts. Has she done the right t

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No Offense

Meg Cabot · 340 pages

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Eclipse Bay

Jayne Ann Krentz · 346 pages

Eclipse Bay has grown and flourished on the rugged Oregon coast, where the shore can be rocky and forbidding, full of sharp cliffs and hidden coves. But this small town is also filled with secrets as treacherous as the landscape -- and rivalries as fierce as an ocean storm... Their grandfathers hated each other. Their fathers hated each other. And as the next generation of the Hartes and Ma

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The wedding

Nicholas Sparks · 258 pages

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Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery

Jenny Colgan · 440 pages

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Garden Spells

Sarah Addison Allen · 290 pages

A successful caterer in Bascomb, North Carolina, Claire has always remained tied to the legacy of the Waverley family, until her peaceful life is transformed by Tyler Hughes, an art teacher and new next-door neighbor, and by the return of her prodigal sister, Sydney.

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Bookshops & Bonedust

Travis Baldree · 282 pages

An Instant #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 An Amazon Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2023 When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek. Set in the world of New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust takes us

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13 Little Blue Envelopes

Maureen Johnson · 317 pages

Inside little blue envelope 1 are $1,000 and instructions to buy a plane ticket. In envelope 2 are directions to a specific London flat. The note in envelope 3 tells Ginny: Find a starving artist. Because of envelope 4, Ginny and a playwright/thief/ bloke–about–town called Keith go to Scotland together, with somewhat disastrous–though utterly romantic–results. But will she ever see him again? Ever

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The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

Laurie Gilmore · 350 pages

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When Summer Comes

Brenda Novak

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Summer in Good Hope

Cindy Kirk · 284 pages

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Snowfall at Willow Lake

Susan Wiggs · 432 pages

Can a single moment change your entire life?International lawyer Sophie Bellamy has dedicated her life to helping people in war-torn countries. But when she survives a hostage situation, she remembers what matters most--the children she loves back home. Haunted by regrets, she returns to the idyllic Catskills village of Avalon on the shores of Willow Lake, determined to repair the bonds with her f

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The Only Best Place

Carolyne Aarsen · 330 pages

Leslie Vandekeere thought her big-city career made her life worthwhile, but a move to small-town Montana shows her how big the world really is. Leslie had a good life: a happy family, a great career (even if it did pull her away from her home), and all the energy of urban living. But she finds herself miles away from the city she knows and loves when her husband moves her and the children back to

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An Irish Country Courtship

Patrick Taylor · 464 pages

In the small Irish village where he hopes to become a full partner in the local medical practice, Barry Laverty questions his ambitions in the face of a romantic reversal, while housekeeper Kinky Kincaid dreads the loss of her status to Dr. O'Reilly's new paramour.

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Poppy Jenkins

Clare Ashton · 378 pages

Two old friends, one hot summer, a whole load of confusion. Poppy Jenkins makes everyone smile. She’s the heart of Wells, a beautiful village in mid-Wales, leaving light and laughter in her wake. She has a doting family, an errant dog and a little sister with a nose for mischief. But she’s the only gay in the village and it’s a long time since she kissed a girl: the chance of romance in sleepy

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Home to Holly Springs

Jan Karon · 355 pages

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The Hero

Robyn Carr · 384 pages

Devon McAllister flees danger with her daughter and ends up in Thunder Point, Oregon, where she meets widowed father Spencer Lawson, a man who can teach her about safety and stability.

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A Time to Love

Barbara Cameron

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Home for the Summer

Mariah Stewart · 353 pages

"Some of Lucy Sinclair's best days were those spent growing up in small town St. Dennis-working at the family inn and enjoying summers filled with swimming, sailing, tennis, and the company of Clay Madison, her best friend. But Lucy's darkest day, the one that shattered her innocence with violence and fear, also happened in St. Dennis. And the town she once loved became the place she gladly left b

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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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Summer of Love

Katie Fforde · 376 pages

"Sian Bishop has only ever experienced one moment of recklessness-- a moment that resulted in her beloved son Rory. It's not that she doesn't love the outcome of that wild night, but since then she has always taken the safer route. So when dependable, devoted Richard suggests a move to the beautiful English countryside, she leaves the hustle and bustle of the city behind, and she throws herself in

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