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Needles and Pearls: A Beach Street Knitting Society Novel

Gil McNeil

The warm and witty sequel to The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn ClubSlip one . . .Two weddings and a year after her husband's funeral, Jo Mackenzie is finally starting to get the hang of being a single parent. The boys are thriving, the yarn shop is doing well—thanks to Jo's improvements—and she's just about keeping her head above water.Knit two together . . .But a man from Jo's past and a

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The Funeral Dress

Susan Gregg Gilmore · 389 pages

"Emmalee Bullard and her new baby are on their own. Or so she thinks, until Leona Lane, the older seamstress who sat by her side at the local shirt factory where both women worked as collar makers, insists Emmalee come and live with her. Just as Emmalee prepares to escape her hardscrabble life in Red Chert holler, Leona dies tragically. Grief-stricken, Emmalee decides she'll make Leona's burying

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Blackberry Summer

RaeAnne Thayne · 376 pages

Claire Bradford needed a wake-up call. What she didn't need was a tragic car accident. As a single mom and the owner of a successful bead shop, Claire leads a predictable life in Hope's Crossing, Colorado. So what if she has no time for romance? At least, that's what she tells herself, especially when her best friend's sexy younger brother comes back to town as the new chief of police. But w

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The Rescue

Nicholas Sparks · 446 pages

One of America's bestselling authors returns with a tale about the greatest commitment of all: loving someone forever. When a near-fatal car crash brings Taylor McAden together with Denise Holden, a new resident of Edenton, North Carolina, he must look into his past to see if it's not too late to take a chance on the future.

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The Dandelion Field

Kathryn Springer · 341 pages

Gin has been satisfied moving from city to city, never putting down roots or making commitments. But when engine trouble temporarily strandsher daughter Raine in the small town of Banister Falls, Wisconsin, Gin promises her daughter they will stay put until Raine graduates from high school in the spring. Some unexpcted news and a blossoming relationship with local firefighter Dan Moretti make Gin

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Wildest Dreams

Robyn Carr · 400 pages

Blake Smiley, a professional triathlete, searched the country for just the right place to call home, and Thunder Point has what he needs. In the quiet coastal town, he can focus on his training without distractions. That is, until he meets his new neighbors and everything changes. Lin Su Simmons and her teenage son, Charlie, are fixtures at Winnie Banks's house as Lin Su nurses Winnie through the

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Wild and Wrangled: A Rebel Blue Ranch Novel

Lyla Sage · 357 pages

Camille Ashwood had always loved a plan. Her latest was her best yet. She was going to get married so she could secure her daughter’s future, get her overbearing parents off her back, and finally start building her own life in small-town Meadowlark, Wyoming. Easy, right? But when her groom doesn’t show up to the wedding, Cam’s life is turned upside down—she doesn’t even have a place to live. Th

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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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The Magnolia Inn

Carolyn Brown · 292 pages

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The Curl Up & Dye

Sharon Sala · 283 pages

Eleven years ago, LilyAnn Bronte was the Peachy-Keen Queen of Blessings, Georgia--the prettiest, smartest, and most popular girl in town, going steady with the star quarterback, a high school career on a fast track to success. Then Randy Joe was killed in Iraq, and somehow LilyAnn just let herself go to seed. Ruby, Mabel Jean, Vera and Vesta of the Curl Up and Dye have been itching to give LilyAnn

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Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe

Debbie Johnson · 352 pages

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Wild Designs

Katie Fforde · 320 pages

From: http://www.katiefforde.com/books/info/?e=9780099446675&t=Wild-Designs Althea is the mother of three strong-minded children - one of whom is a Buddhist - and owner of a finicky dog named Bozo. Saddled with too large a house (albeit in a beautiful Cotswold village), worrisome mortgage payments, a bossy younger sister and irksome ex-husband, Althea still manages to muddle through life comf

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Blue Dahlia

Nora Roberts · 375 pages

A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries- old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night... Trying to escape the ghosts of the past, young widow Stella Rothchild, along with her two energetic little boys, has moved back to her roots in southern Tennessee--and into her new

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Only By Your Touch

Catherine Anderson · 466 pages

USA Today bestselling author Catherine Anderson takes readers to a quaint wilderness town, where together, a man and a woman find a second chance at life-and love...Determined to give her son Jeremy the childhood he deserves, Chloe Evans has left a tough past behind to start over in the charming town of Jack Pine, Oregon. But protecting Jeremy becomes a dicey proposition when he seeks out the most

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Dockside

Susan Wiggs · 400 pages

With her daughter grown and flown, Nina Romano is ready to embark on a new adventure. She's waited a long time for dating, travel, and chasing dreams. But just as she's beginning to enjoy being on her own, she finds herself falling for Greg Bellamy, owner of the charming Inn at Willow Lake and a single father with two kids of his own.Greg lost his first marriage to a demanding career. Now he's det

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Mossy Creek

Deborah Smith, Sandra Chastain, Donna Ball, Debra Dixon, Virginia Ellis, Nancy Knight · 370 pages

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The Peach Keeper

Sarah Addison Allen · 273 pages

Willa Jackson of Walls of Water, North Carolina, has lately learned that an old classmate--socialite do-gooder Paxton Osgood--of the very prominent Osgood family, has restored her family's Blue Ridge Madam home to its former glory, with plans to open a top-flight inn. But when a skeleton, found buried beneath the lone peach tree on the property is found, Willa and Paxton must confront the dangerou

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The Friday Night Knitting Club

Kate Jacobs · 384 pages

Gathering for their weekly knitting club at a small yarn shop on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a group of friends shares such challenges as raising children, navigating the ups and downs of their careers, and pursuing uncertain relationships.

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She Always Wore Red

Angela Elwell Hunt · 382 pages

Jennifer Graham--mother, student, and embalmer's apprentice--could use a friend. She finds one in McLane Larson, a newcomer to Mt. Dora, and is delighted to learn that the young woman is expecting a baby. While McLane's soldier-husband serves overseas, Jen promises to support McLane and then learns that her tie to this woman goes far deeper than friendship. When a difference of opinion threatens t

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After the Rain

Karen White · 372 pages

Freelance photographer Suzanne Paris has been on her own since she was fourteen—and she has no intention of settling down, especially not in a tiny town like Walton. She’s here to hide out for a little while, not to form connections. Her survival depends on her ability to slip in and out of people’s lives, on never staying in one place for too long. But Walton is a town where everyone knows eve

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Doing It Over

Catherine Bybee · 317 pages

Melanie Bartlett is back in River Bend, the small town she once called home. Wyatt Gibson is at home there, and is charmed by Melanie and her adorable daughter.

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The Last Letter

Rebecca Yarros · 432 pages

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The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

Laurie Gilmore · 385 pages

As a renowned chef, single-dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive. Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when Mayor Kelly suggests Archer is looking for a nanny, and Iris might be available, she shudders at the

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The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska

Eileen Curtright · 237 pages

"Rebecca Meer's hometown of Ward, Nebraska, is small, so small that she can't even sneak home after a drunken girls' night without running into at least three people she knows. But she has bigger problems than her reputation. The head doctor at her fertility clinic is losing his mind, and his wild behavior could cost them the business. Her supersuccessful ex-boyfriend has blown back into town and

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