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Point of Retreat

Colleen Hoover · 320 pages

Layken and Will have managed to overcome the obstacles that threatened to destroy their love, proving that they are destined for one another. What they are about to learn, however, is that the things that have brought them together may be the very things that ruin their connection forever... Layken is left second-guessing the relationship whilst Will is jumping over hurdles to prove his love fo

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The Shipping News

Annie Proulx · 337 pages

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, The Shipping News is a celebration of Annie Proulx's genius for storytelling and her vigorous contribution to the art of the novel. Quoyle, a third-rate newspaper hack, with a "head shaped like a crenshaw, no neck, reddish hair...features as bunched as kissed fingertips," is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing

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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Gabrielle Zevin · 279 pages

A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is failing, and his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. He is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island and from Amelia, the Knightley Press sales rep who refuses to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore that gives A.J

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Forever Right Now

Emma Scott · 384 pages

Kann ihre Liebe gegen die Schatten der Vergangenheit bestehen? Darlene Montgomery will in San Francisco ganz von vorn anfangen und sich auf ihre Karriere als Tänzerin konzentrieren, nachdem sie endlich ihre Drogenprobleme überwunden hat. Das Letzte, was sie gebrauchen kann, ist in die Probleme ihres attraktiven Nachbarn Sawyer hineingezogen zu werden. Der junge Vater kämpft nicht nur darum, sei

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Stones in the Road

Nick Wilgus · 350 pages

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Eyes Turned Skyward

Rebecca Yarros · 353 pages

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Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo · 182 pages

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her becauThe summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket—and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor. A dog she dubs Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tel

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Fine Things

Danielle Steel · 406 pages

Riding on the crest of a highly successful career, Bernie Fine was moving to fast to realise that he had everything - except what he wanted most. Sent to San Francisco to open the smartest department store in California, Bernie becomes aware of the hollowness of his personal life. Despite his success he grows increasingly disenchanted - until five-year-old Jane O'Reilly gets lost in the store. Thr

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The Dead Don't Dance

Charles Martin · 317 pages

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The Five Stages of Falling in Love

Rachel Higginson · 286 pages

Elizabeth Carlson is living in the pits of hell- also known as grief. Her husband of eight years, the father of her four children and the love of her life, died from cancer. Grady's prognosis was grim, even from the start, but Liz never gave up hope he would survive. How could she, when he was everything to her? Six months later, she is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and get th

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In Every Moment We Are Still Alive

Tom Malmquist · 288 pages

Tom's heavily pregnant girlfriend Karin is rushed to hospital with severe flu. While the doctors are able to save the baby, they are helpless in the face of what transpires to be acute Leukemia, and in a moment as fleeting as it is cruel Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In Every Moment is the story of a year that changes everything, as Tom must reconcile the fury of bereavement with t

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Crossing Oceans

Gina Holmes

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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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Sugar on Top

Marina Adair · 333 pages

As squabbles threaten to blow up the Miss Peach Pageant and the town of Sugar itself, single dad Cal McGraw must risk everything on the sexy wild card Glory Mann to get a second chance at love.

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Archer's Voice

Mia Sheridan · 366 pages

From New York Times bestselling author Mia Sheridan comes an emotional, slow burn romance about a woman desperate to hide and the man who sees through her walls, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Lucy Score. I wanted to lose myself in the small town of Pelion, Maine. To forget everything I had left behind. The sound of rain. The blood. The coldness of a gun against my skin. For six months,

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My Best Friend's Girl

Dorothy Koomson · 448 pages

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The Bridges of Madison County

Robert James Waller · 184 pages

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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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Reason to Breathe

Rebecca Donovan

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Beautiful Redemption

Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

When Ethan wakes after the chilling events of the Eighteenth Moon, his one goal is to return to Lena and his loved ones, while back in Gatlin, Lena vows to do whatever it takes to bring Ethan home--even trusting old enemies and risking the lives of those Ethan left to protect.

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The Art of Racing in the Rain

Garth Stein · 321 pages

Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver.Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing,

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This Time Tomorrow

Emma Straub · 310 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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