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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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The One Real Thing

Samantha Young · 377 pages

While Dr. Jessica Huntington engages with the inmates at the women's correctional facility where she works, she's always careful to avoid emotional attachments in her personal life. Loss and betrayal taught her that lesson long ago. But when she comes across a set of old love letters in the prison's library and visits the picturesque town of Hartwell to deliver them to their intended recipient, sh

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The Best of Me

Nicholas Sparks · 336 pages

In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in the small town of Oriental, North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart, setting them on rad

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Eversea

Natasha Boyd · 358 pages

An orphaned, small-town, southern girl, held hostage by responsibility and self-doubt. A Hollywood A-list mega-star, on the run from his latest scandal and with everything to lose. A chance encounter that leads to an unlikely arrangement and epic love affair that will change them both for ever. As powerful as the pounding surf, as intoxicating as the sea breeze, this is one love affair you won't b

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Mint Juleps and Justice

Nancy Naigle · 322 pages

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Stealing Home

Sherryl Woods · 400 pages

There's nothing like a little serenity... Maddie Townsend might live in a town called Serenity, but there's been nothing calm or peaceful about her life since her marriage broke up. This stay-at-home mom has no job skills, an out-of-control sixteen-year-old son, a talkative fourteen-year-old who's suddenly gone silent, a six-year-old daughter whose heart is broken, an ex-husband whose younger g

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The Vincent Boys

Abbi Glines · 259 pages

Tired of trying to live up to the expectations of her popular boyfriend, Sawyer, Ashton finds herself attracted to Sawyer's cousin, Beau, who, despite not wanting to hurt his cousin, finds Ashton irresistable. Beau loves his cousin like a brother, so the last thing he wants to do is make a move on Sawyer's girl, even though he has been in love with her forever. The plot contains profanity and s

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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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The Wanderer

Robyn Carr · 384 pages

Nestled on the Oregon coast is a small town of rocky beaches and rugged charm. Locals love the land's unspoiled beauty. Developers see it as a potential gold mine. When newcomer Hank Cooper learns he's been left an old friend's entire beachfront property, he finds himself with a community's destiny in his hands. With the whole town watching, Cooper has to choose between his old life and a place fu

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The Strawberry Hearts Diner

Carolyn Brown · 286 pages

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Truth or Beard

Penny Reid

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Kissing Mr. Right

Michelle Major

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The Ex Hex

Erin Sterling · 308 pages

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Spring Fever

Mary Kay Andrews · 402 pages

"Annajane Hudgens truly believes she is over her ex-husband, Mason Bayless. They've been divorced for four years, she's engaged to a new, terrific guy, and she's ready to leave the small town where she and Mason had so much history. She is so over Mason that she has absolutely no problem attending his wedding to the beautiful, intelligent, delightful Celia. But when fate intervenes and the wedding

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Cheri on Top

Susan Donovan · 316 pages

Returning home to run her family's small-town newspaper, Cherise Newberry becomes the boss of her high school crush and former brother-in-law J.J. DeCourcy and tries to keep things between them strictly professional until an explosive news story brings them together.

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Mossy Creek

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

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Crazy on You

Rachel Gibson · 121 pages

Return to Lovett, Texas, the setting of Daisy's Back in Town, in this smart and sexy new story from Rachel Gibson, the New York Times bestselling author of Rescue Me and the Seattle Chinooks books. Lily Darlington's been called crazy in her day-and, yeah, driving her car into her ex-husband's living room probably wasn't the smartest move ever made-but the louse deserved it. Now Lily is happily

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Flock

Kate Stewart · 354 pages

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Dream a Little Dream

Susan Elizabeth Phillips · 459 pages

A DESPERATE YOUNG MOTHER Rachel Stone's bad luck has taken a turn for the worse. With an empty wallet, a car that's spilling smoke, and a five-year-old son to support, she's come home to a town that hates her. But this determined young widow with a scandalous past has learned how to be a fighter. And she'll do anything to keep her child safe--even take on.... A MAN WITH NO HEART Gabe Bonner

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Fall Into Temptation

Lucy Score · 380 pages

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You Say It First

Susan Mallery · 384 pages

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Country Heaven

Ava Miles · 400 pages

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Christmas in Good Hope

Cindy Kirk · 291 pages

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Welcome to Last Chance

Hope Ramsay · 409 pages

"Dear Reader,Yes, our town is way off the beaten path, but strange, wonderful miracles happen a lot around here. I've owned the Cut 'n' Curl beauty shop for years, and I've seen folks come for a visit, then stay for a lifetime. Take Jane-that pretty firecracker of a girl who just arrived in town. I would swear she's running from something. She came with only five dollars in her pocket but she's wo

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