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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 Magnolia Inn

Carolyn Brown · 292 pages

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Mossy Creek

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

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Silver Thaw

Catherine Anderson · 423 pages

"After years of living in fear of her husband, Amanda Banning has left him and moved to Mystic Creek, Oregon, for a fresh start. But she is having a tough time providing for herself and her daughter. Writing her secret yearnings on slips of paper and sending them into the wind helps her cling to the hope that things will get better and that she can find happiness again. Jeb Sterling has no idea th

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Coming Home

Mariah Stewart · 376 pages

After years of seclusion, widower and former FBI agent Grady Shields returns to his hometown for his sister's wedding and gets a second chance at love when he meets Vanessa Keaton, a boutique owner who is on the run from her past.

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Wind Chime Point

Sherryl Woods · 400 pages

Gabriella Castle, who is dealing with a personal crisis, retreats to her grandmother's home in North Carolina to make some difficult life decisions, where Wade Johnson tries to persuade her to give love a second chance.

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The Pumpkin Spice Café (Deluxe Edition)

Laurie Gilmore · 384 pages

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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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Moonlight Road

Robyn Carr · 400 pages

With her beloved younger siblings settled and happy, Erin Foley has empty nest syndrome. At age thirty-five.So she's hitting the pause button on her life and holing up in a secluded (but totally upgraded—she's not into roughing it) cabin near Virgin River. Erin is planning on getting to know herself...not the shaggy-haired mountain man she meets.In fact, beneath his faded fatigues and bushy beard,

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At Home in Mitford

Jan Karon · 542 pages

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No Offense

Meg Cabot · 340 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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Me Before You

Jojo Moyes · 451 pages

Louisa Clark is an ordinary young woman living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cann

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Big Stone Gap / Big Cherry Holler

Adriana Trigiani · 560 pages

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The Guardian

Nicholas Sparks · 400 pages

Julie Berenson's young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died - a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now, four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, twenty-nigh-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who? Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome,

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Where the Heart Is

Billie Letts · 368 pages

Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small Southwest town--a group of down-to-earth, deeply caring people willing to help a homeless, jobles

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The Tea Shop on Lavender Lane

Sheila Roberts · 352 pages

When it comes to men, sisters don't share! After a fake food poisoning incident in L.A., Bailey Sterling's dreams of becoming a caterer to the stars collapse faster than a soufflé. Now Bailey's face is in all the gossip rags and her business is in ruins. But the Sterling women close ranks and bring her back to Icicle Falls, where she'll stay with her sister Cecily. All goes well between the

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Blue Hollow Falls

Donna Kauffman · 421 pages

Sunny never expected to find herself owning a centuries old silk mill in the shadow of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains or becoming a half-sister to a ten-year-old named Bailey. Once the shock subsides, she plans to cash in and head back home. But the overgrown greenhouse she finds on the property calls out to the gardener in her, and she senses Bailey's need for nurturing too. And someone else is

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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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Blue Moon Bay

Lisa Wingate

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The Other Woman

Brenda Novak · 304 pages

Elizabeth O'Connell has survived one of the worst betrayals a wife can imagine. Finding out that she wasn't the only woman in her husband's life meant the end of her marriage and a year of personal hell. Now she's focusing on her new business and raising her two kids.Carter Hudson isn't part of her plan. When he's introduced to Liz by well-meaning friends, her dislike is instant. But as she spends

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Gone to Green

Judy Christie

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