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Staying For Good

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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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Best of My Love

Susan Mallery · 384 pages

To overcome her painful past, baker Shelby Gilmore goes on the hunt for a friend -- a male friend -- to convince her stubborn psyche that men can be trusted. But where in a town as small as Fool's Gold will the petite blonde find a guy willing to not date her? Dark, charming Aidan Mitchell puts the "adventure" in Mitchell Adventure Tours…and into the beds of his many willing female tourists. Un

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Country Heaven

Ava Miles · 400 pages

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Savor the Moment

Nora Roberts · 397 pages

New Love takes the cake in the third novel in Nora Roberts's new Bride Quartet-in a stunning French flap edition Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows wedding planning company with her best friends Parker, Emma, and Mac. But she's too low-key to appreciate all the luxuries that their clients seem to long for. What she does appreciate is a strong, intelligent man, a m

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The Pumpkin Spice Café (Deluxe Edition)

Laurie Gilmore · 384 pages

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Sugar Rush

Donna Kauffman · 325 pages

When baker extraordinaire Leilani Tursdale left the bustle of New York City for Georgia's sleepy Sugarberry Island, she didn't expect her past to follow. Yet suddenly, her former boss, Baxter Dunne, aka Chef Hot Cakes, the man who taught her everything pastry, wants to film his hit cooking show in her tiny cupcakery. The same Chef Hot Cakes whose molten chocolate brown eyes and sexy British accent

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Done and Dusted

Lyla Sage · 321 pages

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The Strawberry Hearts Diner

Carolyn Brown · 286 pages

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Crazy Little Thing

Tracy Brogan · 342 pages

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Summer in Napa

Marina Adair · 330 pages

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The True Love Quilting Club

Lori Wilde · 372 pages

Trixie Lynn Parks changed her name to Emma, shook the dust of Twilight, Texas, off her shoes, and vowed to make it big in the city. But after twelve years of shattered dreams, she heads back to the ladies of the True Love Quilting Club . . . and to her first love, Sam Cheek. Some things -- and some people -- sure have changed. Sam has grown from a carefree boy to a single dad. And even though t

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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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Forever My Girl

Heidi McLaughlin · 250 pages

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The Best Man

Kristan Higgins · 400 pages

Faith Holland left her hometown after being jilted at the altar. Now a little older and wiser, she's ready to return to the Blue Heron Winery, her family's vineyard, to confront the ghosts of her past, and maybe enjoy a glass of red. After all, there's some great scenery there…. Like Levi Cooper, the local police chief -- and best friend of her former fiancé. There's a lot about Levi that Faith

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Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

Jenny Colgan · 413 pages

A scenic holiday season in the idyllic Cornish coastal village of Mount Polbearne finds Polly busily keeping up with demands for gingerbread and other festive fare at her bakery, only to find herself teaming up with her neighbors to safeguard everyone from a dangerous storm that cuts them off from the mainland.

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Bad News Cowboy

Maisey Yates · 448 pages

Copper Ridge - Maisey Yates Garrett's, Wests, Donnellys 0.5) ♡Shoulda been a Cowboy (Jake Caldwell & Cassie Ventimiglia) 1) ☆Part-time Cowboy (Eli Garrett & Sadie Miller) 2) ♡Brokedown Cowboy (Connor Garrett & Felicity Foster) 3) ☆Bad News Cowboy (Jack West Monaghan & Kate Garrett) 3.4) ☆Copper Ridge Christmas (Ryan Masters & Holly Fulton) 3.5) ♤Hometown Heartbreaker (Aiden Crawford & Casey

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And I Love Her

Marie Force · 329 pages

"As the chief financial officer, Hunter Abbott manages the family's various business interests while 'fixing' things for the people he loves. But the one thing he can't fix is his undeniable attraction to Megan Kane. Instead, Hunter is prepared to do whatever it takes to show Megan that he's the man for her"--Page 4 of cover.

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Sweet Dreams

Kristen Ashley · 666 pages

Lauren Grahame is looking to reinvent herself. After leaving her cheating husband, Lauren moves to Carnal, Colorado, and gets a job as a waitress in a biker bar called Bubba's. It's a nothing job in a nowhere joint . . . until Tatum Jackson walks in. Lauren has never seen a man with such good looks, muscles, and attitude. But when he insults her, Lauren doesn't want anything to do with him. Too ba

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The Winter Lodge

Susan Wiggs · 416 pages

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Where I Belong

J. Daniels · 226 pages

"When Mia Corelli returns to Alabama for a summer of fun with her childhood best friend, Tessa, there's only one thing keeping her on edge. One person that she'd do anything to avoid. Benjamin Kelly. World's biggest dickhead. Mia hates him with a fury and has no desire to ever see him again. When she decides to start her summer off with a bang and finally give away her v-card, she unknowingly hand

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The Twelve Dates of Christmas

Jenny Bayliss · 320 pages

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Cocky Bastard

Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland · 336 pages

He was someone who belonged in my wildest fantasies instead of a rest stop in the middle of Nebraska. A sexy, cocky, Australian named Chance was the last person I expected to run into on my cross-country drive. When my car broke down, we made a deal. Next thing I knew, we were traveling together, spending sexually-tense nights in hotels and taking unplanned detours. My ordinary road trip

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Harvest Moon

Robyn Carr · 400 pages

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